Medal of Honor

The Good:

Well-paced campaign
Immersive dialogue
Taut multiplayer action.

The Bad:

Heavy-handed campaign scripting
Enemy AI isn’t terribly realistic
Some incongruous cutscenes
Steep multiplayer learning curve.

In the crowded first-person shooter market, it’s important for a game to carve out a niche–do something better than or different from its competitors. Medal of Honor tries to do just that by representing a real conflict that is really happening in a real country between two real opposing forces. From the chatter among the soldiers and the authentic weapons to the environmental continuity, there are many elements that enliven the campaign with an invigorating sense of realism. Unfortunately, this energy is diminished somewhat by a bunch of video game-y elements, like invisible walls, invincible allies, and an incongruous icon that pops up whenever you get a headshot. Read the rest of this entry »