"Allied Assault w/ Vehichles!"

GRAPHICS:10

A perfect 10. Well this depends what you have the settings on. On low...they are functional. On medium they are good. On high it is just awesome! You can see them breathing, blinking, talking(if they use a radio command). Much like Medal of Honor AA's graphics. The graphics really don't get any better than this....But I had to uninstall a few games to get more RAM space for the high settings.

GAMEPLAY:10

If this game was single player only I'd probably rate it a 7. But on Multi-Player it is awesome! On single player it is just like Multi-Player with BOTS. However these bots aren't the smartest of bots. If your driving a tank they have a habit of getting in and back out again...repeatedly. It get's annoying fast. However they can drive and you can be gunner...but oh well hopefully a new patch will fix this. On Multi-Player you immediately notice a difference with playing with a real live human being and a bot. You can play with up to 64 people online depending on your connection. What makes this game so good is without a doubt the gameplay along with the graphics. There aren't that many weapons to choose from. You get either.....A single shot bolt action rifle, A single shot bolt action rifle w/ scope, A sub-Machine gun, A Assault Rifle, or A Bazooka. You also get grenades, Medic Kit, or explosives and mines depending on what class you choose...there are 5 classes. Ever side has a different version of the weapon but with same function. You'll get used to seeing the weapon name NO.4. *GRIN*

CLASSES:
SCOUT(Sniper Rifle)
ASSAULT(Heavy Machine Gun)
ANTI-TANK(Bazooka)
MEDIC(Sub-Machine Gun w/ Medic Kit)
ENGINEER(Standard Rifle w/ Wrench to fix vehicles and Explosives and mines)

Not a big variety of weapons. The americans don't get the M1A1 :(...Oh well...now to the vehichles. It's clear that EA was really focusing on the vehichles. Every Side has a different version of a particular vehichle EX. Americans have U-boats and Mustangs. There are 4 main classes of vehicles...EVERY VEHICLE IS ACCESSIBLE!

PLANES
SHIPS
ARMORED VEHICLES
GROUND TRANSPORT

Planes are just that. Bombers and fighters. Some planes are just single manned and some can have a tail gunner. The American and British Bombers can have 1 Pilot and 2 gunners. You can also jump onto the wings and hitch a ride(a little glitch).

Ships can include Battleships, Destroyers, Aircraft Carriers, and Small transport such as the U-boats and also Submarines(only on multi-player). Each ship has a driver, a few AA gunners or whatever kinda gun is on the ship. The U-boats have a driver and a gunner and up to 6 passengers. The submarine has 1 driver. It only has 2 torpedos sadly.

Armored vehichles can be light armoured tanks or heavily armoured tanks and mobile artillery(like a light armoured tank with a mortar on top).

Ground transport includes Jeeps and APC'S. The APC usually holds about 6 men 1 driver and 1 gunner on top.

The intensity you will get from playing this is overwhelming. It really feels like real war. However I wouldn't get this game for SP only...Unlike in Half Life instead of having to wait the round out you pick where you wanna respawn and come back as a next wave of reinforcements unless all of your respawn areas are under enemy control then your screwed!

SOUND:6

The games good but there is absolutely no In-game music..Only music while loading or the Intro-video. Not much to talk about here...

REPLAY VALUE:10

Almost impossible to stop playing it's so fun.

TOTAL RATING:10

This game is like Medal Of Honor Allied Assault with Vehicles...maybe it's because it's made by EA. There is no blood in this game keeping a Teen rating. The gameplay is really the beef of the game unless you like the graphics...

If you have anything less or up to a 56k you shouldn't play with more than 16 people. If you have DSL or CABLE or T1,T2 then your welcome to play with up to 64 people. Don't just get it for single player though unless they come out with a new patch that fixes the bot glitches...

This is a must-have...Get it! Get it now...........

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 10/05/02, Updated 10/05/02