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Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Spearhead

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Game Info

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: EA Los Angeles

Genre(s): First-Person Shooter, Action

Players: 32

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: November 12, 2002

Summary

This Expansion Pack for Medal of Honor Allied Assault features nine expansive single-player levels ranging from behind enemy lines in Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge and the fall of Berlin. Over 12 new multiplayer levels including the Arnhem Bridge and the streets of Berlin. New multi-player modes emphasizing more robust team multi-player and team objective-based gameplay. New weapons including the British Enfield Mark 1 rifle, the Sten submachine gun, smoke grenades, and the Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun. Work with squads of American, British and Soviet troops to complete single-player objectives. New soldier models, skins and voices including British and Soviet troops. [Electronic Arts]

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What The Critics Said

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GamePro

The A.I. could use more brainpower, but the controls handle beautifully, and the graphics and sounds are stellar.

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GameZone

Just when you think you have seen it all, here comes an Expansion Pack that more than doubles the original Game!

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Armchair Empire

The action is compressed and more intense than the regular game. But that compressed action, although more intense, means you'll zip through the single-player campaign in short order -- about 6 hours.

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IGN

Its sheer brevity makes it a fleeting indulgence -- a change in scenery with exactly the same everything else.

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Game Informer

The level designs and objectives just aren't as clever and the game itself is rather short, even for inexperienced FPS players. [Jan 2003, p.118]

PC Gameworld

Embodies exactly what made the original such a treat to play - creativity and plenty of action... [But] some may view the single-player side as wanting, due to its very short completion time.

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GameSpot

The single-player campaign is dense, exciting, and only three-and-a-half hours long.

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G4 TV

The new single-player levels are challenging without being impossible and break new gameplay ground without abandoning the things that made the original great.

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PC Gamer

Just about every piece of military hardware you see, from mortars to halftracks to 88's, can and MUST be used to get through a given mission. [Jan 2003, p.78]

XGP Gaming

Perhaps the most helpful addition for single and multiplayer is the smoke grenade.

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AtomicGamer

The fun vehicle levels, tons of weapons, gun emplacements to use, and scripted, cinematic gameplay all show just how short the single player mode is, even if it's generally really good stuff.

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Game Revolution

It's gonna be a short battle, so let's try to have a little fun before it's over.

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Electric Playground

This is a hefty new multiplayer package, considering that this an expansion and you sometimes don't get 12 multiplayer maps in a regular full game. Frankly, it helps compensate for the fact that the single player campaign is so short.

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GameSpy

If you're a Medal of Honor multiplayer junkie looking for a new fix, you'll get considerably more mileage out of it, especially the Tug Of War mode.

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Computer Gaming World

Dying repeatedly to learn the magic path can get tiresome, even in a short game. [Feb 2003, p.81]

GMR Magazine

Spearhead's default movement is also faster, which makes the game livelier: But if you're only interested in single player, there may not be enough here to sway you. [Mar 2003, p.70]

Eurogamer

Rather like Half-Life’s "Blue Shift" expansion, Spearhead is over in barely three hours... It’s only because Spearhead chimes in at 20 quid or thereabouts that we don’t rip it apart – as it is, it’s rather like buying a DVD of your favourite war flick.

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All Game Guide

Spearhead isn't a disappointment, exactly, because the three hours of gameplay are excellent, and arguably better than the original missions of "Allied Assault."

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Thunderbolt

It could have been great, but some poor design choices, like the way your allies cannot fall in battle, really ruin the experience.

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ActionTrip

The original is not without its faults but still excellently done, while Spearhead resembles a Space Invaders MOHAA mod with occasionally well-directed semi-interactive action scenes.

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Computer Games Magazine

You can finish the entire single-player game in a single evening, with time left over to take a dinner break, watch an hour or two of television, and then turn in early. Some demos are longer. [Feb 2003, p.75]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Mooses M. gave it a3:
I loved Allied Assault, and when Spearhead came out many years ago I got to the store as fast as I could and bought it up. I was quickly disappointed. An annoying Battle of the Bulge level where if a single German even touched the trench you lost; disappointing weaponry; and gameplay that I completed in two and a half hours gave a very poor gaming experience. I did not enjoy this game, which says something from someone who loved Allied Assault.

Marcus B. gave it a 10:
It rocked. Plain and simple.

Michael R. gave it a 7:
Single player is a little too easy and a lot too short compared to the first installment. More than compensates for this in multiplayer, with the additions of UK/Soviet troops and weapons, some new maps and TOW format. Only worth the $$$ if you want to play online (a lot).

Brandon G. gave it a 9:
This game is awesome. But I can't play it anymore because my computer is broken. SWEET!!

Alan O. gave it a 6:
A stellar beginning which trails out to a predictable, uninspiring and all too short experience. Competent but oh so disappointing.

Arif H. gave it a 9:
This game have a great single player script. And this is the best single player game I ever play.

Ghaith A. gave it an 8:
It's really amazing game... but you need a new maps for playing every 2 or 3 days...

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