Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is a first-person shooter video game, the story of which takes place during the Pacific War. It is the 7th installment of the Medal of Honor series.

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Developer(s)	EA Los Angeles
Publisher(s)	EA Games
Artist(s)	James H. Dargie
Composer(s)	Christopher Lennertz
Series	Medal of Honor
Engine	LithTech Jupiter
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	NA: November 4, 2004 EU: November 19, 2004
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault introduced some new features to the franchise, such as recovering health by calling the corpsman, and the ability to order squad members to give covering fire, regroup, move up and fall back.

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Director's Edition features some additional content, such as a presentation that shows the history of American-Japanese war, behind the in-game missions (levels) and a built-in music player that allows the user to listen to the soundtrack.

Plot

The game begins with the player, in the role of Pvt. Thomas Conlin, a U.S. Marine in the Pacific Theater of World War II, aboard the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, taking part in the defense.

Conlin is reassigned to the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, together with his old bootcamp training mate they take part in the Makin Island raid. During the raid, they are tasked with destroying a radio tower, destroying a supply dump, and rescuing a downed airman, before returning to their insertion point to fend off a Japanese counter-attack and defend their submarines from an aerial attack.

Following the Makin raid, the squad is assigned to the 1st Marine Raider Battalion and deployed in the Guadalcanal, where they are first tasked with the defence of Henderson Field and the outlying area against a Japanese attack, culminating in a push to re-take the airfield. They take part in the Battle of Edson's Ridge and patrols of the Lunga River. As part of the Guadalcanal Mission, Conlin becomes an impromptu pilot, as he is required to take control of the SBD Dauntless.

Afterwards, Conlin is promoted to sergeant and squad leader. Conlin secures the Tarawa beachhead he neutralizes a major Japanese command center and destroys some Japanese AA guns which are used by Japanese forces to prevent American boats from coming to Tarawa atoll he continues to clear Tarawa from the remaining forces.

Development

Pacific Assault was developed by EA Los Angeles and published by EA Games for the PC. It is primarily a first-person shooter, with the exception of one level in which the player flies an SBD Dauntless in the middle of a dog fight. The engine of the game is a modified Lithtech Jupiter created from Monolith Productions in additional with Havok physics engine. The music was composed by Christopher Lennertz.

In Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, it was important for the developers to have a full story line, emphasizing Sergeant Thomas Conlin and his squad.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score Aggregator Score Metacritic 80/100[1] Review scores Publication Score CGM [2] CGW [3] Edge 5/10[4] Eurogamer 8/10[5] Game Informer 8.5/10[6] GamePro [7] GameRevolution B[8] GameSpot 8.3/10[9] GameSpy [10] GameZone 9/10[11] IGN 7.8/10[12] PC Gamer (US) 79%[13] The Sydney Morning Herald [14]

The game received "favorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[1]

Pacific Assault received a "Silver" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),[15] indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[16]

References

1. "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
2. "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault". Computer Games Magazine. No. 171. theGlobe.com. February 2005. p. 58.
3. Coffey, Robert (January 2005). "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 247. Ziff Davis. pp. 92–93. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
4. Edge staff (December 25, 2004). "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault". Edge. No. 144. Future plc. p. 92.
5. Reed, Kristan (November 10, 2004). "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
6. Biessener, Adam (January 2005). "Medal of Honor Pacific Assault Director's Edition". Game Informer. No. 141. GameStop. p. 142. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
7. Bones in Britain (December 7, 2004). "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 4, 2005. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
8. Gee, Brian (November 12, 2004). "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Review". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
9. Kasavin, Greg (November 4, 2004). "Medal of Honor Pacific Assault Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
10. Accardo, Sal (November 5, 2004). "GameSpy: Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
11. Giacobbi, Kevin "BIFF" (November 15, 2004). "Medal of Honor Pacific Assault Director's Edition - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
12. Adams, Dan (November 4, 2004). "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
13. "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault". PC Gamer. Vol. 12 no. 1. Future US. January 2005. p. 70.
14. Ring, Bennett (November 20, 2004). "No killer, this". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
15. "ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver". Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009.
16. Caoili, Eric (November 26, 2008). "ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK". Gamasutra. UBM plc. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

External links

• Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault at MobyGames