Medal of Honor: Airborne (dim. / m e d ᵊ l ə v ɒ n ə ʳ e ə b ɔ ː n /) – a computer game genre first-person shooter set in the realities of World War II, produced and released in 2007 by Electronic Arts. This is the eleventh part of a series of computer games Medal of Honor. The player directs a soldier in the US 82. Airborne Division, which is involved in airborne operations in Europe. The first mention of Medal of Honor: Airborne appeared in 2005. Work on the game lasted two years.

Medal of Honor: Airborne is developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 4 Sep, 2007. Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the “All-American” 82nd Airborne Division, and revolutionize the way the war is fought. Medal of Honor Airborne is a 2002 first-person shooter video game developed by 2015, Inc. It was published by EA Games and officially released for Microsoft Windows on January 22, 2002 in North America and on February 15, 2002 in Europe.

Posted in the game engine Unreal Engine 3. Production was accompanied by extensive advertising campaign, including event organized by Electronic Arts on the Hel Peninsula. After the release of the game, however, met with a mixed reaction to the critics. Praised novel in the history of the genre and the possibility jumps audiovisual binding, while criticized flagrant departure from the realities of war, no doer game physics engine more reliable, less innovative mode multiplayer and deception of artificial intelligence to the player.

In Medal of Honor: Airborne player takes on the role of the American paratrooper, Corporal Boyd Travers, who belongs to 82. Airborne Division. The game begins with the landing of US paratroopers on Sicily as part of “Operation Husky”.

After landing in the village of Travers Adanti participates in the destruction of several Italian antiaircraft guns, and the American forces displace the Axis troops from the village [8]. A year later, the soldiers 82. DP land as part of “Operation Avalanche” in the ruins of Paestum, where accede to destroy German supply lines and communications.

Then join the main Allied forces. In 1944, Travers takes part in the landings in Normandy. DP is dropped on the back of the bunkers Germany, where its soldiers suppress radars and master the watchtower [8]. Then they participate in Operation “Market Garden”. Dropped around Nijmegen, after heavy fighting acquire tear the bridge allowing the Allied armored forces into the Netherlands. In 1945, Travers participated in Operation “Varsity” during which destroys several industrial facilities in the Ruhr area [9].

The last mission is a fictional attack on American paratroopers powerful defense tower ( Flakturm ), which after its capture is blown up. The player is the virtual world presented in the game with a first person perspective. Indicators appear on the screen to help you in the game: compass indicating the mission objectives and indicators of ammunition and standard of living [10]. Bar indicating levels of life is divided into four segments; If after receiving injuries will decline in living standards, it can regenerate within a given segment [11].

Subsequent filling of successive segments of life after meeting kits [12]. Driven by the player character can move in any direction, jump and crouch behind shields [13]. Disposal has three types of weapons used to fight against computer enemies, which may change during the mission [11].

Firearms is a total of eleven [14]. During the battles the player has the ability to throw grenades divided on fragmentation and anti-tank (which are new to the series) [15]. Moreover, in the fight to close the distance a player can attack enemies with the butt of weapons [13]. The single player campaign is available six missions. They begin with a jump of transport aircraft for parachute, the player has a choice of weapons with which they will be dropped [11].

The player can land anywhere on the map, the most preferred is landing zones marked with a green flare. In these zones, which are usually allied soldiers computer, the player may, for example, make up the ammunition. During the war, you can upgrade the weapon, which is often enjoyed before. Improvements can be disposable (for example, grenades ) or solid (e.g., less recoil when passing shots). Save current state of the game is performed automatically after a specific task during the mission. Mode multiplayer game offers the opportunity to play for 12 people at the same time on the same map.