As they say in the aviation business, no joy. "There are at least six things in that game that you shouldn't know about," a former Joint Special Operations Command operator told me.īoth he and I have attempted to contact various EA press people, government affairs people and programmers to get the back story. Two soldiers apparently consulted with EA on the game, he says, but they did not receive permission to do so. special forces," says he and the Pentagon are bewildered by the company's promotional bravado. special forces.įor the record, Ken McGraw, the spokesperson for "U.S. Special Operations Command and yours truly have been on a similar mission: to figure out the back story behind Electronic Arts's claim that its newest and most highly promoted first person-shooter game, " Medal of Honor," was developed in cooperation with U.S. Contact:, done in 0.001 seconds.For months, the U.S. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops People who downloaded Medal of Honor have also downloaded: Medal of Honor also features a "Hardcore" mode, in which the mini-map and weapon crosshairs are removed, health does not regenerate, ammo cannot be acquired from fallen enemies, and players can be injured by friendly fire.
The "Objective Raid" mode gives players five minutes to capture or defend two objectives on the map, and the "Combat Mission" mode is a slower, story-driven campaign in which Coalition forces are tasked with capturing five consecutive objectives, while the Insurgents must prevent them from progressing. The "Team Assault" mode functions as a traditional team deathmatch, with both sides attempting to amass a certain number of points, while "Sector Control" mode finds gamers attempting to dominate smaller sections of each map in order to earn points. Players can choose from the Rifleman, Sniper, and Special Ops character classes and then battle across eight different maps as a member of either the "Coalition" forces or the Opposing Force "Insurgents," with all four game modes supporting up to 24 combatants. The multiplayer component of Medal of Honor is handled by EA DICE, the studio behind the well-regarded Battlefield: Bad Company series, and the action once again draws some inspiration from Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare games, with combatants persistently progressing to higher ranks, unlocking new weapons, and earning special bonuses for kill streaks. Developer Danger Close Games stressed reverence for soldiers and authenticity in Medal of Honor, working closely with military veterans, featuring 24 real-world weapons, and ensuring that all of the action showcases the stark juxtaposition between Afghanistan's natural mountainous beauty and the hollowed-out Soviet tanks and crumbling buildings that indicate the decades of perpetual combat that have plagued the country. Single-player missions are primarily focused on Tier 1 soldiers as they stealthily target Al-Qaeda strongholds, but gamers will also engage in frenzied firefights as an Army Ranger, and serve as the gunner on an Apache helicopter. military began combat operations against the Taliban, Medal of Honor puts particular emphasis on special operations soldiers from throughout the armed forces, known as Tier 1 Operators.
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Taking cues from the Call of Duty franchise it helped spawn, EA resurrects its floundering first-person shooter series by moving it from WWII into 21st-century Afghanistan in Medal of Honor.
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