Medal of Honor: Warfighter has a lot to prove heading into this week’s E3. How will the game propel the modern military genre to greater heights than Call of Duty or Battlefield? What measures are being taken to ensure the sequel avoids the lukewarm reception of 2010′s Medal of Honor? And will Frostbite 2 be more than just a banal bark.
We sought answers going into EA’s press conference, and Danger Close Games executive producer Greg Goodrich took the stage with a live gameplay demo to afford some answers.
Loading through a brief introduction, Goodrich claimed that every mission in Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s campaign contained a “dotted line to an actual event or real world hotspot.” With the fictional storyline already discussed by the developers, the latter seems likely to have a greater influence – and it’s conveyed here in demo that sees the Tier One operators engage an inland Somalian pirate stronghold.
Immediately, the visual fidelity Danger Close is trying to achieve stands out (something we never felt reviewing the last Medal of Honor). The developer promised that Frostbite 2′s power – originally employed in Battlefield 3 to level skyscrapers and sear our eyeballs with tactical lights – would be harnessed into rendering the finer points of destruction: splintering wood, scattering debris, destructible cover. All of it appears smoothly projected as the action unfolds, and it doesn’t seem to diminish the splendor of those let’s-airstrike-the-sniper-out-of-the-big-hotel setpiece explosions.
Of course, with any gameplay catering to the mainstream FPS/multiplayer crowd and crown, the feel is as vital as the look. We hope to go hands on with Warfighter as E3 progresses throughout the week, but the demo does give us enough to consider in the meantime. A revamped room clearance system has been installed where the player has a variety of options and controls for cleaning out foes. The attack robot (though it doesn’t look to be manually deployable) displays promise for more non-linear mission structures. There’s even the instance where our soldier’s scope is slid off as the battle transitions indoors. Not new to shooters, sure, but evocative of how more emphasis is being placed on equipment personalization.
Ranters, it’s clear Warfighter looks improved over its 2010 predecessor. But is it ready to compete with today’s top-tier shooters? What are you takes on the new gameplay demo?
Medal of Honor: Warfighter will release October 23rd, 2012 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
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I think this will be a solid FPS, but I also think it resembles Battlefield too much. It seems to be struggling to find its own identity. That’s my hesitation to buy it.
i think it looks great, i really enjoyed the 2010 game and thought the last level was something that neither cod or battlefield have yet to create in terms of pure awesomeness. I thought last years Battlefield was good graphic wise but utterly boring in other aspects while modern warfare 3 i thought was hands down the WORST cod game, it was completely boring with inconstant graphics and overly repetitive gameplay and this is coming from someone who has bought all the cod games. i found out about the game through the Linkin Park trailer as i did the previous 2010 game and i have high hopes for this.
I’m not trying to start a flame war or anything here, but what aspects of BF3 are utterly boring? If you’re referring to the campaign, then yes, it was lackluster. If you’re referring to the co-op campaign, then yes, some missions weren’t too good. But if you’re referring to the multiplayer, then I completely disagree.
im referring to the campaign. i don’t know what it is but I’ve never enjoyed multiplayer with cod and battlefield, i know that 90% of the people that buy those games only play the multiplayer but it just never interested me. i only play gears of war and halo on multiplayer. the best thing i found about bf3 was the graphics.
Alright, I understand that BF3′s MP isn’t your cup of tea. And I agree that the campaign was awful.
so a sniper shots like 10 times at player and all he does is “ouch”?
just another heavily scripted COD-like shooter.
any really NEW games this year?
yes.. Watch Dogs, Last of Us… o.o
That’s a huge exaggeration.
Yea Probably going to pass on this sadly. BF3 has been ruined for me due to rent-a-server crap and nerfing every gun until its boring. I can see that happening again. Ill wait. Ill be too focused on borderlands and assassins creed anyways
Is that only on consoles? Don’t think I’ve noticed any problem with that on the PC…
“…nerfing every gun until its boring.” That’s an exaggeration. They didn’t nerf every gun. They only nerfed the overpowered guns, such as the Famas. Also, “boring?” How does nerfing a gun make it boring? It just makes the gun less effective to use.
Say what you will…I’m having a blast on the PC version.. :S
It seems ok