


You have been recruited by the OSS (some sort of secret service) and need to battle through over 20 levels based on historical campaigns during WW2. Mike Powell, a member of the 1st Ranger Batallion. What if this level had introduced some element of uncertainty? What if you weren’t entirely sure that everything in your sights was the enemy? What if Medal of Honor attempted to replicate the snap judgments and serious consequences that those on the front lines have to make every day?Īt the least, Medal of Honor should have aspired to be more than Whac-a-Mole. In Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, the first PC installment of the famous Playstation game series, you assume the role of Sgt. A screenshot from Medal of Honor FrontlineTM. It’s a slick replica of the real TADS experience, so much so that if you’ve watched the Apache helicopter footage that WikiLeaks dubbed “ collateral murder,” it’s likely that this Medal of Honor level will remind you of it.īut in contrast to the unclear, fuzzy images we saw in the WikiLeaks video, everything is black and white in the game - every threat is really a threat, every RPG is an RPG and not a camera lens. This actually helped give the game its unique look, and at the same time, nearly tripled the amount of.

Halfway through the fight, you’re up in an Apache helicopter using the Target Acquisition and Designation Sights system. It’s hard to shake the feeling that the new war game is a missed opportunity to go a little deeper. There’s something exhilarating about being in a situation where people say “oh-600” when they mean “6 o’clock” and “6 o’clock” when they mean “behind you.”īut this is the solitary thrill of Medal of Honor ‘s campaign, a cheapo little adrenaline rush. It was hard for me to keep from grinning involuntarily every time I brought down another tango.
