Reviewing Every Medal of Honor Game

[@Gggmanlives]

Well, almost every game...

[@maximkatsur3870]

Not included: the most recent one?

[@TheHippieGunner]

Dude, you deserve a beer, consistently my favorite gaming channel

[@trobriandstorm]

@@maximkatsur3870 Which one, that VR game?

[@nazlok44]

I’ve wished that you would review MoH European Assault as it’s probably my favorite in the series along with airborne. But instead you decided to go above and beyond. (Sorry for the pun). This series holds a special place in my heart as it was one of my first exposures to gaming and probably the first FPS series I played. Thank You for this video.❤

[@H3llBaron]

He doesn't included last one because it sucks

[@Armordude91122Cute]

Considering the shift between WW2 and Modern Military, I'm surprised Medal of Honor never explored the Vietnam era or the Korean War because I felt like the both setting would fit Medal of Honor really well.

[@qwopiretyu]

Shellshocked: Vietcong is a Nam game. I think SOCOM 1 or 2 has Vietnam missions or maybe those were mods.

[@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и]

@@qwopiretyu There a ton a FPS games about 'Nam: Men of Valor, these half-life 1 mods about Nam, and famous Dilogy by same original makers of MAFIA series (Yes, 2k Czech) - called "Vietcong" (There even was expansion/prequel for first game - called Vietcong: Fist Alpha).

[@jakey14344]

Why is no one making a game about Korean war? Oh, I get it because killing the Communist Chinese army won't sit well in China.

[@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и]

@@jakey14344 >killing Chinese Communists is not okay Bro, literally 'Nam War been too - as Communist (North Vietnam) vs monarchy of Vietnam/capitalists... Are srsly that dumb - you can't read at least one history book?

[@jakey14344]

@@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и what I mean is that the game won't sell well in China because of that reason not to mention the backlash from the hypocritical Chinese government.

[@sentientwinter]

MOH Frontline’s soundtrack composed by Michael Giacchino is hands down one of the most emotional and beautiful pieces of music in gaming I’ve ever heard

[@justmichael468]

Yes, still chills when I listen to arnhem knights

[@rifle2563]

@@justmichael468 oooo yeah

[@EvilWiffles]

Both Call of Duty Finest Hour soundtracks and MoH Frontlines soundtracks make up my childhood memories. It's pathetic modern triple-A WW2 shooters don't use orchestral music but at least some are self aware that dubstep wouldn't fit the themes.

[@justmichael468]

@@EvilWiffles oh yes finest hours, that one is another nostalgic trip, the intro was really cool

[@SoaringLettuce]

Manor House Rally from Operation Rapunzel is so good

[@anitalianpenguin]

Frontline was iconic for me, the D-Day mission was as close as you could get to a recreation of Saving Private Ryan. But there is one thing that makes it the best and that's the soundtrack. It was composed by Michael Giacchino and anyone who's seen any of his films he's done the music for will know how hard his work slaps. The theme of Arnhem gives me chills to this day.

[@adamrogowski2748]

I remember buying a gaming magazine with a PS2 demo disc and playing the Frontline demo repeatedly. That, as a young teen, made me buy the full game 😁

[@ozzyg82]

I absolutely agree. Frontline was so epic and moving - the score really made it. I’ll always have strong nostalgia for that game. Glad i’m not the only one.

[@idiot_city5444]

Other than a handful of missions, that is probably one of the most over the top ones in the series. I think there's 2 or 3 levels where there are other soldiers fighting with you, otherwise it's you against literally thousands of Germans. It kind of just becomes a James Bond spy game where you are behind enemy lines, which is hilarious because it's called Frontline... lol

[@Chronic-ASAP105-cx4gm]

@@idiot_city5444 Yeah Medal Of Honor The Rising Sun was even more obnoxious to defend 10-15 Japanese soldiers at once. It made for some unrealistic gameplay...

[@idiot_city5444]

@@Chronic-ASAP105-cx4gm only played that one once but yeah I remember it being like that

[@andrewhudson7108]

Yup. As a millennial, my grandfather served in the navy during WWII. Was originally going to be a pilot for the navy air force but when the two divisions separated, they assigned him photographer for a carrier due to him being a gopher for a photo company as a teen. Got his own room due to needing a dark room, everyone treated him well because they wanted pics to send back home, and we inherited hundreds of photos he took then and his teenage years in the thirties.

[@yeetyateyote5570]

Digitize em if you can! Keeps em backed up from the physical version ever degrading or being damaged.

[@quarreneverett4767]

Nice

[@randykeith1203]

My grandfather was in the army but mainly did tech/military so more a civ army than doing things

[@randykeith1203]

My grandfather was in the army but mainly did tech/military so more a civ army than doing things

[@Heckinwhatonearth]

My great grandfather also served....I'm Hungarian. We don't talk about it....

[@TheGunner11]

For the record, you can reload a Garand whenever you want. There is a button on the left side of the receiver that releases the enbloc clip when you pull the bolt back and allows you to insert a new full one.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Which from what I remember is not realistic, but I might be wrong.

[@lukaz20001]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 Are you saying an actual function on the rifle isn't realistic, or that not being able to reload it in games without emptying the clip isn't realistic? TheGunner is right. Pull the operating rod back to remove chambered round, press clip latch, release rod and pull trigger to render the rifle safe. (Note: "Rod" in this case is referring to the bolt)

[@DCGMatthew1]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 What? Are you saying being able to reload or not reload is not realistic?

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@DCGMatthew1 From what I remember you couldn't reload M1 Garand without emptying the whole clip, but as I said - I might be wrong here

[@DCGMatthew1]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 You are very much wrong. You just pull the bolt/operating rod back and press the button on the side and it will eject the clip. That has always been the case with the M1 Garand. It wouldn't make sense for the military to adopt a rifle that requires you to fully empty before you can reload.

[@Hostilehippie13]

The ending sequence to 2010 MoH where you’re forced to watch your friend slowly die is absolutely gut wrenching, first video game ending to ever make me that emotional

[@josephmccann4518]

I kept thinking he was gonna make it 😢

[@LTenhet]

That was how you do a death scene, it really hit a lot harder than most of the Call of Duty deaths do.

[@piscessoedroen]

whole rescue mission where you have like half your rescue team wiped, meetup with the spec ops guys who are also searching for rabbit, and bombastic setpieces. all that to watch rabbit die. it really hits hard

[@BlueSpams]

That actually had me fucked up for a while. My older brother had just started his deployment with the Marines too. So I had a hard time wanting to play that game again for personal reasons.

[@e3uphoric51]

Rip Rabbit

[@akicauchemar7286]

The music in MOH games is something that will always hit the hardest. I swear man, hearing the Arnhem Knights theme to this day always makes me teary eyed. If you finished that mission on hardest difficulty, you are eligible for veteran discount

[@angmordagnithil7127]

For real. Michael Giachinno is a legend, and I wish he got more credit.

[@user-yo8ab1ys9e]

I agree with you The music is excellent and very nostalgic when I listen

[@Andy85uk]

I think one of my ultimate favourite tracks is the motorcycle chase from underground

[@NthReview]

My dad was totally down for these military shooters in their earliest days (Allied Assault, the first Call of Duty) around the turn of the century and yeah, definitely Battlefield 1942. It looks like the talent left to form Infinity Ward and Electronic Arts could never catch up again. I think people really forget how real WWII fatigue was around the time that COD4 came out.

[@dawsynasay4841]

Oh yeah. By 2009 WWII games were completely out of fashion. I was surprised to see them make a small return in 2016-2018. I wonder if that short stint was the last we will ever see of major gaming franchises return to the WWII setting?

[@unknown-xq9rs]

@@dawsynasay4841 i believe in the future we will but it most likely will be in a time that we would really need one just to bridge us from the other games lol

[@onemorescout]

@@dawsynasay4841 Considering how most of those games landed in 2016-2019, and Vanguard being rejected by both CoD’s community and the larger casual gaming playerbase, I’d say that was the last run of WW2 games for a long while.

[@HS_Rick]

@@onemorescout Vanguard was just god awful

[@Krenki5555]

@@onemorescout Vanguard was a World War II game?

[@tommydennen9563]

Medal of Honor Rising Sun was definitively the moment I became addicted to video games. I played MOH Underground and was enthralled, working my way thru the catacombs, etc. But playing Rising Sun on christmas morning and fending off the attack of pearl harbor and being thrown into the entirely previously unseen environments of the pacific was addicting. For me, the cinematics and immersion and interaction of the game at that time was literally mind-numbing and fully real to me. Love this video you’ve made!

[@thingonathinginathing]

It made me join the Marines, and sparked my life long interest into WWII lol

[@shosc16]

This was my first Medal of Honour and was also my first ‘addiction’. I wanted to play the first mission over and over again

[@MrLoldelol]

Indeed ❤

[@WillemDafuq69]

the coop was amazing

[@simontemplar.8668]

When you spoke about our generation being the last to talk to grand parents that served in WW2 I remembered my grandfather. He was a teacher in the German city of Aachen and would be called to arms pretty late in war. He was sent to the Eastern front and survived the Soviet PoW camps as one of very few. But one should differenciate between the terror of a real war and the great fun those early parts of the game series were. Fun fact: A friend of mine even played through the second game while serving in the German Bunderwehr. 😁

[@jetbreak]

I'm sure these long-form retrospectives are a lot of work and a pain to do, but man, I love this kind of content and this is very well done! I hope you cover other series in the future, thanks for the great work!

[@bl0ated_]

It's crazy looking at Rising Sun today. Back then, it felt like insane graphics. Good times playing that masterpiece with my dad.

[@ashleydolin4292]

So many nights getting stoned drinking doing blow and rising sun. Fucking loved it

[@PyschoKush]

bro fr me and my dad playing all the ps2 medal of honors when i was little i still have the 70 ps2 games my dad had and it includes original copys of all the medal of honors

[@noobslayer10101]

Right? Lol playing MoH split screen coop with the pops was awesome haha

[@RyanDob]

Agreed!! It was by brother and I's very first FPS and we played the living daylights out of that game. We still sometimes go back to the multiplayer just for the nestalgia.

[@PoisondBacon]

@@ashleydolin4292that sounds great hahaha

[@matthewbeach2669]

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault hits me with so much nostalgia, its main theme always brings a tear to my eye. I can almost 100 percent root my love for history back to that game, got me interested in learning about world war 2, which naturally spread to everything else.

[@lindboknifeandtool]

God of war did that for Greek mythology for me too lol

[@fortune2515]

No one will ever convince me that there's a better map than Malta from AA's Spearhead expansion.

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

I still have that game among my pc-cd roms and pc-dvds. Good times. After Doom and Quake 2 to Unreal Tournament and Half-Life (incl Opposing Forces) this was a great game… Also have the Pacific Assault game, but quickly quit it when I kept dying to unseen Japanese soldiers in the jungle. After those two MoH was not interesting anymore and I never got into CoD. Battlefield 1942 was so much more fun.

[@OrbiTiZZeD]

@@mikaelbiilmann6826 i was playing duke nukem 3d when people were playing quake lol

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

@@OrbiTiZZeD Loved that game. I had the demo.

[@aleckermit]

Frontline's first mission was an insane experience back in the day.

[@texasred7806]

Replayed that so many times as a kid. Properly amazed me

[@kylewatson6890]

@@texasred7806 SAME. That and splash down were my first ps2 games.

[@pussydestroyer87]

I played that and Arnhem Knights more times than I can count. The graphics haven't aged well but the sounds and music are still some of the best I've ever experienced.

[@780Dubb]

Specifically made by Steve Spielberg, they got his input for this game if I recall correctly

[@kylewatson6890]

@@pussydestroyer87 I remember Arnhem Knights was cool because you could go up to the third floor of this building and, idk... I thought it was really cool being up that high lmao.

[@martyrogers8629]

Medal of Honor Allied Assault and Medal of Honor Spearhead are engrained in my blood. playing those games when I was about 9 years old or so was so breathtaking. Then it went to MoH Breakthrough, CoD1, and then CoD:UO and then to CoD2. Wow I miss those days so much!

[@cameronward9443]

I've always loved Pacific Assault. It's like a guilty pleasure. Sure the healing sucks, but honestly Guadalcanal and Tarawa were some of the best levels I've ever played in any video game ever.

[@ertnyot784]

My favorite one

[@okilladmityouarerightbut4827]

I loved rising sun when I was a kid. Doesn’t really hold up too well now a days but still nostalgic as hell

[@AnakinSkywakka]

​@Ok I’ll admit you are right But Same, Rising Sun was my first MOH game so it holds a special place for me. Plus the split screen was fun.

[@okilladmityouarerightbut4827]

@@AnakinSkywakka I was like 4 or 5 when I played it and the AI for the multiplayer matches would absolutely shit on me lol I love that game I really wish it could be ported to pc somehow

[@Rimland23]

Agreed. Tarawa can drag a bit, but it´s a pretty unique level. I tend to spend too much time in the game´s main menu though. Love how interactive they made it.

[@Lord_Deimos]

My grandfather survived D-Day and several other conflicts of that era, for that I always felt proud of him. As a kid I would ask him to tell me some of his wartime stories and he would always oblige, although somewhat hesitantly probably because of the trauma he endured like many others. Playing MoH on the playstation always reminded me of him so the series is special to me. I also love MoH 2010 and Warfighter no matter what anyone says.

[@SuperNoobz22]

Vanguard was the first game in the series that I played and was the first FPS game (not counting Battlefront 2) that I ever played. Still holds a special place in my heart despite all its flaws. That game was the catalyst for my love of history so for that I'll always be grateful for it.

[@DaDaDo661]

Underground oozed with atmosphere and art. The devs really nailed everything from the music to the characters. It's amazing what you could do with the PS1

[@royfr8136]

I have such great memories of that game. I don't remember it as not being able to look down the barrel of the gun though... and in my mind the graphics were a lot better, almost real life.... hahahah

[@yourvehicleswarrantymaybee7350]

The first two games are still quite enjoyable today. Perhaps it's a little bit of the nostalgia for me, but they still hold up if you adjust for the time period.

[@Gr00t]

Frontline and Rising Sun are solely to thank for my 20+ year love of video games. I can't thank them enough for giving me something I could really relate to my father with and bond over, the amount of times we played through rising sun co-op is scary to think of.

[@bickyboo7789]

I loved playing Rising Sun with my Dad or brother. That game has a special place in my heart.

[@ImJef]

@@bickyboo7789 Same, I totally forgot about Rising Sun until I clicked on the video. I got hit with sudden nostalgia, remembering playing this as a kid with my twin brother

[@moscowvicent831]

Both though games were my childhood I love playing them on the game cube such emotions

[@bfums]

Rising sun was the best. So many hours playing welrod only multiplayer matches

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@bfums Holy shit, I remember thinking it was a made up weapon. Also those matches were true test of skill - one bullet mags, one shot kills. Loved it.

[@JuliusKaesar]

About Heroes and Heroes 2; these games were absolute conquering the handheld FPS multiplayer scene when they came out. I remember playing Heroes 2 multiplayer for years online, with tens of thousands of people playing. It had a massive competitive scene as well. Absolutely mindblowing if I think back about it. The single player campaign were deliberately cut short because the multiplayer aspect offered much more. After Heroes 2 I dont think any handheld device has had such a solid FPS game that was so popular online. The steam deck has the potential to bring this back, but the problem is that you are going up against people that have massive advantages over you with mouse and keyboard.

[@HorrorCrisisTime]

Something else that is absolutely awesome about Rising Son is that the entire campaign is playable in split screen co op which as far as im aware was the only time in the series that this happened. My brother and I played rising religiously and i also loved that the multiplayer had different AI levels for each character you threw into your matches. really underrated game i feel

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

All except for the last level actually, the aircraft carrier level wasn't playable in coop for some reason.

[@NotTheAverageGamerz]

I played it with my brother on the PS2 and I still have my copy ! Such a great game !

[@780Dubb]

Amen, me and my cousin would run through this game every weekend he’d come over this and the warriors

[@HorrorCrisisTime]

@@780Dubb Thats awesome! the warriors is one of those games i look back on and WISH we had.

[@gibby3767]

@@NotTheAverageGamerz me and my lil brother used to take turns playing this and black everyday on my dads old ps2 (im 19)

[@AjaxJP]

One of the weirdest things about Medal of Honor 2010 was that the campaign and multiplayer were on seemingly different game engines so they felt very different from each other.

[@bigbake132]

They might have been designed by two different studios. Games would do that sometimes back then.

[@Giovannithegamepro]

@@bigbake132 dice did the multiplayer, if I’m not Mistaken. Why it had a BF feel.

[@bigbake132]

@@Giovannithegamepro That makes sense. I knew it had a different developer. Thanks.

[@Sonyboj]

@@bigbake132 "back then" fuck me

[@thingonathinginathing]

I wish they remade moh2010, that multi-player was so amazing

[@GIRTHYANDITCURVES]

MOH Pacific Assault was my first pc game and it was my first introduction into how grand and dramatic video games could be. Still has a special place in my heart as a core memory

[@rossbroadley6787]

Medal of Honor is such a special series to my best friend and I. We played Frontline the most, followed by Rising Sun when I eventually picked it up. Soon as I hear the theme music, I'm transported straight back to a much simpler, happier time. We used to shoot our friendlies with the machine gun in the second level of Frontline. The way they hopped around looked so stupid, my friend had the perfect impression lmao. Still have my copy of Frontline, and I always will. Excellent video, cheers for the trip down memory lane!!

[@connor56347]

Michael Giacchino's score for Frontline is still one of my favourite video game scores of all time. Arnhem, Operation Market Garden, and Escaping Gotha are simply astounding pieces of orchestral music.

[@Youtubeuser797]

Border town is fantastic.

[@7ilvs]

Indeed. You could just feel the weight and tragedy of war. Frontline was by far the most memorable

[@imbetterthanyou6927]

@@KZbinuser797border town captures the western front perfectly

[@williamlydon2554]

Manor House Rally is my go to for using the exercise bike at the gym. I feel like *I'm* fleeimg the Germans.

[@lukerope1906]

I absolutley loved Spearhead as kid. Band of Brothers came out in 2001, and being able to play a paratrooper was a dream come true.

[@bahmantap7834]

yeah and ACTUALLY, on expansion pack of both spearhead and breakthrough you can lean left and rigth with z and c key on pc ,i sometimes got myself confused which button it is since easily forget if you play mohpa like really they lean using q and e key like wut

[@Chronic-ASAP105-cx4gm]

Brothers In Arms was able to give fans that Band Of The Brothers vibe.

[@roys.1889]

Colonel Hargrove was the first time I encountered William Morgan Sheppard and his voice acting in these games was absolutely stellar. Most people these days know him better as the voice-over guy for the technology quotes from Civilization V. He's sadly no longer with us having passed away in 2019, but I'd say he left a lasting impression on me that'll last a lifetime. "...but no matter what happens I believe that with soldiers like you leading the way we will prevail in this 'Allied Assault.'"

[@biwarayoganata]

"Good morning, Lieutenant. I'm Colonel Hargrove from the Office of Strategic Services. I'll get right to the point..." were the first lines of his that I've always remembered in the first MoH game, and I somehow never forgotten them even to this day.

[@alexjones2677]

These games hold a special place in my heart. To this day, my dad will yell out "PATTERSON, GET OVER HERE!" because he heard it so many times when I was a kid playing Frontline lmao.

[@MrNikolajN]

Pacific Assault was SO good. I had a blast playing it. Really getting into the person and team.

[@silencedmaxim5889]

Rising Sun was a part of my childhood, and I remember playing the vs mode with friends or just with AI and having a blast.

[@ScreamEditss123]

Same

[@zapataboy9377]

Same me and my brother would always play vs ai

[@volusian95]

The multiplayer with bots was weirdly good for the time

[@penginlord9396]

Honestly, Airborne is the game I grew up on. My dad got it, and I remember watching him play through the early missions, as well as playing through it myself. I always loved the little easter egg where you could grab the c96 mauser near the end, the way to grab both a bazooka and a panzerschreck during the flack tower mission, and even how epic some of the action and scripted moments were. Overall, I loved it, and I'm glad that my favorite MoH game is one of the good ones.

[@shcdemolisher]

Oh yeah I remember playing the demo of it on my pc back in the day, then I got it on my xbox 360. Still love it.

[@guerillagorilla4423]

The C96 is great. You can spray everything in front of you with infinite ammo. Your accuracy does take a hit, though lol.

[@devjp5436]

I won't lie, Vanguard was basically my first experience with shooter games so i honestly really loved it as a kid and i have nothing but fond memories of it lol

[@Pine2142]

2010 and Warfighter had a really good mix of tactical/sim feeling and arcade style. Both had really fun multiplayer and the gunplay was super satisfying. Loved the elephant gun sniper in Warfighter.

[@rusi6219]

Warfighter could have been turned around if the Devs cared about fixing the major issues and maintaining it for a bit.

[@jonredcorn862]

The singleplayer of warfighter was fucking sick.

[@itiswho2]

I really liked those games. When I got to them Warfighter had a few people still in multi-player and I enjoyed my time in it as well.

[@darknight910]

I also like how the multiplayer let you pick and choose all these different special forces from around the world with different weapons and appearances to go with them, very appreciated.

[@jizzlemack9927]

They were actually really good games for people that appreciate more realistic military stuff. Way more accurate depiction than COD 4. Still enjoyed COD 4 more, but the modern Medal of Honor games were good imo.

[@TheLeageOfAwsome1]

Thank you for this banger! Was literally combing my watch later for something to watch. Then got the notification of this upload! Grew up playing the og metal of honour and the first 2 call of duty’s… So many memorable missions from both that still stay with me to this day. Happy holidays Gman! 🎉

[@abcbcd7974]

Call of duty 2 in pc still holds up, the graphics and gameplay is still very good.

[@Siggorillo]

"Other countries like Africa and Greece." 🤔🤔

[@iforgot87872]

Yo fun fact- in the Operation Repunzel level in frontline, it’s actually possible to stay in disguise all the way to the courtyard with the fountain in it- the guy seeing you at the start doesn’t always happen, about 1/4 times he doesn’t realize you’re the wrong guy. The chef in the kitchen also knows so you have to be careful in the kitchen too. The reason you can’t get past the courtyard is because a bunch of enemy soldiers are jogging around and you can’t get past them without engaging in some way. Makes the level much more doable.

[@gregoryberrycone]

wow thats really neat if a little frustrating that its random chance and not skill based

[@malori.]

Not really, there's a way that allows you to pass the whole level without being discovered. Follow the next video steps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZjYmGaDZa6bgdU

[@iforgot87872]

@@malori. this wasn’t on hard though, I only play on hard, this guy is one shotting with the silent pistol, it would be harder on hard because they would have to all be headshots and the dudes are sprinting around, maybe still possible but much tougher to do Still- it was interesting to see as I did not know there was any way or mode to get through all of it without detection

[@tramlink8544]

i always thought it a shame that Pacific Assault didnt get the sequel it hints at in Tarawa and ends in 1943, i truly believe the vastly more different terrain options of 1944-45 (black sands of Iwo Jima, Burnt hell of Okinawa and the pure chaotic urban areas of manila would have made for some interesting gameplay

[@SafemilkGames]

I actually worked with a guy who was a programmer on the Wii version! I liked it a lot and he was surprised when I told him how much I liked it, he and the team he was on knew that the motion controls thing could really hurt them, so they tried to go as crazy with it as possible and I think it paid off. He told me some interesting stories about how they made it, the one that stood out to me was how they weren't really given anything useful for the port in terms of files that were actually workable, which is why it was so different than the other version, they just kind of had to wing it, rebuilding it all themselves!

[@tvirusgetz]

Michael Giancchino's music for Underground has been burned into my mind since childhood. The series main theme alone is just amazing

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

That and crazy characters in multiplayer

[@kennymccormick9973]

I love European assault, in my opinion the atmosphere is so immersive, especially the russia missions, it feels like your actually in a war

[@idiot_city5444]

The Russia levels are the best ones in that game. Insane its the only time MoH ever did Russia stuff, as far as I'm aware

[@kermut]

Played European Assault and Vanguard a disgusting amount of times as a kid 😭

[@daveyjones9699]

I think European Assault is the best in the series. The soundtrack alone is a masterpiece.

[@TheFinalOutpost]

I remember playing Allied Assault on our family's Dell PC back in 2002-2003....when I was probably 16 or 17 years old. It was definitely a landmark WW2 shooter for me at least. The missions were memorable and challenging, and the soundtrack was amazing. I can still hear the ominous Sniper Town level music while the subtle medal of honor main theme interjects.

[@commietearsdrinker]

Allied Assault was my first computer game when I was a kid and put me on track to get really involved with shooter games, as well as learning WW2 history. Every mission in that game is unique in some capacity. Different characters, different objectives, different scenarios, different outcomes. It genuinely stands out to me among almost every WW2 shooter to date.

[@Mikhail-Tkachenko]

I'm playing through it right now, with a few mods to update weapon models & textures. Still holds up and is fun. Medal of Honor: Blurred Remembrance on mod db As a kid my first were the original Medal of Honor, MOH: Underground, and Frontline. I never had a PC good enough for Allied Assault so this is the first time I've played it.

[@LagrangePoint0]

True story: I know english because MOH Allied Assault forced me to learn it. I'm from south america and over here, we (the poor) cannot afford original games, so piracy is allowed. When I was 15 I bought MOHAA (pirated ofc) but the copy didn't came in spanish (like most of the pirated games), so I had to play constantly minimizing the game so I could translate the objectives in google translate, that's how I started learning english.

[@heritos8809]

Allied assault will always be my favorite childhood multiplayer shooter! Sooo many memories.

[@nuttyjawa]

Same here played so much multiplayer on clan base!

[@Taxman5scotty]

It's still active today!

[@lordwhatshisname3408]

Frontlines and Rising Sun cemented my interest in war history as a kid. I love those games so much.

[@Alexalicious]

This was a fantastic retrospective! Would love to see more full franchise dives in the future if you ever feel up to it!

[@Darthinfernov99]

Medal of Honour Pacific Assault is the best game of the series. Been playing it since 2014, and it's so nostalgic to come back to it every once in a while.

[@wildcard4062]

Pacific Assault was my absolute favourite, the narrative and feeling like youre apart of a group is something not done much back then and was a breath of fresh air. I liked collecting the secret Hero moments as that was also something rarely put into a FPS at its time

[@sabreTXC3]

My dad actually played the first medal of honors when they were on ps1. I was born in 98 so those first few missions are literally some of my earliest memories. MoH infiltrator on the gameboy was what I played while at my babysitters! Definitely helped get me into military stuff as a kid. The nostalgia is flowing and it feels goooood.

[@Housesider]

I'm so glad you pointed out Frontline's weirdly botched shotgun. The gun looks and certainly SOUNDS like it has insane stopping power, yet it seemingly barely does any damage at point blank damage when all pellets hit the target. That is one aspect of many little things that trigger me about that game lol

[@canuck_gamer3359]

Those first 3 games were so special and easy to love. I can remember playing the first level on the first game and hearing the music and the noises in the distance, dogs barking, planes flying etc, it felt so much more real than anything I had played before. It was an experience that I have never forgotten and even as a grown man with college age kids, MOH is a special memory for me.

[@Kudo716]

MoH Airborne has such a stellar sound design, it still sounds just as good today as it did when it came out, and hearing it on a soundbar/surround sound is a pleasure.

[@milans.637]

Imo , airborne and pacific are 2 best MoH games, and also im my top 50 games list of all time.

[@activatekruger446]

Best MG-42 in any video game I've played

[@HyperTensionJohnny]

Before there was Captain Price...there was Jimmy Patterson. Let the nostalgia flow.

[@МальчикФантам]

Medal of Honor is based off of a real multi day battle in 2003 in the Hindu Kush, where several companies of Rangers, and Delta force along with 16 Apaches targeted several taliban leaders. It eventually lead to several special forces guys dieing, a couple of apache getting shot down, and a navy seal getting captured. Also a ranger platoon got stranded for nearly an entire when their Chinook was shot down during a rescue mission.

[@Agent789_0]

I love it when Gman makes these full series retrospectives. The one for Time Crisis was absolutely amazing too.

[@ddjsoyenby]

agreed always a good watch.

[@iforgot87872]

MOH frontline still has the best VG soundtrack ever. Skyrim is good, but I’d still say frontline takes the cake. The breadth of emotions, the quality of the orchestra, the memorable melodies, the atmospheric instrumentation.

[@thegamingpigeon3216]

After rewatching Band of Brothers for like the 30th time recently, I decided to replay Medal of Honor: Airborne. That game is really quite unique in how much it hits yet how much it misses as well. For starters, I played it on the hardest difficulty because I wanted a challenge and a challenge is what I got. Enemies in every corner of the map know where you are the second you touch down. In many parts of the campaign, enemies will also keep spawning forever until you take a certain objective or enter a specific area. But the worst is just how the enemy will hit you. You could be standing out in the open and the enemy AI will miss several shots before hitting you once, but you could also be crouching behind some crates and if ever one sliver of your arm is exposed, or there's a tiny slit/opening between the crates, the enemy will shoot you through it with the precision of Lord of the Rings archers. Granted, this goes both ways and you as the player can also snipe between those crevices, but it becomes a pain when an enemy 300 feet away in a building is sniping you through a crack in the wall the size of a quarter. The gunplay is unrealistic but I kind of like it. You can have a Thompson with a 50 round drum magazine and unload it on the enemy in like 3 seconds with very little recoil. You can hold up to 21 grenades (a mix of gammon grenades, stick grenades and regular grenades) and recreate a small cluster bomb strike with the amount of destruction you can cause with them, although you can't throw them very far. The AI has to be the biggest drawback for me however. It's not the worst ever, but it's bad. For starters, the allied AI: it's there to be a meat shield, nothing more. Medal of Honor has always been a one man army series and Airborne is no different, it simply adds the allied AI to give you the false illusion that you have help. The friendly AI couldn't hit the broad side of a barn and will blatantly miss enemies that are within feet of them. The enemy AI isn't much better. While depending on the difficulty chosen, they may be a cakewalk or absolutely rock your shit, it doesn't change the absurd choices the AI will make. In many cases, the AI *knows* when you are aiming at them and will move, or if they're behind cover, they will stay there until you aim elsewhere. Not all the time, but enough to notice that they do it. They will also take aim almost exclusively at you once you enter an area, even if you have several allies nearby. The oddest choice for me is when the AI stops to do a hand signal animation. They normally do it out in the open and it makes them very easy targets to pick off. Beyond this, they will switch between not being able to hit you to killing you in less than a second and there's no in-between. I still enjoy the game every once in a while, I just wish it was longer. As for Medal of Honor 2010 and Warfighter, I'll say this: they're not bad games by any means. They just came out at the wrong times. Had they both come out 2-3 years earlier respectively, I think they would've done far better. Like how Gmanlives mentioned feeling bored playing MoH 2010? My theory is unless you're in the mood for something/a specific game/nostalgia, you always wanna go for the best experience you can get for the time. Why would I want to play the MoH 2010 or Warfighter stories when I can play the vastly superior Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 campaigns? Granted, I won't argue that MoH 2010 or Warfighter don't have issues and drawbacks because they do, I just think the hate they got in retrospect was unjustified.

[@Nahpax]

The AI in the Ps1 MoH games were so ahead of their time. I remember being blown away as a kid when I saw the German attack dog pick up my grenade and run it back to its handler.

[@V2rocketproductions]

I’m one of the few who feels that pacific assault was grossly underrated and far better than rising sun. Compared to new games, it does fall short in many aspects, but as a kid growing up, it did so many things I had never seen before. Not to mention the new composer brought some pretty iconic new music to the series.

[@Jaredpoth]

I remember an amazing moment in rising sun when my brother and i were in co-op. I ran out of ammo in the last mission before the hallway to the bunker. We only had 1 life left so i decided i would run through the hallway ahead of him and take everyone out with melee expecting to die but save him some ammo. Managed to get through the whole hallway and pick up ammo and health at the end and finished the game with a life to spare.

[@ClarkKentai]

The first two games have aged far better than they had any right to. The disguise levels always got my heart pounding.

[@goldbullet50]

Frontline is my favorite. I remember playing it as a kid back in the day when I barely knew anything about the war. The chilling and grey atmosphere really had an impact on me.

[@IAmTheStig32]

The thing I absolutely loved about Underground is how it treats Manon. At its heart, Underground is the story of a ordinary woman living and fighting through the most bloody and horrible conflict in human history, and the missions keep feeding back into that sense of her femininity and almost... vulnerability -- of course said with the big asterisk that she is never once presented as anything other than a competent spy and a brave freedom fighter. You're the younger sister of a Resistance cell leader. Multiple times you have to pose as a female journalist behind enemy lines, taking snaps of the Germans so they're charmed and let their guard down. She's clearly meant to be attractive but never overtly sexualised in a tasteless way so many other games of the 90's/00's period were doing. In fact outside of the bonus films she never speaks a word, yet she has so much presence. Honestly, Manon hits all the right notes you want to see from a female protagonist and even many games released now, twenty years after the release of Underground, can't seem to get that formula right.

[@DekklinOfDeath]

I really love these longer retrospective videos. The chapter breaks are immensely helpful.

[@mercenaryTendencies]

Rising Storm also had some really neat collectibles and hidden objectives, as I recall. You could interact with some people or things (it wouldn't give you a prompt, you had to just try) and slightly change the outcome of some levels. Save some people who would otherwise die, etc

[@sonofdragon5530]

Fun fact: the first medal of honor game was actually directed by Steven Spielberg one year after the release of saving private Ryan, and during the development it gains some controversies it’s during the Columbine high school massacre of 1999

[@Stampistuta]

The PS2 MOH games were essential buys. Really loved them.

[@matthewmarin703]

My grandad served as a rifleman in the pacific theater and evidently spent a lot of time with the BAR. I can still remember being a little kid, clumsily playing through a Medal Of Honor game on the lowest difficulty, and him coming in and having a straight up kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYHJoIN9eqqBsKc moment. "Hey that's my gun!"

[@ewfisher89]

Allied Assault was my first FPS game. I have SO MANY good memories about that game.

[@auroriasolaris]

Soundtracks of older MoH games like Allied or Pacific Assault are just masterpieces.

[@z4id4n42]

Agreed,shame it never came into MOH 2010 and Warfighter,they could've just remixed it.

[@RunRecoverRally]

What was nice about the STG 44 in Airborne is that the scope is adjustable. You don’t need to keep it attached and can remove it for close engagements

[@bobthebromosapien7496]

Frontline, Rising Sun and European Assault are the peak Medal of Honor titles. Awesome missions, iconic music, great combat. It is where the serious was at its best. Everything before and after was either building up or falling off of those titles. I have fond memories of playing European Assault multiplayer with 4 friends all the time.

[@MoshJunkie426]

Medal of honor 2010 is one of my favorites, the fact that it's based on real characters serving during a real operation (Operation Anaconda) and was a pretty realistic depiction of the early days of Afghanistan

[@Osh_93]

Which to Gman is also the Middle East lol

[@Maesterful]

I found it enjoyable but short as sheet

[@pyramidhead7780s]

"Realistic"

[@KillBilly13]

Same here.... I feel so bad people just wanna hate. I understand that COD kinda did things better most of the time especially with the Modern Warfare series and then (from my perspective) from Black Ops 2 but MOH Warfighter wasn't that bad, well at least not bad enough to end the series. The slightly more realistic and less Hollywood feel to the MOH reboot in comparison to COD games was actually kinda refreshing. It just needed more time to compete because what's happening with games like Battlefield is just sad. COD is clearly a bloody tough act to follow.

[@LagrangePoint0]

@@Maesterful *shieeit

[@JackGriffin745]

I really loved Rising Sun. The Singapore and Pistol Pete levels are very memorable and makes me wish my copy still worked.

[@sassyboy8606]

I played this game at the age of 12, ans that was epic, great moments ans great memories

[@jamesedkins2823]

Fully agree, also loved playing against the AI in multiplayer

[@falloutlover5443]

@@jamesedkins2823I didn't have the game myself growing up so I played it when I was at my cousin's house, and the multiplayer was more suited to that play schedule than the campaign, and I grew so familiar with the named NPC characters (also a nice addition) that when I finally got my own copy and played the campaign I was really surprised that they weren't all main cast members.

[@MrFlankSinatra]

I’ve still got one with my original still-working Xbox, I play it from time to time specifically for Singapore sling and the Pearl Harbor level lol. It aged a lil better than Frontline I think, ironically, which saddens me

[@connorrodenfels338]

Emulate it dude pcsx2 works amazingly now

[@TwoGunToast]

42:53 Pearl Harbor didn't instigate WWII, it was already happening. It instigated America's involvement.

[@ericmike12]

Don't forget how amazing the Allied Assualt multi-player was. Had such a dedicated player base.

[@johnmiller4164]

"Pacific assault won't cost you anything apart from your time which we both know is worthless" so funny.

[@ankoku37]

My grandpa was a jeep driver during WW2 and we still have quite a few souvenirs he managed to bring back from it (including a whole-ass rifle!), and I'd definitely say that's influenced my enjoyment of WW2 games. I never had any illusions of games being anything remotely like experiencing it, but still I always felt something thinking about how they were based on events he took part in.

[@chainsaw2046]

Medal of honor has always been a nostalgic series for me, it was one of the first games I got to play with my father, super confused about what all was happening but definitely is what got me hooked on gaming. Seeing the gameplay just reminded me of the weird nostalgia (especially the AA sequence in the beginning of the video, I want to say it was from rising sun?)

[@chainsaw2046]

Oh gosh, I remember the wii version of heroes 2 as well, this whole video has been quite the throwback. Thanks for making it, didn't know it'd be this nostalgic

[@WoefulBat]

The best thing about 'Allied Assault' for me is the sound, especially the gun sounds. My favorite being the Thompson. Probably my favorite gun from any game. The leaking barrels are pretty neat as well.

[@AntonErgo]

And the unforgettable sniper sounds echoing through each and every shot, I can't make my pick from these 2 rifles so I'll favourite the Stg44 sounds.

[@saintlime]

The M1 Garand can be reloaded without having to empty the rifle by shooting it...

[@DirtyFishy]

It's great to see you do this. Allied Assault was THE game back in the day and maybe it's hard to understand in this day and age why it's so loved but it was the Skyrim of mods back in the day with its online game mods. All sorts of things, ranging from base building, freeze tag, vehicle combat, playing football on Omaha beach, prop hunt, flying german sausages. You could get nearly anything you wanted on the online game mode of MOHAA. Some of my fondest moments in gaming. When you only had 2 or 3 games to play because you couldn't convince your parents to spend money on video games. The mods for MOHAA made it feel like 30 games in one. I had Frontline as well, didn't care as much for it. The Golden Lion mission was good though.

[@alexel.blasius1398]

So true, Alied Assault was great at the time me and friends did so many LAN parties to play it was crazy

[@randomjetsergeant9198]

Surprisingly, SWBFII from 2005 is the Skyrim of the early 2000s (in my own opinion).

[@coolhandluke7772]

Medal of Honor European Assault was my favorite FPS game. I liked the difficulty, and as a little kid my GameCube controller was covered in sweat. The 2nd North Africa mission and final mission scared the hell out of me.

[@blastershogun]

Greetings from Singapore, I have a special pining for MOH: Rising Sun. Considering it was occupied historically by Axis Japan then. The Tuk Tuk is called “Rickshaw”. Tuk-Tuk are the motorized ones mostly seen in Thailand, they have 3 wheels. Factoid: Rickshaw is the anglicized word for “Jinriksha / 人力車”, Japanese for human powered wagon. The hotel which the Axis summit was held is real. It’s the Raffles Hotel. The pier which the player arrives is Clifford Pier. After which he was on a rickshaw to Chinatown. Yes, Chinatown is a very touristy location in Singapore now. The famous Sultan Mosque at Arab street was featured as part of the game’s backdrop.

[@secktur8279]

European Assault is one of my favorite games of all time. That menu music has emotional power over me.

[@bluelodge]

I know this has probably been said way too many times by now... (by now meaning, hell 2023 already, wow) But the little sound bytes Gman throws in of Tourettes Guy screaming "OH SHHITT" had me rolling out of nowhere. Thanks for laugh out loud editing chops @Gman! Give a guy a laugh when he's by himself on his lunch break... and you give him a good rest of the work day.

[@thomashongshagen4912]

Just in case anyone cares, you can actually reload the m1 garand whenever you feel like it, it has a clip release on the side that lets you remove the clip from the internal magazine without emptying it. That does come with the drawback of not letting you hear the garand ping though, so its a mixed bag

[@doubledown1138]

Wow. Thanks for such a knowledgeable and comprehensive review of this series. I still adore the first four games and even revisited them recently and was surprised at how well they held up. I also love Giacchino's music and still listen to his MOH scores to this day.

[@slickwillie5681]

Frontline when the old man goes on a shotgun shooting spree then gets shredded by a German machine gun, I cry every time.

[@MrTooTyO]

I really like these anthology-style videos, hope you keep doing more of these. I get it takes wsy more effort and time to make these, but Im happy even with one of these in a month or two.

[@override83]

man, MOH:AA brings back so many memories! It was definitely my first experiences in real multiplayer against actual players. I remember getting into a clan named UADD and having some tournaments against other clans. Not to mention, the sound design and music were almost right out of Saving Private Ryan, especially that menu theme! One of my favorite things to do that wasn't mentioned in the video, was taunting your opponents with the in-game chat you could make soldiers say. One of the best things was hearing the Germans taunting in their actual language! Such a cool feature. Oh, and PS: about the leaning in MOHAA, there were binds you could input, but they'd be added to your strafe buttons, so if you went against another player with binds, they'd do this hilarious left/right quick lean animations hahaha. It wasn't perfect, but the game play was very fun and the entire sound design was totally awesome!

[@Heckinwhatonearth]

Same! My older brothers were big into pc gaming, and my parents won a decked out Compaq station in 1999. My brother was staying in college dorms not far from where my parents lived, and he'd come over and play a bunch of games like moh aa, diablo 2, starcraft, half life, gta3, and lots of games I wouldn't touch like blood 2 the chosen and Clive barkers undying, because they freaked me out. But I loved sitting by him watching him play, and he didn't mind, even tho I bet I was annoying! I was hooked 😅 Spent so many hours in moh aa and cod uo mps! I stopped playing games apart from wow once I moved out, but those were some super fun times.

[@RossTheVegan]

I really needed this Gman, this year has been very rough for me, your videos are always gems and I always come away knowing more about games.

[@SparkkyBojangles]

Bit of trivia for everyone regarding the meme where the bird says "wuewuewuewue" and then looks at the camera. The birds name is Gumi, and he belongs to a guy that worked on the original resident evils soundtrack.

[@reillyphillips6145]

My dad is in his late-50s and i really appreciate the idea of video games outgrowing dads. We used to play through all the James Bond games and Medal of Honor games and still play Call of duty together. I can sense the time of playing games together coming to an end, but it’s been over 20 years of playing games together and it’s been a cool part of our relationship.

[@alexfizz7402]

I remember playing Frontline or European Assault with my friends from college for hours on our Gamecubes. Also, there is a mission in Frontline in which you are sent to Holland I think and man, between the music, the landscapes and the frightened grandmas holding brooms I just felt true sadness and pity for the people that lived that irl.

[@muffin2147]

Eh. I find cinema orchestral music in games is boring. Most times I don't even notice it. Ive gone through these games so much when younger and never even gave it a thought.

[@APa98]

@@muffin2147 Sounds like a you problem

[@muffin2147]

@@APa98 sounds like butthurt

[@APa98]

@@muffin2147 Sounds like asshole

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

European Assault had great missions in USSR, but final mission kinda sucked.

[@Gabthar]

You can indeed reload an M1 Garand without expending the entire clip.

[@TheStowAway594]

Hey Gman hope you and your fam had a great Christmas, and have a happy new year! Thanks for making videos for all these years!

[@Shootsukiyama1527]

God seeing some of these games after so many years just makes me smile

[@AtomicCortex]

This was also the last game I played with my Dad too. Mine isn't dead either. He just went to the shops to get milk and we've been waiting all these years for him to get back.

[@Nixus237]

I loved European Assault when I was a kid at like 10. Just completing all the side objectives and earning those medals felt so good back then but I haven’t played it since then so I can’t say it still holds up

[@trapleader400]

Super underrated game, i used to grind this game when i was a kid too