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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Where's the excitement?, 17 Jan 2005
I bought this while waiting for "Half-Life 2" to be released. I enjoyed "Allied Assault" almost as much as "Hidden & Dangerous 2" and "Call of Duty", so I was hoping to enjoy this one as well.The graphics and special effects are good and I like the idea of no health packs (although you do have a medic on the team to patch you up). "Pacific Assault" is a big step forward in the series and this game is, generally speaking, an improvement on "Allied Assault". It is quite immersive and the fighting is intense. One also REALLY gets the feeling of being in the jungle. Very well done. The concussive effects of exploding hand grenades or artillery shells are the best I've seen in any game. BUT: The game is boring, EXTREMELY linear and very repetitive. When playing "Half-life 2", I become involved and lose my sense of time. I will play for two to three hours without getting up. When playing "Pacific Assault", I am bored after thirty minutes, despite the atmosphere of the game. I haven't completed the game yet (I am more or less halfway through) because of it being so boring. I finish a level and then I HAVE TO get up and go do something else. The problem is (1) the game is so linear that you cannot veer more than five or so paces off your course (think "Soldier of Fortune 2", just worse) and (2) the fighting is EXACTLY the same, every time. You walk down the jungle path and encounter either a Jap patrol or a machine gun nest (or something similar) upon which a horde of Japs rush you, or you have to take out the macine gumn nest while a horde of Japs rush you. The frustrating thing is that it takes at least five bullets to kill one. Alternatively, you get to man a mounted machine gun to take out tanks/ zeroes/ torpedoes. It sounds like a lot of fun, and it is, for thirty minutes at a time, once every few weeks. It is intense because of the sheer number of Japs in each and every attack, but therein lies the game's weakness. If you remember "Incoming", you will know what I am talking about. It is the same thing over and over again. Allied Assault in tropical fatigues. Even though it is good otherwise, I do not recommend this game.
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