Rank and Play ID: RNP-IGDB-1307

Medal of Honor

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Critic rating

75.0 / 100

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Release

Oct 31, 1999

Genres

Shooter

Overview

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 infiltrates and sabotages the Nazi War Machine during the final days of World War II.

Storyline

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 cha…