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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.
---
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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i'll start saving up for it right away.
i'll start saving up for it right away.
No comparison.
I enjoyed the PS version, but it's like putting a Ferrari next to a Transit Van and saying "Now, which can go faster?"
The AI is scary, enemies will duck behind cover and just stick their gun round, spraying the area without exposing themselves.
Chuck a grenade into a room and they'll scream and come running out, straight into your guns if you're lucky.
It's faultless so far.
You'll need a hefty spec to run it at 100% options, but it's worth it.
I'm up to the level that was the single player demo where you have to clear a town of Nazis, then destroy a tank, then assault a church and finally blow up 3 anti-personnel cannons.
Outstanding in every department.
Me and Hooplah started playing it at 6pm last night, finished at 2:30am and we're starting again tonight as soon as we can.
I considered throwing a sickie today to play, but then I wouldn't bother to post here and tell you people it's worth getting asap.
Or as Hooplah puts it, "This game is so cool you could put a moustache on it and call it Burt"
I enjoyed the PS version, but it's like putting a Ferrari next to a Transit Van and saying "Now, which can go faster?"
The AI is scary, enemies will duck behind cover and just stick their gun round, spraying the area without exposing themselves.
Chuck a grenade into a room and they'll scream and come running out, straight into your guns if you're lucky.
It's faultless so far.
You'll need a hefty spec to run it at 100% options, but it's worth it.
I'm up to the level that was the single player demo where you have to clear a town of Nazis, then destroy a tank, then assault a church and finally blow up 3 anti-personnel cannons.
Outstanding in every department.
Me and Hooplah started playing it at 6pm last night, finished at 2:30am and we're starting again tonight as soon as we can.
I considered throwing a sickie today to play, but then I wouldn't bother to post here and tell you people it's worth getting asap.
Or as Hooplah puts it, "This game is so cool you could put a moustache on it and call it Burt"
how much better is it then the playstation versions
Ohh I want it, I want it. You have made a sale Goaty, I just need to save some shinny coins and then go buy it. Sounds great.
I upgraded my video-card just to play the demo on full-whack graphical options, and it's worthwhile.
If only for the Omaha level, you can see the expressions change on the soldier's faces around you, the explosions are unbelievable and the tracer fire from the Nazis is stunning.
I took some screenshots and will send them via MSN when I get home at 6pm.
Really, if you like FPS and have a PC, you cannot afford to miss this game.
And so far, up to Omaha, every mission has been outstanding, but the beach one is worth £30 alone.
If only for the Omaha level, you can see the expressions change on the soldier's faces around you, the explosions are unbelievable and the tracer fire from the Nazis is stunning.
I took some screenshots and will send them via MSN when I get home at 6pm.
Really, if you like FPS and have a PC, you cannot afford to miss this game.
And so far, up to Omaha, every mission has been outstanding, but the beach one is worth £30 alone.
I've not bought a PC game since Black and White was released, but I have to say you've tempted me with this one. I've just been checking the required specs out and I was wondering if it runs on Windows XP as well..
Damn XP has forced me to buy new video-editing software, new cd-writing software and a new scanner. If XP prevents me from playing this game I shall sacrifice it on the altar of uninstall.
Damn XP has forced me to buy new video-editing software, new cd-writing software and a new scanner. If XP prevents me from playing this game I shall sacrifice it on the altar of uninstall.
It's released on Feb 15th.
But you can order it online from America, where it's been out for 2 weeks already.
But you can order it online from America, where it's been out for 2 weeks already.
Thanks for the spoiler.
It seems all i play on my PC now is FPS games. But this one looks pretty good.
It seems all i play on my PC now is FPS games. But this one looks pretty good.
So I take it this game was released early then? Or is it a demo you played?
It sounds brilliant and I think I shall have to purchase it very very soon.
It sounds brilliant and I think I shall have to purchase it very very soon.
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.
---
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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