Medal of Honor: Frontline Playstation 2 Game Review

I captured this footage using a physical copy of the game, Fraps and PCSX2.
You can grab PCSX2 here: pcsx2.net/
Medal of Honor: Frontline is the fourth game in the Medal of Honor series, and was published by EA Games. The player character in the game is that of Lt. Jimmy Patterson, from the American OSS. Frontline takes place during the events of the first game and chronicles Patterson's journey as he fights his way across Europe into Nazi Germany during World War II. Frontline was released in North America for the PlayStation 2 on May 28, 2002 and for the Xbox and GameCube consoles on November 10, 2002.
In 2010, an HD remake of the game was included in the "Limited Edition" PlayStation 3 version of Medal of Honor.
Frontline is a first-person shooter where players take control of the protagonist player character in a first-person perspective where they fight through levels set during the Second World War against the Wehrmacht using historical weaponry of the era, performing a series of military operations. Briefings take place at the start of each mission, which advance the plot and introduce new characters. Each mission is structured through a number of linear levels, each with differing locations, levels of action and styles of gameplay. Initially the player character begins on the frontlines during D-Day backed up by other computer AI-controlled soldiers with an emphasis on fast action-orientated gun-based gameplay. As the story progress however, the player character is sent on a variety of other missions including a number of covert and undercover operations in locations such as military based, German-occupied towns and manors, submarines and countryside settings. The player character is tasked with objectives during levels that range from infiltration, espionage, rescue and recon. Because of the variety between missions and locations, gameplay also changes pace. While many missions involve Allied assaults on German targets others include elements of stealth and exploration. For example one selections of missions has the player detach from an allied raid to infiltrate a German U-Boat in order to get to a secret facility while another has them rendezvous and sneak into a German headquarters in disguise to rescue an operative. Many missions are performed solo yet some include an AI companion for backup. Health is determined by a health bar that can be replenished using a selection "medikits" found throughout levels with varying degrees of effect.
During missions, players can earn medals by the end of each level be meeting requirements such as completions of objectives, eliminating an amount of enemies and maintaining a percentage of health throughout, all represented by a bronze, silver or gold star.

[@SoftAsABaboonAss]

The music in that game..... THE MUSIC!

[@futuredirector999]

Arnhem Knights anyone?

[@winlover37]

The music is downright beautiful. Shed a tear when I loaded up the main menu for the first time in years.

[@Hamentsios10]

It's the best for me

[@TheCodedtestament]

Back when the series was Saving Private Ryan mixed with 007, and WWII was still "cool", this game delivered intense action, cunning stealth missions, massive battles, and great voice dialogue! Still holds up better than the recent games.

[@RevanStarrrR]

You do not play as a marine, you play as an OSS operative

[@Gggmanlives]

Sorry you're right, my bad.

[@danielmoung9098]

If only EA could remake medal of honor frontline with a great developer like Respawn and turn frontline or a new moh game into something like jedi fallen order or titanfall 2. Then we'd have a huge hit on our hahds.

[@MkfMtr]

@@danielmoung9098 I guess EA don't think so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@BigboiiTone]

I also noticed this immediately as a ww2 buff

[@williamlydon2554]

Jimmy Paterson isn't faceless! We'll never fleshed out too far, we know he is a master agent for the OSS, a good soldier, a pilot and speaks poor German, we even see his face during the train level, on a wanted poster. Calling Jimmy Faceless, is like call Gordon Freeman faceless, we know a good deal about both.

[@AshyGashy]

Handsome lad he’s even dated manon

[@fredherbert7920]

@@AshyGashy And proposed to her

[@visassess8607]

It also zooms in on his face at the D-Day level

[@visassess8607]

@YourAverageBriton Yeah wtf? I have no idea how he thought Jimmy was faceless

[@lazydesmond8240]

Not to mention a fantastic soundtrack, probably the best of any shooter, and all of the extra content they put in. This was my favorite game as a kid. After not playing it for almost a decade, it still holds well.

[@fuzzface8744]

You can't really review an old game against today's standards. Back when this came out in 2002 it was incredible. Amazing graphics, sounds, music, great levels and level variety and atmosphere.

[@Gggmanlives]

No, I can review a game with today's standards. The whole point of these reviews is if these games are still worth playing. This is not a nostalgic wankfest.

[@Gggmanlives]

***** Good :)

[@AlphaZeroX96]

You shouldn't tell others not to play fps games you don't like. Stop thinking that everyone is like you, everyone is different.

[@anotherks7297]

SaviorAssassin1996 Yea, I remember why I didn't stick around this channel.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

There were much better graphics in 2002 than this

[@princegroove]

This was the golden era of WWII shooters, indeed. Such nostalgia!

[@RedemptionDenied666]

PATTERSON GET OVER HERE! GET OVER HERE! I NEED SOME COVERING FIRE! Oh the memories

[@Mach-2-Fishbed]

I probably spent hundreds of hours playing this when I was younger and I remember and loved it. The one thing that will always stick with me when I think about this is the level "Arnhem Knights". The B.A.R., Panzerschreck, the MG 42's, and that soundtrack that will always stick with you (if you have not heard it, just look it up).

[@thatonegeeksite5251]

Definitely one of my all time favourite levels in a video game. The soundtrack just makes it so emotional. Felt like something straight out of Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers.

[@evenbjlgerud9411]

the soundtrack is one of the best i have ever heard

[@gojira4life]

One of my all-time favourite shooters. I played this game on the GameCube rather than the PS2 though and it's still one of my favourites of that console.

[@Bluehawk2008]

I kind of resented how the disguise missions, while never very complex to begin with, became increasingly truncated in the various Medal of Honor sequels. Frontline's two disguise missions transition into unavoidable combat so abruptly it's insulting.

[@AllGamingStarred]

damn straight. why even add undercover sections if its pointless anyway?

[@jackcottle8144]

This was the first FPS game i ever played. I have alot of nostalgia for this game. I loved it so much i purchased it on ps3 as well. I wish the series would go back to ww2

[@Larry]

Why did you never review European Assault?

[@Gggmanlives]

+Larry Bundy Jr I'm not sure, I just never got around to it.

[@Larry]

Gggmanlives You must try it, It's quite an improvement over Rising Sun, and it's also (sadly) the final MoH game set in WWII Jeremy Clarkson even did a TV movie about the first mission in the game. The Greatest Raid of All.

[@kylele23]

Ahhh, European Assault. I remember that game being incredibly difficult once you got to Russia 3/4's of the game through, and many, many death screens. Superior game to all other MoH's in my opinion though.

[@Larry]

***** Definitely the console ones!

[@morsecodegaming6443]

+Larry Bundy Jr Hey ! Don't Forget MoH Airborne, that game was truly a blast and one of the last Good WWII games in the series !

[@michaelpiper2708]

When I was a kid this was one of the first games i have ever played

[@LucasStrandell]

I got this game with my PS2 when I was 6; it must have been the first shooter I ever played. Glad to see it holds up pretty well.

[@gld3n711]

I know that this video is old, but Jimmy is not faceless, every Medal of Honor fan knows him. He has been on multiple games of the series.

[@doubledown1138]

The last truly great Medal of Honor game. And another incredible score from Michael Giacchino. Thanks for the review.

[@NexusKin]

Airborne from 2007 was a masterpiece in my eyes. It pretty much nailed every single element and it all felt fair but still challenging!

[@garfusa2]

Always loved the guys voice who gives your briefings. :)

[@catliquorhiphop9952]

It's Jimmy Patterson, it was for a while, I know because I went to school dressed as him every fucking time world hero day come around, I loved that guy a lot.

[@lucemus1]

I played and loved all the MoH games & COD games when i was young, it is always fun to see reviews nowadays of "oldschool" games

[@nickyCage94]

Damn I forgot how great the sound design was for the different guns. Especially the Springfield sniper and the BAR

[@CalvezTheKiller]

Dude! That's so weird! This is one of my favorite games of all time and i looked up medal of honor on youtube before and nothing much came up. I looked up medal of honor today, and see this! I played the shit out of this game in like 2005 and 2006. Thanks for making this video man!

[@brs793]

This game has a special place in me and my brothers heart nostalgia fills my heart

[@robbiefazle7802]

One of the best Medal of Honor games and WW2 shooters in general.

[@aleckermit]

I used to play the first level over and over on my Gamecube, I was so impressed with the atmosphere and realism of it. I even still have a notebook from elementary school where I've drawn the Normandy beach scene with "M.O.H" written next to it on the cover.

[@Shinsay]

First and foremost I would like to say that I adore your reviews, Gggman. You deserve far, far more followers than you have as you have a superb understanding of the games you review. As such, I was wondering if you had any plans to review an old FPS known as "Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi"? I would be most curious to hear your opinions on it and I couldn't seem to find an existing review of it within your list. Anyhow, continue on with your excellent work. I look foreword to next review!

[@BullworthGraduate]

One word to describe this game: *masterpiece*

[@jackcottle8144]

This game holds up today. Awesome game.

[@alextena3947]

It was cool watching the extras and how they made the menu music

[@shammy63]

alex tena oh really? how about i kick you in the chest

[@shirosaki97]

I'm glad I got Frontline as my first MoH game, had hours and hours of fun getting my arse kicked in those stealth missions because I was too young and stupid to figure out how to flash my identification at the guards, love this game. Sadly that was the only MoH game of any real credit I could get my hands on, I had European Assault and Rising Sun but I found them personally less impressive than Frontline.

[@NexusKin]

I liked Rising Sun the same as Frontline, maybe a little more because it finally introduced a checkpoint save system with the field phones, but I agree that European Assault was a let down that took several steps backwards.

[@benboomer9503]

ahh.. This game is so nostalgic it makes me feel warm.😊

[@jarehannela1675]

i remember when i was playing this game as a child with my friend, the levels were so hard

[@grumpymonk824]

I finally found my ps2 and I went out and bought this and rising sun along with a few other games, it feels so nostalgic and I'm sure rising sun is going to be more nostalgic :)

[@Aaron-nz3uy]

I have some great memories from this game when I was a kid

[@pippo17173]

Oh how I remember playing this game a lot on gamecube. Especially the multiplayer with my brothers.

[@anybody2501]

One of my favorites as a kid. Tough as hell on the highest difficulty

[@CruxisFire]

Many memories made with this one back when it was new. Got the Gamecube version over Christmas in 02'. Having experienced Allied Assault earlier that year, I felt like it was oddly lacking. Especially that D-day mission where I'm running around from ditch to ditch to save other troops. Felt a bit odd.

[@TheAdam159]

This was my first MoH game, and still my favourite. One of the best console shooters ever made, IMHO

[@ermacjones4821]

This was the first Medal Of Honor game I ever played, I loved it, especially the D Day part.

[@Masted-dy7xl]

Love the fact that anti tank rockets don’t really work against tanks but if you’ve grenades and a machine gun nest you can reduce it to nothing !love this game!!

[@fruitflyman8330]

My childhood game right here

[@ABCDEF-ix1qf]

I remember playing this and Rising Sun for hours and hours on end

[@Frank074]

Loved this game. One of my favorite co-op experiences!

[@5hane9ro]

One of my first video games ever, used to play this like crazy with Turok Evolution and Super monkey ball. God I miss Medal of Honor. Last great one was Airborne from what I can recall

[@JezaGooner]

Nice review, think the best compliment I can give you is personally disagree with some of the stuff said (each to their own) in them i.e the series went down after this, I really enjoyed both the two in the pacific and some of the stuff on vietcong. However never detracts from how you layout your reviews, nice work mate.

[@thatnobodyguy1535]

I memorized the spawns on this game, especially the sniper missions. Finding this review is so cool.

[@ColonelFrostNZ]

I hope you do Star War Battlefront (1&2) & Republic Commando as they are great games and it would be interesting to see your opinion on them.

[@crimsonshadow1140]

that d-day prologue level was terrifying when I first played it as a kid

[@TheOriginalMoc]

god this makes me feel so old

[@DonnieJLCarson]

If they’d remaster the console games I’d buy. The first two on PS1 and all four on ps2 👌

[@sunnypeach8299]

This game holds well to this day. I t was my first fps game and is responsible for getting me into WWII, one of my favorite historic subjects to this day.

[@maceomillions2192]

🔥🔥🔥

[@TheAtlas247]

@GmanLives Do you know what happened to your allied assault review? Can't find it anywhere.

[@FatherManus]

0:00 The girl is Elexis Sinclaire from the game Sin Episodes: Emergence.

[@scantrontheimmortal]

of all the medal of honor games i really liked the soundtrack for this game,especially in the Arnhem levels

[@SuperDracula1992]

how about medal of honor and medal of honor underground review?

[@SpeedySPCFan]

I passed on this game sooooo many times, but it looks pretty cool, might pick it up finally.

[@ACM1PT95]

I actually like all of them even rising sun

[@NexusKin]

I probably like Rising Sun the most out of all the older games because they finally added a checkpoint/save system with the field phones. I always hate having to restart the entire level over from scratch if I die or are forced to stop playing for some reason!

[@SSblueyU]

First viewer I think... anyway really good video keep up the great work!

[@th3lonef0x4]

0:06 I remember that narrator. He was in an episode of Babylon 5

[@fascinatinglist9654]

this bring me back to 5th grade, it was a good game

[@foxmulder6695]

God, I remember playing frontline all the time when I was a kid.

[@drunkslav5846]

I loved the cooks that threw knives in the game.

[@Governor2310]

I started playing this game when I was about 5 years old, I am now 15.

[@williamclark3671]

Hi nice video dude

[@chill5981]

This video game was my childhood, I remember playing with my dad. I believe Medal Of Honor and the COD games before MW3 were equally good.

[@hmm5396]

This game was the shit back when i was a kid i played this game for hours and it made me a history nut

[@MAZZEKAARTS]

Have you ever played Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising? I only ever played about one hour and got bored, but would be interested in knowing your thoughts (or review).

[@smnk3]

Incredible soundtrack!

[@RetroHamer]

I had this on the Gamecube and really enjoyed it

[@admtm24]

A great console shooter. This and Red Faction made my sophomore year in high school.

[@NintenFan0900]

My only gripe i discovered as a kid is that I'm pretty sure all weapons spare the shotgun have the same level of accuracy during ADS. Zoom in on an enemy with a sniper rifle that is at the limits of the games rendering. Keep the crosshairs on him, and then switch to your pistol. You will hit him while hip firing. Otherwise really loved the game and the weapon variety still feels decent enough despite knowing that quirk.

[@solidzdar467]

Have u played the hd remake on PS3 version

[@solidzdar467]

Have u played the hd remake on PS3

[@andredehaan5991]

Hey will you be doing a review on moh european assault...i hope so

[@Gggmanlives]

andre de haan Yeah I will!

[@Rschr101]

That Dday mission...

[@Archangel96]

i rember playing this wen i was a kid

[@byronblyth1453]

R.I.P medal of honor series.you made the modern FPS genre.

[@FullMetalBaldo]

Don't forget the ufo easter egg when you escape from the bombing of the railway station!

[@CentsTwo]

Art Style still holds up well today, but the poly count is very bad looking today. I remember everything after the night time train mission was very difficult some cheap design after that. I;am one of those who like Rising Sun more.

[@mitayspy4509]

Are you gona review The Elder Scrolls and the Fallout series?

[@RenerDeCastro]

Do you plan on reviewing Airborne at some point?

[@TheMCMaffyx]

My favourite Medel of Honor! And there is a remake of this and it looks there a little bit better :)

[@lucasmosbeux4384]

Oh nostalgy... It was my first FPS !!!!

[@this_connor_guy]

Such a classic!

[@brandonice9137]

I'd always go to my dad's on the weekends and this was one of the only games he had for his playstation 2 besides James bond 007 nightfire and Mortal Kombat deadly alliance, and I loved those games..but I loved the whole first person shooter campaign (007 nightfire was badass don't get me wrong) but I just loved everything about medal of honor and me and my dad would stay up all night trying to beat the campaign on medal of honor or would play vs on 007...those were the good old days, I wish I still had the original Xbox or PS2 to play this game...

[@AshyGashy]

Bet your dad was a god at pac man n that growing up lol

[@fritzVirginSteeler]

I've always read that Frontline is technically inferior to Allied Assault, but sometimes is pretty hard to me to get why. Sure, resolution is obviously inferior, still the NPCs offers a variety never seen before or after (about 300 possible combination of equipment/uniforms/faces etc. if I remember correctly) and are animated even better than those of Allied Assault. They even have lip sinc and, again, a lot of different face models! How often do you see that in a FPS? Especially today? Also, levels easily offer more variety (in terms of visuals, at least) than those of AA. You will hardly find a level resembling another. If only they had spent a little more time remastering it decently (since they did). Anyway, it's nice to hear your retro reviews, thank you for you effort!

[@greenthumbz2551]

This is my favorite Medal Of Honor games. And I have all of them. 🎖

[@K12machinima]

It's funny how I'd played Frontline before most any other FPS in my life, with the first one ever being Star Wars: Dark Forces 2, on PC. My older cousin (about 23 at the time) brought it over for him and my dad to play, thinking that they'd like it, since the cover-art reminded them of Saving Private Ryan (also one of my favorite films), and they wanted to see if the game could live up to the movie's expectations. I remember being told to leave the room, wondering what could be so good about the game, or why I had to leave, and when I eventually played it, a year later, with A LOT of begging to my parents, I got my ass kicked... The game may not have been as hard as I remember, but I just recall getting stomped on just about every level, since I wasn't used to how an FPS worked, or a rather violent one, for that matter. I never did actually beat Frontline, but I did beat Rising Sun countless times, for some reason, and loved both games equally. I just recall getting to a level in Frontline that required you to get past a metric-fuck-ton of snipers in a rather dark factory-like area - not the one in France, where you shot at Germans on parked ships and submarines, I distinctly remember each level, ha. Either way, I love these 2000 era shooters, since I played a lot of them growing up, and they inspired me to play the good, old classics, like Doom, the Build Trilogy, Quake, etc, that helped shape me into the twitch-reflex adrenaline-junkie of a gamer I am, to this day.

[@vesselinkrastev]

The PS3 version is on sale on PSN right now. Does anyone know if the port is any good?

[@V1VISECT6]

Couple lighting issues with HDMI, aim down sight only works with modern control setup.

[@TheMaestro116]

Since you're gonna do rising sun, are you also gonna tackle Airborne one day?

[@Gggmanlives]

Yep.

[@NOTORIOUSJAP1]

have you reviewed system shock 2?

[@Gggmanlives]

Not yet.

[@jellyman1303]

Could you review a little game on the PS2 called TimeSplitters 2 please? Wanna hear your opinion about it.

[@Gggmanlives]

I heard a rumor that I might be reviewing both games in the next few weeks...

[@letmeouttamycage]

Thought that this was a bit laclustre at the time, bought Allied assault and wow that that was the game I was expecting.

[@Firecrow86]

Of all the MOH games for home consoles, this (along with European Assault), are the best. MOH undeground was my favorite until I played this one. My God! Did they put some sort of magic into the software when they made games like this? I feel some kind of temporal displacement after I push the power button when finishing a gaming session of MOH Frontline. And then I remember..."oh, yeah...this is 2016, not 1944...!" This is just to show how much passion used to be put into making games, so much so that it really sucks you into the historical context (or a fictional universe for that matter) , having the same power as a book or a movie. Nowadays we mostly play PRODUCTS for PC and consoles. But back in the day, we used to play GAMES...

[@ChrisMathers3501]

Ah, good old Frontline. Easily the best WW2 shooter ever made. And not for the graphics. They weren't the best even for its time. Or the controls, though it WAS one of the first console shooters with a control scheme that just felt correct and natural. No. Frontline was the best because it took itself and its subject matter seriously, unlike Wolfenstein (which, don't get me wrong, the whole genre does owe its entire existence to) and yet, it had that sense of humor that seemed like it could only have been born of somebody's grandpa's retelling of his time in the war. Even when you were neck deep in crack SS shock troops attempting to kill you swiftly and brutally, there was always that pissed off malevolent butcher knife wielding Nazi chef who hated you more than anyone else, and when you got severely injured and where kicking down death's door and couldn't find a medical kit, you could always swipe a fresh loaf of bread, gobble it down, and be back on your feet just like that. And just when your disguise and papers had the elite Gestapo agents checking your ID fooled, in barged an angry officer waving his gun around looking for the schweinhund who had stolen his pants. Oh sure, it had plenty of action, and it was a good shooter, but really, it was something more. It was an experience.

[@wexenhex]

you should try Allied Assault on PC. It's similar to this one but better, and easily the best in the series

[@ChrisMathers3501]

Allied Assault was okay, but it lacked something that Frontline just didn't.

[@BullworthGraduate]

@ ChrisMathers3501 : What did you think of the first game, assuming that you have played it? To me, that game and _Frontline_ are easily the best in the series with _Rising Sun_ almost being up there.

[@ChrisMathers3501]

Oh yeah. Also Underground. Those were the days, man, lemme tell you. Here's hoping that the writers of the new Call of Duty game, now that they're going back to WW2, take a page from that old book about what made Medal of Honor so great.

[@civilwar9637]

You should review Spec Ops: The Line, it's one of the best military shooters out there, even if not's on a gameplay level.

[@hmm5396]

my dad would hide it on the shelf but I found it and played it

[@alecvandeweghe9277]

do you think you can do moh 2010 and warfighterps ps. Am ixe your friend on steam just to let you know and this is also my dads account just thought i mentioned that.

[@alecvandeweghe9277]

sorry about my misspelling sometimes i tend to rush my typing and i end up getting careless.

[@salokin3087]

for ps2, where to you get your roms and emulators? Thanks and Great Vid

[@SpeedySPCFan]

Google PCXS2 for an emulator, and ROMs can be played by owning the game and using a legit DVD if I recall correctly.

[@Gggmanlives]

I use PCXS2 but I own the physical copies of the games.

[@SpeedySPCFan]

Nasko Kolev I didn't mention piracy because of the questionable legality.

[@salokin3087]

What do you mean by using a DVD, couldn't you just download the roms directly?

[@SpeedySPCFan]

Salokin Sekwah Yes, you can do that, or you can use the DVD the game is on. Either one works.