Product Description
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Medal of Honor: Frontline, the franchise's PS2 debut, features
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. 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 armoured railway
scout cars. There are also player-driven motorised railcars,
trains and mine carts. Advanced enemy AI requires you to
consistently vary your attack strategy as the situation
dictates--go it alone for 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.
.co.uk Review
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Medal of Honor returns to its console roots with this 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, comrades falling beside you and artillery
ringing in your ears, you'd be forgiven for thinking you were on
the set of Saving Private Ryan (
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incarnation will recognise this mission from Allied Assault (
/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005LW6A/${0} ), but here is where the
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: narrative, graphics and sound all
combine to give you one of the most gripping first-person
shooters on any format. Backgrounds are beautifully detailed, and
the sound really sets the game apart. The control system is also
intuitive, with the option to customise your controller or choose
one of the two default options: MOH Sharpshooter (two analogue
stick-control) or the original controls used in the PSone's Medal
of Honor.
There are only two criticisms that can be levelled at the game.
Firstly, 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. Secondly, 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 about what is
a genuinely phenomenal game. Sign up now: the Allies need you.
--Kristen Bowditch
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Manufacturer's Description
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In Medal of Honor: Frontline, players must infiltrate the German
frontline and steal the Ho IX flying wing, an experimental Nazi
weapon. The game unfolds across five missions and 15 levels that
see you destroying a German naval base, rescuing a captured OSS
operative, and disarming the undercarriage of Nijmegen Bridge.
Along the way, you'll be assisted by AI-controlled squad mates
and more than 20 weapons, including the Liberator, Panzerschreck,
MG42, and B.A.R., plus special tools like a disguise kit.
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- 15 missions, based on real events that occurred during World War II.
- Fully realized 3-D worlds, using the advanced capabilities of the PlayStation 2.
- Over 20 weapons.
- Attack enemy units alone and as part of a crack squad.
- Communicate with friendly units to organize deadly tactics.
- Realistic WWII feel.