You never learn what the Cleric’s motivations are. There are stories that are never explored. It certainly attempts to provide a more “authentic and believable” story, and one that I commend Danger Close for telling, but it could have been a lot more. My only real issue is that the tale isn’t bold enough. Via cut-scenes the game follows Preacher’s attempts of reconnecting with his estranged wife. It’s fairly effective in showing the heavy toll Preacher’s work is exerting on his own sanity and that of his family.
Instead of merely focusing on the action, Danger Close tries to humanise the main character by introducing a heavy dose of family drama. This time round they’re tasked to unravel a dangerous terrorists plot, crafted by a man, simply known as the Cleric. The team is yet again engaging in (potentially illegal) black ops operations across the world. The familiar faces of Voodoo, Mother, Dusty and even Preacher are joined by another character, codenamed Stump (presumably Rabbit’s replacement). The single player campaign isn’t a direct sequel to the 2010 precursor, but a number of characters (Tier 1 operatives) make a welcomed return. This is for fighting, the other is for fun” (Singleplayer) Fast forward two excruciatingly long years, and the obvious question is, have they improved on their formula? It’s only real vice was that the singleplayer was ridiculously short, even when compared to most contemporary combat shooters (or as I like to call them, corridor shooters). Suffice to say, controversy notwithstanding, Medal of Honor had two things going for it the singleplayer campaign was extremely well-done, and its multiplayer (with the ability to eventually unlock prestige classes/skins) was decent. Deep down, I was kind of eager to play as a Taliban warlord. Years prior to the reboot, I had been killing Russians, other eastern Europeans, Nazis, mercenaries, Somali pirates, Americans and even aliens. At the time, I couldn’t understand why that was so controversial. What was SO controversial, you ask? The inclusion of the Taliban, and the opportunity to play as a member of Afghanistan’s all-male football team, in multiplayer. Instead, it received mixed reviews, but more importantly, it found itself in the midst of an opportunistic and highly-tasteless attempt to manufacture controversy. It was supposed to bring Activision’s combat shooter to its knees. Meanwhile, a small development studio called Danger Close is about to release the Medal of Honor reboot. Fanbois, fangirls and bored unemployed slackers are still engaged in a bitter stalemate over which piece of plastic crap is the best.
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The PS Move is promising to do to the PS3 what the Wii had been doing for the last few years. The kinect is promising to dazzle us with the possibility of controller-free gaming. Imagine for a brief second that it is the year 2010. As the weekend inched on, I eventually mustered up enough courage, and slid the game disk into my console.īut, before you get to hear what I think about Medal of Honor: Warfighter let’s head down memory lane, to the distant past. The thought of having to endure one of this generation’s “worst games” left me in a foetal position, and this horrid feeling of impending doom. Frown lines quickly appeared on my forehead.
With vitriol flowing freely, and the forums abuzz with condemnation. One reviewer even went so far as to call it this generation’s “worst game ever”. It was an industry-wide revolt, as the major players slammed EA (and by association, Danger Close) for their latest creation Medal of Honor: Warfighter. I just couldn’t resist the first set of reviews as they crawled out of the sewers and emerged with the ferocity of a muck-covered, plague-carrying sewer rat. Sadly, one of my guidelines found itself crushed under the boot of curiosity. Right or wrong, agree or disagree, you’re getting a review that is as honest and objective as possible – bar my usual idiosyncrasies and biases. It’s a simple set of rules, that I hope, manages to keep my own writing as honest as possible. Thirdly, and most importantly, I never read other reviews, prior to – or while writing a review. Every review must be case-specific (that just means that if I do end up comparing titles and features, it has to be: apples with apples, and pears with pears). For one thing, whatever game I’m reviewing must be finished. Most of you probably don’t know but I generally have a number of self-imposed guidelines. Every once in a while a review copy finds its way to my humble abode.
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