Medal of Honor Pacific Assault Review

Danhill · Nov 6, 2004, 08:41 PM

Nearly three years ago, Electronic Arts brought its Medal of Honor series of World War II-themed first-person shooters to the PC in Medal of Honor Allied Assault, and that game went on to become highly influential. By combining intense run-and-gun shooting action with an incredibly authentic atmosphere and some spectacular set-piece battles, Allied Assault helped establish the genre's current high standards. Seemingly countless other historic war-themed shooters have been released since then, so it's become very difficult for such a game to distinguish itself...or even compete.

Read more: Gamespot

Zardon · Nov 6, 2004, 08:42 PM

I hope EA dont lose too much money, i see its leaked already on the net.

Danhill · Nov 6, 2004, 08:44 PM

Allready?? That was fast, don't think the game is realesed yet either.

Well I'm waiting for it to come here in Sweden, it looks like a great shooter.

**MIG-31** · Nov 6, 2004, 08:53 PM

me wants too.

fps....are my favourite type of game genre......

demo were good.... but will take something real good to draw me away from call of duty,expansion included.

ViRuS2k · Nov 6, 2004, 09:13 PM

Total Size: 4,317.2 MB
Title: Medal Of Honor: Pacific Assault Total Files: 96 files

DVD VERSION RELEASED.

or should i say LEEKED lol.

Zardon · Nov 7, 2004, 11:06 AM

unfortunate to see that AA still wont work in game.

Danhill · Nov 7, 2004, 11:22 AM

Damn, typical, hope they realese a patch soon.

ericdrum · Nov 7, 2004, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

unfortunate to see that AA still wont work in game.

That sucks. That's what really drove me nuts about the demo. I've turned into an AA elitist and if I can't get it, I don't like the way most games look. Once that is fixed, I will probably give the game a spin.

Zardon · Nov 7, 2004, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericdrum

That sucks. That's what really drove me nuts about the demo. I've turned into an AA elitist and if I can't get it, I don't like the way most games look. Once that is fixed, I will probably give the game a spin.

yeah even at 1600x1200 its noticeable, especially on the vehicles and weaponry. Its a pity too because the particle effects are some of the best ive seen.

Dom · Nov 7, 2004, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

yeah even at 1600x1200 its noticeable, especially on the vehicles and weaponry. Its a pity too because the particle effects are some of the best ive seen.

Is the game good, though?

Zardon · Nov 7, 2004, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dom

Is the game good, though?

I havent really had the chance to play it much today, played the first few levels and yes it looks very nice indeed, certainly graphically its quite impressive, AI isnt wonderful but its acceptable, sound is first class.

Dom · Nov 7, 2004, 08:54 PM

Cool.

Zardon · Nov 8, 2004, 02:33 PM

The outstanding thing in this game apart from the graphics, is the 5.1 sound, the clarity and mixing is the best ive heard, now to repair the windows !

Dom · Nov 8, 2004, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

The outstanding thing in this game apart from the graphics, is the 5.1 sound, the clarity and mixing is the best ive heard, now to repair the windows !

Cool. I hope it's as enjoyable with my 2.1s.

But I actually find more than 2 channels confusing sometimes.

Zardon · Nov 8, 2004, 06:39 PM

Im sure it will be great on 2.1 as well, the whole game sounds as if they spent masses on the audio side of things, from voice acting, to weapon sounds, music etc. its certainly becoming a test of future speakers with gaming. going to be a benchmark test game for audio, there is a section later on when you jump onto a mounted machine gun and the whole floor was shaking when I was firing it.

Dom · Nov 8, 2004, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Im sure it will be great on 2.1 as well, the whole game sounds as if they spent masses on the audio side of things, from voice acting, to weapon sounds, music etc. its certainly becoming a test of future speakers with gaming. going to be a benchmark test game for audio, there is a section later on when you jump onto a mounted machine gun and the whole floor was shaking when I was firing it.

Danhill · Nov 8, 2004, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Im sure it will be great on 2.1 as well, the whole game sounds as if they spent masses on the audio side of things, from voice acting, to weapon sounds, music etc. its certainly becoming a test of future speakers with gaming. going to be a benchmark test game for audio, there is a section later on when you jump onto a mounted machine gun and the whole floor was shaking when I was firing it.

Sounds cool, I wish that I could play that loud, but I can't, I'm not living in a house and my son is very easy awaken.

Whats your impression so far Zardon, are the graphics that good??
Is the water like FarCry??

Zardon · Nov 8, 2004, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danhill

Sounds cool, I wish that I could play that loud, but I can't, I'm not living in a house and my son is very easy awaken.

Whats your impression so far Zardon, are the graphics that good??
Is the water like FarCry??

the graphics are excellent yes, ive seen the odd little glitch such as a tree not level with the ground on some slopes etc, but overall its very polished. The water, well yes id say its as good but its not got the same fantasy style lighting as farcry's due to the nature of the game of course, but its very impressive indeed.

Without giving too much away there is a level in which you are on a battleship defending it from bombers and fighters and you are on some mounted weaponry and the whole environment really just needs to be seen to be believed. the smoke effects and the way it rises into the sky, along with the water around the battleship and the way the sky is full of masses of aircraft dogging it out. The draw distance is also excellent. It is one of the rare times ive felt you could actually crawl into the screen and touch it.

Im sure people will point out its flaws and its not really bringing anything new to the table but I have to say I reloaded a few levels just to walk around as I did with farcry, its that visually impressive, nice use of Shader2 with some great levels. I also like the way the medics can heal you when you call them but if you are in the wrong place the enemy either put their boot in your face as you lie bleeding or cram the end of their rifle into you.

Excellent and really worth getting, im enjoying it and its certainly an awesome aural and visual system work out. quite how multiplayer will work ive no idea, I tend to go more for single player.

It tends to run very smooth on P4 systems too as ive heard they have used code to break up the virtual CPUS, with one handling sound. Runs great on the FX55 as well :P

Only major negative thing I will say is that AA wont work with this game and even at 1600x1200 its noticeable with it off. pity lets hope they patch it.

Danhill · Nov 8, 2004, 07:36 PM

Wow thanks for the input, I really want this game now, can't wait.

And performance of course with your system is top notch I guess.

I hope I can set everything to max as well and still play with AF.

My CPU is getting a bit old now.

>GSXR<mrbusa · Nov 9, 2004, 09:44 PM

im beginning to believe that there is some type of hardware config problem with my system.dirrectly after install there was a windows scipt host error stating that the installer couldnt find a temp file, firewall.vbs.,but the game seemed to have installed correctly,then whe i go to play the right dvd was not recognized by the exe.so i uninstalled a few times and eventually i got it to play.still about 1 in 5 times the dvd isnt recognized.the game seems to play great except for this issue and the fact that i cant use 100mhz refreshrate,i had to reconfigure my desktop so the game would not look distorted.i also have a problem with mohaa not remembering my settings,i have to reset everything everytime i play mohaa or bt or sh.ea says all these problems are my pc's fault.i have over 50gig of games installed and these are the only games that i havent been able to fix.all divers are up to date and firmware and firewall is disabled and antivirus is disabled and there is nothing running durring any install i do wether it be game or app.wierd

lenchmob · Nov 11, 2004, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dom

Is the game good, though?

IMHO Dom MOHPA is a great game...

The game music and effects are awsome with 5.1 going through my new Logitech -Z-5500 Digital sound system....

***Veridian3*** · Nov 12, 2004, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by >GSXR<mrbusa

im beginning to believe that there is some type of hardware config problem with my system.dirrectly after install there was a windows scipt host error stating that the installer couldnt find a temp file, firewall.vbs.,but the game seemed to have installed correctly,then whe i go to play the right dvd was not recognized by the exe.so i uninstalled a few times and eventually i got it to play.still about 1 in 5 times the dvd isnt recognized.the game seems to play great except for this issue and the fact that i cant use 100mhz refreshrate,i had to reconfigure my desktop so the game would not look distorted.i also have a problem with mohaa not remembering my settings,i have to reset everything everytime i play mohaa or bt or sh.ea says all these problems are my pc's fault.i have over 50gig of games installed and these are the only games that i havent been able to fix.all divers are up to date and firmware and firewall is disabled and antivirus is disabled and there is nothing running durring any install i do wether it be game or app.wierd

From EA:
This error message will in no way harm the installation of Xfire nor will it harm the installation of MOHPA. This error message will usually occur if you choose to unblock the program before finishing the installation. If you do not dismiss the Windows Firewall Security Alert prior to finishing the installation of the game, you will not see this error message.

CDsDontBurn · Nov 12, 2004, 11:58 AM

i saw it at walmart a few days ago. wanted to buy it, but i had no cash on me :\

>GSXR<mrbusa · Nov 12, 2004, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veridian3

From EA:
This error message will in no way harm the installation of Xfire nor will it harm the installation of MOHPA. This error message will usually occur if you choose to unblock the program before finishing the installation. If you do not dismiss the Windows Firewall Security Alert prior to finishing the installation of the game, you will not see this error message.

they tried telling me this also but i never dismissed any firewall alerts durring installation of the game.my firewall and firewall alerts are off at all times.the game plays fine if i can get my drives to recognize the dvd.it is strange that i have a problem with all versions of moh.thx for your reply,later

Toasty_Rimjob · Nov 12, 2004, 05:52 PM

for people looking for screenshots there is a review here that has alot of them:
here
including a pic of the environment Zardon mentioned

Quote:

Without giving too much away there is a level in which you are on a battleship defending it from bombers and fighters and you are on some mounted weaponry and the whole environment really just needs to be seen to be believed. the smoke effects and the way it rises into the sky, along with the water around the battleship and the way the sky is full of masses of aircraft dogging it out. The draw distance is also excellent. It is one of the rare times ive felt you could actually crawl into the screen and touch it.

Dom · Nov 12, 2004, 07:20 PM

This game is awesome. Runs great on my 9500Pro too.

Danhill · Nov 12, 2004, 09:16 PM

WOW, this game is awesome, one of the best yet. The graphics are just amazing, the sound is also top notch, I just can't stop playing this.

I just hope they make AA to work as soon as possible.

We been spoiled this year by good games so far.

Got to go back, my troups awaits me

Zardon · Nov 12, 2004, 10:29 PM

Have you guys noticed the subtle use of colour techniques in this game? im not talking about when you are shoot etc and the fade outs, blurring etc, but some of the levels are deliberately "washed out" with the intention to make you see how the lightining in certain locations is. there is a jungle level later on and the whole thing is almost pastel in design, which just blew me away, especially as the level after it in a different part of the area is vivid and bright.

some excellent concepts in this game.

Dom · Nov 12, 2004, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Have you guys noticed the subtle use of colour techniques in this game? im not talking about when you are shoot etc and the fade outs, blurring etc, but some of the levels are deliberately "washed out" with the intention to make you see how the lightining in certain locations is. there is a jungle level later on and the whole thing is almost pastel in design, which just blew me away, especially as the level after it in a different part of the area is vivid and bright.

some excellent concepts in this game.

Yup, I have noticed that.

Danhill · Nov 15, 2004, 08:14 AM

I really love this game to, but I find it hard at times, the Graphics is as Z said just awesome, the sound is......well you feel that you really are there.

I like the fact that it's feels like you really are there, it's a great story and a great game.

Nov 6, 2004, 08:41 PM	#1
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Medal of Honor Pacific Assault Review Nearly three years ago, Electronic Arts brought its Medal of Honor series of World War II-themed first-person shooters to the PC in Medal of Honor Allied Assault, and that game went on to become highly influential. By combining intense run-and-gun shooting action with an incredibly authentic atmosphere and some spectacular set-piece battles, Allied Assault helped establish the genre's current high standards. Seemingly countless other historic war-themed shooters have been released since then, so it's become very difficult for such a game to distinguish itself...or even compete. Read more: Gamespot __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Nov 6, 2004, 08:44 PM	Thread Starter #3
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Allready?? That was fast, don't think the game is realesed yet either. Well I'm waiting for it to come here in Sweden, it looks like a great shooter. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Nov 6, 2004, 08:53 PM	#4
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,773 Rep Power: 444 System Specs	me wants too. fps....are my favourite type of game genre...... demo were good.... but will take something real good to draw me away from call of duty,expansion included. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Nov 7, 2004, 11:22 AM	Thread Starter #7
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Damn, typical, hope they realese a patch soon. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Nov 8, 2004, 07:36 PM	Thread Starter #19
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Wow thanks for the input, I really want this game now, can't wait. And performance of course with your system is top notch I guess. I hope I can set everything to max as well and still play with AF. My CPU is getting a bit old now. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Nov 6, 2004, 08:42 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	I hope EA dont lose too much money, i see its leaked already on the net.

Nov 6, 2004, 09:13 PM	#5
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Total Size: 4,317.2 MB Title: Medal Of Honor: Pacific Assault Total Files: 96 files DVD VERSION RELEASED. or should i say LEEKED lol.

Nov 7, 2004, 11:06 AM	#6
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	unfortunate to see that AA still wont work in game.

Nov 7, 2004, 08:54 PM	#12
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Cool.

Nov 8, 2004, 02:33 PM	#13
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	The outstanding thing in this game apart from the graphics, is the 5.1 sound, the clarity and mixing is the best ive heard, now to repair the windows !

Nov 8, 2004, 06:39 PM	#15
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Im sure it will be great on 2.1 as well, the whole game sounds as if they spent masses on the audio side of things, from voice acting, to weapon sounds, music etc. its certainly becoming a test of future speakers with gaming. going to be a benchmark test game for audio, there is a section later on when you jump onto a mounted machine gun and the whole floor was shaking when I was firing it.

Nov 9, 2004, 09:44 PM	#20
>GSXR<mrbusa im a FREAK Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,107 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	mohpa directors edition {retail} im beginning to believe that there is some type of hardware config problem with my system.dirrectly after install there was a windows scipt host error stating that the installer couldnt find a temp file, firewall.vbs.,but the game seemed to have installed correctly,then whe i go to play the right dvd was not recognized by the exe.so i uninstalled a few times and eventually i got it to play.still about 1 in 5 times the dvd isnt recognized.the game seems to play great except for this issue and the fact that i cant use 100mhz refreshrate,i had to reconfigure my desktop so the game would not look distorted.i also have a problem with mohaa not remembering my settings,i have to reset everything everytime i play mohaa or bt or sh.ea says all these problems are my pc's fault.i have over 50gig of games installed and these are the only games that i havent been able to fix.all divers are up to date and firmware and firewall is disabled and antivirus is disabled and there is nothing running durring any install i do wether it be game or app.wierd

Nov 12, 2004, 11:58 AM	#23
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	i saw it at walmart a few days ago. wanted to buy it, but i had no cash on me :\ __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Nov 12, 2004, 07:20 PM	#26
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	This game is awesome. Runs great on my 9500Pro too.

Nov 12, 2004, 09:16 PM	Thread Starter #27
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	WOW, this game is awesome, one of the best yet. The graphics are just amazing, the sound is also top notch, I just can't stop playing this. I just hope they make AA to work as soon as possible. We been spoiled this year by good games so far. Got to go back, my troups awaits me __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Nov 12, 2004, 10:29 PM	#28
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Have you guys noticed the subtle use of colour techniques in this game? im not talking about when you are shoot etc and the fade outs, blurring etc, but some of the levels are deliberately "washed out" with the intention to make you see how the lightining in certain locations is. there is a jungle level later on and the whole thing is almost pastel in design, which just blew me away, especially as the level after it in a different part of the area is vivid and bright. some excellent concepts in this game.

Nov 15, 2004, 08:14 AM	Thread Starter #30
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	I really love this game to, but I find it hard at times, the Graphics is as Z said just awesome, the sound is......well you feel that you really are there. I like the fact that it's feels like you really are there, it's a great story and a great game. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ