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 | Title : Medal of Honor Expansion Pack: Spearhead
Author : Electronic Arts
Release Date : 20021112
Binding : CD-ROM
Regular Price : $19.99
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Editorial Reviews :
Engage the enemy in a series of all-new WWII missions in this expansion pack for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. Drop behind enemy lines on D-day, escort a supply truck to safety, and locate top-secret documents in Berlin before the Russians lay siege to the city. Your tour of duty continues now.
Buyer Reviews :
I've always loved the Medal of Honor series, and Allied Assault is one of my favourite games of the past year. Spearhead has made some good improvements on Allied Assault, but those improvements are offset by some highly substantial flaws.
First of all, the price. Whether three new missions and a handful of new weapons are worth the price is up to you. I can say that it's amusing being able to commandeer a Nebelwerfer (the kind you only got to blow up in Allied Assault), and the new revolvers are fun to use, but only three new missions for a purchase price comparable to the original game?
Secondly, the system mechanics. Depending on what version of Allied Assault you have, the installation of Spearhead may cause all your old saved games to become unreadable.
Finally, gameplay. There are plusses and minuses. The graphics took a big leap forward, but with that comes a price -- controls are harder because of all the eye candy. When enemies get close, they often become flurries because of the graphical details. A great improvement is the ability to use physical attacks (the 'pistol whip') with weapons other than pistols. Finally, after three games, they give you this very simple, very useful option. My biggest complaint is in some of the level designs. Not only did Electronic Arts not learn from the negative feedback given to Allied Assault's 'sniper' level (also known as the 'fighting 100 enemies you can't see' level), but they make it even worse with two of the levels in this game. If you fancy fighting enemies who hit you from all over but whom you can't even see, this is the game for you. Not all levels are like that, but for me, it's a major slip-up in game testing that I have to actually fire blindly into the distance without being able to see my enemies.
My biggest complaint is still the price. Frankly, if I'd known there were so few new levels, I wouldn't have bought this game at all. Perhaps the new multiplayer features make it worthwhile? I don't play multiplayer so I don't know. But the package is definitely overpriced. Whereas expansion packs like those for The Sims (Livin' Large being especially impressive) and Armored Core make their original games twice as broad, Spearhead falls far below my expectations.
(by Derek Mok)
Features/Technical Specs :
* Expansion pack for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
* Nine single-player missions based on the paratrooper drop on D-day, racing to confront the Nazis with the 501st PIR for the Battle of the Bulge, and a lightning raid before the Russian assault in the Road to Berlin
* More than 15 new weapons, including the Russian PPSH-41, British Sten Mark 2, and American Smoke Grenades
* All-new Russian and British in-game allies, plus new American and German soldiers
* Innovative new multiplayer features, including the brand-new Tug-of-War mode and 12 new multiplayer maps spanning the European Theatre of Operations
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