While the 2010 reboot has its moments, Medal of Honor Warfighter has been aiming high to top the shortcomings of its predecessor, with a greater focus on gameplay and a stronger multiplayer offering.
While EA didn’t send out early review-copies, the reviews have slowly started filtering in before the game releases tomorrow (26 October 2012), and things aren’t looking too good so far.
The game is currently holding a Metascore of 49 on Xbox 360, with the other platforms a few reviews short of pulling together an aggregate score. It should be noted that this average score is only based on a few early reviews however.
Critics originally slated the Warfighter’s predecessor for being short and losing its identity in its bland multiplayer; but what do they think of the follow up?
Eurogamer – 5/10
“There’s been a backlash brewing for some time against the bombastic direction military shooters have taken, but it would be wrong to assume that Medal of Honor: Warfighter is simply the game unlucky enough to bear its brunt. The truth is far simpler and more depressing: it’s just not that good.” Read the full review.
Destructoid – 5/10
“Charmless, cynical, and uninspired, Warfighter encapsulates everything wrong with the annual big budget shooter industry. It’s really not an awful game, it’s just insipid and shallow, a title that exists solely to exist, and squeeze whatever profit remains to be had from serving the same flavorless porridge to the same unadventurous customers. It will make its money, and keep the FPS factories in business for another year”. Read the full review.
Polygon – 4.5
“Medal of Honor Warfighter’s multiplayer failings underline its real problem – it feels thrown together, with little consideration for why its parts should fit. While the multiplayer’s obtuse design decisions are preferable to the campaign’s lack of artificial intelligence, decent mechanics, or interesting level design, it’s still difficult to find much reason to recommend Medal of Honor Warfighter over the shooters it wants so desperately to resemble. In an attempt to build a bridge across Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty, Danger Close has once again fallen into the hole between them”. Read the full review.
CheatCodeCentral – 2.7/5
“Medal of Honor: Warfighter feels unpolished. It’s a slew of great ideas mashed together in a way that doesn’t give any of them time to truly shine, rushed out to make a deadline that didn’t do it any favors. While there’s enjoyment to be had here, it is fleeting and often devolves rapidly into frustration and boredom”. Read the full review.
NowGamer – 6.5/10
“While it’s disheartening to see the promise of Danger Close’s previous effort fall foul of the explosive taint of Call Of Duty, Medal Of Honor: Warfighter is still a fairly solid shooter with an unfortunately short campaign length”. Read the full review.
The Daily Mail – No Score
“But what it lacks in realism, it makes up with its colossal production values and memorable multiplayer – a tried-and-tested recipe for success. It’s not the deep, emotional journey many were expecting, but action blockbusters never are”. Read the full review.
GameThirst – 6/10
“Medal Of Honor: Warfighter isn’t what you’d expect from Danger Close, especially in a day and age when the FPS genre in particular has become extremely competitive, with developers like DICE, Infinity Ward, 343 Industries, Gurrella Games and Treyarch pushing the boundaries. And with big titles like Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 available in less than one month, there’s no need to buy Warfighter. Rent it instead.” Read the full review.
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