Medal Of Honor - Allied Assault (PC)

Imagine this: you are in a steel boat with about ten other soldiers. You hear the whistle of shells and see the spray of the impact in the water around you. You peer over the side of the boat in time to see one of the many others explode, throwing debris and bodies high into the air. The man next to you is sick and you can hear someone praying. A whistle blows and the front of the boat opens. Machine gun fires decimates the front row of your platoon as you run forward and cower against the beach defences? Recognise this? Yes, it may sound like the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan, but it is in fact the opening sequence of the Omaha Beach mission in ...

“You have been assigned to a mission few would qualify for, a mission few would survive. You are about to embark upon a great crusade, the eyes of the world are upon you, the hopes and prayers of millions peace loving people are with you. At a turning point of World War II across a fifty mile stretch of France’s Normandy Coast, the allies staged a massive assault against Hitler’s vaunted Atlantic war. Valor. Duty. Leadership. Sacrifice. Can one man truly make a difference?” That is how the “Medal Of Honor- Allied Assault” begins. An awesome video coupled with a great audio and a speech given above sets a perfect tone for the ...

Unlike Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Medal Of Honor sticks firmly to reality which immediately takes it above the former game. Fighting in WW2 with electric guns? Please. The weapons are all what you would find if you were back in 1940 like the BAR or the Thompson. There is an allied set of weapons and Axis equilavents. They all look as good as they can be and sound very convincing as well. The think that is unforgettable about this game is the Omaha beach level. What we have here is in effect the beginning of Saving Private Ryan though in this game it comes in as the third mission. I wont give much details about this section because as far as I am concerned its ...