Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (MoH:AA) is a first-person shooter (FPS) computer game developed by 2015, Inc The game, based on the Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² engine, which is a modified Quake III Arena engine, simulates infantry combat in the European and North African Theaters during World War II. The title derives from the notion that the likelihood of completing the game's missions, in real-life, would be about as likely as earning the Medal of Honor, perhaps even less likely. Single player missions include assaulting Nazi bases in Algiers and Norway, storming Omaha Beach on D-Day, and rescuing comrades behind enemy lines in Occupied France. The original game's Omaha Beach mission is often compared to Spielberg's 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. The game was released for Windows but an unofficial port to Linux was made by Icculus later on.

Expansion Packs

Spearhead is the first expansion pack for Allied Assault. It was developed by EA Los Angeles. Spearhead re-enacts 3 major ETO battes through the eyes of the fictional Sgt. Jack Barnes. As Barnes, a paratrooper of the 501 P.I.R., 101st Airborne, players land behind the Atlantic Wall in Normandy, hold the line in the Battle of the Bulge, and capture Berlin with the Soviet army. The initial missions are often compared to the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

Breakthrough is the second expansion pack for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault this time developed by TKO Software. This campaign covers Kasserine Pass, the turning point of the North African campaign, the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943, the epic race to Messina between Patton's 7th Army and Montgomery's 8th, followed by the amphibious landings and defense of the beachhead at Anzio.

Weapons

In Allied Assault the player uses American and German weapons. In Spearhead Soviet and British weapons are added. Breakthrough adds Italian weapons.

American Weapons

M1911A1 Colt .45 Pistol

M1 Garand Rifle

M1903A4 Springfield Sniper rifle

M1A1 Thompson submachine gun

M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle

Bazooka

Winchester Model 1897 pump action shotgun

Mark II Grenade

M18 Smoke grenades, Red

(unnamed) anti-personnel landmine

British Weapons