Topic: Medal of Honor Heroes 2

[ShyGuy]

CLASSIC ORIGINAL POST

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All right you haters, 32 player FPS action is coming to the Wii, and you're gonna like it!

Press Release:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070717006032&newsLang=en

Youtube briefly showing in game footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h7bT0UKx4s

EXTRA CRISPY MEGA-ING POST


Medal of Honor Heroes 2 is an "EA sequel" (TM) to Medal of Honor Heroes, a PSP only title that
got a C average on GameRankings. Not to be confused with Medal of Honor Vanguard, which was the first MOH game for the Wii and was decent despite being a WWII shooter and being very, very short (like five foot two)

Anyways (Hi Karl's favorite phrase) This game can be split into three game play types: Single Player, Arcade, and Onrine Multiplayer (32!)

Single Player involves an OSS operative (the precursor to the CIA, go watch the Good Shepherd and fall asleep after twenty minutes) He runs around Europe sabotoging the Nazi regime and shooting large amounts of said Nazis. I'm sure we've played similar levels a thousand times before, but the controls are supposed to make it fresh and new again.

Arcade is in the flavor of Area51 or Virtua Cop where the camera moves around and you shoot people. Impressions seem to give this mode a thumbs up, so it may be fantastic fun. I should mention that the game is designed to work with the Zapper, but everyone seems to hate it.

Online Is what I am most excited about and I can't wait to shoot real live people! (this is what we call a warning sign) It's 32, ahem, THIRTY TWO person online and you can join in the battles at anytime. This is very exciting and I hope the big games don't get totally killed by lag. I look forward to playing against you all. Oh! I almost forgot the best part. It doesn't use friend codes, but instead something called EA nation.

Reviews
IGN - Bozon gives it a 8.4, Matt agrees
Gamespot - A suprising 8.0 from teh haters

Teh Pix!
Look How much better it looks than the PSP (stealth troll)



I'm not gonna bother with wasting more bandwidth so go check out more pictures at The official EA site

Disclaimer This game has been judged IMMORAL by senior NWR staff, so I don't recommend playing it.    

[GoldenPhoenix]

No one likes Medal of Honor anymore though!

[Mashiro]

Nintendo Wii can support online gameplay?

CONFIRMED ~_^

This is good news and I knew about it since E3 of course but still it's good news and opens to gateway for more online FPS games for the Wii.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Wait a second, I thought Nintendo was doomed when it came to Third Party Support? I AM SO CONFUSED!

[j_moose]

I know we don't really know much about it so far, but what are your expectations for the game?  I have been playing the PC version of Battlefield 2 a lot lately, so I certainly have high hopes for this game...but I am not quite sure that the online experience will be that great the first time around.  Hopefully the Zapper will add to the experience (I am kind of concerned about the comfort of using the Zapper for extended periods).  And, voice chatting would be an awesome addition (maybe Nintendo will release a headset for the Wii?).

Definately a game that I'm going to be following.

[Kairon]

Wow! You can play Medal of Honor either normally like an FPS, or as an arcade on-rails shooter in zapper mode! Though you'll obviously have to play it FPS style with online. And I doubt they'd include voice chat... not only would that seem to be Nintendo progressing faster than usual on the hardcore gaming front, but voice chat just brings up so many dangers and concerns and ways to turn non-gamers (and real gamers, I don't wanna listen to 12-year olds yelling at their mothers for chocolate milk) off to the whole thing. Also, the game will be a PSP/Wii release.

... You know, I just realized that the trifecta of Nintendo specifically outing RE:UC, Ghost Squad, and MoH, is like a little nugget of hardcore gaming (not to mention third party) drive we've overlooked. Is Nintendo aggressively pursuing light-gun games as a portion of its get non-gamers to play real games strategy?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

A 32-player lightgun game?  People get excited?

[j_moose]

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Originally posted by: Kairon
And I doubt they'd include voice chat... not only would that seem to be Nintendo progressing faster than usual on the hardcore gaming front, but voice chat just brings up so many dangers and concerns and ways to turn non-gamers (and real gamers, I don't wanna listen to 12-year olds yelling at their mothers for chocolate milk) off to the whole thing.

I agree that it would seem odd to have something like that from Nintendo at this point - but that's something I definately wouldn't complain about.  Sure there are drawbacks to voice chat (listening to a 12 year old playing Halo 2 explain why Jigglypuff was the best Pokemon comes to mind)...but if it can be turned off (or muted through a headset) then at least there's a choice there.  I don't think it would turn non-gamers off (though clearly I can't speak from that perspective) as much as it would be a nice option for those who would like to add a little more to the experience.

[IceCold]

Is it 32 player LAN or online?

[j_moose]

Online.

[ShyGuy]

I wonder if the online multiplayer will be peer based or on a dedicated EA server. I assume a dedicated EA server. You know, I read another person's speculation that the 32 player online includes 4 player split screen on each Wii, which would make it 8 Wiis connecting at the same time.

[Infernal Monkey]

By 32 players combining for multiplayer mode he meant 32 people have to sit on eachother and fight for the one controller. =)

[Mashiro]

Lol damn Infernal that's like the third post that made me laugh. Well played sir.

[ShyGuy]

Bumpin' http://wii.ign.com/articles/813/813365p1.html

Notable Quotables:
EA Nation 32 player online confirmed. NO FRIEND CODES
No local Split Screen multiplayer
An extra mission for the Wii version over PSP for both of the single player modes (wait, is the on-rails part a separate set of missions?)

[Caliban]

If the controls turn out to be good, I'm definitely picking up this game just for the online, I will finish the single player mode of course, but 32 players online with abundant lag I expect will sure be a nice thrill as far as Wii games can go.

[Infernal Monkey]

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No local Split Screen multiplayer

That doesn't seem very smart! =(

[ShyGuy]

Caliban, have you tried Medal of Honor Vanguard? I expect the controls for Heroes 2 to be very similar. You could tweak the controls a lot, so once you got it configured for the sweet spot, the controls ey were really nice.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

ENUFF WITH THE EFFING BLOOM.  FRANCE IS NOT THE TWILIGHT REALM

"No local Split Screen multiplayer"

Wii just isn't good enough to do what Mario Kart 64 did.

[NWR_insanolord]

After reading up a bit on this I'm quite a bit more interested. The ability to play through either as a FPS or as a Light Gun-style game is brilliant and something that could only be done on the Wii. 32 Players online sounds good; I don't care about voice chat, I've heard the crap that goes on in Live matches and I can do without. The IGN article says that you can send prerecorded voice messages, which lets you organize the efforts of a team without too much crap from the inevitable idiots. Splitscreen seems like a glaring omission until you think about what it would involve. The only way splitscreen would be playable is on a large TV in 16:9 and that's only with 2 players side by side, so the way I see it there's not much point apart from co-op, which may not work with the OSS storyline they're using, or teaming up and going online together, which probably should have been there. Also: it may not be the best looking Wii game, but unless those screens are heavily touched-up I think it's obvious that they're not just using the PSP graphics.

I've got to hand it to EA, they've done a damn good job so far on the Wii, far better than any other third-party. EA gets a lot of crap from so-called "hardcore" gamers, but they've put real effort into their Wii projects, a lot of which would have been easy to shoehorn the standard controls into the Wiimote/'chuck, but they have actually innovated and done some great stuff so far. Keep up the good work! (also, if EA is still publishing games from Free Radical, I would really like it if they could "strongly suggest" that they give me a TimeSplitters game on the Wii)

[Kairon]

I'm just worried that this game will come out half-baked and that EA won't give it the dev time it deserves.

[NWR_insanolord]

Well, as opposed to Boogie (which I am assuming your worries are due to), I think EA knows exactly what they're trying to make this game into. Take something like Madden, which I am currently loving, and you'll see it is a very polished experience, because they had a real direction in which they knew they were going.

[ShyGuy]

Well, I assume it will use the same engine as MOH: Vanguard, which was decent but the game, was too short and lacked online. If you want a taste I suggest giving it a rental. Hopefully they are working out the EA Nation on Wii kinks with Madden.

[UERD]

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I've got to hand it to EA, they've done a damn good job so far on the Wii, far better than any other third-party. EA gets a lot of crap from so-called "hardcore" gamers, but they've put real effort into their Wii projects, a lot of which would have been easy to shoehorn the standard controls into the Wiimote/'chuck, but they have actually innovated and done some great stuff so far. Keep up the good work! (also, if EA is still publishing games from Free Radical, I would really like it if they could "strongly suggest" that they give me a TimeSplitters game on the Wii)

To be honest, Boogie was kind of a risk for EA in the first place. I'm as cynical as the next guy, but I'm actually willing to give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to trying new things with the Wii. They're making somewhat of an effort, and I think they'll eventually get it right.

If the controls work right, I'll probably pick up a copy.

[Kairon]

I'll give EA props, they really stepped out on a limb with Boogie. I've heard the game started as an acting/puppeteering game, so it's no wonder that the game's always had a sort of image problem. But I don't think the idea behind Boogie is bad, it's just a real difficult beast to wrestle with. That sort of connection between you and the game actually requires a lot of attention and work, more than I think EA could reasonably risk given that the game was never on firm ground to begin with, and that they needed to hit the market before High School Musical Sing it, and before Sony's Singstar games started their Holiday rush. It's a pity the game turned out somewhat ineffectual, but I don't think that EA was wrong in pursuing the new ideas it embodied, just unfortunate to have bitten off more than they could chew.

BUT ANYWAYS...

I'm looking forward to Medal of Honor Heroes 2 quite a bit actually, but I'm concerned about the lack of info we have just 3-5 months away from release, assuming that the tentative november/fall 07 release date holds up. Not to mention I like FPS' as simple, guilty pleasures.

I'm actually UBER excited about playing the game rail-shooter/arcade/casual/zapper style, it seems a unique and interesting addition and it just makes me thirst for more zapper information even more. Add in the friendcode-less server based EA Nation multiplayer, and whether or not this game comes out this fall or gets delayed, I'm definitely making it a priority.

[NWR_insanolord]

After noticing the current release date (11/06) I'm hoping they delay it. I don't know why they would want to launch it in the middle of Nintendo's 3-Hit Combo (BWii 10/29, Fire Emblem 11/05, Mario Galaxy 11/12). The online play is a cool feature but at that time my online play will be Battalion Wars. I hope they delay it til the 1st quarter where it may actually be able to breathe and they can make sure to get it right