

The OSS learns from the contact that the secret weapon is a highly advanced jet fighter called HO-IX, which has the potential to change the tide of airpower over Europe if it reaches production. After infiltrating the manor, Patterson locates the contact and rescues him from German custody. Patterson is sent to drop with the 82nd Airborne during Operation Market Garden to find him, meeting up with the Resistance and learning the contact is being held in a Nazi-occupied manor. Shortly after Patterson completes his mission in Lorient, the OSS discovers that the Germans are building a secret weapon, but their contact in the Dutch Resistance goes missing. Patterson stows away aboard the fictional U-Boat U-4902 and infiltrates the German U-boat base in Lorient, France, destroying 4902 and two more U-boats and crippling the port during his infiltration, he crosses paths with an SS Hauptsturmführer named Rudolf Ulbricht von Sturmgeist conducting an inspection, but Sturmgeist leaves shortly before the base is destroyed. Health is determined by a health bar that can be replenished using a selection of "medikits" found throughout levels with varying degrees of effect.ĭuring missions, players can earn medals by the end of each level be meeting requirements such as completions of objectives, eliminating a number of enemies and maintaining a percentage of health throughout, all represented by a bronze, silver or gold star.įrontline starts with Lieutenant James Steven "Jimmy" Patterson storming Omaha Beach as a part of Operation Overlord, after which the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) sends him to disrupt German U-boat operations. Many missions are performed solo but also sometimes include an AI companion for backup. For example, one selections of missions has the player detach from an allied raid to infiltrate a German U-boat in order to get to a secret facility while another has them rendezvous and sneak into a German headquarters in disguise to rescue an operative. While many missions involve Allied assaults on German targets others include elements of stealth and exploration. Because of the variety between missions and locations, gameplay changes pace.

The player character is tasked with objectives during levels that range from infiltration, espionage, rescue and recon.

As the story progress however, the player character is sent on a variety of other missions including a number of covert and undercover operations in locations such as military bases, German-occupied towns and manors, submarines and countryside settings. Initially the player character begins on the frontlines during D-Day backed up by other computer AI-controlled soldiers with an emphasis on fast action-orientated gun-based gameplay. Each mission is structured through a number of linear levels, each with differing locations, levels of action and styles of gameplay. Briefings take place at the start of each mission, which advance the plot and introduce new characters.
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In 2010, an HD port of the game was included in the "Limited Edition" PlayStation 3 version of Medal of Honor.įrontline is a first-person shooter where players take control of the protagonist player character in a first-person perspective where they fight through levels set during the Second World War against the Wehrmacht using historical weaponry of the era, performing a series of military operations. It also the first game in the series without the involvement of Steven Spielberg, creator of the series. Frontline was released in North America for the PlayStation 2 on and for the GameCube and Xbox consoles on November 7, 2002.ĭeveloped by EA Los Angeles, the game was the first Medal of Honor by the studio after being purchased by Electronic Arts from DreamWorks SKG and Microsoft in February 2000. Frontline takes place during the events of the first game and chronicles Patterson's journey as he fights his way across Europe into Nazi Germany during World War II. Jimmy Patterson, from the American Office of Strategic Services. Medal of Honor: Frontline is a first-person shooter video game, in the Medal of Honor series, and was published by Electronic Arts.
