Medal of Honor was one of the first and most revered first-person shooter franchises to hit game consoles.  That’s partially why it was so sad to see the franchise tumble downhill as time went on.  Now it’s back with a brand new look and feel, and both Danger Close and DICE have come along with it.  With them, they bring hopes of successfully rebooting this storied franchise.

Even if you have no interest in this game, you’ve no doubt heard all of the controversy that was surrounding it up until now.  EA decided to implement the Taliban in to the multiplayer section of the game, and the entire world went ape shit over it.

EA stood their ground for the longest time, gaining the respect of a large portion of the gaming industry, before misplacing their spine and folding like a lawn chair.  They eventually would change the name of the Taliban characters in all multiplayer modes to ‘opposing force,’ which apparently is much better, even though the look and function of the middle-eastern soldiers did not change.

Gutless tactics aside, EA did deliver on their promise of rebooting the Medal of Honor franchise.  So without further ado, let’s dig in, shall we?

Medal of Honor’s campaign started out a bit rough for us.  The first few missions were plagued with game-breaking glitches.  On numerous occasions, we had to stop and reload a checkpoint because the game simply wouldn’t progress, or because one of the A.I. characters became stuck in an animation or on a map texture and couldn’t proceed.

Luckily, it only got better from there.  The thing the campaign did the best was variety.  Albeit a very short affair, Danger Close gave us a lot of different things to do during our run towards the ending credits.  One minute we were flying through mountain valleys on ATV’s, the next we were blowing up a Taliban village with apache choppers, and then we were taking out mortars with a long range sniper rifle.

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