Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC Games, 2002)

This game was actually my very first first person shooter. I used to play it for hours back in high school, and I never did get much home work done. The game has a nice single player campaign if you don't mind fighting alone. That's pretty much the theme in the original allied assault. There are a few missions where you get some help from computer generated team mates, but those cases are few and far between. It's really the whole story line and cinematics that make the single player missions great. Playing MOHAA feels like moving through an action packed movie to me and that's what really keeps things interesting. It's really MOHAA's multiplayer gameplay that makes this game a gem. Medal of Honor Allied Assault has got to have some the best multiplayer maps of any first person shooter that I have ever played. Playing online isn't hard because the maps in MOHAA are easy to learn. There are still a lot of servers on the internet that host MOHAA but you do have to download some patches before you can play online. The game is based on the Quake III engine and graphically it looks pretty good, even by today's standards. Compared to other WWII shooters out there MOHAA has more of an arcade feel to it, but that's why I love the game so much. MOHAA is a true classic, almost like a chapter in WWII gaming history. I highly recommend it for any PC gamer looking for a great first person shooter.