Medal of Honour: Airborne - demo impressions

Medal of Honour: Airborne is a standard World War II shooter that has a nifty take on the genre. What separates this game from its peers is the fact that during the opening of missions and in this case "Infinite Mischief" players are able to drop down into the fight and land pretty much anywhere in the battlefield. This means players can plan their attacks and make the dangerous choice as to where they are going to start and finish the fight! The demo thrusts you into a mission where you have to take out several well guarded anti aircraft guns and as Travers it's your job to get in there and help the other troops complete these objectives.

Wayne and Rob of MSXbox World take a look at the recently released demo to see whether EA's World War II shooter can potentially take the crown for the best WWII inspired shooter.

[BIadestarX]

I was very impressed with this demo. I though this game was going to suck... graphically.... Better than COD3.... very smooth. I am buying this game when it comes out... I am a big tired of WW2 games.. but this game... convinced me to kick some more German @$$.

[sak500]

You played it on ps3 or 360 ? LOL

[ThaGeNeCySt]

This is easily the best MOH i've ever had the pleasure of playing... i thought COD2 would have been the last WWII game I was interested in, but this brought me back... I can't land parachuting for nothing but it's a nice addition.. if every/most levels start off with parachuting.. it'll add a variety to how every level starts off... i've died twice so far and parachuting to different drop zones yield different results.. if you land where you're supposed to, you'll be with your allies and it'll be easier... if you land where a lot of enemies are, you'll be pinned and have to fight your way out.

The graphics are nice, it looks like it's powered by UE3... seems to be locked at a VERY steady 30 fps.. motion blur makes everything seem cinematic..

for those of you who are used to the Call of Duty control scheme, i suggest using Controller Scheme 2

I don't know if this was present in COD3 (didn't care to play it) but there's a nice cover system in MOH:A.. it's not as crisp as say Rainbow Six: Vegas or GRAW or GOW... but it's a nice lean feature where you can duck behind cover and, hold left trigger to zoom aim & lean left, right, and over whatever you're hiding behind..

I might actually buy this game... demo almost has me sold.. i'll have to finish playing through this to see.

[Mikey_Gee]

After the pre-release review of 6/10 I figured I would download the demo not expecting much. Now, I didn't even get through the demo yet fully but have to say ... well ... I do actually like it. Like others said, still on the fence if I will buy it till I know more about Multiplayer, but it is much more in the green and less in the red on my list than before.

Only issue is I find it hard to kill Germans. Even with my sites beeded on his head, still after many shots at times they do not go down.

If you haven't yet .... try the demo.

[jwatt]

After I downloaded the demo and stated to play it, the graphics started to look all weird. All of a sudden my video stoped working, all I can hear is the sound. I don't know if was the actual demo or that it was bound to happen but now I have to send my 360 off. I have to hurry, I got a month before Halo3. I think I still might pick up MOH because I didn't hear of anybody else having the same problem I had with the demo.

[Ri0tSquad]

Lol I am 100% sure that you are not alone there are tons of Xbox 360s sent in to M$ about 30-40 every week.

[jwatt]

I just called the number to get it repaired, he told me to see if I can have a friend bring his video cords over to make sure it's my console and not the cords that our messed up. I really hope it's my cords but if not he said they would repair my 360. I just hope it doesn't take so long.

[Ri0tSquad]

They give you a free power brick(worth 100 bucks)and a free 1 month subscription to xbox live.

[jwatt]

That's cutting it close.

[Ri0tSquad]

It just helped me avoid this garbage. This game sucks only game im excited for thats by EA is Crysis on the PC.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

I'm pretty much tired of WW2 shooters too. But this game was pretty fresh.From the great graphics, to the nice feel it was great fun all the way through.

Graphics were pretty nice. Using L trigger to duck and dodge while aiming was pretty cool too. I could see that being used pretty effectively on XBL.

Landing anywhere was awesome too. I experimented with that quite a bit, and had a great time doing it.

This game is pretty nice. It felt and played really really good.

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

It's not a terrible game, but it could definetely use some work. I have played MUCH better though. I am a huge MOH fan but was a tad bit dissapointed with the demo. I will still buy it, but at a platinum price most likely. It's decent but not jawdropping like COD2 or 3 imo.

[progx]

Made COD 3 look like sh*t. I'll be buying.

[JosefTor]

Well... after playing through the demo... I found it pretty fun and entertaining and like that I could drop anywhere in the level and start my adventure. I chose to drop on top of the building next to the two AA guns. Although fun, I think we are getting one chabby game. These are supposed to be next generation games on next generation consoles. I could forgive this game (maybe) if it was only released on the Wii but... do Gears of War, Bioshock, or Killzone mean anything to EA? There are people shooting through walls, crappy graphics (a WWII game doesn't mean WWII graphics...), and no particle collision affects? I can shoot a chair and the bullets will go straight through it. Hop on the machine gun turrents and I can destroy stuff? The only affects that show up are a tiny crappy looking bullet hole when I shoot at walls. Other then mostly graphic issues, the game is pretty fun though. The AI aren't the smartest at all either. Don't let us spend $60 on a game like this. This game has such promise!!!

[JosefTor]

You liked the graphics of this game better then Call of Duty 3??? Maybe I'm off my rocker but I remember Call of Duty 3 as a beautiful game. Not as much as Gears or Bioshock but... very descent and quality work put into the graphics. Plus Call of Duty 3 brought new and interesting stuff to the table which this game (MOH) didn't.

Plus... the ability to aim in different directions in this game is cool but your movement is hampered (I forget if it stops you completely or not... I think it does though) which would make multiplayer games boring and slow.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

I thought the graphics were pretty good.

Yea the AI could def use work. I found a lot of dumb Nazis shooting through doors, or standing around.

Weapons felt really nice though to me.

[s8anicslayer]

it wasn't that bad, controls felt a little awkward

[cigloman]

4 - This is worth Playing
After spending about an hour with the demo i think this game is certainly a worthy addition to the WW2 Type FPS. everyone expecting WW2 to be call of duty( of which i am a huge fan) might be disappointed. having said that one should never expect that from this title otherwise they might have called it call of duty airborne. This is a great game in its own right, the weapons are powerful, sound great. Graphics are on par with what you expect out of an Xbox 360 game and the game play is certainly solid. All of you call of duty fans can switch your controls to user 2 in game options for something very similar to call of duty's button layout.
I like the non linear approach to this game and with hopefully a solid online experience this title will definitely be a must buy.
i encourage everyone to play this game for at least an hour before final opinion.
Great game, well done EA

[JosefTor]

yeah... user 2 control definitely felt right at home next to my other first person shooters.

[killasssj408]

the aiming is gay!!!lol