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Medal Of Honor Underground - Platinum (PS)
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Medal of Honor was an accomplished game by all standards, and does everything to remind us what all the hype was about. This time, you play Manon, a young French Resistance girl who is aching to get some action against the oppressing German invaders. Medal of Honor: Underground is not simply a collection of further levels--there has been some thought and careful re-working to bring new features to the game. The environment is now more interactive, so more things react to being shot at, and you also get to go on co-operative missions with other allies. The overall level of AI has been improved so the enemy is now more responsive and will react to your fire accordingly. There is a new range of weapons for Manon to use, but overall they have the same effect as the original. The sound is also highly impressive; the footsteps of approaching guards seem to echo off every wall and the multilingual shouts add to a very encompassing gaming environment. The first-person view and controls are the same as the predecessor, which are simple and easy to get the hang of while using the analogue stick to control the speed of your movement is noteworthy and extremely effective task to master. Perhaps the only shortcoming of the game lies in the visual presentation: the gameplay graphics are impressive and clear, but cannot match that of the more powerful consoles. There are still a few problems with the polygon mapping, but nothing that detracts from the playability of the game. Overall, Medal of Honor: Underground has all the glory of its predecessor and is just as addictive. If you are a fan of first-person shooters, Medal of Honor: Underground is about the best that the PlayStation has to offer. --Chris Hall
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5/5 |
Playstation 1 at it's most potential.
(February 28, 2008) |
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Okay I don't normally like to review a second game in a franchise without reviewing the original first but I have to say that no matter how much I loved the original, I feel that this second game is actually slightly better.
The game sees you not resume the role of Luitenant Jimmy Patterson (the hero of the original) but that of his female contact in the French Resistance against the Nazis, Manon (who only had a minor but important role in the first adventure). The events in this game take place before the first one aswell and thus as Manon you get to kick a lot of Nazi butt.
The graphics for a PSone are superb frankly and the music is suitable for the theme. However the AI hasn't improved that much but really it couldn't get much better and frankly you wouldn't want it to as the game would be too hard. It is more gothic and noirish in it's look as you travel mostly around Nazi occupied France as well and it is not repetitive. The multiplayer is great too as you get loads of characters from the game itself to that of Marie Antionette (I think she's in this one's multiplayer anyway). The maps are ace too as they provide loads of darkness and hiding spots for you to prey on other players. In fact I would even say that this is even better than really the Playstation 2 versions that have followed (Frontline was close but had no multiplayer on the PS2 but the Xbox one does have that) and with most of the titles that followed had a very short one player, something of which MOHU doesn't have.
Don't have it and see it? Get it. |
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5/5 |
Good, clean fun - again!
(June 01, 2006) |
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This game is much the same as its predecessor, the excellent 'Medal of Honor'. The settings are new and there's plenty to be getting on with, but the basics of the game have not changed much. The graphics look a little bit better perhaps, but it's essentially more of the same. Good stuff, for sure! And so atmospheric - some of the best sound effects I've heard in a game, even by today's standards. |
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4/5 |
great game weird ending
(January 05, 2004) |
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excellent game,taking you from paris to cairo exterminating german soldiers,a great number of weapons to choose from and help from the s.o.b.hard levels and a castle full of medievil knights strange i know but still you can hear them coming and the last level you end up putting a cross between pinochio and punch together and escape a mad scientist convention totally weird. |
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5/5 |
Pity it went back underground again......
(September 12, 2003) |
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What can I say that hasnt already been said. Essentially MOH and then some more, this next addition adds tanks, half tracks and AI that fights on your side. If there are two things that motivate someone to buy this, then they have to be that EA has pretty much abandoned this game and that Im not even sure if they make copies anymore, so buy them while you can! And the second (and best) is to complete all the levels with an excellent rating. If you do, you'll see the 'fun' side of EA, when you encounter a mission called "where beagles dare", where you have to investigate a castle full of super crazy dogs that dance and shoot machine guns and bazooka's, and the dreaded Panzerknacker.
Pure fun in a nice small box. |
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5/5 |
Vive la resistance!
(January 11, 2002) |
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From the opening screens it's obvious that once again EA have been doing they're History homework. Medal of Honor Underground puts you in the position of a tough female resistance operative, charged with infiltrating various Nazi strongholds throughout Europe and North Africa. From the first level, the atmosphere of the game is both intimidating and engaging. The back drop graphics are exceptionally moody and dark, and the sound effects and background noises are some of the best and most accurate I have ever heard in a first person shooter-bullets crack and whizz over your head, and automatic weapons make a convincing rattle. But the real character of the game is the AI of the computer enemies. They assualt you in the way a real group of WW2 soldiers would: moving in twos, giving each other covering fire and throwing grenades which have yet to explode back at you. The Nazis you face take bullet wounds with chilling authenticity, and the game boasts an interesting selection of weapons, including molotov cocktails and a crossbow. Going undercover is the finest point aspect of the game-sneaking into nazi bases posing as a photographer, chatting up an officer or two and then dispatching them with a silenced pistol is exhilarating fun. Not for kids! |
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