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A Decade of Honor

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That's a lot of honor. And EA's going to pack a bunch of Medal of Honor games into one box to celebrate.

That's a lot of World War II.
That's a lot of World War II.
Man, remember the first few Medal of Honor games? They were pretty great first-person shooters back on the PlayStation. It eventually found its way to multiple platforms and first appeared on the PC with Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. The developers of that would then go on to form Infinity Ward and make the Call of Duty series. So, as you can see, this constant raid of cinematic World War II-themed first-person shooters came from the Medal of Honor series. Whether that's a good thing to be rewarded or a horrific plague is up to your own interpretation.

Regardless of all that, Electronic Arts, masters of Medal of Honor, are celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the franchise by collecting five PC releases into one box. Out today, the Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary box will contain the following games:

  • Medal of Honor Allied Assault
  • Medal of Honor Spearhead
  • Medal of Honor Breakthrough
  • Medal of Honor Pacific Assault (Director's Edition)
  • Medal of Honor Airborne

The package will also contain a soundtrack, strategy information, documentaries on World War II, interviews with veterans, and so on. It'll retail for $39.99.

If you do the math on this, we won't hit the actual 10-year mark for this series until sometime next year. But don't worry, because EA's apparently planning more majesty and pageantry for the rest of this year and most of 2009. I'm not sure whether to be excited or scared about that.
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That's a lot of World War II.
That's a lot of World War II.
Man, remember the first few Medal of Honor games? They were pretty great first-person shooters back on the PlayStation. It eventually found its way to multiple platforms and first appeared on the PC with Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. The developers of that would then go on to form Infinity Ward and make the Call of Duty series. So, as you can see, this constant raid of cinematic World War II-themed first-person shooters came from the Medal of Honor series. Whether that's a good thing to be rewarded or a horrific plague is up to your own interpretation.

Regardless of all that, Electronic Arts, masters of Medal of Honor, are celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the franchise by collecting five PC releases into one box. Out today, the Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary box will contain the following games:

  • Medal of Honor Allied Assault
  • Medal of Honor Spearhead
  • Medal of Honor Breakthrough
  • Medal of Honor Pacific Assault (Director's Edition)
  • Medal of Honor Airborne

The package will also contain a soundtrack, strategy information, documentaries on World War II, interviews with veterans, and so on. It'll retail for $39.99.

If you do the math on this, we won't hit the actual 10-year mark for this series until sometime next year. But don't worry, because EA's apparently planning more majesty and pageantry for the rest of this year and most of 2009. I'm not sure whether to be excited or scared about that.
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Whoah, flashback! I tooootally forgot I have a PS1 MOH in my closet!

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I'm getting this!  I miss Allied Assault so much!

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Sounds pretty good. I never played most of the old MoH's.

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guys, common! Read my email that I've sent to the bombcast for the last three weeks straight about the MOH franchise!

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COD >>>>> MOH
I'm a huge COD fanboy ever since COD1, and eventhough all my friends were into MOH back then, I stuck with the series. Now that COD4 is out it shut them up for good.

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personally, I would be scared.

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And THIS is why you don't buy EA games when they release.  I mean, when was Airborne released?  Last year?

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To be honest you may as well just get airborne on the pc and start at low gfx settings and turn it up every few levels.  They are all the same game really.

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Ah, Allied assualt i feel the need to go into the back catalogue.

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Imo Allied Assault was the best MoH game, and its pretty clear why...

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Oh, so this is kinda like C&C: The First Decade. Neat, I hope EA does it for other series. :D

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Meh, every game except Allied Assault blows

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I hope this is better than the Sim City Box they recently released.  They just collected the old disks and tossed them in one case.  Weak effort.

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MOH is a cool franchise. Or was at least.  Allied Assault and Frontline for the PS2 were great. i might get this.

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Thats a lot of WW2

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MOH AA will always be the WW2 shooter with the most legacy in my book. Call of Duty and all this other WW2 crap has some debt to owe to MOH AA, (yes I know Infinity Ward dudes made MOH AA).

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"Horrific plague"? WHAT THE HELL?

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Ah, the game that got me into first-person shooters: MoH:Allied Assault. Great game and even better memories...I miss those days.

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They should at least include something from the first games.  THe first two and Frontline were great.  Of course none of those games has aged well..

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I wonder if the Medal of Honor series is dead now... Airborne wasn't too bad but since Call of Duty has overpowered them in everyway, I can't see them coming back with an amazing game ever again.