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Game Information
- Platform: Windows 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 16 and Over
- Media: Computer Game
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Product Features
- First--person shooter set in World War II Pacific battlefields
- Survive a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and then move onto Guadalcanal and other key locations of the war
- State--of--the--art visuals and sound provide an immersive fighting experience
- Rely on medics to keep you on your feet during exhaustive battles
- Single-- and multiplayer modes
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
After the last unimpressive outing of the Medal of Honor franchise on consoles, and stiff competition for many other similarly themed titles, Pacific Assault has a lot to prove. The first spark of originality is the setting in the Pacific theatre, where the enemy is the Japanese Imperial Army rather than the usual Nazis.
The main demo level revealed at time of writing is set during the fierce battle for Guadlcanal as you try to repel a counterattack from hundreds of enemy infantry and attacking aircraft. Although the graphics are predictably improved over Allied Assault, the main technical advance here is the artificial intelligence of your squadmates. In a nice touch of extra realism you no longer find health power-ups but must protect your squad’s medic so that he can tend to your wounds. In fact the whole system of receiving injuries is now far more realistic as you get whiplash and motion blur and can even be knocked out on the ground and yet still recover if your medic is alive and finds you.
With over forty other levels in the game we’re also promised the chance to drive jeeps and tanks and even ride in a US bomber mission, switching between control of five separate gunner positions. It’s not clear yet how the game will stand up against other next-gen WWII titles but so far Pacific Assault is looking good and has a number of interesting new ideas to justify its presence on the field. --David Jenkins
GameSpot
"No awards for originality [but] a big, fun and stylish FPS with outrageous and brilliant set-pieces 4/5"
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Aaaah Pacific Assault - the much lampooned world war 2 game set in the pacific.
Personally, I love this game. It's argued that this game is not realistic. Well, it is a Medal of Honour game - since when have they been realistic?
Anyway, pretty much everything has been said about this game so i'll sum it up in the form of pro's and con's
Pro's:
+Your squad. Probably the first war game to get the friendship between characters in war just right. In Vietcong it was crap, Men of Valour failed miserably, Call of Duty 1/2 had no character relation or friendships whatsoever but Pacific Assault hits bullseye!
+Graphics. I've seen reviews here saying they're rubbish. What!? Compared to games like Doom 3 and Prey which over do it with the shiney chrome effects, the graphics I thought conveyed great atmosphere. you acctually felt like you was in a boiling hot jungle. Your squad sweats and it acctually looks real as opposed to crap and shiny looking. Shadows from leaves and tree's cast on your weapons and your squad mates - you truly believe you are in a jungle 'paradise' here.
+The squad commands. I liked them, so ner.
+Even if you disagree with all of the above you should buy this game simply for the Bloody Ridge level, which happens to be fucking great.
+Voice acting. Medal of honour sets a high standard as usual.
+The Verge of Death sequences. Especially great when you expect your medic to revive you but instead a nice japanese chap sticks his bayonet in you. Tasty.
Con's:
+The first mission 'Makin Atol.' Boring and rubbish in my oppinion.
+The 'wild ride' car section in the Makin Atol missions - you don't even have to shoot anyone and you'll succeed. Rubbish.
+You can shoot down a Zero with a Tommy Gun. Rubbish.
+The accuracy of some weapons are slightly suspect.
+It takes sometimes 3-4 shots to kill an enemy which can get on your nerves a bit.
If you're not bothered about realism or weather it's pro-american or anti-war then get this just because it's good fun. I have a blast everytime I go through this, and i've recently installed it again and am now playing it with the pop-up facts turned on which is a kind of "directors commentary" on each level and is very informative about the war itself.
7.5/10
Personally, I love this game. It's argued that this game is not realistic. Well, it is a Medal of Honour game - since when have they been realistic?
Anyway, pretty much everything has been said about this game so i'll sum it up in the form of pro's and con's
Pro's:
+Your squad. Probably the first war game to get the friendship between characters in war just right. In Vietcong it was crap, Men of Valour failed miserably, Call of Duty 1/2 had no character relation or friendships whatsoever but Pacific Assault hits bullseye!
+Graphics. I've seen reviews here saying they're rubbish. What!? Compared to games like Doom 3 and Prey which over do it with the shiney chrome effects, the graphics I thought conveyed great atmosphere. you acctually felt like you was in a boiling hot jungle. Your squad sweats and it acctually looks real as opposed to crap and shiny looking. Shadows from leaves and tree's cast on your weapons and your squad mates - you truly believe you are in a jungle 'paradise' here.
+The squad commands. I liked them, so ner.
+Even if you disagree with all of the above you should buy this game simply for the Bloody Ridge level, which happens to be fucking great.
+Voice acting. Medal of honour sets a high standard as usual.
+The Verge of Death sequences. Especially great when you expect your medic to revive you but instead a nice japanese chap sticks his bayonet in you. Tasty.
Con's:
+The first mission 'Makin Atol.' Boring and rubbish in my oppinion.
+The 'wild ride' car section in the Makin Atol missions - you don't even have to shoot anyone and you'll succeed. Rubbish.
+You can shoot down a Zero with a Tommy Gun. Rubbish.
+The accuracy of some weapons are slightly suspect.
+It takes sometimes 3-4 shots to kill an enemy which can get on your nerves a bit.
If you're not bothered about realism or weather it's pro-american or anti-war then get this just because it's good fun. I have a blast everytime I go through this, and i've recently installed it again and am now playing it with the pop-up facts turned on which is a kind of "directors commentary" on each level and is very informative about the war itself.
7.5/10
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Since its arguably rushed release date and the resulting lack of "polish", this game has received a huge degree of criticism all over the internet (including here). However, I thought that for this price I couldn't really go wrong, so I bought this game, and I am very glad that I did.
In my opinion, the game succeeds in creating the all-important effect of atmosphere rather well, with intense fire fights accompanied by an epic-sounding music score that serve to create some engrossing episodes that are truly enjoyable.
As for the strange accuracy problems with rifles, along with surprisingly weak stopping power that many reviews point out, such incidents do indeed occur, but these are rare and vary from weapon to weapon (besides, every time a review mentions this about a FPS - as they so often do - it is ALWAYS exaggerated, and the same is true in this case).
As for the "bad" visual graphics and the ludicrous demands on system resources, this sadly has some truth in it. However, unlike most people who just bitch, I will inform anyone who may care to know that my frame rate pretty much never drops below 40fps on 1024*768 with all details on high, and I run this game like that with the following components: Athlon 64 3400+ (skt 754) 1gb Corsair Value Ram, ATI Radeon X800 pro 256mb. I am not making any accusations when I say this, I just want to give people a benchmark from which to compare before they buy, (which is what I look for in a review).
Anyway, as I allude to in the title, this game is DEFINITLY worth the price or less that you can get it for, and if you think you can run the game successfully, then by all means just buy it, unless you've just come from playing F.E.A.R at high details etc. I doubt you'll feel too cheated.
*PEACE*
In my opinion, the game succeeds in creating the all-important effect of atmosphere rather well, with intense fire fights accompanied by an epic-sounding music score that serve to create some engrossing episodes that are truly enjoyable.
As for the strange accuracy problems with rifles, along with surprisingly weak stopping power that many reviews point out, such incidents do indeed occur, but these are rare and vary from weapon to weapon (besides, every time a review mentions this about a FPS - as they so often do - it is ALWAYS exaggerated, and the same is true in this case).
As for the "bad" visual graphics and the ludicrous demands on system resources, this sadly has some truth in it. However, unlike most people who just bitch, I will inform anyone who may care to know that my frame rate pretty much never drops below 40fps on 1024*768 with all details on high, and I run this game like that with the following components: Athlon 64 3400+ (skt 754) 1gb Corsair Value Ram, ATI Radeon X800 pro 256mb. I am not making any accusations when I say this, I just want to give people a benchmark from which to compare before they buy, (which is what I look for in a review).
Anyway, as I allude to in the title, this game is DEFINITLY worth the price or less that you can get it for, and if you think you can run the game successfully, then by all means just buy it, unless you've just come from playing F.E.A.R at high details etc. I doubt you'll feel too cheated.
*PEACE*
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Well after purchasing this game I've had mixed feelings for it. I'll make a compliment sandwich out of this review.
First off the block is that the game has a very impressive soundtrack, the typical brass band World War 2 kind of affair, I'm not particularily a fan of that genre of music, yet mysteriously, I could listen to the soundtrack all day long. Then opening level(s) certainly are very intense, much so that I could dare say it rivals Call of Duty as you fight up a beach on an island in the mid Pacific battling for your life. Spotting your enemies isn't the run of the mill affair either, they have camo, good camo. I've found it can be frustrating trying to pick out an enemy soldier from a bush, but once you become acustomed to it then it just adds to the tense nature of the game. The voice acting is very good, and the squad AI is some of the best I've seen in a game. If you order your squad to cover you, then they come out of cover to keep the japs down, if you've bitten off more than you can chew then you can order your squad to fall back, get yourselves together and try again. Not only does the squad actually listen to your orders, but they talk to each other, you have them complimentinig each other for impressive shots, and screaming out if there is a soldier taking cover behind a barrel, or a tree etc. and when the enemy tries to flank you (and they will) then you better heed your squad leaders' warnings otherwise you could find yourself surrounded.
The visuals were mediocre, but some nice explosion effects, and although the game only uses the primitive Havok 1 physics engine (unlike Half Life 2's Havok 2 physics) there are still some impressive uses; Small metal shacks have their panels drop off when hit by a large explosion by, let's say, a tank and so if you're hiding behind that shack you'll be losing more and more cover.
My only main crip with the game is that the learning curve is horribly steep from the first couple of levels it's a nice and simple situation, but once you get into combat it gets much much harder.
In all, i'd say this game is certainly worth picking up if you're still left hankering for more after playing Call of Duty and the original Medal of Honor games, but if you haven't tried them yet, I suggest you do so first, they are much more enjoyable. But Pacific Assault has intereasting gameplay and some impressive environments. I'd give it a 3.5/5, but because it's so cheap now I give it 4/5 for value.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Improvements in Game Play, but Single Player Campaign is a letdown
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault(MOHPA) leaves me with mixed feelings. I have played Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Deluxe Edition (PC) (MOHAA), Call of Duty: Game of the Year... Read more
Published 1 month ago by JH
an old game designed for old systems
This is an old game designed for old systems and while it runs on my pc (windows 7) it sure as hell doesn't like it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by ian
Allied assault+spearhead +breakthrougth were much better...
This game is nothing to write home about. The game is something you might or might not want to play in between really good games when you have absolutely nothing else to do. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Joey's Dad
All action
From boot camp to pearl harbour to war in the pacific this games aims to provide the experience of a U. Read more
Published on 16 May 2010 by B. P. O'neill
1st time game player
Bought this as I am convalescing and bored witless - this is the 1st time I've has ever played a game on pc (or anything) so not sure how much use it'll be to anyone. Read more
Published on 5 April 2010 by Mr. P. S. Rogers
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (PC DVD)
Still Playing The Game on my Windows 7 System. Not finished it yet
The Graphics are good. Read more
Still Playing The Game on my Windows 7 System. Not finished it yet
The Graphics are good. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2010 by James Mcl Buchanan
So underated and is possibly better than the COD series.
This game is so much better than the other medal of honor games at the moment. Yeah the graphics aren't that great considering COD2 is out but it is very fun and exciting to play. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2009 by T. Morgan
Game not working, bad disk!
I received the disc, and it looked like a medal of honour DVD but I tested it on 3 computers and the disk seemed to be empty! Bad seller!!!
Published on 18 April 2009 by dre
Medal of Honour: Pacific Assault
This game carries on in a similar vein from the success of the Medal of Honour Allied Assault series whose adventures were based in Europe. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2009 by A. D. Wallace
Much better than expected
I have come rather late to this game and find it a great deal more enjoyable than I was led to believe it would be. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2008 by hobohemian
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