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Medal of Honor franchise
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Developer(s) | EA Los Angeles EA Digital Illusions CE |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Creator(s) | Steven Spielberg[1] |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PC (Linux, Windows), Mac OS X, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
| First release | Medal of Honor November 11, 1999 |
| Official website | http://www.medalofhonor.com/ |
Medal of Honor (MoH) is the name of a series of first-person shooter games set in World War II, and with an upcoming title based on the conflicts of present day Afghanistan. The first game was developed by DreamWorks Interactive (currently known as EA Los Angeles) and published by Electronic Arts in 1999 for the PlayStation game console. Medal of Honor spawned a series of follow-up games including multiple expansions spanning various console platforms and the PC and Apple Mac.
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Plot
The Medal of Honor series puts the player in the boots of an Allied combatant during World War II, with weaponry appropriate to the time period. The player fights for the United States (although groups such as the French Resistance have been represented), and the main character varies between games. The games are often characterized by linear gameplay through recognizable WWII-era areas of conflict, which is sometimes presented in a cinematic tone (e.g., inspiration from modern films like Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line and Enemy at the Gates and the television miniseries Band of Brothers.)
In the later games in the series, the artificial intelligence (AI) of the enemies and fellow soldiers has been notorious for being below or above current FPS expectations. The violence, up to Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is bloodless and simple, usually consisting of elaborate animations, while the violence in Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault and onward contains the occasional sprays of blood.
Gameplay
The gameplay originally focuses on behind-enemy-lines intelligence gathering, or some other type of special missions, placing emphasis on using false papers and silenced pistols, but as the series and the technology has progressed, it has shifted emphasis towards front-line combat, and has now almost completely abandoned the original focus. Since the release of Medal of Honor: Rising Sun the series has focused on providing a more open-ended element to the games, allowing the player to have more options in each level and getting away from one linear path.
Games in the series
- Medal of Honor (Lt. Jimmy Patterson) - (PlayStation) - 1999
- Medal of Honor: Underground (Manon Batiste) - (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance) - 2000
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (Lt. Mike Powell) - (Linux, Windows, Mac OS) - 2002
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead (Sgt. Jack Barnes) - (Linux, Windows, Mac OS)
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough (Sgt. John Baker) - (Linux, Windows, Mac OS)
- Medal of Honor: Frontline (Lt. Jimmy Patterson) - (Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube) - 2002
- Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (Cpl/Sgt. Joseph Griffin) - (Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube) - 2003
- Medal of Honor: Infiltrator (Cpl. Jake Murphy) - (Game Boy Advance) - 2003
- Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (Pvt/Pfc/Lcpl/Cpl/Sgt. Tommy Conlin) - (Windows) - 2004
- Medal of Honor: European Assault (Lt. William Holt) - (Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube) - 2005
- Medal of Honor: Heroes (Lt. Jimmy Patterson, Lt. William Holt, Sgt. John Baker) - (PlayStation Portable) - 2006
- Medal of Honor: Vanguard (Cpl/Sgt. Frank Keegan) - (PlayStation 2, Wii) - 2007
- Medal of Honor: Airborne (Pfc/Cpl. Boyd Travers) - (Windows, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Mobile) - 2007
- Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (Lt. John Berg) - (PlayStation Portable, Wii) - 2007
- Medal of Honor (2010) - (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - 2010
Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary Bundle
Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary Bundle is a bundle of five games: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Medal of Honor: Spearhead , Medal of Honor: Breakthrough, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, Medal of Honor: Airborne Director's Edition all on the PC. It was released September 22, 2008.
Medal of Honor Collection
Medal Of Honor Collection is a set of three games: Medal of Honor: Frontline, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, and Medal of Honor: European Assault on the PlayStation 2 and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault and Medal of Honor: Airborne for Microsoft Windows. It was released on March 6, 2007.
Marketing
GamePro released an action figure of Lt. Mike Powell.[2]
Awards
Guinness World Records awarded the Medal of Honor series with a world record for "Best Selling First Person Shooter Series" in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Game Credits for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
- ^ "Joyride Studios Medal of Honor Action Figure," SuperHero Toys (2009).
External links
- Medal of honor homepage
- Medal of Honor at the Internet Movie Database
- Medal of Honor series at MobyGames
- Total Medal of Honor
- Planet Medal of Honor
- OS X compatibility
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