Medal of Honor: Infiltrator is an top-down third-person shooter

Third-person shooter

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 video game, the sixth installment in the Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor (series)

Medal of Honor is the name of a series of first-person shooter games set in World War II, with an October 2010 reboot based on the conflicts of present day Afghanistan. The first game was developed by DreamWorks Interactive and published by Electronic Arts in 1999 for the PlayStation game console...

series, and the second game for the Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

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. The game was developed by Netherock Ltd and published by Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

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 in North America on November 2003, and in Europe and Japan on December 2003.

Overview

In the game, the player takes the role of Corporal Jake Murphy, completing five missions to defeat the Axis in some of most famous battles in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. The game features 15 missions spread across three theaters including 5 missions behind enemy lines. Infiltrator is technically both a third-person shooter

Third-person shooter

Third-person shooter is a genre of 3D action games in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting.-Definition:...

 with a fixed view and a first-person shooter

First-person shooter

First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...

 blended together. Through the use of a link cable, Infiltrator supports up to two players. It also feature connectivity option, which connects both the game and the Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo GameCube

The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...

 version of Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is the fifth installment of the Medal of Honor series, released by Electronic Arts in November 2003. Like its predecessors, Rising Sun is a first-person shooter set in World War II. Unlike predecessors,Rising Sun is set during the Pacific War. It features single-player...

using the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable allowing the Game Boy Advance to be used as a in-game map. Upon completing all of the missions, the player unlocks Survival Mode, where the objective is to see how long the player can survive and then try to beat his high score. Completing the game with bonus objectives fulfilled unlocks "Max GI Mode" where the player must complete every mission continuously without turning off the game system.

Reception

Medal of Honor: Infiltrator was well received by critics, currently holding an average score of 81% at GameRankings and 80 at Metacritic, based on 17 and 19 reviews respectively. IGN

IGN

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's Craig Harris noted that "well on the other end of the quality spectrum from last year's dud" and "has a great feel all the way through." Frank Provo of GameSpot

GameSpot

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states that Infiltrator "is a fun handheld game that should please anyone who's looking for an action game with teeth."