Review of Medal of Honor (2010) — review of the game Medal of Honor (2010) | Reviews | Kanobu

There is an interesting recipe for New Year’s kulebyaka: you need to eat plenty of various treats from the festive table, and then wash it down with a liter of vodka and champagne — after a short period of time, the New Year’s kulebyak will be ready. The guys from Danger Close decided to demonstrate a similar culinary technique
, washing down the eaten mechanics Call of Duty
and graphical bells and whistles Frostbite 2
a liter of tincture on American pathetics and a set of elite stamps of military shooters.

A confusion of plot twists and turns Medal of Honor: Warfighter
originates in the city of Karachi, in the south of Pakistan. While performing a simple task to blow up a rogue piece of equipment, the special forces group’s scythe hits a stone: instead of the planned “boom,” a cumbersome “badabum” sounds, in the organization of which our heroes did not take part. And away we go — everything around us explodes, burns, collapses, falls. This is the local equivalent of Osama Bin Laden having fun with his new toy, the explosive substance penthrite, which modern terrorists have in abundance. Our task, as brave superheroes, is to get rid of excess pentrite, and to curtail the activities of the antagonist completely.

I’m telling you, the bite here is great.

Fulfilling a peacekeeping mission takes the heroes to Sarajevo, Yemen, Pakistan and Dubai, in general, to where difficult special forces usually take them. The word «usually» applies to the game in an unusual way. Danger Close
for the second time they step on the same rake, trying to remove the chimera from Call of Duty
and Battlefield
. The first donor sacrifices its corridor-scripted gameplay, where mission tunnels are interrupted by highly emotional videos designed to demonstrate the rich inner world of the main characters. From the project DICE
got more impressive organs: the appearance, as well as the sound, of Warfighter
quite effective. High-quality animation, excellent lighting model and dynamic changes in sounds depending on the environment — all this contribute to immersion in military action.

The word “usually” fits the game in an unusual way.
The campaign gameplay, which won’t last longer than six hours for the slowest player, struggles to be varied. The protagonist of the story constantly materializes in his hands a sniper rifle, a helicopter machine gun, a military robot joystick, a boat grenade launcher, and even the steering wheel of a car, in which he is destined to catch up with the person being pursued or escape from his pursuers. The authors do not see a problem in the fact that this kind of diversity within the project resonates with diversity in the gaming market. The point is not that we have already seen all this, but that there is nothing in Warfighter that we have not seen.

Oh my God. After last night my helmet is just cracking.

Thanks for this should be said to the game designers of the new Medal of Honor
who didn’t care about even the simplest principles of deterministic logic. The variability of their passage is carefully controlled even in small details. If you are told to go around the house and kill the machine gunner, then the latter will not die, no matter how often you put him on the floor with a headshot diagnosis. If according to the scenario you are supposed to get rid of your enemy by carpet bombing, then this enemy will not go to another world in any other way.

The appearance, like the sound, of Warfighter is very impressive.
Even in the local «crack the door» mini-game, the targets sitting behind it will obediently wait for lead gifts, no matter how noisy Armageddon is happening outside.

Local opponents are precisely those guys for whom the children’s proverb “neither mind nor imagination” fits better than anyone else. They do not group, do not change their location depending on events, but move in a mannered manner to the places where the great waypoint ordered them to visit. When replaying the episode, the appearance of each adversary can be anticipated no worse than an elite psychic.

I think my shoes are wet.

To prolong the pleasure of the game, multiplayer was born, which, unlike the campaign, boasts a hint of originality. Each player is free to choose an avatar for online battles, giving preference to both class (of which there are six — special forces, sniper, machine gunner, attack aircraft, reconnaissance and demolition), and nationality. The latter is especially appropriate due to the confrontation between countries implemented in the game. By collecting points, you advance your character’s power, and based on all the players, the TOP countries with the most furious special forces are formed.

The authors carefully control the variability of the passage even in small things.
Another interesting innovation is the ability to cooperate with a partner. The union is sealed by the ability to see a friend through the wall and the ability to resurrect next to him. True, even this plus on board does not yet contribute to the prosperity of multiplayer — it’s all due to the meager set and design of cards, coupled with a picture that is noticeably inferior to the campaign graphics. Although the network game has potential for development, its implementation is a question for Danger Close
.

Die, damn palm tree!

Do you know what’s different about the new Medal of Honor
from other military shooters? Nothing. It is not necessary to take this from a bad side: leaving behind the narrative brackets the limitless number of game bugs, in all its inconsistency Warfighter
still remains a clumsy average guy. Fans of clumsy average players are invited to the table, where they can be joined by players who miss military-themed shootouts to the point of itching in their buttocks. For other users Warrior
will not be able to offer anything.