Medal of Honor removes part of game

Magicking610 · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 7:05 am

http://knowelty.com/electronic-arts-pulls-plug-on-playing-as-the-taliban-in-upcoming-game/873589/

Thank you non-gamers, you just **** up a game that was supposed to come out in less than 2 weeks. Aparently, this was announced because the US Army pulled their official support for the game when they found out about being able to play as the Taliban. So, how exactly is the Multiplayer going to work? US vs US? Because that's not controversial at all :roll:

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Adbot · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 7:05 am

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 7:46 am

They haven't removed anything they just changed the name from taliban to "ethnic minority" or something along those lines.

Still pretty much convinced this was one giant publicity stunt anyway.

Not that it effects me as theres 3 war games to choose from; BF, MOH, COD. COD is for girls who can't handle a real shooter and just want easy mode no skill run n gun snooze fests. MOH is pretty much the same and BF has jet skis so it wins.

Cahriz · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 8:46 am

My god. Why should anyone who doesn't plan on buying the game even care? It's a game. Plenty more offensive things are out there in games, and if you aren't even affected by them, you should bug off. Just wow.

trekkie · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 9:13 am

i guess there wasn't a problem being a nazi killing americans

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 11:15 am

trekkie wrote:

i guess there wasn't a problem being a nazi killing americans

Of course not that happened long ago. Sadly people stop caring so much when it's in the past.

I can see why people might get angry over kids playing taliban and killing allied soldiers when there out there risking there necks. It's certainly not as black and white as these cases usually are. Is it right to cash in on and create a game out of something people are fighting and dying for right at this moment?

Sure it's just a game. Tell it to the mother who's just had her son killed it wasn't a game for them it was very real. Should you really be getting enjoyment out of that?

King Kulla · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 12:09 pm

What's the difference between the Taliban, and the "Arab terrorist sounding Op-for" in COD4? Wtf?

Clearly this was a stupid plan. I don't see how USA vs anyone else is any less "insensitive" than Taliban vs US. Just sayin'.

CreepyPirate wrote:

I can see why people might get angry over kids playing taliban and killing allied soldiers when there out there risking there necks. It's certainly not as black and white as these cases usually are. Is it right to cash in on and create a game out of something people are fighting and dying for right at this moment?

Sure it's just a game. Tell it to the mother who's just had her son killed it wasn't a game for them it was very real. Should you really be getting enjoyment out of that?

Yeah, I agree. If you tell the Iraqi and Afghani mothers blown up that US soldiers are killing "Arab sounding people" who are probably based on people from their country, then that's insensitive too, right? Double standards are fun.

War is war, and war games are war games. People die in real war, but people do not die in war games. If you're going to protest Talibani killing American soldiers, do it in protest of the war, not a war game where no one actually get's hurt.

Adbot · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 12:09 pm

trekkie · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 12:22 pm

Tell it to the mother who's just had her son killed it wasn't a game for them it was very real. Should you really be getting enjoyment out of that?

and throughout the time here creepy, i do not believe you actually give 2 ******* about other people's feelings

Evelyn · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 12:32 pm

MOH is BC2. Just remove destructible environments and replace the Russians with the Taliban Opposing Force.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 12:44 pm

King Kulla wrote:

What's the difference between the Taliban, and the "Arab terrorist sounding Op-for" in COD4? Wtf?

Clearly this was a stupid plan. I don't see how USA vs anyone else is any less "insensitive" than Taliban vs US. Just sayin'.

CreepyPirate wrote:

I can see why people might get angry over kids playing taliban and killing allied soldiers when there out there risking there necks. It's certainly not as black and white as these cases usually are. Is it right to cash in on and create a game out of something people are fighting and dying for right at this moment?

Sure it's just a game. Tell it to the mother who's just had her son killed it wasn't a game for them it was very real. Should you really be getting enjoyment out of that?

Yeah, I agree. If you tell the Iraqi and Afghani mothers blown up that US soldiers are killing "Arab sounding people" who are probably based on people from their country, then that's insensitive too, right? Double standards are fun.

War is war, and war games are war games. People die in real war, but people do not die in war games. If you're going to protest Talibani killing American soldiers, do it in protest of the war, not a war game where no one actually get's hurt.

Yes double standards are fun. It's how the world works. EA isn't trying to please Iraqies. There target audience isn't Iraq. Although thinking about it i suppose if they DID leave taliban in they could of marketed it in those countries. They missed a trick there.

It doesn't make sense and theres no logic to it so theres no point trying to force it in there. It's insensitive to the familys of those fighting out there. One of the maps was based on a british military base out there. So your allied forces fighting taliban in real life locations. It's a game trying to replicate a real life war happening now.

You can't understand why that MIGHT upset a few people?

You don't turn something as serious as that into entertainment and get away with it. Was stupid of them to try.

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and throughout the time here creepy, i do not believe you actually give 2 ******* about other people's feelings

I don't give a **** about it. I'm not buying the game. I can however still form an opinion and can still see why people might see that as insensitive.

What baffles me is why you lot can't.

Cahriz · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2010, 4:22 pm

Yes, but entertainment is straying farther and farther away from "entertainment". That is, lots of developers are creating games that prove a point, and sure playing through them is entertaining, but some seem very real and are meant more to be experianced. Lot's of people love the games that make them think "D***" is that seriously what's happening out there? That's what movies are, right?

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2010, 5:24 am

chris the wise wrote:

Yes, but entertainment is straying farther and farther away from "entertainment". That is, lots of developers are creating games that prove a point, and sure playing through them is entertaining, but some seem very real and are meant more to be experianced. Lot's of people love the games that make them think "D***" is that seriously what's happening out there? That's what movies are, right?

I assure you MOH is not going to be a game your supposed to experience. If it was the talking point wouldn't be the multiplayer. There just trying to cash in on COD's success. And it might just pay off. Doubt it will this time around but COD is a sinking ship so it's only a matter of time.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

First off, you misspelled the topic title. Might want to fix that.

On topic...If you think about most games like this, you are always playing on the "good guy's side." Besides games like GTA or maybe Bioshock, most games focus around the winning side or "good side." It's pretty unnatural for the MoH to offer the bad side as playable. Oh well. I don't know why people are paying attention more to games then to actual, realistic problems happening now. I mean, games are games that aren't actually real. But war is real and so is conflict. Might want to deal with the stuff that actually matters first rather than "fictional" gameplay.

trekkie · **Posted:** October 4th, 2010, 10:39 am

while this is here

http://www.medalofhonor.com/pcopenbeta

beta links are out but servers won't open til a week or so later

Magicking610 · **Posted:** October 4th, 2010, 11:59 am

Duke Juker wrote:

First off, you misspelled the topic title. Might want to fix that.

Did I? I don't see anything.

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On topic...If you think about most games like this, you are always playing on the "good guy's side." Besides games like GTA or maybe Bioshock, most games focus around the winning side or "good side." It's pretty unnatural for the MoH to offer the bad side as playable. Oh well. I don't know why people are paying attention more to games then to actual, realistic problems happening now. I mean, games are games that aren't actually real. But war is real and so is conflict. Might want to deal with the stuff that actually matters first rather than "fictional" gameplay.

I think you can only play as the "bad side" in multiplayer, as with all other games. Correct me if I'm wrong. And as for you Creepy, who think that MOH is just cashing in on CoD, I can't wait to prove you wrong next Tuesday. Hell, I might even write a review for it if I feel like it.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 4th, 2010, 12:20 pm

I've yet to be proven wrong about anything so far. Good luck to you.

I make that comment having not played the game, never having watched a single video of it and avoiding all dev interviews about the game. So I'm pretty much clueless about the game. But i am still going to be correct.

Campaign wont be over 6 hours on normal. Multiplayer will be the same as COD. Perks, fast respawns, quick deaths. Balanced in the sense that all the guns are pretty much 1 hit kills.

I'd like to add on 800 point map packs but i can't guarentee that one. Dunno how your going to prove me wrong though. I said there trying to i didn't say they was going to succeed at it not this time around. You've gotta give treyarch a few runs to really screw up COD first.

Gotta excuse my arrogance I've been watching a lot of House lately and i think i've taken him on as a sort of father figure.