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Spartan198 03-20-2010 01:18 AM

Medal of Honor (2010)
 
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The past week has seen several major news stories centered on Afghanistan, culminating in last night's announcement by President Obama that is he is dispatching 30,000 more troops to the war-torn nation. Today, Afghanistan figured prominently in the game world, when Electronic Arts announced it would be the setting for the long-rumored reboot of its Medal of Honor franchise, titled simply "Medal of Honor."

Due out in fall 2010 for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, Medal of Honor will be the first installment in the once-top-selling series to not be set during World War II. The first-person shooter will instead focus on a member of the most elite group inside the modern-day US Special Operations Command, the shadowy Tier 1 Operators.

EA says its Los Angeles studio has been working closely with actual Tier 1 Operators, whose real-life experiences will provide the basis for Medal of Honor's story. Presumably one such solider is the inspiration for the game's cover soldier, who sports a distinctly non-military backwards baseball cap and bushy beard in addition to his assault rifle. However, such outfits were indeed sported by US Special Forces in Afghanistan, as shown in a 2002 Life magazine photo feature, to better blend in with the heavily bearded local population. Later that year, soldiers were ordered to shave, according to CNN.

In a statement, executive producer Greg Goodrich said EALA is emphasizing realism in the game. "When we first set out to reinvent Medal of Honor, we wanted to stay true to its roots of authenticity and respect for the soldier but bring it into today's war," he said. The most popular military shooter to date, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, took some criticism from reviewers for having a highly implausible storyline. Its developer, Infinity Ward, was created by former Medal of Honor developers who left EA in 2002.

While EALA will focus on Medal of Honor's single-player campaign, another internal studio, EA DICE, will be handling the multiplayer mode. The Swedish studio, formerly known as Digital Illusions CE, is renowned for the multiplayer modes of its Battlefield series, which will continue next March with Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

EA did not announce any further details on the game other than its cover art. However, the game's official Web site shows its setting will be in eastern Afghanistan, just southwest of the mountain stronghold of Tora Bora where Tier 1 Special Forces almost captured Osama Bin Laden in 2001. Last fall, that battle was recounted by a member of the unit involved on 60 Minutes on CBS, GameSpot's parent company.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6241872.html

So far, it's looking like MoH might blow CoD out of the water. Let's now just hope we get a half-way decent list of weapons that are relevant to the setting and forces involved, like no P90s or AA-12s...

And here's a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1njQ...eature=channel

Excalibur 03-20-2010 03:42 AM

We can only hope, but they'll most likely have some variety in weapons, otherwise, it'd be a boring selection.

S&Wshooter 03-20-2010 04:11 AM

Hopefully I will be able to bust some terrorist domes wide open with a Makarov or an FAL

Spartan198 03-20-2010 06:01 AM

Are there any instances if FALs being used by al-Qaida or the Taliban? :confused:

S&Wshooter 03-20-2010 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Spartan198 (Post 12570)
Are there any instances if FALs being used by al-Qaida or the Taliban? :confused:

I dunno. Probably

Excalibur 03-20-2010 04:29 PM

We'll probably be seeing MP5s, M9s, 1911s, M4s, M16s, SAWs, etc. The typical guns used by the military today. But since this is a game, there will most likely be odd guns coming into the picture.

S&Wshooter 03-20-2010 07:48 PM

Maybe a few CZ-75's?

Excalibur 03-20-2010 08:08 PM

A CZ-75...You wish

S&Wshooter 03-20-2010 08:15 PM

If they added a CZ-75, it'd make up for that crap pile that was MOH: Airborne, where it took 3 mags to kill enemies sometimes and you only get to use the C96 twice

Excalibur 03-20-2010 10:38 PM

Weren't C96s kinda rare in WWII Germany?


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