Briefings in Airborne are the equivalent of a developer walkthrough. The objectives of a mission, locations of note on the maps, and information about enemy forces in the area are all discussed.
Observant players may be able to deduce what details the briefing leaves out, and use this to determine potential danger zones in a level. I ignore a lot of these briefings. When I later land by a spotlight in the Paestum ruins, right in the center of approximately 7, angry Nazis, I have no one to blame but myself. I spend as little time backtracking as possible, because cleared objectives remain complete.
This changes the rhythm of the game based on my skill level. The difficulty shifts occur based on how long I can survive and where I choose to drop, not in the ability of the enemy to aim better or absorb more bullets. Levels actively encourage replay. The possibility space is still reasonably contained, so the number of choices I can make from moment to moment never feels overwhelming — though I am making choices.
Instead of always running forward to trigger the next cutscene or set-piece, I use the exciting possibilities offered by a new scenario such as a vertical trainyard assault filled with snipers and walkway networks to my advantage. In the environment offered by Medal of Honor: Airborne , I can get lost, I can become bored, and I absolutely can be surprised. I choose an initial loadout after each briefing, adding any guns I picked up in the world in the previous mission for future use.
While weapons are lethal from the start of the game, every kill or achievement claimed with an individual gun brings it closer to receiving an upgrade in the middle of battle. These upgrades give me an incentive to switch weapons frequently and to build up a powerful arsenal of solutions to varying obstacles. The world slows down when a gun is upgraded. Travers will often pull an object from an unseen void to physically attach to the weapon, and players have a delicious five-second period of slow motion to exercise their newfound power before the world roars back to life.
I could go on about the sound of the weapons and how they crack and snap. Sidearms buck with the force of a small, angry god as effective last resorts. The structure of Medal of Honor: Airborne and its execution of FPS mechanics is filled with exciting details that culminate in the remarkable whole, which is still playable on Windows PC and Xbox One via Xbox backward compatibility today. However, what I truly find fascinating about Medal of Honor: Airborne is how it now feels compared to the juggernaut that may have killed it.
Modern Warfare is an origin point. The design trends it introduced would see iteration for the next decade or so. As a result, as groundbreaking and polished as Modern Warfare is, its seams grow more visible as time passes. Hitches in flow, little gaps of fidelity that were filled in by its successors Medal of Honor: Airborne , on the other hand, feels like an independent, cohesive anomaly.
An evolutionary dead end despite a host of features popularized by games today. Nonlinear maps with self-contained objectives that can continue to be pursued after death; seamless, minimal upgrade systems; parachutes. Would the AAA war game genre be more mechanically diverse and open if this had been its model 12 years ago?
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