Synopsis The war is World War II. You are Frank Keegan, Corporal of the 82nd Airborne Division. Your missions, whether you choose to accept them or not, take place behind enemy lines. And just how do you get behind enemy lines, you ask? Well, it's not called the Airborne Division for nothing — you'll need to survive the airdrop before you can fight your enemies. Experience an interactive, realistic war experience like never before in the Medal of Honor series with Medal of Honor: Vanguard. Whether you're on the shores of Sicily during Operation Husky or inside Nazi Germany during the Operation Varsity airdrop, you'll be fighting the epic battles of WWII as America's first paratroopers. Enjoy stunning visuals on the battlefield as you engage the enemy. Dynamic artificial intelligence dialogue gives you the tactical information you'll need to survive in the war zone. With an innovative control scheme that makes full use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controller, you can airdrop, shoot and throw grenades with ease.
Average Customer Rating:
4.0 out of 5(10 Reviews)
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9 of 10 (90%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Review 1 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Customer Rating
4.05
Lots of fun12/19/2009
By PC66from Phoenix
Difficulty
3.05
Responsiveness
4.05
Graphics
4.05
Fun
5.05
What's great about it: decent fps for ww2 What's not so great: your squad members get in your way
"I first tried this with the Wii Zapper (you lose a couple of functions, mostly while paradropping). It played pretty well until a friend came over and destroyed me. He had never played this game. So I tried it without and I had a lot more control. Lesson learned."
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Review 2 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Top 100 Contributor
Customer Rating
4.05
Good army game.07/03/2009
By TripleTfrom Grand Rapids, Michigan
Difficulty
4.05
Responsiveness
3.05
Graphics
5.05
Fun
5.05
What's great about it: Awesome graphics. What's not so great: Controls are unstable.
"Medal of Honor is underrated and is one of the best army games around."
Would you recommend this product to a friend?:Yes
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Review 3 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Customer Rating
5.05
Best war game I have ever played so far06/02/2009
By AVIEBfrom Oxford,OH
Difficulty
4.05
Responsiveness
5.05
Graphics
5.05
Fun
5.05
What's great about it: Great graphics What's not so great: nothing at all
"If you're into army games, this is the perfect game for you. This game is cheap,easy,fun & it has great graphics."
Would you recommend this product to a friend?:Yes
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Review 4 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Customer Rating
5.05
Collest game ever02/04/2009
By 123dcgfrom rio rancho, NM
Difficulty
4.05
Responsiveness
5.05
Graphics
3.05
Fun
5.05
What's great about it: the fact that you can acctually play multiplayer unlike other games like this What's not so great: the small size of multiplayer maps
"This game is awesome thankfully after a few tries the missions are pretty easy. If you have a wii zapper this can be very fun. My favorite part is playing with my family in multiplayer, my dad gets very angry and so do all my friends because they can never win (don't mean to brag)"
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Customer Rating
2.05
Diappointed05/30/2008
By darren77th
What's great about it: good idea What's not so great: poor controls
"I looked forward to playing this game , but the contols took the fun right out of it. I would much rather play a game like this on my XBOX 360 with better graphics than this. I wish I could get my money back. 1 hour of this game was enough for me. save you money and skip this one"
Would you recommend this product to a friend?:No
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Review 6 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Customer Rating
4.05
needs improvement01/06/2008
By Reedfrom Corvallis, OR
What's great about it: fun gameplay What's not so great: the controls for the wii need some improvement
"the game has a fun storyline but when you try and hit someone your gun points to the sky. I would buy a more modern shooter game for wii because the controls in vanguard need some improvement."
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Review 7 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Customer Rating
5.05
awsome11/25/2007
By quozo456
What's great about it: cool guns and good techniques What's not so great: it can be hard to manuever with the wii remote
"very fun action game with a lot of good battles and many realistic battles."
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Review 8 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Top 1000 Contributor
Customer Rating
3.05
Better than average10/16/2007
By fortunzfavor
What's great about it: Any FPS gains immersion points from the Wiimote, atmosphere somewhat compelling, the about face move is innovative What's not so great: Should have been Airborne, controls not tight enough, no mid mission saving
"You start out falling from the sky into battle as the Medal of Honor series is all about what it would be like to be there, to anticipate battle and then be thrust into it. The parachuting sequences are all too rare, and your ability to control them is all too brief. Vanguard should have been Airborne, a game with more jumping, more jumping controls (like landing), and more consequence to your jump (the missions aren't segmented in order--you're free to complete objectives starting from anywhere, going anywhere whenever you want), but Vanguard is more like any other MOH game with jumping tacked on to the beginning.
It's fun stems from the Wii controls. No matter how beautiful a game is, standing back and controlling your character with dual analog always sucks the immersion out of it. Playing with the wiiremote, and actually pointing and shooting at your enemies puts the immersion back into it.
Wii IR pointer controls almost always suffer from slow turning. Basically there's an invisible bounding box on the screen, when you move your pointer outside the box, it slowly turns your character in that direction. Inside the box you can aim freely without turning. While some people like having free aiming, and thus like a larger bounding box, the larger the box, the harder it is to turn quickly to face enemies that come up behind you (especially important for multiplayer action). The next MOH Wii game, Heroes 2 addresses both of these desires by letting you customize the size of the box to your liking. But Vanguard's one-size-fits-all box is likely to frustrate everyone, those who think it's too big and those who think it's too small. Lack of control customization makes a 4 star title 3 stars.
The about face move is a first for FPS on the Wii, and it's a great addition. With a single motion, it allows you to immediate turn 180 degrees. This ameliorates the slow turning of the controls a little bit, though not completely.
Weapon upgrades are a nice feature, though they are a little hard to come by. Near the end, there's a rifle upgrade that takes sniping to a whole new level, and it's tons of fun to use.
The first time through, you're unlikely to get every single medal available (medal are given for things like never dying on a mission, using all weapons, and marksmanship). So there is replay value in the game by going back and trying to play it perfect.
The game would have been a lot less frustrating if you could save anywhere, or even to save at checkpoints. As it is, you have to complete a mission through and through before your progress is saved. If you ever want to take a break from the game (perhaps to play a different one), but you haven't reached the end of the mission you'll have to replay everything up to that point in the mission. It can be frustrating at times.
Despite those weaknesses, this is one of the best shooters currently on the Wii (until Nov 07 when Heroes 2 comes out), so it's worth a try."
Would you recommend this product to a friend?:Yes
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Review 9 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Customer Rating
4.05
World War ll Supreme10/12/2007
By GameGeekfrom Beavercreek, Oh
What's great about it: Amazingly smooth controls What's not so great: Short Game
"Imerse yourself in the World War ll with the ultra-smooth controls of the Nintendo Wii. This Game fetures one of the Best campain game of All the Medal of Honors. It may be only a 3-4 hour game but it is worth it. You parachute in and take the enemy in a very realistic envirnment. You find weapon upgrades onlong the way. You bash the enemy with a quick jab of the wii remote and aim with its laser directed font. You toss gernades in with a flick of the wrist and reload with another flick of the wrist. This game has integrated the Wii's technology without a flaw. The game's multiplayer is a letdown. It has no options of what class you want to start out as (like in the Medal of Honor: European Assalt). Their are also no upgrades to recieve in the multiplayer mode. But the wii makes it fun in party situations. All you need is three friends and it is a top notch multiplayer game. Overall the game is very well made and you'll spend hours trying to get a of the medals. I highly recomend it."
Would you recommend this product to a friend?:Yes
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Review 10 for Medal of Honor: Vanguard: Nintendo Wii
Top 1000 Contributor
Customer Rating
4.05
Underappreciated09/15/2007
By Gonjulasfrom Tampa, FL
"Although Medal of Honor Vanguard could have some more gameplay, the gameplay that it does contain is astounding. Formatted with the Wii's controls, the game feels more then ever like you are experiencing rather than playing it. The multiplayer capabilities happen to be quite enjoyable also, whether you want to play an exciting game of capture the flag, or if you want to have a classic deathmatch, it'll serve up some fun. If you get the game Medal of Honor Vanguard, I reccomend starting the campaign on Recruit, you'll find the first half of the game quite easy, but as you advance in the game it gets harder and harder. At the beggining of each set of levels the game has real black and white footage for cutscenes that might actually teach you something about World War II. If you want a good historic first person shooter, I would definitely reccomend getting the game Medal of Honor Vanguard."
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