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Medal of Honour on Wii

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Medal of Honour is a Shooting game available on the Wii. It can be played in Firstperson Competitive Singleplayer modes.

Medal of Honour is a Shooting game. Shooting games present a world in which the character must shoot their way out of dangerous situations. They provide the player with an array of weapons tailored to specific tasks. This unavoidably involves a combination of fisticuffs and gun based fighting that dictates the violent nature of these experiences. Beneath this harsh exterior though is often an intricate tactile game - and this is usually what drives the player.

Medal of Honour can be played in a Firstperson mode. First Person games view the world from the eyes of the in-game character. You don't see the character themselves apart from their hands, gun or possibly feet as in Mirror's Edge. Because of the imediacy of the experience and sheer volume of visual information the player is offered First Person games lend themselves to the shooting genre. The FPS view enables players to immerse themselves in the experience and react quicker to events in the game. Other games have used a first person view to deliver an unusual perspective on an old genre - Mirror's Edge for example delivers a Platforming genre through a First Person view.

Medal of Honour can be played in a Competitive mode. Competitive Multiplayer games provide experiences where players compete against each other and the computer. Obviously lending itself to sports and team games, these competitive engagements have also dominated the shooting and fighting genres because of the direct combat and expertise involved in each. Although these games were originally played in a split screen style, more recently they are played online via services such as PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and the Nintendo Wireless Connection.

Medal of Honour can be played in a Singleplayer mode. Single Player Campaign games focus on one player's experience. Rather than collaborate with other players either locally or online, players progress alone. The campaign style of gameplay offers a connected series of challenges to play through. These chapters work together to tell a story through which players progress. Single player games are able to focus on one experience of a scenario, so that it is usually a richer, more visceral game.

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Family Gamer review Tue, 11 Sep 2007

Medal of Honor on the Wii could be seen as another port to cash in on the early success of Nintendo's new console. However, apart from being a pretty solid game in its own right, it further questions the dichotomy between PC and console game controls. It offers an entirely new way to control the first person perspective that sits somewhere between mouse/keyboard and joypad.

To recap, first person shooters have been the dividing line between consoles and PC gamers for many years. The different approach required on the two platforms epitomised the differences in both the technology and the players. The mouse and keyboard combination provided the PC player with ultimate flexibility and control, although meant they were restrained to playing at a desk. The joypad setup provided a plethora of buttons and analogue sticks (with some degree of auto-aim) but lets you play in any room of the house, no need for a mousing surface. Like the First Person Shooter (FPS) games themselves, these were the bloody lines of battle that were drawn and players would congregate on one side or another. Medal Of Honor on the Wii however breaks ranks and attempts a combination of the two.
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