The games development has been split between two teams, EA's in house developers are working on the singleplayer campaign while the multiplayer is being developed by multiplayer FPS veterans DICE (creators of the Battlefield series).
The single player campaign is the aspect I am most looking forward to in Medal of Honor.
From the details, videos and screenshots released, the campaign looks to be a more mature and plot driven affair than I have been used to in recent years with war games like Modern Warfare 2 and Bad Company 2 in particular seemingly inspired more by films like Die Hard and True Lies than anything that could be rooted in reality. This is an exciting prospect as I feel a games story is just as important than the actual gameplay. To actually feel yourself get involved with the characters story and emotion add to the overall experience. The original medal of honour games always had a great story and I loved finding out what was going to happen so if the reboot plot has the same impact I will be happy.
The multiplayer portion developed by DICE is still something I haven't been sold on yet. I took part in the closed BETA back in July and although the game was quite enjoyable there were several problems with crashes and odd delays in animations but as it was a BETA glitches were expected. Gameplay wise it sits somewhere in between DICE's Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2, it has a quicker and more responsive feel than Bad Company but is still not the 60fps twitch shooter than Call of Duty is.
Two game modes were available in the BETA, Team Deathmatch and Mission, the later of which was the more original and exciting. Mission was a little like the Rush game mode from Bad Company where one team fights to push forward and eliminate the enemies defenses by setting explosives at certain "checkpoints". The stand out aspect of this gamemode was a real sense of team work and involvement that I felt with some excellent audio/dialogue cues from your teammates which were triggered by certain events. When one of your team is taken down by a sniper or you approach the enemy checkpoint your are barraged with intense and believable screams and orders which do really add tension the likes of which I haven't felt during a multiplayer match.
There has been some controversy raised around Medal of Honor recently due to its setting within a current, ongoing war and the fact that while playing the multiplayer one team is going to be playing as the Taliban. Certain members of both the US and UK government have called for the game to be banned which I really think would be shame.
Overall the game seems like one I will enjoy and I hope the controversy and threats to ban the game won't spoil its success.
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