Medal of Honor

A modern day Medal of Honor is due out this year. Announced a while ago like but I only caught wind of it today from a lad in work.

EA has announced that the next Medal of Honor, due in 2010 on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, will be set in modern-day Afghanistan, and have separate developers for the game's singleplayer and multiplayer components.

With the runaway success of Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise, it should come as no surprise to find that other top FPS developers want to create their own interpretations of current combat while hoping to make a dent in Infinity Ward's crown. EA is hoping to create the next great modern-day shooter as it brings the formerly past-focused Medal of Honor franchise to present-day Afghanistan. The company is bringing its two biggest soldiers to the frontlines, as EALA (developers of recent Medal of Honor games) will be creating the single-player component while DICE (of Battlefield franchise fame) will be working on the multiplayer component.

The story will be focused on a Tier 1 Operator--a special class of soldier trained to take on the most difficult of missions, while presumably not under the same hygiene standards as the rest of the army, if the boxart below is any indication. We have yet to see any screens or video of the game in motion, but the game will have a trailer at next Saturday's Spike Video Game Awards. The game already has a dedicated website, Facebook page, and Twitter feed, so expect a constant flow of information about this upcoming game.

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/213125/modern-day-medal-of-honor-announced-with-separate-single-multi-player-devs

I used to love the old Medal of Honor games but got sick of playing WW2-esque stuff. Pretty much why COD4 and MW2 were such big hits basically. Other games following suit was an occurence that was always on the cards.

I think this should be excellent. The old ones were good so why shouldn't this be?

Weird thinking back to the very first COD - that I had. That game was pure brilliance at the time but looking back it's pretty fun how far gaming has advanced over the years.

There's not much reason why this shouldn't be decent. They have the formula. Don't know if it will be as big as COD, though.

I'll probably wait to see reviews / people's reactions before buying if I decide to.

Here is the 1st trailer for the game.

Medal of Honor Debut Trailer [HD]

That actually looks pretty fantastic.

Like a cross between Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and the Afghan level on MW2.

Looks mint. I'll be looking forward to it.

Looks pretty decent, then again all of these types of games usually do when you watch the trailer.

Not sure that's WW2 though...

Edit: Just seen in the first post that it's modern day set in Afghanistan. That'll teach me to read!

F**king.Can't.Wait.

I'm so cut i won't be able to play the beta coming out on the 21st of June. To me, it seems like they've taken the best of Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2 and combined them to make one hell of a game.

Have a look at this gameplay footage:
Medal of Honor - E3 2010 Multiplayer Gameplay Footage

Looks really decent. Like the way the camera moves when you're moving.

I like the visual effects of airstrikes. F**king brilliant.

Is it PS3 and Xbox or just PS3?

Should imagine it's all platforms.

Its on every platform.

To me it just seems a rip off of BFBC2 and MW2

I know BFBC2 was created by Dice and they have created MoH

Loved the older MoH. But it'll be interesting to see if in these post-COD days if this has the same feeling to it.

I didnt even notice it said in the article the platforms its on. I just saw the picture of the PS3 cover and thought it might be just that. Sorry.

Yeah I liked the old medal of honours, hopefully this will be another good one.

I didnt even notice it said in the article the platforms its on. I just saw the picture of the PS3 cover and thought it might be just that. Sorry.

Yeah I liked the old medal of honours, hopefully this will be another good one.

Game Poster looks Boss to Me.

Thought I'd bump this as the release date is fast approaching (Oct 15th).

Reading these quotes, it's interesting how people can view things from 2 very different perspectives,

To me, it seems like they've taken the best of Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2 and combined them to make one hell of a game.

To me it just seems a rip off of BFBC2 and MW2

It's blatantly a 'rip off' of the two games mentioned but as they're both great games, I think it's a positive and if they've successfully taken the best bits, it will be an amazing game. BFBC2 (single player at least) was a bit of a rip off of MW but that didn't do it any harm, in fact they even take the p**s out of MW during the cut scenes.

Anyone else pre-ordered and on what platform?

Its graphics look pretty sh!te compared to MW2...vehicles are always a nice touch though.

I'll probably rent it for a bit and see whats its like.

Its graphics look pretty sh!te compared to MW2...vehicles are always a nice touch though.

Do you think so? Looking at the trailer on Play.com and some gameplay footage I saw where someone was flying a chopper, I thought it looked stunning :
http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/12980655/Medal-Of-Honor-Limited-Edition/Product.html

They've gone for smooth looking graphics instead of detailed. The lazy option.



MW2

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MOH

I get what you're saying but it still looks great on the trailers I've watched and hopefully the gameplay will more than make up for it. The online side to BF:BC2 was brilliant!

Whoops, I'm in trouble. I forgot I'd pre-ordered this from Play.com and they've just emailed to say it's been dispatched. Can't really afford to go buying games now, the missus is going to kill me!  

Whoops, I'm in trouble. I forgot I'd pre-ordered this from Play.com and they've just emailed to say it's been dispatched. Can't really afford to go buying games now, the missus is going to kill me! 

But at least when you're in the dog house you'll have this to keep you occupied

That's true,

Let's hope it's worth it!