MoH Airborne is one of my favorite WW2 shooters. I got it when it first came out and loved it ever since. A couple fun facts: 1. When you upgrade your gun and get that slow-motion sequence, you get unlimited ammo and you don't take any damage. I used this tactic to defeat some of the harder enemies in the game later on. 2. You can move while in ADS, you just have to hold the sprint button (I don't remember what the keybind is on PC).
Not really. It had a short campaign, very little replayability, boring multiplayer and as a result it didn't sell well. The paradrop mechanic was mostly a gimmick that did not make up for the rest of the issues that plagued the game. People only look at this game positively because the new single player WW2 games (which is only CoD WW2 & Vanguard really) were absolutely disastrous in every single way except for graphics.
@@TheJohn_Highway not really, it has repleability couse its non linear, there are many objectives that you can approach in several ways. Although its a short campaign each level felt unique and it kinda forced you to play a game differently. Yes multiplayer was mid but I think it sold poorly mostly due to the fact that it came out at the same time as cod mw1, if it came out slightly earlier it would have been a banger, and maybe the series would take a different turn
@@konstantincvetanovic5357 The missions are so small that calling them non-linear is really stretching the definition of what non-linear means to its absolute limit. Yes, you can complete most objectives in any order you want, but these objectives are so close to each other and so simple to deal with that they all feel the same. The order in which you complete them doesn't change how the mission plays out either, you just go from point A to point B, shooting the simplistic AI enemies and setting charges on Flak guns. If Airborne came out any earlier it would have been praised for its nice graphics, but would be absolutely shat on for being yet another WW2 shooter in an ocean of WW2 shooters.
This game was SO good. The headshots with the helmets flying off and the pling sound effect was outstanding!! The graphics were great, awesome lighting, great level designs, nice upgrade system. A revolutionizing leaning system (meant for controller). I has such a good time with this game 👌
Flak Towers (large ones like this) did exist and still stand today. They would have been bombed or avoided altogether. No need to drop airborne troops on top of them. Besides the airborne troops would be chewed apart in the air.
I want to see a Medal of Honor game set in World War I. Where you fight at Somme, Passchendaele, Verdun, Belleau Wood, Argonne, Cambrai, Gallipoli, Tannenberg, Galicia and Isonzo.
5:50 this is basically in almost every WW2 MoH game. 10:09 this is during the D-Day. Reason why it turned out messy was "damn navy" shooting at friendlies. Also game is somewhat buggy in different ways. For example I didn't encounter issues with physics on train in mission 4 but here at 19:43 there are metal shutters that are closed and in my case enemies can shoot through them.
I grew up on the MoH games. I remember one Christmas getting a collection with Rising Sun, European Assault and Frontlines for the PS2 and playing those games over and over and over. Airborne was a ton of fun, even if extremely short, and I remember the graphics being really good for their time. I do think that MoH is poised for a comeback, but if I were them I’d make a Vietnam game. The protagonist could be a patriotic farm boy whose dad/granddad served in WW2 (Jimmy Patterson?) and comes from a long line of military men, whose happy and proud to take up the mantle, but has his whole perspective on service and duty torn to shreds by the realities of Vietnam. Perhaps he could start out as a member of the 1st Air Cav, fighting in the Battle of Ia Drang, Operation Masher/Crazy Horse/Thayer, then he could be nominated for the 5th Special Forced Group, where he takes part in Brown Water Navy operations on the Mekong Delta. Taking R&R in Hue for the Tet celebration, he is forced to fight the Vietcong in the Tet Offensive in 1968, helping defend the embassy, clear city blocks, and ultimately assist Marines in taking back the citadel. From there he joins SOG, doing cross-border reconnaissance and airborne rescue missions in Cambodia, and ultimately the game could conclude with either a Hamburger Hill-style or a fallen firebase style mission. I think it’d do a great job at standing apart from the pack as Vietnam is a rarely portrayed conflict in FPS games, it would subvert the somewhat cheesy tone of the earlier games for something darker and more gritty, and it would allow the game to tap into a really interesting period of US cultural history. MoH have always been singleplayer games at their core, and while obviously you’d hope that they incorporate a fun multiplayer aspect that takes off, nothing could put MoH back on the map faster than a gripping, heavy, entertaining campaign, that’s more Spec Ops The Line than it is the heroism/patriot fest that the old games were.
well the 82nd DID drop in Sicily, Salerno & Normandy, Holland, so it DOES follow their campaign. The 17th is mentioned in the last two, they had 45 days of combat when the parachuted across the Rhine. & as for the Springfield 1903 you have to squeeze the trigger to steady the shot, & I like this, I don't know of any other that does this. Instead of swaying about (all reckless n shit) waiting for the chance to where the reticule lands on target but only for a moment..... as for the story, I don't want a mushy story to cry about, I am a military man. I want military standard operating procedure. Drama comes about naturally, I don't see the need to fabricate it. it will happen regardless, let us naught bring sand to the beach.
This game needs a 15 mission campaign, large sprawling levels, using UE5 and similar ideas with the weapon upgrades with usage. It needs to come back super hard.
A couple of things I wanted changing. Removable Upgrades. My favourite weapon was the Gewehr rifle. It became my lease favourite when the scope upgrade got super glued on top. Most upgrades are fine, but not all suit different play styles. Remove the grenade rifle toggle. When I fire a grenade from the rifle, often I just want to stick a grenade on the end, fire 1 grenade and charge. Don't make it so as soon as I fire it, I have to stop and wait for Travers to attach another grenade... for me to press L1 to wait to take it off again before I can shoot normally. Should be press L1, prep a grenade, 'thud', hmm that missed, Press L1, load another, 'thud', 👌 right where I wanted, ooh one giy survived, pap pap pap.
Well, while I do acknowledge that the game is really devoid of a story or character and that it has other problems, it didn't bother me at all. I had tons of fun playing it in my early teens. I literally had a blast. I would re-play the campaing over and over in the weekends and I was just loving it, even with all its problems. The gunfights were still super fun and the different ways to approach each level with the amazing soundtrack on the background and a variety of guns to use and upgrade just worked very well with me. 5:50 You can move while ADS if you hold shift. ADS enables the leaning mechanic, but shift overrides it and lets you move. Experimental AF, but it kinda worked well in my case. 9:20 I don't think the enemies respawn infinitely at any point. They respawn but there has to be a limit for them. 9:40 Don't know, I really enjoy this level. The ancient ruin gunfights and the objectives you have to finish were just... fun for me. 10:50 You can't expect a video game to not be a video game. Sure lack of story can be bad, but it's not something that you really NEED to have in a game. Of course BIA did it better when it comes to story, but Airborne has a certain gameplay charm to it that works. Story would definitely help, but it didn't hurt it in my eyes. 12:50 I agree that a lot of the game's set pieces were underused and that the game is short. 14:30 Again, can't say this mission is bad. Every mission feels that it's designed to support the unique gameplay of the game. They all work in their own way. I'm really fond of all the levels. 15:00 I can understand viewing this level this badly. I get it. I too had the bad spawns and often confusing layout. I still somehow enjoyed it. 16:45 Ah yes, the storm elite or "moh juggernaut" unit. I'm all for authenticity but it doesn't feel like something that hurts it that much. Sure it's over the top, but it's a cool challenge for the player. It's a video game after all. There's a difficulty spike. Each new unit is more difficult to deal with as you see in the load screens. A game should be allowed to be a game. I don't see this as a violation of authenticity. Put STG44s and MG42s in the pacific like COD Vangarbage did and we can talk about how bad it is. This one, was just a cool unique gimmick. 18:00 Again, a game should be allowed to be a game. What better ending boss level than a huge anti-airborne tower? It was a very cool and uniquely designed level, a blast to explore and take over. With all it's obvious problems and design flaws, I just had too much of a good time with this game to receive it negatively. I hear and understand many of the criticisms, some I definitely agree with because they're objectively true, like certain visual effects getting in the way, a few gameplay mechanics not working the right way, visible spawns, weird enemy placement, and stuff, but I've became so familiar with them that I just enjoy playing through it without them bothering me or getting in the way of me having fun with the game. I'm not sure if it's my favorite MOH game, but it surely is VERY high. And definitely no hate for not liking MOHAA. It's surely a legendary MOH, but it's dated and I disagree with many development choices like the horrendous flinch when shot and more. So yeah, I'm with you on that.
I loved this game ,the graphics still look amazing for a game released in 2007 ,bold statement but even better than some games today ,it was a totally different moh experience with being able to upgrade your weapons and an open map where you choose what objective to go for first determined by where you land , im amazed the servers were still running up until 2023 😮
I really like the sound design on the guns. The slow but deadly German MP40 sounded amazing. The chaotic nature of the gun fights were also amazing. Even though you can die a lot the game play style of having to fight for every square inch of land feels great. You feel like you are all coming up together.
To clarify about destroying the train on Operation Varsity, you can do it by throwing gammon grenades into the hatches. Judging by the difficulty of placing the CompB, I think the devs originally intended it with the gammons.
It's epic in my honest opinion, I still play it on my 360. The ragdoll physics in particular stand out and still hold up, be it the clutching of mortal wounds before collapsing or sending an enemy flying over a railing it is quite the feature. Overall a solid game and the last truly great MOH title.
I think with the these older ww2 games that you dont have a name is a strength. I really dislike i the newer cods that they want you to be a special forces main character guy. I miss the old ones were you were just a squad following orders, trying to win and survive the greater war happening around them.
We grew up with these old games, we loved them, we were addicted to them. With selected friends they became a favorite topic of conversation and, not exaggeratedly, our favorite pastime. Now we are like intransigent old men, reflecting on old times. We'll never see that these games were actually all crap.
I struggled with the controls at first, I mean really struggled! Also found the gas mask wearing, mg42 wielding, jack booted SS officer was wayyy over the top!
The "Standing still ADS with Leaning" has been a staple of Medal of Honor since the very first game in PSX. It was present during the PS2 games and It was present even 2010 and Warfighter as optional ways to aim down your sights in the settings. The first Medal of Honor on PC, Allied Assault, did not have leaning, but their expansions did however.
It was one of my favorite games in my childhood, i remember playing on ps3 and on the first days of PSN, the multiplayer was really fun! The flak tower looks like from wolfstein but they existed in Berlín, I thought it was historically inaccurate but some years ago I looked up for the reason of the last level and they exist till present day, because they couldn’t demolish those concrete flak towers
Talks about how the sniper rifle is too realistic with its scope five seconds later he talks about how this gas mask guy with an MG 42 is too unrealistic.
bring back the OSS type missions but add a bit of open worldness to it. Like the game "The Saboteur". Where you play as patterson going around secret agent then as the game progresses you then fight as grunt infantry
Just to clarify, regarding the ads mechanic, you can in fact walk while aiming down your sights. You just have to be holding a particular key, + right mouse button. I just don't remember which key it is. I haven't played the game in a while.
I remember I had a xbox disc that had a bunch of game demos on it same with some trailers for games, MOHA demo was on there and I played so much to the point I bought the game. Those disc with demos will always be in my heart
This is my go to game, The best part for me is upgrading the weapons. I go through each weapon until it's upgraded, then start all over again. Springfield with the bar is my favorite load out. Shotgun and M1 would be another load out I like.
i remember getting this game on a Saturday morning and having my son watch me play it, over all i did enjoy it but finished it in one sitting in just a few hours and never played it again
I didn't know it was canceled in 23' ....I had finally found my 3 copies, and wanted to mp version with them! I was an expert sniper, and had a lot of foes in the game. My favorite was the church tower in the "Destroyed Village". Also the other town with the "hidden" room (which u had to jump in) that one also had a church steeple (awesome for snipers) Is there a way I can multi-player with my 2 computers and 2 copies of the game? Thanks....
One of the best ww11 shooters of all time. Hours spent playing this and watching my brother play. That was only campaign too. We never had online gaming until we could pay for it ourselves. I’d love to know how many hours I have in that
Nice to see someone is sharing some light on this game, however, I would like to add few things: 1. OFFICIAL multiplayer services have been shut down, but you still CAN try PC multiplayer via “Medal of Honor Airborne Revived” project. Unfortunately, not that many people are playing as not that many people know about it, or about the game itself for that matter 2. It’s not Medal of Honor franchise that “copied” COD, it’s other way around. At first, MoHAA has been released, then some of a devs left and created COD franchise, that’s why COD1-2 looks familiar to MoHAA difficulty/action-wise 3. In terms of where MoH should go from here - I don’t think it should be like BF, COD or Hell Let Lose - I think it should go to its roots. That said, I see comments everywhere nitpicking this game and its mechanics - even in this comment section from new generation of “gamers” and they do not understand what makes this game a good game. EA probably thinks about MoH same way and after seeing BF flop - I doubt they would ever resurrect this franchise and especially go back to its roots. They (somewhat) tried to resurrect it and even appeal to new generation of “gamers” with Warfighter and it did not worked, hence I really do not see this franchise returning ever again 4. Flak towers actually do exist and they are both colossal and hard to take down. Germans built them to withstand literally anything and it shows. Knowing how “touchy” German society is about WW2, you would imagine that they have already demolished them, but it’s not that simple, hence they are still standing in key areas in Germany 5. For those that have problems with running it on Windows 10/11 - it relies on old version of PhysX - you need to google exact version of it, download and install it, otherwise game won’t even launch 6. For Widescreen - there is a fix as well, but its quite trivial as you need to toy-around with FOV (game was never designed for widescreen)
It was good just not beat COD4 good Definitely the last good MoH but for you guys who were too young or not alive the reason it lost is because back then all we had was mostly FPSes that were WW2. Socom was all 3rd person and while MoH was good and tied into all the Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan/Band of Brothers stuff, after going through 9/11 we wanted the Iraq war game.
This game was good it had the feeling of feeling like a member of the 82nd Airborne however there are a few inaccuracies when it comes to the locations you fight in such as the first place you fight in adanti is not real the 82nd was ordered to drop and secure the piano lupo the high ground landing areas behind the village of gela , they did fight in operation avalanche which they helped protect the bridgehead I can’t seem to find where they dropped , now for operation Neptune they did not fight right on Utah beach they were 10 to 15 miles away most of the 82nd Troops had the primary objective of capturing two bridges over the River Merderet and destroying two bridges over the Douve and capture and hold st mere Eglise but sadly due to the miss drops only a few objectives of the 82nd and st mere eglise were complete Now with market garden that was correct they had to capture the town of Nijmegen but they struggled to capture the town it took 3 days to capture the town once the 30 corps armoured division arrived Operation varsity where the town of Essen was captured without any opposition from the Germans by the 17th airborne who were regular infantry not paratroopers and the final level that is completely made up the flak tower is real yes it’s real however the flak tower was not located in Essen In reallife the only cities to have Flak towers where Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. The 17th airborne never took and destroyed a flak tower So I thought I give a quick history back ground
I have tried to love this game and play it all the way through many times. I just can't do it. Maybe this is just an issue on Xbox, but I can never land the jumps properly. I always botch the landing.
In it´s day I found it really good, ok you are right with the single player side but the multiplayer side was by far alot better. Spent so many hours in Clan battles, just couldn´t get enough of it. Then there was the sound, the dev´s put in such alot of work and effort in the sound, did you unlock the Video showing them getting the original sounds?
My favourite WW2 shooter of all time! Weapon upgrades, loads of fun with eliminating enemy soldiers and a very dynamic gameplay. And these parachute jumps straight into the secret locations... mmmmmm :) Just realized that graphics are more or less like in Fallout 4 :D 7 years before F4.... :P
Does anyone know how to get this game to work on Windows 11? When I click on the play button via using the EA App aka formerly known as Origin, the game doesn't launch at all. The EA App closes and opens again, but the game won't start up. I got a feeling the game isn't compatible with this current version of Windows.
It is compatible with current Windows version. It's because the game relies on an older version of PhysX that is needed to be installed in order for the game to work.
This game had a great concept, but the trouble was that the controls and gunplay just felt so clunky and dated compared with contemporaries like CoD 4 and Halo 3.
It was really good. It came with my old computer so low sales seem weird. I'm actually sitting here. Trying to figure out. If it's worth the trouble. To risk viruses and stuff. So I can play it on the new hardware which has no cd player...The immersion was pretty good. The story was totally fine. Playing the game there was not much to complain about. Every map felt unique with different challenges to keep it interesting. I have played through it several times. I especially like sniping and those semi un-killable gas mask guys XD
No story, I think. Is pretty in line with the MoH series up to that point imo. Medal of honour never really…did have a proper story. Frontline, allied assault, vanguard, Airborne…well, I guess there’s the pacific game to be fair, but that was a bit of an outlier from my memory. It wasn’t until the first modern one they clearly *really* tried for a proper main plot.
I loved the game. Especially the MP mode - and the maps from previous installments like Destroyed Village (but I preferred the non airborne mode - when I opened a game both teams spawned on the ground). Pity nobody plays it anymore. "I've seen French schoolgirls shoot better!" ;)
While I agree with you about the gas mask and a mess there is one can you round the password fixed too I think but the flag tower is very much a real thing. I think you are two of them are still standing in the day one near the zoo in Berlin, and I think another one in Austria.
i love the game sure many thing couldve added and improved but is unique in his way i wouldve changed at example the cith where you start in normandy (Audoville) since Paratrooper commit war crime there against POWs after severe having severe casualties(imo cause.. eeeh not so good) added more guns and soldiers like the italians (that you find only in Adanti which is fictional town btw) i wouldve give proper weapons for them than improve Skill since technically are not regular army but Volunteer mostly type of branch other type of italian unit in the Paestum level since is an hour away from naples i would expect italian forces of sometype like coastal division (i have to check if there was any italian division whatsoever but seem strange lacking totally) and more depth in those are like dividing them like Chapters example Italy("tutorial &" easy are) 3/4 Missions,France overall difficulty and missions increased ext for the rest of the campaign so basically each are with unique story,characters and personality get rid of the MG Juggernaut... thats silly i wouldve put actual elite type unit or special forces (Panzerschreck are fine but remove the gas mask unless you dont add Gas grenade like in WaW multiplayer) example of guns surely i wouldve put avaible the Reicoless rifle and Panzerschreck in the loadout because already the Rifle Grenade mod of any rifle dont do nothing to thanks and being able to upgrade guns that you obtain in a single level or something like that is just a wasted opportunity LMGs with some quirk to have them at start not as powerful (even tho evry gun in the game is ok-ish in their way and become rather OP) definetly something like a GameEditor where you can create your own mission and making feasible for modding the possibility to remove upgrades from a gun (like in some cases i wouldve rather to have certain features rather than the others that force me to play guns in certain way like the G43 i wouldve keep only grenade launcher and extended mag because i dont see why im forced to use a scope) Co-Op campaign more open maps Trophies to add some grind and "replayability" and i think this is about it
The game was not supported I think it got one or two patches and no mod tools. I got the impression you just wanted to call this game what it was and I'll say it for you. It was crap, a good idea not supported and we all know 'EA's track record on this topic 'Firestorm' anyone ? Oh I am fairly sure it died because no one could make proper maps for it. There was some maps just cut from levels was all.
This game was a flop from the beginning, it was a bloated pig that was nearly unplayable on launch. EA live service was introduced, spelling the beginning of the end for MOH lovers. MoH:AA will never die!
MoH Airborne is one of my favorite WW2 shooters. I got it when it first came out and loved it ever since. A couple fun facts: 1. When you upgrade your gun and get that slow-motion sequence, you get unlimited ammo and you don't take any damage. I used this tactic to defeat some of the harder enemies in the game later on. 2. You can move while in ADS, you just have to hold the sprint button (I don't remember what the keybind is on PC).
Left Shift key on pc by default
Easy answer. It's was effing good
Not really. It had a short campaign, very little replayability, boring multiplayer and as a result it didn't sell well.
The paradrop mechanic was mostly a gimmick that did not make up for the rest of the issues that plagued the game. People only look at this game positively because the new single player WW2 games (which is only CoD WW2 & Vanguard really) were absolutely disastrous in every single way except for graphics.
I LOVE that game
I like what they did with the equipment upgrades
@@TheJohn_Highway not really, it has repleability couse its non linear, there are many objectives that you can approach in several ways. Although its a short campaign each level felt unique and it kinda forced you to play a game differently. Yes multiplayer was mid but I think it sold poorly mostly due to the fact that it came out at the same time as cod mw1, if it came out slightly earlier it would have been a banger, and maybe the series would take a different turn
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The missions are so small that calling them non-linear is really stretching the definition of what non-linear means to its absolute limit.
Yes, you can complete most objectives in any order you want, but these objectives are so close to each other and so simple to deal with that they all feel the same.
The order in which you complete them doesn't change how the mission plays out either, you just go from point A to point B, shooting the simplistic AI enemies and setting charges on Flak guns.
If Airborne came out any earlier it would have been praised for its nice graphics, but would be absolutely shat on for being yet another WW2 shooter in an ocean of WW2 shooters.
my fave was the fully upgraded Colt 1911 with Magnum rounds. just Nasty
That and the BAR fully upped. So fun.
@@The_Pope-Knight7That's basically a worse stg. Take the scope off and it's really accurate with high damage and low recoil.
The Winchester Model 1897 Trench Shotgun with the bayonet was filth.
I cannot tell you how much lead I wasted on enemies with the upgraded 1911. Especially the fact that you have infinite ammo.
This game was SO good. The headshots with the helmets flying off and the pling sound effect was outstanding!! The graphics were great, awesome lighting, great level designs, nice upgrade system. A revolutionizing leaning system (meant for controller).
I has such a good time with this game 👌
Flak Towers did exist. Stuff was crazy at the time.
I was just about to comment the same, lol
Just wasn’t at that location
In reallife the only cities to have Flak towers where Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna.
I thougth it was an invention for the game, but found out it actually existed, like many of them...
But not that insanely big
Flak Towers (large ones like this) did exist and still stand today. They would have been bombed or avoided altogether. No need to drop airborne troops on top of them. Besides the airborne troops would be chewed apart in the air.
I want to see a Medal of Honor game set in World War I. Where you fight at Somme, Passchendaele, Verdun, Belleau Wood, Argonne, Cambrai, Gallipoli, Tannenberg, Galicia and Isonzo.
Medal of Honor: World War I, play as both a US Soldier or US Marine. Devil Dogs!!!
@@M1GarandMan3005 , that would be pretty cool.
Jumping out the air plane and those beginning sequences were so admazing back then.
5:50 this is basically in almost every WW2 MoH game.
10:09 this is during the D-Day. Reason why it turned out messy was "damn navy" shooting at friendlies.
Also game is somewhat buggy in different ways. For example I didn't encounter issues with physics on train in mission 4 but here at 19:43 there are metal shutters that are closed and in my case enemies can shoot through them.
5:50 if you press down on the left joystick while in ads you'll be able to move forward, albeit slowly
I grew up on the MoH games. I remember one Christmas getting a collection with Rising Sun, European Assault and Frontlines for the PS2 and playing those games over and over and over. Airborne was a ton of fun, even if extremely short, and I remember the graphics being really good for their time.
I do think that MoH is poised for a comeback, but if I were them I’d make a Vietnam game. The protagonist could be a patriotic farm boy whose dad/granddad served in WW2 (Jimmy Patterson?) and comes from a long line of military men, whose happy and proud to take up the mantle, but has his whole perspective on service and duty torn to shreds by the realities of Vietnam. Perhaps he could start out as a member of the 1st Air Cav, fighting in the Battle of Ia Drang, Operation Masher/Crazy Horse/Thayer, then he could be nominated for the 5th Special Forced Group, where he takes part in Brown Water Navy operations on the Mekong Delta. Taking R&R in Hue for the Tet celebration, he is forced to fight the Vietcong in the Tet Offensive in 1968, helping defend the embassy, clear city blocks, and ultimately assist Marines in taking back the citadel. From there he joins SOG, doing cross-border reconnaissance and airborne rescue missions in Cambodia, and ultimately the game could conclude with either a Hamburger Hill-style or a fallen firebase style mission.
I think it’d do a great job at standing apart from the pack as Vietnam is a rarely portrayed conflict in FPS games, it would subvert the somewhat cheesy tone of the earlier games for something darker and more gritty, and it would allow the game to tap into a really interesting period of US cultural history. MoH have always been singleplayer games at their core, and while obviously you’d hope that they incorporate a fun multiplayer aspect that takes off, nothing could put MoH back on the map faster than a gripping, heavy, entertaining campaign, that’s more Spec Ops The Line than it is the heroism/patriot fest that the old games were.
well the 82nd DID drop in Sicily, Salerno & Normandy, Holland, so it DOES follow their campaign. The 17th is mentioned in the last two, they had 45 days of combat when the parachuted across the Rhine. & as for the Springfield 1903 you have to squeeze the trigger to steady the shot, & I like this, I don't know of any other that does this. Instead of swaying about (all reckless n shit) waiting for the chance to where the reticule lands on target but only for a moment.....
as for the story, I don't want a mushy story to cry about, I am a military man. I want military standard operating procedure. Drama comes about naturally, I don't see the need to fabricate it. it will happen regardless, let us naught bring sand to the beach.
Frontline was my favourite but Airborne was a solid entry. Only problem with Airborne is there was too little of it
This game needs a 15 mission campaign, large sprawling levels, using UE5 and similar ideas with the weapon upgrades with usage. It needs to come back super hard.
A couple of things I wanted changing.
Removable Upgrades. My favourite weapon was the Gewehr rifle. It became my lease favourite when the scope upgrade got super glued on top. Most upgrades are fine, but not all suit different play styles.
Remove the grenade rifle toggle. When I fire a grenade from the rifle, often I just want to stick a grenade on the end, fire 1 grenade and charge. Don't make it so as soon as I fire it, I have to stop and wait for Travers to attach another grenade... for me to press L1 to wait to take it off again before I can shoot normally. Should be press L1, prep a grenade, 'thud', hmm that missed, Press L1, load another, 'thud', 👌 right where I wanted, ooh one giy survived, pap pap pap.
Well, while I do acknowledge that the game is really devoid of a story or character and that it has other problems, it didn't bother me at all. I had tons of fun playing it in my early teens. I literally had a blast. I would re-play the campaing over and over in the weekends and I was just loving it, even with all its problems. The gunfights were still super fun and the different ways to approach each level with the amazing soundtrack on the background and a variety of guns to use and upgrade just worked very well with me.
5:50 You can move while ADS if you hold shift. ADS enables the leaning mechanic, but shift overrides it and lets you move. Experimental AF, but it kinda worked well in my case.
9:20 I don't think the enemies respawn infinitely at any point. They respawn but there has to be a limit for them.
9:40 Don't know, I really enjoy this level. The ancient ruin gunfights and the objectives you have to finish were just... fun for me.
10:50 You can't expect a video game to not be a video game. Sure lack of story can be bad, but it's not something that you really NEED to have in a game. Of course BIA did it better when it comes to story, but Airborne has a certain gameplay charm to it that works. Story would definitely help, but it didn't hurt it in my eyes.
12:50 I agree that a lot of the game's set pieces were underused and that the game is short.
14:30 Again, can't say this mission is bad. Every mission feels that it's designed to support the unique gameplay of the game. They all work in their own way. I'm really fond of all the levels.
15:00 I can understand viewing this level this badly. I get it. I too had the bad spawns and often confusing layout. I still somehow enjoyed it.
16:45 Ah yes, the storm elite or "moh juggernaut" unit. I'm all for authenticity but it doesn't feel like something that hurts it that much. Sure it's over the top, but it's a cool challenge for the player. It's a video game after all. There's a difficulty spike. Each new unit is more difficult to deal with as you see in the load screens. A game should be allowed to be a game. I don't see this as a violation of authenticity. Put STG44s and MG42s in the pacific like COD Vangarbage did and we can talk about how bad it is. This one, was just a cool unique gimmick.
18:00 Again, a game should be allowed to be a game. What better ending boss level than a huge anti-airborne tower? It was a very cool and uniquely designed level, a blast to explore and take over.
With all it's obvious problems and design flaws, I just had too much of a good time with this game to receive it negatively. I hear and understand many of the criticisms, some I definitely agree with because they're objectively true, like certain visual effects getting in the way, a few gameplay mechanics not working the right way, visible spawns, weird enemy placement, and stuff, but I've became so familiar with them that I just enjoy playing through it without them bothering me or getting in the way of me having fun with the game. I'm not sure if it's my favorite MOH game, but it surely is VERY high. And definitely no hate for not liking MOHAA. It's surely a legendary MOH, but it's dated and I disagree with many development choices like the horrendous flinch when shot and more. So yeah, I'm with you on that.
I loved this game ,the graphics still look amazing for a game released in 2007 ,bold statement but even better than some games today ,it was a totally different moh experience with being able to upgrade your weapons and an open map where you choose what objective to go for first determined by where you land , im amazed the servers were still running up until 2023 😮
I think Pacific Assault is still my favorite MoH game after Allied Assault.
The nostalgia I have hearing the music and voice actors at the start, holy crap I miss playing this game
I really like the sound design on the guns. The slow but deadly German MP40 sounded amazing. The chaotic nature of the gun fights were also amazing. Even though you can die a lot the game play style of having to fight for every square inch of land feels great. You feel like you are all coming up together.
The FlaK Tower is actually a real thing, these towers were build mainly deep into Germany and modern day Austria
the parachute landings and crouch/aim system were way ahead of their time. the weapon upgrade system was cool too. still fun to play
It's got to be from ps1 medal of honor , medal of honor underground, then pc medal of honor allied assault was the best in my eyes
To clarify about destroying the train on Operation Varsity, you can do it by throwing gammon grenades into the hatches. Judging by the difficulty of placing the CompB, I think the devs originally intended it with the gammons.
I think they did. I played that mission and even one of the allied soldiers yelled to Travis to throw a grenade up in the hatches.
It's epic in my honest opinion, I still play it on my 360. The ragdoll physics in particular stand out and still hold up, be it the clutching of mortal wounds before collapsing or sending an enemy flying over a railing it is quite the feature. Overall a solid game and the last truly great MOH title.
I think with the these older ww2 games that you dont have a name is a strength. I really dislike i the newer cods that they want you to be a special forces main character guy.
I miss the old ones were you were just a squad following orders, trying to win and survive the greater war happening around them.
We grew up with these old games, we loved them, we were addicted to them. With selected friends they became a favorite topic of conversation and, not exaggeratedly, our favorite pastime.
Now we are like intransigent old men, reflecting on old times. We'll never see that these games were actually all crap.
You can hold the aim button and the sprint button at the same time and you can strafe
I struggled with the controls at first, I mean really struggled! Also found the gas mask wearing, mg42 wielding, jack booted SS officer was wayyy over the top!
The "Standing still ADS with Leaning" has been a staple of Medal of Honor since the very first game in PSX. It was present during the PS2 games and It was present even 2010 and Warfighter as optional ways to aim down your sights in the settings.
The first Medal of Honor on PC, Allied Assault, did not have leaning, but their expansions did however.
i love the physics of the bodies and that sick blur it is a unique touch
It was one of my favorite games in my childhood, i remember playing on ps3 and on the first days of PSN, the multiplayer was really fun! The flak tower looks like from wolfstein but they existed in Berlín, I thought it was historically inaccurate but some years ago I looked up for the reason of the last level and they exist till present day, because they couldn’t demolish those concrete flak towers
The US used camouflaged parachutes during missions since 1942… Biggest mistake in this game was the white parachutes…
The aim Lean movement system was first featured in Medal of Honor European Assault on the original Xbox and PS2.
Talks about how the sniper rifle is too realistic with its scope five seconds later he talks about how this gas mask guy with an MG 42 is too unrealistic.
bring back the OSS type missions but add a bit of open worldness to it. Like the game "The Saboteur". Where you play as patterson going around secret agent then as the game progresses you then fight as grunt infantry
When u ADS and hold left alt u can move while aiming
Just to clarify, regarding the ads mechanic, you can in fact walk while aiming down your sights. You just have to be holding a particular key, + right mouse button. I just don't remember which key it is. I haven't played the game in a while.
I remember I had a xbox disc that had a bunch of game demos on it same with some trailers for games, MOHA demo was on there and I played so much to the point I bought the game. Those disc with demos will always be in my heart
This is my go to game, The best part for me is upgrading the weapons. I go through each weapon until it's upgraded, then start all over again. Springfield with the bar is my favorite load out. Shotgun and M1 would be another load out I like.
One of my favorite games of all time.
Love this game so much even tho it has its flaws
i remember getting this game on a Saturday morning and having my son watch me play it, over all i did enjoy it but finished it in one sitting in just a few hours and never played it again
I didn't know it was canceled in 23' ....I had finally found my 3 copies, and wanted to mp version with them! I was an expert sniper, and had a lot of foes in the game. My favorite was the church tower in the "Destroyed Village". Also the other town with the "hidden" room (which u had to jump in) that one also had a church steeple (awesome for snipers)
Is there a way I can multi-player with my 2 computers and 2 copies of the game? Thanks....
I haven't even watched the video yet but I wanna say it's one of my favorite games ever made I still play It to this day off and on..
When game that was criticized on release is now considered as a classic in the series
0:03 When I think of ww2 shooters cod waw, red orchestra 2, and WWII Online
I always wonder how to greased the landing because I never got it intentionally
Instead of Minecraft on a hot laptop, it was THIS on a hot laptop. Love this game
Oh it did capture as much as it could for those wanting to know how it was like to be in the 82nd Airborne during WW2.
One of the best ww11 shooters of all time. Hours spent playing this and watching my brother play. That was only campaign too. We never had online gaming until we could pay for it ourselves. I’d love to know how many hours I have in that
On Xbox when you hold the trigger down that’s the focus so it’s not blurry but I’m assuming you can’t do that on pc
I miss Medal of Honor...
Nice to see someone is sharing some light on this game, however, I would like to add few things:
1. OFFICIAL multiplayer services have been shut down, but you still CAN try PC multiplayer via “Medal of Honor Airborne Revived” project. Unfortunately, not that many people are playing as not that many people know about it, or about the game itself for that matter
2. It’s not Medal of Honor franchise that “copied” COD, it’s other way around. At first, MoHAA has been released, then some of a devs left and created COD franchise, that’s why COD1-2 looks familiar to MoHAA difficulty/action-wise
3. In terms of where MoH should go from here - I don’t think it should be like BF, COD or Hell Let Lose - I think it should go to its roots. That said, I see comments everywhere nitpicking this game and its mechanics - even in this comment section from new generation of “gamers” and they do not understand what makes this game a good game. EA probably thinks about MoH same way and after seeing BF flop - I doubt they would ever resurrect this franchise and especially go back to its roots. They (somewhat) tried to resurrect it and even appeal to new generation of “gamers” with Warfighter and it did not worked, hence I really do not see this franchise returning ever again
4. Flak towers actually do exist and they are both colossal and hard to take down. Germans built them to withstand literally anything and it shows. Knowing how “touchy” German society is about WW2, you would imagine that they have already demolished them, but it’s not that simple, hence they are still standing in key areas in Germany
5. For those that have problems with running it on Windows 10/11 - it relies on old version of PhysX - you need to google exact version of it, download and install it, otherwise game won’t even launch
6. For Widescreen - there is a fix as well, but its quite trivial as you need to toy-around with FOV (game was never designed for widescreen)
It was good just not beat COD4 good
Definitely the last good MoH but for you guys who were too young or not alive the reason it lost is because back then all we had was mostly FPSes that were WW2. Socom was all 3rd person and while MoH was good and tied into all the Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan/Band of Brothers stuff, after going through 9/11 we wanted the Iraq war game.
Only negative thing I can really say about this game is it was too short. Painfully short
yeah I played for like three comolete times in a raw...still good everytime cause you can aproach the objectives from diferent routes everytime
This game was good it had the feeling of feeling like a member of the 82nd Airborne however there are a few inaccuracies when it comes to the locations you fight in such as the first place you fight in adanti is not real the 82nd was ordered to drop and secure the piano lupo the high ground landing areas behind the village of gela ,
they did fight in operation avalanche which they helped protect the bridgehead I can’t seem to find where they dropped ,
now for operation Neptune they did not fight right on Utah beach they were 10 to 15 miles away most of the 82nd Troops had the primary objective of capturing two bridges over the River Merderet and destroying two bridges over the Douve and capture and hold st mere Eglise but sadly due to the miss drops only a few objectives of the 82nd and st mere eglise were complete
Now with market garden that was correct they had to capture the town of Nijmegen but they struggled to capture the town it took 3 days to capture the town once the 30 corps armoured division arrived
Operation varsity where the town of Essen was captured without any opposition from the Germans by the 17th airborne who were regular infantry not paratroopers
and the final level that is completely made up the flak tower is real yes it’s real however the flak tower was not located in Essen In reallife the only cities to have Flak towers where Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. The 17th airborne never took and destroyed a flak tower
So I thought I give a quick history back ground
MOH Frontlines had me replay multiple times. Way better than the OG PS2 cod games i thought
One of my favourite Xbox 360 games back in the day, also my first medal of honour game
Band of brothers are amazing games.
I have tried to love this game and play it all the way through many times. I just can't do it. Maybe this is just an issue on Xbox, but I can never land the jumps properly. I always botch the landing.
One of the last great ww2 games on console
I found both of allied assault and airborne copy’s that I found in are old house
Just so you know that if you hold shift you can move while aiming.
How did you make it look so good?
In it´s day I found it really good, ok you are right with the single player side but the multiplayer side was by far alot better. Spent so many hours in Clan battles, just couldn´t get enough of it. Then there was the sound, the dev´s put in such alot of work and effort in the sound, did you unlock the Video showing them getting the original sounds?
My favourite WW2 shooter of all time! Weapon upgrades, loads of fun with eliminating enemy soldiers and a very dynamic gameplay. And these parachute jumps straight into the secret locations... mmmmmm :)
Just realized that graphics are more or less like in Fallout 4 :D
7 years before F4.... :P
Loved this one. The multiplayer (RIP) was great!
I wish someone would buy the rights to the Medal of Honor franchise and give it the Renaissance that it so DESPERATELY needs!!!
Does anyone know how to get this game to work on Windows 11? When I click on the play button via using the EA App aka formerly known as Origin, the game doesn't launch at all. The EA App closes and opens again, but the game won't start up. I got a feeling the game isn't compatible with this current version of Windows.
It is compatible with current Windows version. It's because the game relies on an older version of PhysX that is needed to be installed in order for the game to work.
How foes this compare to MOH Frontline?
I was just thinking about this game ..wow
This game had a great concept, but the trouble was that the controls and gunplay just felt so clunky and dated compared with contemporaries like CoD 4 and Halo 3.
Believe it or not, but the flak tower was a real thing.
Flak towers are real, and they're still here, in Vienna, Berlin and Hamburg.
It was really good. It came with my old computer so low sales seem weird. I'm actually sitting here. Trying to figure out. If it's worth the trouble. To risk viruses and stuff. So I can play it on the new hardware which has no cd player...The immersion was pretty good. The story was totally fine. Playing the game there was not much to complain about. Every map felt unique with different challenges to keep it interesting. I have played through it several times. I especially like sniping and those semi un-killable gas mask guys XD
No story, I think. Is pretty in line with the MoH series up to that point imo. Medal of honour never really…did have a proper story. Frontline, allied assault, vanguard, Airborne…well, I guess there’s the pacific game to be fair, but that was a bit of an outlier from my memory. It wasn’t until the first modern one they clearly *really* tried for a proper main plot.
Yeah, most ww2 don't have a story, i feel like a lot of criticism of this game here could apply to any ww2 shooter
I really liked this game, I even downloaded it to series X, but modern game play mechanics have ruined me.
currently playing this in 2024, for windows 10...
Is there a way to play on PS5?
This is basically the cooler version of the new modern warfare 3
I adore this campaign❤
Good video, you should play medal of honor pacific assault, the BEST medal of honor in my opinion and one of the best ww2 games ever😊
I wish they'd remaster this game!
Absolutely amazing
I loved the game. Especially the MP mode - and the maps from previous installments like Destroyed Village (but I preferred the non airborne mode - when I opened a game both teams spawned on the ground). Pity nobody plays it anymore. "I've seen French schoolgirls shoot better!" ;)
Most of the MoH games we're great but this was amazing
While I agree with you about the gas mask and a mess there is one can you round the password fixed too I think but the flag tower is very much a real thing. I think you are two of them are still standing in the day one near the zoo in Berlin, and I think another one in Austria.
It's that good I still have it..😊.
i love the game sure many thing couldve added and improved but is unique in his way
i wouldve changed at example the cith where you start in normandy (Audoville) since Paratrooper commit war crime there against POWs after severe having severe casualties(imo cause.. eeeh not so good)
added more guns and soldiers
like the italians (that you find only in Adanti which is fictional town btw) i wouldve give proper weapons for them than improve Skill since technically are not regular army but Volunteer mostly type of branch
other type of italian unit in the Paestum level since is an hour away from naples i would expect italian forces of sometype like coastal division (i have to check if there was any italian division whatsoever but seem strange lacking totally) and more depth in those are like dividing them like Chapters example Italy("tutorial &" easy are) 3/4 Missions,France overall difficulty and missions increased ext for the rest of the campaign so basically each are with unique story,characters and personality
get rid of the MG Juggernaut... thats silly i wouldve put actual elite type unit or special forces (Panzerschreck are fine but remove the gas mask unless you dont add Gas grenade like in WaW multiplayer)
example of guns
surely i wouldve put avaible the Reicoless rifle and Panzerschreck in the loadout because already the Rifle Grenade mod of any rifle dont do nothing to thanks and being able to upgrade guns that you obtain in a single level or something like that is just a wasted opportunity
LMGs with some quirk to have them at start not as powerful (even tho evry gun in the game is ok-ish in their way and become rather OP)
definetly something like a GameEditor where you can create your own mission and making feasible for modding
the possibility to remove upgrades from a gun (like in some cases i wouldve rather to have certain features rather than the others that force me to play guns in certain way like the G43 i wouldve keep only grenade launcher and extended mag because i dont see why im forced to use a scope)
Co-Op campaign
more open maps
Trophies to add some grind and "replayability"
and i think this is about it
Playing this after watching Band of Brothers...
It had it's flaws but it was very fun game.
MoH Warfighter wasn't that bad tbh 😊 MoH:AA was the best for me
My favorite MoH 🐰
It was perfect Game
Why Medal of Honor Beyond and Above is not a good game?
The game was not supported I think it got one or two patches and no mod tools.
I got the impression you just wanted to call this game what it was and I'll say it for you. It was crap, a good idea not supported and we all know 'EA's track record on this topic 'Firestorm' anyone ?
Oh I am fairly sure it died because no one could make proper maps for it. There was some maps just cut from levels was all.
This game was a flop from the beginning, it was a bloated pig that was nearly unplayable on launch. EA live service was introduced, spelling the beginning of the end for MOH lovers. MoH:AA will never die!
Warfighter was not fun
airborne was terrible it was clunky,buggy ,short and very poor quality its mp was also botched on launch and didn't work for months
Mid