Medal of Honour Allied Assault Breakthrough (EA PC, M15+)

Reviewed by PETER ELEY

Herald rating: * * * *

The World War II game Medal of Honour has been around for a while, but was given a booster shot with the Spearhead expansion pack.

The latest expansion pack is Breakthrough, which adds 11 new single-player levels in North Africa and Italy, and nine multiplayer levels, the most notable one recreating the battle for Monte Cassino.

This broadens the geographical base of the game from the D-Day and Northern Europe theatre, and brings in new units and weapons, mainly from Mussolini's Italy.

You get 25 new units, too, spread across German, British, American and Italian armies.

The base game is first-class, combining supersharp graphics with realistic combat. Breakthrough freshens it up rather than adding any real depth.


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