Medal of Honor

Okay you gamer fans, strap in because I am going to take you through the ups and downs of the latest EA release, Medal of Honor. This game had me on the edge of my seat the entire game with phenomenal graphics and an excellent story mode. This little portion of my blog will cover the pros and cons of the game along with providing a little bit of additional information.

You start the game off in a cloud of bullets but this is actually like footage from the last level, then as usual the screen goes dark and you get the text "__ days earlier." I love how games tease you like that. Anyway you notice right off that the graphics are amazing. Everything from character graphics to the environmental graphics. The game play is smooth and I never had any trouble with lag.


The weapons portrayed seem to be fairly modern even though this game takes place post-cold war so there really isn't much of a difference from the weapons then, and now. Most of the missions remind you a lot of Infinity Ward's big release MW2. The dialogue and the objectives are literally no different. You are sent to take out one man, then lots of men, then more men...sometimes you get to fly in a helicopter, and then a four wheeler. There are stealth missions along with sniper missions so really, if you have played MW2, you are not missing much.

There wasn't really anything that really stood out to me in this game. Nothing I haven't really seen before. I was hoping to have that "new experience" that I could talk to other people about and go "Oh man, you remember this part of the game!," but I never saw anything like that. There were a few "up close and personal" scenes with the enemy that were pretty cool though.

The older Medal of Honor: Front Line did come with the CD however. I thought this was an awesome feature of the Disc. I hadn't played this game since the PS2 was popular back in the day, so this was incredibly exciting for me. The game was remade with HD supported graphics and trophies so I spent some time racking up some extra trophy points.

The online play is a whole different story. I was very displeased with the weapon selection. Like any other online game, you must earn XP to get the good guns, but there are only about 10 guns that you can actually unlock. Out of the 10, only like 3 are actually worth playing with. The attachments for other guns must be unlocked before guns are unlocked, which I found sort of annoying and the online game play is actually pretty tough. The online portion was actually created by the same company that created Bad Company 2 so it has that Battlefield feel to it. It seems like you have to shoot the enemy quite a bit for him to die unlike the 2 or 3 shots in MW2.

For the most part, this was a pretty decent game. It was extremely fun to beat, and the ending sort of hints the audience that there will probably be another one. So be excited for that gamer fans. For this game, I rate it at a 9/10.

Fallout New Vegas

So just recently I played through Bethesda's game Fallout New Vegas. Reviewing this game is very difficult for me because I was spoiled by the all mighty Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. To me, Fallout 3 doesn't compare the medieval action you can find and slash in the game of the year, Oblivion. However, I am not saying that it is a bad game, because there were definitely some positive experiences while playing through the story.

Before going into depth on reviewing the game, you should also know that I never got the chance to play through the first Fallout release. From what I have heard from several people, it really wasn't worth the 40+ hours of game play to beat it. On that note, lets get started.

You start off the story with a doctor who somehow heals you from a bullet wound to your head. You walk outside after being healed, choosing your attributes, and perks and you notice that you are completely surrounded by desolate wasteland. This is one factor that I found to be necessary for the sake of the story but also not aesthetically pleasing. The land is a total desert which takes so much away from the graphics. Again, I am comparing this to Oblivion's rolling hills, trees, and beautiful buildings. On top of the par graphics, the game lags every 20 seconds. It's almost as if the game can't load the crappy graphics fast enough which makes no sense.

I found that the game was set up very similar to Oblivion in that you level up. Only in this game you choose perks for like shooting guns, shooting lasers, and building/fixing equipment. This was a nice change from the sword fighting, spell casting, alchemy perks found in Oblivion.

The story line is probably the best thing about the game. You are shot in the head at the beginning of the game and you set out to kill him but depending on how you play the game and make choices, you can end up running the entire city of New Vegas. The entire region is split up by several factions. NCR (New California Republic), Legion, and the Great Khans are just a few of them. You can choose to do missions for any of the factions but if you start missions for one faction and jump to another faction, you become unanimously hated by the original faction which is kind of annoying.

Another one of my favorite features to this game has to be the animals and creatures that you run into in the game. During the game play, I couldn't help but sit back and enjoy seeing two-headed cows, giant ants, giant praying mantises, and demon looking species. This was definitely a pro in the game.

The weapon selection was unbelievable (if you could find them). Depending on what missions you pick up and who you kill, the weapons are extremely cool. You start out with a regular hunting rifle that is used early in the game to kill giant geckos. As you progress, you can pick up guns like incinerators, laser rifles, and grenades. The one true problem that I kept running into was running out of ammo. Of course this ties in with the story because ammo is hard to come by after a nuclear war apparently. There are places to go to buy ammo but depending on what you buy it can be expensive.

To wrap things up, this game took me about 40 hours to complete. I did a lot of side missions that were not necessary to beat the game but I enjoyed every bit of it. I give this game a 7/10