Medal of Honor: Frontline

Medal of Honor: Frontline is the 4th game of Electronic Arts' approved Medal of Honor series. You assume the roll of Lt. Jimmy Patterson, a pilot of the 101st Airborne Division, who is working for the OSS, as he fights his way across Europe into Germany, during World War II. Frontline doesn't try anything fresh or decorative. The developers haven't tried to work in new basics or play with the first-person genre, but instead have focused on what it did right in past games. Frontline is true to the series and brings into the world what fans have wanted: more missions and (once again), the ability to witness the exploits of the fearless, embattled soldiers on Omaha Beach.

June 6th, 1944. US troops enters in Normandy and attempts to invade the enemies territory, but they are saluted with answering fire from bunkers and s turrets; welcome to D-Day.Your boat gets turned over after monstrous explosions and sends you into the ocean.You'll have to swim your way out, and as you do that, you'll notice dead bodies in the water. You'll also notice bullets shoot through the water and actually kill soldiers around you. After you get out, you'll have to run over to the captain, and he'll tell you what to do. The game will officially begin here. You'll have to give cover to your fellow men, as they make their way around the sands, evading mines, fly by planes that drop mortars, and the non-stop hailing of bullets from the bunkers ahead of you. The first stage in MOH: Frontline is probably the most exhilarating opening and level in a videogame. I can't think of any other game that just threw you into a stage of so much excitement and action. It felt surreal, and authentic.

There are a few new missions in Frontline (each one with several levels) that focus on breaking secret German exploits. As in previous games, these require raids on heavily reinforced German bases, hoping a mix of secrecy and direct assault as well. Moreover, Frontline includes in the very real -- and very unfortunate -- engagement of Operation Market Garden.You'll get to take part in the ferocious fighting in the city of Arnhem, Holland, where the British First Airborne Division faced  with elite SS Panzer troops. Here you can really hope to show your substance and win that Medal of Honor.

Frontline's gameplay hasn't been very much improved, but in many ways it is hard to polish on perfection. There are several controller settings, and the buttons can also be changed as desired.If you've played other PS2 first-person shooters, you should have no trouble matching.Both analog sticks are also less grumpy than on the previous PlayStation MoH games, and taking down the opponent is generally no problemThe sniper scope is a little puzzling at first, as is the crouching, but differently there is nothing that really reduces the experience.

As far as graphics and sound are concerned, EA has managed to project Frontline into its own with the job they have done.With a big amount of black-and-white cutscenes to progress the story, this game has lots of polish in all the right places.With a big amount of black-and-white cutscenes to progress the story, this game has lots of polish in all the right places.The game looks just as good as its PC version, and you will actually notice even more diversity when it comes to enemy units. There are numerous occasions where you'll see black-uniformed Panzer troops and even plenty of SS soldiers uniformed in late-war camo smocks. These details will be appreciated by those ultra hardcore FPS fans that just love to look for those small errors.

Playing Frontline in the good ol' PS2 is worth it. I definitely love the entire experience that this game offers. The production is practically unparalleled with any other FPS title I've played in the Playstation 2. EA honestly makes you look as if you were in the war, and that you're not just playing another first person shooter. This feels genuine, legit and real. That is all of course thanks to the fabulous attention to detail in graphics and gameplay, not to mention the surrealistic sound. First person shooter fans, this is a very recommended acquisition, despites its few misfortunes.

Marco Cecilio, NoobFeed