Often you’ll start with a small arsenal of weapons, with others to be found along the way. The story has enough content to keep you occupied for a handful of hours replaying for higher ranks to unlock bonus multiplayer outfits, artwork, movies and medals to ponder at, so there’s an additional incentive to retry levels (hint: kill lots of enemies and stay healthy for the best scores). A lack of a map is more of a hindrance than a setback, but these are predominantly linear levels you’ll be going through, so it’s not too hard to get lost. Exciting stuff!Įach chapter is made up of three missions with a variety of objectives that must be completed before exiting the area. You’ll be whisked around the world, taking on historically-accurate events that took place during the most gruelling conflict in human history. There are some fun sneaking missions where you’re disguised (using your silenced pistol toĭo some damage control before you’re outnumbered is fab). As the one-man army Jimmy Patterson, your goal is to thwart the Nazi war effort, from sabotaging a rail-mounted artillery to clearing out a mustard gas laboratory inside a heavily-fortified castle. History geeks will love the cutscene briefings, of which are primarily made up of wartime footage and slideshows with gravelly narrations by the late William Sheppard. It may be a product of its time, naturally, but it’s difficult not to be impressed by what it brought to the table. Medal of Honor pushed the boundaries in many ways for the time (some of them are very impressive, even that by today’s standards). Dreamworks Interactive wanted to one-up the title with their 1999 first-person shooter by getting Steven Spielberg of all people to pitch an idea: a World War II shooter featuring an espionage specialist blasting and sneaking his way through Nazi territory. Its engaging story mode and addictive multiplayer mode made it a best-seller. The Nintendo 64 was making waves with its beloved shooter Goldeneye 64.

After you’ve read this you should really go watch some vids on his gaming YouTube channel. So here he is, a week after the D-Day celebrations to tell the tale of PlayStation’s war-themed answer (or not( to GoldenEye. Our Jake has a wonderful sense of timing, this review would have been published a week ago but as the editor did not have any electricity in his home it had to be delayed somewhat.

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