Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Developer(s)	Danger Close Games (EA Los Angeles)
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Medal of Honor
Engine	Frostbite 2
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows Xbox 360 PlayStation 3
Release date(s)	October 23rd 2012
Genre(s)	First Person Shooter
Mode(s)

Medal of Honor: Warfighter (MOH:W) is latest installment of the Medal of Honor series. It is a direct sequel to Medal of Honor (2010).

Contents 1 Game 2 Campaign 2.1 Characters 3 Multiplayer 3.1 Player Classes 4 Factions 4.1 Campaign 4.2 Multiplayer 5 Weapons 5.1 Assault Rifles 5.2 Sniper Rifles 5.3 Handguns 5.4 Personal Defense Weapons 5.5 Shotguns 5.6 Machine Guns 5.7 Grenade Launchers 5.8 Grenades 5.9 Other 5.10 Melee 5.11 Attachments 6 Vehicles 7 Announcement 8 Reveal 9 Marketing 10 Gallery 10.1 Campaign 10.2 Multiplayer 11 Video 12 References

Game

Medal of Honor: Warfighter uses the Frostbite 2.0 engine, which was made by another subsidiary of EA, DICE, which was the partner for Medal of Honor (2010). The engine has vastly improved the graphical schematics and allowed for more complex scenes.

Old features from the previous engine, such as "asking for ammo", peak & lean, and sliding have returned from the old engine. New features in the campaign are things like the Dynamic Door Breach and micro-destruction.

Campaign

The story focuses on two Navy SEALs of AFO Neptune, namely Mother and Preacher. The game also focuses on their family life back at the States to reveal the family men behind the warriors.

The game won't be based on a specific battle, instead focusing on real-world events such as Somalian pirate attacks and hostage rescues in the Philippines

Characters

Preacher, Mother, Voodoo and other central characters are returning from Medal of Honor 2010. One confirmed location is the flooded Isabela City, Philippines and Modagishu, Somalia. For the first time in the Medal of Honor series other non-US Special Forces units are represented as well, such as in Task Force Atlas.

v • d • e Characters of Medal of Honor: Warfighter Task Force Mako Mother (Transferred) • Preacher (Transferred) • Stump • Voodoo • Dingo • Tick • Tiger 12 Task Force Blackbird Mother • Preacher • Ajab Task Force Grizzly Sgt. Wright • Sgt. Xaysana • LCpl. Tran Task Force Atlas Greko • Maniek • Kaska • Diabel • Zuku • Szczuply Enemy Sad Al Din • Marwan al-Kalifa • Faraz • Stovan Bosic OGA Dusty • Argyrus • Ajab Civilians Lena • Mother's Wife • Isabella

Multiplayer

The multiplayer aspect of this game is being worked on by Danger Close instead of DICE. The multiplayer reveal was shown at E3, showcasing parts of the multiplayer. The multiplayer was further shown during the Tungawan Jungle trailer.

Each player will get to choose the respective country that they favor. Each country class will have different perks, secondary weapons, and grenades. Some country classes favor certain player classes. The secondary weapons have unlimited ammunition.

Support Actions have been amped up from the previous installment of the game, now consisting of helicopters, unmanned aircraft, weapons, and other equipment.

There will be a new feature in the multiplayer, called "Fire Team" (essentially just two people working together as a buddy-system). The player's Fireteam buddy will be highlighted in green, as a sixth sense from a Tier 1 operator. Their health and emblem will also be in a small toolbar in the top right hand of the screen.

Player Classes

Each player class is available for every faction in the game, in total, being 72 possible classes. The Player is able to pick their class before a game starts. Every class has its own special ability.

v • d • e Classes of Medal of Honor series Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Ammo Tech (class) · Corpsman (class) · Engineer (class) · Infantry (class) Medal of Honor (2010) Rifleman · Special Ops · Sniper Medal of Honor: Warfighter Assaulter (Grenade Launcher) · Demolition (Tank Stance) · Heavy Gunner (Bipod Setup) · Point Man (Heavy Hitters) · Sniper (Bipod) · Special Ops (Spec Ops Vision)

Factions

Campaign

All four morale patches for the playable factions from the campaign have been released, one consisting of grinning shark for Task Force Mako, the second, the stylized head of a bird for Task Force Blackbird , the third, the open maw of a grizzly bear for Task Force Grizzly, and a man holding up a digitized planet for Task Force Atlas.

Multiplayer

Players are available to play as 12 different Tier 1 operators from around the globe.

v • d • e Factions of Medal of Honor: Warfighter Playable Task Force Mako • Task Force Blackbird • Task Force Grizzly • Task Force Atlas Friendly NAVSOG • GROM Enemy Al-Shabaab • Abu Sayyaf Multiplayer U.S. Navy SEALs • GROM • SFOD-D • SAS • JTF2 • FSK/HJK • OGA • KSK • UDT • SASR • Gruppa Alfa • SOG

Weapons

Assault Rifles

• HK416
• AKM Variant
• F88
• LaRue Tactical OBR 5.56/7.62
• LaRue Tactical PredatAR 5.56/7.62
• AK-103
• G36C
• DDM4

Sniper Rifles

• McMillan Tac-300
• McMillan Tac-50
• McMillan CS5
• McMillan M1A
• M40A3

Handguns

• Glock variant
• M1911
• P226
• G18

Personal Defense Weapons

• MP7A1

Shotguns

• AA-12
• 870

Machine Guns

• M249
• M60

Grenade Launchers

• MK 19
• M320
• M32

Grenades

• M83 Smoke Grenade
• Spider Grenade
• Frag Grenade
• V40 Minifrag

Other

• Minigun
• RPG-7
• SOFLAM

Melee

• Tomahawk
• Hooligan Tool

Attachments

• Aimpoint Micro T-1
• Aimpoint 3X Magnifier
• SureFire Bipod
• SureFire Suppressor
• SureFire Flashlight
• SureFire Extended Mag
• SureFire Laser Sight
• Trijicon Reflex Sight (RDS)
• Trijicon ACOG
• Trijicon RMR
• Trijicon SRS
• US Optics SN-3
• US Optics ST-10
• US Optics MST-100<
• Magpul Shoulder Stocks
• Magpul Rifle Grips
• Magpul Fore Grips

Vehicles

v • d • e Vehicles in Medal of Honor: Warfighter Land Vehicles MUSA Robot Water craft RHIB Helicopters MH-6/AH-6 Little Bird • AH-64D Apache • CH-47 Chinook • MH-60 Blackhawk Transport • MH-60L DAP Blackhawk Aircraft A-10 Thunderbolt II • RQ-7 Shadow • RQ-11 Raven • Switchblade UAV

Announcement

It has been in development since the release of Medal of Honor^[1]. According to an article done by EuroGamer, the EA titles Medal of Honor and Battlefield will alternate each year, placing the release of the next Medal of Honor at some point late in 2012. It is likely that the cast of characters will have changed, although it has been confirmed that Mother, Voodoo, and Preacher will be returning.

In early 2011, Executive Producer of Medal of Honor (2010) Greg Goodrich was quoted stating, "Yes, Danger Close is currently working on the next Medal of Honor. Just recently, EA announced that the reboot of Medal of Honor was a big success with over 5 million copies sold. We wanted to take a moment to thank each of you for supporting us, our new studio and our storied franchise. We would especially like to thank all of the long time Medal of Honor fans out there who have stuck with us over the years. It's going to be a fun ride for the Medal of Honor franchise. We are happy to have you aboard."^[2]

Closer to home, a card with Task Force Mako's emblem with Medal of Honor in bold text was included in all units of Battlefield 3, serving as a grander announcement of the game's impending release.

Reveal

Medal of Honor: Warfighter was revealed on 23rd February 2012 by gameinformer in one of their blogs. It is to use the Frostbite 2 engine the very one that powered Battlefield 3 and is to still follow Tier 1 Operators, the Multiplayer is not being made by DICE this time round, it is all under development by Danger Close studios. The full blog post is here.

Marketing

Several Pre-Order bonuses have been announced for the game. Many including different weapon/class bonuses that save the player time. There also is a Military Version for people serving in the armed forces, and is exclusive to them.

A Battlefield 4 beta key was announced along with Pre-Ordering Medal of Honor: Warfighter.

Similar to the previous game, Linkin Park has partenered with Danger Close again to promote their videos and gameplay respectivly. The song Lies, Greedy, and Misery was used durring the official E3 Multiplayer reveal. Another announcement for a teaser video was released on July 24, slating for another trailer sometime in October.

Gallery

Campaign

Multiplayer

Video

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References

1. ↑ http://www.medalofhonor.com/tier1central
2. ↑ http://www.playerattack.com/news/2011/02/20/medal-of-honor-sequel-in-the-works/

v • d • e Games of the Medal of Honor series Medal of Honor • Underground • Allied Assault (Spearhead • Breakthrough) • Fighter Command (cancelled) • Frontline • Rising Sun (Rising Sun 2 (cancelled)) • Infiltrator • Pacific Assault • European Assault • Heroes • Vanguard • Airborne (Mobile) • Heroes 2 • Medal of Honor (2010) • Warfighter