Two of those changes feature more interactive backgrounds and more 'intelligent' AI. But Dreamworks has squeezed out even more routines from its first-person engine, and has added subtle changes in gameplay that affect the game in ways not seen in the first title. The game at face level is still very much like the first one - which is to say it's an excellent title. For the most part, players are given a set of goals, they run around blasting Germans, pick up certain items, find particular locations, and then get out. In Manon's journey, she will embark on seven missions, each of which contain three to four levels that will require various amounts of stealth, an arsenal of various firepower, and infiltration skills.Īt first sight, Medal of Honor Underground looks and feels exactly like the first game. The missions include more than 22 varied levels that feature environments in locales such as France, North Africa, Italy, Germany, and Greece. The early parts of World War II aren't always read about in the mainstream or American literature (mostly because we weren't part of the picture yet) and they certainly aren't part of the mainstream gaming annals, which makes this title even more intriguing.Īs part of the Resistance and then the OSS, Manon must struggle against the Nazi's early WW II maneuvers by traveling to various regions of Nazi rule, and carry out many secret missions to uncover their plans and in some cases to alter them. The story is just as involved as the first one, but in many ways it's even more captivating. That is of Manon, a young woman who vigilantly volunteers with the French Resistance, and who is later recruited as part of the OSS, the same operation that MOD's Jimmy Patterson was part of. Gameplay The original team at Dreamworks has re-created the real environments of World War II Europe, as well as other WW II peripheral areas, such as Greece and North Africa, to tell a new story. And while the biggest disappointments occur with the game's reoccurring collision detection it's still a winner in our books. What's better is that the second in the series brings in more variations in the gameplay department that complement that standard stealth, shoot, and run aspects with battles against tanks and motorcycle side cars, co-op play with non-player characters, and the ability to ride in a sidecar. EA's first-person shooter brings back all of the great atmosphere and action from the first game, and has powered this technical centerpiece with better artificial intelligence, additional weapons, and more interaction between non-player characters.

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