You, as Tommy Coughlin, along with your three friends from boot camp are about to storm the beach on D-Day, Japanese style. Gameplay begins before the actual story does as throngs of troops plow through the water towards the Tarawa Atoll. This may not be Saving Private Ryan or The Thin Red Line, but Pacific Assault certainly brings dramatic and terrifying moments to interactive entertainment. Cutscenes lead the charge, but it's really the situation, comradery, and spectacular musical score (which at times actually reminds me very much of Mafia) that drive the point home. In that mind, EA decided to give Pacific Assault a very Hollywood movie type of feel. Everything from the menus that play world radio news bits about the war along with commercials to the way the music mixes with the gameplay was clearly crafted with the period and dramatic nature of the subject matter in mind. One thing that EA has done well here is present the time period and personal struggle of the soldiers stuck in the middle. There are a gazillion WWII games in just about every genre category you can think of, but only hardcore strategy games and flight sims have really taken the time to dive into the other part of the war, which if you might recall, was a rather large and costly one. The Pacific Theater of World War II has been seriously neglected compared to its European counterpart up to this point. It isn't a horrible game, it's just slightly better than average, mostly due to the high production quality that EA has been so good about throwing into each of their games lately. There were situations both intense and extremely fun, but there were just too many other extraordinarily average or poor things that I'm having a hard time really being able to completely enjoy it. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is not Allied Assault. The weapons felt good, the pace was nice, and I felt like I knew what I was doing at all times. It was balanced, fast, and mostly a lot of fun. I was a huge fan of Allied Assault and played through the single player a good three or four times before I put it down for good. I also know that I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for this review, even though I still think it's a decent, if not particularly brilliant, game. Sad to see servers close for these games? Need any of their achievements? Let us know down in the comments.I know there are going to be some people out there that love Medal of Honor so much they're willing to ignore any miscues in Pacific Assault. If you are a subscriber, you may want to check out our list of the best EA Play games included with Game Pass Ultimate. Medal of Honor: Airborne is included with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate via EA Play, so you may want to revisit its multiplayer using the subscription service. It should be noted that Warfighter is not backwards compatible, so you will need to play this one on an Xbox 360. If you need any of the online achievements from either Warfighter or Airborne, it may be worth setting up and/or joining a boosting session to work through them with other TA members. Airborne also has one partly discontinued/unobtainable achievement. Servers for Medal of Honor appear to have been shut down for some time already, and 20 achievements have already been marked as discontinued. From what we can tell, 18 achievements in Medal of Honor: Airborne will be impacted, and 12 in Medal of Honor: Warfighter. Naturally, numerous achievements will be discontinued once these server closures hit.
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