Medal Of Honor Mini Review

I really meant to review Medal Of Honor a long time ago. Laziness trumped over intentions and I'm doing a quick mini review.

So I'm just going to say this. Medal Of Honor delivers a really harsh yet touching story about the reality of the conflict in Afghanistan. That's about the only good thing as it suffers from a lack of refinement. Plenty of bugs and glitches spoil the game.

The multiplayer also fails to deliver. If you thought spawn trapping was bad in other games, play Medal of Honor and you will go running back to other shooters.

A lack of an additional game mode also makes Medal of Honor feel a bit lacking. The Tier One mode where you compete to to get best times on campaign missions feels tacked on and isn't actually a game mode by itself.

Basically, the whole game feels rushed or still in its beta stage; INCOMPLETE.

Sorry, but you guys just aren't good enough.

Medal Of Honor Multiplayer

The multiplayer is developed by DICE of Bad Company 2. However, this will not be a clone of Bad Company 2. The destructibility is off, vehicles play a smaller role(no tanks, choppers or uav) and maps are smaller and more suited for infantry combat. It seems to deliver fast paced combat akin to Modern Warfare 2 but retains all the good parts of BC2.The unlocking system is identical to BC2. Primary weapons now can have three different attachments. As far as I know, you still can't go prone.(WHY?!)

While multiplayer is nice, I want some co-op gameplay like Spec Ops in MW2. Though unlikely, I hope there will be a third game mode.

Trailer and some actual gameplay below.





Love how the tank shots are synchronized with the music in the trailer

The beta is now open for those who pre-order the game.

Medal Of Honor Story

I'm really excited about Medal Of Honor not so much because of the multiplayer like most people but mainly because of the single player, Hopefully, it will be fully fleshed out unlike Bad Company 2 which was rather bland. Modern Warfare 2 was good but a little short. I wish the Medal Of Honor campaign will not be outshined by the multiplayer or any other game modes.

The story this time around is about the struggles of Tier One operatives involved in behind enemy lines action as well as that of the US Army Rangers in their fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. There will be plenty of sneaking around and full scale gunfights including some vehicle sequences : similar to recent first person shooters. However, seeing as Medal Of Honor is a prestigious franchise, EA LA put all their effort into research for the game and freed of multiplayer commitments, it could finally be THE Modern Warfare 2 killer. Just saying.

Below are the two trailers that have got me so excited. They don't show much, but trailers hardly do anyway.

Modern Warfare 2 Killer

It seems that now every upcoming first-person shooter wants to top Modern Warfare. They seem to follow a checklist.

1. Epic moments, check. 
2. Gritty story, check. 
3. Varied and exotic locations, check.

EA's Medal Of Honor Tier One will be hoping to do better than Bad Company 2 which outclassed MW2 in multiplayer but failed to create a good singleplayer experience. Medal Of Honor is shaping up to be a Modern Warfare killer. EA LA is developing the singleplayer while DICE of Battlefield series will be developing multiplayer. There will be a lot of work put into the game by both studios as they aim to do a better job than the other. DICE will be able to refine their Battlefield multiplayer while EA LA will aim to make a stunning campaign.

Click link to read preview. Watch the trailer below.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/medalofhonor/news.html?sid=6253401&mode=previews