After being inserted, they come under heavy fire and one of their Chinooks is shot down. The player then takes control of Army Ranger Specialist Dante Adams as the force is sent into the Shah-i-Kot valley. The surviving vehicles withdraw leaving the Colonel no choice but to send in the Rangers as ordered. After engaging the column, it is revealed that they were actually friendly ANA and US forces.
Flagg calls in a rage, and orders an AC-130 crew to open fire on an unidentified convoy approaching Wolfpack's position. After completing their mission ahead of schedule, the Colonel sends ANA soldiers to eliminate several insurgent positions. They are tasked with scouting and weakening enemy positions while traveling on ATVs. The player takes over as Deuce, a Delta operator in a four-man team with the callsign Wolfpack. While Drucker plans to use Tier 1 operators to recon insurgent positions in the valley and ANA soldiers to eliminate them, Flagg is mistrusting of the locals and gives the Colonel a 24-hour deadline to send in the 10th Mountain Division, the 101st Airborne Division, and US Army Rangers. US Army Colonel Drucker commands all local assets, is shown as a cautious, competent officer, in contrast to his commanding officer, General Flagg, who works in an office in the United States and is impatient and ignorant of the AFO teams' role in the operation. After defeating the Taliban forces stationed there and fending off the counter-attack, the airfield is quickly re-purposed as a FOB by NATO forces. Shortly after their meeting with Tariq, AFO Neptune is tasked to secure Bagram Airfield with a contingent of Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers. Tariq informs them that the Taliban have a significant force composed of five hundred to one thousand combatants in the Shah-i-Kot Valley, many more than US intelligence initially believed. Eventually, the four shooters find Tariq and kill his captors. After barely managing to escape the ambush, Rabbit and Voodoo fight through the village and regroup with their team. During the opening days of the invasion of Afghanistan, a squad of United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), callsign Neptune, composed of operators Mother, Voodoo, Preacher, and Rabbit, the player character, are sent to meet with an Afghan informant codename Tariq, who has intelligence that the CIA is interested in retrieving.ĭespite assurances by forces loyal to Tariq that the village is clear, it is actually a set-up, as the squad is attacked by Chechen gunmen. The game begins during the immediate aftermath of the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. The story may be based on events that occurred during Operation Anaconda that took place in March 2002, six months after 9/11, specifically the seizing of Bagram Airfield, the Battle of Shah-i-Kot, and Battle of Takur Ghar.
The players assume the role of a DEVGRU operator code-named " Rabbit", Delta Force sniper code-named " Deuce", Ranger Dante Adams and Apache helicopter gunner Brad Hawkins. The storyline follows several Tier 1 Operators working under the National Command Authority in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. The game features a single-player campaign, in which the player will control multiple characters from both the "Tier 1" and "Big Military" perspectives. When the character is within the blast radius of a live grenade, a marker indicates the direction of the grenade, helping the player to flee from the frag grenade. If the player get a headshot an icon will appear to the screen. If the player stays out of fire, the player can recover. When the player has taken damage, the edges of the screen glow red. Using cover helps the player avoid enemy fire or recover health after taking significant damage, as there are no armor or health power ups. The single player includes some usable vehicles such as helicopters, jeeps and a quad bike.Ī player can be positioned in one of three stances: standing, crouching, or prone each affecting the character's rate of movement, accuracy, and stealth. The game introduces new weapons and technology to the Medal Of Honor franchise, including the M4A1 carbine, M16A4 assault rifle, the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System, AN/PEQ side rail-mounted laser pointer, the MP7A1 Submachine gun, and the AT4.
It includes the kinds of objectives and tasks issued in real life such as raiding terrorist hideouts, hostage rescues and undercover operations. The emphasis is on realism, with EA going as far as to bring in real Tier 1 Operators from the United States military as consultants.
The game breaks away from the World War II setting of previous games in the series and is instead set in ongoing War in Afghanistan. The 2010 Medal of Honor differs from the previous Medal of Honor installments.