Amazon.co.uk Review
A very welcome expansion pack to an already classic game,
Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Spearhead mixes in additional single and multiplayer challenges. The first person action kicks off with D-Day, and the same kind of measured, yet frantic, gameplay that earned the game an add-on in the first place, is present and correct.
Kicking off with the playing parachuting through a hail of bullets, Spearhead's missions bother little with plot, instead opting for more of the same. Thus, there's first-person action, tank driving and simple issues, such as survival, to consider once more.
In the enhancements column, you certainly feel more part of a squad this time around, with colleagues ready to stand alongside you in battle. Leaning is incorporated into the single player game for the first time, which helps combat the previously overbalanced snipers. Little tweaks here and there tighten things up too, and there's a few more weapons thrown in too. Pretty much what you'd expect from an add-on pack.
On the multiplayer side, a dozen new maps are included, and this, as last time, range from tight, tense levels to more open battles. They seem slightly larger than before too, and as with the single player levels, they're enjoyable, challenging, and won't disappoint. What will is the length of the single-player mission, which is notably shorter than previously. What's there is very good; there's simply not enough of it.
Nonetheless, with the various tweaks taken into account, Spearhead undoubtedly improves and prolongs the original, and boasts the same high production values. It's a pack that no Allied Assault fan can really be without. --Simon Brew