Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

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  1. wadaltmon
    Feb 9, 2015
    6
    Severely mediocre. The core gameplay is there, and feels like a PC version of European Assault (a better game), but feels a bit more tactical due to being able to command your squad. However, this point becomes all but null due to the utterluly inept AI. Weapons are weak, sound is all overcompressed and sounds pretty sub-par. Game has no effective pacing, and drags some segments (like aSeverely mediocre. The core gameplay is there, and feels like a PC version of European Assault (a better game), but feels a bit more tactical due to being able to command your squad. However, this point becomes all but null due to the utterluly inept AI. Weapons are weak, sound is all overcompressed and sounds pretty sub-par. Game has no effective pacing, and drags some segments (like a part where you fight off literally more than 300 soldiers on a hill) and ends some abruptly. The graphics are alright for the time, with some especially good particle effects, shaders, and water. However, textures are fairly muddy and low-res. Like most Medal of Honor games, it has excellent music. Environments are all jungles and villages with no variety, but maps are big and can be fun and tense to explore and fight in. The worst thing about this game is the loading screens... even on a modern machine (8 core CPU, GTX 760) loading screens take several minutes. They happen every level and every time you die, and its absolutely infuriating.

    Overall, its not terrible, but its terribly mediocre. MoH is one of my favorite series, but this is definitely a weak entry.    … Expand
  2. Sirik_Matak
    Mar 31, 2016
    3
    PA is a little better than AA, but that's not saying much. It's fundamentally the same game with the very same problems: from the awful modern military shooter gameplay concept (muh cinematics and immershun) that equals the game being consisted of the series of cut-scenes even the implemented mechanics are out of place (team commands), to horrendous collisions detection problems (bothPA is a little better than AA, but that's not saying much. It's fundamentally the same game with the very same problems: from the awful modern military shooter gameplay concept (muh cinematics and immershun) that equals the game being consisted of the series of cut-scenes even the implemented mechanics are out of place (team commands), to horrendous collisions detection problems (both environment and hit detection). You will get stuck over and over again between various objects, you will constantly miss the enemy even though he was hit by 10000 bullets a second ago (I think the only accurate hit detection was in the introductory turret segment - but that's due to horrendously oversized hit boxes on the planes). They will explode and go down like plastic toys.
    It gets boring really quickly. I've never finished it.    … Expand
  3. Genek13
    Nov 19, 2019
    7
    Game has a huge impact on the beginning but then it slows down.
    Worth to play at least once - a decent MoH game but not the best.
  4. kanefriessner
    Jul 26, 2012
    5
    A game for Yankees only. A game with a "little" anti-Japanese propaganda. Anyway, the graphics are good, but the scripting is not always. The story is not bad, maybe a little boring. The AI is mediocre. What else can I say about this game? It's not a good one, but also it's not a bad one.
  5. JayE
    Jan 4, 2015
    4
    This game has horrible collision detection problems, shoot an enemy in plain sight, nothing happens... move around a rock and get stuck for no obvious reason, walk up some stairs, get stuck on the first step, move around a tree, the scene jitters back and forth.

    It's also missing a few elements that made MOHAA great, it has a cheap feel, seems very buggy, lack of direction, repetitive    This game has horrible collision detection problems, shoot an enemy in plain sight, nothing happens... move around a rock and get stuck for no obvious reason, walk up some stairs, get stuck on the first step, move around a tree, the scene jitters back and forth.

    It's also missing a few elements that made MOHAA great, it has a cheap feel, seems very buggy, lack of direction, repetitive levels, poor animation. Not a good game at all in my books... seems very rushed, unrefined. quite boring overall.    … Expand
  6. BillM.
    Nov 25, 2004
    2
    An average game from an average development team. It is obvious that EALA has neither the creative vision nor elementary skill level required to create an interesting and compelling FPS. A few
  7. Padre-Sirius
    Feb 12, 2019
    5
    Advantages:
    1) Pretty nice graphics. Despite the fact that I played this game in 2018, I did not pay attention to the graphic component and calmly enjoyed the game.
    2) Good shooting physics. It’s nice to shoot a weapon, and finding some kind of machine gun or rifle, you really feel the difference. 3) Convenient management. Nothing extra. 4) A fairly atmospheric game. I personally liked    Advantages:
    1) Pretty nice graphics. Despite the fact that I played this game in 2018, I did not pay attention to the graphic component and calmly enjoyed the game.
    2) Good shooting physics. It’s nice to shoot a weapon, and finding some kind of machine gun or rifle, you really feel the difference.
    3) Convenient management. Nothing extra.
    4) A fairly atmospheric game. I personally liked how EA implemented the look of the Second World War in this game.
    5) Full Russian localization.
    Disadvantages:
    1) The almost complete lack of plot. I understand that for some games, like Battlefield, the plot is not needed, but if the game does not have a serious binding to the multiplayer, then it should have at least some decent plot.
    2) Characters are boring and uninteresting. Typical heroes of Hollywood action movies, which the four of them can endure an entire army, simply because they are very tough (in the bad sense of the word).
    3) Stupid AI. Stupid cannon fodder, which instead of firing, rushes at you with a gun at the ready.
    4) Monotonous gameplay, which is only sometimes diluted by missions by type of aircraft or cars. The rest of the time you run from point to point and try to stay on this point the only one alive.
    5) Catastrophically small variety of weapons. I can recall only 5 types of weapons (not including pistols and artillery), which could be used constantly. For a shooting-oriented game, this is not enough.    … Expand
  8. FrankB.
    May 29, 2005
    10
    super good love the gameplay everyone must buy it
  9. lame77
    Nov 8, 2010
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is set in the rather unworn Pacific Theater. Unfortunatley that is - along with some other minor things - the probably only Pro I was able to set against a lot of Cons.

    Other things I liked: The medics are a welcomingly different approach to actually have yourself starting to manage the pleas for help and/or decrease the number of suicidal charges during a level. Usually I put on a certain number of those with the reassuring fact in the back of my head that there will be a med pack somewhere after. In MoHPA it either won't or will be very seldom.
    The tense atmosphere in the last campaign, the taking of Tarawa.

    The longer list of things I hated:
    The Graphics are outdated even for a 2004 release. I know there's a huge debate going on between players of Call of Duty and MoH about which franchise is better. In terms of graphics I would like to take side for CoD. Even the first 2003 release of CoD looks more decent than MoH. On a plus side CoD will support custom screen resolution and ratio settings (though through horrible textfile support), while MoHPA can be played 1600x1200, 4:3 max which looks you are fighting the Imperial Army of Curiously Short and Fat Japanese Men. There are some 16:9 resolutions supported but these being way below 1600x1200 resolution leaves you - using a big 16:10 display - fighting the Imperial Army of Japan (8bit Divisions). The choice which atrocity bothers you less is at least yours.

    The team AI is horrible. I simply gave up at a certain point trying to make them do something helpful and started to take care of every single thing by myself. Though I am aware that this is what I'm supposed to do as a player, I've had other shooters where my team mates would follow scripts that would at least be helpful to some extend. Let me give two examples of why fighting with the badass marines of MoHPA and being out on a bicycle ride with a bunch of retarded chimpanzees is not of noticable difference: If an attacking Hiroshi Japanimoto takes cover behind a tree or a crate, he is henceforth regarded as 'dug in'. This will be heralded every 10 seconds, leaving you to decide which of the 'fortified' infantry positions really need attention and which can be resolved by let's say throwing a coconut, toothbrush, some cotton pads or stepping one pace left and then shoot.
    Another heavily utilized tactic is to avoid attacking enemies by turning one's back, standing still and taking one for the team/country/the little green man in the head with the bare back. I saw this dumbassery on at least two different situations and then I had to stop because my tears of anger were putting out my second keyboard. This not only binds useful medic resources, it also puts Uncle Sam in a very bad light for telling a bunch of looneys to be a well-trained special task force. From this point on I spent the rest of the game not only securing all 12 hour positions of our platoon, taking one pace at a time but saving the game after every damn taken coconut tree for whatever stupidity one of the guys might come up with next (Note: I did not see one of them juggling birthday cakes on a unicycle but was expecting that every minute)

    The person who designed the flying levels needs to be put in a special place if he ever comes to game designer's hell. To be frank: I am not a huge fan of those vehicle levels regardless what shooter I am playing but if I have to do it, please let me do it in a way that does not leave me loosing all hopes of humanity and with an urge to stomp a kitten to death. First of all: The Mouse controls the plane instead of the obvious and well-functioning WASDs, which are set to control the rudders. Something you don't need to use in the entire level. The mouse controls are inverted (pulling the mouse back, lets the plane dive while pushing it forward will make it climb) and the plane itself behaves like a flying a box of oranges that where shot out of an diarrheic elephant's behind. Only worse. Also I encountered this nice glitch at the end of the mission when I was supposed to fly back to base and did not immediately joined my two (did I mention useless?) wing men but flying one more yaw roll, only to find myself being automatically drowned to death after some erratic radio messages, asking what the heck I was doing there. I was not expecting to be able to radio that I follow moron squad to the next waypoint but am for reasons of questionable game mechanics suddenly some 40 miles behind them, but I was also not expecting to be forced to play this motherlode from the last save point again. Fortunately (see above) I was already saving every flight mile at that point, but others should be warned.

    The last level itself suffers from the same illness a lot of last levels do: They are too short and way too easy. I don't wanna spoil too much on it, but basically letting a battleship do all the work does not justify the build up all other Tarawa Missions do beforehand.    … Expand
  10. Mobile
    Dec 19, 2017
    0
    ENG
    The most disgusting part of all that I've ever played (given the version with PS). The game is so bad that I couldn't believe it, but no bright point was not for the entire game, the gray and gloom.
    RU Самая мерзкая часть из всех в которых мне приходилась играть (учитывая версии с PS). Настолько игра плоха, что я не мог поверить, но ни одного светлого момента не было за всю игру,    ENG
    The most disgusting part of all that I've ever played (given the version with PS). The game is so bad that I couldn't believe it, but no bright point was not for the entire game, the gray and gloom.
    RU
    Самая мерзкая часть из всех в которых мне приходилась играть (учитывая версии с PS). Настолько игра плоха, что я не мог поверить, но ни одного светлого момента не было за всю игру, серость и уныние.    … Expand
  11. TomJ.
    May 2, 2005
    4
    The load times are totally obscene. When I can finish a beer, get another AND use the restroom between getting killed in SINGLE PLAYER mode I think a redesign of how the levels get loaded needs to happen. I've got a gig of ram and a 2 gig machine. This is rediculous. The game is well designed and totally fun, but when I only have a few hours after the child goes to bed and before I The load times are totally obscene. When I can finish a beer, get another AND use the restroom between getting killed in SINGLE PLAYER mode I think a redesign of how the levels get loaded needs to happen. I've got a gig of ram and a 2 gig machine. This is rediculous. The game is well designed and totally fun, but when I only have a few hours after the child goes to bed and before I do, mindless yahoo.com games that load instantly are becoming more appealing. I've been a MOH fan since the first installment. Hopefully the NEXT $40 that EAGAMES takes from me will be more worth it. Try again, guys.… Expand
  12. WannesdeB.
    Jan 20, 2005
    10
    Best game ever.
  13. ChrisB.
    Jan 9, 2005
    4
    Shoddy. That's the best word to describe it. In a year that saw Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Far Cry, and the Call of Duty expansion, Pacific Assault unfortunately looks terribly bad in comparison. Frustrating gameplay, average graphics (with a disproportionately slow framerate), serious bugs with scripting (events not happening when they should for example, forcing you to reload and replay Shoddy. That's the best word to describe it. In a year that saw Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Far Cry, and the Call of Duty expansion, Pacific Assault unfortunately looks terribly bad in comparison. Frustrating gameplay, average graphics (with a disproportionately slow framerate), serious bugs with scripting (events not happening when they should for example, forcing you to reload and replay entire levels), and graphics bugs (destroyed trucks dissapearing leaving bodies 'magically' suspended in mid-air). I should also mention the LAUGHABLY bad physics. Come on EA - tacking on some shoddy physics only makes the game look worse when compared to Far Cry and Half-Life 2. It's a shame that EA seems intent on burying some of their finest franchises (Medal of Honor, NHL, Need for Speed) with a lack of effort. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is one of the worst shooters of the year, and certainly one of the biggest disappointments.… Expand
  14. JeroenR.
    Mar 3, 2005
    4
    Average game with some nice epic battles, but the game itself ins't worthy of the name Medal Of Honor. Uninspired multiplayer maps, uninteresting gameplay and amazingly dumb flight levels. Safe yourself from this all-around avarage game and buy a good game.
  15. IolL.
    Nov 7, 2004
    5
    It does not in any way live up to expectation... this is just more of the same. we've had shooters changing these last few months, and mohpa cannot hang in with farcry/halflife2.
  16. josincano
    Nov 26, 2012
    9
    Nunca habia tenido una sensacion de peligro y agobio en el campo de batalla como en este juego. La tensión que genera avanzar a cubierto entre la maleza sabiendo que a escasos metros puede esconderse un japo preparado para hundirte la bayoneta; caer herido y arrastraste tras una roca llamando desesperadamente al medico mientras escuchas a los japos cada vez mas cerca; saber que yaNunca habia tenido una sensacion de peligro y agobio en el campo de batalla como en este juego. La tensión que genera avanzar a cubierto entre la maleza sabiendo que a escasos metros puede esconderse un japo preparado para hundirte la bayoneta; caer herido y arrastraste tras una roca llamando desesperadamente al medico mientras escuchas a los japos cada vez mas cerca; saber que ya no le quedan mas botiquines al doctor y avanzar como si tu propia vida fuera la que estuviera en juego; estas son las sensaciones con las que te encontraras si juegas a este juegazo que a mi me marco hace ya bastante tiempo y que no he conseguido olvidar. Sensaciones, es un juego de sensaciones no de frios datos como horas de juego, numero de personajes en pantalla o cantidad de armas. Es cierto que tiene sus puntos oscuros: dificultad desmedida al final del juego, misiones menos acertadas (¿realmente era necesario pilotar el avion o abrirse paso por el barco en Pearl Harbor?) pero la sensacion de amenaza continua es incomparable con cualquier otro juego de guerra tipo arcade. Un clasico
    GRAFICOS:9 SONIDO:8 JUGABILIDAD:9 DURACION:8    … Expand
  17. iddqd4
    Feb 12, 2018
    7
    Вполне стандартный продолжатель серии MEDAL OF HONOR.
  18. Broyax
    Sep 18, 2021
    0
    On ne va pas se mentir, les Medal of Honor, ça a toujours été un peu de la merde ; il ne s’agissait après tout que des con-currents plus ou moins (très) cons des Kevin of Duty annuels de chez Activitron mais démoulés par EA, la bien nommée WCE (Worst Company Ever).

    Mais tout de même, j’avais envie d’essayer celui-là, le « Batailles du Pacifique » puisqu’il traînait sur l’étagère depuis    On ne va pas se mentir, les Medal of Honor, ça a toujours été un peu de la merde ; il ne s’agissait après tout que des con-currents plus ou moins (très) cons des Kevin of Duty annuels de chez Activitron mais démoulés par EA, la bien nommée WCE (Worst Company Ever).

    Mais tout de même, j’avais envie d’essayer celui-là, le « Batailles du Pacifique » puisqu’il traînait sur l’étagère depuis un moment. Je crois bien qu’aucun Medal of Honor ne marche sur les systèmes 64 bits, alors je l’ai installé sur ma vieille babasse sous le Windaube XP, pensant naïvement que… qu’il marcherait ?! que nenni, mon bon, que nenni !

    Pas le choix pourtant, puisqu’il ne marche certainement pas sur les systèmes plus anciens (95/98, ME et consorts…). Et pourtant, j’ai un paquet de vieilles merdes sur cette config qui marchent… très bien ! mais déjà évidemment, quelque chose cloche puisqu’arrivé au menu principal, aucun son, que dalle… après avoir tout testé, aucun choix ne lui convient : pas de son, ducon !

    Très logiquement, si l’on peut dire, le jeu charge le premier niveau de la campagne… puis revient au bureau parce qu’il s’en bat les couilles, en fait. Peu importe la résoluton choisie, il s’en bat les balloches, on te dit ! ah j’adore le PC et ses sales jeux de merde qui marchent pas, j’adore ! Mais bon, de toute façon, j’ai rien loupé a priori et puis, il n’a qu’à aller se faire enculer après tout : moi aussi, je m’en bats les couilles, soldat !    … Expand
  19. Panica3643D
    Jun 17, 2018
    8
    Засела в душу именно эта часть, так как оставила после себя много положительных воспоминаний.
  20. Tolson-Apollon
    Oct 24, 2020
    5
    Неплохая, но сильно затянутая игра про Тихоокеанский конфликт 2 мировой войны. 5.5/10
  21. RockerKR
    Nov 30, 2020
    7
    lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Decent FPS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
  22. jhonathanhellbourne
    Jun 20, 2009
    9
    This game is my first FPS game and I enjoyed it every way exept that even on the easy setting it was too hard like on makin atoll where I have to save a pilot or some body and the first screen your a** get shot, and tawara(?) island you have to go point A to point B again your face gets shot this time but other than that it's a great game the graphics were great back then the physicsThis game is my first FPS game and I enjoyed it every way exept that even on the easy setting it was too hard like on makin atoll where I have to save a pilot or some body and the first screen your a** get shot, and tawara(?) island you have to go point A to point B again your face gets shot this time but other than that it's a great game the graphics were great back then the physics engine kept glitching but that was because I skipped to install something. anyways this game is a worth have and is very fun… Expand
  23. LucyM.
    Nov 5, 2004
    10
    Fabulous. This game is totally engaging and I would recommend it to any FPS fans!
  24. ChrisK.
    Dec 16, 2004
    9
    With a highspeed video card (ATI Radion9800) this games graphics and the game play are the best yet from EA games.
  25. DanielB.
    Nov 4, 2004
    10
    Pros: I'm halfway through the game and am having a killer time. The characters and environments are right up there with Half Life 2 and Doom. The AI seems cool and the new medic system is brilliant. This is the first medal of honor game with a real story and surprisingly, it's making a nice difference for me, the writing seems like a movie. Cons: Loading times suck, but unlike Pros: I'm halfway through the game and am having a killer time. The characters and environments are right up there with Half Life 2 and Doom. The AI seems cool and the new medic system is brilliant. This is the first medal of honor game with a real story and surprisingly, it's making a nice difference for me, the writing seems like a movie. Cons: Loading times suck, but unlike some other games, it's worth the waiting. Multiplayer performance wasn't great but I have only tried a few servers. Overall: I'd definitley say this is the best medal of honor game yet. I'm glad I got the directors edition, even though EA didn't give me a choice, it has lots of cool stuff. Back to playing.… Expand
  26. Lon
    Jan 12, 2005
    10
    Online rank system all players stats like in AAO.great!!!
  27. LandoHelpMe
    Mar 2, 2005
    5
    Average release at best. AI suspect. Certain parts of the game were very scripted where you have to cross a specific line before the enemy activates. Not outright a bad thing, but when you deduce where the enemy will be, you have the spot targeted, and then the enemy shows up and basically has a free shot...frustrating. Just an example. Savvy gamers mature. With a willingness to spend Average release at best. AI suspect. Certain parts of the game were very scripted where you have to cross a specific line before the enemy activates. Not outright a bad thing, but when you deduce where the enemy will be, you have the spot targeted, and then the enemy shows up and basically has a free shot...frustrating. Just an example. Savvy gamers mature. With a willingness to spend hundreds if not thousands of bucks per year on gaming relative spends (sometimes you upgrade your machine(s) to run the new games), I expect the richness of experience of single and multiplayer games to improve with time. Realism is a big part of that experience. It's clear that EA is not keeping up with their customer base. Honestly, I can tell you of at least 15 people who have pretty much permanently moved away from purchasing EA games on any platform. I for one have not reached that point, but there are other companies offering much better products...and they're making it a pretty easy decision going forward.… Expand
  28. RonaldK.
    Nov 14, 2004
    10
    I don't know what some people look for in game or if they're into the rating one game against another, but I have had nothing but fun with this game. The fighting, movies and special effects are perfect fun. The music and weapons are just plain great. Feels like money well spent to me, so I don't see a reason not to give it a 10.
  29. JoshG.
    Nov 19, 2004
    10
    Easily the top Medal of Honor game yet. Unlike some I was disappointed with Doom 3, but thought Far Cry was the best fps to date. No more! Pacific Assault delivers from the very start and doesn't let up. Great visuals, story and sound. Just a lot of fun, period.
  30. BatmanMonkey
    Nov 4, 2004
    10
    wtf??? gamespot gave graphics 8...Greg Kasavin is really stupid...this game has amazing graphics...it deserved at least a 9...I dont care if ps2 has lower standards thats the same damn score they gave GTA San Andreas...that game has some sh**ty graphics.
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#43 Best PC Game of 2004
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#24 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
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#10 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. IGN
    78
    If there had been more variation on mission type, enemy AI hadn't cheated, and the feel of the weapons had been more solid, the gameplay could have lived up the awesome presentation value that the rest of the package promised.
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  2. Adrenaline Vault
    90
    It's got frenzied action, a thoughtful storyline, and gameplay that will swallow you whole.
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  3. AceGamez
    80
    Perhaps it's because after countless other games, particularly Call of Duty, those once magnificent scenes of senseless destruction no longer have the impact they once did. Scripted sequences have perhaps gone as far as they can go with these games.
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