Medal of Honor

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Language — strong
Modern/RealisticShooter

What's in it

Language strong
High

Combat and radio dialogue among soldiers includes strong profanity such as 'fuck' and 'shit'.

Violence realistic
Moderate

The player shoots human enemy combatants with realistic firearms and explosives, and hits produce blood; there is no dismemberment or lingering gore.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

The story depicts modern warfare in Afghanistan, with named soldiers wounded and killed and the human cost of combat shown on screen.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Medal of Honor is a first-person military shooter set during the modern war in Afghanistan, casting the player as U.S. Tier 1 special-operations soldiers and Army Rangers across a story campaign and online competitive multiplayer. Play centers on realistic firefights using authentic firearms and explosives against human enemy soldiers; hits draw blood but there is no dismemberment or graphic gore. The tone is grim and grounded in real combat, with soldiers killed on screen and scripted battlefield dialogue that includes strong profanity. There is no sexual content, nudity, substance use, or real-money spending.

How it's framed

The game presents its combat as authentic modern warfare from the perspective of elite soldiers, framing lethal force as the mission and dwelling on the cost of war through battlefield loss rather than glorifying it; violence is directed at armed enemy combatants.

Details

Developer
Electronic Arts
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Released
Oct 12, 2010
Metacritic 72critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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