Medal of Honor: Airborne - Playstation 3

by Electronic Arts See the Amazon Page for this brand

• Experience real World War II combat!
• Nonlinear gameplay style lets the player start the game anywhere in the map
• Fight with an arsenal of historically accurate weapons
• Multiplayer mode for online play
• ESRB Rated T for Teen

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PS4X9G
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 19, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,827 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Take to the skies in Medal of Honor Airborne, where you’ll drop into grueling ground attacks in a bid to turn the tide of WWII. Begin each mission in the air above Axis controlled battlefields, then make your mark in the largest airborne operations in history. Starting with your jump from a C-47 transport plane, every choice you make can seal your fate. In the air, control your parachute to select a landing spot that brings you the greatest strategic advantage. Follow the green smoke to recommended landing areas where Allied forces will be waiting, or go it alone by landing on rooftops or balconies. But craft your strategy carefully: every move you make, from your choice of landing spot to the enemies you engage on the ground, will determine your success in the mission, and whether or not you are truly one of the Airborne elite.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Medal of Honor: Airborne January 6, 2008

By Laney50w

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Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

I'm really into military/war type games, so I decided to give this one a shot. And I really like this game. It's a bit harder than the older MOH games, however, game play is interesting! You actually get dropped out of planes for each mission, you can land anywhere you like! You can land with your teammates, or you can land behind enemy lines, it's up to you....Each time you play the game it's always different, which is kind of refreshing in today's world of video games.

Weapons are your standard 1940's weapons (American & German), grenades, M1 Garand, bazooka, etc etc

While I do find the controls a bit awkward right now, I'm sure after some time I'll get used to them. I must say the graphics are very nice, weapons are very true to life, game play is very smooth...

Overall, great game, with HOURS upon HOURS of replay value. Remember: Each time you play, it's totally different.

35 of 38 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive December 26, 2007

By B. Tidwell

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

This is the first game I've played for PS3, and I was intrigued with the concept of the game. I'm a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, and I was thrilled to see my former job (from an earlier era of course) being brought to life. For a video game, it's a hoot, a lot of a fun to play (like all MOH games). If you like any past MOH games, you'll love this one...and while I haven't been playing it for more than a day, I'm dying to pick up the controller again.
It is great how you can start anywhere on the map from the time you jump, instead of just appearing somewhere on the battlefield to face the same enemy and watching for the same enemy movement and such. The A.I. for the enemy is pretty good, they react to what you do very well. For instance, if you start hitting them hard with grenades and automatic fire, the enemy will start pulling back and digging in, they won't just start running toward you so that you can continue to mow them down. If they're dug in with a gun, you'd better be a sharp shooter, otherwise taking out a gun is a serious hassle (as it should be).
As for the graphics, I was expecting better, but when you're dealing with MOH, the gameplay more than makes up for any deficiencies there. I highly recommend "Airborne!"

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Addition to the Medal of Honor Series July 24, 2008

By X

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

This is a good addition to the series and the game is fun to play, however, there are some things I dislike about this game, which is:

- It is not compatible with the dual shock 3 controller, so no rumbling when firing your weapons. Which is totally difference then the rest of the series, that's disappointing.

- EA didn't include actual WW2 video footage, like in the rest of the series. I'm a big WW2 fan, so I enjoyed seeing what actually happened in the war.

- You can't do a military crawl like the rest of the series and I don't like the way grenades explode - it's kind-of weak.

- It's too short; which is my complaint regarding the entire series, with the exception of FRONTLINE, which is the best one out of the entire series; in my humble opinion.

If I had to rank the series (FOR PS2 & PS3 users), it would be in this order: FRONTLINE, EUROPEAN ASSAULT, AIRBORNE, RISING SUN. I put European Assault ahead of the PS3 Airborne because of the things I mention above (no actual WW2 video footage, no controller rumbling, no crawl, grenades exploding and its too short.) That's also the reason why I gave it 4 stars. If I could have giving it 3 1/2 stars then I would have. It gets 4 stars because of weapon upgrades. But all and all, it's a fun game

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the greatest graphics or engine, but still very FUN! October 29, 2008

By Chris Nibley

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

This is a game that understands what it's all about. It took about 3 levels to finally appreciate this game for everything it is, but once I got into it I really, really love it. I would say this is the best WW2 fps I've ever played. This game shows that you don't need the best graphics and most advanced gaming engine to have a lot of fun.

At the beginning of every level you float into the board on a parachute and you have to land properly and in the right area or you will be struggling for several seconds to get your gear off, stand up, and pull out your weapon and if you don't land in a safe zone, you will be bludgeoned to oblivion before you can even fire a shot. You also respawn floating down on the board again so you get a lot of chances to perfect this.

With each weapon there are three possible upgrades that you get by killing krauts with each particular weapon. This makes for some very addictive and fun gameplay and once your weapons are fully juiced up you're unstoppable.

My favorite part of this game is that every board is an open battlefield with multiple objectives that you can accomplish in any way you see fit. There are always several ways to assault a position, or take out the enemy and I get a lot of satisfaction by sneaking around behind the enemy while my boys are engaging them from the front and mercilessly slaughtering them! Oh what sick creatures we are!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Count to 6 and pull the chord September 13, 2008

By Michael J. Arbuckle Jr.

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

The Airborne was a hell of a group of soldiers. They jumped out of planes into enemy territory and many times had no back up since they were the ones sent in to soften the enemy's defenses. In Medal of Honor: Airborne, you take on the role of a paratrooper and parachute directly into the battlefield. EA has literally dropped you into World War II. Medal of Honor: Airborne is a fun game with some definite flaws you may or may not be able to overlook.

The main game play element is the ability to start a mission by parachuting out of a C-47 and choosing your landing zone. Each mission features a couple of safe zones with help and extra ammo. You can choose to land outside of these, but there's no guarantee there won't be an ample supply of enemy troops nearby to kill you before you've even pulled your gun out. It's an interesting mechanic and one I was not very good at. It never felt like you could land anywhere you wanted. You were basically dropped directly above the safe zones and if your objective was near the edge of the level you couldn't land directly on it. You also spawn from the jump at times, though it is more often than not, but that takes away from some of the action. You've just died, sat through a lengthy loading screen, and now you have to wait to land before you can be on your way. If you die a lot in one area this tends to become rather tedious. The good part about it is you can choose how you complete your mission, so if one part is giving you fits, you can try and achieve another objective or even try and take your original objective via another route.

It's that sort of open world approach that helps keep the game interesting but also frustrating due to the game's lack of consistency. Like I said, the majority of time you spawn from a jump but in some areas you spawn in a building. Which is fine, and I actually preferred it because I could get to shooting Nazis quicker. The checkpoint system is another thing entirely though. The last level is the best example. You have to work your way down this tower taking out guns and equipment. If you opt to land on the roof and take out the artillery guns, you'll have to clear out the enemies on the roof. Destroy one of the guns and reach the checkpoint. Die, and land on the roof again and there are no enemies on the roof. Take out all the guns and then proceed down a level to take out the AA guns on the outer edge of the tower. Work you way around killing Nazis and take out the first three guns and reach three separate checkpoints before you die. Spawn and land on the outer edge, but now instead of being able to walk directly to the fourth gun, you've got to re-fight your way through the same enemies you killed while taking out the first three guns, even though you won't have to re-destroy those guns. It just seems like a very poor design decision to artificially enhance the difficulty by essentially making you memorize the level and practically force you to complete the entire mission without dying.

That's not really an issue because the AI is pretty bad. Sure, they'll duck behind cover and blind fire at you, but most of the time you can aim and wait for them to pop out because they don't get more advanced than that. Though at times they'll just stand there and take your bullets without so much as a word. Your companions aren't much better I don't think they killed one soldier the entire game. Even though the enemies will lock in on you when you show up and they will completely disregard the other Allied troops in the area. That's another decision they probably made to make the game artificially harder.

Having never been to war, I can't really tell you what it's like, but the Call of Duty franchise was the first game I played to really feel like war to me. Airborne has done a great job of recreating that feeling. Even though the enemies are stupid, they are numerous and addicted to you, so the firefights are intense. Between the shockwaves that stun you when grenades go off around you to getting shot at while parachuting to the constant fighting your allies take part in, this feels like a battlefield.

While Airborne doesn't feature a cover system so to speak, it does feature what I'd call a cover system lite. While aiming down the iron sights you can't move unless you press the sprint button, but if you press the left stick in any direction you'll peek that way. This allows you to stand behind walls and peek out the sides to aim or to crouch behind some low cover and peek down to duck down even more so your head isn't exposed. I thought it was a really intuitive way to handle things. At first you'll take some shots because you can't really move while aiming, but then it's easy to figure out you need to take cover and peek to survive.

On the PS3, this game was pretty graphically impressive. The lack of consistency rears its ugly head and really keeps this game from looking great all the time. The guns looked good and there was some excellent texture work done in the environments. Head inside and not only were the interiors pretty stripped down, the real world stuff like chairs and equipment didn't look good. It's as if they used the PS2 Medal of Honor assets for these items. Get used to the explosion look because it's the only one you'll see. They use the same plume of smoke for every grenade you toss.

I remember the developers saying the weapon upgrade system was stripped down and it shows. I understand the premise. Supposedly in WWII soldiers would outfit their weapons with scopes and other non-OEM equipment in the field. The game doesn't do a good job of recreating that feeling though. They add things like grips, bigger ammo clips, scopes; but it never felt like the weapons were that much better. You could just as easily start using a new gun of the same type once you maxed out one gun and not feel hindered because of the lack of upgrades.

In the end I enjoyed my time with the Airborne. The controls were solid and it felt good shooting bad guys and fighting the good fight. It's not the best FPS you could play and it does have some design flaws but it works and if you're a fan of the genre you might just enjoy it. Medal of Honor: Airborne is a fun game with some definite flaws you may or may not be able to overlook. I could. Read more ›