Medal of honor

[deadman1]

Then next Medal of honor has been announced and it looks like they have gone the way of CoD and are now depicting a modern conflict. It looks great  :-X

http://www.fz.se/filmer/20091215/medal-of-honor-announce-trailer/

[Fiach]

I played the first one on PC, it was very good, but nowadays, I dont have the patience for the weapons, I never know what the heck I am picking up, I'm saying stuff like "wtf is a legrande?" or something like that with every pick up choice I get.

The Normandy level in the first one was scary man, it really put you in their boots.

[fragger]

The Normandy level in MoH1 was a classic, and yeah, distinctly unnerving, despite being a blatant rip-off of Saving Private Ryan. It also set something of a trend. I believe that was the first FPS game to merge scripting and player activity in a seamless manner like that, and a great many games have followed suit ever since.

@deadman, thanks for the heads-up, mate :-X

[mmosu]

I remember that part well, it was a great way to start the game off - charging out the open gate of the transport boat with bombs going off and machine gun fire spraying all around - none of which could actually hurt you because they were all "scripted", but since I didn't know that it was a big freakout!!  I hit the beach, found cover, and just parked it for a minute, unsure of what to do - I'm sure it was only a fraction of a fraction of the emotion that those who were really there felt!!  And yes, it did feel like a rip off of Saving Private Ryan, but I think it would be hard to do justice to that battle from any other perspective. 

[deadman1]

Correct me if I´m wrong but I seem to remember that " Saving Private Ryan" came after MOH1  ::)

Hmm I must really be getting old  :-[ IMDB confirmed the release date for SPR as 1998, I was convinced that it was released a lot later than that.

[JRD]

Guess you're right deadman... a quick search using google and wikipedia returned SPR hitting the big screen in 98 while MoH was released in 99!!
The All-Mighty Google knows it all (or almost  ::) )

[Fiach]

Its possible we are talking about Medal of Honor Allied Assault (regarding the Normandy landings), which was released in 2002, I'm not sure, but I only remember earlier iterations on consoles, I do remember playing them on the PS1, I dont know if they got PC releases.

[deadman1]

Its possible we are talking about Medal of Honor Allied Assault (regarding the Normandy landings), which was released in 2002, I'm not sure, but I only remember earlier iterations on consoles, I do remember playing them on the PS1, I dont know if they got PC releases.

I´m pretty sure MoH:AA was the first game in the series, however it wasnt called that when released on consoles. When seaching my favorite swedish gamingsite (FZ:se) I found that in 2002 they released MoH:Frontline for Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube.

[Fiach]

I dont think so, I definately played it on PS1 mate. :)

EDIT :

The complete series :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor_(series)

[deadman1]

Cool I had no idea about the first two games (must be because I don´t play on consoles). I also seem to remember that in MoH:AA you do meet Manon Batiste briefly during one mission.

[PZ]

The latest Medal of Honor debuts October 12th with an open PC beta on October 4th.  You can download the client here: http://www.medalofhonor.com/game/medal-of-honor

Medal of Honor | Linkin Park trailer (2010)

[Art Blade]

That vid is a little confusing. Why do they blend obvious real footage with superb cg? If the graphics are as good as they seem to be, I don't see the need to blend it with real footage. However, man, that looks impressive. :)

[mmosu]

Yeah, especially the sequence where the guy is trying to drive the truck down the alley in reverse with everyone and their mother shooting at them - scripted, but still very cool  :-X

[Art Blade]

with everyone and their mother

hehe, nice expression  :)

[PZ]

I don't know - the video blends in with the actual game play.  I guess the actual play remains to be seen.  ;)

[deadman1]

The MP beta starts tomorrow so I will probably be able to give you a heads up on graphics and such tomorrow night. It´ll be interesting to see how my rig can handle the game since the recommended systemspecs mentions a quad core CPU and I only have a Duo core ????

[mmosu]

Yeeesh - I don't know what "top of the line" gaming PC specs are anymore, but that that is required seems pretty steep to me  ????

[Art Blade]

At least it finally is a game that probably makes use of four cores indeed.  :-D

[JRD]

I agree with mmosu, too much for a corridor shooter... you don't have that much detail loaded at once to make it so demanding!  :-(

You prbably have A LOT of moving objects at the same time, so rendering all the physics involved takes a nuclear powered computer!  ::)

[deadman1]

@mmosu: A quadcore is only recommended not required  :) here are the complete list of specs:

Minimum Configuration:

OS – Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7
Processor – Pentium D, 3.2GHz / Core 2 Duo, 2.0GHz / Athlon 64 X2
Memory – 2GB RAM
Video Card – Video card must be 256MB or more and contain these chipsets or better: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT ; ATI X1900. Laptop versions of these chipsets may w@&k but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
HDD Space – 9GB
Soundcard – Soundcard with DirectX 9.0c compatibility
DirectX – DirectX 9.0c
Disc Drive – 8x or faster CD/DVD Drive

Recommended:

OS – Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7
Processor – QuadCore 2.0Ghz
Memory – 2GB RAM+
Video Card – A video card with 512MB of VRAM and one of the following chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce GTX260; ATI Raedeon 4870
HDD Space – 9GB
Soundcard – Soundcard with DirectX 10 compatibility
DirectX – DirectX 10
Disc Drive – 16X CD/DVD Drive

[Art Blade]

Cool. The recommended hardware spec meets my rig's spec which is nearly two years old.

[PZ]

I'm looking forward to your impressions, mmosu  :-X

[deadman1]

Well I was finally able to get the beta going. Unfortunately EA/DICE have some severe problems with the servers, the connections are not up to par so I´ve disconnected after only 5 minutes of play repeatedly. EA will update them sometime later today so I´ll hopefully be able to give you a more comprehensive revue of the gameply. First impressions so far is:
1. Holy cow it looks awesome!!
2. WTF?! Did I die already  ???
3. Where´s the enemies at? ????

This game is hard atleast the MP part, you have a very hard time seeing the enemy before you are shot so I anticipate a lot of dying in the future  :-(). As for performance all I can say at this point that don´t think it´s going to be a problem, I didn´t notice any hints of FPS drops or lag during the short time I was able to play. I have since changed the settings to max on the graphics without any noticeable difference in performance. Granted it was on an empty server so we´ll see what happends when I try to join later tonight.

[Art Blade]

cheers, and good luck  :) :-X

[PZ]

My son is pressuring me into getting this game, but he likes games like Rainbow Six - ones that I personally am not too fond of.