Medal of Honor to Have a Demo, More Details

Just like some Medal of Honor games before it, the latest Medal of Honor, and the first one not set in World War II, will receive a demo somewhere down the line, available this year, but not specified whether it will be pre or post release.

Medal of Honor is scheduled to come out Q3 2010, for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

And as revealed before, the game will not only have you playing troops on the ground, but also in other positions, more like Call of Duty, and involve the entire army, and not just the small group of soldiers we’re used to.

Executive Producer Greg Goodrich to GameTrailers:

“This is the first Medal of Honor game not set in World War II. We are set in modern times with the fight that is currently taking place in Afghanistan.

We had a story we wanted to tell, and it was about what the soldiers are going through right now and the Tier 1 Operators we were introduced to – they brought a different flavor and have really come into their own in this fight.

So, we never sat down and said ‘Hey we want to be in Afghanistan, we want to be modern’, it was just a story we wanted to tell and these guys are pretty interesting. It’s compelling, and we also tell the story of the other side. The Sledgehammer, the big-military side and while you play lots of it as a Tier 1 Operator, you’re gonna have the opportunity to play as a US Army Ranger, as an attack helicopter pilot.”

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Source: VG247

Medal of Honor to Have a Demo, More Details

New Medal of Honor Screens [Screenshots]

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EA released a bunch of new screenshots the other day. These above are just the previews. The full size ones are over on their website, medalofhonor.com.

As for my usual analysis, the pictures show off the usual bunch of undercover Tier One operatives [we should come up with some names for them], and the desert environments again. I hope this game has a change of scenery, and this is only the first mission or something, otherwise it’s probably going to get a little stale.

The screens, which feature night missions, remind me a little bit of the first mission from Allied Assault, “Lighting the Torch”.

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Source: medalofhonor.com

New Medal of Honor Screens [Screenshots]

Medal of Honor to Bring in the Big Guns

 

Doesn’t that guy standing on the left remind you of how the guys used to stand in Allied Assault? Like he just sh!t his pants…

Medal of Honor, for most of the franchise, has involved a lot of espionage, secrecy, infiltration, and other covert operations, with the exception of a few moments in some games like Allied Assault (remember the horrors of the Normandy landings on Omaha Beach?). But this is set to change, as EA says that the “Big military” is going to play more of a role in this latest title.

“The Tier 1 Operator has really come into their own in this conflict and we're honoured to have had the access to the people we've had access to, and we're really focusing our character story, our narrative, on them and on the soldier, and the respect for the soldier, and honouring the soldier, and really going deep into that.”

“It's about that. It's about small-unit tactics; it's about small-unit methods and procedures, but we also have big army.”

“Big military, I should say, is also in the game. The two units – the two sides - the sledgehammer and the scalpel, cannot work independently of each other. They require each other and depend on each other, and we're showcasing both of those in Medal of Honor.”

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Source: [1] IncGamers

Medal of Honor to Bring in the Big Guns

Medal of Honor: First Screenshots [Screenshots]

Some brand new screenshots have been released for Medal of Honor, the upcoming reboot of the series, set the come out in Q3 2010.

So what can we deduce by looking at the screenshots? Firstly, some of those shots look as though they’ve been spruced up a bit, and even if does look like that, most of us won’t play it looking like that. Some people are wondering if it’s the Frostbite engine, or the Unreal Engine 3. the singleplayer uses UE3, and the multiplayer, the Frostbite engine.

Possibly there will be undercover missions, which is to be expected of a Medal of Honor game. Looking at one of the shots, this appears to be the case, as two soldiers who looks as though they may be undercover, posing as terrorists, are possibly rescuing a hostage. They’re using typical American issue or non-terrorist weaponry and gear, from what I can see.

There will be vehicles in the game, like the ATV or quad bike, or four-wheeler (depending where you’re from). There might be a chance to use air support, like in Allied Assault.

Medal of Honor: First Screenshots [Screenshots]

Medal of Honor to Come out Q3 September 2010

Medal of Honor, the reboot, has been scheduled for a release sometime between the months of July and September, 2010.

It’s been speculated that this date is to “avoid” Battlefield: Bad Company 2, a game by DICE, who’s also working on the multiplayer part of Medal of Honor.

Kind of like letting a teammate through to win in formula one or something I guess. And Medal of Honor will cross the line later on in the year, in Q3 2010. Hell both games even have the same publisher in EA, and BC 2 is advertised on MoH’s website.

But some are saying that the next Call of Duty might pose a threat. But history shows that CoD games are traditionally released more towards the end of the year (each and every year), in Q4, so if MoH can beat CoD by a month or two at least, it shouldn’t have much of a problem.

Funny how the whole of last year’s Q4 line-up was pushed into 2010 by bloody Modern Warfare 2. At least we have plenty of excellent games to play in Q1. January was good with Mass Effect 2, February is all ready seeing some great ones, and so will March.

By the way, I read recently that Medal of Honor’s website has some interesting additions, like franchise pages, which show what some of the other MoH games in the past were like. There are even videos showcasing the past games. I’ve said it before, but Allied Assault was a great game back way when.

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Sources: TVGB

Medal of Honor to Come out Q3 September 2010

Medal of Honor: The Selected Few – a mod for MoHAA

 

I read about this on N4G and Strategy Informer. This mod makes visual improvements to the ageing game, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (from 2002) with some new textures and models.

Recently the 0.1 Beta version was released, which means what you see is only just a fraction of the work that still needs to be done. This is visible in the shots. Some of the redone uniforms look better (there are sleeveless shirts like the one in the screen to the right), but overall I felt underwhelmed.

It’s obviously still a work in progress, and a new mod at that, so it’ll hopefully get better with time. Don’t know if I’ll download it and try it myself, seeing as if it’s one game I played to death years ago, it was MoHAA. I especially liked the Omaha beach level, which was essentially the game’s version of the opening beach battle in Saving Private Ryan. Still cool though.

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http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/medalofhonoralliedassault/mod/34054.html

http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-439770.aspx

Medal of Honor: The Selected Few – a mod for MoHAA