GAME
$50
Save your own Private Ryan
When Medal of Honor arrived in 1999, its combination of small-screen accuracy and big-screen glitz set new production standards for videogames.
Medal of Honor Frontline for PS2 pushes even further, blowing current practices out of the water with 3,000 animation sets and 400 audiofiles. The lush cinematography and sound rival any box office smash, which makes playing Frontline like starring in an action movie. In fact, it begins in a deserted French town, much like the one in the final act of Saving Private Ryan.
Adding to the realistic horror, many of the game's missions are based on World War II events, and developers enlisted a Smithsonian aircraft expert to design the HO-IX, an experimental Nazi plane.
In my role as Lieutenant Jimmy Patterson, I traversed five levels while attempting to infiltrate a German camp and steal the HO-IX. I'm ready for that screen test, Mr. Spielberg.
Electronic Arts: www.ea.com.
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