Medal of Honor: Vanguard

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• True-to-life encounters test your strategies and reflexes on the battlefield
• Choose to run and gun in order to storm the Axis defenses, or use your sniper rifle to carefully pick off foes from behind cover
• Your allies provide the tactical info you need to survive in an explosive and ever-changing war zone -- so listen up, soldier!
• High-Fidelity Visuals - Engage the enemy on the most visually stunning Medal of Honor battlefields to date.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000MUU5MG
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 26, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,899 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

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Be the first soldier behind enemy lines.

Join the ranks of the elite 82nd Airborne Division as Corporal Frank Keegan in Medal of Honor Vanguard. From Operation Husky on the shores of Sicily to the Operation Varsity airdrop inside Nazi Germany, you’ll jump behind enemy lines to fight the epic WWII battles that turned America’s first paratroopers into heroes of WWII. Featuring spectacular graphics and all-out combat intensity, Medal of Honor Vanguard makes you the driving force in the struggle to liberate Europe.

FEATURES

• Realistic WWII Combat—True-to-life encounters test your strategies and reflexes on the battlefield. Should you run and gun in order to storm the Axis defenses? Or should you use your sniper rifle to carefully pick off foes from behind cover? The course of the battle is in your hands.
• High-Fidelity Visuals—Engage the enemy on the most visually stunning Medal of Honor battlefields to date.
• Listen Up, Soldier—Dynamic AI dialog provides the tactical info you need to survive in an explosive and ever-changing war zone.

Product Description

Product InformationBe the first soldier behind enemy lines.Join the ranks of the elite 82nd Airborne Division as Corporal Frank Keeganin Medal of Honor Vanguard. From Operation Husky on the shores of Sicilyto the Operation Varsity airdrop inside Nazi Germany you’ll jump behind enemylines to fight the epic WWII battles that turned America’s first paratroopersinto heroes of WWII. Featuring spectacular graphics and all-out combatintensity Medal of Honor Vanguard makes you the driving force in thestruggle to liberate Europe.Product Features Realistic WWII Combat—True-to-life encounters test your strategies and reflexes on the battlefield. Should you run and gun in order to storm the Axis defenses? Or should you use your sniper rifle to carefully pick off foes from behind cover? The course of the battle is in your hands. High-Fidelity Visuals—Engage the enemy on the most visually stunning Medal of Honor battlefields to date. Listen Up Soldier—Dynamic AI dialog provides the tactical info you need to survive in an explosive and ever-changing war zone.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underrated MOH Game, May 2, 2008

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James C. Duncan - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Medal of Honor: Vanguard (Video Game)

I own and have recently played all four Medal of Honor games for the PS2, including this one. Unlike most reviewers here, or online reviews in general, I believe Vanguard is tied for first place in the series. I would give it an equal rating to European Assault and rank it ahead of Frontline and Rising Sun, in that order.

With Vanguard, as with European Assault, you can raise your weapon and aim through your sights, which makes a big difference for accuracy. You also have the ability to sprint for short periods of time, which helps quite a bit in the later levels. The game isn't terribly long, with only four separate levels, but each level is fairly lengthy. The graphics aren't very polished on the first level, but after that they improve quite a bit. There are a couple of opening scenes in the last two levels that feature some of the best graphics in the whole series. You jump out of a plane and can look all around you and see parachutes and planes everywhere. These graphics are definitely a step up from the first two games in the series.

I wonder if some of the negative reviewers bothered to play past the first level, which is admittedly pretty poor. If you base your impression of Vanguard on the first level, it would probably only be worth one or two stars, but if you persevere, I believe you'll have a satisfying MOH experience. While much less polished looking than Call of Duty: Big Red One or Call of Duty 3 for the PS2, Vanguard is still one of the better WWII shooters for the PS2. If this exact game had been introduced in 2001 in place of MOH: Frontline it would also have gotten rave reviews.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Appetizer, April 10, 2007

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Kevin - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Medal of Honor: Vanguard (Video Game)

While it's true that this is not a great game, neither is it a bad game - It's an okay game. It's not as lengthy or innovative as previous Medal of Honor games have been, but It's only meant to hold you off until the main course of Airborne hits the stores. The lower price and fewer levels make that clear. If you are a MOH fan anything is better than nothing, and it's been a while between meals. In that regard Vangaurd serves it's purpose as a small taste of better things to come.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tons o' fun while it lasts!, March 29, 2008

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marinersrock07 - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Medal of Honor: Vanguard (Video Game)

Having owned MOH: European Assault, and deciding it was a mixed bag, I was a bit reluctant to buy this game. Having read the reviews on this site as well as other internet reviews, I finally decided it would be worth it for a casual gameplayer like me.

It was definitely worth the buy. This game gives you a much bigger adrenaline rush than European Assault, with much more close-combat infantry fighting along with one very fun sniper level near the end which is probably the most challenging level of the game. While I thought that Euro Assault was too a bit too free-roaming and didn't have enough checkpoints, this new game not only has a perfectly-linear objective setup (just like Frontline), but also has user-friendly save points at the end of every major skirmish. On Euro Assault I became incredibly frustrated with that blasted "Medkit" and "Revive" system (as well as the boneheaded squadron members that you had to control); but on this game, EA made the wise decision to cut the crap and make a simpler game with bursts of energy that will give you a massive adrenaline rush.

There are a few shortcomings--for example, the game can be beaten in only about three-and-a-half hours on the easiest level, and there only about a dozen short missions in the entire game. The guns are all the same as in the previous game (except they look better, which is always a plus), so don't expect any innovations in fighting techniques.

Don't get me wrong, though. This is a much better game than the horribly-flawed European Assault, and the speed and joyful simplicity of the gameplay makes this one of the most entertaining games I've played in a while. I just wish it was longer.