Nazaire, France, the North African theater, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of the Bulge. These missions take place throughout some of WW2’s most dramatic battles and include the raid on the submarine base at St. William Holt, a member of the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services) on a mission to gather intelligence on secret Nazi war machines. The premise of European Assault has you playing as Lt. So grab your Thompson M1 and combat rations soldier, we’re going back to 1942 for a retro-review of Medal of Honor: European Assault.
Well two reasons dear reader, for one I am currently working through my backlog of games and this just so happens what I chose to play this week and secondly, I wanted to take a look at what would be seen as a ‘standard’ military FPS before the great game-changer that was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hit the scene. You’re probably wondering “why am I reading a review of a random first person shooter from 2005?”.