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Medal of Honor (Beta) An Absolute Disgrace

1,187 views · Published 5 July 2010 · 1:15 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: Chubzdoomer · 2010 · Gaming

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In the process of recording a "first impressions" gameplay video for you guys to see, I came across a rather humorous yet infuriating case of horrible porting that left me wanting to rip someone's throat out.  In Medal of Honor - the new, upcoming version set to release later this year - we will apparently be warped back to before we had wheels in between our two mouse buttons, as mousewheel support is entirely absent and there are no options to bind mousewheel to changing weapons nor to toggle it ON or OFF in the Options menu.

Other problems with the beta?
- Zero environmental destruction, despite being powered by Bad Company 2's Frostbite engine
- Zero recoil from any weapon
- Zero emphasis on teamwork, squad commands, and voice chat
- Entire lack of class differentiation and weapon balance
- Controller D-Pad indicator when support powers become available, as if you're expect to be playing with a controller.
- Console-oriented menus that are awkward to navigate with the mouse

Bottom line:  Don't play this game.  Beta or not, there is no excuse for such a poor showing for an upcoming entry in a once legendary franchise that turned the WW2 FPS genre upside down and shook up the entire gaming community.  Buy Battlefield: Bad Company 2.  It's developed by the same company, but doesn't cost as much, features environmental destruction, emphasizes teamwork, has more class differentiation and better weapon customization, and is overall a far more enjoyable game.

For shame, DICE.  For shame, Electronic Arts.  This franchise is fucked.

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