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Medal of Honor: Warfighter Review

Post by Steve Farrelly @ 05:47pm 31/10/12 | 11 Comments

After logistical problems we finally managed to get Bennett "GunSlingerAU" Ring to work on reviewing Medal of Honor: Warfighter.

As a self-professed fan of the reboot, and a military shooter junkie in general, he offered up a bit of authority in the field and took to PC code to let us know how Danger Close, tackling the whole product on their own, and with DICE's Frostbite 2 engine, no less, did. His answer has been resonating among others since the game has released, but is well worth a read if you're still undecided. It also includes visual aides.

Click here for the full review.

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Trauma
Posted 06:11pm 31/10/12

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joerocket10r
Posted 08:08pm 31/10/12

i was hoping this would be better than the last one....sadly it doesn't look good

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Eorl
Posted 08:50pm 31/10/12

Honestly I'm thoroughly enjoying the game, however I will agree that the singleplayer is absolute trash. The multiplayer however is authentic, offers a wide range of classes and weapon customisation, quite balanced and very fun. Playing with a friend on Teamspeak helps heaps, and the Fireteam system works a treat.

I feel like this new Medal of Honor series is going to offer players both mixtures of BF and CoD, with the tight map system of CoD and teamplay that BF plays on. With some more polish I reckon it will be even better, but so far I've definitely got my $40 worth and can see myself playing it even more.

I will say that the multiplayer UI is really good, in that everything is laid out well and I actually enjoy using the matchmaking system (it still uses the server system). You can opt to use the server browser if you fancy but its a bit lacking with inability to sort ping and names but overall works efficiently. The actual multiplayer feedback is great, the controls feel like Battlefield with a nice solidness to them, the content is there and the gunplay is great. You can't actually "spray and pray" as it will end up in you dying and them taking barely any bullets.

Maps are good, lots of paths to take and places to hide for cover. There is a lean system and also the melee is quite satisfying in that you have to sneak up for the kill, not simply run at them with a knife. Classes are fun, I quite like being able to be an Australian and raise an Australian flag when in CTF mode. There are "killstreaks" but they are defined by the class. Each one has unique offensive and defensive abilities that are quite balanced and go up from 4-12 kills I believe.

Overall I really like it, though it does have flaws like most games do on launch. However I can see those bugs being fixed up eventually and really they aren't that bad. Also I'd like to point out that scoping issue doesn't seem to be prevalent in my playtime, though I might not notice it.

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badfunkstripe
Posted 10:30pm 31/10/12

I enjoyed the SP.

MP is just eh... sometimes I enjoy it but then I just start hating it.

The graphics in the SP are pathetic and it's distracting. Also the quality options for texture, mesh ect. DO NOTHING. You even have to turn off some of the other features to see everything. Like the outline of your fire team buddy.

The last MOH MP looked way better.

Major disappointment.

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 12:11am 01/11/12

The MP looked good in the video review i saw. I liked the idea of working in pairs, and with voice comm i reckon that could be fucking awesome.

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badfunkstripe
Posted 12:43pm 01/11/12

I have never managed to have the in game voip work with a fireteam member.

It can be good but most people don't really play together. The biggest annoyance is if the fire team buddy goes, often it means you're stuck with out one unless you leave and come back. I've been in matches where there's a bunch of people all playing alone. No auto balance for fire team members, no ability to change and join in game. Unless they're on your friends list or something.

It's these sort of annoying flaws which make the game a waste.

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 01:14pm 01/11/12

Wow, thats some pretty major flaws to the fireteam system. Fuck that, ill wait for patches n a cheap key.

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Tisha
Posted 07:45pm 01/11/12

waiting for low price.Anyone can provide ways?

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mteejay
Posted 07:49pm 01/11/12

i like both the mp and the sp, nothing wrong with it really. generic shootery type stuff, pretty graphics, forgetable plot - i wouldnt pay more than 30 bucks for it but its not a bad way to spend some time in front of your pc. its getting a bad wrap for no real reason if you ask me, i know what these types of games are all about and to me it doesnt seem like warfighter did anyting worse than mw3.

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Drollzy
Posted 01:53pm 13/11/12

I found it to be pretty good game... Definately got my moneys worth.... 4 wow maybe for game design I would give it an honest 8 for enjoyability... enjoying it as much as MW3...

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 06:04pm 13/11/12