![]() ![]() ![]() Above and Beyond offers clean, accessible multiplayer modes that are incredibly easy to hop right into, with five game types across levels retooled from the campaign. Still, you might remember our review last year was significantly more positive about the game’s multiplayer segment and, again, that’s all intact here. In that respect it’s very much a bar raiser, but here’s hoping to next game to match its production can also raise the stakes when it comes to gameplay, too. Medal of Honor’s campaign takes you around the world with missions that try to offer something new, be it vehicle segments, sniping missions or otherwise, and you definitely get a much more rounded feeling of it being a ‘full’ game comparable to something on consoles. Having said all of that, it’s also true that you won’t find many other shooter campaigns on Quest with this much scope and variety. It’s more of a foundational issue than something that can simply be solved just by ignoring the story. ![]() You can now skip cutscenes but you’re going to remove a lot of the game’s context and you’ll still spend time hopping between loading screens. You’re either itching to get a cutscene out of the way and get back into the fight, or left wishing that last level had stretched out just a bit longer – the constant stopping and starting really disrupts the flow. Some of these moments do offer interesting snippets of VR storytelling, but they’re also strangely placed and, even though the game promises 10+ hours of action, it’s significantly padded with these moments.Īll of this makes for a campaign that’s difficult to really settle into. For instance, you’ll actually need to physically reach down for ammo in order to reload your gun, and the process of aiming in VR will naturally be more “authentic.” We also imagine that the series’ already intense battles will be made that much more incredible by the enhanced sensation of “being there” that you get with virtual reality.I was still struck but just how slow the game’s opening in particular is, in which you’re thrown into endless cutscene after cutscene, with just a few minutes of gameplay interspersing another lengthy group dialogue section. In that respect, the VR elements of the game may actually offer a series of unique benefits. In fact, Hirschmann (who also worked as a producer and writer on the original Medal of Honor) has stated that they intend for this to be the “most authentic World War II game possible.” He clarifies that the team isn’t trying to make a realistic WWII game but rather a game that adheres to the more authentic tech and design philosophies that the Medal of Honor series was founded upon. The next Medal of Honor game, officially titled Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, may transition the series into virtual reality, but it will go back to the series roots with its World War II setting. ![]()
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