May 19th, 2011
By MegaGamer2010

Genre: First Person Shooter
System: PC
Developer: EA LA
Publisher: EA Games
Release Date: 9/01/2011

Make no mistake, this isn't Rising Sun, the game that was released for the consoles. No, my friend, this game is completely different and looks to be a whole lot better. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault hopes to rebound the series from the pain of the blow dealt to it by the successful World War II shooter, Call of Duty. It may just be able to breath some new life into the Medal of Honor series.

Technically, this game is leaps and bounds above the other games. A whole new graphics engine and a new AI engine accompany Pacific Assault. Needless to say, this game does look very good and from the gameplay video it looks like it plays a lot better than the previous games as well. The new AI now actually move and act like a squad, which seek cover and adjust depending on the flow of battle. Additionally, a lot of things around you are effected by your actions. For instance, if you man a gun and start helping out your brothers fighting in the intense air battles overhead in the fight for Guadalcanal, one of forty levels in the game, then your guys will start doing better as the enemies start to be thinned out.

There is a lot more focus on squad gameplay, as is clear not only with the new AI but also with their abilities. Trust me, you want to keep them alive in this game. They will find you health power ups and will help quite a bit in taking out the enemy. More importantly, when you get shot, the world will become blurry for a few seconds, and even worse, if you are low on health the world will gray out as you become close to health. In these cases, if you are protecting your medic, he will come to your assistance and revive you.

Other missions will have you taking control of vehicles, either as the gunner or the driver, and even as the gunner in an airplane. These missions hope to offer some variety.

Medal of Honor and PC FPS fans should be excited about this one. It will hit shelves this fall.