Today, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is good for nostalgia, but that's about all. If you don't have fond memories of this series, leave it alone. When it was released, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault was exciting and gripping. It was the model World War II shooter, for a little while. It has not aged well. Obviously, the graphics are dated, but far more importantly, the gameplay mechanics are dated. After MoH:AA, a large part of the development team left to form Infinity Ward, which went on to release Call of Duty. Call of Duty may have a bad reputation (in some circles) today, but it is worth remembering why people became so excited about CoD when was released and there is no better game to compare CoD to than MoH:AA. In MoH:AA, you are nearly always alone, creeping around, sniping enemies and scrounging after health kits. 18 months later, Call of Duty came along with almost exactly the same formula, but with a more exciting and varied campaign. And for once, you were not alone! Yes, MoH:AA gives you some squadmates in a couple of missions, but they have a tendency to die immediately, at which point you are alone. Again. Just like in every other shooter you had ever played. MoH:AA just feels dead by today's standards. You are alone. There are some Germans. You shoot them and move on to the next level. When it was released, MoH:AA was very, very good. It was soon bested by a game that redefined the single-player shooter experience. If you want a WWII-style shooter from this era, get the original Call of Duty and forget about this one. (Or, even better, get Call of Duty 2 - aka Halo with Nazis - although that is not really from the same "era")
