Medal of Honor - Beta impressions

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I am playing the beta since 17th June and here are my impressions about the beta. It is like BC2 (it is because of the game engine I think, it acts like a BC2 mod with different HUD) with small maps and also gameplay is a bit faster than BC2 . But gameplay is not good as BC2. No destructible environments, no ragdolls and weapons also acting strangely (they are so accurate so killing is so easy). Also only 3 class is not enough and interface is not looking good. You can't see which person you killed on your HUD, chat interface is not working etc... Game is working faster than BC2 (because of the no destructible environments I think) on my rig and so much killing because of the small maps and it is good.

So yes it is only beta and game will come 4 months later, I hope they can make this game good. But now it is really bad and not funny. I was too expecting more from DICE and EA. I hope singleplayer part of this game a way better than the MP. I am glad I didn't buy this game right now.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

You do realize its a beta yes? I don't like it right now either but the final game could be much much better. 4 months is alot of time for polish.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Resist_The_Dawn, reply 1
You do realize its a beta yes? I don't like it right now either but the final game could be much much better. 4 months is alot of time for polish.

Can't you read what I write? "So yes it is only beta and game will come 4 months later" But it is like an alpha not beta. I don't think they will fix everything in 4 months.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Besides, acare's main problems with the game seems to be set in stone features - if there aren't destructible environments now, there won't be in 4 months either. When I saw the E3 footage of the game, I immediately thought it was just a Call of Duty clone with a prettier engine. Didn't preorder for beta, and I see that my assumption was mostly correct. I own Bad Company 2 and currently don't see any advantages of MoH over it. No vehicles, no destruction, no huge maps - it seems like they want it to compete with the CoD crowd, rather than with BC2.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Let's face it, though. Pre-order betas, the vast majority of the time, are a marketing and sales tool used to notch up hype and awareness. These sorts of betas are usually put out once a game is stable and the mechanics are solid because people, having already paid for it, are going to treat it as the real thing. And bad word of mouth about a game, even one in "beta," will have a very noticeable impact on a game's sales.

Look at the BC2 pre-order beta. Essentially a finished product. There were some issues like a broken friends list, and really slow server listings with iffy filters, but in the matches? A polished product already, with no game-play bugs. People who bought into the pre-order could then turn around and "sell" the game to their friends.

That's a greater motivation behind these types of pre-order betas than any amount of testing.

The only difference between the beta and release were the finished friends and server features and some minor class reballancing. No mechanical or game-play changes.  The game is pretty much done. True enough, 4 months is a long time to polish the game, but it's just polishing features that are already there.

Plus, that bearded guy in all the adds reminds me of that terrible game that came out last year or so "Rogue" or something.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Plus, that bearded guy in all the adds reminds me of that terrible game that came out last year or so "Rogue" or something.

 

I LOL'd......exactly what I was thinking......hehe

 

but yeah.....what Anny said.   After playing BC2 with the destructible enviro anything less would just seem lame by comparison to me.