This is one of my favourite games because it gives for once an accurate and somewhat realistic World War 2 experience. The Medal of Honor series was too far-fetched and i stopped purchasing the games after 'Rising Sun' (I had higher hopes after 'Frontline') 'Hill 30' gives the player a realistic performance as a squad leader in Normandy trying to keep his platoon alive while simultaneously fighting back hordes of German counter-attack forces from D-Day. The cinematics are pretty good and the opening scenes on the actual Hill 30 and in the C47 plane are both admirable and interesting.
What makes it, though, a worthwhile game for purchasing is the fact (and i've said it three times now!) The realisticness to the actual 1944 conflicts! The soldiers use colourful vocabulary in situations where and when they would, your character and team mates are only human and can take only on hit to die sometimes (beating Medal of Honour's "take five grenades to the chest and still keep kicking!") It's one of the best WWII shooters out there. My favourite level is 'Cat and Mouse' a sniping mission in a church tower in the town of Carentan.
However, it is slightly flawed as well. There is a slight glitch in the PS2 version that whenever you eliminate and enemy the game freezes for about a third of a second. It seems not much but can screw you up when facing a group of panzer-grenadiers armed with heavy weapons. Small things like that kind of ruin it.
Improvements? Get rid of the silly death glitch and introduce a two player mission co-op mode. Otherwise a seemingly brilliant game.
What makes it, though, a worthwhile game for purchasing is the fact (and i've said it three times now!) The realisticness to the actual 1944 conflicts! The soldiers use colourful vocabulary in situations where and when they would, your character and team mates are only human and can take only on hit to die sometimes (beating Medal of Honour's "take five grenades to the chest and still keep kicking!") It's one of the best WWII shooters out there. My favourite level is 'Cat and Mouse' a sniping mission in a church tower in the town of Carentan.
However, it is slightly flawed as well. There is a slight glitch in the PS2 version that whenever you eliminate and enemy the game freezes for about a third of a second. It seems not much but can screw you up when facing a group of panzer-grenadiers armed with heavy weapons. Small things like that kind of ruin it.
Improvements? Get rid of the silly death glitch and introduce a two player mission co-op mode. Otherwise a seemingly brilliant game.