Product Description
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All right, soldier! Head back behind enemy lines with Lt. Jimmy
Patterson in Medal of Honor: Frontline. In this installment of
the smash-hit Medal of Honor series, Lt. Patterson returns and
must infiltrate the German frontline to steal the HO-IX flying
wing, an experimental Nazi weapon so powerful it could turn the
tide of World War II and alter the course of history forever.
Choose from over 20 authentic WWII weapons, including the Colt
.45, Springfield Sniper , Panzerschreck rocket launcher,
MG42 ed machine and Browning automatic.
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Medal of Honor: Frontline marks the debut of the Medal of Honor
franchise on the PlayStation2. In Frontline, you go behind enemy
lines as Lieutenant Jimmy Patterson. Your missions include the
D-day assault on Omaha Beach, tracking your Nazi nemesis aboard a
speeding armored train, the epic battle for control of the
Nijmegen Bridge, a strategic choke point in the Allied drive into
the heart of Nazi Germany, and a top-secret, high-risk mission to
steal the Ho IX flying wing. The Ho IX is an experimental Nazi
jetfighter so powerful it could turn the tide of World War II.
There are 20 levels of gameplay spread across six major missions,
all based on real World War II events and all adding up to one
complete and uninterrupted story line. Fully realized and
highly-detailed 3-D environments include six times the number of
nonplayer character animations as in the original Medal of Honor.
The game includes detailed German, British, and American troops,
as well as Dutch civilians, all with full facial expressions and
lip synch. More than 20 authentic WWII weapons include the Colt
.45, Springfield sniper , Panzerschreck rocket launcher,
MG42 ed machine , and the Browning automatic . Enemy
vehicles include panzer and tiger tanks, trucks, motorcycles with
sidecars, and armored railway scout cars. There are also
player-driven motorized railcars, trains, and mine carts.
An improved enemy AI requires you to consistently vary your
attack strategy as the situation dictates. Go it alone to
accomplish your mission with the utmost stealth or work as part
of a highly trained unit to wreak havoc on the enemy.
The game offers intense noncombat scenarios as well, such as a
disguised, weaponless infiltration of an officer's pub brimming
with Gestapo to make contact with a Dutch Resistance operative.
Medal of Honor: Frontline includes more than 70 minutes of
original orchestral music from composer Michael Giacchino, and
the game as a whole features eight times more audio than the
original Medal of Honor.
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Review
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Medal of Honor: Frontline returns to its console roots with the
first outing on the PS2 for Lt. Jimmy Patterson. This time the
setting is June 6, 1944--D-day and beyond--and the game begins
with you storming the beachhead at Normandy. Frontline definitely
lives up to its name, and from the outset the action is intense.
As you rush up the shingle while comrades fall beside you and
artillery rings in your ears, you'd be forgiven for thinking you
were on the set of Saving Private Ryan. Players of the PC
incarnation will recognize this mission from Allied Assault (
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similarities end. Frontline is a new game with new objectives and
levels designed perfectly for the console.
If you survive D-day, you enter the real meat of the
game--Operation Market Garden (Arnhem). From scuttling a U-boat
to clearing checkpoints in the town itself, the missions are
brilliantly designed. The true playability of the Medal of Honor
series is how immersive it is: the narrative, graphics, and sound
all combine to create one of the most gripping first-person
shooters in any format. The backgrounds are beautifully detailed,
but the sound really sets the game apart. The control system is
also intuitive, with the option to customize your controller or
choose one of the two default options: MOH sharpshooter
(two-analog-stick control) or the original controls used in the
PS One's Medal of Honor.
Only two criticisms can be leveled at the game. First, the
artificial intelligence errs on the stupid side, with enemies
standing around watching comrades get , and although this
changes with the difficulty level, it never responds in a
particularly human way. Second, you can only save at the end of a
mission (always a feature of console conversions), so it's quite
frustrating to be unceremoniously dumped right back at the
beginning after battling your way through a level. But hey, this
is war, after all, and these are small niggles against a
genuinely phenomenal game. Sign up now: the Allies need you.
--Kristen Bowditch -- .co.uk
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- Jimmy has been sent back behind enemy lines to steal the HO-IX flying wing, an experimental Nazi weapon.
- To get it, you'll have to survive six major missions and 20 unique levels of gameplay.
- There's all-new non-player character animations, with superior 3D details -- even full facial expressions and lip synchs.
- Use 20 authentic WWII weapons, from a Colt. 45 pistol to a German Panzerschrenk rocket launcher.
- You can even drive vehicles like the motorized rail car, train, and mine cart.