MOH:Fighter Command

Electronic Arts has revealed its flight-combat game for the Sony PlayStation 2.

Electronic Arts has released specific details on Medal of Honor: Fighter Command for the Sony PlayStation 2. The game\'s story picks up following the infamous Pearl Harbor attacks and pits the player in air-combat missions over the South Pacific. The single-player modes in MOH: Fighter Command include such missions as dogfights with Japan\'s top aces, torpedo runs against battleships, aerial reconnaissance, search and rescue, and ground and air support for the US Marine invasion forces.

According to the developers, the missions are anything but straightforward. Players have to engage in the mission, complete it, and get back out of the area. "You have to make decisions about fuel and damage--you have choices in specific situations like going back to your carrier, jumping out of the plane, or going for a land base--and each decision has its own consequences," a member of the development team told GameSpot. "You have to constantly be thinking about what you do with your machine. If you end up in the water, depending on the decisions you made up to that point, you will be faced with different situations. For example, if you go down in a remote area, you may never be rescued. The single-player campaign has a very specific story. The idea is that we want to use the best aircraft that are suited specifically for each mission--we want to choose aircraft that we can create missions around."

Fighter Command will also include multiplayer gameplay modes. It is limited to two players, but there are unique missions where one player can serve as pilot and the other as tail gunner, and there are missions where some players have to escort another player through enemy lines. There are also a number of different aircraft in the game, ranging from the nimble fighters to a heavily armed patrol bomber.

Electronic Arts has not announced a release date for Fighter Command at this time. The game\'s musical score is being composed by Michael Giacchino and it is being created by the writer and producer of the original Medal of Honor game.

By Shahed Ahmed, GameSpot  [POSTED: 03/06/01 08:03 PM]


Oh man this sounds awesome!!

I thought the game was canned?

[Kurt Angle]

You may be right fastson, that info is over 2 years old.

It is canned.

Shit,it is to.Maybe I should look at date next time. (maybe Gamespot should go through their games list)

Why was this dropped the write up sounded excellent.I would love a WWII fighter game.They build up my hopes only to have them crushed!!

Sorry for wasting your time.  :snore:

WWII fighter planes sound cool.  But could you honestly make a game of doing that for 20+ hours!?!?  As a couple of bonus levels in a 3rd or first person shooter maybe but that\'s about it.  Probably canned it because of the monotony.

If you are in desperate need of a WWII fighter on the PS2.. There is another one coming.

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sim/secretweaponsovernormandy/index.html

This one looks pretty cool.






If you have a good PC, I can recommend IL-2 Sturmovik, very very realistic WW2 fighter sim (you can fly as Russians and Germans in the regular version.. The addon lets you play as Russians, Germans, Finns, Americans and Brits I think.).

Fastson:Yeah that should do the job,thanks for heads up.

THX:You don\'t want to know how many hours I spent on Ace Combat.

Ace Combat involves modern jetplanes.  I share your interest with that as I loved AF: Delta Storm for Xbox.  Even though, I take back my statement.  If there is enough variation (planes, levels) I can see myself blasting at enemies over and over with the same weapon.