Product Description

Medal of Honor: Airborne retains the Medal of Honor series' historical accuracy and authenticity, but redefines Medal of Honor by introducing players to an entirely new way of experiencing a WWII FPS - notably the fully interactive Airborne experience. Medal of Honor: Airborne sees players step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the 82nd Airborne Division and engage in battles throughout Europe. From Airborne's rocky beginnings in Sicily to war-winning triumphs in Germany, each mission in this latest Medal of Honor begins behind enemy lines, with a fully interactive airdrop. View the entire operation from the air, and then control your parachute to choose your landing spot. On the ground, gather your senses and assess the terrain and earn those war medals! A wide variety of authentic, customisable weapons are at your disposal, each with distinct characteristics. Choose your path in Airborne's free roaming FPS environment. Medal of Honor: Airborne continues to ensure that the ideals and integrity of the prestigious congressional Medal of Honor are accurately reflected in the Medal of Honor game series. The producers sought counsel from expert sources to make certain Airborne is historically accurate and as true to the WWII Airborne experience as possible. Serving as a military spokesperson for Medal of Honor Airborne, Capt. Dale Dye, who has worked as the Military Technical Advisor for the last 7 Medal of Honor games, has helped create a truly authentic Airborne experience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #277 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2007-09-05
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Xbox 360

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It may be the game that popularised the whole concept of first person shoot `em-ups set during World War II, but as the years have gone by, the Medal of Honor series has found itself besieged by more and more copycats trying to offer ever more realistic simulations of the era. This is the first Medal of Honor game made specifically for the next generation of consoles though and finds you taking the roles of both pathfinder Eddie La Point and Private Boy Travers - paratroopers in the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. As such, you'll end up with a whistle stop tour of enemy hotspots in Sicily, France, Holland and Germany. The game takes its paratrooper motif serious too as the game levels are big enough that you actually have some control over where exactly you land and as a consequence what tactics you choose to employ.

The game also tries to give you as much freedom as possible with the weapons you use, with each being customisable with authentic parts which you can find during missions. Even the missions are as open ended as possible, as you're given up to a dozen objectives, of which only a few have to be tackled in any sort of order. One side benefit this creates is that the developers have been forced to drastically improve the enemy artificial intelligence so that they can react intelligently to your attacks, instead of just relying on the pre-scripted movements of the earlier games. There's also a stronger tactical element than ever before as you monitor the back and forth of battle between all the forces on the map. As over-familiar as WWII shooters have become, there looks to be enough new ideas here to keep even the most jaded virtual soldier happy.
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Manufacturer's Description
Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the 82nd Airborne Division and engage in battles throughout Europe. From rocky beginnings in Sicily to war-winning triumphs in Germany, each mission begins behind enemy lines, with an intense and fully interactive airdrop. Your ability to determine your own starting point dramatically changes the way each mission plays out. View the entire operation from the air, and then control your parachute to choose your landing spot. On the ground, gather your senses and assess the terrain. A wide variety of authentic, customizable weapons are at your disposal, each with distinct characteristics. Choose your path in this free roaming FPS environment. Medal of Honor Airborne will also feature exceptionally photo-realistic characters, adding to the intensity of the cinematic, story-driven game.

Customer Reviews

its good but...
i've became quite bored ith the whole MoH series ever since medal of honour frontline, it just seemed a bit samey, with only some recent versions, such as pacific assualt to save me from completely dissowning it.

now we have airbourne, and im really not sure, some of the music is a direct copy of pacific assualt, which is ok, but it does sound like ea are scraping the barrel a bit. The airbourne elements are good, and the openings to the level are by far the best bit of the game. but after the cutscene you jump (or get pushed) out of the plane and thats when it starts going downhill, you normally have a "safe" zone to aim for, miss that and you'll be in big trouble when 12 germans surround you and shoot nine thousand rounds into your body before you even land, which if you get it wrong, means you have to put up with another nine thousand before you can shoot back.

The weapons are wierd, if you have any sense you'd ditch the aliied weapons like the thompson which has about as accuracy as a donkey throwing apples, and go for the only decent all round gun in the game (which just happens to be german) it does get better when you get some upgrades, from shooting people, no special achievements like headshots, just kill enough people and you unlock all manner of goodies, which im not sure is a good or bad thing. its not really a challenge, is it?

now the REALLY bad part, allied AI is appaling, they will charge when they're heavily outnumbered, run infront of you when your onto a string of headshots, and just generally get in the way. Enemy AI is different, its good and challenging, in the fact that it doesnt matter where you are or who else is attacking, 9/10 times they'll shoot at you, leaving your dumb ai friends to charge unapposed and you stuck behind a sandbag waiting for them to run out of ammo, or you develope a teleportation device so you can actually move, because as soon as you peek your head out from cover they will make you into a human cheese grater. This said it does make it challenging, trying to find the 7 germans that can shoot you, through a building while standing a mile away with their teloscopic eyesite, but it isnt exactly fair is it.

gameplay is good, play length is very bad, i'd reccommend putting the difficulty one above what you normally play it at, so hard instead of normal, just so the length of the game is extended. it has some replayability trying to find all the special drop sites, and get all the achievements, which in turn are ridiculously easy to pick up (i got 11 in the first 3 levels [4 just on the training one])

its one of those games thats like hitting your head against the wall, although this way you can hit your head against the wall with a thompson :)

ps. i have to admit it but if you want a good fps, buy call of duty 4

Xbox 360 must have
Airbourne is a brilliant all round game. the graphics are superb. The guns are realistic and the story is smooth and believable. there are no complaints about this game in my book. maybe the best in the series and one of the best games on xbox 360 this year. A great game and a must have for gamers this year.

Best war game ever
Medal of Honour Airbourne is one of the few games I have purchased over the past 10 yrs that you I didnt get fed up with playing.I like how the weapons are very authentic and realistic, and the ways you upgrade them as you play the game,the various scenes are brilliant too. You can tell a lot of time and effort has gone into all the small things that make a good game great and this is definately one of the GREATS.!Once youve completed it at the beginner stage try it at the expert level and experience the game at its full potential.Yes its hard,but we wouldnt pay all this money for a game we could complete in one easy go.ENJOY!!!!!