Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC CD)

This was only released on Friday 15th February so I don't know where the previous reviewers got their copies from. Anyway, brilliant game. I've been playing for most of the week-end so have got through quite a few levels, hopefully there are a lot more to come. I hadn't thought about the linearity of the levels until I read the reviews below. To be honest, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Wandering around large levels trying to work out what to do next can be tedious - but it does not happen in this game. For me it is a lot more entertaining than Return to Castle Wolfenstein even though that was a good game. In this, the final version, it does not start with the Omaha Beach level. This is sensible as Omaha beach would be a fairly tough start. There is a fairly short training level and a couple of missions before you get to D-Day. Omaha beach really is just like in Saving Private Ryan. Quite often the music reminds you of it and sometimes when you see bombed out houses. The sound in the game is worth a special mention as the effects and the music are top class and really add to the atmosphere. Perhaps if you analyse the game it may seem heavily scripted. But admire it for what it is. Having allied planes flying over blowing the front off a building as you walk up a street is not going to happen unless it has been designed in. You get to drive a tank and blow up every building in sight in a couple of levels. As for AI, as a game designer said recently, if the AI was that realistic you wouldn't last more than a few seconds. I have to make frequent quick-saves because I die fairly frequently, so it is difficult enough. On the downside, quite a few crashes, and on my machine every time I load a saved game from scratch (i.e. for the first time having started the program) it tries to dial up (which I cancel) and then the display flickers in wierd colours. Once loaded I have to hit the "my computer" button on my MS Internet keyboard then go back (otherwise the mouse does not work!) to change the video settings. Having changed the video settings everything is OK and I can go back to the setting I had before. Once you get through this the game runs smoothly but sometimes you encounter a crash where the only way out is the reboot button. (System: Windows 98, Epox 8HKA+, 256mb DDR, AMD XP 1600+, Radeon 7500). The problems are not enough to lose the 5-star rating and, to be fair, most games give me problems at some point. Overall it is the best first person shooter so far .... probably.

Game will not work because manual with the code we need is missing

Rubbish will not install on Windows 7 or Vista, another rushed game that needs more patches than a push bike tyre riding over a stinger-avoid!

As a newcomer to PC gaming (and FPShooters) I was keen to warm up to it all with a decent game - and, frankly, I can't believe they can come any better than this. This is a top-notch, first rate gaming experience. The graphics are incredibly smoothe and realistic. The characters, weapons, scenery and buildings are presented beautifully. The sound is even more incredible; the gun shots, explosions, ambience, make you feel even more like you're there. Add the music (which is an excellent complimentary score) and the vocal talent, and you have yourself a blockbuster movie. There are so many things here that contribute to the high standard of presentation. As for the gameplay, this is well balanced. The easy, user-friendly interface means you can't go wrong. The levels are nice to roam about in but perhaps the compass guide makes things too 'straight-forward' at times. The learning curve is just right, and as the missions go on you are encouraged to use different strategies. This isn't a gung-ho shoot-fest; you must execute patience and precision at times, rather than shooting off clip after clip. It would be dull if this were the case. The Omaha beach mission is a major highlight (and one to come back to again and again for the sheer thrill of it), although it did seem a little early on in the game. As epic as it was it probably deserved to be something looked forward to and conquered later on. The U-boat level is nice change of pace (having the Nazi soldiers bidding you 'Gutten tag' and what not when you're dressed as an Officer), and a good example of how each level differs while keeping you hooked and on-edge. You're gonna have to re-play missions until you learn how to best handle them. And whether it's storming beaches, riding on the back of a jeep with a machine gun, blasting buildings in a King Tiger tank, sneaking down railway tracks and picking off snipers from a distance, you're gonna be doing them again and again. It is a shame the game ends so abruptly, but still MOH: Allied Assault draws you in, keeps you hooked, is so realistic it makes you care for your comrades and really feel triumphant at the end of each mission. Excellent.

I kind of like this game has recommended by alot of people throughout the spectrum. Yet, I am not totally committed to give more than three stars now. Perhaps I should play again...

This game does what it set out to do very well. It's an excellent first person shooter. The music and graphics are very atmospheric and the missions are well scripted. The Omaha beach level, in particular, is the stuff of legend. Having said that, PC gamers should bear in mind that MOHAA is not a military sim (like Operation Flashpoint or Ghost Recon) and it is not FPS with role-playing and adventure elements (like Deus Ex). So, the single player game is quite linear and the focus is purely on action. That's not a downside, it's the nature of the game. The game is not without fault, though. It's rather short and you may have a few technical problems getting it to work.

Brilliant game

Problems installing

scrivo solo per gli amanti degli shooters della seconda g.m. i quali -per qualche motivo improbabile, tranne forse che per un'età molto giovane, stranamente non dovesse conoscere questo gioco che ritengo una pietra miliare e un giro di boa per il genere. certamente mancano le raffinatezze grafiche e la velocità di giochi più recenti, ma è presente in modo molto realistico la ricostruzione dell'atmosfera di quel conflitto epocale, fatto che forse proprio perchè meno distrati appunto dalla velocità e dalle meraviglie grafiche dei suoi successori, si apprezza più che in questi ultimi. il mio giudizio sarà forse offuscato dall'affetto per l'esperienza di gioco che per primo moh mi ha offerto, ma accanto alla recente versione attualizzata di moh, ai call of duty e a bad company per fare qualche esempio, trovo estremamente divertente tornare ogni tanto al buon vecchio moh...che peraltro non manca di mettermi duramente alla prova in certi adrenalinici scenarii. mbobo romeo.

oggetto conforme alle aspettative

purtroppo ho potuto solo giocare la Demo il game sembra essere davvero avvincente, ma lìho comprato e ahime non posso giocarci vedrò di risolvere forse con un pc old... :-(

IL GIOCO E OBSOLETO E GIRA soltanto su computer vecchissimi,su quelli moderni neanche a pensarlo,SAREBBE GIUSTO DI AGGIORNARE QUESTI GIOCHI PER PIATTAFORME MODERNE COME WINDOWS 8 E SUPERIORI,E TUTTE LE SCHEDE VIDEO,PERCHE LA GENTE PAGA CARA EA E I SOLDI NON LI TROVA PER STRADA.