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 ...  Read the complete review

Well, that may be true, but it does provide game developers with a rich and detailed source from which to draw on. The ethics of doing so maybe debatable, but bear with me and I'll explain why this game can never be accused of sensationalism. So, Medal of Honor : Allied Assault. It's another WWII game, and heralded as the best FPS (first person shooter) since Half Life. *For those of you not in the know, Half Life was and is regarded as a revolution in gaming. 'Half Life is the best game ever' is something you're likely to hear pretty often in gaming circles. And you won't get many disagreements. Quite a compliment to it, since its a few years old ...  Read the complete review

Created by Steven Spielberg, Medal of Honour Allied Assault is not only the best game in the allusive Medal of Honour series, but a fine FPS in its own right, and the first of the bunch to be released on the PC. With its famous sequence on Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings, the game recieved a lot of acclaim for its stupendous graphics and astoundingly cinematic appeal, no doubt a factor of Mr. Spielberg's involvement. You play Lt. Mike Powell of the United States Army Rangers as you take part in several major campaigns across Germany, with a healthy variety of saving prisoners of war, blowing up machine gun nests, and simply surviving the day. The ...  Read the complete review

“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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review