Game Reviews - Indews

This is the part where I write the story of the game, but I believe in my readers. Please, if you don’t know the story, pick up a book. End the ignorance that is plaguing the United States. If you live outside the U.S., it can’t hurt to learn something new.

The graphics in this game are amazing. You can actually see the pain and fear in the faces of the main characters in the game, but, even though everybody else does appear real, they don’t show much expression. Explosions are very realistic. It looks like someone put an M-80 inside a G.I. Joe. The only visual flaw is the smoke grenade. When it first goes off, it looks cartoonish, but this is just a grain of sand on a beach of next-gen technology.

The gameplay is better than any of the previous World War II games. You get to control soldiers from all three countries of the Allied Forces: Russia, Great Britain, and the United States. There are no longer any mercenary missions found in the Medal of Honor games, however, you do find yourself alone a lot of the time. This doesn’t seem very realistic. It would seem that at least two or three people would be by your side at all times. The biggest problem is when deciding to exchange a gun. A silhouette of the gun appears, and that’s the only aid available. It’s not very helpful. A name would help in this situation. Driving the tank makes up for this though. When I first heard that tank driving would be involved, my first reaction was, needless to say, negative, but it’s a wonderful experience. A video game actually did it right! Also, recovering health over time makes the game more fun than having to search for a health pack.

The music to the game can’t be described as anything other than mood setting. It has the heroic melody that makes the gamer feel like he’s accomplished something. It takes you back to the 1940s. The voices sound realistic, but the accents are off. The Russians, the Brits, and the Americans all sound the same, and they are all speaking English. Russian is a language. The game is made for those of us who speak English, but realism is important in this sense.

This game actually improved on World War II first-person shooters, which seems like it would be hard to do since it has been tried so many times before. Congratulations Activision and those of you and Infinity Ward. You have made a must play for everybody that owns a 360 or those who are going to buy a 360. I say play and not buy because the game isn’t very long. Many gamers could rent it and complete it before they take it back. None-the-less, it is the best game the 360 has yet to see.

-Scizzle