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Crysis Warhead vs Medal of Honor

Crysis Warhead is an FPS open-world game from Crytek (2008) while Medal of Honor is an FPS open-world game from Electronic Arts (2010).

Crysis Warhead

2008 · Crytek

7.3GamingPickz Score

$19.99

Steam: Very Positive

Medal of Honor

2010 · Electronic Arts

6.8GamingPickz Score

$19.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Crysis Warhead under FPS and Open-World. In contrast, it files Medal of Honor under FPS and Open-World.

Crysis Warhead

Pulse-racing new installment from 2007's PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war.

Description from its Steam store page

Medal of Honor

Fight Today's War: Elite Special Forces in a gritty combat campaign using the surgical tactics of Tier 1 Operators combined with the sledgehammer force of Army Rangers.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Crysis WarheadMedal of Honor
GamingPickz Score7.3/106.8/10
Steam ratingVery Positive (85%, 4,101)Mostly Positive (77%, 11,183)
Critic aggregate84/10072/100
Price$19.99$19.99
Install size
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20082010
DeveloperCrytekElectronic Arts

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Crysis Warhead vs Medal of Honor, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Crysis WarheadFPS open-world game
    Medal of HonorFPS open-world game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Crysis WarheadFPS, Action, Sci-fi
    Medal of HonorFPS, Action, Shooter

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Crysis WarheadScore 7.3 · 85% on Steam · 84 critic
    Medal of HonorScore 6.8 · 77% on Steam · 72 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Crysis Warhead4,101 reviews
    Medal of Honor11,183 reviews

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Crysis Warhead$19.99
    Medal of Honor$19.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Crysis WarheadPlayable
    Medal of HonorPlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Crysis Warhead takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Crysis Warhead (GamingPickz Score 7.3)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Medal of Honor (11,183 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

FPSActionShooterSingleplayerMultiplayerFirst-PersonMilitaryStealth

Where they differ

Crysis Warhead is also

Sci-fiAliensBenchmarkAdventureFuturistic

Medal of Honor is also

WarModernRealisticCo-opControllerAmerica

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Crysis Warhead is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Medal of Honor is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Crysis Warhead and 0 for Medal of Honor. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Crysis Warhead and Medal of Honor in scope?

Crysis Warhead has drawn 4,101 Steam reviews. Medal of Honor has drawn 11,183 Steam reviews.

Is Crysis Warhead or Medal of Honor better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Crysis Warhead rates higher (7.3 to 6.8). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Crysis Warhead or Medal of Honor?

Crysis Warhead is cheaper right now at $19.99, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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