Medal of Honor (series)
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| Medal of Honor franchise | |
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 Logo used from 2004 to 2008. |
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| Genres | First-person shooter |
| Developers |
EA Los Angeles |
| Publishers | Electronic Arts |
| Creators | Steven Spielberg[1] |
| Composers | Michael Giacchino Christopher Lennertz Ramin Djawadi |
| Platforms | PlayStation Game Boy Advance Linux Windows Mac OS X PlayStation 2 Nintendo GameCube Xbox PlayStation Portable Wii Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 |
| First release | Medal of Honor November 11, 1999 |
| Latest release | Medal of Honor October 12, 2010 |
| Official website | http://www.medalofhonor.com/ |
Medal of Honor (MoH) is the name of a series of first-person shooter games set in World War II, with an October 2010 reboot based on the conflicts of present day Afghanistan. The first game was developed by DreamWorks Interactive (now known as Danger Close) and published by Electronic Arts in 1999 for the PlayStation game console. Medal of Honor spawned a series of follow-up games including multiple expansions spanning various console platforms and the PC and Mac.
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[edit] History
The Medal of Honor series began in 1999 with Medal of Honor. It was released on PlayStation on November 11, 1999 by film director and producer Steven Spielberg.
In 2000, a direct prequel to Medal of Honor titled Medal of Honor: Underground was released on PlayStation.
Medal of Honor: Frontline was the third game in the series. It was released on PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002.
The next Medal of Honor game was Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.
The fifth installment of the series was Medal of Honor: Rising Sun. It was supposed to have a sequel but it was cancelled due to the game's mix reviews.
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator was the sixth game in the series.
In 2004 and 2005, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault and Medal of Honor: European Assault were released by Electronic Arts as the seventh and eighth.
The ninth game of Medal of Honor was Medal of Honor: Heroes on PlayStation Portable.
The 10th and 11th MoH (Medal of Honor) games were released in 2007 titled Medal of Honor: Vanguard on PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii and Medal of Honor: Airborne on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.
Medal of Honor (2010) was announced in 2008. It was developed by a team in the EA Los Angeles studio named Danger Close. Medal of Honor (2010) was released on October 12, 2010.
On February 24, 2012, EA confirmed that sequel to Medal of Honor (2010) is titled as 'Medal of Honor Warfighter' and scheduled to release in October, 2012.
[edit] Gameplay
The gameplay originally focuses on the OSS (Office of Strategic Services), an American espionage organization during World War II, placing emphasis on using false papers and silenced pistols, but as the series and the technology has progressed, it has shifted emphasis towards front-line combat, and has now almost completely abandoned the original focus. Since the release of Medal of Honor: Rising Sun the series has focused on providing a more open-ended element to the games, allowing the player to have more options in each level and getting away from one linear path. In the later games in the series, the artificial intelligence (AI) of the enemies and fellow soldiers has been notorious for being below or above current FPS expectations. The violence, up to Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is bloodless and simple, usually consisting of elaborate animations, while the violence in Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault and onward contains the occasional sprays of blood. The newest Medal of Honor contains realistic figures, surroundings, and effects giving it a modern FPS look.
[edit] Games in the series
| TITLE | RELEASE | PC | Consoles | Handhelds | Protagonist(s) |
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| Medal of Honor | 1999 | No | PS1 | Lt. Jimmy Patterson | |
| Medal of Honor: Underground | 2000 | No | PS1 | GBA | Manon Batiste |
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | 2002/2010 | No | PS2, Xbox, NGC / PS3 | Lt. Jimmy Patterson | |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | 2002 | Windows, Linux, Mac | No | Lt. Mike Powell | |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead * | 2002 | Windows, Linux, Mac | No | Sgt. Jack Barnes | |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough * | 2003 | Windows, Linux, Mac | No | Sgt. John Baker | |
| Medal of Honor: Rising Sun | 2003 | No | PS2, Xbox, NGC | Cpl/Sgt. Joseph Griffin | |
| Medal of Honor: Infiltrator | 2003 | No | No | GBA | Cpl. Jake Murphy |
| Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | 2004 | Windows | No | Pvt/Pfc/Lcpl/Cpl/Sgt. Tommy Conlin | |
| Medal of Honor: European Assault | 2005 | No | PS2, Xbox, NGC | Lt. William Holt | |
| Medal of Honor: Heroes | 2006 | No | No | PSP | Lt. Jimmy Patterson, Lt. William Holt, Sgt. John Baker |
| Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 | 2007 | No | No | PSP | Lt. John Berg |
| Medal of Honor: Vanguard | 2007 | No | PS2, Wii | Cpl/Sgt. Frank Keegan | |
| Medal of Honor: Airborne | 2007 | Windows | Xbox 360, PS3 | Pfc/Cpl. Boyd Travers | |
| Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 | 2007 | No | Wii | Lt. John Berg | |
| Medal of Honor | 2010 | Windows | Xbox 360, PS3 | Spc. Dante Adams, Cpt. Brad "Hawk" Hawkins, "Rabbit", "Deuce" | |
| Medal of Honor: Warfighter | 2012 | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
* Expansions
[edit] Medal of Honor Collection
Medal of Honor Collection is a set of three games: Medal of Honor: Frontline, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun and Medal of Honor: European Assault on the PlayStation 2 and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault and Medal of Honor: Airborne for Microsoft Windows. It was released on March 6, 2007.
[edit] Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary Bundle
Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary Bundle is a bundle of three games for the PC: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, with its respective expansion packs, Medal of Honor: Spearhead and Medal of Honor: Breakthrough, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Director's Edition, and Medal of Honor: Airborne. It was released on September 22, 2008.
[edit] Cancelled games
In the history of the Medal of Honor series, two games are known to have been cancelled: Medal of Honor: Fighter Command, a flight-sim-esque game that was to be released for the PlayStation 2,[2] and Medal of Honor: Rising Sun 2, the sequel to Medal of Honor: Rising Sun.
[edit] Awards
Guinness World Records awarded the Medal of Honor series with a world record for "Best-selling FPS franchise" in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Medal of honor homepage
- Medal of Honor at the Internet Movie Database
- Medal of Honor series at MobyGames
- Total Medal of Honor
- Planet Medal of Honor
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