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Here is a video that shows more MP and the 3 classes you can chose from as well. The shotgun at 2:50 looks ruthless, one thing that Dice does great is in game sounds.
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/37290/medal-of-honor-2010/videos/e310_moh_inv_061410.html?show=hi
E3 2010: Medal of Honor Multiplayer Preview
Though EALA is doing the single-player for Medal of Honor, it's DICE (makers of Battlefield: Bad Company 2) handling the multiplayer component. While the expectation may be for DICE to offer up Battlefield's multiplayer with a different coat of paint, that's not the case at all. Medal of Honor's multiplayer certainly has elements of DICE's design heritage, but it's more about ground infantry combat. The battles, 12-on-12 online matches featuring special forces versus insurgents, are intense and brutal. You die quickly thanks to "faster bullets" as DICE describes it, and a lack of health packs. This is war. Good luck surviving.
You begin your online career as a U.S. Army Ranger, but progress up levels, unlocking new items on your way to becoming a Tier 1 Operator. And you definitely want to become Tier 1 -- that's when you unlock a beard. The beard doesn't kill, it just looks bad ass. On the way to unlocking a beard, you'll be opening up new modifications for your weapons. Weapons can support three mods, which can be switched out between rounds. DICE promises hundreds of combinations. Weapons will become one of the biggest variables in Medal of Honor, far more so than in more first-person shooters.
Experience is earned for completing mission objectives and for kills. There are bonuses for certain types of kills, as well as score chains. It's not just about getting a bunch of kills in a match, but in getting quick batches of kills.
Score chains unlock Tactical Support Actions. These are similar to Killstreak Rewards in Modern Warfare 2, but have some notable differences. The biggest difference is that you always have the choice between offensive or defensive support actions. Do you want to give your teammates armor or buffed health? Or would you rather call in a mortar strike? The decision could be tactical or selfish, depending on your point of view and the choice that's made. But it can certainly turn the tide of battle. And it's great to have a way to better your team rather than earn a couple of extra quick kills.
There are four modes available in Medal of Honor multiplayer, two in the beta, spread out over eight maps. Combat Mission takes you to the Helmand Valley, an actual location in Afghanistan. This is a series of objective-based missions. The one I was shown had us playing as U.S. soldiers attempting to destroy a large weapons cache. Our opponents played as Taliban insurgents hell-bent on stopping us.
The mission has five objectives. Your ultimate goal is to call in your F-15s to blow up the weapons cache. But you need to first take out some anti-aircraft guns. To get to these, you'll need to guide a Bradley tank past some obstructions. This includes a few roadblocks along the way. As with Bad Company 2, you can hop into the Bradley and have some fun destroying enemies. But Medal of Honor isn't really about large-scale vehicle combat. Don't expect to be flying helicopters everywhere or driving an army of tanks. This mission has a single tank, which your ground troops must protect.
The insurgents will have the upper hand in many areas. There are some places where they have the high ground and can dig in to protect their territory. Death will come quickly, but respawns are plentiful. Currently, there's no kill cam or way to see who killed you, which needs to be addressed before Medal of Honor ships in October. There is minor environmental destruction, so you can bomb out a house where a sniper is camping, but you might have to die three times in a row to figure out which house he's in.
In true DICE fashion, Combat Mission requires teamwork if you hope to beat down the insurgents and take out the weapons cache. Everyone can run around like independent jerks, which is exactly what happens when you get a dozen journalists in a room, but once this game is out, working as a team can only help.
The other mode in the beta is Team Assault, which takes place in the ruins of Kabul (at least for the E3 demo map). This is Team Deathmatch in the city slums, where players push to win a certain set of points on the map. The emphasis is on knowing the map and keeping on the move. There's a lot of vertical gameplay in this one, with two- and three-story buildings. As I said earlier, combat can be pretty unforgiving. But the reward for sticking with it is readily apparent. The better you get, the more easily you can unlock the Tactical Support Actions. These are a lot of fun and since you aren't tied to a specific set, feel more versatile than Modern Warfare 2.
Leveling up wasn't part of the E3 experience, but my sense is that unlocking weapon parts is going to become addictive. If there really are as many possibilities as DICE promises, we should see hundreds of different weapons on the field of battle.
Medal of Honor seems to be the perfect combination of Call of Duty and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. You no longer have to fight over which game is better, because Medal of Honor offers the best of both. If the full game is as good as the E3 demo, then this may just be the multiplayer game of the year.
Here is a video that shows more MP and the 3 classes you can chose from as well. The shotgun at 2:50 looks ruthless, one thing that Dice does great is in game sounds.
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/37290/medal-of-honor-2010/videos/e310_moh_inv_061410.html?show=hi
E3 2010: Medal of Honor Multiplayer Preview
Though EALA is doing the single-player for Medal of Honor, it's DICE (makers of Battlefield: Bad Company 2) handling the multiplayer component. While the expectation may be for DICE to offer up Battlefield's multiplayer with a different coat of paint, that's not the case at all. Medal of Honor's multiplayer certainly has elements of DICE's design heritage, but it's more about ground infantry combat. The battles, 12-on-12 online matches featuring special forces versus insurgents, are intense and brutal. You die quickly thanks to "faster bullets" as DICE describes it, and a lack of health packs. This is war. Good luck surviving.
You begin your online career as a U.S. Army Ranger, but progress up levels, unlocking new items on your way to becoming a Tier 1 Operator. And you definitely want to become Tier 1 -- that's when you unlock a beard. The beard doesn't kill, it just looks bad ass. On the way to unlocking a beard, you'll be opening up new modifications for your weapons. Weapons can support three mods, which can be switched out between rounds. DICE promises hundreds of combinations. Weapons will become one of the biggest variables in Medal of Honor, far more so than in more first-person shooters.
Experience is earned for completing mission objectives and for kills. There are bonuses for certain types of kills, as well as score chains. It's not just about getting a bunch of kills in a match, but in getting quick batches of kills.
Score chains unlock Tactical Support Actions. These are similar to Killstreak Rewards in Modern Warfare 2, but have some notable differences. The biggest difference is that you always have the choice between offensive or defensive support actions. Do you want to give your teammates armor or buffed health? Or would you rather call in a mortar strike? The decision could be tactical or selfish, depending on your point of view and the choice that's made. But it can certainly turn the tide of battle. And it's great to have a way to better your team rather than earn a couple of extra quick kills.
There are four modes available in Medal of Honor multiplayer, two in the beta, spread out over eight maps. Combat Mission takes you to the Helmand Valley, an actual location in Afghanistan. This is a series of objective-based missions. The one I was shown had us playing as U.S. soldiers attempting to destroy a large weapons cache. Our opponents played as Taliban insurgents hell-bent on stopping us.
The mission has five objectives. Your ultimate goal is to call in your F-15s to blow up the weapons cache. But you need to first take out some anti-aircraft guns. To get to these, you'll need to guide a Bradley tank past some obstructions. This includes a few roadblocks along the way. As with Bad Company 2, you can hop into the Bradley and have some fun destroying enemies. But Medal of Honor isn't really about large-scale vehicle combat. Don't expect to be flying helicopters everywhere or driving an army of tanks. This mission has a single tank, which your ground troops must protect.
The insurgents will have the upper hand in many areas. There are some places where they have the high ground and can dig in to protect their territory. Death will come quickly, but respawns are plentiful. Currently, there's no kill cam or way to see who killed you, which needs to be addressed before Medal of Honor ships in October. There is minor environmental destruction, so you can bomb out a house where a sniper is camping, but you might have to die three times in a row to figure out which house he's in.
In true DICE fashion, Combat Mission requires teamwork if you hope to beat down the insurgents and take out the weapons cache. Everyone can run around like independent jerks, which is exactly what happens when you get a dozen journalists in a room, but once this game is out, working as a team can only help.
The other mode in the beta is Team Assault, which takes place in the ruins of Kabul (at least for the E3 demo map). This is Team Deathmatch in the city slums, where players push to win a certain set of points on the map. The emphasis is on knowing the map and keeping on the move. There's a lot of vertical gameplay in this one, with two- and three-story buildings. As I said earlier, combat can be pretty unforgiving. But the reward for sticking with it is readily apparent. The better you get, the more easily you can unlock the Tactical Support Actions. These are a lot of fun and since you aren't tied to a specific set, feel more versatile than Modern Warfare 2.
Leveling up wasn't part of the E3 experience, but my sense is that unlocking weapon parts is going to become addictive. If there really are as many possibilities as DICE promises, we should see hundreds of different weapons on the field of battle.
Medal of Honor seems to be the perfect combination of Call of Duty and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. You no longer have to fight over which game is better, because Medal of Honor offers the best of both. If the full game is as good as the E3 demo, then this may just be the multiplayer game of the year.
11 minutes of multi player.
http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/68837/PC...2010-Eleven-Minute-Multiplayer-Gameplay-Movie
http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/68837/PC...2010-Eleven-Minute-Multiplayer-Gameplay-Movie
Tomorrow, select PS3 and PC owners will begin beta testing the new Medal of Honor. Xbox 360 owners, you're going to have to wait until next week. Sorry!
There's been some kind of hiccup with the 360 version of the beta, and all EA can say is that "it is expected to be available next week". Next week, incidentally (June 21) is when the open beta kicks off, so those VIP customers who were hoping for bragging rights on the 360 are straight outta luck.
To compensate, EA say the beta period will be extended
There's been some kind of hiccup with the 360 version of the beta, and all EA can say is that "it is expected to be available next week". Next week, incidentally (June 21) is when the open beta kicks off, so those VIP customers who were hoping for bragging rights on the 360 are straight outta luck.
To compensate, EA say the beta period will be extended
In the past few months, we have received feedback from all over the world regarding the multiplayer portion of Medal of Honor. We've received notes from gamers, active military, and friends and family of servicemen and women currently deployed overseas. The majority of this feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. For this, the Medal of Honor team is deeply appreciative.
However, we have also received feedback from friends and families of fallen soldiers who have expressed concern over the inclusion of the Taliban in the multiplayer portion of our game. This is a very important voice to the Medal of Honor team. This is a voice that has earned the right to be listened to. It is a voice that we care deeply about. Because of this, and because the heartbeat of Medal of Honor has always resided in the reverence for American and Allied soldiers, we have decided to rename the opposing team in Medal of Honor multiplayer from Taliban to Opposing Force.
While this change should not directly affect gamers, as it does not fundamentally alter the gameplay, we are making this change for the men and women serving in the military and for the families of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice - this franchise will never willfully disrespect, intentionally or otherwise, your memory and service.
To all who serve - we appreciate you, we thank you, and we do not take you for granted. And to the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines currently serving overseas, stay safe and come home soon.
Greg Goodrich
Executive Producer
Medal of Honor
However, we have also received feedback from friends and families of fallen soldiers who have expressed concern over the inclusion of the Taliban in the multiplayer portion of our game. This is a very important voice to the Medal of Honor team. This is a voice that has earned the right to be listened to. It is a voice that we care deeply about. Because of this, and because the heartbeat of Medal of Honor has always resided in the reverence for American and Allied soldiers, we have decided to rename the opposing team in Medal of Honor multiplayer from Taliban to Opposing Force.
While this change should not directly affect gamers, as it does not fundamentally alter the gameplay, we are making this change for the men and women serving in the military and for the families of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice - this franchise will never willfully disrespect, intentionally or otherwise, your memory and service.
To all who serve - we appreciate you, we thank you, and we do not take you for granted. And to the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines currently serving overseas, stay safe and come home soon.
Greg Goodrich
Executive Producer
Medal of Honor
The 11th-hour renaming of the playable Taliban fighters as the "Opposing Force" in this month's forthcoming Medal of Honor game is upsetting some gamers who say publisher Electronic Arts isn't standing up for games or free speech.
To those gamers, EA said today, try the demo version of the game and see what impact the change has made.
"The reason we're posting the multiplayer demo next week is so people can judge for themselves," EA spokesman Jeff Brown told Kotaku. "Does changing one word in the menu screen have any impact on the actual play of the game that takes place in Afghanistan? If they think we shouldn't have done that, I urge them to play it."
Medal of Honor, which will be out for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on October 12, is a war game set during the modern conflict in Afghanistan. It's been known for many months that players will control the single-player portion of the game through the eyes of forces allied to the United States. It's also been known that, in multiplayer, gamers were going to be able to choose to control U.S. or Taliban fighters.
The inclusion of the Taliban riled some people and caused the game to be blocked from sale on most U.S military bases worldwide. After defending that creative decision for weeks, EA today said it would rename the multiplayer faction.
Brown said that the renaming of the Taliban in the multiplayer mode of the forthcoming Medal of Honor game, set for release on October 12, "was made very late in the development cycle and quite recently."
The change was made public this morning in an online statement by Medal of Honor's lead producer Greg Goodrich. He cited "feedback from friends and families of fallen soldiers who have expressed concern over the inclusion of the Taliban in the multiplayer portion of our game." While Goodrich said that majority of feedback was "overwhelmingly positive," the studio decided to change the word Taliban from the menu selection screen in multiplayer. He added that "this franchise will never willfully disrespect, intentionally or otherwise, your memory and service."
Goodrich said in his statement that the Taliban name change would not affect gameplay. Brown added that it won't affect the look of the game either."The only thing that has changed is one seven-letter word in the menu screen," Jeff Brown, a spokesperson for Electronic Arts told Kotaku today. "There is not a single pixel or frame that is changed."
The Taliban remain part of the enemy fighting force in the game's single-player mode.
Earlier this summer, divisions of the U.S. Armed Forces which determine what gets sold on military bases declined to allow Medal of Honor to be sold due to its inclusion of playable Taliban characters. Brown said that decision was not a factor in the renaming change and that retail concerns didn't compel this switch.
Despite the minimizing of the Taliban name change, EA's move today nonetheless is a shift from prior statements which had more aggressively defended its range of expression. Only weeks ago, Brown had likened the option to play as the Americans or Taliban in Medal of Honor multiplayer as akin to choosing sides in a childhood game of cops and robbers.
Even today he affirms that EA desires the same freedom of expression enjoyed by other forms of entertainment. "If you could place a fiction in Afghanistan in a book or in a movie or in a TV show or other contemporary work , then why draw an artificial distinction of 'but not in a video game?'" he said. He called it "kind of interesting" that the United States Supreme Court will be hearing arguments early next month that will involve that question about whether video games should be given the same speech protections as other forms of entertainment.
By calling them the "opposing force" in Medal Of Honor, the game's developers now ensure that players will no longer be able to choose to be a Taliban fighter in the game. But, said Brown, "The game takes place in Afghanistan. It's pretty clear who is fighting who."
Play the multiplayer demo, he urges, and see for yourself, if the name change is a big deal or not
To those gamers, EA said today, try the demo version of the game and see what impact the change has made.
"The reason we're posting the multiplayer demo next week is so people can judge for themselves," EA spokesman Jeff Brown told Kotaku. "Does changing one word in the menu screen have any impact on the actual play of the game that takes place in Afghanistan? If they think we shouldn't have done that, I urge them to play it."
Medal of Honor, which will be out for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on October 12, is a war game set during the modern conflict in Afghanistan. It's been known for many months that players will control the single-player portion of the game through the eyes of forces allied to the United States. It's also been known that, in multiplayer, gamers were going to be able to choose to control U.S. or Taliban fighters.
The inclusion of the Taliban riled some people and caused the game to be blocked from sale on most U.S military bases worldwide. After defending that creative decision for weeks, EA today said it would rename the multiplayer faction.
Brown said that the renaming of the Taliban in the multiplayer mode of the forthcoming Medal of Honor game, set for release on October 12, "was made very late in the development cycle and quite recently."
The change was made public this morning in an online statement by Medal of Honor's lead producer Greg Goodrich. He cited "feedback from friends and families of fallen soldiers who have expressed concern over the inclusion of the Taliban in the multiplayer portion of our game." While Goodrich said that majority of feedback was "overwhelmingly positive," the studio decided to change the word Taliban from the menu selection screen in multiplayer. He added that "this franchise will never willfully disrespect, intentionally or otherwise, your memory and service."
Goodrich said in his statement that the Taliban name change would not affect gameplay. Brown added that it won't affect the look of the game either."The only thing that has changed is one seven-letter word in the menu screen," Jeff Brown, a spokesperson for Electronic Arts told Kotaku today. "There is not a single pixel or frame that is changed."
The Taliban remain part of the enemy fighting force in the game's single-player mode.
Earlier this summer, divisions of the U.S. Armed Forces which determine what gets sold on military bases declined to allow Medal of Honor to be sold due to its inclusion of playable Taliban characters. Brown said that decision was not a factor in the renaming change and that retail concerns didn't compel this switch.
Despite the minimizing of the Taliban name change, EA's move today nonetheless is a shift from prior statements which had more aggressively defended its range of expression. Only weeks ago, Brown had likened the option to play as the Americans or Taliban in Medal of Honor multiplayer as akin to choosing sides in a childhood game of cops and robbers.
Even today he affirms that EA desires the same freedom of expression enjoyed by other forms of entertainment. "If you could place a fiction in Afghanistan in a book or in a movie or in a TV show or other contemporary work , then why draw an artificial distinction of 'but not in a video game?'" he said. He called it "kind of interesting" that the United States Supreme Court will be hearing arguments early next month that will involve that question about whether video games should be given the same speech protections as other forms of entertainment.
By calling them the "opposing force" in Medal Of Honor, the game's developers now ensure that players will no longer be able to choose to be a Taliban fighter in the game. But, said Brown, "The game takes place in Afghanistan. It's pretty clear who is fighting who."
Play the multiplayer demo, he urges, and see for yourself, if the name change is a big deal or not
DICE discounts Medal of Honor demo
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Posted on October 5th, 2010 by Craig Reynolds (csreynolds)
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You might have heard that Electronic Arts is intending to release a Medal of Honor multiplayer demo prior to the FPS’s release on October 15th. We were going to provide you with a link to this information but there’s no need anymore, as Associate Producer at DICE Barrie Tingle recently confirmed the contrary.
Tingle, otherwise known as ‘Bazajaytee’, made the following statement on the EA forums yesterday:
“Just got confirmation, there will be no Demo before launch of MoH.”
Confused.com.
With so many gamers still on the fence about investing in the frequently-labelled ‘controversial’ shooter a pre-launch demo wouldn’t have been a bad idea, but c’est la vie. My evaluation of June’s private beta was not good, but since then a vast number of improvements have been made. So, to buy, or not to buy? I guess there’s only one thing for it now…
Heads or Tails?
Read more: http://www.ps3vault.com/dice-discounts-medal-of-honor-demo-15193#ixzz11VFFRIlD
Navigation: Weblog / Blog article: DICE discounts Medal of Honor demo
Posted on October 5th, 2010 by Craig Reynolds (csreynolds)
medal-of-honor-2010
You might have heard that Electronic Arts is intending to release a Medal of Honor multiplayer demo prior to the FPS’s release on October 15th. We were going to provide you with a link to this information but there’s no need anymore, as Associate Producer at DICE Barrie Tingle recently confirmed the contrary.
Tingle, otherwise known as ‘Bazajaytee’, made the following statement on the EA forums yesterday:
“Just got confirmation, there will be no Demo before launch of MoH.”
Confused.com.
With so many gamers still on the fence about investing in the frequently-labelled ‘controversial’ shooter a pre-launch demo wouldn’t have been a bad idea, but c’est la vie. My evaluation of June’s private beta was not good, but since then a vast number of improvements have been made. So, to buy, or not to buy? I guess there’s only one thing for it now…
Heads or Tails?
Read more: http://www.ps3vault.com/dice-discounts-medal-of-honor-demo-15193#ixzz11VFFRIlD
They are not going to release a demo because of how many people that are speaking on how garbage the games multi player is. Go to EA's forums and the current PC demo is getting ripped apart every day something serious. They will lose more sales by people actually playing a demo.
The single player campaign looks great ( made by EA ) but the multi player ( made by Dice ) looks like shit, Dice is garbage and EA made a mistake by rushing this game out and having them produce the multi player side.
The single player campaign looks great ( made by EA ) but the multi player ( made by Dice ) looks like shit, Dice is garbage and EA made a mistake by rushing this game out and having them produce the multi player side.
