We’re yet to get our sticky mitts on a copy of EA’s highly-anticipated shooter, Medal of Honor – but watch this space for our very own review sometime soon.

In the meantime, we’ve trawled every corner of the World Wide Web to track down some of the first judgements on the potential Modern Warfare-beater.The MoH franchise has been dormant for some time and this iteration brings it slap bang up to date a la Call of Duty.

There are some mixed reviews out there already but many of the comments make it sound like a worthy purchase. Here are some of the thoughts from the great and the good:
Gamespot (7.5/10) - review

Both the single-player and multiplayer components provide some robust entertainment, and though flaws and limitations keep it from being all it can be, Medal of Honor still distinguishes itself on the field of first-person battle.
EDGE (7/10) - review
MOH rejects the sort of gung-ho globetrotting baloney seen in Modern Warfare, and makes an honest attempt not to trivialise the lives of US soldiers, creating an air of sober authenticity which is unusual among shooters. It is perhaps a small watershed - bringing some degree of credible soldierly tactics to what is otherwise blockbuster entertainment. While it’s possible to run and gun, the game impresses upon you the importance of ‘no movement without fire’, maintaining ‘noise discipline’, and avoiding silhouetting yourself against the sky.
Kotaku review
Medal of Honor's campaign is a short, though taut experience with engaging level design, deft pacing and surprising audio and visual touches. Online, the game maintains most of what makes the campaign sing, but doesn't quite deliver the number of options modern day shooter fans may expect.
Joystiq (4/5) - review
Medal of Honor is essentially two games in one, with two developers and two engines (Unreal for campaign; Frostbite for multiplayer) powering the distinctly different components of the package. The decision to splinter the development of the game has a certain logic to it: single-player gamers are not necessarily multiplayer gamers, and vice versa. Presumably, EA's approach allows each mode to be optimized for their respective audience. As it turns out, this method makes for a rather confusing end product.
IGN (6/10) - review
With serious stability and performance issues on console, level design that tends more toward turkey shoot than firefight, and a story and characters that stumble in their attempts at relevance and pathos, Medal of Honor walks into a quagmire it never really escapes from.
C&VG (8.5/10) - review
So we've fallen big time for Medal of Honor's multiplayer, but as far as the single-player campaign goes? Well, we don't want to say it's a game of two halves... but in truth, it really is.
1up.com (B) - review
…it's a mostly well-built title with seemingly good intentions, but it lacks the weight -- whether it's in the narrative, campaign length, or feature set -- to seem like much more than a quality diversion.