What is Medal of Honor: Allied Assault?

Forget the usual array of zombies, goblins, aliens, and creepy monsters. Could anything be more satisfying than blowing away legions of steely-eyed Nazis? Jackbooted Germans are the villains du jour in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, a stylish World War I! first-person shooter with enough fiendish Nazis to keep you pinned down for days.

Powered by the Quake III engine, Medal is awash with Teuton-bashing action, so smoothly rendered that one forgets from time to time that it’s only a game.

With only six major missions, the game may feel short, but that’s probably because you’re having such fun. Each mission is packed with sundry levels of miniobjectives, each cool enough and varied enough to avoid even a hint of tedium. As Lieutenant Mike Powell, U.S. Ranger and OSS agent, you’ll go on search-and-rescue missions, infiltrate a Nazi submarine base, invade a secret Nazi lab, steal a 70-ton prototype tank, and even splash through the harrowing hail of gunfire on the beaches of Normandy as part of the vast D-Day invasion force.

But don’t forget: War is hell. Not all of Medal’s missions play fair. Just as you’re getting the hang of things, you’ll encounter a crumbling, bombed-out French village that looks innocently quiet but is chock-full of hidden German snipers. You’ll need to use the quick-save feature frequently to get past them. They’ve taken cover behind walls, shattered windows, and all kinds of debris— and they never miss. They smack you down before you spot them, zeroing in from great distances.

The only way to beat them is a repetitious trial-and-error process, saving after each kill, spotting the next bad guy as he guns you down, restarting from your save point and taking him out: saving again, dying again, and so on until, gasp, you clear the village.

Ah, carpe diem. In our book, that means carp at least once a day. In addition to the sniper sequence, we have another gripe with this excellent game. The graphics are undeniably gorgeous, with rich textures and wild explosions, but such superb attention to detail makes for truly stiff system requirements. If you want to enjoy Medal to the fullest, you’ll need a hefty Mac with the latest bells and whistles. Unfortunately, that’s true of many new games these days. One begins to wonder if the gaming industry isn’t involved in some wicked conspiracy to keep us buying new equipment every few months.

Even so, once you upgrade your older Mac and get past those pesky snipers, this shooter rocks. Medal of Honor is a surefire classic. You don’t want to miss it.

Lee, John. (October 2002). Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. MacAddict. (pg. 43).

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Allied Assault

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• Battle through six extensive missions: Totaling more than thirty levels, each with multiple objectives based on actual WWII scenarios, including D-Day.
• Multiple styles of play: Use stealth and disguise to infiltrate German headquarters, drive a King Tiger tank, lead squads of Army Rangers, and more.
• Award-winning sound design: Incoming artillery shells, sniper fire, and more. Hear the powerful sounds of war.
• Advanced weather and time-of-day effects: Vast and stunning environments stretching from North Africa to Norway, from occupied France to the heart of the Fatherland.
• Enlist in multiplayer combat: Internet or LAN multiplayer action with up to 32 players per game.

Spearhead

• Nine expansive single player levels ranging from behind enemy lines in Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge and the Fall of Berlin.
• Over twelve new multiplayer levels including the Arnhem Bridge and the streets of Berlin.
• New multiplayer modes emphasising more robust team multiplayer and team objective-based gameplay.
• New weapons including the British Enfield Mark I rifle, the Sten submachine gun, smoke grenades, and the Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun.
• Work with squads of American, British, and Soviet troops to complete single player objectives.
• New soldier models, skins, and voices including British and Soviet troops.
• Fully realised 3D worlds utilising the powerful Quake III engine.
• Sound effects by the award-winning Medal of Honor sound design team at EALA.

Breakthrough

• Eleven explosive new single player levels in North Africa and Italy.
• Nine new multiplayer levels including Monte Cassino and Anzio.
• All new Liberation multiplayer mode.
• Twelve new Allied and Axis weapons, including authentic Italian weapons.
• Over twenty-five new soldiers including Italian, American, German, and British troops.

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See also: Spearhead Expansion Pack, Breakthrough Expansion pack

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Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 9.0 up to Mac OS 10.5

Compatibility notes

Allied Assault minimum requirements

OS: 9.0 or 10.1
CPU: G3 450 MHz
RAM: 128 MB (OS 9.0) or 256 MB (OS 10.1)
GPU: OpenGL-compatible, 16 MB
HDD: 1.2 GB

Spearhead minimum requirements

OS: 9.2 or 10.1
CPU: G3 500 MHz
RAM: 256 MB
GPU: Radeon or GeForce

Breakthrough minimum requirements

OS: 9.2.2 or 10.2.8
CPU: G3 800 MHz
RAM: 256 MB
GPU: Hardware-accelerated, 32 MB
HDD: 1.6 GB
CD: 4x speed

Breakthrough recommended requirements

CPU: G4 1 GHz