Binding: Video Game Brand: Electronic Arts EAN: 5030930059071 Label: Electronic Arts Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Platform: Windows XP Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: September 05, 2007 Sales Rank: 671 Studio: Electronic Arts
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk PreviewIt may be the game that popularised the whole concept of first person shoot ‘em-ups set during World War II, but as the years have gone by, the Medal of Honor series has found itself besieged by more and more copycats trying to offer ever more realistic simulations of the era. This is the first Medal of Honor game made specifically for the next generation of consoles though and finds you taking the roles of both pathfinder Eddie La Point and Private Boy Travers - paratroopers in the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. As such, you’ll end up with a whistle stop tour of enemy hotspots in Sicily, France, Holland and Germany. The game takes its paratrooper motif serious too as the game levels are big enough that you actually have some control over where exactly you land and as a consequence what tactics you choose to employ.
The game also tries to give you as much freedom as possible with the weapons you use, with each being customisable with authentic parts which you can find during missions. Even the missions are as open ended as possible, as you’re given up to a dozen objectives, of which only a few have to be tackled in any sort of order. One side benefit this creates is that the developers have been forced to drastically improve the enemy artificial intelligence so that they can react intelligently to your attacks, instead of just relying on the pre-scripted movements of the earlier games. There’s also a stronger tactical element than ever before as you monitor the back and forth of battle between all the forces on the map. As over-familiar as WWII shooters have become, there looks to be enough new ideas here to keep even the most jaded virtual soldier happy. HARRISON DENT
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - respawning kills it
good idea but if you like to snipe from a distance and then move in it dose not work as they just keep respawning as quick as you can shoot them which is rather silly ,its a charge whilst shooting game and I gave up on it!
Rating: - Best of the bunch
This game has only one flaw and that is the large machine gun totting SS man in the final chapters...but that aside it is well worth the money.
I have read all of the revues of this game and find some of them laughable. If it is too short try playing it on the hardest level...if it doesn't run on your machine check the spec required first.
I have played every MOH and Brothers in Arms and Call of Duty as they appear and this is by far the best...Call4 is a close second but ... Read More
Rating: - Useless.....
As I have read in other reviews, this game will not work in my DVD drive. I am packing quite a hefty PC, with all the latest drivers, and yet this game decides not to run. As I have mentioned, I am not alone in this. I have no idea why it won't run, the DVD drive just won't read it. Useless. It's going in the bin. I can't even be arsed to re-sell it. IF YOU BUY THIS GAME, YOU'RE TAKING A GAMBLE, NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOUR PC IS.
Rating: - not bad WW2 FPS
A lot of people seem to not like this and, while I can understand their points, I found this okay if a little frustrating a times.
Basically you drop into the action taking a hard route or an easy one, then you go for your objectives via a variety of bad guys. Frustrations include a long time between checkpoint saves,the fact you have to keep parachuting in despite your checkpoint being on the ground, and the strange addition of hard to kill super-soldiers(?) near the end!
Rating: - Yet again EA expect you to buy a new computer
I'm sure this would be good game if I ever was able to play it. Why is it EA expect to change our computer everytime they bring out a new MOH so we can get it to work? I wont be buying this game in the future as I know it wont work as it is so hungry for graphics, processor etc.
- respawning kills it 
- Best of the bunch
- Useless.....
- not bad WW2 FPS