Was it Good? - Medal of Honor (1999)
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'Ihre Papiere Bitte'
Your Papers Please.
In this video we're going back to 1999 and replaying the classic Playstation 1 FPS 'Medal of Honor', a game that launched a franchise, and would be inspiration for 'Call of Duty' several years later.
We all have great memories of playing MoH, but was it actually any good, and does it hold up today?
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"I watched my Grandad playing this game" I was already an adult when this game came out, now I just feel old.... Thanks for that!
Congrats on the heart
I’m even more stunned by the fact his grandad played video games 😱
@@iHelderScrolls My grandma played Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine better than me at 90's in Master System.
@@misakitakazaki8951 I won't be surprised if she finished the first two Turrican games....
You feel old? My grandad died 1918. The same year WW1 ended. Feel better?
One moment I'll never forget about this game is throwing a grenade at an enemy, he kicks the grenade on a wall, bouncing back at his face and blowing himself. Also, I believe it's the third or fourth level, there's a pit with dogs below, I threw a grenade thinking I was being very smart and bent over to watch the dogs explode just to have of them grab the grenade with its mouth and jump killing me with the explosion lol.
when the dog is smarter than the average NPC in a modern AAA title ^^
That's actually one of the best comments I've read lol
I think it was in MOH underground where the dogs would deliver the thrown grenade right next to their handler and blow both of them up
The fucking dogs scared me!
On MOHU one dude kicked the grenade on his fellow right beside him, they both died in the explosion, i had to pause the game to catch my breath from laughing lol
I still remember having my mind blown when a German kicked my grenade back at me. This came out when I was about 11 years old and its still one of the most memorable gaming experiences of my life.
The dogs thoe
Blown... quite literally
Germans are smart. We see a lot of grenade footage irl and russians are just sitting there when grenade is thrown at them from a wedding drone.
To be honest, the only thing I remember about this game was the thought I had at the end"that's it? I'm glad I didn't buy it"
😂🤣😅😆😄
Haven’t watch this yet but I’m just going to say yes.
My grandpa loved this game and I will never forget the day he called me while I was at school because he was so excited to have beaten the whole game in one sitting without dying.
He wasn’t a gamer, only liked this game and Pac-Man actually.
That that overwhelming feeling of happiness and pride from that experience will always make this one of my favorite games even though I’ve never played it.
Beat it in his honor
What I really love about "Was it good?" series is that it feels like a history lesson in gaming of what was the start of gaming standards.
Still want to put in my Hat for you to play Xenogears. I truly want to hear your take on a RPG of that level.
Xenogears, Xenosaga, Vagrant Story are my wishes :)
Xenogears sucks after the first disc. Xenosaga sucks after the first game. Vagrant story had too many menus to pull out your lighning club so you could hit them in the shoulder where their armor was thinner.
xenogears never launched in europe... we know why (disc2), i was 14 when this came out, only remember that passport sequence
oh syphon filter would be a good pick for this series i think
@@zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba0 Xenosaga redeemed itself in Episode 3. I doubt you even played it.
My favorite part:
Enemy Soldier: "Who's your commanding officer?"
Josh: *Gun*
Mine is 14:48
*Josh getting shot in the chest with a machine gun*
-shows papers-
I was bored to death visiting my sister in law. Her husband was out of town and said I could play his ps. I haven't played video games in years and he had MOH and a couple other sports games. This is the game that brought me back to gaming. When I went home a few days later, I immediately bought a PS1 and MOH and a week later MOH underground.
her husband? so your brother?
@@gp9730 🤣 brother in law...my wife's sister's husband. I guess I could have just said brother in law in the first place eh? 🤔
@@diggadirt393 no worries. I call my wife's family by their title and say my wife's (insert title) they aren't family to me lol.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the analog controller for this game, you can get a pretty modern control scheme if you simply use the dual shock/analog
type 4 controls
@@RetroEmulationArchive it's crazy that they already thought of this at the time this game came out, so many first person shooter games had awkward control schemes on console up until the late 2000s, then again not everyone at the time had a dual analog controller so I can see how it was missed so easily until, in essence, call of duty 2 came out on the 360 at least.
@@LowEndPCGamer100 Alien Resurrection is often accredited for the modern Control Scheme, but it looks like MOH Had it one year prior, it also works properly
@@RetroEmulationArchive Yep, exactly
A man of culture I see.
@@RetroEmulationArchive
I was 14 when this game came out. It was the most realistic shooter I'd ever seen or played. This will always be my favorite Medal of Honor.
same
This and golden eye were the best
@@TheAnonapersons I didn't play Goldeneye until years later, but Perfect Dark actually was my favorite game on N64!
@@ShawnFerrell we used to play multiplayer vs slapper only bots. It was like primitive cod zombies
The fact the draw distance was so short just added to the suspense and eerie feel to the game. You never knew what was down the road or around the corner and the sound track just complimented that feel so well.
This is the only game that made my palms sweat lol
Espicially when you see a soilder, running out of the darkness towards you
Thats one of the reasons these older games always felt more creepy and scary compared to modern games. The dark textures with limited lighting in combination with the artstyle also made these games very atmospheric.
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Unfortunately, near the end the enemies have rocket launchers which one shot kill you and they can see you before you see them. Fun.
One of the bedrocks in my gaming history. 10:15 hit me with incredible nostalgia. Crawling through those tunnels with a shotgun in my hands, and being terrified of the barking. It had faded to obscure memory. That moment brought me back to the time crystal clear.
The Medal Of Honor early games had better music than most games since, absolutely epic. The score for Frontline was so magical I can sing every single score in my head
10/10 orchestra
the composer of the first MoH won an academy award exactly a decade later (michael giacchino)
Rising Sun too, although it has a bad reputation the music in that game was also incredibly memorable.
I really loved the secret mission with the dogs who were armed with panzerfausts. Or the metal robot shouting "Ich bin der Panzerknacker" 😄
I think those are from Underground.
@@nakano15 Yup. It's the bonus missions from Underground. Little did I know it was a callback to Wolfenstein, as a kid I just liked how silly and fun it was :p
You you got the wrong game. It was underground and the next mission you fight aliens as well that explode
@@Biouke Wolfenstein is what came to my mind immediately, exactly. That robot got to be a reference to Mecha Hitler. "Eva, auf wiedersehen!"
5:36 - Actually the Ai is genius. The enemy soldier utilised the 'Worm" manoeuvre to ensure you that you hit the railing square on rather than him. A dangerous foe indeed.
I remember the first time an enemy chucked one of my grenades back at me lol. Big WTF moment
He's just TOO COOL!
A masterpiece of the PS1 library...feels like you are in a movie...music is top notch...the voice acting is great...Jerry's are hilarious...awesome immersion! Lone wolf simulator.
You needed the soft touch on your D-pad to aim your head shots quickly! Play it today in the dark...it is still a cool ride!
Not just the music, but the sound design overall was of exceptional quality for the time. All the guns felt punchy and satisfying to use. The reloads all sounded unique and different. Everything from enemies spotting you, enemies dying, running over pickups, everything has very clear feedback and the quality of the sound effects was way higher than anything else that existed at that time.
"If everyones dead, there's no one alive to say you weren't stealthy." Love that.
And as always "Rennt um euer leben, er hat ne Panzerfaust!". That really got me
Not gonna lie, when those Panzerfaust dudes shoot, that statement has never been truer. 😅
If I saw a dude walk around a corner with a Panzerfaust, I would renn um my Leben as well!
I'm glad CZcams has a translate button now
It means run for you live he has a Panzerfaust
23:09 💥💥😂
Is this channel really just a few months old with over 100k subs? Very well done, and so far high quality content highlighting games that I do remember oh-so fondly. :)
It's like you took every nostalgic game I ever played as a kid and made it in to this amazing review video. I love your channel very much.
Great review! But to let you know, this DOES have dual analog. Probably the first fps game to use a modern control scheme. It's control scheme 4, make sure you have the analog button on.
Can you imagine find it out after 22 years!That is hilarious.I guess better late than never.
Alien resurrection also has dual analog controls.
one of the first, the first was alien ressurection which some idiot called the worst controls hes ever used.
@@artycharr iirc, they said that part of the terror is the crazy, confusing controls, where one joystick controls the camera and the other controls movement lmao
@@artycharr just video game journalists being video game journalists….them being complete fools is nothing new.
hello Josh, you get three stars for killing 90% or more enemies in the level and finishing the level with 90% or more health.
also change the controller settings to sharpshooter in the settings menu. it makes for a far better controller layout.
nice tips but I don't think he plays those games ever again. I think he does it mostly for youtube
@@dom8429 i wouldnt say never i been playing halo since i was 6
& still play it religiously
I pushed myself to get used to the controller layout. I was running around corners popping headshots with the rifle once I got used to it.
@@lordsofkoble i just cant fuckin play halo with keyboard/mouse the only shooter i have to use a controlelr on
Dreamworks interactive had a few bangers. The music, the story, the gameplay. I really do love this game. Lots of charm and production value for the time. Spielberg came up with the idea for this game, which is a fun little tidbit. The military advisor from saving private ryan was also an advisor for this game.
Great video.
If I remember correctly, the rating at the end of the mission had nothing to with how many hits you took or how fast you completed the level. It was a combination of objectives completed, the fraction of enemies killed per each level and the accuracy. Or something like that.
PS: Michael Giacchino also went on to become a renown composer for the most famous TV shows of the early 2000s, namely Alias and Lost, and for Hollywood movies.
I remember playing this game when I was like 10 years old and I remember being amazed at the enemies shooting their machine guns after getting killed.. What a great time.
Keeping in mind of course that Steven Spielberg pushed to have this game made to reinvigorate people's interest in WW2 before releasing Saving Private Ryan.
Your joking right? You’ve gotta be
@@PROTOBLUES90
It is true. This is from online about the game:
The series began in 1999 with Medal of Honor. The game was developed by DreamWorks Interactive, when at the time the studio and series were jointly owned by DreamWorks SKG and Microsoft Games, with the game concept and story created by filmmaker Steven Spielberg. The game was released for the PlayStation on October 31, 1999.[2] Spielberg's inspiration for the series emerged while directing and producing the World War II film Saving Private Ryan to create a game that can concurrently be an educational and entertaining experience.[
The game has Saving Private Ryan written all over it yes, but The movie came out 1998 and this game the year later.
When I was younger, my parents used to drop me off at my uncles for a few nights since they had overnight jobs. He had a PlayStation 1 and I’d watch him play this for hours, along with Siphon Filter and Tomb Raider. Watching your review on this brought back a lot of good memories of those times spent.
I remember having to beat this entire game in one sitting because I didn't have a memory card for my playstation. It was hard, but I pulled it off!
And I 100% agree! The music in Medal of Honor made kid me into a MASSIVE MoH fan. I got goosebumps listening to that again in this vid. Thank you.
I like the animations of the characters. Movement when they catch hits from players. It still looks realistic as well like when I was younger and play this game.
Maybe it's because models are easy to animate in those times.
I absolutely agree with you there some of these animations actually look better than in the PC game allied assault that came out three years later it’s just amazing how some of the animations are on PlayStation one of all things very well done
well, they also worked very hard to get them to look good.
So, it's kind of a combination of the models being simpler but also them putting a lot of work in.
Yeah - many new games seem to like showing off exploding adversaries, blood or gore, but there's something about the way those ones die or get damaged that doesn't hit like these do. When seeing one of the first enemies get partially damaged here (around 2:35), I went "Huh, yeah, if I was hurt, I'd move pretty much like that, they feel a bit real".
It was a magical time when developers tried to "show off" as much as possible. They couldn't do much about controls or draw distance, but animations where relatively inexpensive to do.
The same year Mechwarrior 3 and Recoil (same engine) released and both featured destructible terrain. It was very limited, but still a novelty at the time.
I feel like this kind of magic is gone in gaming today and it's more about who can provide the best fidelity to people who like pushing their face against HD textures, even if it makes almost no visual difference during regular gameplay.
Makes me wonder if they used modern skeletal rigs or were doing it quake style by literaly animating the polygons, cos if its the latter it just makes the achievement all the more staggering and judging by the way they move, theres a certain robotic nature to it so im leaning towards the quake style as it doesnt look mocapped, either way i loved this game as a kid and shooting nazis in the nuts and watching em double over clutching their baby makers was always a good time!
Man that menu office brings back nostalgia.
Also if I'd drawn on the TV screen I wouldn't be alive now to be nostalgic 😅😅😅
I know this video is a bit old now but its my first time watching it. You captured the essence of what made this a very memorable game in a memorable time in my life. I can't word it much better than the "vibe" , it was a quantum leap from the SNES games I had a few years before in both story telling and gameplay. I'm 38 now and can say this was one of the first times I ever felt IN a game. This along with MGS set the bar for anything I would play since
My dad and I played MoH Frontline and Rising Sun on GameCube when I was little, and I can still remember how great their soundtracks were. Nostalgia hit me like a truck when you demonstrated it in the video and I instantly recognized the main leitmotif.
Medal of honour Allied Assault was my first video game I ever played, or at least first FPS. I wasn’t allowed to touch it until I was about 7-8 but I remember playing it over and over again. The submarine level where you had to sneak around and the D-Day landing that was definitely not based on Saving Private Ryan. Such good memories.
The only reason I know what a "bangalore" is, is because of how many times I've heard that one captain shouting "get those bangalores!!!" in the D-day mission when I was a kid
Steven Spielberg wasn't directly attacked to Medal of honor but he was in charge of the studio that created it. Dreamworks.
Playing Allied Assault, Age of Empires and Halo made me realize that pc gaming was the way to go when I was a kid. lol
Great overview my guy :D From my experience of constantly playing the game for the review, I found it that in the end of the level, 1 star is rewarded for completing the level, 1 is rewarded for killing all enemies and the last one is awarded for beating the level with 75%+ HP. Not sure if its right, but worked so far for me.
I wanted to say the same thing. You're completely right--the instruction booklet itself outlines the requirements for the different ratings, and you hit the nail on the head.
If I recall correctly, accuracy has a BIG impact on the final grading of the mission.
@@laughingseal2282 nope, as far as I know and tested accuracy doesn’t affect grading 👀
I believe Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is very close to being a remake of some of these maps. Not all of them, I don't recall playing a sewer mission in any of the ones I played, but Allied Assault released in 2002 and I used to play it constantly on my dad's old laptop. I do distinctly remember the Submarine mission, because I always forgot what key the passport had been bound to, and I failed that mission until my dad came over and rebound it for me. It was great fun!
MoH: Allied Assault even shares the same menu and option screens.
Spot on review mate. The music is still burned into my subconscious unto this day, such an amazing soundtrack!
Fun fact: the story for the game and the 2 following games was written by Steven Spielberg. That's why they are all connected and there is some crossover.
Fun fact: that is not true. Only the first game.
Lol
@@mikatu he wrote the full story for the 3 games but was only directly involved with the production of the first one. The second game still used the same advisors he brought in from saving private Ryan and the 3rd installment was a different team but still based on his script.
What about that crazy hidden level with clockwork soldiers and weird dogs that talked? I May be misremembering that and it could possibly have been Underground that had it, but I Distinctly remember it existed!
Also.... Ihre Papiere Bitte.
Or my personal favourite 'Die amerkana hat hundekuche in der tasche' LMFAO when I heard the translation back in the nineties and the way the voice over artist delivers, just had me rolling on the floor laughing when you find out what it means!
That was in Underground and you needed all the medals to unlock it I think
Subbed. I didn't grow up playing medal of honor games, but I appreciate people who can understand and appreciate older game mechanics that didn't age well.
I have very similar memories of the game like yours. Thanks for reminding me :)
Medal of Honor was so good. I played during the Allied assault / breakthrough / spearhead versions. The gameplay is improved a lot in those.
The Allied Assault Intro was SOOOO EPIC for the time. It felt like a movie. And finally being on PC, I actually hit something for a change.
@@lunakoala5053 I was Playing allied assault literally yesterday and fuck me the 'storm normandy beaches' mission had me smashing my keyboard to bits!! It was a great game for SURE but it could do with a few modern creature comforts to make the difficulty a little less 'flip a coin , heads you die tails you dont' cos running to that DAMN TRENCH after the bangalores was the longest half hour of me goddamn life!!!!
@@lunakoala5053 Maybe because the story for the game was actually written by Steven Spielberg himself xD (the director who filmed Saving Private Ryan).
If you check his IMDB page, in writer section hes listed as "creator" of Medal of Honor which is pretty cool.
Nice to see people playing Allied Assault still. I still make SP levels for it to this day.
The score has a (original trilogy) Star Wars feel to it.. in a good way. The music can definitely affect the feel of a game. For many, games like this were their first introduction to action multiplayer and the first person shooter. That makes them special even if they are not so good in hindsight. Controls and controllers have come a long way in console games.
the composer of this game did a star wars movie too haha
Wow 😳 you just brought back a lot of Great memories. Thanks this game was a 10 out of 10 for me 😊
i dont know how old you are but most of your videos sparks a joy, every time i watch your videos, they remind me of my childhood and good memories. Thank you for creating such content. I am 32 years old.
I really love the concept of menus from the 90s and 2000s, where the menu was part of the game.
There are still lots of games that do this, but most of them are Indie games. But once in a while you'll see big AAA games try something like this. Although with the increasing power of game dev tools and a vast library of assets, more and more indie studios are producing AAA level games, so that line is getting increasingly blurred.
I really love this channel. I never played this game but found the history of it fascinating!
I have great memories of this game upin release. I haven't played it since and you haven't insulted my nostalgia and I thank you for that. I won't play it again because I don't want my bubble bursting. It was a great game and always will be a favourite from that era of ps1.
That characterization part where the enemies start calling you by the name is so amazing though! It's like, you literally become a well known threat, and that only makes the feeling of power stronger.
I would love more of this in modern games. The only game where I've seen this is in Metal Gear Solid V, where Russian soldiers sometimes say stuff like "have you heard of the horn? People say he's dangerous and fight like demon!"
4:17 NO NO NO NO NO. The groin shots were the best in this game, if I remember correctly there even was a separate tracker at the end of the level for groin shots
one can see the groin shot counter at 7:46, so you remember correctly.
23:20 My biggest fear while playing this game back in the 90's. I remember how stressful it was to play levels with enemies having bazookas. One of the best games on PS1 for me along with Underground. The music is so good it makes like half of the atmosphere of the game.
With my current experience I still say yes. They cannot be look down even I experience many time from them. One mistake = install kill from them.
Did you know if you walk close to them they will flee instead. I called them "a mouse carry a gun".
Also this is not my childhood game. I just speak my experience.
Great video. Such a fond memory of when I used to play it as a child. The last medal of honor I really enjoyed playing was rising sun for the gamecube. I haven't played any since then.
This was my favorite game back in 2000! I recently moded a ps1 classic to play it again, it is old but the trip down memory lane is well worth it! And yes, my papers are in orders! Great review!
Didn't get into these until Allied Assault on PC. Loved those games and the old CoD games so much. Really cool seeing a modern review of the original.
Remember when WWII shooting games still had the appropriate flags rather than Your team and Enemy team?
This was the very first video game I beat. This video has taken me down memory lane. Thank you.
Best of memories. Outstanding presentation, excellent sound design.
I really hope to see more old games reviewed, it feels like a history lesson on the evolution of video games and expectations, and how they've been transformed over time.
My favorite Medal of Honor to this day has to be Rising Sun. I still remember playing it with my brother when we were younger. One of the first games that got me into gaming as a whole.
To me this medal of honor is not only the best medal of honor, but the best fps
Used to love doing welrod 1v1s on that.
Wow I just heard you say that your grandfather played this game and that you played it together and it made me smile instantly, you are very lucky to have such fond memories of your grandfather and gaming together, I loved games but no one in my family except my older brother played games and my older (by 6yrs) brother wasn't interested in playing with his younger annoying brother. That would of been so cool to be playing video games with your grandfather, that's just so cool mate. 👍😊
This game ruled. Played it all the time as a kid when it came out, still have it too 🤣
Medievil Josh, you know that ones gotta' happen sometime. Love seeing and playing a little ps1 so these videos have been great so far.
Can’t wait for these videos. Can you do the jak trilogy?
I was a little too young to play this at the time. I do remember my Dad playing it and walking around showing his papers. I thought it was the coolest and most realistic thing ever.
You can use both analog sticks in a (somewhat) modern way by changing the controller config in the options menu. No crosshairs, but you're able to look all around all the time, and instinctual aiming works fine for 90% of the game.
Always loved the art design and the chunky recoil on the weapons. Thanks for the video.
Michael Giacchino, the composer, is a god. Every one of his movie scores is amazing. And he even did one better than John Williams with the Rogue One score. His Star Trek scores are on a par with James Horner's Wrath of Khan score.
Medal of Honor wasn't originally supposed to have an orchestral score. It just wasn't a thing yet, even in the late 90s.
Night on the Yorktown is arguably his best Star Trek piece.
He also did up, lost, and some of tbe marvel movies.
His Doctor Strange score is fantastic.
I found out about this fact months ago, forgot about it, and am currently replaying this and MoH: Underground...while being hyped for The Batman...which Giacchino also scored. Thank you for reminding me! :)
Yup, love the score to this game, so atmospheric. I always wanted to make a film based on this game.
You can use annalog aiming, you just need a dualshock and select the right control scheme
Would love to see the same critique of a contemporary game. Fantastic reviews, great channel.
that was a great video Josh
Good memories of this game. Trying to get all groin shots. My younger brother calling the bazooka a mazooka. My drunk father not knowing how to show his papers so he said "I got your papers right here" and shot the Jerry. That was hilarious to 8-9 year old me.
I personnaly call groin shots "CROTCH KILL"! In a high pitched noise of course...:)
Commenting to feed the algorithm. Never played Medal of Honor back in the day. I was much more into N64 games at the time. It's interesting to see how games back then handled control schemes because it was the Wild West while everyone tried to figure out what worked. I find it funny that MoH at least, had the opportunity to twin stick, but never really got it down.
that end segment, give me the chills.
At the time I have much clue of English as you would had of Spanish, I was unable to enjoy some tidbits of "world building" at the time.
The sound design in this game was incredible, it was pure atmosphere. My most vivid memory of this was running through the dark tunnels with the whistles blowing and guards yelling behind.
i like how the soldiers change how they address you throughout the game. the newer Wolfenstein games sorta do the same thing. The 2009 BJ Blazco goes from fairly normal soldier to Deathshead's personal villain, and its continued into The New Order, where most Germans have forgotten you, but not Deathshead. By the end of The New Order, you have near singlehandedly taken care of Deathshead, dismantled the uberconcrete manufacturing prison facility, destroyed the London Monitor and London Nausica, and seemingly killed Frou Engel. By the New Colossus, BJ is a legend among the German soldiers, referred to as Terror-Billy, an ex-mental patient turned mass murderer. they even plan to make your story (and the idea that the Nazi's overcame you) into a feature film.
Man, when people say "I have fuzzy memories of my grandpa playing this game" and you remember when that game came out like it was a couple of years ago, YOUR DAY JUST GOES TO SHIT. So thanks. Nice review.
Man... I remember getting this game for Christmas when I was a kid (maybe about 11-12yo), played it ALL Christmas day and loved every minute of it. It was something new and exciting and I was completely immersed in the experience. Good times back then.
My favorite fps, it was my first one h so many years ago, thank you for covering it. I still play it and the 2nd one through every now and then 👍.
6:38 Emm, if I remember correctly in order to get 3 stars at the end of each level, you need at least 95% health and also kill ALL enemies. That includes those who you mown down with stationary machine guns so you really have to keep a look out for them.
I forgot about the Medal of Honour games they were fantastic. Shame they stopped due to competition overtaking them. The atmosphere on these games that i remember was brilliant and the sound was new and interesting. Would love to see a new one come out.
Thank you, this took me to a time and place that I thought I'd never visit again. 😌
Finally some in depth of my favorite game. I spent hours as a kid playing this and after beating it recently I’m surprised at how far I remember getting back in the day. Cheers!
"When I was around nine or ten, I'd sit and watch my Granddad play this for hours..." Wow, I suddenly feel really really(!) old... I used to play this game with my friends in '99 in our early twenties... 😲🥺
His granddad played video games!! Closest I had in my family was my uncle lol
OMG seeing this game is like a time machine. I remember sitting in my aunt's huge walk in closet and playing this game on a time cry television. I loved this game so much.
Boy, did i love this game when it came out, it was one of the first 3d games for me that had such a thick atmosphere you could cut pieces out of it, the orchestral music, the realistic sound, the enemies yelling at you... it was amazing.
Your reviews are so well written and fun to listen to.
I would love to hear your thoughts on Medal of Honor: Underground.
Not sure this is the place to make a suggestion, but I think Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain might be a good fit for this series. Should be possible to emulate. Seems good since it's the spooky month.
EDIT: Holy fuck, those madlads at GOG finally managed to pry it out of the defunct legal pile, so you can actually buy it again.
Unfortunately GOG's Soul Reaver is nearly impossible to get running.
They did?! :O
He actually made a video on Soul Reaver already: czcams.com/video/xUrb2r7Bvro/video.html
@@dosbilliam That's like saying he shouldn't review World of Warcraft because he already reviewed Warcraft 2. :P
I’m starting to think you’re a time traveler stalking me and playing the games I liked as a kid. If you do Illusion of Gaia or Alundra next then I will definitely believe it.
He's just our age and played the same games ;)
Yes, and Lufia 2
Lololololol you’re awesome, man…
😂😂😂
That was my youth’s game! (Together with Underground, essentially the same, but Better!)
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You nailed it all… and the music… oh, the music… I still listen to it… and it sometimes brings tears to my eyes, out of nowhere…
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Thanks a lot!!! Glad your video showed up on my feed. 😉👍🏼
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I remember the ambiance of this game blowing my mind. I hadn't experienced anything like it. This was one of the best videogame experiences of my life.
Just an awesome shooter all around! It succeeded not only because of it's awesome sound but also superb visuals (for ps1), fantastic enemy animations, and great variety of levels and situations. I remember getting eponymous medal of honor for getting 3 stars on every level. I think the main criteria for high level score is accuracy. Surprisingly, iirc the sniper rifle was very effective and convenient for me to use.
I loved the Medal of Honor games back in the day. I remember having so much fun with this first one, and then a couple years later, there was the demo for MoH: Frontline on this ps2 demo disc (I think my dad had a subscription to ps magazine or something)
I just remember thinking it looked so realistic compared to the original, and there was no way games could ever look any better lol
Fast forward to today, and I still love me some classic Doom, but it is hard to go back to the first MoH
Good review, fun game! Consoles had a lot of catching up to do in terms of FPS at the time, but this series really started the genre for many gamers. Good to see you playing a game in its original screen resolution as well. Thanks for pointing out the excellent soundtrack, audio is the highlight for sure!
This game was awesome! I remember it was so cool how the enemies reacted to you at the time.
I remember playing Medal of Honor on the PS2, my dad randomly got it as it looked interesting to him. I wasn't that big into shooters yet but still enjoyed going through it. The music in that one is almost identical just done with a live orchestra. The main menu was very similar as well and it seemed to have similar levels as well. I'm wondering if it was a bit of a spiritual remake of the first one.
That was Frontline, and it was the 2nd sequel to MOH 1. I say 2nd because it's technically the 4th MOH game released but some fans consider MOH Underground to be a stand-alone expansion instead of a true sequel. Frontline put Jimmy Patterson back in the fray after he was sidelined in favor of other protagonists in Underground and Allied Assault, but the missions are completely different from MOH 1's. Frontline's first mission puts you on Normandy beach during the D-Day invasion which would've been impossible to do on PS1 hardware. And the game pulls a bait and switch with it's single 'undercover' mission by blowing your cover 5 minutes in and forcing you to run through guns blazing.
Gotta say that pretty much all the shortcomings of this version are gone in the PC version. Still love that game :-)
Many memories of this game. 1v1 vs my stepdad and i always won. lol its all about the strafe if you didnt have a dual shock. Great review, this took me way back.
Played the heck of this as a kid. Loved it, and the second one.
Just look for Medal of Honor Allied Assault Soundtrack Main Theme and listen to it for several hours straight. Yeah....this is the real shit. ❤
I loved the Mohaa and mohaas music. Some really pump you up
I remember playing this with my sister when I was very very young and neither of us understood what we were doing in the slightest. We played multiplayer and didn't know we were playing against each other. So of course we would run around the map and once we found each other we didn't realize that either. We shot at each other and the first one who died was like 'Oh god this guy shot me! I am dead!' while the other one was like 'Haha, yeah I just killed one of them!'
Great times.
Also, it took us way too long to figure out how to get the camera to go back down from looking up at the sky after jumping. We thought the game was broken....
man the memories when watching this
The weapons cache at 9:20 awakened so many memories of playing this game lol