Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond

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Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is a 2020 first-person shooter virtual reality game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released on December 11, 2020. It is the first release in the Medal of Honor series since 2012's Medal of Honor: Warfighter.

As part of its Gallery mode, Above and Beyond includes the short documentary

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 93rd Academy Awards. Thus, though not mentioned by name in the Academy citation, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is arguably the first video game ever to receive an Oscar for its content.[2]

Gameplay

The game takes place in

US Army soldiers, British Armed Forces, Soviet Armed Forces, and French Resistance fighters - who all fight against Nazi Germany, Vichy France, Fascist Italy, and Empire of Japan. The game also features multiplayer modes.[3]

Development

Oculus added that it was one of the most expensive productions ever released for VR platforms.[8] The game was built using the Unreal Engine.[9]

Gallery

As players progress in the game, they gain access to the Gallery, a collection of short documentaries featuring veterans of World War II.[10] While filming the documentaries for the Gallery mode, Respawn partnered with Honor Flight to bring the veterans interviewed to the locations of many historic events they experienced and interviewed them there. Vignettes of the Gallery, which includes more than 90 minutes of footage, premiered at short film festivals such as the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2020.[10]

Colette

Main article: Colette (2020 film)

Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp where her brother died at the hands of the Nazis.[11]

Of the Gallery shorts, Colette garnered particular recognition for its cinematic value. It won the award for Best Short at the Big Sky Festival, making it eligible for submission to the

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 93rd Academy Awards, the first film produced by a video-game studio to receive an Oscar nomination, and it would later win the award.[12][13]

Reception

Above and Beyond received "mixed or average" reviews from critics according to review aggregator Metacritic, with an average of 67 out of 100.[14]

It was listed by Valve as one of the bestselling games on Steam throughout the month of December 2020.[21]

References

  1. ^ ""An Unreal process has crashed: UE4-Mohab"". December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Deveney, Blaise (17 March 2021). "Medal Of Honor: Above & Beyond Nabs Oscar Nomination In Historic First [UPDATED]". Screen Rant. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Everything we know about Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond". Windows Central. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
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  5. ^ "'Medal Of Honor: Above And Beyond' Wasn't Originally A VR Game". LADbible. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  6. ^ "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Announced + First Hands-On Impressions". IGN. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  7. ^ Livington, Christopher (September 17, 2020). "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond launches December 11, and it's no longer an Oculus Rift exclusive". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  8. ^ Campbell, Colin (September 25, 2019). "Respawn is making a new Medal of Honor game for VR". Polygon. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  9. ^ Thang, Jimmy (December 15, 2020). "Over half of new reveals at The Game Awards 2020 powered by Unreal Engine". Unreal Engine. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  10. ^ Spangler, Todd (2021-03-15). "Facebook Gets First-Ever Oscar Nomination for 'Colette' Documentary Short". Variety. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  11. ^ Film, Guardian (15 March 2021). "The full list of 2021 Oscars nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  12. ^ "'Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond' Gallery Film 'Colette' Receives Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject" (Press release). Oculus. 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  13. ^ a b "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  14. ^ Moss, Gabriel (11 December 2020). "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Review". IGN. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  15. ^ Wilde, Tyler (11 December 2020). "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  16. ^ Paget, Mat (17 December 2020). "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  17. ^ Moss, Gabriel (10 December 2020). "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond review - A nod back, a step forward". Shacknews. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  18. ^ Carter, Chris (16 December 2020). "Review: Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond". Destructoid. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  19. ^ Clement, Goh (16 December 2020). "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (VR) Review". CGMagazine. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  20. ^ Feltham, Jamie (January 25, 2021). "Medal of Honor VR Was One Of Steam's Top-Selling New Games In December". UploadVR. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

External links

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