The announcement of the new part Medal of Honor It came to not the brightest times for the once -respected and revered brand. After the unconvincing performance of Moh: Airborne and the appearance of the super -boring Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at the “World War II” militants, it was customary to look with cynical contempt or simply with indifference. Infinity Ward Once and for all made it clear what to do today a serious action about how to erase a thousand men who speak in German and praise in a dilapidated paraffin Hitler, It’s already unmarried, it went and Kondovo. Last year Wolfenstein with fascists, zombies and otherworldly worlds, as you know, acts in a fundamental other way. So Electronic Arts I prudently decided to reckon with fashion trends, changing the setting of the new “medal”. From now on, no “zig hailes” and wandering under the cover along the dark streets of besieged Paris. Now Afghanistan, al-jazira, Osama bin Laden Al-Qaeda, bearded “perfumes” and burning in the eyes from the scorching sun and obsessive sand-real attributes of the new Medal of Honor.
Who is new?
To compete Modern Warfare 2, developers from EA It is necessary not to jump above the head and your capabilities, but to climb up the ladder by three floors up. Infinity Ward Improved its skill for years, its shooters are not just militants, but calculating manipulators that cause a person only genuine emotions and experiences. How to look at the background of all this Medal of Honor – Not entirely clear. The mention of selected representatives of the Call of Duty series is determined by the fact that the developers themselves from EA They are going to “make the best shooter on the planet” (literally). After such franks, the game cannot count on the slightest condescension – we will meticulously compare it with the most titled representatives of the genre. But then – after the exit.
In the meantime, let’s talk about Afghanistan. Honestly, high -quality action in such hot and sandy decorations we have been waiting for a very long time. Only the announced Spec Ops: The Line comes to mind, but there is about Dubai and with all sorts of tactical forms – in general, not an option.
The main character Medal of Honor – This, recall, cowboy. No, even so – cowboy. Moreover, this is not a fictional character, but a real soldier who participated in hostilities in the indicated country. EA Los Angeles promises a very powerful, but at the same time touching history, in the center of which is a charismatic bearded man resembling Anatoly Wasserman, which in childhood was given not a set of encyclopedias in the exact and humanities, but a toy automatic and weights.
It will be very difficult to build an interesting and diverse gameplay around only a harsh uncle. We need cool tasks, a huge number of unique situations, the realism of what is happening and high -quality shootings – for FPS these are unchanged and mandatory parameters. If this, of course, is not some Wolfschanze 2.
The developers still mysteriously smile and wink when it comes to the reliability of events. The prototype cowboy is an existing person who shot more than
one dozen militants from a sniper rifle. It is logical to assume that the plot will have a historically reliable shade. At the same time EA Los Angeles In every possible way he brings herself up from the laurels of the “documentary”. Creators Medal of Honor They simply use the main character and the scenery in such a way as it did with Mozart Gameco Studios In the Mozart quest: The Last Secret – the main merits of the heroes will not be forgotten in both cases, but the story will become fictional.
Two sides of one medal
“Medal” this time will very sharply and convincingly be divided into singlePleler and multiplayer components. The fat red line between them is carried out by the fact that different commands are engaged in the development of each of them. For the plot campaign is responsible EA Los Angeles, and the multiplayer regime makes EA Dice. The participation of the unchanged “papomama” of the series Battlefield – Already a quality mark.
In the “Loner” the main bet is made for the player’s conviction of the relative realism and the logicality of what is happening. That is, all those unimaginable fantasies of the developers of Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2 about bad Russians will look against the backdrop of the alleged moderate tolerance and political correctness Medal of Honor cynical delirium and cheap tales. Though chic.
At the same time EA Los Angeles in every possible way avoids the word “realism” when describing the plot. Yes, for the studio, it is primarily important to give the opportunity to take part in this war in Afghanistan – with its heavy atmosphere, heat, beheaded corpses and cleansing of settlements from militants. Special effects and explosions “by Michael Bay»Fading here to the background.
Such a diverse Afghanistan
One of the key elements of a high -quality action movie is the setting of missions and their variability. Naturally, in the new one Moh We want moderate abundance: first to shoot the “spirits” openly, then crawl along the trenches, take the bearded men from a neighboring aul from a sniper rifle, well, and trips on military transport would not have prevented him either. We dare to assure you – all this in Medal of Honor will.
Diverse tasks imply diversity in the design of locations, landscape and the presence of appropriate conditions of technology. Developers are going to change the philistine, stereotypical idea of Afghanistan due to their capabilities. That is, when everyone thinks about this state, as a country of sand storms, the scorching sun and the howl nerves of the indigenous inhabitants issued for national songs. EA It claims that in Afghanistan there are still rivers, lakes, picturesque villages, beautiful girls and a lot more. Without the mountains, of course, it was also not done, but again they are not here in the first positions.
The landscape here sets the gameplay. In the same mountains, we are waiting for protracted sniper duels, in the villages wait for a fierce battle with shotgun, but with girls it is worth expecting everything together taken together.
Variety in technology is also a quite expected attribute for a shooter of such a level as Medal of Honor. This means that it will turn out to ride a helicopter, and at the BMP, and even on the tank. For such machines the corresponding system of destruction would. Engine – unlucking Unreal Engine 3 – the developers rewrote thoroughly: in the screenshots it is practically unrecognizable. The design pleases the eye, but the destruction of the Bad Company 2 level will wait, unfortunately,.
The main feeling that we visited after the first acquaintance with Medal of Honor, – This is small, but disappointment. There is nothing in it yet that it would really impress and make you forget about the “debt calls”. It is obvious that the rate will be made on the relative realism of what is happening to the detriment of an indicative pyrotechnic attraction. Variety in missions, choosing weapons and transport, atmosphere of locations – everything will be in sufficient quantities. But after all, this is and in any other self -respecting shooter in the first person. On the side of the developers there is so far the magical power of the brand, Dice For multiplayer, al-Qaeda as the main villain and honorary status of the applied “response impact” Infinity Ward. How strong and convincing this blow will be – we will find out this year.
