Danger Close producer Greg Goodrich has revealed in a USA Today interview some new information about the just-announced military shooter Medal of Honor: Warfighter. The game will focus on a new terrorist threat revolving around the explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) as well as the domestic issues that the elite soldiers of the game must deal with.
PETN is one of the most potent explosives in the world, which was used by the 2001 shoe bomber Richard Reid and the 2009 “Underwear Bomber.” The substance was also discovered inside printer toner cartridges bound for the United States on flights from Yemen in 2010. The substance is not new: during World War II, PETN was used in exploding-bridgewire detonators for the atomic bombs.
As for the domestic side, the sensitive dynamics of an operator’s home life is also explored, and much of it is authentic due to the story being penned by actual Tier One operators.
According to Goodrich, one of the storylines involves Preacher’s home life, as he has to deal with his non-traditional career and his wife. “When we begin our story there is sort of this crossroads that Preacher has come to that the relationship with his wife can go either way,” he stated, ”She needs help raising their child and she is about to give up. But Preacher he is a fighter and he is going to do whatever it takes to repair that and fix that.”
”It all comes to a head,” Goodrich added, ”That is sort of the crux of these two individuals and her understanding why he does what he does and who he is and truly why he is gone all the time because she now sees the evil in the world that he sees. Likewise, it becomes very real to him in the sense that the issues that they had and the things they argued about maybe weren’t as important as they thought they were at the time. … It’s the kind of story you don’t normally get in a game about war.”
Goodrich also revealed one vital piece of information that fans would be most interested in: the release date. Medal of Honor: Warfighter will be arriving on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on the 23rd October.
