[.ca] Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

From Amazon.com:
EA has finally brought its Medal of Honor series (already wildly popular on the PlayStation) to the PC. Set during World War II, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault chronicles the fictional exploits of Lt. Mike Powell as he battles his way from the shores of Africa to the shores of France to the heart of Nazi Germany. On the PSX, the Medal of Honor games were hailed as revolutionary, and though Allied Assault never quite merits that level of praise, it's still a great game. At first glance, Allied Assault seems to have a lot in common with the World War II-themed Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but the similarities are strictly superficial. Allied Assault takes a more realistic approach to the action, both in the enemies that you face (there are no zombies or mutants) and in the mission structure. The game unfolds across six real-life theaters of war, and the 30 playable missions vary a lot in how they play out. Just like a character in a good army movie, you'll be sabotaging tanks, destroying submarines, and sending false communications. Nearly all your missions are very well designed, especially the mission where you land on Omaha Beach. The D-day mission has received a lot of attention, and for good reason--once the door on your Higgins boat drops, all hell breaks loose. The men in front of you drop in a hail of bullets, a Higgins boat to your left is blown to bits, and machine gun fire rakes the water everywhere. Getting from the boat to the relative safety of the shingles is a truly harrowing experience, although parts of it borrow a little too much from Saving Private Ryan. Since the game is set during WWII, you'll face a wide range of enemies, including tanks, machine gun nests, and even planes. The enemy AI is better than in Wolfenstein--enemies will duck for cover, lay down suppressing fire, and throw back grenades--but too often it's obvious that enemy actions are scripted. At times you can actually tell when you've triggered the next wave of enemy attacks: stay still and nothing happens; silently creep a foot forward and they all come rushing out. This kind of heavy-handed scripting is a throwback to the days of Doom, and more than a little bit of a disappointment. Graphically, Allied Assault looks quite sharp. It uses the Quake III graphics engine and the character models, vehicles, and textures are well done, especially if you have a high-end video card. Unfortunately, there are some glitches, such as clipping and collision detection problems. It's not uncommon to see enemies walking halfway through a door or a wall. Also, in a (successful) effort to get a "T" rating, there is absolutely no blood or gore. When you a shoot a Nazi infantryman with your captured MG-42 machine gun, he simply falls down. The weakest part of Allied Assault is its multiplayer component. There are four game types, all of which are exceptionally average, and none of them is as compelling as Wolfenstein's multiplayer. Still, it is undeniably fun to wage war in bombed-out French villages and other World War II battlefields. Allied Assault offers a fun single-player game and its D-day mission will go down as a classic gaming experience. --William Harms Pros: D-day mission is incredible Lots of mission variety Nice graphics Cons: There are a few graphical glitches Heavily scripted AI Multiplayer is very average

Amazon.ca Product Description:
In Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, you play as Lieutenant Mike Powell, member of the famed 1st Ranger Battalion. Following your recruitment by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), you'll battle through more than 20 challenging levels based on historical military campaigns of World War II. Set during the most trying years of the war--1942 to 1945--Medal of Honor: Allied Assault imparts a sense of the courage it took to survive the landings at Normandy, the assault at Arzew, a rendezvous with the resistance outside the village of St. Lo, and the push through the heavily defended border of Germany to take the bridge at Remagen. Staying true to the gameplay features that made Medal of Honor one of the most acclaimed bestselling games of 1999, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault builds on that success, adding new player weapons, interactive Allied vehicles such as Sherman tanks and M3 Half Tracks, smarter enemy AI, and artillery strike calls. Fully realized 3-D worlds utilize the powerful Quake III engine. The game also features an original orchestral score by Medal of Honor composer Michael Giacchino and sound effects from the award-winning Medal of Honor sound design team at EALA. In Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, get access to more than 21 historically accurate World War II-era weapons, including Thompson submachine guns, Mark II frag grenades, .50-caliber mounted machine guns, flamethrowers, and "sticky bombs." Battle more than 18 enemy vehicles, including the Tiger Mark I heavy tank, Stuka dive-bombers, and V2 rockets, and encounter 22 different enemies, including Wehrmacht snipers, Kradschützen motorcycle troops, and Gestapo officers. Assault enemy units alone and as part of a crack military squad. Multiple online options including team combat and traditional last-man-standing modes.

Amazon.com Preview:
Medal of Honor was a huge hit on the console systems, and now PC owners get to see what all the fuss is about. From the look of things, the hype is warranted. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault takes us into a realistic re-creation of WWII and lets us give hell to the Nazis. One of the levels demonstrated at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles is chillingly based on June 6, 1944: D-day. You start aboard a boat, where you're facing Omaha Beach and almost certain death, while the soldiers around you alternately pray or just sit there looking green. It's much like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, but that's no surprise: Spielberg's DreamWorks studio has a hand in this game. One of the innovations the game is touting is the range of realistic facial expressions given to the characters. German soldiers look angry, or fearful, as you surprise them. Your own compatriots on the landing craft look positively frightened or grim. But the game doesn't focus solely on D-day alone. Other missions have you playing sniper in a ruined French town, disabling and destroying a German Tiger Tank platoon, and following other commands based on WWII fact and speculation. WWII isn't often given realistic treatment in first-person shooters (Return of Castle Wolfenstein, for example), and that's just what makes this game so anticipated.

mohaa vs call of duty:
there is no question call of duty's single player is way more intense than mohaa. But call of duty is more difficult single player. Mohaa has the better multiplayer by far, the maps are more interactive, call of duty's maps you cant jump on a door like you can in mohaa etc. But anyway here is what I think: Graphics: Call of duty: 10 MOHAA: 7 No question here call of duty is much newer and better graphics and more realistic models especially. Sound: Call of duty: 8 MOHAA: 10 Both awesome sounds but MOHAA sounds better and the D-Day level has incredible explosions and MG42 fire. Weapons: Call of duty: 9 MOHAA: 9 MOHAA weapons sound better you can aim better with the CoD weapons. Gameplay: Call of duty: 10 MOHAA: 7 CoD far more intense much more difficult so more realistic. AI: Call of duty: 10 MOHAA: 5 OK the AI in MOHAA is just horrible most of the enemies stand still which makes you a nazi killing machine and your teammates are worthless but in CoD your teammates are very skilled and help you alot, and the enemy is 10 times better they take cover hide and are far more realistic than MOHAA. Multiplayer: Call of duty: 7 MOHAA: 10 like I said before MOHAA maps much better but CoD is more realistic in multiplayer so you die quicker which is bad because noobs get kills but in MOHAA it takes more skill to get a kill. Fun: Call of duty: 8 MOHAA: 9 Overall this is the top stat because you can go through cod single player and die alot which makes it more frustrating. but I have played both a ridiculous amount of time about 400 hours on mohaa and 250 on cod so they are both very addictive. But overall if you looking for intense single player get CoD but if you're looking for great multiplayer and pretty intense single player get MOHAA. Heck get both.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, a great WWII Game!:
Get this game even if you aren't a fan of WWII! I have played this game non-stop since Christmas of 2003. The single player is addicting and some missions, once you beat the game, you will want to play again! The Omaha Beach level is just incredible! The gunfire, and the shouts and screams is just amazing. I still play this game regularly, especially Omaha Beach! And for people who say that Call of Duty is better, all I have to say is get both (since both are cheap) and see which one you like better. Both are great games, and well worth however much you pay for them. Hope you found my review helpful! PC Gamer signing out...

Great Game, but..:
Overall a great game, there are plenty of missions to please, lots of different types of objectives, a variety, and just different types of enviroments: Desert to winter to rainy. Though sometimes I do think its a little overated, heres why: OK, I saw Saving Private Ryan and know about the devastation at Omaha Beach; but the graphics weren't that great- IT'S A BEACH! And when you clear the shingle, go to the bunker and camp out, if you try running back to the beach, and make it, you slowly die away..odd, I wasn't being shot.. And sometimes the realilty of it all doesn't sink in: Taking a submarine pen with at least 50+ men in it seems reasonable, IF THERE'S 25 OTHER MEN WITH YOU. Anyways, theres just a few other minor glitches and that's it. Bottom Line: Great Game, a little unrealistic, but fun. Escpecially, getting medals for finding another POW ( in Arzewcough) or destroying a Tiger Tank.

Best Game Ever:
This game is amazing. The graphics are awsome and you even disguise yourself as a german!! The multiplayer in the best. The single player is awseme to. The sound is amazing!!! I love the music too!!!!!! Some people think CoD is better, but you nedd a lot of compuiter to play Call of Duty. This means, with MOHAA, you can playon almost any computer ATTTTEEENNNTTTIIOONN!!!!!!!!

BEST FPS FOR THE PC:
Here's What I think of this game: Graphics 10/10: Wow, if you have a PC that alows you to play MOH:AA on all the high settings, then you'll be blown away with the detail in every level. Weather it's the scared look on a fellow rangers face or the smoke from a recently fired Kar 98 Sniper Rifle, everything looks real. There are very few things that ever look amiss in the game. Sound 8/10: Don't get me wrong, the sounds is really good. You can here soldiers wispering, wimpering, rain falling, defining explosions, far off gun fire, taunts, and pretty much all sounds that you'd expect in a WW2 game. But, and yes there is a but, the game tends to have a few sound gliches. For instance, in parts of the game, you'll fire a weapon and there will be no sound. You'll here the bullet hit what ever it is you shot at, but there wont be a "BANG" when you press the fire button. There are other similare problems, weather its a bug in the game or what, im not sure. But what i really like is how the weather effects, muffle rifle shots. So when hidding, knowing there are enemy snipers around you, you're left wondering if it was a gun shot you hear or distant clap thunder. At points in the game, it gets really intense. Single Player Mission Structure 11/10: Perfect. Simply perfect. The missions are very well done. From North Aferica to Norway to France to Germany, you'll be leading ranger squads, sabotaging German equipment, infiltrating German HQ, and you even get to drive a KING TIGER TANK. The D-DAY mission is by far the best level I've every played in a FPS, followed up by the mission where you're a sniper and are sneaking around a bombed out French village, taking out opposing snipers. What I also enjoyed was how you'd be awarded medals for doing secret objectives (e.g. destroying a group of Tanks) Weapons 10/10: In this game you're givin a wide range of different guns and granades, all look and sound really good. You can use the Colt. 45, OSS Hi-Standard Silenced Pistol, M1 Garand (best rifle in the game) Springfeild '03 Sniper Rifle, Thompson SMG, the BAR, Mark 2 Frag Granades, Bazooka, Winchester Shotgun, .30 CAL Mounted Machine Gun, Walther P38, Mauser KAR 98K, MP40, KAR 98 Sniper Rifle, STG44 STURMGEWHR, MG42 Mounted Machine Gun, Stielhandgrenate and the Panzershreck. Muliplayer 7/10: It isnt bad, but nothing new. You have your free for all, team death match, round based match and objective based match. The maps are good and are very detailed; giving you a real sense of fighting on the WW2 front. Realism 9/10: This games about as real as your going to get. The soldiers on both sides where the appropriate uniforms, say and do the logical thing when attacked and suprised, your team mates arnt completely useless (unlike other FPS like all Delta Force games) and theres depth in what the characters say. Soldiers will cry out with emotion and bark orders with rage, non sound as if there being read from a script. However, your team mates aiming isnt that accurate. For and example, there points in the game where a German soldier will be right infront of fellow ranger. Both will shoot at each other and both will miss, even if there face to face. Also, on the D-Day level, theres a Medic on the beach who has a Colt pistol strapped onto his side. In any armed force, now and then, Medics werent aloud to carry wapons. These things are small and dont really effect the game much, unless your a realism freak or a history buff. Overall 10/10: Worth its weight in gold. BUY IT!