Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (MoH:AA) is a first-person shooter (FPS) computer game by Electronic Arts. 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.

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. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead was developed by 2015.

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. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough was developed by TKO Software for EA Games.

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

• Webley Revolver Mark IV
• Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mark 1 Rifle
• Enfield L42A1 sniper rifle
• Sten Mark II Submachine gun (note: weapon in game is mislabelled and is actually a Mark V.)
• Vickers-Berthier Machine gun
• PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank) man-portable mortar
• Mills Grenade
• M18 Smoke grenades, Red

Russian Weapons

• M1895 Nagant revolver
• Mosin-Nagant Rifle
• SVT-40 Sniper Rifle
• PPSh41 Submachine gun
• F1 Fragment Grenade
• RDG-1 Smoke grenades, Yellow

German Weapons

• Walther P38 Pistol
• Mauser Karabiner 98k (also comes in sniper configuration)
• Gewehr 43 Sniper rifle
• MP40 Submachine gun
• Sturmgewehr (StG) 44 Assault rifle
• MG42 Machine gun
• Panzerschreck (tank terror) Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
• Model 24 Stielhandgranate (stick hand grenade)
• Nebelhandgrenate, Green (German for cloud grenade)
• "Bouncing Betty" anti-personnel landmine

Italian Weapons

• Beretta M1935 pistol
• Carcano M1938 Rifle
• Moschetto Automatico Beretta M.38A Submachine gun
• Breda Model 30 Machine gun
• Bomba a Mano Hand grenade
• Bomba a Mano Breda smoke grenade (grey-white)

Production staff

• Producer: Vince Zampella
• Assistant Producer: Steve Townshend
• Composer: Michael Giacchino
• Musicians: Seattle Symphony

Zampella says, "The gameplay is very chaotic."

See also

• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
• Call of Duty
• Battlefield 1942
• Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theatre
• Hidden & Dangerous 2

External links

• Official page (http://www.ea.com/eagames/official/moh_alliedassault/home.jsp)
• 2015, developer of Spearhead (http://www.2015.com/)
• TKO Software, developer of Breakthrough (http://www.tko-software.com/)