![]() ![]() ![]() team, and would go on to found Infinity Ward. Such similarities are unsurprising-Vince Zampella and Jason West were both part of the 2015, Inc. The opening of Call of Duty 2’s American campaign, a beach landing on Pointe du Hoc, is directly comparable to Allied Assault’s Omaha mission. ![]() The Call of Duty series has changed how war is portrayed in an FPS. Someone is shouting at you, but you can’t hear them over the sound of your beating heart.Īllied Assault feels old fashioned, and not just because it’s 15 years old. You watch, helpless, as your comrades run and die. A stray bullet hits one of your squadmates and everybody takes cover. A more realistic-looking soldier empties his stomach over the floor. Three miles west of Omaha, and three years after Allied Assault. It’s not bad, but… well, as painful as it is to say given everything the series has become, Call of Duty did it better. And yet, going back, it’s not quite the standout sequence I remember. I, too, have fond memories of the best entry in EA’s Medal of Honor series, and particularly of the atmospheric beach landing sequence. Our reviewer, Steve Brown, praised its confident plot and outstanding level design, calling it “the best FPS we’ve seen since Half-Life”. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is one of the highest-scoring FPSes of PC Gamer’s history. ![]()
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