World War II? That's so 1944! A few weeks ago we talked to you about Medal of Honor: Modern Combat, a name that had been trademarked by Electronic Arts and seemed to indicate that the series would be going the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare route and shunning the overdone WWII theme. Now the rumor has been given a fresh coat of paint, with one industry source claiming this is definitely a thing that's happening.
"It’s a new take on the modern warfare idea," the insider tells MCV. "and will really help give the series the kick up the arse it needs.
A new Medal of Honor is definitely in the works, but Electronic Arts has refused to comment on whether or not it will indeed be set in the present day. It seems like an inevitability though, given the runaway success of Modern Warfare 2 and the undeniable staleness of WWII shooters. I doubt EA is the only one looking at more contemporary settings for FPS games.
Will they seriously call it Modern Combat though? I've seen some shameless things in my time, but come on.
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11:20 AM on 11.11.2009
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Rising sun was fun as hell in split sceen
Modern Combat is already reserved.
We have Modern Warfare and Advanced Warfighter. I'd put my money on Advanced Warfare.
Medal of Honor: Nazi Zombies IN SPACE!
you don't have to kill people... headshot are not the only way to go..
shoot them in the ass or in the legs... preserve your cover and don't kill people...
if they really want to make a war game thats ground breaking with a story. try the african world war or second congo war.
But medal of honor titles seem to have fade into oblivion.
Medal of Honor: Call of Duty.
BRILLIANT!!
I hate to wake people up, but there are as many modern combat games as there is WW2 games.
They should at least go for a new direction.
WE NEED TIMESPLITTERS 4 NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Plus with each sequel the only parts they carried over were the flaws, not the fun parts. Enemies are bullet sponges and have perfect aim at any distance and always know exactly where you are. They always focus on you and only you and ignore your useless AI allies.
Call of Duty for all its pros and cons has none of these flaws.
Of course they are trying to jump on the same bandwagon that COD are riding on right now. You can't blame them. However, the last few MoH games were not very good, and if they think they can make their game better by saying "Russians! Arabs! Post- 9/11 world! Iraq! SAND! LAAAAAASSEERRR SIIIIIGHTS!!!" then they are sadly mistaken.
COD:MW was a good game that happened to be set in modern times. Throwing an AK into your game does not make it good. Case in point - SOCOM US Navy Seals Confrontation (which really is a mouthful, a terrible name really) which wasn't...... bad, in a horrible way, but wasn't anything very good either.
I predict this game to be mediocre. Again, haven't played it (by virtue of the fact that it doesn't exist yet), but I am not getting my hopes up.
Modern Brawl
Modern Fight
Medal Of Honor: Robot Wars? <-- with the ? included.
OR
Medal of Honor: It's good, we promise.
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