Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor is a PlayStation 3 shooter game released in 2010 developed by DICE. It centers on combat encounters, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 3 or Sixaxis twin sticks, triggers, and face buttons, with PlayStation Move only where explicitly supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.9 / 10
About this game
Medal of Honor is a PlayStation 3 shooter game centered on combat encounters, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while HD 3D scenes, Blu-ray data streaming, surround audio, and cinematic presentation need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include Blu-ray loading, HDD installs, system software, DualShock 3 battery life, Move accessories, resolution and frame rate, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Medal of Honor is a military shooter series built around soldiers carrying out combat missions. Its games range from World War II operations to modern special forces, mixing gunfire, movement through hostile terrain and objectives that push each mission forward.
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AI review
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Direct gunplay has impact, although companion positioning sometimes disrupts engagements.
Medal of Honor's reboot offers direct solo gunplay: movement, aiming and weapon feedback support its military missions, while ammunition supplied by companions keeps progress moving. Those allies sometimes block sightlines or occupy useful cover, so cooperation is not uniformly reliable. Afghanistan provides varied operational situations and stronger environmental atmosphere than character drama. The campaign is relatively easy to finish and has limited replay depth. EA has closed the game's online services, so retained single-player content alone counts today, not multiplayer unlocks. The PS3 manual confirms checkpoints, mission selection, subtitles, sensitivity and control schemes, helping adjustment and recovery without establishing frame-rate quality. It suits players seeking a linear military campaign, not active online competition. Although the manual covers a Limited Edition, bonus games are excluded and Xbox performance faults are not assigned automatically to PS3.
Strengths
- Direct aiming and weapon feedback
- Practical checkpoints and settings
Weaknesses
- Companions can obstruct combat
- Closed multiplayer limits current scope
Who it is for: Players seeking a linear military single-player campaign.
Play notes: EA multiplayer is closed; Limited Edition bonus games and untested performance are excluded.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Varied solo missions have limited replay depth; closed online content no longer counts. | Reviewed | 5.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Direct gunplay has impact, although companion positioning sometimes disrupts engagements. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Military environments establish atmosphere more strongly than the character story. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension PS3 checkpoints and input options are practical, without proving running performance. | Reviewed | 7.3 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Electronic ArtsDICE
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- 2010
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- Solo-friendlyWarThird PersonReplayable3D GraphicsPlayer versus EnvironmentFast-pacedLinear LevelsShootingDodgeMain Story Under 10 HoursReal-time Combat
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle playerCo-op
- Perspectives
- First person
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2010
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2010
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