You step into the boots of Boyd Travers, a Private First Class in the All American 82 Airborne Division. You fight from Sicily to the heart of Germany in some of the most epic battles that America's first paratroopers participated in. While the ground battles are in the typical MOH style topped off with high presentation and emotional value, the whole "drop you into the fight" aspect is done quite well and is a blast to play and be successful in.

Visually the game is sharp with dynamic lighting, great explosions and particle detail, and the character models and level designs are the best in franchise history and shows what a little more system horse power provides. While you have certain objectives you must meet to complete each mission, the game is far from linear and finally supplies a free roaming environment that is very welcome in this series. Even more impressive are the character faces which show off great emotion from excitement to fear and really get you involved on situations beyond your control. Topped off with a rock solid frame rate and this WWII FPS is quite a looker.

Audio is even more impressive and gives you all the bangs, booms, and screams you would expect from any good war shooter. The use of surround sound is phenomenal as you can hear enemies hiding in corners, debris falling as you near miss a grenade attack, and even the screams of your fallen comrades and enemies all around you. The voice acting is top notch as usual with this series, allowing gamers to really get wrapped up in the elements.

Game play on the other hand takes a bit of getting use to, especially in the aiming. Now when the A.I. is dead on balls accurate, you must have some kind of marksmen prowess as well. With the twitchy/sensitive controls of MOH Airborne, that kind of accuracy may be hard to achieve without tons of practice and oodles of replaying of each mission. This is not to say that the controls are broken, but they are definitely flawed. Otherwise, the rest of the game is rather solid with plenty of weaponry at your disposal, strategic places to take cover and plan your attack, but be warned, this isn't a game you can play one way. Sometimes you must be all out aggressive and get to your point of retrieval or you'll be wisped away to the land beyond by a friendly grenade or barrage of enemies attacking you. Other times you must await your enemy's tactical approach or you could be snipped while trying to capture a bit of land. No one strategy will work so you must read your enemies plan of attack before taking them down. This is good stuff as far as excitement goes and keeps the game quite fresh from mission to mission and post to post. Top it all off with the ability to use the SIXAXIS controls to steer your paratrooper and the good times keep a comin'

While the campaign isn't terribly long, there is a decent multiplayer mode that should keep fans interested for a while. The lack of downloadable content, however, will not keep this title from the trade-in market for too long.

I can't lie, I actually enjoyed Medal of Honor: Airborne and if EA can keep producing more quality games like it, I may be able to endure another venture into WWII land. But if you want my advice, keep the idea; change the time line, okay?