Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor is the first title in the Medal of Honor series. The game was inspired by DreamWorks Interactive co-founder Steven Spielberg. The game follows Jimmy Patterson, a 24-year-old OSS operative as he…
Medal of Honor is a shooter developed by Dreamworks Interactive, released 31 October 1999 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What Medal of Honor is
Medal of Honor is a shooter game developed by Dreamworks Interactive and released in 1999. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was officially created in June 1942 under the guidance of General “Wild Bill” Donovan. If there was ever a time when the romantic notions of being a spy felt real, it was likely with the OSS. Young men and women, often recruited straight out of college, entered the cloak-and-dagger world of wartime intelligence. It was an exciting and dangerous period, and as the war progressed, so did the OSS’s mission. Sabotage, search and rescue, and subversion all became part of the organization’s daily operations. It was during this time that a young lieutenant in the Air Transport Corps entered the picture and changed the OSS forever. On June 5, 1944—the night…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and warfare. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Medal of Honor holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 171 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs.
What it launched against
Medal of Honor launched on 31 October 1999, within three weeks of Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, The Longest Journey and Rayman 2: The Great Escape. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, The Longest Journey, Rayman 2: The Great Escape.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Medal of Honor yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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