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Great graphics, cool setting, repetitive gameplay
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User
There are some gameplay genres that prove the old adage "the more things change the more they stay the same". Medal of Honor: Frontline proves that no matter how you dress up a first person shooter, at it's core Frontline is basically the same as most other first person shooter games. The game degenerates into the same static formula of running around and arbitrarily blowing away the enemy the only difference is you are doing it in a World War II setting.
The graphics in this game are terrific. It's almost too bad they are used in a game that gets this monotonous. The Nazi uniforms are very accurate and detailed. The environments are nicely rendered. There is the occasional slowdown where the framerate slows to a crawl but that's is forgiveable. Electronic Arts really went the extra mile to make sure that this game authentically portrayed the era as faithfully as possible. The sound is also very well done. The weapons have great sounds when you use them. Glass breaking, footsteps on creaky floors. The game gives you some excellent audio effects. The controls are also good but they will take you a little while to get the handle of using both analog sticks to aim.
Unfortunately it's the gameplay that leaves something to be desired from Medal of Honor: Frontline. No matter how hard you try to dress it up, the game play is extremely repetitive an mind numbingly so. No matter what weapon you use, it doesn't change the fact that you are doing the same thing over and over again. Alot of people who play first person shooter games will tell you that it's "more realistic", but it comes at the expense of gameplay. If this game were presented in third person perspective I can't help but think that it could have opened the door for more diverse gameplay. Such as commanding squads and even some stealth elements. But there are certain segments of the gaming public that would consider such an idea as "blasphemous" as if it were violating some sort of FPS doctrine. With that mindset you get what you have here, basically the same game as countless other FPS out there now just in a differnt package. The game is also VERY linear in nature. You go from Point A to Point B with no deviation and with zero room to improvise along the way.
I gave this game three stars mostly for it's graphics, however I still can't recomend it. If you're looking for a different take on the shooter concept then I would have to recomend Freedom Fighters also from Electronic Arts. It takes combat shooter a step further by giving you a third person view and mixing in squad commands and a non-linear style of gameplay.
GREAT GAME
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User
I bought MOH Frontline at the same time I got my PS2. I felt a little uneasy about spending $250 at the time, but when I started playing the game that all went away. My money was well spent. I could have only this game in my collection and be happy. As a WWII reenactor, long periods of time between events can get you impatient. However, I now just pop in Frontline and I'm there. The historical battles are just like you study about or see in films like Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, or A Bridge Too Far. The art direction is awesome, and really helps give the feel that you're really there. The music is very dramatic, and the weapons authentic with great sound effects. I love being pinned down in sticky situations where I really have to think and use strategy to get myself out of the problem. However, sometimes you can shoot a German in the head several times with the Springfield and he never even reacts to it. Nonetheless, this game is far better than MOH Rising Sun (don't even get me started), but it would be nice to see EA develop one solely about the Russian Front, British paratroopers, or even Mediterranean campaigns. But I guess if they made one about a foreign army it wouldn't be called Medal of Honor, but instead whatever their country's highest military decoration is.
good
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User
The game has very good graphics, sound, control, and interesting missions, but the game is to short. To make the game longer the developer didn't put in check points. there are 19 missions. Most of them are about 20 minutes first time through. Some of the missions in the end are very hard, making a twenty minute level a five hour level. There should be at least two checkpoints per level. The A. I. is bad, the collision detection is horrible, and there is no lock on. Still, for 20 dollars the level design makes it worth it.
Yet another fumble by Electronic Arts.
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User
For the past couple of years I've watched Electronic Arts, formerly one of the most reliable game companies on the scene, squander its reputation with game after game filled with relentless B.S. I gave it another shot with Medal of Honor Frontline, because it was part of the franchise I'd played for a long time and I thought, how bad could it be?
I should have remembered that the last two Medal of Honors I've played, Spearhead (for PC) and Infiltrator (for Gameboy Advance), both sucked. Frontline was the first time since Medal of Honor Underground that I played this game on a console. It should have felt like home -- instead, it felt like I was playing Spearhead without a mouse. What caused them to mess up the control scheme so badly, I can't tell. But now your character aims blindly thanks to a touchy-feely right analog stick. I've had to do much more minute aiming adjustments in Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain, targeting distant enemies in the head, and I found it even harder here, though the enemy is just several steps away from me. From the first level, I bumbled about blindly because foolishly, the game designers now rely mostly on sound to let you know where to go. Not that bad a thing, except they botched the sound mix. Rule of thumb in sound mixing: Music and effects should never, never drown out dialogue. Here, your superiors' instructions are neatly covered up in the gunfire, overloud music, and ambience. From the beginning, I had to run around the beach while under enemy fire, looking for scattered teammates who were supposed to be yelling and waving at me to reach them. Well, I can't hear them, and since there's no radar, I had to rely on blind luck to find them. A very dumb flaw, easily fixable, but neglected. Did they actually *test* this thing on real players?
As with 90 per cent of games these days, the lighting looks good, and the music is great. But once again, this game qualifies as a good-looking, good-sounding product that flunks its grade on mechanics. I don't feel like I'm in control of my character. Nothing is more of a drag than that. I should've listened to my instinct and passed on this one. I regret even the reduced price I'd paid for it . Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor Underground were such classics, it's baffling how EA managed to botch it all up.
great game
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User
this game was a lot of fun. It took me 4 days to beat it but it was a hard 4 days... the graphics are great and the detail is a amazing, also the missions are hard as well as fun
The first of the PS2 WWII sims...
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User
Considering this was the first real WWII simulator for the PS2 I'd say it was very good. Good things about this game: The weapons are very realistic, the Germans talk a lot and kick grenades away from themselves after you throw them, and the missions are different enough to keep the interest level of the player high. Bad things about this game: The dead guys disappear, many of the civilian characters cannot be killed or protected no matter what they do (jiggs gets blown away in yard by yard every time) (the one guy in operation repunzel walks through german fire untouched), you can carry ten weapons at a time (unrealistic), and theres no offline multiplayer/co-op mode. This game gets a 2 for realistic-ness (you're on your own for most missions taking on dozens of germans by yourself...but thats half the fun right?) but anyone who says it isnt fun doesnt know what they're talking about. I would only recommend this to people who don't mind the unrealistic part of games. If you're looking for a more realistic game go for Call of Duty: Finest Hour (I didn't think it was quite as much fun as this) or MOH European Assaualt which I thought was a lot like Call of Duty except more fun and possibly more even realistic.
Good but not Great
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User
I bought this game recently because of all the people saying how great this game was. Unfortunately MOH is not that great. There are so many areas in which in can be improved upon. 1st No multiplayer, what FPS in this day and age has no multiplayer come on. 2nd some things in different levels cannot be shot or killed because they a part of a different scene. Example in the first level when you get inside the first bunker and take out the guns in the top when you shoot across to the next bunker the guys don't die because an airplane has to come and kill them. Another part further in the game you see old villigers. I accidently shot one of these villagers from long range thinking it was a german soldier and to my surprise they didn't even get hurt.
I do give MOH credit for a great soundtrack that sets the mood quite well for the game. Without the right mood music a game is really horrible.
For anyone who is thinking of buying this game i suggest you first rent it. You will not be disappointed by your purchase if you first rent the game.
it's o.k.
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User
Medal of honor on pse one is almost as good as far as graphics but where it surpasses ps2 is in accurracy of weapons. PS 2 weapons are very inaccurate i find that i have to shoot the sniper rifle to get an accurate shot. Most of the other weapons waste to much ammo.
Pros and Cons
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User
Here is the Bottom line for this game.
Pros:
1. Loads of fun experiencing world war 2 battles.
2. Awesome sound that keeps you on the edgs of your seat.
Cons:
1. A whole lot of glitches. People stand half way through doors at times.
2. Animation for people is very boxy at times.
3. Enemy AI is smart but your allies are all retards that stand around and get killed.
4. Only about 3 out of 19 missions where you're actually fighting with more than just yourself which makes it incredibly unrealistic.
5. There is no blood so it's impossible to see whether or not the person is reloading, injured, or dying.
6. The aiming with the weapons is terribly inaccurate.
Oh No
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User
Please people do not waist your money on this game. i beat it in one day. there is no blood and no profanity. it gets very repetetive after the first couple missions. the only fun part is the first level and thats about it/ the aiming is horrible and the human graphics are VERY VERY weak. even the ending mini movie is boring. the only type of games EA should make are sports games, cause thats about all they can do right. so please, all you people reading this, just go to a blockbuster or hollywood video and rent it for a day.
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