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With
all the hype
surrounding the
title and a
killer-marketing
campaign,
Medal
of Honor
was expected to be
one of the best
games of 2010. It’s
not the best game of
2010, and a lot of
people will be
disappointed in the
title for some of
its flaws. But at
the root of any game
is a simple
question. Would you
play it again and
did you have fun
with it? You will
have fun with
Medal
of Honor
and you will play it
more than once.
This
is a lot like
Call
of Duty: Modern
Warfare,
except
Call
of Duty: Modern
Warfare
is based on
fictional events.
Medal
of Honor
is based on a real
war that’s happening
now in Afghanistan.
The landscape is
real, the characters
feel real, and the
missions feel real.
Everything has a
tinge of reality to
it that some could
find disturbing… but
for me it puts
things into
perspective. It
makes me appreciate
some of the dangers
friends in the army
face in the
Middle-East. It’s
different to be
sure, but it still
puts some
perspective on who
the real heroes are…
the men and women
who endure and fight
for our country so
other people can
have the freedom
that we do. If
Medal
of Honor
ONLY did that it
would be a success
to me.
In
Medal
of Honor
you’re different
characters in
different special
forces units that
get things done.
It’s the typical
plotline that we’ve
seen in various
games. The guys on
the ground know
what’s going on, but
the guy back in his
cushy office is
calling the shots
and putting the guys
in the ground in
danger. That’s what
happens in
Medal
of Honor,
you’re on a
dangerous mission,
then it gets even
more dangerous and
more heated because
there’s political
pressure to do
something NOW. Stuff
hits the fan and
heroes are born
There
are some really cool
aspects to
Medal
of Honor.
Ammo is never an
issue like it is in
other games, and I
liked this. You
always run around
with your team, so
if you ever run
short of ammo you
can ask somebody for
ammo. Simple. That
and you have a
pistol that you
carry around with
you at all times
with an infinite
amount of shots. You
still have to
reload, but there’s
no limit to your
clips. I love the
weapon system, but
the bigger win with
Medal
of Honor
are the graphics.
This game looks
amazing. Framerate
drops in spots, but
the game still looks
amazing. Afghanistan
looks how you
picture it looking.
The characters’
dialogue feels real
too- you’ll find
yourself engrossed
in the environment
and the mission at
times. Not so much
the story, but
you’ll be
heavily-involved in
the task at hand.
The graphics win,
you’ll be engrossed
from mission to
mission, and I love
the ammo system. The
targeting and firing
system is a little
rudimentary. It
feels like it was
made in 2002, not
2010, but it’s good
enough to get by.
Medal
of Honor’s
most frustrating
points other than
some framerate
issues and spotty
bugs here and there
are its checkpoints.
They are spread way
too far apart on
some levels and too
close on others.
There needs to be
more consistency
with it. The bugs
that arise in the
game are abundant;
the most frustrating
one came for me
early on in the
second or level
driving the ATVs.
Somehow my A.I.
partner and I
managed to park the
ATVs on top of each
other, neither of us
could go, yet he was
still telling me to
take the shot… Not
fun stuff. The other
frustrating point is
moving around in the
level. The levels
aren’t open levels
really- you go
through area to area
finding the spots
where you need to
start the next area-
sometimes it’s too
hard to find the
next area.
As
noted before- there
are problems with
Medal
of Honor
and it
under-performs when
highlighted by all
of the hype it got
in the past few
weeks. But it does
some things very
well. It captures
the intensity of the
moment, has some fun
multi-player modes
(not as good as
Battlefield,
but still good) and
all in all it’s a
fun game. Not the
best title of 2010,
but
Medal
of Honor
is still pretty fun.
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