I know it has been almost a year since Medal of Honour came out but I have only just had time to get it.
Story: You play for the majority of the game a DEVGRU Tier 1 operator who has the codename "Rabbit" who is apart of AFO Neptune one. The rest of the time you are alternating between Delta Force sniper (code name Deuce), and Ranger called Dante Adams and briefly an AH-64 Apache gunner called Brad "Hawk" Hawkins. Personal I am not a fan of constantly swapping characters but what Danger Close has achieved is showing the scale of the battle in Afghanistan that you play a part of. The transition between the characters is nicely done and further emphasises the scale of war. Medal of Honor stands out with its story. It is not the Hollywood action story we see in Call of duty games. Instead Medal of Honor stays true to its word. The missions are believable but still fun. The characters on the other hand are a different matter. They have very little character to them. I know they are meant to be special forces elite men with no emotion but that is no excuse for not making them have individual personalities. I often found it hard to distinguish who was talking (more apparent with the Tier 1 section). The ending is weak but real. I will not ruin it but while tactical retreating under fire I personal felt I could be shot in the back at any moment. The weak part is after this and how the game ends. I should care but I just couldn't because the characters were lacking any depth. The ending would have been far better if the characters had character to them.
Gameplay: The game play was fantastic. The weapons (though lacking in variants) had weight to them. Every shot can be felt which added to the realism. The sound from the weapons are fantastic. Each weapon has an individual sound and easily recognisable. The running ability was slow while the sliding ability was super human. It made little sense to me. If you are going to make the player feel like he is carrying a lot of weight at least make sure he doesn't slide five or six meters on a flat surface. A useful gameplay mechanic was the ability to get ammo from you team mates. They seem to have an endless supply which was useful but this made me less concern about saving my ammo. I could blast away then ask for some from any of the team mates. I know this game isn't trying to be a battle sim but having low ammo adds tension and realism that danger close said they are striving to achieve with Medal of Honor.
Graphics: Well this is by far the weakest area. Textures were very slow to load. I have never seen such slow texture loading. It is really the major negative of Medal of Honor. Once the texture had loaded the game did look beautiful but lacking in detail. The small rocks on the floor looked two dimensional which become more obvious when driving the quad bike (it was like driving on air). The character models are presented well with the main characters looking the part. The enemy seemed to have only 3 or 4 looks which was a shame. The weapons and explosions looked amazing but the weapons looked like they were just out of the box. I was expecting at least some degrading look (more on the insurgent weapons) but this was not the case.
Multiplayer: Great. I had a lot of fun with this. The types of weapons is a little small with small amount of customisation but surprisingly once you start playing it is not such a big deal. The maps are great and are of a good size with varying types. The graphics didn't degrade nor did the frame rate drop. The main problem I had was sometimes there was a bit of lag.
Conclusion: Great game that has taken a realistic step in the right direction but what has let this game down was the texture loading and it is very similar to battlefield games. I do hope the rumoured sequel improves the technical issues and further self identifies itself away from Battlefield
Ibrahim from eXputer: "The Medal of Honor franchise was once the crown jewel of FPS war games, later defeated by the tides of time and poor development."
They tried to turn it into Call of Duty and it killed it off. They should reboot it and go back to it's roots. But they'd ruin it with online-only/multiplayer style bullshit so why bother? I have very fond memories of these games, but this series can stay dead as far as I'm concerned.
Was literally just thinking of this game the other week with the secret nut cracker mission and the shooting Bismarck dog lmao. Loved these games as a kid
I have fond memories of playing the Medal of Honor Breakthrough MP Demo. It had two maps and custom servers. Living on campus, I had it downloaded on one of the PC Lab servers so I could access it on any computer at the university. Joined a clan and made friends that I still keep in touch with today.
Game Rant Writes "It's been over a decade since fans have seen the Medal of Honor franchise on consoles in any capacity, and it's about time EA brought it back."
Medal of Honor 2010 was a good start for a modern reboot. The campaign was fantastic. Multiplayer wasn't great but that's DICE's fault. I'd love if they went back to that game and gave it a proper sequel.
I actually really liked the multiplayer in MoH 2010. Battlefield gunplay on small maps. I would love to see a Rising sun remake, the opening scene would be amazing to see.
I enjoyed the multiplayer of MoH 2010. It felt like battlefield 3 in a way. The multiplayer in Warfighter was also pretty good but the campaigns single player story was not appealing with the whole family cutscene thing. Gameplay was fun though. MoH to me is the PS1/2 titles and I don’t expect to see a WW2 MoH after the last Call of Duty’s
PS1 MOH 1999 and 2000 (Underground) and Allied Assault PC is my childhood.. it's still soo good and it holds up. Not to mention Michael Giacchino's soundtrack is one of the best video game soundtracks ever made. Even if you weren't born in early to mid 90's go listen to the main theme of Allied Assault and you will be overloaded from nostalgia.
I miss this franchise a lot.
I’ve always thought that MOH and Battlefield should be separate…
Have MOH as the full fledged single player with an amazing store and whatnot. And a basic multiplayer just to have multiplayer. Sorta like how the MOH reboot was.
And then have BF as the full fledged multiplayer with all effort put into that and ditch the single player. Maybe add Commander back in.
Only in a perfect world.
Oh man medal of honor on pc was awesome back in the day. Multi-player was fun. Joined my first clan on medal of honor. Definitely deserves a comeback. But needs to be on the same level or surpass COD. Since it came out before that ip in 1999 to avoid embarrassment.
The guys who did Allied assault are the one who created call of duty. They're back at EA, Vince something
I'll be the weird guy in the room and say I actually loved Warfighter. I thought the squad mechanics made it stand out a bit and thought the shooting felt good. Put a lot of time into the multiplayer.
Xfire writes "As you'll soon learn, while it is true that some popular banned video games do at least warrant the censorship or ban they received, some games were banned from sale for some pretty weird and radical reasons."
i dont get censorship in games.
they have warnings on the boxings, age ratings, drug use warnings, strong language and sexual themes and many more.
its not so much the government's job to censor, as it is for parents to make sure their kids dont play those games. and those who are easily disturbed or sensitive, should stay away from them.
i do understand that some things might be triggering for some but.... why do ppl suck so much lol.
but being in debt before 18 or 21 is highly acceptable somehow ha
seriously.
I’m glad there’s not much censorship in the UK towards video games. Reading bully was banned confused me as i don’t recall that at all.
Nintendo has always been bashed for its censorship (green blood in MK controversy) and then they gave us some dark moments like Crocomire’s death in Super Metroid and even let us strangle people to death with the Wii controller. It’s like they have tried at times but there image is very much Cemented as family friendly so I don’t think they will ever be able to stray far from that.
I remember my mom coming home from work with a copy of Thrill Kill and saying “I heard this games banned so I got you a copy” 🙌
Honestly the game wasn’t even that bad, there’s far worse content in books and movies.
Thrill kill at the time was edgy, but there has been much worse. Fun times with Imp the pimp!
honestly, its up to the parents and the players on what kind of experience they want to have, not the publisher.
i agree this game can be really underrated im happy they will make a sequel and fix their mistakes
I agree with everything you said about the single player, but for me I just couldn't get into the multiplayer, I thought it was poor. Nice review.
The only thing disappointing about the game is the texture pop-ups and technical glitches. The minigun sequence at the end was the most horrible points in the game. I still loved the campaign and authenticity of the game.
While not a stellar shooter - this title was overshadowed by bigger relases. It had some technical issues, but I still think the emphasis of realism and immersion kept it afloat :) good review
I think this was complete dogshit, mutliplayer was a complete disappointment with lack of guns,maps, features and many other broken things, single player had some nice moments but in many parts looked like Danger Close had no idea how to utilize engine