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'']'' praises the gamemakers for placing Manon Batiste "in the lead role so that her full story can be told".<ref>{{cite web|first=Brad|last=Shoemaker|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/medalofhonorunderground/review.html|title=Medal of Honor Underground'' Review|publisher=]|date=2000-11-03|accessdate=2009-12-24}}</ref> William Abner describes the game as "a refreshing change of pace because you played Manon Batiste."<ref>William Abner, ''Gamer's Tome of Ultimate Wisdom: An Almanac of Pimps, Orcs, and Lightsabers'' (Que, 2005), .</ref>
'']'' praises the gamemakers for placing Manon Batiste "in the lead role so that her full story can be told".<ref>{{cite web|first=Brad|last=Shoemaker|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/medalofhonorunderground/review.html|title=Medal of Honor Underground'' Review|publisher=]|date=2000-11-03|accessdate=2009-12-24}}</ref> William Abner describes the game as "a refreshing change of pace because you played Manon Batiste."<ref>William Abner, ''Gamer's Tome of Ultimate Wisdom: An Almanac of Pimps, Orcs, and Lightsabers'' (Que, 2005), .</ref> Critic Ian Lace said Ciacchino's theme for Batiste makes him "want to anticipate the old pop song, ''Arrivederci Roma''", which he found "disconcerting because is French and so much of the action, particularly at the beginning and end, takes place in Paris".<ref>Ian Lace, "," ''MusicWeb International''(January 2001).</ref>
Critic Ian Lace said Ciacchino's theme for Batiste makes him "want to anticipate the old pop song, ''Arrivederci Roma''", which he found "disconcerting because is French and so much of the action, particularly at the beginning and end, takes place in Paris".<ref>Ian Lace, "," ''MusicWeb International''(January 2001).</ref>
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Soundtrack composer Michael Giacchino wanted two distinct but not "completely different" themes for Batiste. The resulting themes are a major tone that conveys "great national purpose", while a secondary theme "describes Manon's more intimate and emotional feelings". A third theme that "bookend"s the two major themes is meant to "represent the moments where Manon is called upon to steel her nerves and gather the courage to continue on with the fight".
Producer Scott Langteau offers that the developers "Manon used petrol bombs and also used her femininity to gain access to restricted areas. We used the freedom of telling her backstory — she was in the French Resistance, then joined the OSS — to give the game its own flair and widely varied missions that took us all over Europe: Greece, Italy, etc."
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Batiste appears in Medal of Honor as part of the French Resistance and as Jimmy Patterson's OSS "control" agent. In the Underground prequel, Batiste's brother is killed; she meets with her brother's Resistance contacts to continue the fight against the Nazis. Underground depicts the character's progress from an inexperienced rebel to an agent recruited by the OSS. She eventually plays an important role in the Invasion of Normandy and Liberation of Paris.
GameSpot praises the gamemakers for placing Manon Batiste "in the lead role so that her full story can be told". William Abner describes the game as "a refreshing change of pace because you played Manon Batiste." Critic Ian Lace said Ciacchino's theme for Batiste makes him "want to anticipate the old pop song, Arrivederci Roma", which he found "disconcerting because is French and so much of the action, particularly at the beginning and end, takes place in Paris".
Glorieu, Thomas. "Review of Medal of Honor: Underground". maintitles.net. Retrieved 2009-12-24. Michael Giacchino answers by adding more colour, more emotional power and with a less than adequate bombastic score. Instead he offers us a rather emotional, colourful and heroic musical palette to underscore the main character of the story, Manon Batiste, a volunteer resistance fighter.
