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I was skeptical of buying MOH:AA at first, but after reading various comments of others and formal reviews, I decided to take it on. Boy was I glad I did!

Allied Assault presents some of the most realistic feeling, immersive war-time experiences ever incorporated into a video game. While the game itself is not realistic as far as damage and equipment carrying goes, etc.., the sound, graphics, missions and locations are incredibly well detailed and produced. The atmosphere is very immersive and the attention to detail regarding 1940's WWII locales is tremendously recreated.

The Normandy Beach mission, straight out of "Saving Private Ryan," provides one of the most memorable PC gaming moments ever. Your mouth will remain open as you dodge explosions, watch your men die and fall around you as you approach the beach and run for cover from the German fortifications.

The cut scenes are done a-la "Half Life" where you are able to control your character's point of view while they are running, a very good choice.

Most importantly MOH:AA provides a lot of varied missions, preventing it from getting monotonous, lots of action and intense gun fights, and using natural elements as obstacles make for a realistic experience despite the run-n-gun style of the game. At one point I was driving a tank blowing up buildings full of snipers, in another I was running through German countryside using tomb stones as cover from a nest of Nazi's holed up in a bombed-out church (see the SP demo).

The game is a bit short in duration, but has a significant replayability factor in that you can go back and play on 3 different difficulty settings, and pick and choose which mission you would like to play over again. Every time you complete a mission, it will be done slightly differently depending on your weapon(s) of choice, strategy, and ability to shoot accurately.

The multiplayer mode has serious potential, but has yet to reach it. The ability to play in co-op mode through the single player missions with others would be a great addition to the game, and a MOD is already available which does just that, covering the infamous Normandy Beach Invasion (D-Day).

Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault, is certainly one of the best First Person Shooters ever made, and if you enjoy games like No One Lives Forever, you'll love Allied Assault as well, an instant classic from EA Games and 2015 (ID Software). You will need a Pentium III 600mhz processor or better, and a 64MB video card of high quality to run the game at respectable rates, keep in mind, in my opinion. The game's requirements are indeed quite high, even at lower detail levels.

I play a lot of different PC video games, RPG, Adventure, Sports and FPS genres, and Medal Of Honor is definitely a game I can recommend without hesistation.

I was really excited about this game. The prospect of a realistic WWII first person shooter definitely caught my attention. The graphics are great, the sound is phenominal, and the game is hard (in my opinion anyway). I disagree with the comments on the multiplayer. I have spent many hours at LAN parties playing Quake III, Unreal Tournament, and Halo to name a few, and I am eager to play this game with my friends on a network.

There are deathmatch, team and objective based categories. For objective based, you can choose to play the D-Day invasion, infiltrate a German factory to blow up a rocket, blow up a bridge or make your way through a grave yard to dismantle German artillery. The level of detail is astounding, but I wish that there would be more interactive vehicles. (The only vehicle that you can actually drive is a Tiger tank). Also, Germans can fire around corners, drop to their stomachs to fire and pick up your grenades and hurl them back at you. You, however, can do none of these. Also, the Germans know where you are before you even see them, day or night. Their snipers rarely miss, even from a great distance. I think there should be a bit more stealth in the game, but oh well, it is still a lot of fun to play.

The missions are varried (though there are only 6 official missions with 20-30 submissions in between). The game draws heavily from Saving Private Ryan, from D-Day to the defense of a bridge from the advancing German army, but I think this enhances the excitement of the game. I would have liked to see some elements of Enemy at the Gates here, but that could easily be done in a mod or a patch = )

I only buy a game once in awhile when I think it is going to be a great game. This is one of them (ok, so I lied a bit in my title-that's just based on the minor problems i have already mentioned). Enjoy

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.