Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
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| Developer(s) | EA Canada |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Platform(s) | Wii, PSP |
| Release | Wii
PSP
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Online multiplayer |
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 is a first-person shooter game for the Wii and the PlayStation Portable. It is an installment in the long-running Medal of Honor series of World War II games. Each version was built from the ground up for its respective system. The Wii version was announced at Nintendo's E3 2007 Press Conference on July 11, 2007. It may not be sold to people under 18 in Germany because of it's USK rating.[1]
Plot
The player takes the role of Office of Strategic Services operative Lieutenant John Berg. The game has seven missions and is based on the Battle of Cherbourg. Weapons include the Thompson submachine gun, MP40, M1 Garand rifle, and Karabiner 98k.
Multiplayer
The Wii version of the game features up to 32 players in one server, with six maps and six uniforms, three for Axis and three for Allies. The uniforms for the Allies are "Ranger's 2nd", "Ranger's 4th", and "Ranger's 5th", whereas the Axis uniforms are simply "Axis Rookie", "Axis Regular", and "Axis Elite". There are three different online multiplayer modes available.[2] The PSP version is virtually identical in terms of multiplayer functions, however hacking is common on the PSP multiplayer network The Australian version of the game has no multiplayer mode at all, which has been the subject of much criticism.[3] EA Australia & EB Games Australia have also recently removed all references to the multiplayer aspect from their websites.
EA's official response to the lack of multiplayer for Australia was: "Medal of Honor Heroes 2 for Wii does not support online functionality in Australia. We made an error in the documentation and marketing materials. We are very sorry to have caused confusion for our customers. We will provide a refund to anyone in Australia who wishes to return the game to EA because of the lack of online functionality."[4]
EA Australia has declined to comment on why the online element of the game was omitted from the game, which has led games websites to speculate that the company did not deem it profitable to host the local servers necessary for low-latency play.[5]
Deathmatch
The typical first person shooter multiplayer deathmatch mode. All players are on their own and must kill as many players as possible while also attempting to be killed as little as possible. The score is equal to the player's total kills minus their total deaths. The player with the highest score at the end of the round wins. After each death, the player will spawn at different spawn points on the map
Team Deathmatch
Each player belongs to a team of either Allies or Axis. The team must attempt to kill members of the opposite team. The team's score is determined by the number of enemy players the team kills. Team kills subtract a kill from the player, while suicide kills only take away one point. At the end of the round, the team with the highest score wins.
Infiltration
Also known as capture the flag, this mode involves two teams and the objective is to steal the opposing team's flag as often as possible. At the end of the round, the team with the highest number of successful captures is the winner.
Online leaderboards
The Leaderboards, supported by EA Nation, consist of 10,000 shown rankings. To gain rankings, one must have more kills than deaths. For every kill over a death, one will gain a point.
Arcade mode
The Wii version of the game has an Arcade mode that allows the game to be played single-player as a first-person rail shooter.
Reception
- Game Informer - 6.75.[6]
- Gamerankings - Wii: 77.1%, PSP: 71.7%
- Gamespot - Wii: 8/10 PSP 7/10
- IGN - 8.4
- Metacritic - Wii: 75%, PSP: 70%
- NGamer - 72%
- Nintendo Power - 8/10
- Official Nintendo Magazine - 78%
- X-play - 3/5
The Wii version has met with fairly positive reviews due to its controls and online play. IGN stated that the game has the best controls of any Wii first-person shooter to date.
References
- ^ [1] Rating systems for Medal of Honor 2
- ^ Medal of Honor Heroes 2 Instruction Booklet
- ^ Medal of Honor Heroes 2 Wi-Fi support removed from Australian version - Nintendo Wii News - Australia's PAL Gaming Network
- ^ Multiplayer mix-up leads to EA refund offers for MOHH2 in Australia - Wii News at GameSpot
- ^ IGN: MoH's Missing Online: EA Offers a Refund
- ^ Bertz, "Review of Medal of Honor Heroes 2," Game Informer 177 (January 2008): 95.