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User Rating: 9.4 | Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault PC
By Raven | Review Date:
I would love to start this review out with something that would capture your mind and stimulate your imagination to vision what you see in this game but i'm afraid i can't. The only thing i can do is give you the one phrase you will say time and time again while playing this game "OH SH**!!". MOHPA finally does what a lot of people have been wanting them to do, actually grab the feel of being in a squad and let the players remember and relate to your squadmates. MOHPA has an interesting yet efficient gameplay that also has a chance of being almost unrecognizable. In boot camp "god", who strangely resembles a drill instructor, shows you how to fight and also gives you 4 commands associated with the arrow keys. Those four commands can tell your squad to either give suppresing fire, assemble, retreat or assault. Through the course of the game you will have multiple chances to use these commands and they actually come in handy so your squadmates aren't always following behind you. Though when it comes time to start fighting the thrill of the fight and the confusion of wondering where these japs are really gets you to ignore the 4 commands. So even though they come in handy they really have a good chance to be ignored. The other factor that really shows itself for the first time is the fact you can actually call a corpsman (medic) to your position to heal you which is a very smart idea. This way you don't have to worry TOO much of being shot for your corpsman can heal you but can only do it three times each time you switch save points. When i went into this game i expected the graphics to be the same as Allied Assault and the rest of the Medal of Honor games. Though i was extremely shocked to see that they weren't. MOHPA actually has very impressive graphics and the cinematics are astonishing and loads of fun to watch. Though even though the graphics are excellent they aren't perfect you'll tend to see some minor clipping and some bad graphics with the splashing of the water which can be overlooked easily with the rest of the game. The characters lip syncing is very good and the characters will actually look at you, if they aren't being shot at or looking for the enemy, when they are talking to you which enhances the experience. The sound in this game is ranked up there with Call of Duty. It is simply spectacular not only will you hear the enemy around you you'll also hear the birds chirping, the foliage snapping under your feet and the sound of a soldier puking. Also, if anybody has surround sound on there computer then this is the time to push play and start loving life because this game really plays well with surround sound. The planes rushing by you, bullets whistling by your ear, grenades exploding near you and the japs giving their battle cry. Now, for once the AI in the medal of honor games is actually relatively smart. Your squadmates will actually fight back and help you out as well and tend to be somewhat good shots. Though that also makes the enemy even better shots for they almost always dive for the cover and tend to fire with precision accuracy. Though considering the training for the japs at this time was extremely harsh i don't doubt they could shoot with the best of them. The only bad factor in this game is that you tend to run out of ammo quiet fast and they don't make it easy to figure out where to get ammo. Little brown boxes with the red circle are dropped at different spots that blend in so well with the rest of the environment that you really don't think about it being ammo. Though i must say for anybody who loves the WWII genre of games and wants a good FPS then i must give my vote to MOHPA for it has the cinematics to grab you and the gameplay to keep you. So saddle up you maggots and get moving!!!

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