Developer : Danger Close Games
Release date : October 26, 2012
Synopsis :
Medal of Honor: Warfighter is a first-person shooter video game developed by Danger Close Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is a sequel to 2010’s series reboot Medal of Honor and the fourteenth installment in the Medal of Honor series. The title was announced on February 23, 2012, and was released in North America on October 23, 2012, in Australia on October 25, 2012, and in Europe on October 26, 2012 on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
The games’ single-player campaign picks up where Medal of Honor (2010) left off, as it follows the Navy SEALs from the previous game’s AFO Neptune. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, with praise for the visuals and the use of the Frostbite 2 engine but criticism aimed at the low texture quality on consoles, glitches, confusing storyline and poor artificial intelligence.
The campaign initially follows Task Force Mako, made up of DEVGRU SEALs “Mother”, “Voodoo”, “Preacher” (who were part of AFO Neptune in the previous game) and “Stump”. The story does not progress linearly and jumps forward and backwards in time.
At a ship dock in Karachi, Pakistan, Task Force Mako plants a demolition charge to sabotage a terrorist organization’s smuggling operation. However, the charge unexpectedly sets off secondary explosions which destroy the docks. Debrief by their “OGA” (Other Government Agency) handler Dusty, a former U.S. Army Delta Force operator, suggests that their charge set off hidden PETN explosives being smuggled in the shipping containers to the Philippines.
Mako follows the lead to Isabela City, Philippines, but are diverted to aid the Philippine SOCOM’s Task Force Tiger, led by General Barrera, with rescuing several hostages kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf Group. They identify one of the hostage takers as Marwan al-Khalifa but General Barrera denies Mako’s recommendations and instead orders his own NAVSOG operator, “Tiger 12”, to shoot Khalifa. Tiger 12 wounds Khalifa and, in the chaos, the kidnappers and an unidentified terrorist are able to escape with the hostages. Mother and Preacher link up with the NAVSOG team and push in to secure the hostages. After taking multiple casualties due to General Barrera’s poor decisions, Tiger 12 directs the NAVSOG team to ignore Barrera and follow Mother’s orders. The NAVSOG and DEVGRU operators are able to secure the hostages, though Tiger 12 is seriously wounded and Khalifa and the unknown terrorist escape. Humiliated, General Barrera uses his political connections to force Mother and Preacher to retire from the Navy.
Weeks later, Task Force Mako, now led by Voodoo and consisting of Stump and two replacements (Dingo and Tick), assists a Marine-led amphibious raid aimed at curtailing local Somali piracy.
Preacher takes his discharge and travels to Madrid, Spain to repair his failing marriage. While waiting for his wife’s train to arrive, he unexpectedly sees Khalifa but is unable to stop him from committing a suicide bombing in the station. When Preacher regains consciousness in the hospital, he finds Lena and their daughter are safe as they missed their train. Mother visits and tells him that intel from their missions revealed connections between the Madrid train bombing (which used smuggled PETN), Abu Sayyaf, the unknown terrorist (now identified as Sa’ad al Din), and a terrorist leader known only as “the Cleric”. Mother persuades him to join a newly-formed covert unit codenamed Task Force Blackbird, a joint effort between the Navy and the Central Intelligence Agency to investigate the PETN proliferation.
Meanwhile, Mako returns to the USS Bainbridge from their mission ashore to deal with a hostage situation on a U.S. freighter off the Somali coast.
Task Force Blackbird, composed of Mother, Preacher, and Ajab, a local Pakistani CIA asset, track a gun runner named Faraz who is linked to the PETN smuggling. The operation is kept secret from Pakistani officials as Blackbird suspects they are actually aiding the terrorist network. This appears to be confirmed as Blackbird is forced to engage Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents protecting Faraz. Mother and Preacher apprehend their target and learn the PETN is being supplied by a banker in Dubai named Hassan. While waiting for extraction, Faraz is killed by an enemy sniper and Ajab is barely able to help the two escape. While this is happening, Mako has tracked the PETN to Yemen and raids the terrorist facility storing it. There, they find a training camp with mockups of airports and train stations but only half of the PETN stockpile.
Blackbird arrives in Dubai and capture Hassan for interrogation. The SEALs manage to upload crucial data from Hassan’s laptop but are captured before they can escape with Hassan. This data leads Mako to Sarajevo, where a Bosnian weapons dealer named Stovan Bosic is selling the PETN. Mako links up with a team of Polish GROM, and the joint forces track Bosic to the abandoned bobsled/luge track from the 1984 Winter Olympics where they capture him. Bosic reveals that two ships containing the PETN had just left Dubai. Dusty notifies NATO forces in Croatia to impound one of the vessels while Mako is sent to intercept the other headed for Karachi.
Unbeknownst to them, Sa’ad al Din is interrogating Preacher and Mother aboard that very same cargo freighter. After refusing to divulge information, Mother is executed by Sa’ad al Din. As Mako arrives and assaults the ship, Preacher is able to escape and fight his way to the bridge. He corners and overpowers Sa’ad al-Din before Mako arrives and takes the latter into custody. This enables them to identify the Cleric’s identity as Hassan and his compound in Pakistan.
Preacher and Dusty join Mako in the final raid on Hassan’s compound. During the assault, Voodoo and Preacher locate Hassan and kill him when he attempts to detonate his suicide vest. Afterward, they return home and pay their respects to Mother at his funeral.
Source : Wikipedia
