Medal Of Honor : European Assault

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Medal of Honor: European Assault is the 8th installment in the long running Medal of Honor series. European Assault was released for PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox in June 2005. The game's story was written by John Milius, the writer of Apocalypse Now.
 The plot is based on Lieutenant William Holt, an operative in the 
Office of Strategic Services, and follows his deployments to allied 
forces in France, North Africa, the Soviet Union and Belgium.
Medal of Honor: European Assault was formerly titled Medal of Honor: Dogs of War, however, this was changed due to the French translation that apparently means "Mercenaries". The name was changed to European Assault, which is fitting considering that gameplay takes place in the European Theater (which included Europe and North Africa).
== GameplayEdit ==
The gameplay of European Assault is essentially the same as of
 its predecessor, a first-person shooter; however, the weapons and 
interface have been slightly upgraded to be more player-friendly. Most 
notably the HUD has been upgraded to indicate primary and secondary 
target and show other squad members, as well as the weapons now have 
usable ironsights. The addition of Adrenaline Mode, activated by killing
 numerous enemies or scoring headshots, allows the player to be 
invincible and have unlimited ammo for a short period of time. As with 
all Medal of Honor games, the player is presented with a wide 
variety of weapons and stages pertaining to World War II. There are many
 guides by gaming companies and sites as well as by fans.
== CampaignEdit ==
There are four overall areas the player (as Lt. William Holt.)
 will be sent to: France, North Africa, the Soviet Union and Belgium. 
Each area has a set of missions for the player to complete. While some 
objectives will be detailed from the start, exploration of the area will
 cause Holt to discover more missions. Each mission consists of five 
elements: a primary objective, secondary objectives, killing a German 
officer (Nemesis battle in the game), obtaining documents from the 
officer and escaping. If all are completed, a gold medallion will be 
given. Missing one or two will gain a silver or bronze.
Most missions involve Holt fighting alongside allied NPCs and 
working towards a common objective, often based on historical events 
during WWII. However, as a member of the OSS, Holt also has secondary 
objectives for each level, including finding documents and eliminating 
important German officers, such as henchmen belonging to the antagonist 
Graf Von Schrader.
=== St. Nazaire, FranceEdit ===
In the beginning of the game, in a wholly fictionalised storyline 
based on Operation Chariot as no Americans took part in the original 
raid, Holt and the British force are heading to the vital submarine pens
 at St. Nazaire. They approach the Nazi Germany held port in the HMS 
Campbeltown. However, the ship begins to take fire and soon raises the 
British Union Flag after they lose their cover. Upon landing, Holt is 
told to meet an officer that has the only radio after their radio 
officer is killed, at another side of the dock, which is denoted by a 
green flare. Upon meeting the officer, Holt has to head back to the ship
 to take cover from the airstrike the officer called, thus finishing the
 first mission. Then Holt goes with the British commandos on the St. 
Nazaire Raid, where he destroys a fuel tank and eliminates a German 
officer named Klaus Mueller. Holt also has the option to destroy an AA 
cannon, and a shore gun. Holt later travels through the docks in order 
to destroy an electric power plant and a U-boat, shutting off power to 
the city and eliminating another German officer by the name of Horst 
Brenner. Early the next morning, Holt and his British comrades receive 
word that no reinforcements will be coming, forcing them to fight their 
way through two German Panzers. They must battle officer Erich Koster 
and his forces throughout the city to escape into the French 
countryside.
Tunisia
Mission 1 in Tunisia is to destroy Tiger tank prototypes. One of 
Holt's optional targets is a Nazi officer named Adabold Brecht. Optional
 objectives include blowing up a radar dish and destroying a panzer 
inside a destroyed village. After initial fighting, Holt makes his way 
inside a German compound and attempts to rescue captured SAS commandos 
and kill another of Von Schrader's men, Hans Schneider. With their help,
 Holt manages to get his hands on film which was recorded by Von 
Schrader, and ends up destroying a prototype V2 rocket
Russia
There are 2 missions in the Russia. The first mission is On the 
Road to Stalingrad. Holt's main objective is to destroy a rail gun on 
the other side of a river that runs through a small town. Holt also has 
an option to destroy 3 Panzer Tanks. The final part of the mission is to
 secure and then defend a fortified Church on the edge of town, and 
eliminate Walter Neumann. The second, and final, Soviet mission is 
Climbing Mamayev Hill. Holt, along with his squad and a Soviet 
battalion, lead a charge through a small village, driving the Germans 
back across a river. Holt must then follow them across the river and 
signal a rocket strike to clear the path. Once the area is secure, 
Holt's allies set themselves up around the entrance to a fort, on top of
 the hill. Once Holt blows the doors open, there is a fierce firefight. 
After destroying three artillery guns, Holt must eliminate Franz 
Greubner, and then Transmit Virus House Intel to the OSS (the Main 
Objective), before finally destroying the documents.
=== BelgiumEdit ===
The final mission of the game involves the Battle of the Bulge. Holt 
is sent in with the 101st Airborne Division, surrounded within the 
Ardennes forest in Belgium and participates in the battle to liberate 
the Bastogne Pocket. The Mission starts with an intense German 
offensive. Holt, with the help of paratroopers from the 101st Airborne 
manages to stop the initial assault by killing Folker Kappelhorf and 
blows up a strategically important bridge. Then Holt is sent to a 
Belgian farm to rescue Manon Batiste, a female OSS operative and the 
main character of Medal of Honor: Underground (although renamed to Manon Du Champs in European Assault),
 who was captured by Von Schrader's most loyal man, Freder Engel. After 
defeating Engel, Holt frees the operative. In the final mission, Holt, 
with assistance from US tanks and soldiers, makes the critical assault 
on Von Schrader's Virus House. With one final near-cataclysmic battle, 
Holt eliminates Von Schrader and destroys the dirty bomb he developed by
 dropping it into the underground bunker at the last moment and survives
 with some minor wounds. After exiting the ruined bunker, Holt meets an 
OSS officer, who gives him a set of Top Secret orders about the push of 
Von virus house.
== MultiplayerEdit ==
The multiplayer in this game is splitscreen only. The players decide 
if they want to be Allies or Axis, what game mode (including team 
deathmatch), as well as what map they will play on. Each faction has 
several different skins and classes. The classes are: Infantry, Heavy 
Weapons, Rifleman, and Sniper. Each class has its own weapons and 
abilities. Players can also upgrade their weapon or pick up a bazooka, 
each of which are hidden somewhere on every map.
== ReceptionEdit ==
The game received average to good reviews, with many rating it as high as the previous Medal of Honor game, Pacific Assault.
 It was praised by several gaming websites and magazines like X-Play, 
IGN and Nintendo Power for its realistic battle situations and historic 
accuracy. However, critics criticized the game for its poorer graphics 
engine than the previous Medal of Honor title, and lack of online multiplayer.
All in all, the game has Metacritic scores of 73 for PlayStation 2, 72 for Xbox and 71 for GameCube.
== External linksEdit ==
* Bulbajer's Encyclopedia on the game
* Medal of Honor: European Assault for PlayStation 2 on Metacritic
* Medal of Honor: European Assault for Xbox on Metacritic
* Medal of Honor: European Assault for GameCube on Metacritic
Category:Medal Of Honor Series