Coming off from the tragedy that Medal of Honor: Vanguard (Wii) turned out to be, there were a lot of improvements made that really helped Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (Wii) turn out to be an excellent game! The innovative controls, new levels, different modes, different control schemes, new guns, and an online mode for the Wii that actually doesn't require friend codes in order to play against an opponent(s) online! With all of the new things added, Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 is definitely the best FPS game, Wii Wi-Fi game, and overall one of the top three games currently out for the Wii.

The controls featured in Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 are none like you've ever seen before. Like Vanguard, this Medal of Honor is a port from another system, but unlike it, almost all of the controls were completely redone to fit the Wii perfectly. Now the basic game mechanics include pointing the Wiimote at the screen to aim, while moving around with the analog stick on the nunchuck. The different buttons on the controllers are used for other things such as shooting, crouching, using the scopes, switching to the pistol/grenades, etc. Using the motion sensitivity on the controller really helps give this game a better feel, and a more involved since of playing which no other FPS has.

Fully customizable options including the size of the dead zone.

The weapons are amazing, especially with using the controls with them. You can choose between the SMG's, Thompson (Allies) and MP40 (Axis); the LMG/HMG's, BAR (Allies) and Stg44 (Axis); the rifles, M1 Garand (Allies) and Karabiner (Axis); the sniper rifles, Springfield Rifle (Allies) and Gewehr (Axis); the bazookas, M1 Bazooka (Allies [and Axis during online play]) and Panzerscheck (Axis, but only for use in campaign mode); the shotgun which is available and the exact same for both the Axis and Allies; and the pistols, Colt .45 (Allies) and Luger (Axis). Each of these weapons are very unique and some include specialized controls to give them an overall better feel when using them.

Firing the Thompson SMG.

The shotgun is one with specialized controls. After shooting the shotgun, the only gun that doesn't automatically pump, you flick the nunchuck up and you will manually pump it like a real shotgun. When going through levels and shooting it, like said in other reviews, "...it really does make you feel like an action hero...." by shooting, pumping, and shooting again. Another weapon with innovative controls are the bazookas. To aim the bazooka, you must put the Wiimote face down on your shoulder, like you would a real bazooka, and you take careful aim through the scope before firing. Some people don't like it, and say you look silly doing so (which you can turn it off in the options menu), but I thought it was a pretty cool addition instead of having the default of press A to use the scope. Plus, when it is by your ear, face down and you fire it, through the speaker in the wiimote you will hear the bazooka firing. The last weapons with specialized controls are the sniper rifles, the Gewehr and the Springfield Rifle. When zooming in to snipe using these, you can twist the Wiimote to the right to zoom in, and to the left to zoom out. This works really well because if you are on the other side of the field, you can easily hit an enemy target by zooming in. If you get tired of holding the Wiimote twisted to zoom in, you can always click C to lock it, to give your wrist a break but still be zoomed in.