Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough Expansion Pack

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Authentic WWII fighting game with over 20 levels
• 3D worlds powered by the Quake III engine
• Over 21 WW II weapons and interactive vehicles including the M4 Sherman tank
• 22 different enemies including Gestapo officers
• For 1 to 64 players (multiplayer requires Internet connection)

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009V435
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches ; 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 22, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,468 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #43 in Software > Outlet
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

As Lt. Mike Powell, member of the famed 1st Ranger Battalion, you'll battle through over 20 levels based on historical military campaigns of World War II. Fire period weapons and command authentic war vehicles as you silence the gun batteries at Port Arzew, survive the Omaha Beach landing, and more.

Product Description

Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough is a new expansion pack that throws you into crucial years during the war in Europe! New soldier models, skins and voices including American, British, Italian troops NOTE - Expansion pack; Requires Allied Assault or Medal of Honor Allied Assault Deluxe Edition

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, but short and expensive!!!, October 9, 2003

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SBJ400 "SBJ400" (Mt. Laurel, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

I absolutely love the MOH series and this expansion pack, but I have to be honest and say short, pricey games like this are why software piracy is so prevalent! I was finished this expansion pack in 6 hours. Just when it was getting good!!! Shame on you EA!
Ok...BreakThrough will have you working hard to win. You jump from vehicles to fight then back into the vehicles to cruise again. AWESOME! I love the new and interesting missions. Game play is faster and more intense. Guess what, no picking up your dead enemies weapons(not sure if this is a glitch or not) this time so use your ammo carefully!

The BUGS - Your buddies can get in the way at times and are very poor shots when you need them the most. I got mad at MOH:AA and Spearhead because you could be right over a wounded soldier shooting him and it would have no effect, he would just stand back up and shoot at you. You get the same deal here! I wish EA would resolve that! Dead soldiers still disappear halfway into the ground or walls too :-(

Overall, this is a great expansion pack so don't miss out on it - BUT - I think this is too expensive for what you get. I say wait until this package hits the $20 mark. Anything higher is just ripping yourself off. EA has made a lot of money of the MOH franchise, they could kick back a low price by now.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another good expansion pack, but the first is still better., August 6, 2003

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"charliekkkk" (Boise, Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough is a good expansion pack. It requires Allied Assault to run.

Breakthrough is a really good game, but not up to the quality of the first Allied Assault. The game fails to offer anything as exciting as the Omaha Beach scene from Allied Assault, but it is more interesting than Spearhead. It picks up where Spearhead (the first MOH expansion pack) left off. You being in a scene with lots of tanks, and the feeling of war is portrayed really well.

Graphically, the game is a little dated. There are only minor graphical improvments. The sound effects and excellent, and the music is good. Online play is fun, and the maps are designed well.

Overall, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough is worth playing. It may not be the best FPS around, but it portrays WWII like no other game.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but short experience, January 30, 2004

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Markus Egger "www.MarkusEgger.com/blog" (Spring, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

This is an enjoyable expansion, but no more. It plays a lot like the original Medal of Honor, which is a very good thing. For some reason, MoH always has been the first person shooter I enjoyed more than all the others. I am not sure why, but things just seem right. One just has this feeling of "being there" (which is often pretty scary!), rather than the feeling that you are playing a game. Within limits of course.

So I am happy about the gameplay. Of course one has to realize that MoH now is a pretty old game, and as with all expansions, one should not expect a massive technology upgrade. I am sure, this will happen with the next MoH, but it certainly hasn't happened here.

Also, this game seems to be lacking some of those big, impressive moments that the original game and also (to some extent) spearhead had. This expansion tries to create these great, scripted events and it succeeds better than most other games, but certainly not as well as the previous MoH games.

The AI could be smarter, but I haven't noticed any real bad issues like some of the other reviewers seem to have encountered. Once again, things seem to be at the level they were at the original game, which was impressive then, and isn't quite as impressive now.

Time-wise, it is a bit short. I played through it in a (long) evening. That doesn't bother me too much though. It was an evening of fun, I lived through some tense moments, and I do not have to spend the whole weekend on this... ;-)

I don't really share the opinion of fellow reviewers that this is overly hard. I didn't have too much of a problem playing through this, which may in part be due to the great save-everywhere system. Sometimes there are a lot of enemies, but don't freak out and just go after them one by one. I do agree that the supply of ammo is a bit short. The same is true for first-aid packs. Tip: Try to open doors and check out basements, even if they are not along your main route. Every now and then, it pays of.

I did encounter a crash-bug in the very last mission, that crashed the game to the desktop 3 or 4 times at a similar spot. At that mission, I also encountered some frame-rate issues. Hmmm... that's a bit disappointing. Luckily, this wasn't too much of a problem, once again, thanks to the save-game system. I also noticed that the collision detection is not all that great. Sometimes you shoot into an obstacle that should really not be in the way as far as one can tell visually. I also once or twice saw a machine gun stick through the wall, giving away the position of an enemy. And once a soldier just walked through the wall, although I think he actually came through the door and was just clipped out incorrectly. Anyway: None of these issues were too much of a problem, but one would have expected a bit more polish from EA.