Medal of Honor™: Pacific Assault

Medal of Honor Pacific Assault doesn't have as fond a reception as Allied Assault did, which is a shame as Pacific Assault does a lot of things well. The weapons handle well, the attention to detail is immense, and it has a large degree of authenticity in spite of the more game-y elements. The use of the squad Corpsman as the primary way to replenish health was a nice way of letting the player understand the importance of the squad rather than just shooting. The squad mechanics are fairly basic, and there are a few bugs and glitches here or there, mainly pertaining to some weird hitbox issues and animations, that show a slight lack of polish, but all of that doesn't detract from the feeling of actually being a Marine Raider fighting in the Pacific Theater of World War 2, and it's probably the best single player shooter that tackles this subject matter. As an aside, pick up the GOG version over the Origin version, as you require a DRM free version to properly customize resolution and change FOV.

Pacific Assault is the middle of the road installment: Not to good, not to bad either. This makes it much harder to properly recommend, the Pacific theater is a great idea with so few other competitors and while the game's jungle and tropical enviros work well, you'll yearn for the varied complexity found in Allied Assault. The combat is alright, that's if you're A-OK with AAs slow pace of fighting ie two-three .308 rounds to the chest to take someone down. Unfortunately, your AI buddies seem to be brain dead chumps But hey, PA is a decent enough shooter that on sale might be worth picking up.

This game is the Black Sheep of the medal of honor pack In a good way if you ask me. It has a Holly-Wood style focus on big set piece scripted spectacles and a plot focused on the journey and feelings of the solders caught up in the pacific. However it varies by tying everything into a stronger narrative and having events narrated by a fairly good English voice actor. This one also relies on squad members, the game-play is more along the lines of a brothers in arms game. In that you usual have to use commands like suppress or assault to pin or distract enemies. So you can pick enemies off or flank them without dying. Guns can do allot of damage so you need to be more tactical. No run-&-gun here. I was pulled in by a solid narrative and kept playing because the engaging game-play.

Pacific Assault seems to be like a mix of Brothers in Arms, Call of Duty, and Vietcong. We can give simple orders to our allies, call medic for help and live through a Pacific-war drama. MoH:PA is more realistic and dramatic than the others games from series; but on the other hand is less dynamic and awesome.