Medal of Honor (1999)

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Medal of Honor en PS1 es un shooter difícil de clasificar hoy: ha envejecido de forma evidente tanto en lo técnico como en lo jugable, y su rigidez mecánica limita la experiencia más de lo que la potencia. Sin embargo, sigue siendo interesante por su aproximación respetuosa a la representación de la guerra. Recrea escenas reconocibles del conflicto sin convertirlas en espectáculo vacío, algo poco habitual incluso en su propio contexto histórico. Su diseño de interfaz, hoy claramente arcaico, cumple una función atmosférica notable: no busca comodidad ni velocidad, sino inmersión, reforzando una sensación de peso y gravedad que acompaña bien al tono del juego. Esa misma seriedad, no obstante, convive con decisiones de diseño que hoy resultan torpes y que impiden que la experiencia trascienda su valor histórico.

Muy buena ambientación, aunque la inteligencia de los enemigos a la hora de dispararte es malísima.

Mechanically one of the worst triple A shooters I've ever played. I also doubt it's just me playing now rather than on release as there were countless titles released by the point Medal of Honor came out that exceeded it in every way. The controls are clunky. Turning while moving reduces your speed, jumping is handled worse than any other game of its era + you need to get a run up to actually get over obstacles, and shooting is a mess. The game somewhat tries to replicate legacy 'Goldeneye' style controls despite playing on a controller with two analogue sticks, and removing the snap style of aiming, opting instead for a very slow standard aim method that you need to initiate with R2. The gunplay is equally bad. Comparing it against other console shooters of the time period, Medal of Honor is outdone by virtually every N64 shooter I've played, as well as the Rainbow Six Playstation game, which was in itself not very good to begin with. Due to the low draw distance, you can get shot by enemies you can't even see. Enemies AI is such that they don't react to gunfire within meters of them if they are not looking at you leading to comical situations where you can be engaged in a battle with one enemy and have another patrolling beside you. The levels feel completely on rails, which is not bad in itself, but miss an objective and it's either backtracking sometimes all the way to the start, or finish it up and have to redo it again. It feels incredibly obnoxious as this game carries the level design of a modern military shooter as opposed to a classic 'Doom-style' shooter with maze like design. There are also a few 'stealth' levels which involve you being disguised and having to show your papers to virtually everyone you meet while you kill people with a silenced pistol in a predetermined order. If you miss the paper presentation to any guard, even if you're not looking at them and walking to fast, the base goes on alert. They are a bit more open-ended and less linear than the combat levels, but sadly not any more fun to play. Last but not least, this game has numerous annoyances. I got shot through walls numerous times, I used a shotgun to insta-kill at medium range, despite a rifle taking two shots, even to the head, panzershrek wielding soldiers blew me up instantly from full health sending me back to the start of the level, enemies perform prefire animations lasting whole seconds, fail to shoot me in the back at point blank range and toss back virtually every grenade rendering them useless (there's no cooking available) unless I get a direct hit, instantly detonating it. They also die to their own grenade throws way more than mine. I feel the phrase 'hasn't aged well' is used more often than not to excuse the poor and overrated games of yesteryear. I cannot see this game being considered good in 1999. The sound design and orchestral score were good, yes, and the writing wasn't too bad, but that doesn't excuse the fact that the unpolished gameplay fails to reach anywhere near the same level as the other shooters on offer at the time, on both console and PC.

O jogo apresenta uma péssima otimização, tela de loading demorado e o personagem fica lagando perto de paredes, e também conta com uma péssima ballet drop das armas,única coisa impressionante é os gráficos para a época.