Changes: Medal of Honor: Vanguard

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Medal of Honor: Vanguard is the tenth installment in the Medal of Honor series of World War II first-person shooters. It was developed by Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio and released for the PlayStation 2 and Wii on March 26, 2007, in the United States.

Vanguard and its PS3/Xbox 360 successor Medal of Honor: Airborne and its Wii/PSP successor Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, are the last and final three Medal of Honor games set in WWII and Vanguard is the last Medal of Honor game to be released for the PlayStation 2 and the first to be released on the Wii.

Gameplay

Players take on the role of Sgt. Frank Keegan, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, taking part in Operation Husky, Operation Neptune and Operation Market Garden. Keegan is later transferred to the 17th Airborne Division after Market Garden and participates in Operation Varsity.

Players are able to customize their weapons, such as adding a telescopic sight to a M1 Garand rifle and a drum magazine for a Thompson submachine gun, although these upgrades are only available on certain levels.

At the start of each of the operations, players parachute onto a battlefield (with the exception of a glider insertion at the start of the Invasion of Normandy) and can roughly designate where they land. Players who land at certain points in a level will be able to pick up weapon upgrades and ammunition. Missions can be played out in different ways depending on where the player lands and which weapons he or she obtains.

Content-wise, both versions of the game are the same. However, the Wii version implements the Wii Remote to accomplish such movements as crouching, jumping, making quick turns, weapon strikes, reloading, and shooting. These actions are accomplished with a standard video game interface (buttons and joysticks) on the PS2 version and are also an option on the Wii.

Medals

Throughout the game, the player is able to earn medals for completing certain requirements:

Medal	Requirement	Award
Campaign medal	Complete all Husky campaign levels	None
Bronze Star	Complete a mission without dying	Sprint Recovery Bonus
Silver Star	Complete Campaign without dying	Health Recovery Bonus
Wings	Land in designated drop locations	None
WWII Victory Medal	Collect all medals in campaign	None
Oak Leaf	Earn any 7 medals within the campaign	Overall Health Bonus
Weapon Expert	Use every weapon available in a mission	None
Marksman Award	Obtain a set amount of headshots within each mission	None

Multiplayer

Multiplayer has been included in the game in the form of a 2-4 player split-screen mode with both the Wii and PS2 versions. (The PS2 version requires a multitap to support more than two players.) This is currently the last Medal of Honor game to feature split screen mode. There are five modes:

Deathmatch

Team Deathmatch

Capture the Flag

King of the Hill

Scavenger Hunt

Reception

Overall Vanguard received "average or mixed" reviews.

IGN gave Vanguard for the Wii a 7.0 out of 10.0, while the PS2 version received a 7.2 .

GameSpot gave the game a 5.5 out of 10 for both the Wii and PS2 versions. Most criticism for the game focused the poor graphics engine, lack of online play, and poor enemy intelligence. Also criticized was the fact that many of the game elements were already featured in the series or by other WWII shooters (with the exception of the parachute drop). Aaron Thomas of GameSpot stated that "There's really no reason to pick it up on the PlayStation 2, and thanks to a higher price tag for the Wii version, there's very little reason to buy it for the Wii, either".

United Kingdom-based Website Mansized scored Vanguard a mere 2/5, claiming "Vanguard is a pretty shocking game".

Official PlayStation 2 Magazine UK gave it 5/10 and called it "The weakest MOH yet. Nothing but a poor man's Call of Duty."

GamersUnited.org gave Vanguard for Wii a D-.

On Metacritic, the game has scores of 63 for PlayStation 2 and 56 for Wii.

On GameRankings, the game has scores of 64.35% for PlayStation 2 and 57.45% for Wii.

Trivia

If the player looks closely at the green smoke canisters, its sign shows a black skull.
This is the first Medal of Honor game that the player can upgrade their own weapon.
This is the last Medal of Honor game to feature the Bazooka.
Most of its operation names and locations were reused in Medal of Honor: Airborne.
While most of its in-game music tracks are from various Medal of Honor games, it contains two tracks from Medal of Honor: Airborne, which was released later that year.
The M1 Carbine and the Walther P38 does not make any appearance in the campaign, but appears as a sign for ammo crates in multiplayer.
The M1 Garand and the Thompson are the only weapons in the campaign that can be upgraded.
The M1911 only appears in multiplayer.
This is the only Medal of honor that does not have the the M1903,A5 Springfield.
This is the first Medal of honor to have german tranlated subtitle by defult.

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 *The M1911 only appears in multiplayer.
 *This is the only Medal of honor that does not have the the M1903,A5 Springfield.
+*This is the first Medal of honor to have german tranlated subtitle by defult.
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