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If you have a PC, you *need* to get this game.
It is, quite simply, stunning.
The level everyone knows, Omaha beach doesn't actually arrive until the 3rd mission.
And yes, it is exactly like playing the beginning of Saving Private Ryan.
But it is without question, the greatest set-piece in computer gaming I have ever witnessed.
I'll do a proper review where it should be, but you need to try and understand the ferocity and jaw-dropping moment of landing at Omaha beach.
You start off in the boat.
You can look about the boat at the soldiers around you, the guy behind is green-faced and terrified (his expression changes as the shelling starts).
To your left are more boats.
The shelling starts.
Water explodes up and fizzes into your craft, the guy behind you starts to whimper and he's ducking down now.
Look to your left and the nearest boat explodes, sending bodies into air.
Your Sergeant behind you is shouting instructions but you can't hear him very well.
You reach the beach and the ramp drops down.
Before you are acres of beach, with barbed wire and metal anti-tank blockades buried into the sand.
You start to move forward and the first row of soldiers are hit, they do down in screams and now it's you in the water.
Bullets tear at you and you need to reach the 1st little bit of cover, but the water makes it slow to wade.
To your left and right, more soldiers are getting mowed down and explosions send more bodies flying through the air.
There's a break in the shooting for a few seconds, time to dash to the next meagre bit of cover.
There's 3 of you crouched behind a tiny metal strip of protection.
1 guy starts to move but is shot in the face, falls down and the guy next to you panics and runs.
He's dead now as well.
Bullets are still screaming through the air and explosions shake the beach.
All around you, soldiers are being blown to bits.
Run now?
You start to move but a stream of bullets whack into you, now your health is down from 100 to 32 in 4 seconds so you duck back.
You can see, in front and across what feels like a mile of sand, another tiny bit of cover.
Wait for a break in the shooting, wait for them to reload and then you're running in a crouch.
You fall behind the cover and your companion is sitting down, holding his head and shaking.
He's lost his mind, he's talking over and over about something.
To your right is another explosion, 3 soldiers are throw back down the beach along with mud and sand and screams.
Run, fall behind a small barrier.
Here is a medic, he gives you 50 health points so now you're on 60.
The Medic is tending to a guy laying at your feet.
The man is crying and the medic is trying to reassure him.
If you look closely, the medic takes the soldier's hand and holds him as he dies.
It's now only about 40 feet to the end of the beach.
But that 40 feet might as well be 40 miles.
Another break in the onslaught of shooting as the Nazis reload.
Stand and run, head for that crater.
An explosion throws bodies past you, the screams rise and are cut off.
You look back down the beach from the crater.
A soldier is dragging his fallen comrade to cover.
But a shell tears them both to pieces.
You can see some lucky men have reached the end of the beach, they're laying flat under the fire. Safe for now.
One final dash and you make it to the end of the beach.
Your Sergeant orders you back down to grab bangoliers.
That barbed wire has to be blown so you can proceed.
So you dash frantically to get them, bullet tearing the sand all around you.
You've got them, back to the Sergeant now and he blows the wire.
That's it, you've made it up the beach.
Now you just have to get to the trenches and clear the bunkers ahead of you.
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That is the Omaha Beach level.
What sounds simple enough, clear the beach took almost an hour of constant reloading and retrying because you can barely move without being killed, until you start to learn to dash from cover to cover.
It is totally immersive and chaotic.
Furious machine gun fire streams you constantly, explosions tear the beach from under you.
Your comrades die next to you, friends are blown to pieces.
I cannot adequately describe the utter relentless fury of this beach level.
It's noisy and scary and frantic and it's more luck than skill if you make it to the top.
This is just 1 level of an amazing game that includes clearing a farm of Nazis etc.
Medal of Honour: Allied Assualt.
The best game I have played.
Ever.
It is, quite simply, stunning.
The level everyone knows, Omaha beach doesn't actually arrive until the 3rd mission.
And yes, it is exactly like playing the beginning of Saving Private Ryan.
But it is without question, the greatest set-piece in computer gaming I have ever witnessed.
I'll do a proper review where it should be, but you need to try and understand the ferocity and jaw-dropping moment of landing at Omaha beach.
You start off in the boat.
You can look about the boat at the soldiers around you, the guy behind is green-faced and terrified (his expression changes as the shelling starts).
To your left are more boats.
The shelling starts.
Water explodes up and fizzes into your craft, the guy behind you starts to whimper and he's ducking down now.
Look to your left and the nearest boat explodes, sending bodies into air.
Your Sergeant behind you is shouting instructions but you can't hear him very well.
You reach the beach and the ramp drops down.
Before you are acres of beach, with barbed wire and metal anti-tank blockades buried into the sand.
You start to move forward and the first row of soldiers are hit, they do down in screams and now it's you in the water.
Bullets tear at you and you need to reach the 1st little bit of cover, but the water makes it slow to wade.
To your left and right, more soldiers are getting mowed down and explosions send more bodies flying through the air.
There's a break in the shooting for a few seconds, time to dash to the next meagre bit of cover.
There's 3 of you crouched behind a tiny metal strip of protection.
1 guy starts to move but is shot in the face, falls down and the guy next to you panics and runs.
He's dead now as well.
Bullets are still screaming through the air and explosions shake the beach.
All around you, soldiers are being blown to bits.
Run now?
You start to move but a stream of bullets whack into you, now your health is down from 100 to 32 in 4 seconds so you duck back.
You can see, in front and across what feels like a mile of sand, another tiny bit of cover.
Wait for a break in the shooting, wait for them to reload and then you're running in a crouch.
You fall behind the cover and your companion is sitting down, holding his head and shaking.
He's lost his mind, he's talking over and over about something.
To your right is another explosion, 3 soldiers are throw back down the beach along with mud and sand and screams.
Run, fall behind a small barrier.
Here is a medic, he gives you 50 health points so now you're on 60.
The Medic is tending to a guy laying at your feet.
The man is crying and the medic is trying to reassure him.
If you look closely, the medic takes the soldier's hand and holds him as he dies.
It's now only about 40 feet to the end of the beach.
But that 40 feet might as well be 40 miles.
Another break in the onslaught of shooting as the Nazis reload.
Stand and run, head for that crater.
An explosion throws bodies past you, the screams rise and are cut off.
You look back down the beach from the crater.
A soldier is dragging his fallen comrade to cover.
But a shell tears them both to pieces.
You can see some lucky men have reached the end of the beach, they're laying flat under the fire. Safe for now.
One final dash and you make it to the end of the beach.
Your Sergeant orders you back down to grab bangoliers.
That barbed wire has to be blown so you can proceed.
So you dash frantically to get them, bullet tearing the sand all around you.
You've got them, back to the Sergeant now and he blows the wire.
That's it, you've made it up the beach.
Now you just have to get to the trenches and clear the bunkers ahead of you.
---
That is the Omaha Beach level.
What sounds simple enough, clear the beach took almost an hour of constant reloading and retrying because you can barely move without being killed, until you start to learn to dash from cover to cover.
It is totally immersive and chaotic.
Furious machine gun fire streams you constantly, explosions tear the beach from under you.
Your comrades die next to you, friends are blown to pieces.
I cannot adequately describe the utter relentless fury of this beach level.
It's noisy and scary and frantic and it's more luck than skill if you make it to the top.
This is just 1 level of an amazing game that includes clearing a farm of Nazis etc.
Medal of Honour: Allied Assualt.
The best game I have played.
Ever.
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This game will never work on my PC, I'm sure.
Any idea when it's coming out for PS2??
Any idea when it's coming out for PS2??
MoJoJoJo wrote:
And my copy of Medal Of Honour should be arriving on my door
> within the next few days hopefully, all thanks to SR! Cheers
It wont since it has been delayed for another 2 weeks according to SR
And my copy of Medal Of Honour should be arriving on my door
> within the next few days hopefully, all thanks to SR! Cheers
It wont since it has been delayed for another 2 weeks according to SR
I've been playing the single and multiplayer demos since they came out - amazing
Makes Return To Castle Wolfenstein look like the original Wolfenstein!
And my copy of Medal Of Honour should be arriving on my door within the next few days hopefully, all thanks to SR! Cheers
Makes Return To Castle Wolfenstein look like the original Wolfenstein!
And my copy of Medal Of Honour should be arriving on my door within the next few days hopefully, all thanks to SR! Cheers
Having already completed the game, I experienced no slowdowns in the game with my 32MB graphics card. I think that the 32MB is the minimum the game will work with though.
Yes the graphics are brilliant even though you do need a good graphics card to run the game. If you want to run it on HIGH resolution and only got about 32MB Graphics Card, you might experience some slowdown
I really cant wait for the game. Having completed the single-player demo a number of twice, I can say how brilliant the gameplay is. I always like the MOH gameson the PS1 and have put in my order for Allied Assault few weeks ago....
By the way, anyone thinking of creating a squad for playing the game online? Because I am organising a squad if ya want to join it
I really cant wait for the game. Having completed the single-player demo a number of twice, I can say how brilliant the gameplay is. I always like the MOH gameson the PS1 and have put in my order for Allied Assault few weeks ago....
By the way, anyone thinking of creating a squad for playing the game online? Because I am organising a squad if ya want to join it
I'll download it right away.
I completed this game over the weekend and must agrea that this game really is stunning, expecially the beach part on the coast of France.
Kid Rock wrote:
> I might get this game but i want to get the PS2 version called MoH
> frontline
mine is a new computer 1.7ghz with a ge force2 graphics card
so i
> think that should do
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PS2 version has been delayed until June/July time apparently.
Hope not though
> I might get this game but i want to get the PS2 version called MoH
> frontline
mine is a new computer 1.7ghz with a ge force2 graphics card
so i
> think that should do
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PS2 version has been delayed until June/July time apparently.
Hope not though
I gathered you had an import, but I just felt like stirring it. :-)
A friend has a pirate copy, and he showed me today. I was very impressed, and will be ordering it from SR soon.
A friend has a pirate copy, and he showed me today. I was very impressed, and will be ordering it from SR soon.
I might get this game but i want to get the PS2 version called MoH frontline
mine is a new computer 1.7ghz with a ge force2 graphics card
so i think that should do
mine is a new computer 1.7ghz with a ge force2 graphics card
so i think that should do
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