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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - Medal Of Honor
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Manufacturer: EA Games
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 144
Binding: Video Game
EAN: 0014633097450
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Label: EA Games
Manufacturer: EA Games
Platform: PlayStation
Publisher: EA Games
Studio: EA Games
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Editorial Reviews:
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Those looking for a Saving Private Ryan interactive will be pleased with this effort from the games division of Hollywood's DreamWorks studio. Polished with the grit of great WWII films, Medal of Honor shines brightly, despite the graphic limitations of the PlayStation. As U.S. secret service officer James Patterson, you must embark on highly dangerous missions, sometimes in the trenches, sometimes undercover, but always alone and always eliminating the German Nazi threat. The Nazis are equipped with the same weapons as you, and they know how to use them. Throw a grenade and watch soldiers scatter, or better yet kick a steel pineapple back in their direction before it blows. Missions are divided into challenging--but never frustrating--levels that include infiltrating a U-boat pen, destroying a war train while disguised as a German officer, or powering through a group of nasty Gestapo in a quaint French town. A mixture of stealth fighting and action movie bravado, using each with prudence is essential for successfully completing levels. This game is suspenseful, in the way that a good page-turner keeps you up at night. You'll be playing until the end of the level, but when that comes, the briefing for the next level is just too enticing to stop. --Jeff Young Pros: - The best first-person shooter for the PlayStation
- An engaging plot, even for non-history buffs
- Outstanding music and sound design
Cons: - Graphics get blurry when close up
- Replayability is low except in multiplayer mode
- Occasional polygon dropout can enable player to see through some walls
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: The Original MOH!
Comment: I havent played this game in about 10 years now, but when I bought it, it was the best thing out there.
It has to be one of the best PS1 games around.
The missions are all challenging and very fun and after you beat it you'll countinue to play it.
A great old game!~
Customer Rating:
Summary: DESPITE BEING WORN BY AGE IT'S FUN 8.25 OUT OF 10
Comment: Before I fixed my older brother's beleaguered PSone library of games this was one of the highlights of the collection of his before I bought a ton of new awesome games for it. World War II games have never really fit me, mostly over the fact when killing enemies on shooters I'm used to supernatural, aliens, or criminals. When I decided to play this game I was surprised by how much I liked it. Here's the scenario, you're a soldier fresh out of training with an outstanding training record, so you begin your missions of Nazi killing and infiltration. I was surprised the basic controls of this FPS actually function most of the time on PSone because the many horrendously bad shooters I've played on PSone, in comparison the far better shooters on N64 which actually function. The graphics still have a pixel look to them, but otherwise look nice. I was actually baffled that the enemies have great AI, considering so many shooters have crappy AI. The missions are great and are actually fun. I had a satisfying experience with this classic game, but there is one glaring issue that can't be ignored, and that is the glitches with controls during certain times in the game along with the confusing controls. Because of these glitches, it prevents this game from reaching greater heights but that doesn't means it's not a lot of fun. This game is highly recommendable for FPS fans looking for a retro fix. Too bad developers are basically doing nothing new with World War II games, which has unfortunately made them lose a lot of their luster that made them appealing once.
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Summary: best medal of honor
Comment: okay this game may be for the first playstation but the new medal of honors for playstation2 etc. just suck basically in the newest one (medal of honor vanguard) you just go around killing things (no point)this one has a story mode theres actually a briefing. and the phisycs are broken i killed a german and his body floated up and disapeered. WTF? the first medal of honor the bodys don't do that. the AI is okay. and i have never had a problem with this game i give it a 5 out of 5. Oh i love the funky ways the germans die too.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Medal of Honor- fantastic in every way
Comment: How many Medal of Honor games are on the market these days? More than enough! Let's talk about the very first one, on the original Playstation. This game is a fantastic first-person shooter *and* a great World War II game. You get the best of both worlds with Medal of Honor.
I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that when it comes to first-person shooters, I am absolutely *horrible* at them. Enemies seem to find a way to come out of nowhere ALL the time and cheap-shot me, and then, of course, I die very quickly. With most games like this, you barely have enough time to react to their insane shooting rampage and learn the controls before it's quickly "game over". With Medal of Honor I can FINALLY put those nightmare problems to rest. I can actually complete about 50% of this game, which, by my standards, is a BIG pat on the back. I never would have guessed understanding a game like this was possible (and be able to complete some levels) but it's true! Here's why:
- The buttons are laid out *perfectly* on the Playstation controller. The target button is really easy to use. You can use the directional pad to move it around and locate the enemy. It never fails. The shoot button works great. The jump and duck buttons work great. EVERYTHING works great! When you aim at something before shooting, it actually works. It's amazing how many games get this wrong and the whole experience is ruined. The play control is a major improvement compared to Syphon Filter, for example. In that game, it felt like I was awkwardly walking or sliding all over the place.
- The challenge in Medal of Honor is perfect for people who are NOT professionals when it comes to first-person shooters. The challenge in each level builds and builds, very slowly, allowing you to learn and master the controls while you make progress. Syphon Filter fails to do this. So does Metal Gear Solid. Medal of Honor is an easy-to-understand shooting game for people who normally aren't very good at these kind of games. I really want to thank DreamWorks (the company responsible for this game) for making the challenge just right.
Also, you encounter just a few cutscenes here and there, and each one is very interesting to watch because they show you what it was like during World War II, and you may even learn some stuff about the war that you've never known before. Good cutscenes.
The objectives you have to complete are always pretty fun, and not too difficult (until later in the game). When I say "not too difficult" I mean, not too difficult to understand *and* not too difficult to complete. Whenever you want to find out what you have to do, just press the Start button and your short and simple objectives will be given to you right there.
As a shooting game, Medal of Honor shines and easily surpasses most first-person shooters once again. Enemies are everywhere, and many of them want you dead immediately. Luckily, they give you enough time to react. When you arrive to a harder level later on... well, keep in mind that you will have to keep playing certain levels over and over, and learn where each and every enemy is located, and take them out as quickly and effectively as you can. Trust me, this is really fun. It's *so* much fun to find out which gun you're carrying is most effective on the enemy you encounter. You will probably lose a bunch of times while you learn, but this is all part of the fun. Making it to the end of a level *doesn't* require luck like in Syphon Filter, and you will feel satisfied once you've completed a stage. You can even play the completed stages over and over again, if you want. Medal of Honor is so good, why not play the same stages over a hundred times?
I don't know what else to say. I love this game. Oh yeah, the music and sound effects! The music is like listening to a suspenseful, realistic war movie. It's really good. The sound effects are awesome as well because each soldier you encounter has something interesting and different to say. You will be amazed at how many new lines these soliders can come up with! You will hear the sound of silence while walking around in the dark, along with the sound of distant gunshots and other creepy sounds. All this adds up to a disturbingly, realistic wartime experience.
Oh, and the animations you will see from enemies falling over after they've been shot is *clearly* a notch above the rest. Even after killing these guys a million times, they seem to find new ways to amaze me with their ability to squirm around and struggle to survive. Simply put, you will *always* see soldiers do different things before they die. Sometimes they shoot wildly all over the place while falling over and dying. Other times they will fall to their knees before falling over for good. Wherever you shoot on their body, they will react very realistically. Shoot them in the foot they hop around. These are probably normal and understandable things that a human being would do if they were dying.
The weapons are what you'd expect in a wartime game. Very good weapons, and very easy to aim and use them on an enemy. No problems here.
I haven't encountered any blood in the game yet, but, as far as I'm concerned, blood is overrated because the color red is just that- a color. It means nothing to the actual gameplay.
Some very minor problems I had is that sometimes your main character moves around too quickly, which means sometimes you may accidentally walk right into danger, and the graphics are slightly dark and dated. Just slightly. Don't forget the occasional Playstation glitches. Also, there are actually loading times in the game. It takes 10-15 seconds to load a stage. I thought by 1999, loading times were a thing of the past. Despite these problems, Medal of Honor is still a near-perfect game.
Overall, please buy this awesome first-person shooter. Today, in 2007, first-person shooters and war games (specifically World War II games) are all OVER the place to the point where it's almost boring to play one anymore. This is because war time games are a genre that has lost its appeal over the years, thanks to overexposure and repeating more or less the same required-strategies with each new game that gets released. In other words, all war games are basically the same thing these days. It's boring. But guess what? Back in 1999, when Medal of Honor was brand new, the Playstation didn't have a whole lot of games like this, and war games were treated with more respect, which make Medal of Honor all the more special. Pick it up.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Bad For A Classic War Title
Comment: Medal Of Honor was and always will be my favrote Playstation game. because I think its pretty GOD DAMNED GOOD! you can choose if you wanna be an American or a German which I think is cool. then you can carry out orders to other soldiers and later tell them what to do to win a battle. there is alot of blood and gore in the game. but here are the bad things.
1 You can't always tell what the germans are saying.
2 You can't carry more then 6 weapons.
3 Its easy to get lost on the battlefeld.
4 It would be nice if you could name your soldier.
5 You can't become a sargent unless you bring back a dead body of the enemys sargent.
6 There arn't enough dead bodys and realistic blood and gore for this to be a real bloody shooter.
Overall its nice and smooth and the aiming is pretty easy to master and you can take enemy soldiers belongings to your sargent to upgrade your weapon. but the plot is simple save america or conquer it. so pick it up if you have a Playstation and happy commanding. plus you get the cool weapons and repeating guns if you choose to be a German.
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