The Outlaw's Favorite Game Moments: Medal of Honor Frontline

So this time I decided to look to new releases for inspiration for today's feature, and then it hit me: The Medal of Honor reboot comes out on Tuesday. The series hasn't been very relevant since Call of Duty came out, but back in it's prime it was a very important shooter. If you've been following the media at all, or reading some of my more newsy articles, you would know that the new Medal of Honor has been causing a lot of controversy, but for now let us forget all that. We're going to the PS2 era.

Remember, this was some years ago and us gamers weren't all burnt out on World War II games. Saving Private Ryan was also one of the big new movies around this time. Thus, the inspiration for one of the greatest opening moments in games was born; The D-Day invasion in Medal of Honor: Frontline.


Gulp

See, I didn't know this was going to be happening at the beginning. I was, however, a little history nerd. That's why when the date popped up all I could think was, "nuh-uh... I have to survive D-Day..." Oh boy was I right. Looking back, no it wasn't all that hard, and the game only put about a dozen people on the beach at once, but it didn't matter. When I emerged from the water and saw German machine guns shooting everything around me, I felt trapped with nowhere to go; just like I was supposed to. When I hid in a bombed out hole I didn't want to leave. Why? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FREAKING DYING OUT THERE!

No it wouldn't be much today, but back then this was the epitome of realism. I must have played this part of the game 15 times when I was in middle school. Here's hoping the reboot I'll be picking up tomorrow can live up to this kind of legacy. (It also has to rip me away from Sonic 4 episode 1 ;-) ) Also, the little poem at the beginning always makes me tear up a little.

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Also, the part where you go undercover in a bar is pretty awesome too. It probably won't get a full feature though, because I can't find a good video and well... I kinda just mentioned it here. Enjoy!