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Medal Of Honor Airborne Could of Been Made A Better Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: October 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First of all, Medal of Honor Airborne only has six missions to play in and that is it. The game should have had at least twelve missions to play in it to be called a full version game. This game is suppose to be a full version game. Not a add-on or an expansion game. I feel like I have been ripped off by someone.

Of the six missions, only the first four missions honor the brave soldiers that fought in World War II. The last two missions do not honor the brave soldiers who fought during World War II. The last two missions are fantasy made missions that remind me of going to amusement park. You have super Nazi's in the last two missions that take forever to kill. Shoot them in the head or blow them up with grenades it doesn't do any good. It takes at least fifty to a hundred shots with your weapon to take down one of these super Nazi's. I felt like I needed to find a super weapon like a laser gun to bring them down.

I notice in the fifth mission (Operation Varsity) there are railroad cars that are not European made rail cars. They are North American made railroad cars. What is up with that? It is quite obvious that somebody just slapped some North American railroad cars into the mission just to finish it.

In the last mission, (Operation Der Flakturm) American paratroopers land on a German Flak tower in Germany right after Operation Varsity. This mission never took place during World War II. The Russians were the only ones to assault German Flak towers during the war. In fact, the Flak tower used in the game never even got built in Germany. There was three generations of Flak towers built by the Germans during the war and only the first two generations of towers were built in Germany. Those towers were built in the German cities of Berlin and Hamburg during the war. The game shows a third generation built Flak tower built in Germany, that was actually built in Vienna, Austria during the war. Somebody screwed up.

It almost seems like two different teams of game developers work on the Medal of Honor Airborne game. One team worked on the first four missions of the game which were realistic and actually happen during World War II while another team worked on the last two missions in the game which are more sci-fi and fantasy. I really wanted to like this game because I'm a big World War II fan. With all the actual events that happen during World War II, why would the game developer need to makeup any missions for the game?

I have to say, too, that this is the hardest PC game that I have ever had to load onto my PC. I have never seen a game with more bugs and problems. There is virtually no tech support from EA. I was very, very frustrated with trying to load and play this game.

This another example of a game that should of went somewhere that ended up going nowhere. Either the game publisher or the game developer just wanted to hurry and finish the game just to try to beat the holiday rush. Somebody was trying to hurry and make some money on this game before the other big name titles come out later on this year. I hate to say it, but Call of Duty 4 is going to be the game to beat this year.

I Can't believe I waited months for this!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: October 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have waited for this oft delayed game for many moons. I would check the gaming sites for the latest news about a release date. I pre-ordered to get it sooner. What a disappointment! EA really dropped the ball on this one. I didn't think they could make a game worse than "Pacific Assault" but they did. It runs like crap on my computer that has a Pentium 4 duo-core, 2 full megs of RAM and a brand new GeForce 8600 GTS card. I set the video card and game to the lowest levels and it plays passably. I can't tell if the gameplay just sucks or if it's just running like crap. It looks like hell on these settings.
The Game will not save checkpoints-My control settings mysteriously switch themselves around-I have not even been through ten minutes of the first level before I'm fiddling with the settings trying to squeeze some performance from the game-or I give up in frustration.
Save your money-EA laid a rotten egg on this one

Just misses the drop zone

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was very good. It is a resource hog! I have a Pentium D 3ghz, Nvidia 7900GT and 1.5 Gigs of ram and the game took it all. I had to shut down all the background task just so it would run good, not great. (Much easier if you go to run and enter msconfig and then turn off all start up programs than what the manual tells you to do.) Some of the new effect were spectacular. I really like this game I just wish it ran more like Pacific Assault or COD 2. After paying both in multi- player COD 1 and 2 is better. But this is the best Medal of Honor game both single and multi-player versions. I did enjoy playing it very much. I just hope the next version does not need a mainframe super computer to play. Sometimes a little less is a lot more. I will give it four and a half stars if I had a choice. A little too short, no quick save and the choppy play are the reason.

Not Call Of Duty, for sure

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Having been a game designer for a few years, and a gamer since I was 25. At 61, I have come to expect a certain amount of quality, and playability from the games I buy. MOH Airborne falls short of my expectations. Their "sighting system" for the weapons available to the player, leave one frustrated and displeased. Having spent time in combat in Vietnam, I KNOW how to aim and fire a weapon. In MOH Airbourne Assault, it's as if the player is spastic, you find yourself having difficulty aiming your weapon, and become frustrated. Even when you have the enemy squarely in your sights, the chances of your hitting him are beyond statistical probability.
I've NEVER had so much trouble hitting a real enemy as I had hitting NPC enemies in this game. They need to review their statistics for the hit/miss algorithm. Meanwhile, the Italian "Blackshirts" all shoot like Annie Oakley, or Daniel Boone. Fun factor? Two out of ten. Overall, two out of five for the nice graphics, but it STILL isn't Call Of Duty (any of them) or Half-Life2. Too bad too, I was hoping for more for my money.

empty game box!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 23
Date: September 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I pre-ordered this item in early August. I received it today. It did not include the game disks. It only came with a copy of Battlefield 2. What gives!!??

I have been looking forward to playing this game. I now have thrown away $49.99. I should have just waited until today and physically driven down to BestBuy or something. I feel like a fool.

I just called Amazon cust. support and I was able to get a refund.

Not much value

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 25
Date: September 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is already dropping in price, the first time I've seen a FPS drop this quick.
The why is simple it just doesn't deliver on any level.
Bots are dumb as dirt. MP maps are small and dark. If you fire you show up on radar and if you kill an opponent he sees a video of your firing spot and he re spawns and comes after you in seconds. with no VOIP your totally out of comm with your teammates. Clanners using Teamspeak or Vent win over, and over, and over. Not much fun.
MP browser is the worst I've ever seen. Long, long, wait for browser to finish a refresh and you can't use browser until done. Lots of servers listed, but no players on them. Filters don't function. I installed the patch but didn't address any of the problems.
An OK first time shooter for kids, but no adult interest.
Very pretty, if you have high end graphics. Cpu intensive.

Great game, a few quirks, but still awesome..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: September 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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Anyway, the actual game is great. I think it's the best Medal of Honor to come out to date. Graphics are great, gameplay takes some getting used to but it's great as well, and the whole parachuting into different locations/reaching checkpoints to save the game/unlocking different weapon features as your experience with them increases is really well thought out/more realistic. No more quick saving every 5 seconds so you can "bum rush" the next objective as many times as needed without consequence while growing more aware of the exact position the enemy is in with each pass! There are still a few annoying little quirks that have been present ever since the Allied Assault days, like getting shot THROUGH WALLS when near corners. For example, you are peaking around a corner, an enemy spots you/begins shooting, you quickly stop peaking and get back behind the wall, yet somehow you still see bullet tracers coming right at you and get shot 2 or 3 times while behind a WALL! I understand the occasional ricochet, but it happens almost EVERY TIME! It's not that big of a deal, unless you are really low on health, so overall I'd say it's a great gaming experience. You need to have a real nice PC to run this game at it's full potential, but that's of course the way PC gaming goes. (It's one of the factors that drives the PC hardware market!) I know it might be a pain at times, but when it comes down to it nothing beats using a mouse/keyboard for controls and the vastly superior resolutions of PC games as opposed to consoles. Consoles may be less of a hassle in this aspect, but they will never look as nice/have the control system of a PC. Consoles also require "Xbox Live" subscriptions or whatever to play online with other people. That stinks! With that said, if you do get a chance to play this game on a nice PC, you will be absolutely hooked like I am. I'm already on my second run through the Single Player game, then it's on to multi-player. Highly recommended! P.S. I've played this game on both Vista and XP on my machine. Vista, with it's higher overhead, just does not run it as well as XP does. That might be part of the reason behind some peoples' "choppy gameplay" reviews. If you still experience problems in XP, try updating your video and sound card drivers. Some sound cards alone are incompatible and been known to cause problems. If all else fails, turn down the sound quality and give it a try.

Finished in 2 days

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I will first say that I do like this game very much. I have read reviews on gaming sites that said it is boring until the last 2 missions, but that is not true. The game has alot of excitement right the get go, though the last 2 are even more intense.

The graphics are the best I have seen from any FPS game. the lighting and detail are amazing, though the characters in the game arent done as well.

The sound is great as well and the whole dropping into the battle from above is cool, but short lived. The enemy AI is pretty good as you will see the enemy raise theer gun over their head and fire their or toss a nade over the shoulder from behind a box.

The few bad things are how quick the game is over and the on-line play is good, but missing the objective play I loved in the original MOHAA. They also say the game is non-linear, but it is not all that way. You have several objectives that you can attack in any order you want, but you have to beat all those objectives to open the last ones. I didn't find it that interesting. and for $50 (which is what it was when I got it) is too much for this game. I would wait until the price comes down and spend your $50 on The Orange Box and get Half-Life 2 episode 2, Tema Fortress 2, and Portal. That is going to be a great deal. This game is alot of fun while it lasts, but over too fast.

COMES WITH NO GAME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 19
Date: September 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Thank you amazon for sending an empty game box. I love throwing my hard earned money into your website and recieving the pre ordered game but NOT THE GAME I WANTED...Buy this game somewhere else...CAUTION YOU MIGHT NOT RECIEVE THE GAME!!!!

Pretty good game with some areas lacking.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Medal of Honor has been known for quality gameplay and Airborne is no exception. Graphically the game is great. Single player is fantastic and lends to a lot of creativity. The AI is significantly improved over most shooters. The ability to drop in and start play anywhere gives Airborne a flare all its own. The only disadvantage to this game is multiplayer. The lack of maps and ways to play is limiting at best. Medal of Honor Airborne is a fantastic, challenging and innovative twist on a World War II shooter. My opinon if your looking for a good multiplayer game you might be slightly disappointed in Airborne, but for a single player WWII shooter Airborne is fantastic.

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