Medal of Honor Frontline

"Wow! What a great first level!"

One day I stopped by my local game/movie rental store to see if they had anything new. I stop at the X-box section and see that they have gotten in Medal of Honor! That great game from the PS2 that I heard about so much finally on the X-box! Well, of course I rented it... and I'm glad that it was just a rental

Gameplay: 2/10
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Right when I got home I ran to my X-box and turned it on and played this game. I started playing and my jaw dropped to the floor! The first thing that I thought of when I played this was Saving Private Ryan. It was just like it. You start out on D-Day (a major battle that took place during WWII), storming up the beach, watching other soldiers get blasted into oblivion by turrets off in the distance, and covering other soldiers so they can make it up the beach. Part 2, I'm going through some corridors by myself trying to reach the turrets that were ripping us to pieces, all while killing the apposing Germans. Well, that wasn't so bad. On to level 2... Ok, I'm by myself again, killing more Germans. Part 2 of level 2... running around by myself killing yet MORE Germans.... Wait a min... This is WWII!!!! There is no such thing as a solo mission in WWII!! Aren't some soldier buddies supposed to be with me as we try to destroy an armada of Germans? Well... I guess I'd have to look somewhere else for that, because all this game is (with the exception of the first level) running around by yourself shooting Germans, and ''finding'' documents and crap like that. Heck, you don't even find the documents! They are conveniently placed right along the path you have to take in order to beat the level. You don't even use your brain at all... you just walk around shooting stuff. I QUICKLY got bored and went back to playing Halo...

Graphics: 2/10
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Ouch... that hurts. WAY outdated! The graphics reminded me of Goldeneye for the 64! Now that really sucks for a powerful system such as the X-box... When people talk, their lips hardly move... and they don't even match what they are saying. They could have at least made it like Halo and make their mouth move like a puppet's... it still at least looked like they were talking...

Sound: 6/10
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What? There is actually a good point about this game!? It's a miracle! Yep, this game unbelievably has good quality sound. Only one thing to complain about, someone standing next to you might shoot a gun and you wouldn't be able to tell they were the one shooting it because it sounded as if the gun was shot off in the distance... not right next to you like it actually was. This often gets me confused when someone has snuck up behind me and started firing...I end up looking at a nearby rooftop for some marksman shooting from afar.

Replay Value: 1/10
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The ONLY time that I would come back to this game, if I were actually able to sit through it and beat it, would be only to experience the first level occasionally... maybe once a year?

Rent/Buy: Stay away from it!
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If you've read this review, then it must be quite obvious that you should stay away from this game. It isn't very good. the only time you consider playing this is if you see a demo of the first level that you can play at some store like Wal-Mart or something...

Conclusion:
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Repetitive, annoying gameplay, with outdated graphics and OK sound earns this game a 2.75 (rounded to a 3.), which is below average.

Gameplay: 2
Graphics: 2
Sound: 6
Replay Value: 1
Rent/Buy: Neither
Overall: 3 (below average)

Reviewer's Score: 3/10, Originally Posted: 04/06/03, Updated 04/06/03