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Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

It indeed has been three years since the last time I played Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. And back then I didn't even complete it - I stopped when there were still two maps (small) to go. But anyways I liked it back then and I still like it.

MOH:AA walks between realism and arcade. The environment, the missions, the guns, the foes etc. are realistic but the rest is pretty arcade-based - meaning you can walk, jump, run, shoot without getting exhausted or without losing much accuracy while shooting and that you can take some damage before you die - and there's no way to get wounded. So if you visited the land between Duke Nukem and Operation Flashpoint (or Rainbow Six) you'd find Medal of Honor.

If you find the concept appealing then you won't get disappointed. I did get tired of all those respawns at times but mostly it was pretty damn well balanced. Maybe it'd be nice to run out of ammo even once but that just didn't happen (I played on medium). Also at times the enemies appeared to take a bit too much of damage before dying (although in many cases one headshot is enough). Health is available almost behind every corner although there were many tough battles.

The levels are fantastic. There's enough variety - not just in locations (from Africa to Norway, from France to Germany) but in gameplay too. Jeep rides, stealth missions, great escapes, lots of sniping, tank rides etc. There's plenty of both indoor & outdoor action. Graphics rely on Quake 3 engine which still looks damn good (Call of Duty uses the same engine). The levels are filled with a rich world of sounds. Birds singing, planes flying over your head, gunfire etc. Character & weapon sounds are the best there is (and here the nazis speak German - not English as in RTCW).

One thing I have to put here is that the very last map of the last chapter is frustratingly hard - especially if you start the map with low hp. If you're very lucky you might pass it without even noticing but if you don't - here's a walkthrough I used. It's only about 20-60 seconds but it can get very hard.

Conclusion: Compared to Call of Duty there are very little differences. The gameplay is pretty much the same, the levels feel the same, the graphics look almost the same and so on. My guess is that the main difference is the online mode - however I never played CoD online (MoH:AA is pretty standard deathmatch/team deathmatch). If you like the genre you won't lose anything by having both games (since they should both be pretty cheap today). WW2 FPS fans should not miss this title.

Imo

This was the first online game i ever played when i was young and had 56k:D but i was addicted to it.
When i moved up to BB i loved it even more and got alot better.
Its almost the same as CoD same style, but a few thinks are diffrent like u can't lay down and der is doors ,and the snipers had norecoil..so easy to kill:D but part form that they simular.
Back in the day it was a huge game very popular but now it is slowly diein
but every so often i jump back on it and get OWNED not much has changed :D.
The Teams/Weapons
you had to choices german and allies
Weapons
german
Mp44 good for close combat and far range
Mp40 i didnt relly like this gun because its only good for close combat.its useless if there is a dissents
Kar my fav weapon by far if you had ok skill is a good weapon 1shot1kill good close and excelent far. you had a 5mag round
Sniper if u like snipers then choice for you.but its abit to easy as norecoil
Bazooka :D if u want to upset some people :D
also got stanard pistole and nades

Allies
Bar very very powerfull weapon i liked this more then the mp44 alot more :D its got the power the range and good close up and 20round clip
M1 grand i could never use this weapon very well.dont relly no why as it shot faster than a kar but i just could not get use to it.but part from that it shots pretty fast good range and powerfull
Thompson very nice gun for close combat but for range not so good.but i still like it more then the mp40
Sniper same as above relly not much diffrence
Bazooka if u want to be popular
Standard pist and nades

If i had the choice between CoD and this i would pick CoD as the reason follow: MoHaa Has way to many cheats only can play on DMW3 severs That Kick if u dont have it.but theres not alot around but u can get DMW bypasses so dats pointless.u cant take no ss of the guy u think is dodgey so no way of tellin if he has some sort of 3rd party program..

Hope u liked my review..i no its abit crappy but meh wat u expect frm me :D
Love Satch