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Too Short...Too Annoying

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: November 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I loved the original game. I've had it for several months, and still play it. Unfortunately, this expansion doesn't live up to the original. I bought and finished this expansion on the same day. It took about 2.5-3 hours total. Most of that time was spent on one really annoying level. It's a level where your unit is being shelled by enemy artillery. You have to move back and forth between fox holes between bombardments. You're supposed to hide in the fox holes and move between them during lulls in the shelling. Unfortunately, some shells fall in the fox holes and kill you automatically while you're taking cover. No hit for damage, no nothing. One minute you're crouching in the hole, the next it cuts to an animation of your squad members praying over your body. "Please start again" Basically, you'll know which fox holes not to go to after dying about 40 times. It was much more annoying than the beach landing in the original game.

As for additions to the game, it adds new weapons and the ability to lean around corners. Most of the new weapons are so similiar to the originals that they might as well have been left out. Others are useless. For instance, in one mission your trusty M-1 gets replaced by a British Enfield rifle. the Enfield is a bolt action rifle. Think sniper rifle with no scope. Slow firing time makes it far inferior to the M-1...

Save your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: September 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has more problems than I care to discuss. I have been a moderate game player for years, and never have I had more lock-ups, crashes and poor game play than I have had with this game. And, EA's site is a joke.

Buy a program from another company that actually works, and you don't have to screw around with just to start the program!

not compatible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Medal of Honor - Allied Assault works fine on my computer, but Spearhead doesn't run. Some sort of OpenGL compatibility problem.
I have a Geforce 2 MX video card. Electronic Arts is no help at all in resolving this problem. If I could return the game, I would.

pointless

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: December 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the MOST POINTLESS game EVER. The levels are boring.

2 Stars were generous for this sub-par effort

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: January 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The words "EA Games" should be enough to summarize my entire review. Another typical EA entry but this time it truly showed who was behind the game. Unlike the original Medal of Honor Allied Assault (MOHAA), which was developed by 2015 studios, Spearhead was entirely created by a special wing of EA Games; quite possibly the recipe for complete disaster.
Tragically the single player was a disaster. "How can he say this about a Medal of Honor game?" you ask. Well, actually it is quite simple. Compared to the original, this expansion lacks in every way possible. The typical approach by a company more concerned about the bottom line than how the game turns out. Playing off the inherent popularity of MOHAA, EA thought that they could save money by doing the entire game on their own this time. What occurred was simply a travesty of the MOHAA name, a series that once boasted about being very "playable". Instead of making a large number of missions that are challenging, but still able to beat in one or two tries; EA reduced the number of missions (and sub-missions) drastically. In order to compensate for this, they turned up the amount and frequency of computer controlled enemies. What they were left with was a horrible (and often unbearable) single player game. Where the player is often forced to run gauntlet after gauntlet of enemy fire...
Conversely, the multiplayer was a very pleasant surprise for me. While the single player left me seething, the multiplayer was a welcome and refreshing change. It is quite obvious where the work was put into this game. Unlike most expansions, Spearhead has undergone a complete facelift and even a little tinkering behind the scenes. The maps are much bigger, and the overall game play is more than satisfying.
In short, if you have a fast internet connection and are willing to shell out for the game you won't be disappointed. However, if you are among those who have played the single player campaign of MOHAA (and are expecting this one to compare) and do not have an internet connection, you will most likely feel cheated out of your money.

Way too short...too much focus on cosmetics

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 12 / 16
Date: November 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed MOHAA, however, the Spearhead expansion pack is a major disappointment. First off, the game is very short...about 5 hours of game play at the most...even for a casual gamer. Secondly, there are some real frustrating moments. The enemy snipers can now actually be seen, however, there are some other areas that rely on "save and reload" methods once you've mapped out the level...this really detracts from the "fun factor". If the game were longer I could live with this, but considering the game contains only 9 missions, I can't. Thirdly, the graphics and sound are top notch, however, you'll need a decent system to enjoy this game. I'm running an Athlon 1800+, 512M RAM, and a GF4ti and still had hiccups and slowdows. Nothing unacceptable, but I wouldn't expect this (I didn't have as many of these with MOHAA).

There are some fun moments in this game, but it ends too soon. If you put a high value on fancy graphics and production values this is probably the game for you. If you expect more than that, I'd pass on this title.

Good graphics, poor gameplay

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought Spearhead as soon as I could. I should have waited. I don't do a lot of multiplayer (high-speed net access is unavailable) so I really wanted to play the singleplayer missions. I finished them in one weekend. I know, it's an expansion pack, but I hoped it would have "expanded" the MOH playing experience. It didn't. Spearhead is basically a sequel, not an expansion like Clone Wars was for Galatic Battlegrounds or all the Sims expansions. Too bad.

Work Needed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was long awaited by most gamers obssessed by WWII 1st person shooters, but don't get your hopes up. This expansion pack is far too short in single player, with no improvment from the problems of the previous game.
There are sound problems with rifle fire, and extreme lag on virtually all multiplayer servers, regardless of their speeds. This lag simply didn't exist before for gamers with a cable modem.
Furthermore, filter selection for "ommitting full servers" does not work in multiplayer, a serious "oops".

The game was released with much work needing to be done.

The story line is a plus, for even though it is fiction, it is set behind the historical backdrop events of the end of WWII. When the rifle sound does work, it sounds great.

Finally, the largest drawback to this game is in its multiplayer, where vitually any kind of cheat and modification can be implemented simply on the server hosting the game, thereby removing almost any fun from the multiplayer. This is somewhat common in most multiplayer games, but it was exceptionally ramapant in Spearheads predecesor. There's always someone cheating or rigging (with mods) in some form or fashion. As mentioned earlier, this was a serious drawback to Allied Assualt, where the person with the most cheats was the winner. The cheats were all over the web, and relatively easy to implement. Unfortuneatly has not been made right in the expanision pack. In other words, if you are a long-time first-person mode gamer - skip it.

Too short, Too scripted

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Medal of Honour that reappears in this expansion pack looks better than ever with explosive special effects and new, blow 'em away weapons. You also get to fight alongside comrades who can hold their own, which lends some authenticity to the game. Just as the first was shamelessly modelled on Saving Private Ryan, this contains scenes straight out of Band of Brothers, which is kinda fun too.

Spearhead, however, is even more tightly scripted (if that is possible) than its predecessor. You can't so much as shoot out of turn if you want to complete your objectives. Annoyingly, a lot of it also takes place in the dark or in murky landscapes.

In tandem with this, it reintroduces some of the most irritating aspects of the last game, such as snipers who are invisible in the gloom and at least one finicky finale in which you have to constantly save just to make it through the scene. Lastly, it does not include enough of the things that made the last one fun, such as rooms full of enemy to shoot at.

Oh, and as others have noted here, it is very short -- too short to be worth 20 bucks. I got through it in a couple of hours without hurrying and have no inclination to play it again.

Too Little Too Fast

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Spearhead was rushed out too fast and not enough good stuff was put in. MOHAA was the best FPS out there, but the greedy guys over @ EA Games messed it all up w/this expansion pack. Gameplay is REALLY short, and multiplayer gets a B becausethe Tug Of War maps were cool. New guns really didn't make a difference in gameplay, and could have been put out in a patch. Graphics definitely went down, and you never even get to use the American weapons except for the first level. If you liked MOHAA, buy it, but buy it REALLY cheap.

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