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 with
Budcat Creations and released for the
PlayStation 2 and
Wii on March 26, 2007, in the
United States.
Plot
Players take on the role of Sgt. Frank Keegan, a member of the
82nd Airborne Division, and
17th Airborne Division fighting the
Axis forces of
Nazi Germany and the
Kingdom of Italy.
The first mission, which is
Operation Husky places Keegan in a
C-47 aircraft somewhere off the coast of
Sicily Suddenly, the plane explodes, and Keegan is thrown out. He manages to deploy his parachute and make it to the ground, where he fights through a town against
Italian forces. Once through the town, they make their way around the coast to a bunker somewhere in Sicily, and shoot their way in, defeating the German forces inside. For this level, you are armed with a
Thompson submachine gun, you may pick up weapons such as the
MP40 and the
M1 Garand rifle.
In the second mission,
Operation Neptune, Keegan is transferred to the
17th Airborne Division glider unit for the invasion of
Normandy. The glider crashes, and Keegan and one other soldier are the only surviving soldiers. They fight their way to another group, where they proceed to blow up key bridges across the Normandy landscape. Afterwards, Keegan crosses a swamp, cuts down
paratroopers and destroys a
halftrack. Keegan proceeds to destroy one other bridge and...
Read More