Friday, May 30, 2003

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Picked up a new game, Medal of Honor - Allied Assault which is a first person shooter based during WW II. The version that I actually bought is the deluxe version which includes the base game, plus Operation Spearhead (the first expansion). Game play is pretty solid and the level scripts (sometimes you have other AI toons helping) seem to be pretty resilient.

So far I've completed the first level (which has maybe half a dozen sub-missions) on medium difficulty. The worst performance that I've put in was having to take 3 attempts to shoot up the airfield (there are no health packs, and you're riding in the back of a jeep, manning a 30 caliber mounted machine gun). First go I almost managed to do it all, second go I died before even getting on to the airfield, third go I managed to do it with only a few percentage points of life left. Still, it's a fun, "shoot everything that moves" mini-level.

Getting to the lighthouse mission is probably my favorite so far as the best strategy seems to be go slow, pick your fights wisely. Only thing I wish I had different on that mission was grenades (can't ever seem to find the silly things unless they're being thrown at me). Memorable moment was expending 10 clips of rifle ammo (80 shots or so) over 5-10 minutes killing off all of the lighthouse guards as I crouched at the bend in the road. Sniper scope would have made that much easier, but I just kept returning fire at anything that shot at me until all of the incoming fire stopped.

posted by Wuphon's at 8:05 AM