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Medal of Honor (sort of) review

I realized I had this sitting in my draft’s folder for about a month and I never posted it. I played Medal of Honor over a week period on an XBOX 360, with my 32” TV and my Turtle Beach headphones.

CAMPAIGN

The annoying:

• Characters stuck in spots.
• Areas don’t move forward unless some hidden dude behind a wall is killed (who doesn’t come out to find you, or make any effort to hint that he exists)
• The audio triggers don’t trigger at the right time.. (tho when it works, its awesome).
• Zero explanation on how to use some of the features (target missiles, etc).

The awesome

• Campaign looks wonderful most of the time.
• Guns feel hefty and sound great!
• Controller layout is good (I like the L thumper for other gun, and Y for quick pistol draw).
• Super cool sliding move to hide behind rocks.

No deal-breaker, but no deal-maker either:

• Story is nothing out of the ordinary, although very patriotic.
• Hidden HUD.

MULTIPLAYER

The annoying:

• Its like playing Battlefield Bad Company 2
• Everything in the screen is so small and blended together that you can’t tell apart the building wall from the dude standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!
• The controls are different in multiplayer.
• The guns are puny.
• Can’t go prone.
• Not that many maps.
• Matching servers suck.
• Absolutely no information on how to use the “Rewards”.

The awesome:

• No screaming 12 year olds playing the game.

RROD

1. 6:30pm get RROD
2. Google how to fix it.
3. Website (support.microsoft.com) tells me I need to accept cookies. WTF. I am letting you use cookies. But I get it, you don’t like Safari.
4. Switch to Firefox
5. Go trough how to fix it steps, realize I have to send it in for repair
5. Website tells me I might NOT be within warranty period
6. Google “how to check if console is under warranty”
7. Hit a website that only points me to the main page of support.microsoft.com
8. Getting frustrated.
9. Try xbox again. Oh look at that, it turned on!
10. 3 minutes later, xbox freezes with a loud beep
11. Back to website. Follow steps of how to send it in for repair.
12. Asks me for my serial number without telling me where to find it.
13. Unplug xbox from everything, type in numbers.
14. Fill in address, etc. Asks me to select what my language “English Australian, English Canadian, English etc…”
15. Popup tells me to choose my address (both options provided are the same!), click whatever
16. Hit next page, tells me my normal warranty expired but I still qualify for the 3 RROD fix.
17. Click Repair.
18. Tells me I have to go to support.microsoft.com and choose my country because they don’t ship to the outside US.
19. Freaking pissed now.
20. Realize that while it says “International” on the top left corner, it doesn’t mean I’m on a non-US site.
21. Go to Canadian site. Follow all steps again.
22. 10 minutes later, site is asking for my credit card.
23. 7:30pm FUUUU.

today on xbox live….

macleah:

this kid just wouldnt shut up.  so finally someone tells him to.   then i turn on my mic, and ask if his mom knows hes playing this game.  he says “yes” and retorts with “does YOUR mom know you’re playing this game?”  and i replied with “im 24 and dont live with my mom, but yes she knows, i just called to tell her”   “oh yeah right, then why is your voice so high?”   wow.  smartass litte fucker isnt he?  and then i reply with “cause im a girl you retard”   end of convo.  then he continues to talk about how theres a girl on his team!  oh no!!!  

ugh, this happens to me more often than I’d like it to