

Upping their tactics ratings will make them smarter and more aggressive in their movements, while lowering their accuracy rating will make them less likely to hit you. You'll be able to change a number of the setting, including the skill levels of your foes in several areas. Rather than competing against other human opponents, the 10 objective-based games let you and a buddy cooperatively play 5 games as Americans and 5 as Germans.

The big addition to the multiplayer side, however, is the all-new Skirmish Mode, which gives players a greater amount of flexibility over the game settings. Of course, your human opponents will be trying to keep you from succeeding, so you'll have to outsmart them as well as outshoot them. All of the games require you to complete a different objective, from recovering dropped documents to destroying anti-aircraft guns. In a nice touch, the developers have brought back a number of maps and gametypes from the first game, as well as added quite a few more to bring the total up to 20. The games are objective-based, and you'll have to complete the objective in a set amount of time if you want to win. The multiplayer mode is strikingly similar to the single-player game, actually, as you'll be able to control fire and assault teams in combat. As was the case with the first game, Earned in Blood features one of the most entertaining multiplayer experiences available on Xbox Live.
