The hook of Airborne is that you're, well, part of the Airborne division (which is a fancy way of saying 'elite paratrooper'), and of course this comes into effect. The plot is stock WWII material, if I said anything other than 'you're fighting Nazi's somewhere in Europe' then it would be unique. The question is: is it still worth shooting Nazi's? None of this 'Modern Warfare: Afghanistan' crap that the new 'Medal of Honor' (i use the name lightly) brings forward. Not to mentioned the more recent games in the Medal of Honor series (Rising Sun and European Assault) were 'meh at best' console games.Īs a result, Medal of Honor: Airborne was critically overlooked and dismissed as 'another damn World War II shooter.' Since Medal of Honor essentially kick started the WWII FPS genre back in 2001, it's worth a look, particularly if you're like me and just love playing games based on the Last Great War.
Not only was this right after the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but this was also the time we loathed and despised World War II shooters. Sorry, no balls jokes here.Ģ007 was not a good year to be Medal of Honor.
