Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest

This is a review for GOG mostly, as this classic gem has been reviewed over 9000 times. Thank you GOG for giving us this opportunity to play this classic masterpiece.

The best WW2 game of all time.

I recently revisited this and the original Call of Duty (2003) on a nostalgic whim. I have to say that Call of Duty is basically MOHAA, but better in every single way. Infinity Ward clearly learned from MOHAA's mistakes. The single player campaign for MOHAA is ruined by it's unfair difficulty. The AI has near-pinpoint accuracy and bullet-sponge levels of health. You'll shoot a German soldier multiple times with an M1 Garand, and somehow he'll only be "stumbled". Apparently Germans have skin made of kevlar - it's a miracle the allies won the war. The levels are poorly designed to the point where you have to rely on abusing quicksave to win. It doesn't help that you're doing most levels solo too, meaning all the enemy fire is directed straight at you. At least in CoD you had AI teammates who could actually soak up enemy fire and allow you to flank etc. In MOHAA it's just you versus the entire German army pretty much every level. I'm only rating this two stars for the soundtrack and the multiplayer. The multiplayer isn't as active as it used to be, but there's still some fun to be had if you can organize a big enough group of players. But even then, CoD still did it better.

The graphics are a little dated (but still do the job of atmosphere well), enemy and ally A.I can be wonky sometimes, and there's no iron sights. That's the only problems I had with this game. Otherwise this is the kind of game I've been looking for for awhile: a completely gameplay focused FPS with missions and variety. Medal of Honor is like a hybrid of Call of Duty and Doom. You have an entire level to explore, enemies to fight on your terms, a few vehicle on-rails sections between times to enjoy the tension and power of an unlimited ammo machine gun but no real cover, objectives to complete that vary by each section of a level, medals of unlock by accomplishing things not necessary to complete the level but still very satisfying (in one level you CAN finish a level after a POW gets killed...but if you save him you get a medal for your trouble!) A.I is not as advanced as other games but enemies do duck behind things, run away when under fire, throw grenades, find sniper vantages, and even go prone if you start to snipe them from far away. There's four missions in the main campaign but each of these is a bunch of story-based sequences involving sabotage, rescues, collecting intel...things like that. Great music, earnest voice acting (I think the guy giving you your orders is the same actor from Civilization V) and it's not afraid to let you play the darn game. Mission briefings can be skipped and in-game cutscenes are just a few minutes of interaction or dialogue, then back to the action! Great fun. I don't mind a little age on my game if it's fun and clearly made with passion.

To add to another review, I have Windows 10 and it does work for me. The title says everything I wanted to say in TLDR. I loved this game, played it with my dad and a relative, I thought the graphics are insane etc. It's a great game to revisit, but only if you used to love it or you're here to experience a part of gaming history you might have missed out on. Unfortunately this game didn't age well, most of the times you're just quick saving/loading before difficulity spikes and there are a lot of BS moments because of the enemies hardly missing any shots, they have laser accuracy, but your gun sometimes seems to miss a lot of shots even if you're on target, plus the enemy shots that almost never miss and hit you the moment you're out of cover, always yanks your screen so you can only pray not getting shot while using a sniper rifle in a battle. The best way I found to not get hit is to strafe with A and D. The stealth missions are a great break from the action filled missions, but there are parts you just can't sneak past, in the beginning of the Mansion mission, you're supposed to sneak in, yet the game sets an MG nest facing you that spots you the second you're visible, there are no other paths to go around. After you kill everyone, the game seems to continue being stealthy again. Sometimes when you shoot with a loud rifle, the others won't notice standing 10 meters away from you. I can only recommend this game if you want to re-live the memories of your old favourite game, you'll have a blast with some confusion, but if this game doesn't mean much to you, you'll probably find it frustrating to play. There are some old games that still hold up gameplay-mechanics wise, this isn't one of them.