A Masterclass of an FPS! - Medal of Honor Frontline Retrospective Review (Game Development/Analysis)

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Time Stamps: Intro: 00:00 Development: 01:30 Gameplay Discussion: 04:46 Conclusion: 19:17 Thank you very much for watching! If you are interested in more Medal of Honor Retrospectives, please click one of the links below: MOH 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hauah2Znm911r8U MOH Underground: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mV6Wfa1vrrp_jsU MOH Allied Assault: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6u8aXZvlNqFeNE If you are interested in early access to my content, check out my Patreon: www.patreon.com/joethealternativegamer

[@JaylorKrend]

The disguise portions were masterfully done are you kidding me? They accomplish exactly what they're supposed to!They show the player, the child potentially, That wearing a disguise of the enemy is both ineffective and illegal. Soldiers caught in enemy uniform surrender there right to being captured as an enemy combatant. They can absolutely be killed or face the judicial system of wherever they are caught. They did this very well. Nine times out of 10 wearing an enemies uniform got you killed or worse.

[@ArnoldTohtFan]

_Medal of Honor: Frontline_ has so many interactive easter eggs, but only the most vigilant and meticulous gamer will discover them all. In the bunker, the German at the top of the stairs will roll down them if you sneak up from behind and hit him. There's a German waiting to throw a grenade down from an overhead shaft, but if you peek around the corner slowly, you can shoot him first. He will fall down and his grenade will detonate. You can also shoot the fuel barrels next to some officers. It's funny because it reads like they caused an explosion with their cigarettes. On the turret deck, sneak up behind the German with the binoculars and shove him. He will fall over the edge to his death. On top of Nijmegen bridge, some snipers will fall to their deaths if you startle them. _Frontline_ is jam packed with these little gags. It's an absolute delight, and I'm sad that this kind of fun is absent from contemporary gaming.

[@KingNez89]

This game holds a very very special place in my heart... not only is this the first fps I played at 13 years old, my uncle who passed from cancer got me this game....I would sit and listen to that intro song over and over and over again staring out my moms window when she let me play my gamecube on her tv.....that intro song truly makes me emotional to this day, because not only does it remind me of my youth, but its pretty much synonymous with my uncle and it makes me miss him so much.. I actually did alot of reserch and even learned to speak a little german BECAUSE of this game.. It will be in my heart forever ♥️ ❤

[@evanhanley6437]

One of my first PlayStation 2 games. It was incredible to play. That opening music brings back a lot of memories. I remember the hype this game had back in the day. It was unreal. Glad I bought Medal of Honor 2010 so I could play it again.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Yea I wish that remaster got a wider release!

[@renchy7773]

Me too, awesome game 🥰♥️

[@kylewatson6890]

Same. Sunk 100s of hours into this game.

[@offgridRC]

Same! This was my first fps!!

[@TucBroder]

Frontline and Rising Sun... I played the heck out of those games. Ah the nostalgia.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Both great!

[@sashimi879]

Same for me. And vanguard.

[@tommyk228]

This was the absolute Masterpiece of the Series.

[@Nathan-Croft]

It's a shame that this franchise died. I never liked any of the COD games or BF games as much as the Ps1 Medal of Honor games or the good Ps2 MOH games

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

I think there is a space for a new Medal of Honor today. The focus was always on the single player until EA tried to fight cod. I think a solid single player, maybe with an optional coop mode, would be a good fit for a 30 - 40 dollar title today.

[@V1VISECT6]

Airborune was pretty underated, it was extremley overshadowed by COD4 when it came out. I loved Battefield 1942 and BF2. Was really saddend when they pulled the plug on MOH after Warfighter flopped. That game was odd. I loved its gameplay but the levels and story sucked. The MP was quite fun back then. Shame EA let this die and put those resourses into screwing up Battlefield.

[@J.Wolf90]

I would like a single play /co op moh game. I don't want it to be full of mictrotransactions turning the game into a comicon cosplay party like every other multiplayer shooter out there

[@franzpattison]

I like how you included developer footage

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

If I can find it I’ll use it :)

[@GamingMyWholeLife]

Keep up the good work! Keeping old franchises alive and teaching a bunch of things in the process : )

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

That’s the plan with these videos! So many good memories of great games that still play well!

[@High_Key]

One of my oldest cousins (like a 20yr age gap, my family’s huge) worked for EA at that time so I got a chance to play quite a few EA/EA Sport games that he would gift me each Christmas. Pretty blessed at the time to have experienced one of the golden era’s of EA like this. All for GameCube.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Lucky!

[@rayc2680]

"The Golden Lion" still holds up today visually. It's like going through a painting.

[@matthewtreat7616]

This was the first shooter I ever played. I still remember the cheat code to unlock all the “cheats”.

[@zanychelly]

Man, I really like the MoH 1 OST. So epic.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Yes! So timeless!

[@liveyourdreammedia]

I played this game so many times! Love it. Great review. Have a great weekend!

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Thank you :) and you too!

[@gregoryberrycone]

stoked to see you finally get around to this one. i hadn't played a medal of honor game for probably 17 or so years but replaying frontline last year i realized what a classic this one in particular is. i feel like its the perfect balance of the classic medal of honor feeling along with being on hardware that was sufficiently capable to provide a more playable and cinematic experience. once call of duty rose to prominence the war shooter genre just became incredibly homogenized. i like the arcadey run and gun feel of frontline, and the way you have to do certain specific odd little things in order to trigger all the possible enemy spawns on a level in order to get the gold medal was super interesting to me and not something ive seen in any other single player FPS that i can think of. anyway great video as always!

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

We need Medal of Honor to come back. A collection set would be nice with maybe a new sequel focused on single player :)

[@Yungbeck]

Underrated vid! Loved this game, Hoping for a remake/remaster some day.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

:) It actually got one lol! On the ps3, if you bought Medal of Honor 2010. But the remaster never was released anywhere else

[@swordsaver]

Recently I went and played this game again for the first time in years and it's still a great game. Modern WWII shooters like BFV, COD WW2 and Vanguard don't even come close to Frontline.

[@DIYStangsandFreedom]

Crazy to think that our "COD modern warfare" was Medal of honor series and Call of Duty 1-3. That was our jam. And if you were gettinf down on the ps1 back in the day you'd be running co op missions with your bro on spec ops and medal of honor.

[@Firealone9]

Would put this game alongside the best WW2 shooters out there. The art and mission design is top tier and the gameplay never gets old no matter how many playthroughs. I also think Rising Sun is comparable in quality. These old shooters are absolutely masterclasses.

[@cadjebushey6524]

This legend of a game was my childhood. I got it and Rising sun on ps2, alongside MOH vanguard, European assault, COD finest hour, big red one and 3, and MOH airborne and MOH 2010. Im a big history nerd.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Awesome!

[@JCATG]

Great job on this review of a masterpiece from the Sony PlayStation 2. This game brings me back to a time when my dad gifted me this one during the early 2000s and I spent countless hours truly enjoying it. Thank you and I liked and subscribed. I will be watching your other reviews! God bless!

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Thank you :)

[@Allnaturaljake]

Absolutely love your MoH videos. I'm still holding out hope that we'll one day see another good MoH game that focuses on the history element of WWII.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Thank you :) The plan is to cover all of them (except the VR game). Love this series!

[@daveruda]

Had the pleasure of playing both this and Allied assault on Pc. Similar but different games. This had more of a cinematic flair and the overall presentation was a bit nicer overall I think. While Allied Assault had nicer gunplay and some really cool atmospheric moments sometimes.

[@MrBlonday]

Played Frontline so much on the ps2 growing up along with Big Red One and Battlefront but this one was different 👌

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

I should cover the older cods

[@marshboii]

This game really set the mood for first person shooters. Great video man.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Thank you :)

[@jakekarma]

This game takes me back to playing it on my Uncles PS2. Not a care in the world other than what was for dinner. How fast time flys.

[@TheSlayer71782]

Best Metal of honor game of all time!!

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Def in the upper tier

[@brycecaliber3175]

after all the years, I've finally finished it legit as of this morning lol. it does still holds up for sure in my opinion, and it does have some problems but far and few in-between vs fps games, or games as a whole nowadays. Now I need to finish the ps1 ports for the first time.

[@SlabbyMess]

I used to play these all the time on ps2 same with rising sun. It’s crazy how many times you could play the game over and over with what you had lol

[@Garde538]

I was playing this last night ❤

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Sounds like a great night!

[@emulation2369]

I liked pacific assault on pc, the intro blew me away, and I liked basic squad system.... I just like to care about my little squad... Brother in arms games are my gems, wish we could have games like this, but about Eastern front, but without stupid stereotypes (like lack of guns or death squads killing soldiers in the back, stupid things that actually never happened)

[@garettegear5557]

THERE WAS A HINT SYSTEM!!?!?

[@bobplanderlinde329]

Hahahah

[@jehb8945]

First of all the demo for this was seaside stowaway at least part of it and that made me want more and then when I played the first part of the D-Day level I was in awe I remember asking myself what did I just get myself into Sure there have been world War II games that have been better than this but this was definitely a landmark game and it will hold a special place in my heart as it was the first game I ever put a deposit on it was worth the wait and I played the living crap out of this not just alone but with a few good friends Lastly this was back in the day when you had to get the game right on the CD or the DVD there was no internet update to fix problems or glitches and Frontline Frontline was absolutely brilliant as there are no mistakes For what this game was they crammed a lot of content into it and if anybody can get their hands on the remastered version for Playstation 3 or if they still have a working PlayStation 2 track down a copy of this you will not be disappointed

[@doscassette871]

Operation Repunzel, the mansion level, you actually can sneak past the guard and get a fair ways into the level disguised its just unlikely. Generally I found you had to wait a bit

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Interesting! Might try that!

[@wattycuffee5664]

Once you get into the mansion the guard peeps your uniform is wrong and you don't belong there. It's impossible to get far into the mansion quietly. Shit hits the fan ASAP. I played this game for years.

[@doscassette871]

@Watty Cuffee hug the wall on the right when walking past and don't look at him. It's likely a glitch but I have done it successfully

[@sashimi879]

​@@wattycuffee5664 I tried it a few times and you can get as far as the big staircase where theres a fuck ton of german soldiers blocking your way through.

[@moarkish6739]

After holding it off for years I finally downloaded an emulator just to play frontline.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Post back with your thoughts!

[@bobbyhill1976]

There’s plenty of “better” games out there. But Frontline will always be my favorite game of all time! I truly wish the ps1 games Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor underground would be fully remastered with today’s graphics. Also a remasters of Frontline and Rising Sun for today’s consoles too!

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Not better than frontline 😉

[@bobbyhill1976]

@@joethealternativegamer3935 Today’s ww2 games are all copy and paste. Then again so are 99% of shooters. Frontline, Rising Sun and the originals on ps1 where just amazing.

[@Cat_in_The-Box]

Peak medal of honor, only lacking in stealth disguise department. I hate ea for letting franchise rot but maybe its for the better when I look at what happened to NFS

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Wonderful series

[@lawrencesmeaton6930]

As much as I loved Frontline, Allied Assault on the PC was out at the same time and I felt was just so much better - Frontline was still fun but Allied Assault was phenomenal. That was when PC shooters really shot ahead of console titles imo - apart from Halo: CE of course.

[@djjayem100]

Just imagine is medal of honor was never bought by EA

[@GhosTSpartaNFtW34]

Back when games were good

[@jaredmccain7555]

Lmao 8:44 is hilarious

[@bmshaven]

I will say that this game did not age very well. The hit detection, no checkpoints, butt clenching 20 minute levels. I have always felt there was something odd with the gunplay, and of course it's quite noticeable now. Having said all this, the campaigns had the typical MOH charm, was leaps and bounds ahead of MOH 1 and Underground, and the music was masterclass. European Assault and Vanguard are much easier to get back into and enjoy nowadays, however.

[@coreycunningham8090]

It smells like poop

[@alfredodominguez2799]

Wash your hands before playing next time!!!!

[@digletttexano678]

The scores in these games are really good, I remember watching a video on the extras of this game where a kid sings the main theme hitting high notes

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

That kid is a legend

[@Dragonfury3000]

These games helped alot of games having ww2 historic importance it wasn't just the movies. Call of duty 1 and 2 did a great job with it as well.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Very true!

[@Hamentsios10]

Masterpiece indeed. Probably one of the best video game orchestral soundtrack ever made, phenomenal gameplay and historical references, and just wonderful design. That's why I chose to remake parts of the game in Call of Duty 2 as a mod. I already made the Omaha level. There's a video for it.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

That’s really cool!

[@Shawnredfield98]

I love the series. I even found some fun in the later games that everybody hated. I hope Medal Of Honor returns one day in proper form.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Which ones did you love that others hated?

[@Shawnredfield98]

@@joethealternativegamer3935 I had fun with Medal Of Honor(2010) and Warfighter.(2012) They were nowhere near as good as the games before it but I still had a good time when they released.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

I actually never played warfighter and I find 2010 to be a bit underrated

[@Shawnredfield98]

@@joethealternativegamer3935 Same here. Definitely would be cool to hear your thoughts on both games when you get around to Warfighter.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

@@Shawnredfield98 I will slowly get there! The plan is to cover all of them, including psp games and the forgotten gba original title!

[@MrSkullMerchant]

When thinking of military 1st person shooters, medal of honor always comes to mind first over call of duty

[@dosentortellini-8933]

Love ur channel! The retro reviews are my favourites here! Keep up the good work, greetings from germany friend

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Thank you :) I started making a bigger push to cover older titles this year and I found a new love in making videos! The retro stuff is not going anywhere! A few years ago I visited Germany, love the Bavarian food!

[@dorkbrandon4422]

It's funny how it never bothered me so much about having to start whole mission again after dying , I guess us 80's and 90s kids were use to that and you just sucked it up

[@mohcarson7896]

This is my absolute favorite game of all time. Is it the best of all time? Nope haha. But it holds a huge place in my life. The original, Underground, Frontline and Rising Sun all have a big piece in my memories as a kid. Wish they’d fully remaster those four games!

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

I hope I did it justice here! I’m with ya those four games are and still great! I’d probably throw a couple more in there too 😉

[@melko1408]

Just beat the bridge level on hard and going for the plat this week. Going for the trophies is super fun and brings back so many memories. Great game and still holds up.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Playing on the ps3!?

[@renchy7773]

♥️

[@yurieu5872]

I won the two disguise stages fully disguised.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

How!?

[@yurieu5872]

​@@joethealternativegamer3935 During Operation Repunzel, if you past the guard you can go all the way until the end, just use the grenades, the silencer pistol. I think its actually a glitch, the cooker throw knives at you, some enemies shoot you but your disguise is not blown. I even tried to let the prisoner go alone until the end but he disappears, you need to keep track on him fully disguised.

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

@@yurieu5872 chad trophy unlocked!

[@anthonycoffer3633]

I had all the Medal of Honor games I especially loved frontline. I REALLY REALLY wish they’d bring back Medal of Honor games again (& NO VR bs)

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Yea bring it back proper

[@ZoltanMarossy]

The soundtrack had a 7 year old me immersed in the grim and gloom of war and destruction.

[@newmb321]

Great game

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Yes!

[@1TruNub]

Patterson hey patterson

[@thepeskyone]

If i took a shot for each time i heard opposition, i may be in the hospital

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Then don’t do that lol