MOH Airborne

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee parachutes into EA's Medal of Honor Airborne.

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A tad preachy this time around, but not without merit.

I'd love to see a Steam-punk WWII game with Hitler on a robotic spider.

le fuck + cry mich ein river = win

Hot lead rupturing their pastry! I never thought Id think of french people as a tasty snack....:p

Excellent stuff, as usual!

This was the least funny and coincidentally the most political of these yet.

Less political blather, more witty commentary that isn't just the same as stuff you can find all over the web, but faster and with an accent.

Great as usual, but m8... you had punctuations in your review. Tsk tsk...

Oh and btw, those towers do exist ;)

They're called Flakturm.

That's ok 1UP did the same mistake. Only worst.

*edit* Damn, chenr beat my edit :p

Those giant super-fortresses from the last level? Yeah, they're called Flakturms, and they did exist. Eight of them, in fact. Three in Berlin, two in Hamburg, and three more in Vienna. Some of them are still standing.

But I'm almost positive that the Americans never tried to attack one. Even the Russians avoided them.

I have to agree with everyone else. Least funny escapist yet. Stay out of politics and being so preachy and stick to video game reviews.

Yahtzee, i HAD to register to post, you had me in stitches my good man, great work. One of your best so far!

PS. Damn, metalmurphy beat me to it, you DO have punctuation in your scripts haha!

Great review once again. But I'm gonna have to point out that the giant death tower in MoHA is a German Flak-Tower and there were quite a few.

sadly the only real info I can find online is wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower

Someone needs to make a game that consists solely of Normandy levels and Hoth levels...

Being somebody who pays attention to politics and world events, there are 2 places in entertainment where I can generally go and not be assaulted with politics and world events, music and games. Let's keep the game stuff about the games and leave the politics for more appropriate forums for this type of discourse.

Otherwise I funny enough review that asks the question I have always wondered about why they keep making ww2 games for even loner than the actual war lasted now. Hopefully they will take a break for while.

lol, this is one of the best ones

chenry: Beat me to it! Although the real Flak Towers probably weren't as architecturally impressive as depicted in the game. However, I never seen one so I don't really know.

I'm inclined to agree as well in that this is the least funny Zero Punctuation yet. I'm normally not bothered by people's opinions who may be the opposite of mine (particularly American foreign policy), but ZP is one of my favorite weekly features so I'm a bit disappointed by this one. But I do understand its natural for people dislike our policies, culture, etc. because of how awesome we are, so its okay.

So yeah, less blather more funny.

Mwahahahaha xD I love these reviews! "Le Fuck!"

Hengst2404:
Being somebody who pays attention to politics and world events, there are 2 places in entertainment where I can generally go and not be assaulted with politics and world events, music and games. Let's keep the game stuff about the games and leave the politics for more appropriate forums for this type of discourse.

Otherwise I funny enough review that asks the question I have always wondered about why they keep making ww2 games for even loner than the actual war lasted now. Hopefully they will take a break for while.

You apparently haven't met many hippies. Politics infects everything.

Haha! Oh dear Yatzee! seems like your review was a bit to political for some Americans here and your remarks seem to have ruffled their feathers! I thought this was brilliant as always!
I cant belive people are accusing you of being preachy - guys he's just saying what the rest of the world is thinking...

Hengst2404:
Being somebody who pays attention to politics and world events, there are 2 places in entertainment where I can generally go and not be assaulted with politics and world events, music and games.

Jesus, what music do you listen to and what games do you play?

Despite everyone (well teh Americans who get so upset over politics) bitching about the politics.
I thought this was one of your best videos yet and the political made it better I think.
So yar well done on yet another great one.

Haha! Oh dear Yatzee! seems like your review was a bit to political for some Americans here and your remarks seem to have ruffled their feathers! I thought this was brilliant as always!

Was just thinking that. Thought it was excellent, and back on track after the Mario one (thought that was a bit dull), which possibly goes to show that he shouldn't review games that he wants to ;)

You are of course right on that account. I guess politics in games are the use of political subtexts and allegories in games is not an uncommon occurrence. The difference here being that this wasn't a politically charged game which led to a discussion on current U.S. Foreign policy, its a game about WWII.

I guess I just like coming to a gaming site to hear about games, no be presented with more anti- U.S. anti-U.S. foreign policy discussions/rants.

It's funny how Europe spends its entire existing having nothing but wars with itself, and then when we drop a couple bombs they're a bunch of peace loving hippies and we're the warmongers.

Personally, I don't want to forget WWII because of a lot there is to learn from it (such as a dumb ass British Prime Minister thinking a signature on a piece of paper was going to keep Hitler from bombing London), but also simply because history shouldn't be forgotten in the first place.

However, I think the fact that EA feels like pumping out a new WWII title every year isn't the fault of America(ns). Those games really don't sell that much anymore, after all. I think it's the fault of EA. They know some bunch of douchebags will buy the games and so pump them out anyway. But that's EA. If it really was a problem with America then something makes me doubt that Call of Duty would be making the push into the modern era.

*Snip* - Joe

As for the actual review, when Yahtzee discussed the game I was laughing. That, at least, was all true instead of being the opinion of a bitter European looking for a chance to jab at America whenever he can.

Joe:

Hengst2404:
Being somebody who pays attention to politics and world events, there are 2 places in entertainment where I can generally go and not be assaulted with politics and world events, music and games.

Jesus, what music do you listen to and what games do you play?

Again I was actually referring not to games with political themes, more to the very inclusion of an anti-us diatribe in the middle of a WWII game review. There is plenty of politically charged movies, games and music out there and there is even more of all of those that has no political ax to grind. If I misrepresented what I was getting at I apologize.

As to having ruffled feathers about what was said, not at all. As an American I will be the first to blast many of my country's insane to woefully incompetent policies, both foreign and domestic. I don't take issue with what was said, merely question its relevance to the actual review. Again there are far better places to discuss US Foreign policies, I come to entertainment websites like this to discuss games.

Ahh a bit of politics when reviewing an American war game is fine you bunch of whiners.

Keep on rambleing Yahtzee

Hehehe, you got us Americans spot on! Great job, keep up the awesome reviews.

Life is political, more than ever. Trying to avoid political comment in the media is like trying to avoid sunlight in Norway in June.

That said, I'm not one of the people who was offended by the apparently political content of this episode.

Then again, I'm not American either.

Suck it up, marines!

Great review again Yahtzee, i wait with baited breath for your next.

I have to say it was very funny and reading the pissed off responses to you're little bit of America baiting, guys seriously it's all true but we are taking the piss out of your government and not you (you bunch of illiterate, cheeseburger eating, fascist twats) and if you take that to heart too then congratulate yourself on living in the land of the free (sic) and grow a sense of humour.

American isn't entirely jingoistic idiots but I can see why that might be a bit hard to see from the outside when we are in one war and trying to start a second. But on topic, this was great, not quite as good as the 'Darkness' and 'Heavenly Sword' reviews but then what is.

bitchinslap:
Haha! Oh dear Yatzee! seems like your review was a bit to political for some Americans here and your remarks seem to have ruffled their feathers! I thought this was brilliant as always!
I cant belive people are accusing you of being preachy - guys he's just saying what the rest of the world is thinking...

i wonder why it's assumed the people upset about the political content in the video are american. maybe people just don't want the politics thrown in their faces?

Not your best work and a bit too much political ranting.

Still funny. "Le fuck" and "Cry mich ein river" had me snickering.

So doesnt Yahtzee relize that all the talent from the MOH series left after allied assault and moved to you make Call of Duty arguably one of the most fun WWII games even if their whoring themselves out to consles

Caolinn:
i wonder why it's assumed the people upset about the political content in the video are american. maybe people just don't want the politics thrown in their faces?

Take me for example. I'm American, and I thought the political criticism of America was the funniest part of the review. I guess after hearing so much of fellow Americans bashing other countries, it's refreshing to hear us bashed once in a while.

Judging by the incoherence of the posts of those who are putting this review down for its 'political content', I'd say Yahtzee is ruffling the right feathers. It's amusing to watch people who are incapable of objective analysis and criticism of their country (though that's not uniquely American).

Not that 'political content' requires any justification (unless you enjoy flavorless crap -- oh wait, that's American food and TV), but the fact that the game is full of 'political content' kind of suggests that a (reasonable) review would include some talk about that.

Oh man, I just beat this game the other day, despite its flaws (which Yahtzee pointed out) it was a pretty "fun" game. Maybe he just doesn't possess the required gaming skills to play the game? If you are getting sniped every 5 seconds, then maybe you should use cover, and peer around the edges to find said snipers. The only parts that I had trouble with were the appearance of the retarded Super Nazi Storm Troopers of Death, and some areas in the Flakturm. I do agree though that the Allied AI was more annoying than any of the enemies (always stepping in front of my line of fire).

Oh, btw I'm American and I don't agree with our foreign (or domestic) policies.

I do find it amazing that this issue like so many, seems to result in the same common occurrences. Clearly we are all entitled to our own opinions, so we can skip that one for the moment. Why is it, that when people address this topic, it quickly becomes a bunch of Americans with ruffled feathers? Or that we are automatically crying or whining about the mean British man and his anti-American feelings?

This really does get tired when somebody takes one side on an issue and the other side of the issue is that the other side is whining, crying or needs to get thicker skin? Whatever happened to actual discourse and debate? Things immediately move from debate to one side is irrational and the other is right?

I again contend my only point was that in coming to a gaming site, I want to discuss the games and that I didn't necessarily see the value of the rant in the review. Then again, I am sure one could contend that by the very nature of his work, that this was just a part of Yahtzee's talent and that nobody should be surprised by it.

So all of that bs aside I again agree that the review was rather funny and one day, god willing, we will find more suitable subject matter for games than retreads of bloody wars that hollywood has convinced us are heroic, noble and exciting. Perhaps a nice exciting game, perhaps Medal of Honor the storming of Grenada would be a great game. Or Medal of Honor: The hunt for Noriega, now those games would sell.