Medal of Honor Vanguard

February 24th, 2007, 02:49 Posted By: wraggster

Electronic Arts kick-started the wartime first-person shooter with its Medal of Honor franchise and now the series is on its way to Nintendo's new Wii console. Medal of Honor Vanguard follows Corporal Frank Keegan, a member of the elite 82nd Airborne Division, which stormed the shores of Sicily and attacked Nazi Germany during World War II. You control Keegan as he first parachutes onto the battleground and then engages the enemy in epic shoot-outs. Like Call of Duty 3 for Wii, Vanguard is packed full of scripted action sequences, from exploding buildings in the foreground to planes bursting into flames and crashing in the background, and as a result gamers will very likely find themselves engulfed in the experience. The version of the title is, naturally, based on the PS2 one of the same name, but features both enhanced graphics and expanded controls tailor-made for Nintendo's innovative remote. We recently went hands-on with two levels from the nearly-finished Wii build and we've come back from the battlefield nearly unscathed with the following report:

Vanguard for Wii utilizes a mixture of live-action documentary-style war footage -- most of it in black and white -- and character voiceovers, to tell the story. The title begins as the 82nd Airborne Division is prepping for battle. Corporal Keegan narrates over vintage video sequences: "For an extra $50 a month, we'd be part of a great American experiment in warfare," he says. The title is comprised of four integral operations from WWII, including Operation Husky, Neptune, Varsity and Market Garden, the latter of which yielded the largest airborne deployment of the war, according to Electronic Arts. As the shooter begins, we're offered a glimpse of some of the intense drops that the 82nd went through so many years ago -- and interestingly, gamers will get to play through the drops themselves.

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