This was an effort to reboot the series by Electronic Arts and try to compete with Activision's CoD series. It worked and sold 3.5 million copies in a fortnight; the follow-up title Warfighter was a commercial zombie though, prompting an EA earnings call in mid 2013. And that is pretty much all we've seen of the series in 13 years, bar a lone VR release in 2020.

And it is a shame because this is a very good FPS. The Campaign all revolves around a single mission over two days that goes wrong and leaves a SEAL team in need of rescue. You play various roles in the story, from one of the SEALS to a sniper, a spotter, a helicopter gunship pilot and other roles. Largely it is cover and move with standard infantry weapons, pistol, assault rifle, sniper rifle all with a variety of scopes. There are no perks, levels or upgrades; the game plumbs more for somewhere between realism and action and the graphics still look decent in a Battlefield: Bad Company way. You have to forgive some of the interpretations though, as you can get hit multiple times with RPGs or gunships and you don't die. From a fun game play standpoint that's a good thing. Too much realism will kill you every time.

Enemy AI is varied, they are hopelessly prone to being flanked and the game usually funnels you to a semi-open area where you can do this to pass through enemy camps. If you do not take cover in these situations and attack head on, you can get picked off pretty quickly out in the open. And yet at other times someone can stand right behind you and shoot you repeatedly with little damage and there are occasionally some glitches with people getting stuck falling through as pole.

The game largely runs on rails and pushes you from one designated area to another for a cut scenes. It is engaging and the graphics are good enough to make you feel immersed, that story plays out in a fairly meaningless manner until near the end which it delivers well.

You will need to switch between night vision and regular at various points throughout the game, but usually your buddies will direct you with audio, if you pay attention. They also warn of the direction of threat, grenades and where to push up two. If you do pay attention then these NPC buddies works well with you and you do feel part of a well oiled combat team.

The trouble is that Medal of Honor felt their route back to success was to emulate Call of Duty and they take the likeness too far. It is almost indistinguishable from CoD and EA found themselves unable to maintain the quality and annual iterations of that series. The main campaign here is short at 4-5 hours and whilst it is clearly intended as an advert for multiplayer, that died in 2023. Leaving it simply too short to justify anything like a full price purchase. If you can get it for the regular sale price of $3 to $4 then you'll enjoy yourself.

This was an effort to reboot the series by Electronic Arts and try to compete with Activision's CoD series. It worked and sold 3.5 million copies in a fortnight; the follow-up title Warfighter was a commercial zombie though, prompting an EA earnings call in mid 2013. And that is pretty much all we've seen of the series in 13 years, bar a lone VR release in 2020. And it is a shame because this is a very good FPS. The Campaign all revolves around a single mission over two days that goes wrong and leaves a SEAL team in need of rescue. You play various roles in the story, from one of the SEALS to a sniper, a spotter, a helicopter gunship pilot and other roles. Largely it is cover and move with standard infantry weapons, pistol, assault rifle, sniper rifle all with a variety of scopes. There are no perks, levels or upgrades; the game plumbs more for somewhere between realism and action and the graphics still look decent in a Battlefield: Bad Company way. You have to forgive some of the interpretations though, as you can get hit multiple times with RPGs or gunships and you don't die. From a fun game play standpoint that's a good thing. Too much realism will kill you every time. Enemy AI is varied, they are hopelessly prone to being flanked and the game usually funnels you to a semi-open area where you can do this to pass through enemy camps. If you do not take cover in these situations and attack head on, you can get picked off pretty quickly out in the open. And yet at other times someone can stand right behind you and shoot you repeatedly with little damage and there are occasionally some glitches with people getting stuck falling through as pole. The game largely runs on rails and pushes you from one designated area to another for a cut scenes. It is engaging and the graphics are good enough to make you feel immersed, that story plays out in a fairly meaningless manner until near the end which it delivers well. You will need to switch between night vision and regular at various points throughout the game, but usually your buddies will direct you with audio, if you pay attention. They also warn of the direction of threat, grenades and where to push up two. If you do pay attention then these NPC buddies works well with you and you do feel part of a well oiled combat team. The trouble is that Medal of Honor felt their route back to success was to emulate Call of Duty and they take the likeness too far. It is almost indistinguishable from CoD and EA found themselves unable to maintain the quality and annual iterations of that series. The main campaign here is short at 4-5 hours and whilst it is clearly intended as an advert for multiplayer, that died in 2023. Leaving it simply too short to justify anything like a full price purchase. If you can get it for the regular sale price of $3 to $4 then you'll enjoy yourself.