He hung on the steeple for hours, mere feet from the ringing church bell, playing dead while a fierce battle commenced around the church. The manikin is meant to represent paratrooper John Steel, whose parachute snagged the steeple on his way down. The first thing you notice when you get to Sainte M¿re Eglise is a parachute hanging from the church steeple, complete with an airborne trooper manikin. Sainte M¿re Eglise, a small town near Carentan, is the home to the local Airborne Museum commemorating the landing of the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions into this area on D-Day: June 6, 1944. Randy at Carentan Randy tells us about Earned in Blood. While we were there, Randy stood in the exact spot where Hartsock was promoted and told us a bit about Earned in Blood, and the significance of the area in the game. It was an eerie feeling to be in a location that I had never visited before, yet be familiar with the layout and geography from playing a videogame. The walls of the surrounding buildings were more intact, and fewer German tanks were roaming the roads, but it was just like it is in the game. Everything was laid out just as it was in Road to Hill 30.
After getting my bearings, I was able to locate the streets the Germans were running down in the game. I looked up and, sure enough, the tower looked just like it did in the game. As I stood next to the church, I remembered the mission where you start in the church tower, sniping at incoming Germans as they rush the area. Newly promoted Hartsock in front of the same church.Īs you can see from the pictures, Gearbox took meticulous care to recreate the church at Carentan down to the tiniest of details. Gearbox President Randy Pitchford in front of the church at Carentan. This is the premise of the next game in the Brothers in Arms saga - Earned in Blood - in which you play the game as Hartsock leading your own squad.
If you've finished Road to Hill 30, you'll probably recognize Carentan as the town at the end of the game where Joe "Red" Hartsock was promoted to Sergeant. The area in and around Carentan plays a big part in both games.
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