Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007)
Genres:Shooter
Themes:Action, Historical, Warfare
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the “All-American” 82nd Airborne Division, and revolutionize the way the war is fought. From a rocky beginning in Sicily to war winning triumphs in the heart of Germany, fight the epic WWII battles that turned America’s first paratroopers into combat legends. Begin each mission from the air and behind enemy lines, then jump immediately into the action. On the ground, tackle objectives in any order across an expansive, free-roaming environment, using a wide variety of upgradeable weapons to your strategic advantage.Show more
I remember this title being unique as your character has to successfully make a parachute drop. I also remember it being fairly difficult. Borrowing a copy, I got frustrated by a sniper in the second or third mission and quit playing. As an adult I wish I had finished, but I can’t find any copies anymore.
An extraordinary game.
The best of the saga, along with Pacific Assault.
For me, these 2 games are 2GM's best good game i really liked it alore if it could come back purchase guaranteed
Played this game years ago on the PS3. Was blown away by the concept of starting each mission parachuting from a plane. My other WW2 games on the PS2 at the time were Call of Duty Finest Hour and Call of Duty Big Red One. The only other WW2 game I had on the PS3 was Call of Duty World at War. Yet MoH Airborne was the only one where it felt like you controlled which objective you went to first. Each of the weapons having their own upgrades were also really cool and made the game really replayable.
The last level of the game also introduced me to the concept of German Flak towers. When I first saw that level I didn't believe that such structures were real. In my mind these had to be made up structures for the ultimate boss fight. Who would expend so much effort build such a large structure that could be bombed or shelled from afar? While the story of an active paradrop on these structures was definitely fiction, the actual tower did in fact exist! Imagine my surprise.
Having played this on Xbox 360 is a blast. This was delisted on Steam because EA just don't give a $#!t for some reason. I had to purchase the cheap disc with SecuROM DRM (or TAGES in Europe) which is bricked. Also if you have already installed Nvidia PhysX Legacy version, you required to remove it by using the Aegis PhysX release. Which is just outdated and broken.
So yeah, bring this in. Get General Arcade to port it. I'm sure they can patched it up easy.
I am to say the least, a massive fan of the series. I have played all but two of the console releases (Heroes II and Warfighter). I own every single Medal of Honour on the the first two Playstations and some more obscure releases like Medal of Honour: Frontline HD. Out of all I have played, Airborne is my favorite Medal of Honour game. When I downloaded it off EA App using EA play, I was extremely disappointed when the game didn't work. Please port this game to newer OS' so I can play it as god intended.
This would be a great game to release on GOG! Airborne is one of the best and smartest WW2 or generally military shooters of the PS3 / X360 era, rivaled only by the "Hell's Highway" installment of the Brothers in Arms trilogy, which is available on GOG already.
I played both of these not long ago (still own said consoles and their games), and they are both great in different ways. While HH is the perfect execution of the rather classic concept of archiving great tactical depth by allowing the player to give simple button-click commands to a small group of fellow troopers, Airborne had a completely different approach.
The unique aspect of the game is the start of every level with a parachute jump. This is not only for the looks, but gives you the option to start the level at whatever spot you can land on. The nearest of like 5 or 6 objectives in a level will be the one that initiates the sequence of ongoings. This means a lot of replayability for a single player campaign.
Sadly this was very much a flop back then, when everybody only wanted Modern Warfare and similar stuff and nothing else and all the time. As EA "made some decisions" afterwards, Airborne marks the end of not only the "vintage" WW II setting of the franchise, but also the end of Medal of Honor as a series that had a huge impact on the FPS genre in general, and not only once, but time and time again.
Awesome game, sad story. So yeah, please reissue this gem!
Probably one of the best World War 2 games ever made. It would be good to have this for sale without having to download stuff to get it to work. I loved the weapon mechanics.
Great game, I haven't played it in a hot second since I lost my discs years ago. The game is hands down the best MoH game, it's open-level design offers exploration and a degree of replayability that was only topped by the ARMA/ Operation Flashpoint franchise. Like others mentioned you can drop on any site of the map, and it makes a huge difference. You can land on a spot that aloows you to outflank the enemies if you prefer an easy battle or you can land in a heavily defended area where you have to fight for every inch. It is similar like Call of Duty games that you have to push forward in order stop the endless enemy waves, the agressive gameplay might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it keeps you at the edge of the seat. And although I played it many times, there were always neat little spots or flanks ready to be discovered. The last level is a bit over the top with it's vertical design, but even there the game offers at least 5 approaches how to engage the enemies. It's just a shame that it gets overlooked a lot. For a while this was my comfort game, although I knew the levels by heart it was just fun plowing through the enemies in the hardest difficulty, and that's a testament to good game design.
Contrary to popular belief, Medal of Honor: Airborne was NOT just another World War II shooter. In an era of bland, brown cover shooters with 2 weapons and regenerating health, Medal of Honor: Airborne stood out from the crowd with its massive, open-ended missions and airdrop mechanics. It was the most perfect evolution of the ideas Dreamworks Interactive set forth on the PS1, and the antithesis of every Halo, COD, and Gears of War wannabe flooding the shelves of Gamestop in the late 2000s.
In 2020, I made a mod called "Medal of Honor: Airborne Redux" that attempted to polish up the numerous gameplay and QoL issues the original PC release had. I expected it to breathe new life into the game. Instead, EA would go on to delist the game from Steam, making this underappreciated gem even less visible to the gaming public. In spite of this, I returned to Redux in 2025 to put out a v2.0 that polished the game even further and added full gamepad support through Steam Input. Why would I put all this work into a game that can only be purchased secondhand nowdays?
It's because I truly believe Medal of Honor: Airborne is a hidden masterpiece that more people need to play. To this day, I can't think of any other game that offers the same kind of experience that Airborne does. The closest thing I can think of is Deadly Dozen, but that's a budget series with nowhere near the amount of polish that Airborne has. If other EA games from the era like Mirror's Edge and Crysis can be listed on GOG, then I see no reason why Medal of Honor: Airborne can't join Allied Assault and Pacific Assault on the marketplace.
#stopkillinggames
Medal of Honor: Airborne Redux on MODDB fixes this pile of crap that would otherwise be a total waste for a release and a stain on an otherwise great game series.
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