Medal of Honor

Review: Medal of Honor

Based on real battles fought in Afghanistan in 2002, Medal of Honor has you taking on the role of rangers and other Tier 1 operators as they fight their way through enemy territory on the hunt for Taliban encampments.

This Medal of Honor is very different than anything seen in the more than ten-year-old series. While the biggest change is the game's setting, pushing the action from World War II to a much more provocative contemporary Afghanistan, the tone and nature of the gameplay has changed almost as dramatically. This time around character-driven narrative takes a backseat to high-action gun fights, and fast-paced interdictions.

Ideal Player

Long-time fans of the Medal of Honor games and those interested to see what happens when the developers behind Battlefield Bad: Company lend a hand in a reboot of the Medal of Honor series. Fans of military first-person shooters set in modern times looking for another take on a game like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Why You Should Care

The Medal of Honor series kicked off, with the help of Steven Spielberg, back in 1999, delivering a half-dozen solid shooters based around the battles of World War II before it started to lose ground to its competitors. By 2007's Medal of Honor: Airborne, the series seemed to have lost its way. This modern-day reboot could be Medal of Honor's last chance at reclaiming some of it's former glory. It's also one of very few games lining up to directly take on Call of Duty.