10 Essential FPS Levels Every Fan Must Play

10. Belly Of The Beast - Medal Of Honor 2010

This game deserved better. Critical opinion was lukewarm, but with its conscientiously authentic take on military shooters Medal of Honour won the respect of fans looking for something more thoughtful than Call of Duty’s relentless action-focus.

In Belly of the Beast, things go sour fast. Poor intel leads to an insertion into a hot LZ. Casualties are taken and require extraction immediately. Your mission is secure a second LZ and hold it.

It sounds simple. It isn’t.

Between you and exfil lies a punishing engagement against large-calibre AAA and tense close-quarters fighting amid cramped buildings. And when you arrive at the LZ, things get real.

RPGs methodically dismantle your cover as enemies pour in from all sides, laying down a relentless hail of fire so thick it’s near impossible to shoot back. It is savage stuff and few, if any, military shooters do as good a job of making you feel the kind of raw, unbridled desperation, and the immense, shattering relief when help arrives, as this one does.

What makes the mission all the more impactful is that it, and many of the game’s missions, were inspired by true events, events that often did not end as well.

Medal of Honor keeps it respectful, but that glimpse into the harsh reality of combat is what makes this level a powerful must play.