Men of Valor

Spielt Men of Valor, es lohnt sich. Auch wenn unser Test ein paar negative Punkte aufgezeigt hat findet Ihr in diesem Game den zurzeit besten Vietnam-Shooter. In keinem anderen dieser Spiele ist die Stimmung so bedrückend, die Umsetzung so erschreckend realistisch und die Einsätze so actionreich unterschiedlich. Besonders die Nachteinsätze werden Euch schlaflose Nächte bereiten und der Multiplayer-Part bietet weiteren Spielspaß.

Im Vietnamkrieg verbrauchten amerikanische GIs durchschnittlich 50.000 Schuss pro Feind. Kein Wunder, waren doch die US-Soldaten nicht für den Dschungelkampf ausgebildet. Die Vietcong dagegen kannten sich in heimatlichen Gefilden aus. Nur mit Mühe konnten die Amerikaner ihre Feinde im dichten Dschungel von Vietnam ausmachen, zumal viele tödliche Fallen die Aufmerksamkeit der Soldaten zusätzlich strapazierten. In genau solche Situationen versetzt Sie Men of Valor, der neueste Ego-Shooter des Entwicklers 2015 (Medal of Honor: Allied Assault). Sie schlüpfen in die dunkle Haut von Dean Shepard, einem ahnungs-losen Vietnam-Frischling, der sich seinen Aufenthalt im Land des Roten Flusses als ein Abenteuer vorstellt. Doch er täuscht sich ...

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Men of Valor hat aus mir wieder einen lebendigen Menschen gemacht. Lange Jahre saß ich nur gleichgültig herum und war zu kaum einer Gefühlsregung fähig. Nur als die Mauer fiel, entglitten mir kurz die Gesichtszüge und eine Träne kullerte mir über die Wange. Men of Valor hat all das verändert. Der sackschwere Schwierigkeitsgrad und das gemeine Speichersystem haben aus mir ein fluchendes Ungetüm gemacht. Immer wieder hab´ ich wütend schreiend aufgehört zu zocken und mir geschworen, das Spiel nie mehr anzufassen. Doch zwei Sekunden später saß ich wieder davor. Warum? Ganz einfach: Weil es so geil ist!

Trying to stay alive in the jungles of Vietnam doesn't exactly sound like a laugh-a-minute riot, but Men of Valor nonetheless entertains. The control is about as tight as console first-person shooting gets, and I deeply appreciate the fact that developer 2015 has made good use of their M rating.

Vietnam-Shooter gibts es mittlerweile wie Sand am Meer, mit Men of Valor findet der Trend allerdings erst einmal sein Ende. In unserem Test erfahrt ihr, ob und wie sich Men of Valor von anderen Vietnam-Shootern abhebt und ob es lohnenswert ist, den Titel in seinem Regal stehen zu haben.

Vaikka Men of Valorilla on hetkensä, sitä vaivaa ilottomuus. Hauskuus on kaukana, kun eteneminen on jatkuvaa veren maku suussa puskemista. Vaikka mustan sotasankarin tarinassa on yritystä, se ei ihan riitä kantavaksi ideaksi. Kaikki maistuu liikaa Medal of Honorilta Vietnamin sodassa.

Unlike most recent Vietnam War-themed games--and unlike most Vietnam War-themed anything, for that matter--Men of Valor sort of recasts the war as a misunderstood WWII-style conflict without much moral ambiguity. The developers haven't completely abandoned their civic duty, though, since the main character is an African-American grunt, which leads to some earnest lessons about racism in between the shooting. Luckily, the shooting wins out over the moralizing and helps make Men of Valor one of the few games to successfully tackle the Vietnam War.

In a time where World War II games are a dime a dozen, developers are just recently beginning to tap into the Vietnam War as a venue for war games. Titles like Battlefield: Vietnam, Conflict: Vietnam, Shellshock: Nam ’67 and more are hitting the market hoping to gain the same success that the WWII genre has enjoyed over the past few years. Now, from Vivendi Universal comes Men of Valor, a Vietnam FPS with a bit more of a personal tone and storyline.

Men of Valor is a first-person shooter set in the Vietnam War. And it's good! Whaddya know? After the US lost the Vietnam War to the North Vietnamese, after the favorable public opinion was lost back home, and then developers lost it a bunch more times to whatever mysterious force stood between them and making a decent game, somebody has finally licked the Vietnam curse. Men of Valor is a first-person shooter set in the Vietnam War. And it's good! Those of you keeping score at home through the recent, seemingly unending torrent of disappointing Vietnam War games, can dust off the unused "win" column, take the pencil out from behind your ear, and write "1, USA!"

Overall, Men of Valor is not a bad military shooter-far from it in fact. It's a good military shooter with a well written single-player campaign, some catchy tunes from the era and a fully featured multiplayer mode. Those of you who are military shooter buffs should certainly want to play it, but don't expect the type of nail-biting action that we've witnessed in Call of Duty or MoH: AA. The game just never clicked in the same way for this reviewer and that had very little to do with the different nature of the conflicts that were portrayed in the abovementioned games.

'Tis the season to be a Vietnam shooter, and Developer 2015, known for its work with Electronic Arts on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, is assuredly providing the best chance of re-creating the most authentic semblance of Vietnam in a videogame. Not surprisingly, Men of Valor, for both Xbox and PC, feels remarkably like Medal of Honor (not to mention sounding a little like it too), only instead of the historically noble and valiant days of World War II, we're in the psychedelic, ethically challenged days of Vietnam in the nation-torn 1960s.

There are all sorts of gray areas when talking about Men of Valor, beyond whether it's good or bad. The question is: Is being good good enough? I think we all know what to expect of Vietnam games. Ambushes and booby traps in the jungle deep, the sometimes ambiguous moral tone of soldiers, and some pretty f'ed-up situations are all common devices. At each turn, Men of Valor did just enough (and sometimes more than that) to take on these core elements and make them worthy playing.

Men of Valor portrays Vietnam differently then the others on the same war. Its main competition, Shellshock Nam 67', paints a picture of violence and gore that will creep out players about the horror that took place there. Men of Valor presents the war as misinterpreted and how the soldiers went through so many struggles to make it out of Vietnam. And you know what; it works fine as Xbox Live is what holds this game above the others that were recently released.

Als pc speler wist je het ondertussen al, maar nu zijn ook consolegamers op de hoogte van het feit dat het mogelijk is een goed Vietnamgame te maken. Alleen jammer van sommige personageanimaties, ongewild fatale script-events en allesbehalve 'onzichtbare' VC.

Men of Valor is unquestionably the best singleplayer Vietnam game out now. It provides a visceral experience, but it’s far from perfect. Had the gameplay been refined, and the AI a bit smarter, this game would’ve been great. As it is now, it’s just your typical scripted FPS.

Vietcong war mir einfach nicht "dschungelig" genug. In Men of Valor hingegen ist der Urwald so dicht, dass man getötete Gegner im Unterholz kaum wieder findet. Das sorgt für tolle Atmospähre! Aber es gibt nicht nur Dauergrün: Mal bin ich in der Stadt, mal in staubigen Höhlen und mal in sumpfigen Reisfeldern unterwegs. Doch obwohl ich meine Kameraden im Schlepptau habe, bin ich praktisch alleine unterwegs: Die Jungs sind so dämlich, dass sie auch grad daheim bleiben könnte. Aber darüber sehe ich hinweg, weil die Stimmung passt und ich einfach wissen muss, was aus Dean und Jamie wird.

After Call of Duty, the de facto standard in a military game these days is group combat. No man fights alone, unless you happen to be Rambo. Men of Valor appropriately follows the design trend, but injects a little more life into your squad-mates. Set in the midst of the Vietnam War, Men of Valor doesn't quite get all the action right, but there's more of character driven drama herein. You will steadily get to know your team through in-game cut scenes and character enriched sound bites.

In many ways, the Vietnam conflict was a war like no other. Gone was the trench fighting prevalent in WWI and the house-to-house combat featured in WWII, replaced with guerrilla-style attacks in the thick jungles of Southeast Asia. Soldiers often couldn't see where their enemies were attacking from, relying mostly on muzzle flashes in the dark, green foliage or the sounds of foes crashing through the dense underbrush. A few games that were released earlier this season tried to recreate the panicked intensity of life in the 'Nam, with weak results.

Men of Valor is a solid game at its core, but it's very, very rough around the edges. Designed as a leafy corridor shooter, these green, foliage-filled hallways are at least wider and less obvious than in most games of this type. The final build, however, has roughly cobbled-together cutscenes, the long load times we saw on the Xbox version, and disturbing trends in its AI. It's more trial-and-error than experiment-and-enjoy. It's certainly intense, but is it all that fun?

All in all, Men of Valor is a pretty average game. The generally uninspiring visuals and formulaic missions do little to keep you enthralled, but the entertaining multiplayer modes give you a reason to come back to the game. Probably the best Vietnam game released so far, but that isn't saying much.

Mas mesmo com seus defeitos, "Men of Valor" consegue oferecer diversão. Algumas opções multiplayer ajudam a longevidade do game, mas não fazem milagres. Alguns meses extras na prancheta poderiam fazer dele um clássico - mas da maneira como está, ele pode se perder na enxurrada de simuladores de guerra.

There's certainly enough merit to Men of Valor to make it worth playing. It seems to be constrained by the usual video game pitfalls, and while that works against it, it manages to pull off more than a typical Hollywood production ever could. There are those moments you truly feel involved, as tension mounts before you're spotted and you only have one chance to make the shot count. This is what the entire game should be, and sadly, it's not.

Despite the fact that it gets the job done, Men of Valor is generally disappointing. It's a decent game, but just nowhere near as enjoyable or impressive as the many new FPS recruits who have recently landed on the retail battlefield. Since Conscientious Objector status can result in jail time, hundred of thousands in fines and character assassination, we suggest you rent this war before enlisting.

With games like Vietcong and Battlefield: Vietnam tearing down the proverbial walls of Jericho, the largely untouched Vietnam War has become a viable digital staging ground and many developers are rushing to cash in on the latest craze. If gaming is any indication, Vietnam is the new World War II.

Au final, donc, et malgré la présence d'une ambiance sonore de premier ordre, constellée de coups de feu lointains, d'explosions assourdissantes, de cris d'animaux effrayés et bercée de compositions musicales orchestrées dignes de longs métrages, Men Of Valor ne parvient pas à convaincre. Une atmosphère prenante, une qualité graphique évidente, mais un fond plat doublée de l'apparition d'une I.A plus que lacunaire, tenant du risible. De même, on pourra critiquer un certain parti pris au creux du soft, toutefois moins présent que dans certains autres titres traitant du même sujet. Une mauvaise surprise de la part des créateurs de Medal Of Honor.

Men Of Valor traîne bien des casseroles derrière lui, pas la peine de s'acharner sur sa dépouille, on va pas donner dans la méchanceté gratuite. Dans un esprit certes bien différent, les joueurs Xbox ont mieux à faire avec Halo 2 en matière de shooter.

La mise en scène de qualité n'arrive pas à sauver l'IA hallucinante de stupidité. Ni la réalisation bâclée. La guerre dans ces conditions, non merci. Il ne reste qu'une solution : la désertion.

Men of Valor är helt enkelt ett dussinspel och varför någon skulle plåga sig igenom de första timmarna för att spela resten av uppdragen som ändå är mediokra begriper jag inte. Vi har sett det förr och vi har sett det bättre.