Medal of Honor Frontline

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Product Features

• Jimmy has been sent back behind enemy lines to steal the HO-IX flying wing, an experimental Nazi weapon
• To get it, you'll have to survive six major missions and 20 unique levels of gameplay
• There's all-new non-player character animations, with superior 3D details -- even full facial expressions and lip synchs
• Use 20 authentic WWII weapons, from a Colt. 45 pistol to a German Panzerschrenk rocket launcher
• You can even drive vehicles like the motorized rail car, train, and mine cart

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005V6BB
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 5.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 29, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (479 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,153 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Medal of Honor: Frontline marks the debut of the Medal of Honor franchise on the PlayStation2. In Frontline, you go behind enemy lines as Lieutenant Jimmy Patterson. Your missions include the D-day assault on Omaha Beach, tracking your Nazi nemesis aboard a speeding armored train, the epic battle for control of the Nijmegen Bridge, a strategic choke point in the Allied drive into the heart of Nazi Germany, and a top-secret, high-risk mission to steal the Ho IX flying wing. The Ho IX is an experimental Nazi jetfighter so powerful it could turn the tide of World War II.

There are 20 levels of gameplay spread across six major missions, all based on real World War II events and all adding up to one complete and uninterrupted story line. Fully realized and highly-detailed 3-D environments include six times the number of nonplayer character animations as in the original Medal of Honor. The game includes detailed German, British, and American troops, as well as Dutch civilians, all with full facial expressions and lip synch. More than 20 authentic WWII weapons include the Colt .45, Springfield sniper rifle, Panzerschreck rocket launcher, MG42 mounted machine gun, and the Browning automatic rifle. Enemy vehicles include panzer and tiger tanks, trucks, motorcycles with sidecars, and armored railway scout cars. There are also player-driven motorized railcars, trains, and mine carts.

An improved enemy AI requires you to consistently vary your attack strategy as the situation dictates. Go it alone to accomplish your mission with the utmost stealth or work as part of a highly trained military unit to wreak havoc on the enemy. The game offers intense noncombat scenarios as well, such as a disguised, weaponless infiltration of an officer's pub brimming with Gestapo to make contact with a Dutch Resistance operative. Medal of Honor: Frontline includes more than 70 minutes of original orchestral music from composer Michael Giacchino, and the game as a whole features eight times more audio than the original Medal of Honor.

Product Description

In Medal of Honor Frontline you go back behind enemy lines as war hero Lt. Jimmy Patterson! Stronger enemy AI makes stealth and speed more important then ever, and makes this a more challenging wargame than before!

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Customer Reviews

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent FPS, June 6, 2002

By	Joe J Barclay (Chula Vista, CA) - See all my reviews

Medal of Honor Frontline lands you in the role of Lt. James Patterson. Your missions will take you from the beaches of Normandy to hijacking a Ho-IX jet plane. You will have eighteen different weapons to help you along the way. The level designs are very good and each level has a different feel to it. The atmosphere and wide variety of missions is what really pulled me into this game.

The graphics most of the time look spectacular. Unfortunately a few times it did get choppy. The controls are completely customizable. There are several default choices or you can program each button individually. The sound effects and score are excellent and in Dolby Digital. To bad its not 5.1 though.

From the opening level I was hooked on this game. I could not stop playing. I found only two problems with this game. The first is that you cannot adjust the sensitivity of the analog controls. This isn't a major thing but it did take awhile to get used to. The second is that there are no multiplayer options. The game is not really that long and you should be able to go through it in a couple days easily. But the challenge is to get all the medals and that should keep you busy for a while. I think this is one of the top ten games available on PS2. All fans of first person shooters should pick this one up.

90 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Oh! The Humanity!!!, July 16, 2002

By	TheBlarr (Rockville, MD United States) - See all my reviews

To those of you who are thinking about buying this game pay attention to the next sentance. Compare your expectations of this game to the arrival of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst N.J.
I for one had high hopes. I enjoyed the first MOH even though it was a bit simple. And I felt that with the PS 2 engine backing up the latest installment I would see considerable improvement across the board. WRONG!!
My first clue should have been the review emphasis on the graphics and sounds, but not much on the handeling. Paying no heed to that I bought the game the second I saw it in a store. That was a waste of (money). I could have rented it for(less), beat it with time to spare, and be less disapointed than I am now.
REALISM! That's a word I saw several times while I followed the development of this game in magazine articles. REAL looks. REAL sounds. REAL music. REAL weapons. We'll here's my take on the thing that REALLY counts in a game. The REAL playability.

Levels about as explorable as walking from one end of a pipe to the other. Even in "open country".

Germans that start shooting at you before you even look around the corner.

Multiple head shots to drop a bad guy. (With a .30-06, yea right)

Tossing a grenade into a room only to find that after it goes off everyone in there is just fine and ready to light you up.

Dropping someone with a suppressed pistol and immediatly taking fire from enemies so far away you can't even see them with the sniper rifle.

Seeing bad guys standing half way in a wall.

Riding in the back of a vehicle, but you can't crouch, so you get hosed by every yuckapuck out there.

Clearing out a dead end room or ally and then having to deal with six or eight more Germans coming from said place.

Seeing bad guys appear in front of you right out of thin air.

Putting a perfect head shot on someone only to discover that nothing happens because you are to far away for the game to let you engage them.

Couple all of these features to an aiming system that is even worse than the PS 1 version (expect to take 4-6 hits before you get your sights on target) and you have a game that will make you want to choke every one involved with it's creation.

I could spend hours bashing this game but since space is limited let me try to wrap this up.

If you want to fight in a tunnle against psychic Nazi's that can beam in from the Enterprise you will love this game.

For those of you that want a good FPS game get Red Faction. For a realy good FPS get Half Life (steath counts and it makes you think).

If you can read this thank you for checking out my whole review. Remember. If we settle for crap that is all they will make. Expect more from your games!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent game but same AI and layout problems, June 19, 2002

By	Brandon (Oakton, VA United States) - See all my reviews

Let me start by saying I think that the Medal of Honor series are my favorite games for the Playstation, being a huge WWII buff. I bought Frontline the day it came out, and it is a fantastic game, but I was a bit disappointed overall. The sound continues to be a great strength of the series, but the graphics are very similar to the last 2 MOH games. They are definitely better, but with the PS2 I was expecting more fluid movement. Also, I was hoping for a little more realism out of this one, but it still has the same problems as the last one--Germans stay standing and continue to fire after being shot in the chest or don't notice a bullet whiz by their ears, they catch and hold onto grenades while still firing, and seem to have no military training outside of returning fire (they never try to lay down a base of fire then flank you, they are very predictable in their movements, etc.) On top of this, the game is fairly easy to beat in a short time, and there is no multi-player, which was half the fun of the other ones. Don't get me wrong, I love this game and the series (and look forward to the next one), and I'd recommend anyone to get this game. But be advised that it is basically the same as the first one except it has a better look and sound to it--this is not an ultra-realistic game but well worth the price. For more WWII info: ...