well it's not as good as "HALO" but Medal of honor European assault is a good game. A major step up from it's predasesors. and some people believe that call of duty finest hour is a better game. how ever, I believe that call of duty is not as good for the following reasons. (in the form of upper vs. downer) downer: it's to easy to die. upper: you do get check-points along the way. downer: some times when your shooting something, it feels like even though you may have unloaded a 30 round clip, it feels like you shot 10 bullets. downer: the graphics are not as good. downer: no grenade cooking. upper: more ammo. upper: bigger maps so as you can see, there are more downers then uppers. and personally, I like the smaller maps, it gives you a bit more sense of accomplishment. and ya, you don't get as much ammo in MOH, but your shots do more damage. so you don't need as much ammo. I even find that the controls, (once you get used to them) are much easier to use as apossed to call of duty. the controls in my opinion were not sluggish. call of duty I think has there controls too fast! it's unrealistic! and for call of duty, when you go prone, (laying on your belly) you can't move and shoot at the same time. now some may call that realistic, but it's just down right annoying! over all, medal of honor E/A is a much better game then call of duty: finest hour. (big red 1 tops all of them though) :P
6 Reviews
One of the best war games I've ever played.
redderthenu10 November 2007
I was walking thru Best Buy one day in the search for a new game. Little did I know that that day would be the day I became the proud owner of Medal Of Honor: European Assault. First of all let me say the graphics on this game aren't the best, but I'd give 'em a 9 out 0f 10. Let me say that this is no ordinary war game. The revives give the 'you get a second chance, so don't blow it this time' feel, which is cool. I must however say that the little icons indicating medkits and weapons, etc. Does take away the feel that you're actually at war. The authentic German, Russian, etc. Also surprised me. So, overall I would give this game a 10 out of 10. It is defiantly worth buying. Happy playing!
I actually liked it...
jnj13 May 2006
This is the first MOH game I've ever played, and I actually liked it a lot. But I guess the only reason I liked it was because it was the first one I've ever played. I am now an official fan of the series, and I was wondering which one I should get next? I was thinking about getting either Rising Sun or Pacific Assault next, but I wanted to know if there were better ones. I really love the whole stories of fighting through WW2, and am now very interested in it all. Well, I have to have ten lines, so...I love Medal Of Honor! I love Medal Of Honor! I love Medal Of Honor! IIII LOOOVVEE MMEEDDAALL OOFF HHOONNOORR! Okay, this is getting really boring. The one fault with IMDb is that you have to have at least ten lines on the comments.
Most Disappointing Medal of Honor yet.
fuzileer19 September 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Medal of Honor 1 on the PS was amazing. It was the first of its kind. Medal of Honor Underground built up on this, including allies and motor-bike rides. Medal of Honor Frontline was, in many peoples eyes, the best one of the entire series. Its addicting single player and enjoyable multi-player (xbox and game cube only, ps2 didn't include multi) made it a must buy in many games console magazines. Then, they spread to the PC (all of which were great, part from the rather disappointing Pacific Assault. Allied Assault, and its ex packs Spearhead and Breakthrough are my personal favourite games of all time, it gives me a nice feeling inside when I'm on multi player, as it takes me back all the way to when I first played it....) Anyway, Medal of Honor Rising Sun was the next instalment for the consoles and it had quite an awful story-line and set in the Pacific Theater. Perhaps everyone takes medal of Honor as the European war and not so much in the land of the rising sun, as it was generally frowned upon.
So, EA decided to make a come back. A fresh, new idea, and to win the hearts back of many a disappointed fan.
They failed.
Miserably.
Lets start with the good points of the game (the boring bits).
1) MUSIC The music score is amazing, the best point of the game. It is fantastic and a must-listen. Go onto the I-tunes store and search for the score (Type in Medal of Honor and you'll get a list of all the great game's and their tracks).
2) MULTI PLAYER The 4-way multi-player is addicting, with many objectives and maps to choose from.
Thats about it I'm afraid. Okay, lets get down to the fun stuff.
1) THE WHOLE GAME Its nothing like the previous games. It may as well have been made by a different company, had a different name and stuff. Its a failure to the other medal of Honor's. No connection what so ever, the only one being that it is based around the WW2 era.
2)NEMESIS Kind of like the big boss at the end of a level, medal of Honor's levels all have a nemesis, which you have to kill in order to win an extra medal. Ofcause, this means they get extra health and ruins the whole concept of the game of "Ordinary Soldiers". I mean, how often would you run into an important Nazi leader during each mission?
3)2D ICONS. When ammo is dropped on the floor, a 2D logo spirals round above it to get your attention. Of cause, this also happens for you to point out the nemesis and objectives. This just spoils the whole 3D affect and makes you constantly realise this is just a game.
4)NO NETWORK. Rising Sun had it, so why not the latest medal of Honor? And what really pisses you off is that you have all these great 4-player maps to do with loads of objectives and such, but you cant take it online. Upsetting at the least, bursting into floods of tears and slitting your throat at the most.
5)MISSIONS. Almost as few levels as Rising Sun, but shorter in time. Not as entertaining, either. The maps are not thrilling and quite dull. Makes you realise just how fun Frontline really is.
6)EXTRAS. There are none. No unlock-ables, no prizes for hard mode. Its a game with a lost-cause.
7)MAIN MENU. May sound like a little thing to you, but its a big thing for me. In all previous medal of Honor games, the main menu is situated in a planning room, sometimes with AI walking about, but in European Assault, the main menu is floating in some foggy, grey clouds, so they changed the main menu for a weather forecast. Great.
Conclusion.
4/10. 3 points for the amazing soundtrack. 1 point for the multi-player. Thats it. Nothing to really ponder about. EA has got to start rethinking about its medal of Honor team, whether to listen to the consumer of just p*ss about with our money. EA, listen good. Make Medal of Honor: Airborne good. Listen to the consumer. Learn from your mistakes. Mkae sure you repay the debt of creating European Assault.
So, EA decided to make a come back. A fresh, new idea, and to win the hearts back of many a disappointed fan.
They failed.
Miserably.
Lets start with the good points of the game (the boring bits).
1) MUSIC The music score is amazing, the best point of the game. It is fantastic and a must-listen. Go onto the I-tunes store and search for the score (Type in Medal of Honor and you'll get a list of all the great game's and their tracks).
2) MULTI PLAYER The 4-way multi-player is addicting, with many objectives and maps to choose from.
Thats about it I'm afraid. Okay, lets get down to the fun stuff.
1) THE WHOLE GAME Its nothing like the previous games. It may as well have been made by a different company, had a different name and stuff. Its a failure to the other medal of Honor's. No connection what so ever, the only one being that it is based around the WW2 era.
2)NEMESIS Kind of like the big boss at the end of a level, medal of Honor's levels all have a nemesis, which you have to kill in order to win an extra medal. Ofcause, this means they get extra health and ruins the whole concept of the game of "Ordinary Soldiers". I mean, how often would you run into an important Nazi leader during each mission?
3)2D ICONS. When ammo is dropped on the floor, a 2D logo spirals round above it to get your attention. Of cause, this also happens for you to point out the nemesis and objectives. This just spoils the whole 3D affect and makes you constantly realise this is just a game.
4)NO NETWORK. Rising Sun had it, so why not the latest medal of Honor? And what really pisses you off is that you have all these great 4-player maps to do with loads of objectives and such, but you cant take it online. Upsetting at the least, bursting into floods of tears and slitting your throat at the most.
5)MISSIONS. Almost as few levels as Rising Sun, but shorter in time. Not as entertaining, either. The maps are not thrilling and quite dull. Makes you realise just how fun Frontline really is.
6)EXTRAS. There are none. No unlock-ables, no prizes for hard mode. Its a game with a lost-cause.
7)MAIN MENU. May sound like a little thing to you, but its a big thing for me. In all previous medal of Honor games, the main menu is situated in a planning room, sometimes with AI walking about, but in European Assault, the main menu is floating in some foggy, grey clouds, so they changed the main menu for a weather forecast. Great.
Conclusion.
4/10. 3 points for the amazing soundtrack. 1 point for the multi-player. Thats it. Nothing to really ponder about. EA has got to start rethinking about its medal of Honor team, whether to listen to the consumer of just p*ss about with our money. EA, listen good. Make Medal of Honor: Airborne good. Listen to the consumer. Learn from your mistakes. Mkae sure you repay the debt of creating European Assault.
Still a disappointment, for stranger reasons
Decktoplasm19 October 2005
I first seen this game while on the last day of school. We brought it in for some 4-way multi-player and I was blown away. The next day I bought for £37.99 from my local Woolworths.
The single-player experience I took home with me that day was a major disappointment. Now not a lot of people will agree, as it is obvious that this is a major step up from Rising Sun.
First of all, the graphics have received an overhaul. Gone are the standard, muddy levels that filled the MOH games of before, replaced by some fantastic textures and backdrops, with the Bloom effects complimenting the environments the player finds himself in, from sandy North African deserts (note to EA: this is not Europe), to the gritty smoke filled wastelands of Stalingrad. You also have a lot more say in what your character can do in a certain situation. It's obvious that that EA has spent a lot of time in trying to make the player, as US Army captain William Holt hunting down a devious German army colonel developing atomic weapons( SNAP! Oh there's goes the wafer thin plot) feel immersed in your environments, and this it does with a measure of success. The sound also contributes to this immersion, gunshots and explosions rattling everywhere, and there are some decent if not standout vocal performances. In other words production values are up to the usual EA standard, though this was to be expected.
Gameplay is divided up into 11 levels set around the European front of the err... assault, and its here that the game shows up its first flaw. Despite claims that battlefields are much larger than before, the levels are still rather short. Well, maybe not too short, just unsubstantiated. You'll rocket through these levels like no other, and the lack of bonus content makes for a poor £37.99 spent.
Controls also suffer. While they are alright, they feel foreign and it will take a while before you get familiar with them, They can also feel rather sluggish, especially when you want to crouch. The team aspect of the game is completely unnecessary and all you'll ever need them for is to draw away enemy fire, as they lack either the dynamicness of the guys in Brothers in Arms or the simple command system of Freedom Fighters.
Someparts of the game can be downright unfair, with the enemy pouring on a soul destroying amount of fire eating away at your Revive credits(another poorly implemented mechanic).
Add to this some rather jittery AI, which just refuses to stop moving for 2 seconds and makes suicidal runs a lot more common than you may believe possible, lots of invisible barriers interrupting the flow of gameplay, some dull level design and you have a game which does not stand up to Call of Duty: Finest Hour, which though simpler, is far easier to master yet is undeniably more engrossing. Too little, too late is the saying that rings true to almost all of MOH, as Call of Duty sticks to what it does best and does it well, while MOH: EA is a series of concepts tacked together with little care but for profit, and given the overall look of EA sheen which garners them so much money these days.
Looks: 8 Sounds: 7 Plays: 6 Lasts: 5 Overall: 6/10
The single-player experience I took home with me that day was a major disappointment. Now not a lot of people will agree, as it is obvious that this is a major step up from Rising Sun.
First of all, the graphics have received an overhaul. Gone are the standard, muddy levels that filled the MOH games of before, replaced by some fantastic textures and backdrops, with the Bloom effects complimenting the environments the player finds himself in, from sandy North African deserts (note to EA: this is not Europe), to the gritty smoke filled wastelands of Stalingrad. You also have a lot more say in what your character can do in a certain situation. It's obvious that that EA has spent a lot of time in trying to make the player, as US Army captain William Holt hunting down a devious German army colonel developing atomic weapons( SNAP! Oh there's goes the wafer thin plot) feel immersed in your environments, and this it does with a measure of success. The sound also contributes to this immersion, gunshots and explosions rattling everywhere, and there are some decent if not standout vocal performances. In other words production values are up to the usual EA standard, though this was to be expected.
Gameplay is divided up into 11 levels set around the European front of the err... assault, and its here that the game shows up its first flaw. Despite claims that battlefields are much larger than before, the levels are still rather short. Well, maybe not too short, just unsubstantiated. You'll rocket through these levels like no other, and the lack of bonus content makes for a poor £37.99 spent.
Controls also suffer. While they are alright, they feel foreign and it will take a while before you get familiar with them, They can also feel rather sluggish, especially when you want to crouch. The team aspect of the game is completely unnecessary and all you'll ever need them for is to draw away enemy fire, as they lack either the dynamicness of the guys in Brothers in Arms or the simple command system of Freedom Fighters.
Someparts of the game can be downright unfair, with the enemy pouring on a soul destroying amount of fire eating away at your Revive credits(another poorly implemented mechanic).
Add to this some rather jittery AI, which just refuses to stop moving for 2 seconds and makes suicidal runs a lot more common than you may believe possible, lots of invisible barriers interrupting the flow of gameplay, some dull level design and you have a game which does not stand up to Call of Duty: Finest Hour, which though simpler, is far easier to master yet is undeniably more engrossing. Too little, too late is the saying that rings true to almost all of MOH, as Call of Duty sticks to what it does best and does it well, while MOH: EA is a series of concepts tacked together with little care but for profit, and given the overall look of EA sheen which garners them so much money these days.
Looks: 8 Sounds: 7 Plays: 6 Lasts: 5 Overall: 6/10
A disappointment
fallen12212 August 2005
I was excited when I first heard of MoH:EA but when I got halfway through the game I was board, disappointed, and a angry.
First off, the game play is more arcade then past MoH games. The floating icons symbolizing where guns, ammo, and equipment are make the game less realistic and in my opinion less fun. In this game you also have the ability to revive yourself, and to use adrenaline which for a short time makes you invincible, gives you unlimited ammo, and enabled one hit kills. Fans of the past MoH games may not like these new features as they seem to make the game to easy.
The overall story is OK for a MoH game but each level seems the same. Basically you complete the main objective, kill a German officer, find an important document, and complete two-four other secondary objective(some become part of the main objective later on in the game). Sure you go to most of the theaters of war which is fun and all, but you can do that in Call of Duty and have a better experience.
The A.I. in the game is just plain terrible. Sure you can direct your squad to different areas but once they get to said area they immediately come back to you, making it hard to perform flanks. Your squad kill get caught in your crossfire and take poor cover. Manytimes they'll just stand in front of a machine gun nest until you do something or until they die.
The environmental graphics are fine but not great the skins for the tanks and soldiers seem old and dated but besides that I don't have any real complaints.
The only good part of the game is the music and sound. If you have a home theater this game is perfect for it. You'll hear artillery and tank rounds land all around you and is amazing. The music is like always spectacular, moving, and helps you get into the mood of the situation.
Overall, the game seems like it had potential but then EA realized the competition it would have with Brothers in Arms and Call of Duty and just poorly slapped together a FPS. This is a renter, hell see if you can barrow it from a friend to save the four dollars on the rental fee.
First off, the game play is more arcade then past MoH games. The floating icons symbolizing where guns, ammo, and equipment are make the game less realistic and in my opinion less fun. In this game you also have the ability to revive yourself, and to use adrenaline which for a short time makes you invincible, gives you unlimited ammo, and enabled one hit kills. Fans of the past MoH games may not like these new features as they seem to make the game to easy.
The overall story is OK for a MoH game but each level seems the same. Basically you complete the main objective, kill a German officer, find an important document, and complete two-four other secondary objective(some become part of the main objective later on in the game). Sure you go to most of the theaters of war which is fun and all, but you can do that in Call of Duty and have a better experience.
The A.I. in the game is just plain terrible. Sure you can direct your squad to different areas but once they get to said area they immediately come back to you, making it hard to perform flanks. Your squad kill get caught in your crossfire and take poor cover. Manytimes they'll just stand in front of a machine gun nest until you do something or until they die.
The environmental graphics are fine but not great the skins for the tanks and soldiers seem old and dated but besides that I don't have any real complaints.
The only good part of the game is the music and sound. If you have a home theater this game is perfect for it. You'll hear artillery and tank rounds land all around you and is amazing. The music is like always spectacular, moving, and helps you get into the mood of the situation.
Overall, the game seems like it had potential but then EA realized the competition it would have with Brothers in Arms and Call of Duty and just poorly slapped together a FPS. This is a renter, hell see if you can barrow it from a friend to save the four dollars on the rental fee.
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