Let's be honest: All of these modern military shooters are, at their core, propaganda. They show our troops up against impossible odds, wiping out an Arab enemy, and saving the day. Propaganda can go too far though, Medal of Honor trying to make players believe the Taliban would be stupid enough to find milk crates as a suitable cover? Even dumber, they look around the crates as opposed to the 50 or so holes in the plastic to find their target. For the record, you'd be pretty hard pressed not to win this scenario.
Enemy A.I. is the least of this game's problems, many of the latter stemming from the sluggish, stiff, and even unresponsive controls. Based on Tier 1 operators, one should expect precision and care of which Medal of Honor has none of.
The whole experience feels desperate to stand out or even justify its existence in the face of the monumentally popular competition. That aggression to the design has led to not only the rough, unfinished feel, but blatant copies. Working with a fellow sniper in the campaign, the player runs across numerous enemies who are taken out one at a time as the player calls it, much like in Modern Warfare 2 sans the mountain climb.
The same goes for multiplayer, with its point-based airstrikes or other mass-kill bonuses. Never mind the absurd censorship and debate over the Taliban inclusion; Medal of Honor has far more concerns.
There are certainly moments where this game shines, few of them interactive. One cinematic has a solider-filled chopper loaded with friendlies clipped by an enemy RPG. The result is a sequence where occupants are tossed around the interior like pinballs, the camera swaying to enhance the effect. What follows is a brief wake-up, followed by a turret section, because every FPS these days has to have one. It's in the unwritten rule book.
Article comments
1 - Bruno
The reviewer is 12 year? Seriously? Parental advisiory wouldn't even let you play the game. (18+)
Anyway: i think you're right. I suckered into buying in pre-order edition... and now i'm very disappointed. Single player has huge performance issues.. Multiplayer is hectic and lacks balance in gameplay.
2 - mike
der bud he has been a reviewer for 12 years not that he is 12 years old...
3 - roopert
lmao bruno fail
4 - Bruno
Hehehe right. Well, english is not my native language. But after reading it over... Heck.. I still read he's 12 years old. Guess, it's just the way our grammar works (Dutch).
5 - Ctrippp
Yeh but lack of the word "old"pretty much clarifies how it should be read, in my opinion..