![]() If the idea pans out, he'll go from being a green recruit to looking buff and battle-hardened, with the "thousand-yard stare" of a man who's seen plenty of action. Another way the designers are thinking of reinforcing the impact of the Pacific war is by showing the main character in cutscenes-a first for a Medal of Honor game-to convey how he changes mentally and physically after months on the front lines. ![]() Missions often aren't fought alone, and to make for a few familiar faces there'll be a few squadmates that will stick with you as the story progresses. ![]() Still, there's no way you can turn the tide alone, and just maybe it's one of the torpedoes that got away from you that dealt the fatal blow to the USS Arizona.Īs the game progresses, you'll see action all across the Pacific, including the major battles such as Guadalcanal. In the middle of the chaos, as innumerable Japanese planes tear into the anchored Pacific fleet, you'll play a part by saving lives, shooting down planes, and taking out torpedoes before they hit their targets. The key scene comparable to Allied Assault's portrayal of D-Day will be the first mission in Pearl Harbor, and we might expect that to be the first demo level we'll see. The EA LA team plans to follow Allied Assault's successful gameplay approach of combining scripted cinematic moments with slightly slower-paced action sequences, all of it enlivened by a healthy dose of historical authenticity. The location research-which, for example, brought to the artists' attention the differences between the jungles of the South Pacific and those of Thailand-is being carried over directly, and some early Rising Sun assets like concept art and motion-capture animations are being used as well. While the two Pacific theater games follow completely different stories and have very different gameplay styles suited to their respective platforms, the eight months the EA team spent on Rising Sun's preproduction is coming in handy for the Pacific Assault team. The new first-person shooter has been in development since shortly after EA's Los Angeles studio completed the Spearhead expansion for Allied Assault in November, and thanks to sharing some preproduction work with Medal of Honor Rising Sun, the new PC game should be completed relatively quickly-by next January. The sequel to last year's extremely successful Allied Assault, Medal of Honor Pacific Assault will start during the first disastrous moments of Pearl Harbor and follow the path of a young soldier through the first two years of World War II in the Pacific theater. Rising Sun was announced last week for consoles, but there's more than one upcoming Medal of Honor game that's set in the South Pacific.
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