Posted on: February 15, 2020

Bloodrunsclear

Games: 1219 Reviews: 143

Tough, Fair, Fully Open

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.

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Posted on: August 15, 2020

Skarps8i9o

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Games: 130 Reviews: 2

Used to love it, now it's just OK

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.

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Posted on: March 26, 2022

mgaus87

Verified owner

Games: 449 Reviews: 6

Aged Better Than Expected

It's an old game but still entertaining and worth the sale price. It can feel a bit clunky in places, but when it's on sale it's worth a punt

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Posted on: March 28, 2022

Tybiusz_Starszy

Verified owner

Games: 1551 Reviews: 6

Don't buy for base game. Buy for extras

Base game is really clunky. I know, it's not surprising for 20 years game, but when i played Spearhead, i could't believe, how many small improvements it added. Quicker animations, more weapons, better variety of missions, , better gunplay... in short military words, everything was improved. Breakthrough is visible worse, because his balance doesn't exist (in comparison to base game and Spearhead much less ammo and medkits, that makes game harder than it should be), but still offers more guns and mission variety than base game. My Suggestion? Play base game only if you have nostalgia or, like me, patience. Eventually you can skip it and play add-ons right away. They are really worth it

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Posted on: June 19, 2013

bafrayd

Games: 165 Reviews: 1

Do not hesitate!

This is a well designed and completely satisfying FPS series. In 2002 this game was a revelation. I recently replayed MoH Allied Assault, again, and it holds up excellently. Buy this if you are even remotely interested.

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