Play as Al-Qaeda? I can’t support the new Medal of Honor

Hamza CTZ Aziz of Destructoid: Needless to say, I got pretty excited when I heard a new Medal of Honor was in the works. The fact that the game takes place in my home country of Afghanistan got me even more hyped. Blow terrorists up? Awesome! America! Football! Hamburgers! Dancing with the Stars!

Then I got my hands on it and it became a different story. I soon realized that this iteration of the franchise allows you to control and role play as the people responsible for terrorizing my friend’s and family’s homeland, both here and overseas. In the shuffle of an EA press event at a shoulder’s length away from my peers, I just froze there looking at the different playable Al-Qaeda characters. It’s funny how we keep feelings in the backs of our minds, and how they can just suddenly appear when the situation arises.

[SupaGamer]

Good point. Nice piece.

[Yi-Long]

... one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

Don't you think half the world has their doubts about playing as a western soldier bombing and shooting the shit out of poor foreigners protecting their land!?

OFCOURSE, Al Qaide, as well as the Taliban, are utter and complete SCUMMBAGS...

No question about that.

But obviously, there are a huge amount of people in the world who feel the same way about our troops. And TBH, in some cases where our motives for war are pretty debatable, they might be very right.

[yewles1]

"... one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."

Remind me to retaliate whenever you use THAT excuse to kill MY family.

[GWAVE]

Not that I support the Taliban or political terrorists in any way, shape, or form...

...but people are fine playing as gangbangers, drug-dealers, and murderers (who really do kill innocent people and destroy lives) in the GTA series. If you're going to take the moral highroad, take it in all respects.

[Imperator]

Eh, most people are hypocrites.

[NecrumSlavery]

As a soldier, who has fought in Afghanistan and in Helmand Provenance, I kind of thought real hard about it as I was playing the beta. It's a skin glued to some polygons. If I think of as anything else, I'd not want to play it. Any game where you play as a bad guy who kills Americans or anyone for that instant is offensive...if you let it.. The Nazis, the zombies, the helghast, the covenant, they all represent war and the reality is those against you want to kill you. You play as russians in MW2. americans might find it offensive that russians are killing them, or russians may be offended they are getting killed by americans. I think the issue derives from the sence of realism. But without a meaning to make a joke here, Taliban are dumb. They are wreckless and unorganized from the leaders to the footmen. The only ones in the taliban regime that have any clue of tactics are the officers in their ranks who send their warfighters out like chess peices. they can't shoot, they fight like cowards. they don't carry guns, instead they shoot from a cache, then drop the waopon and run from building to building, tunnel to tunnel to another cache and receive another weapon. This way when yo snag a PUC, they won't be found with a gun, and can claim they are just a farmer. i guess they have a little bit of brains, them lying bastards. so when i'm playing a match in kabul, and take one in the face from a taliban guy, I just say to myself it's only a game, and take 0% of it to heart. let's not turn this into a issue like konami's 7 days in fallujah. it's not that big of a deal.

[Megaton]

"one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."

That's a controversial thing to say, and I'm not surprised the first response was offended by it, but it does hold some truth. Different people, different countries, different histories, different perspectives.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

AMEN @ YI-Long.

you are wise my friend. Bubbles+

[gamingisnotacrime]

true but still, would you support freedom fighters that kill your family and neighbors JUST Cause u american. that is the only reason they need to cut ones head with a sword.
I will play a 1000 games blowing those suckers up than 1 game were i play as one of those scumbags and aim the rifle at my country men and women

really unnecessary and not likely to be popular among americans

Edit @ GWAVE

is not about who is right or wrong. unbiased analysis might show taht the US is actually responsible for most of the blodshed, but that does not mean one will sympathize with the people who are killing day in and day out our men and women on the armed forces.
i will favor my country's army any day no matter what and NEVER attack it

[captain-obvious]

so fuckin what
its a game

[SeanRL]

Captain obvious has got it right. It's just a game, you think it's any nicer for the japanese to kill their own in BF1943? It's stupid to not buy a game for this.

[Darkstorn]

The Al-Qaida have committed atrocities on a vast scale, but American troops are not without some level of fault as well. No army is perfect.

However, I can understand how some people find it offensive. While I personally see nothing wrong with it, I encourage those who feel that this is disrespectful to refrain from playing the game.

[raztad]

I want to play as the "bad guys" as well. KZ3 is another game I'm itchy to play as the bad dudes. I'm going to wait for reviews to see if the "terrorist" section is substantial or just a couple of minutes. W/o going falling in a political debate, I'm gonna say only this: DONT turn my games into a propaganda/brainwashing machinery.

[Dee_91]

this is a video game right ?

[PoSTedUP]

but yeah its just a game guys.

i will shoot the USnavySeal in the head just as fast as the terrorist as long as im getting my XP for it

lol.

[inception123]

lol it is funny that people are willing to defend a terrorist organization just to defend games. people get your priorities in order seriouly. these are the people who killed over 3,000 people on 9/11 and you're calling them freedom fighters? let me guess you don''t have a problem with nazis either? there is a reason osama is the most wanted man in the world and it is not because he is innocent. i swear gamers are fvcking retards no matter what you refuse to say some things are wrong with gaming.

[rdgneoz3]

@inception123 Read about the cold war and Afghanistan, its interesting.
Wiki (not the best reference but easier to reference instead of history books): http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
"The United States began training insurgents in, and directing propaganda broadcasts into Afghanistan from Pakistan in 1978. Then, in early 1979, U.S. foreign service officers began meeting insurgent leaders to determine their needs. According to the then US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, CIA financial aid to the insurgents within Afghanistan was approved in July 1979, six months before the Soviet Invasion, though after the Soviets were already covertly engaged there. Arms were sent after the formal invasion."
"US 'Paramilitary Officers' from the CIA's Special Activities Division were instrumental in training, equipping and sometimes leading Mujihadeen forces against the Soviet Army."
"the United States donating '$600 million in aid per year, with a matching amount coming from the Persian Gulf states.'"
"Once the Soviets withdrew, US interest in Afghanistan ceased. The US decided not to help with reconstruction of the country and instead they handed over the interests of the country to US allies, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan"
"Estimates of the Afghan deaths vary from 100,000 to 1 million"

/\ We helped train Afgani mujahideen / "guerrilla fighter", gave them money and weapons to fight the Soviets, and when everything was done, we kicked them to the curb for others to deal with. I don't support their killing of innocent people (they deserve to die for it), but the US is not the most innocent country in the world.

Seeing as its a more modern game than other shooters, people have a problem with playing the bad guy. But no one has been up in arms about killing American soldiers in shooters while playing as the Soviets, Japanese, or Nazis.

[PoSTedUP]

dont be oblivious to the fact that USA is responsible for hundreds of ground zeros all over the world and has attempted to take over over 45 foreign goverments since 1945, USA (along with other superpowers) is the cause for third world countrys by exploiting their people and raping their land to use for slave labor and to our own benefit. we have killed OVER 100,000 innocent civilians over in the middle east since the start of the war. it is time to wake up and see that we start wars for our own benefit and invade small country's so we can use for resources and other cheap labor. WE HAD it coming bruh. i feel sori for the american citizens that lost their lives on 9/11 dont get me wrong, but something like this was bound to happen. if a large country was invading USA you bet your ass WE will be strapping bombs to our own ass and trying to take out as many of those m************ as we could and WE would be called heros for that, just like they are doing in the middle east. why do you think the women and kids are throwing stones at tanks? they dont want us there, we only do harm and 90% of the world knows this. there are many documentary's you can watch that tells storys of our troops killing innocent people who didnt have it comming to them. we are not defending terrorists. we are telling it like it is, dont listen to the news because the media blinds you, look up facts and analyze for your self. im not going to even get into osama (he was a cia tactician for our government, we funded that man to make him who he is today). im just spreading the word for someone like you who has been blind to the fact and never really thought about this situation (tho is seems). people need to wake up. the USA will never change, we got this counrty by exterminating 11,000,000 native americans, try and find THOSE WORDS in your history books. USA may be the land of the free, but we are home of the slaves, and our practices and the way we do business are dirty and evil. and that is why the world hates us. not because they are jealous, because we have destroyed millions apon millions of lives and we continue to do so.

[JewyMcJew]

"one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"

Moral relativism aside, if anyone thinks Al Qaeda is fighting for freedom than they and I have very different idea of what the word "freedom" means.

If you believe freedom means the right to convert and practice any wish you chose, marry who you wish, leave your house without asking for permission from your male child, build a church, mosque or Hindu temple, than welcome to the West!

[rdgneoz3]

@casualkiss All your "freedoms" were good except "marry who you wish". Gay marriage isn't legal in the US yet, unlike some other countries :P

[Millah]

Hey guys, I better stop playing Counter Strike. Turns out one team plays as terrorists, and kills the counter terrorists. OMG

[PotatoClock]

No consquences. Made by an American company, so your dollars are not supporting terroists in any way. A damn game.

Theres no issue here. The only role they will play in this game is that their the other team. I highly doubt they'll do any "controversial" MW2 type scene in it at all where you have to actually do what a terroist does. They'll just be the other side in a conflict, the same deal thats been done with any other FPS, thats it.

Inception, don't play games if you can't understand what fiction is.

[jetlian]

who follows what america is doing just because your an american should be classed as a terrorist!!!

I don't see how anybody can think america should and does have army bases around the world and think thats normal. i don't see foreign troops walking on u.s. soil. Then US always wanna pretend they are the victim

[HolyOrangeCows]

I can't support any WW2 game with multiplayer because you can play as a Nazi.
I can't support Halo Reach; in some modes, you can play as Elites.
I can't support Killzone 3; in some modes, you can play as helghan soldiers.

/s

At the end of the day, they're just skins on video game models.
Besides, I'd call some of what both sides have done as acts of terror.

[jadenkorri]

some of you make it sound like USA cannot be wrong or would invade another country and kill its people...nah you didn't invade Iraq looking for "Bob", after not finding "Bob", might as well just take their oil while were at it....

Relax, its a game, pointing a gun at a bunch of pixels not gonna make me/you cry. Get over it, if you can't, theirs lots of Germans and Russians who can console you. They have more experience in that area, you know what they do most of the time, ban the game.

[jjohan35]

Who cares. The game sucks.

[deadman121]

Need more people like you in this world nevermind N4G.

[theKiller]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. grasp some air. haaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

9/11 was a plot by US government. 5 facts will be enough to prove that:

1: the 2 towers were falling in a controlled demolition way.

2: the third building were never hit yet before the attack it got on fire and then it was controlled demolition.(for the simple minded kinds in here, to do a controlled demolition for huge buildings it takes long long time, specially if the building had many people working in it)

3: the airplane that suppose went through the pentagon vanished and funnily there was no camara in the gardens to take the scene. so we have no means to prove it ever happened by an airplane. and even more funnier is that the data of 2 trillion USD from american taxes payers where vanished in this attack. who knows in whose hands now, and how he/she/they spend it(2 wars started after).

4: who benefited from these attacks? it was the president of war Bush and the weapon industry leaders which happens to be Zionists also. two innocent countries were invaded and change for the worst for many many years to come. they might never recover in our life time. and millions of lives from women to children to teachers to kind people were killed because of US.

5: one of the saudis who suppose to be dead inside the rubles of the 2 towers (which his passport happens to be found unharmed by the explosion that melted even the black box of the airplanes) still alive in saudi on the 9/11. so to make it easy on the kids, so it was stolen from him some years ago and was use in 9/11.

so who is terrorizing who? and who is the victim here? and who is the one on the right side of the truth? i am not with Al-qaida, they are (at least some of them) CIA agents working to destroy the resistance and the countries. as for Taliban, they did not do any terrorist attacks on innocent civilians, and they didnt invade or attack anybody outside their country.

now after reading what i said tell me if you people still think the same?

[PopEmUp]

Totally agree with you man, that why I hate both the media and the American as a whole, no wonder we European hate them or should I say 90% of the world hate the American. But Don't get me wrong I don't support terrorist

P.s. wtf am I talking politic in a gaming site lol

[snipermk0]

"I cant support MOH!!"

Boohoooo, cry me a river!

[mobijoker]

Its like WWII.The assassins who tried to kill Hitler are now heroes but they certainly were terrorists in the view of nazis.Besides,israel kills lot more people than al-qaeda will
ever do.At long last,a game has come where you can play as both sides giving you the chance to realize the perspectives of both sides.Because there is no innocent side in a war.

[Brewski007]

Just goes to show how much propaganda has affected the patriotic idiots.
Its a fucking game. You can essentially be an American terrorist in GTA games , but noone gives out about that!. For fuck sake grow up!.

[Skizelli]

And Google is owned by the CIA, right?

I've heard this theory before, but that's all it is. None of it has been proven. And it wasn't just three buildings that were destroyed, there was a total of 7 structures aside from the Twin Towers that were either destroyed or damaged beyond repair, as well as an additional 2 structures that were condemned due to toxic conditions, and a few neighboring buildings that were also damaged but have since been restored. There was nothing controlled about this.

[Skizelli]

Bah, wrong reply button.

[R0me]

Let me quote Irvine Final Fantasy 8:

"So like... if you knew that your enemies were pure evil, you'd get more fired up to fight them, right?" (Irvine)
(...An enemy that is pure evil? Right or wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It's our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides blame one another. There's no good or bad side. Just two sides holding different views.)

[Snoogins]

"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
This quote reigns supreme. It's all about perspectives: perspectives easily twisted and skewed by propaganda. For instance, we can look at our (I'm from the US) soldiers going into Iraq looking for "terrorists" (the existence of which is debatable, though intelligence directed toward Afghanistan instead), where our troops (and PMCs like Blackwater) were fighting people who were cold-blooded terrorists or freedom fighters protecting their home and families against an invading army. We can use Colonial Americans as another example, where we were terrorists in the eyes of the British during the American Revolution, but we are educated to see ourselves as freedom fighters. The way our media makes Israel appear to be our friends, the good guy, and having us believe the Palestineans are the bad, yet the UN calling Israel out for terrible crimes against the Palestineans. So much war, so many terrible things, and all we're given is half-truths or slanted perspectives.

Our perception is our reality and our reality is easily molded by what we read and what we're told. I haven't been to war, seen the atrocities man does to man, so I only know what the media tells me, which is only part of the story as they see fit to show me.

[Snoogins]

Let's not forget...
Traces of thermite which was used to destroy the structural foundation of the WTC. Jet fuel DOES NOT BURN HOT ENOUGH to melt the beams used to support the buildings. The architect was interviewed post-9/11 where he said the buildings were built with the idea of an incident such as a plane crash in mind where the building could withstand the impact.

Tiny explosions going off (go watch the videos) before impact.

Eye-witness accounts of employees feeling strong vibrations and hearing explosions going off underneath the building.

Fire fighters on-scene pre-crash saying they heard the sounds of explosions before impact and how the buildings collapsed as if by controlled detonation.

As for the Pentagon: no rubble or traces of the "plane" on site; no impressions on the ground from the crash; experts saying impossible for all traces of a plane to descintegrate. All nearby cameras, including gas stations, confiscated post incident. On-scene, eye-witness reportings of the sound of a rocket, not a plane.

Much of this told to the 9/11 Commission and put on report, but later discarded. People will deny the facts because they would rather trust a government than fear the evils it is capable. This wouldn't be the first time our government has been the instigator of false-flag operations to push an agenda.

[elpresador]

...you and the other dude are an idiot.

First, while jet fuel wont melt steel, the second you expose steel to an open flame it weakes it. All you gotta do is weaken it by a good enough percentage to cause it to not be able to hold a load. Take a spoon for example, then use a lighter and place the flame where the handle meets the head, hte flame is not hot enough to melt the metal but after a minute or two you can then bend the spon at that spot very easy.

As far as the explosions you see as the tower falls, its air escaping dumbass. You see, as each floor collapses on the other, the air has to go somewhere. Do this experiment, place a few shets of paper on a table, then near them drop a heavy book. What do you see? Well, the rush of air escaping from below the book before it hits the table causes the pieces of paper to be blown of the table. Same principle.

What the funniest thing is the ones who think it was an insdie job are mostly retarded idiots that have no knowledge or experitse on anything having to do with jets, buildings, or anything. There is a history channel special on this where they pull out a few things from this dumbass college kids who made a documentary on the subject and they have experts that refute all the claims brought up.

Once again, you dont have to melt steel to weaken it to the point that it can no longer hold a load. When you subject steel beams to a fire near a thousand degrees for like an hour or whatever it is, it will weaken. This is basic chemistry, when metal heats, it expands.

I swear people are idiots.

[Gamerbee]

But you can slaughter innocent people as a russion terrorist in MW2. Hypocrites.

[irepbtown]

Well there are many different reasons why America is in Afghanistan (this is what people think), some think they are there for good, others however think they are there for the oil.

But anyway, Why not play as Al-qaeda? America has had bad history, remember Vietnam. When American soldiers went to a village, raped women then killed them and their children and husbands. Why not play as a Vietnamese soldier who kills americans in lets say, Black Ops. But i'm just making a point that's all.

My opinion is, play a game, like it or not, not take it to the heart.

[xxLuckyStrike]

Watching you. Based off of this topic, some of you are now being watched.

[Snoogins]

Thank you for the eloquent and well-thought response. Of course I'm being sarcastic as your response showed your lack of reading comprehension and knowledge of 9/11's evidence.

"First, while jet fuel wont melt steel, the second you expose steel to an open flame it weakes it."
True. Maybe. I'm no expert on steel (doubt you are, either), and I'm sure it depends on the temperature of the heat as well as the type and quality of the steel. However, you failed to discuss the evidence of thermite on scene as well as MELTED METAL! Also, the metal, depending on the type, can withstand a specific temperature threshhold before it does become maleable. Your argument fails due to disregarding this.

"As far as the explosions you see as the tower falls, its air escaping dumbass."
Thank you for reading and comprehending my post with the utmost accuracy. Wait a second, I said the explosions happened before initial contact of the plane with the building. So said those who were inside the building as it happened, the witnesses outside the buildings. You know, people who were there.

You also fail to understand the location the planes hit could not cause the buildings to fall as they did, straight down and within seconds of impact. The architect of the towers said he built them to withstand the impact of an airplane crash.

You are free to believe what you want to believe, even though the evidence is glaringly obvious. I'm fine being an educated "idiot". ;)

[morganfell]

"...poor foreigners protecting their land!"

If you really think the Taliban are protecting THEIR homeland in Afghanistan then you need to go back to school.

And popemup, I guess you would prefer to be speaking German, Russian, or Chinese right now. The unthinking are quick to hate America and quickly forget everything this country has done for others. Has U.S. done some things wrong? You bet. But without not only her military might but the seemingly bottomless barrel of monetary funds and gifts many other countries would have been reduced to eating themselves.

You are welcome to take the dumb route and just live on your hate but you would be living in a small minded tunnel vision world.

[The BS Police]

They don't even support the rights that we take for granted, just look how they treat women in the middle east for proof.

[ReviewsArePolitics]

Here are debunks of the thermitic material "hypothesis" by a scientist:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Also, where's the evidence of the conspiracy? All they talk about are ignorantly interpeted evidence which makes them sound like pseudo-intellectuals, and funny enough they consider themselves "in the know". They talk about "motives" from the government and other 3rd parties, but no evidence whatsoever. Here's a challenge to all those 9/11 conspiracy theorists:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[ReviewsArePolitics]

They are just as crazy as creationists

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[ReviewsArePolitics]

Damn it, triple post!

Oh well, as proven, there's nothing educated about conspiracy theorists.

[Delive]

Simply because of the relevance. We are currently at war with them now and it is a sensitive topic. But then I read Yi-Long's comment and that all changed. Our soldiers are our heroes. they fight for our freedom. At the same time, they are not the worlds heroes. I felt this when I was enlisted. In Korea, not many looked at me as a hero. Bubbles to Yi.

[filfil]

CIA,FBI etc murdering american christians in USA by burning them alive. women and children included:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

gang rapes on women in iraq, and the orders came from CIA and government officials:
http://208.86.2.178/showthr...

Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima:
http://www.independent.co.u...

weapon of mass destruction used on women and children in Falluja:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Afghanistan bright future:
http://www.rawa.org/s-child...
http://www.dqc.org/~ben/ima...
http://www.dqc.org/~ben/ima...
http://www.dqc.org/~ben/ima...
http://www.dqc.org/~ben/ima...

Wake Up Stop Sleeping:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[morganfell]

@HolyOrangeCows,

A lot of these whiners that are offended by the game have no problem protesting against drilling in certain US locations thus insuring our dependency on foreign oil...that in many cases is used to provide financial support to organizations such as Al Qaeda.

[filfil]

and look at how your soldiers treat women:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

and there is more, just search it on youtube. thats the american women case then imagine the iraqi women how they get raped in prisons and in their homes!! also u can find many videos on youtube!!

so al-qaida treat their women which much respect than most american soldiers do for their women!!

[evrfighter]

wtf.

this guy must have never heard of cs or bf2....

[beans]

Agreed...All the hate is pathetic.

[Snoogins]

@ReviewsArePolitics
I took the time to watch your videos about the "Thermite Conspiracy", which I found insightful and bringing to question a few members involved with the documentation claiming evidence of nano-thermatic substances. The dates and amount of samples of the material do not seem to be match according to the video's author, however, I have not had a chance to review the official document myself for verification. However, I have managed to find a variety of videos to introduce an interesting perspective in the discussion of 9/11 that I encourage you, and those interested, to view.

Niels Harrit Nano-Thermitic Lecture for WTC7 - Official NIST (people officially assigned to investigate) report and information showing contrary data:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Dutch Demolitions Expert for Steel Frame Highrises, Danny Jowenko, Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Larry Bernstein, Owner of WTC7 on PBS Special, "America Rebuilds," Admitting Giving OK to "Pull" WTC7 After Alleged Conversation with Fire Chief:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Video Revealing Bernstein's Insurance Policy, Phone Call Informing of Incoming Attack on Way to Work, Revealed No Conversation with Fire Chief:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Eye-witness Accounts of NYFD at WTC before Collapse, Detonations, Already Bombed Lobby:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

WTC7 Survivor Account by Barry Jennings, prior, during, and after the collapse of WTC1 and 2 (Later interviewed by BBC):
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

I hope you take the time to watch these as I spent awhile gathering these videos for you, which should bring an interesting perspective on these matters.

[Theonetheonly]

the taliban are unorganized, and the us govt cant killem?

i think its a false war with real consequenses to distract the public from the truth.

[TROLL EATER]

would love to play as the "so called" terrorists side. feel like a freedom fighter. not everyone believes in the rubbish media. if EA go through wiv dese i applaud dem for showing both sides. not just amercans wiv dere hi tech killing men wiv out of date guns. And its just a game

[Cueil]

they are called United States Marines

[Weaksauce1138]

You spell like a disgruntled LOL cat

[theKiller]

and usually there is not just 2 sides, in many cases there are many sides!! so it would be even better to wear all the sides glasses!!

but those who cant stand the idea of playing as the enemy(freedom fighters, referring to taliban and iraqi resistance and not Al-Qaida ), are the same as when the enemy cant stand the sight of the evil invaders!!!

so you people should understand very well how taliban feel when they see your white faces with all killing tools man could ever make in front of them in their land and ruling their country to ruins!!

[irepbtown]

@TheKiller

That's why we have 3D

xD

[HDgamer]

Lol both are terrorist and freedom fighters. But anyway you played as a terrorist in MW2, you played it online as a character skin. So why in the hell should you really care? Even destructoid has played a game called RapeLay.

[itsralf]

You don't play as a terrorist in MW2...

[ReservoirDog316]

You actually do.

Spoilers.

Twice actually. Once as a guy undercover which is pretty brutal. And second when you play as Soap. Sure they're corrupt or whatever but the last few levels you're on the side of the terrorist and you're killing americans.

Most people don't click to that though because the story already took a bad turn down unbelievable and you basically stopped caring by then.

[Spenok]

Seriously. This article is ridiculous.

[menoyou]

"Play as the Nazis? I can't support the new wah"

"Play as the communists? I can't support the new wah wah"

Grow some balls.

[Consoldtobots]

especially when "al quaeda" is an invention of US politicians. It literally means "the base" in arabic. In other words it stands for NOTHING. people need to stop being dumb sheep.

[XactGamer]

I agree I'm not too comfortable with ths considering we are still at war.

[Sarcasm]

They don't want to play as a Taliban, but surely don't mind playing as a Nazi in WW2 shooters.

[Scary69]

Yep agreed I also agree with Gwave, if you are going to bitch about one game then you shouldn't be playing any other types of shooters. All this guy did was make himself sound like a hypocrite which in fact is all he is end of story.

[MisterNiwa]

America blew up the city I live in after Germany has officially declared that they've lost.
They destroyed a whole city with people without reason.

But I still play Americans in Video Games. Did I do something wrong?

[XactGamer]

The only cites America destroyed where in Japan and no America didn't "blow up" a city in Germany with people in it. If anyone has a right to destroy anything in Germany would be the Jews. How do you think they feel playing Nazi's in a video game?

[starvinbull]

Two sides to the story. The world has gotten used to macho american shooters where the USA is always right and always prevails. EA are mixing it up so long as they try to be sensitive about it what's the problem?

[vhero]

Witht he world in the state as it is I would love to see this game get approved.. GTA only just slips through each game and always has to make cuts and sneak stuff in code to get past censors. Sticking terrorist organisations in the game and making them playable? Good luck on getting a release..

[Skizelli]

There's a reason people hate us. To turn a blind eye to that is pure ignorance. In most cases, war is merely the blind leading the blind. It amazes me that war still exists in this day and age when we should be smarter than that by now. But like a lot of the morons on this site, stupid breeds stupid I guess. Some things never change.

[spooky205]

I really dont see how the US can send troops to Iraq kill thousands of people (their innocence is questionable but existant) and say it was "teh terrorists" we were killing. I am not a terrorist but if some other country were to invade my hometown, shooting up neighborhoods where my children play, you better believe ima get my gun and shoot back. Does that make me a terrorist? How many innocents (on both sides) died because of this pointless war which hasnt benefitted anyone except the pockets of wealthy contractors?

[starvinbull]

I doubt the parts playing as "al-quaeda" are justifying any form of terrorism. End of contraversy.

[WLPowell]

There are reports of 80-90% of the people we've killed in Iraq/Afghanistan WEREN'T Taliban/Al-queda. So yay for mindless, unjustified, wanton bloodshed just as long as we're doing it.

[Umb]

The war economy is one of the reason for present day war.

Remember one man's freedom is another man's slavery.

But war has always been the same throughout history.

And this is my saying...War is waged by the few and fought by the many.

[Bolts]

ROFL. I knew one of these 911 conspiracy idiots would appear in a thread like this sooner or later and one popped up right on que and he even came prepared with a list of reasons LOL.

[tinybigman]

it's just a damn game and i still plan on buying MoH.

[Will-UK]

This is what happens when your country is brainwashed by fox news and crap you talk about "im not supporting them killing our innocent familys" have u ever thought about from their side their famalies have been killed by american bombs. Im not saying what thier during right but check your own country supplying weapons to the taliban to defeat the russians years ago.

[Skizelli]

In actuality, Fox News is a laughing stock over here. And we're well aware of our own country's evil doings. Shall we talk about yours? It should be common knowledge by now that a government's actions do not necessarily reflect that of its people.

[Will-UK]

honestly you can talk about mine bacause i know the england been in some terrible things im not the one however taken the approach of this is sickening because this game will allow us to kill american troops but you were fine killing everyone else.

And "government's actions do not necessarily reflect that of its people." I agree im just showing other people in this thread that no countrys got clean hands including the uk

[NinjaRyu]

*And "government's actions do not necessarily reflect that of its people." I agree im just showing other people in this thread that no countrys got clean hands including the uk* Thank you! Someone finally said it!

[Man In Black]

Fuck off, you self-righteous twat. The American soldiers aren't exactly all saint-like themselves. Look up the Second Battle Of Fallujah.

[MuleKick]

I may be wrong about what I've read but I think he was more bothered by all of the turmoil that those groups have caused in both his country of heritage and his home country.
Like I said, I may be wrong but that's what I got from the article.

[starvinbull]

Al-Quaeda have very little to do with Afghanistan.
They aren't a cohesive group, more a scattering of like minded people. The Taliban on the other hand is another matter.

"I think he was more bothered by all of the turmoil that those groups have caused in both his country of heritage and his home country."

If the game allows you to play among the ranks of the Taliban then fair enough he may have an Afghans perspective but if as I believe to be the case it's somebody in Al-Quaeda then no he doesn't have a legitimate first hand perspective to offer to us all.

[MuleKick]

I understand that it's just a game but the responses that I've read are just surprising. Most of these people act like they don't even care. To me, the point he's making is crystal clear. It hits way to close to home. Imagine attacks similar to the ones in New York and Virginia happening on a consistent basis for 10 years. The only difference is that the attackers are your own fellow countrymen. And now, in my leisure time, I supposed to enjoy what they've been doing because it's entertainment?
F@uk that!!!
That like telling me to play a game based in the Colonial America as a white man beating the $hit out of slaves.
Certain things just hit way to close to home.

[WLPowell]

Did you play the airport level in MW2, that is way more offensive than simply playing as Al-Queda and shooting american soldiers. (you do it during MW2's multiplayer anyway)

[starvinbull]

"That like telling me to play a game based in the Colonial America as a white man beating the $hit out of slaves.
Certain things just hit way to close to home."

Like the television drama Roots? Or the Hollywood film Schindler's List? Such a game would increase hostility to the idea of slavery or fascism or terrorism.

If your problem is that only the good guys ought to be playable then why are any type of soldier playable? Can any army claim to be entirely good?
Presumably you'd be against the next GTA or Duke Nukem for similar reasons?

[avengers1978]

This is a game, and in many games you kill people for one reason or another... Though some may find this offensive, i say it's just a game. Morals kind of go by the wayside when your crub stomping some one, or shooting them in the head, so really what's the difference between Medal of Honor and Modernwarfare 2.

[JonnyBadfinger]

Whats does it matter?

So the second the bad guys start killing Americans, its sickening? and shouldnt be allowed?
Sorry but you Americans are starting to sound like 5 years crying because your team is losing. If the reality of war disgusts you so much, im sorry to say you probably shouldnt be playing games in the genre.

And Im willing to bet that every single American whinging about this are the same people who run about MW as the Arabs with Gold Desert Eagles RPGs and Golden AK47...

I have nothing but the utmost respect for American soliders. They are the only men and women brave (or stupid(which im mean in a brave sense, not offensive)) enough to fight other peoples wars. America is caught in a unfair position when it comes to war. When ever another country wants help, they look to America to help, which America is more than happy to assist with. but then they turn on the Americans and start spreading the BS that Americans are killing there country men... when thats exactly what they wanted help doing in the first place. Sure some innocents may have been killed, but im sure as a bull in a china shop that more innocents would have died if the Americans DIDN'T help.

But when it comes to a video game, sorry but if your playing a videogame with emotions on, your probably doing it wrong. Video games are about completely seperating you away from your everyday life and putting you in other worlds and situations.

And at the end of the day lets face it, all you will see when your playing as a Terrorist is 2 hands (maybe a watch if the sh*tkicker could afford it) and American Fatigues on the other end of the gun barrel... which buy the way i have seen in almost every single war game.

Just saying taking the moral high ground now just seems somewhat ridiculous...

[jeseth]

I'm American and agree with everything you said.

Americans feel too entitled and don't realize what its really like in the rest of the world. We are very lucky to live where we live and have what we have.

Its tough defending yourself as an American. Like you said, if a country needs help they look to us and we are expected to help. But when we do something many think we are abusing our power. Its a Catch 22.

Americans for the most part live in a bubble. 9/11 was horrible but was bound to happen. If we were located in another part of the globe we would get attacked more often. Americans don't know what terror threat really is. There are Al-Qaeda related attacks in Europe WEEKLY and most Americans have already forgotton about how terrible 9/11 really was.

We have no problem wasting people of other nationalities in games, play the role of some morally backwards person in GTA, a murderer, assassin, etc. but when this pops up they are offended.

The hypocracy is astounding and the lack of intelligent understanding is embarrasing. They act like the US didn't NUKE THE $#!T out of Japan 40 years ago and kill thousands of innocent people that had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.

Like I said, we live in a bubble.

[DeadlyFire]

Its not that big of a deal. Its not like they came over here and killed a million people. Ignorance of one society bleeds into another is all.

Fact is this is a simulation and a video game. Its not real. I don't cry when I play as a Terrorist on CSS and I don't expect to do so when I play one on Medal of Honor.

[Heisenberg]

Why write an article about it, just cause you personally aren't comfortable playing as Al-Qaeda doesn't mean it's wrong, immoral, unnecessary any more than any other game that involves bad people, killers Nazi's etc. etc. You don't have a problem playing as a Nazi I imagine, since there are tons of games you play as equally bad or worse people than Al-Qaeda, why single this game out?

America has done and does more than their share of bad, it's not black and white, nothing is, unless you're only gonna play games where the character is completely good and politically correct, how can you claim it's any more wrong or immoral to play as Al-Qaeda, than any other bad people or murderers. Unless you're saying the lives Al-Qaeda has taken are any more valuable than the lives the Nazi's took or any other character you play took.

[jeseth]

The US military kills plenty of innocent people in their missions.

Having Al Qaeda in video games should be no more offensive than having Marines/US Soldiers, Chinese, Russian, UN, etc. soldiers.

I love our military and thank them for the freedoms they give us. We do not honor them enough. But to think we are innocent and get all upset by this is silly.

Americans have no problems shooting people of all nationalities in military video games but get offended by this? Talk about hypocrites. 9/11 was going to happen in some way or form and will probably happen again. We are lucky to have the global positioning we have otherwise we would get attacked more often. That is just the reality of our world.

This is no more offensive to me as it is in any other games. If you were Japanese would you be okay with COD W@W? Middle Eastern and their depction in COD MW/MW2, Russian? They all aren't depicted very favorably.

[Red5]

I understand your point. But have you ever played as a Nazi?

[table]

even if we have in a game, imagine playing as the nazis whilst the allied troops were fighting bravely against them losing many men in the process. It wouldn't feel right. It doesn't have the same effect in retrospect but the war against these terrorists is going on right now and many brave men and women are giving their lives for our freedoms.

[Raf1k1]

The thing that never really gets portrayed properly in World War games is the fact that Nazi soldiers were just soldiers like the Allies who they were fighting. Though they were fighting for an evil ruler with evil intentions they were at the end of the day simply taking orders whether they liked it or not.

Some of the people who fight along side Al-Qaeda are actually just normal people who have been lead to believe that the western forces are their with bad intentions and have been fooled into thinking they're fighting the good fight while other's may simply want revenge for the lives of their friends and families taken by western bombing.

War is an awful thing. There are always good people who get caught up in the fighting.

[table]

They may be deluded but that is no excuse, the good people will be fighting with the Afghan Army whom we are currently training up. Do you even realise that it was the Al-Qaeda who flew the plains into the world trade centre? These people want to spread extreme islam throughout the world. Could you seriously imagine what it would be like to live in a state run by them?

"War is an awful thing. There are always good people who get caught up in the fighting." Enough red herrings, you can't possibly defend the actions of the Al-Qaeda and expect to be taken seriously.

@eddy raja
I'm out of bubbles, pass some over :) I'm not american I live in the UK. The intentions of Americans in Vietnam was actually to support the democratic government in the south. I don't see how you can spin them as bad because of the unfortunate deaths of innocent people. This is Afghanistan not Iraq but Saddam was a horrible dictator in Iraq and it was right to get him out.

[Non_sequitur]

The German soldiers were forbidden from becoming part of the Nazi party. Hitler had distrust in the military because of the fear of an overthrow in leadership because they weren't hardcore Nazi members in the military.

[Imperator]

A lot of Nazi soldiers didn't know what Hitler was really doing. The Holocaust was mostly the work of very high-ranked officers and most the German population had no idea. They were fighting for their country, not for Hitler's "master race." Most of them were forced to do so. They either fought, or retreated and got killed by their own forces. There was no way out for many of them. The atrocities they committed can never be forgiven but you have to look at it from both points of vies.

[Darkstorn]

@stewgart-

You're wrong on your Vietnam position. We were not backing up a democratic government of any kind. We were supporting a dictator, and the North Vietnamese were the ones who actually were upholding populist, democratic values (even if they identified as Communists).

On WW2, the German people elected Hitler and for the most part supported him in whatever he did. Somehow that man got an entire people to follow his deluded vision. I have to agree with Imperator on this one as well. Germans did not have knowledge of the injustices being perpetrated against Jews, gays, Communists, blacks, and just about every other minority in Germany.

[Imalwaysright]

"Germans did not have knowledge of the injustices being perpetrated against Jews, gays, Communists, blacks, and just about every other minority in Germany."

What? For fucks sake they were rounding up the jews in every freaking city and village in Germany.

[Man In Black]

"The intentions of Americans in Vietnam was actually to support the democratic government in the south."

Democratic? Yeah right. In fact, the US rigged the elections to ensure that the South won control. Democracy at its finest.

Also, most of the German people knew what was happening to the minorities, they just didn't do anything about it.

[JacksonS]

@Imalwaysright

The German public thought they were being either deported or sent to a camp to work (as a form of rehabilitation or paying for ones "crimes") not to an actual death camp to be slaughtered.

[TROLL EATER]

no but have played as russians in modern warfare 2. who are steroetypically terrorits in it.

[sealion88]

u play as a nazi in wolfenstein enemy territory

[LordMarius]

Day 1

[MexicanAppleThief]

Haha yeah, I'd love to play as their side. It makes a nice change, but I'm sure there some yanks here that will try to de-bubble us.

[MexicanAppleThief]

To be honest, I definatly want to play as the Al Qaeda and shoot some americans in the face. Playing as some generic american solider looking to save the world and wave his flag a bit gets boring fast. I want to play as the terrorists and bomb some people.

To hell with the dog, C4 is a man's best friend :P

[mrv321]

After the slew of WW2 games I bet some people think world war 2 started in 1941 and D-DAY was completed solely by a group of American soldiers.

[SeanRL]

You're probably right.

I'm pretty sure Fox news does.

[Cueil]

then they slept through history class several times through their at least 12 years of school

[DeFFeR]

WWII didn't start when Pearl Harbor was invaded by German submarines?

[frostyhat123]

MexicanAppleThief

[table]

I think this is very wrong especially when the united nations forces are currently fighting against these diabolical and disgusting people. I don't want to kill western troops who are fighting for human rights and the freedoms of people, I want to shoot down those evil bastards. This is very disrespectful and we owe it to the troops fighting for us.

[Raf1k1]

It's nowhere near as simple as you think it is.

Not everyone of them is an evil SoB. It's usually the high ranking people who are the truely evil ones. You'll never see a high ranking terrorist doing the suicide bombing. They always get their brain-washed lakeys to do that. Sometimes the lackeys do it because they feel they have nothing left to live for as some of them may have lost their entire families by bombs dropped by western forces.

[alphakennybody]

Funny how you say that, didn't you know the same government you're under right now, trained and supplied those same "diabolical and disgusting people" couple of years ago. Even now your government still supplies weapon to many terrorist out there. And speaking of human rights may I remind about Vietnam and the way the US military really was? do you know how many tons of bomb and mines they've dropped on innocent villager there? and many of those bombs didn't detonate and still kill innocent people to this day.Even Iraq situation doesn't seems so different than vietnam. I have no problem against americans nor I'm trying to defend terrorist actions ,but it's your shitty corrupted system that really pisses me off.

[Non_sequitur]

You need to read more about history of that region to understand their motives. Many don't know of it because very little people know about the consequences of the First World War. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and parts of Europe the Allied forces divided up the Ottoman region not by tribes or nations but among themselves as they pleased to evenly distribute the Middle Eastern peoples' resources between Great Britain and France. The map certainly hasn't changed much since. The only region they couldn't touch was the land controlled by the House of Saud. Iraq for example has three different national groups within it which has proven restless since it was formed. Turkey includes what should be Kurdistan. Palestine should have not been made to divide the Arabs from the Jews. Kuwait and southern Iraq are the same people. Iran and the parts of Iraq are the same people. The land between Pakistan and Afghanistan should be divided to smaller nation. I could go on, but the point is the West preaches about self-determination of nations but they themselves divide the world to please commercial interest and we live with the consequences.

[Chris399]

Very well said, especially the closing bit.

+bubbles

[RememberThe357]

I can’t support the new Medal of Honor

[yewles1]

If I get to play as Al Qaeda, I want to be able to induce friendly fire...

[nix]

lol...

[Biggunz]

I bet he had no problems playing mass murder simulator (GTA)!

[TheLeprachaun]

Yes,because American soldiers are so much better....

Regardless, it's only a video game and change is nice. I'd like to play a WW2 game from the Nazi's point of view to be honest.

[thebudgetgamer]

you just compared american soldiers (that most likely are soldiers for college money) to people that beat women for reading and and put rape victims in prison.

[TheLeprachaun]

Oh if they're only killing for college money that makes it ok then. My bad.

[Cueil]

When I was in boot camp (USMC) my Drill Instructor asked who was in it for the college... a couple of kids raised their hands... his words "you joined the wrong service morons". There really are a lot of idiots who join just for the college benefits forgetting that it's a military... and a military's job is to make other people die for their country

[White-Sharingan]

@Cueil- I don't think you can blame them though, my father joined the army because he was very very poor, Puerto Rico in the 1960's wasn't a very developed place at the time, so one of the ways to get a real education in college was to serve the army. Sure some people nowadays just want the extra cash but who's to say there aren't two or three people in the situation my father was in? Regardless of the reason to join, if you do the job and do it right, what's the problem?

[White-Sharingan]

Yeah, different points of views would be good, I actually liked the MW2 airport scene.

[Duke Spookem]

Home of the soccer moms

[frankymv]

Who gives a crap if you play as Al-Qaeda?

ITS ONLY A GAME.......mckay! geez.

[RememberThe357]

Your goal is not to further the Al'Qaeda agenda, it's to shoot other guys online. That is it. You can play as a general "terrorist" but once you give that "terrorist" a name it's not cool anymore? Grow up.

[sickbird]

oh please, its a game.

[Zerodin]

Whats next? Playing a German soldier at Auschwitz?

[mrv321]

What's next an American soldier killing a German one at D-DAY...

Regardless of the the two fractions one man dies at the end of the day and for the most part the German soldiers wheren't too bad, forgive me if I'm wrong but only 2% of P.O.W where killed many of who'm while escaping.

It's just how we see things, play the last level of World at War you find yourself killing Germans to take down the Nazi's. But if you look and think Hitler has already killed himself the war is over. You are raiding the building and killing injuried men many of them where civillians hours ago, but now they have a gun it's fine to shoot and kill.

BTW I hate the Nazi's and that... but it's the Victors history which is written. Britain invented concentration camps, the Nazi's took tips from America regarding eugenics ( need correcting ), America dropped the atomic bomb.

Correct me on any and every mistake, I may sound like an idiot but I'd rather learn.

[Darkstorn]

Well, we Americans are propagandized as well. We just like to think that it can't happen in such a 'great' nation. We still think that the South Vietnamese were good guys, and that South American death squads are freedom fighters.

[simplyRealistic18]

stop with the bullshit, europeans were in the war also, you guys were practically about to get wiped out,

[writersblock]

See? Americans always have to dig up some excuse not to admit fault

[ChronoJoe]

Stupid article, ignorant journalist.

He's played every FPS out there, aside this apparently. So he's played a Nazi plenty of times in multiplayer.

[ranmafandude]

if he really feels that way then he shouldn't support it as he says. I'm not buying it cause i already have enough fps in my game library for this year.

[KiLLz]

Stay getting raped by activision...MW2

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

Since when have gamers been a bunch of wusses? You play games to blow shit up, you don't play to have morals.

It's a game, none of it is real. So why all the nonsense?

[PSjesus]

You can play as a terrorist in HL:counter strike as i remember.

[Legionaire2005]

Remember the movie "Letters from Iwo Jima" Where World war 2 was from the Japanese perspective of the war? Well Medal of Honor is doing the same thing by showing the Terrorist side. i remember a while back on the news they said they were going to make a game from the terrorist perspective. Well this is the answer to that.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Call me a hypocrite if you like. I just cant play as team that is responsible for that kind of bullcrap.

"Bu bu bu it's just a game!!!!"

Sorry, that bullcrap excuse didnt work when I saw that game about killing black ppl. It won't work now.

[writersblock]

You'd rather play as the US who do bullshit like start half the wars and is singlehandly responsible for millions of deaths both in and out of its borders?

But no, mighty america cant ever be wrong...

This is why everyone thinks us americans are dicks, we always act like we have some sort of special permission to do shit thats bad for others

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

I never said Americans never do wrong. But I've yet to play a game where America hijacks a plane full of innocent civilians and then crash said plane into a building full of more innocent civilians. THAT is a cowards way of fighting and if youre defending them you might as well join them.

[Crusade]

Actually the excuse did work. Everyone complained about the 2 complainers and made hundreds of articles about it. The game then went on to sell over 4 million units. How exactly didn't it work? Oh and 14% of Americans are black.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Do you even know what game I'm talking about. Cuz if you're thinking RE5 you're wrong. I'm talking about an actual game created by a self proclaimed racist group where your actual goal is to "cleanse the world". And when I say "that bullcrap excuse didnt work" I mean it being "just a game" wasnt enough to justify it. 14% of Americans being black is an irrelevant point. Dont reply to me unless you know what you're talking about.

[RayRay36]

I wanna jump through the screen and strangle this guy. This is exactly what the Gov wants. You to cringe at the thought of a Muslim soilder, because thats whos getting the blame for this "war".

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepl e.

[the-show-stopper]

Afghanistan is justified while Iraq is not
the Afghanistan mission is UN sanctioned whereas the Iraq mission is illegal

[RayRay36]

Its all BS though. These people do NOT want war. If someone invaded your country, would you fight back? Theres is no war on terror. We're over there for reasons that people would laugh at if I said. But I can assure you, if we werent over there, there wouldnt be any "terrorist attacks" from "Al-Qaeda". We're led to believe that the news staions report reality, when in fact, its more like gossip anymore. Its truley disgusting.

[NYPunkster]

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. - Hemingway

Show Stopper, come on dude...

[the-show-stopper]

We (Canada and US) are in Afghanistan because of 9/11. Al-Qaeda did cause 9/11 and the Taliban were keeping them safe in Afghanistan. When the UN asked the Taliban to give up Al-Qaeda they refused and the UN allowed NATO to invade Afghanistan. Even the Afghan people don't want the Taliban in their country anymore, Afghanistan has their own Army and Police Force now so soon they will take over many of NATO's duties in Afghan.

@NYPunkster
go tell that to all Allied soldiers of WWII
some wars are justified, somethings require bloodshed, nothing is free, freedom is not free

[Jrome]

"some wars are justified, somethings require bloodshed, nothing is free, freedom is not free"

No freedom is free but then some war tyrant comes and takes it away. Don't be fooled.

[RayRay36]

@the-show-stopper
9/11 was not done by Al-Qaeda. No question. I can prove it with sceintific FACTS. Im not looney or anything, just seeking the truth. Regarding 9/11, I found it.

[Commandant]

it's not. Just because a global government wannabe says it's ok doesn't make it ok.

[Consoldtobots]

lol FUCK the UN, they are a bigger bunch of scumbags than these supposed "terrorists". The UN is nothing but a spy orgy and that's coming from someone that knew a former SS agent that worked there.

[wlchrbandit]

@RayRay36

Exactly, there are more facts proving it wasn't Al-Qaeda than proving it was. The thing is, it will never be admitted and no-one will ever be brought to justice. These corrupt government are more powerful than most people know.. I bet some people actually think the president is in charge of America.. he's far from it.

[writersblock]

Man, did you know it was the US that fucking trained and armed the taliban first?

The soviet union was coming down into the area during the cold war so the US TRAINED the taliban and gave them guns. They said "We dont like the soviet union, so well brainwash you and have you fight them for us. We dont get blame"

Then when that stopped, the US just fucking left. They left these poor brainwashed men with no support in their own war torn homeland, with many of their families dead. All armed and trained men

You think the taliban dont have a fucking reason for fighting?

[the-show-stopper]

is he talking about online or single player cause if its online then its just a skin plus theres loads worse kinds of ppl out there that arent in the Taliban
if we got to play as Al-Qaeda then the game would take place in Iraq
Al-Qaeda is in Iraq and the Taliban are in Afghanistan
this "journalist" should do a bit more research before posting and clarify if we get to play as the Taliban in single or mutliplayer

[gano]

While some are spouting like america is the innocence.
I wonder how many knew that hitler was man of the yr twice in time (american) magazine.

[the-show-stopper]

he was only man of the year once in 1938, in 1939 is when Hitler started WWII

[Slient Knight 9]

last time i checked, don't you play as terrorists in mw2?

[Commandant]

Yeah. You do. You shoot up a freaking airport, killing off civilians. Ohhhh but don't worry, it's all justified because they just had to catch the bad guy, it's worth spilling innocent blood if that means catching the guy who spills innocent blood.

Two words. Double. Think.

[itsralf]

Once again, you don't play as a terrorist in MW2...

[DeadIIIRed]

What? So what would you call that whole part of walking through the airport gunning down innocent civilians and police officers?

[itsralf]

You weren't a terrorist. You were an undercover agent posing as one. And you don't have to shoot anyone...

[WLPowell]

So who are you when your playing the multiplayer and your not the americans?

[Cajun Chicken]

The 'War on Terror' has just become an obsession now, I'm getting sick of it in these modern FPS games. Just playing it safe, casting an enemy of the time as an enemy.

[bjornbear]

it must be a bit disconcerting playing as the al qaeda online to some United States Citizens.

but then again, consider all the kids in afganistan/iraq that play COD4 in net cafe's (trust me, they do) as american soldiers...

good article. OH LOOK ITS NOT THAT FAT GUY FROM DESTRUCTOID (dno his name, irrelevant information)

[CraigUK]

its just a game, you arent really shooting americans, you are shooting polygons.

[anonymouse111335]

it's just a game, and this respects peoples views in not forcing them to be one side or the other, wihch I find good as you can choose what side to play on.

[HaVoK308]

If you have an issue with this game then you are no different then those who criticize Gaming. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. I served 18 months in the Stan and have no issues...not one whatsoever.

[BX81]

Yeah that's just you. Why are they considered the same if they don't like playing as Al-qaeda? It's just an opinion. My boy didn't want to play the demo any more because he had to play as them. I personally don't have an issue with it. I did 2 tours in Iraq and I'm about to head to Afghan. as a civilian (way more money) and my boys been to Iraq and the stan. I don't think it's criticizing the game but I would much rather fight as the best imo.

[obet12]

WHEN THIS GAME COMES OUT IM GOING TO PLAY AS AL-QAEDA FIGHTER AND GOING TO FIND YOU HAMJIZZZA CTZ. SHOVE A IED UP YOUR ASS. BOOOMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VladimirK]

"I’ve never been to Afghanistan, but I have family living there."

Yeahhh, this somewhat makes the whole article invalid.
*You aren't from that country, so don't make out that you are*

You will have biased views based on your current location, and that is clear in this article.

Maybe the writer should actually shut up and think before he tries to be some kind of champion for "his people".

I can't respect where this comes from when the actual writer hasn't even visited his "homeland".

As for playing as them? Good. Finally a dev has some balls.

[Paradise Lost]

I would love playing as the Nazi's =)
It's just a game.... Jesus Christ.

[C L O U D]

Nevertheless, I'm so going to do a suicide in the middle of a firefight.

[AliTheBrit19]

I have a million things to raise with this

But first and foremost, can you even play as Al-Qaeda? I was under the impression you played as the Taliban, two completely different factions, with different motives.

SERIOUSLY, Can someone either confirm or correct me on this, I'm fairly sure you only play as the Taliban.

I'm not trying to say either is any better or worse than the other, they are both scum, but it makes a big damn different to the original piece if he can't even name the correct terrorist organisation.

[badkolo]

its a video game, if it offends you then dont play it, plain and simple, you have the choice just dont ruin it for everyone else.

[dhall1989]

I am less than 2 years away from recieving my commission as a United States Army Officer, this has been my whole life up from childhood up until now. I LOVE games, I really do, but a lot of Americans have connections to what is going on in the ground in Afghanistan. You can say what you want about Iraq, but Afghanistan (Al-Qaeda within) did terrible things to us that we will never forget. Then you have uneducated losers like @RayRay36 that believe that we brought 9/11 on ourselves, you are sick and deserve no place in discussions such as this. I am not going to tell people not to buy it, but this is an on going situation where real people do die, not just polygons. I could be over in Afghanistan myself when I commission, this just doesnt feel right to me. To those that made the MW2 reference, you right, I admit, I felt uncomfortable killing Americans. Why? Because this the country that I was born in and I love it to death. These people from other countries that post on here feel the same way about their country, why is it that hard for them to understand our attitude to GLOBAL terrorism. Terrorists effect everyone in the world, you understand the problems with Global Warming, but you are ignorant enough to ignore global Terrorism? Come on people,this is sketchy at the least.

[Jrome]

To the people in iraq...we are the terrorists.

[BX81]

Every one is a terrorist imo. My job is to be a better one!

[Crusade]

I just passed my asvab test(90 wooooo) and I'll enter basic training in a little over a month for the Army National Guard. It's likely that I'll be deployed shortly after advanced training to Afghanistan or Iraq. I'm not gonna let the threat throw my values off. You can't "defeat" global terrorism. You can certainly destroy an organization, the question is with what methods. And if Al queda attacked us first, do you honestly think they didn't expect us to invade afghanistan? They WANTED us to go in there. War fuels their cause and it bankrupts our country. They see this war as a battle of endurance and we see this war as a battle of hearts and minds. Hearts and minds can't be won with what we're doing.

[xino]

I've always imagine playing as the IraQ's in Battlefield 2 Modern Warfare with Backstab map.

People need to learn to understand that Al Qaeda are not the enemy!
everyone is the enemy, in fact we are in WW3 at the moment.
Why is it WW3? Because US and UK are ganging up on Iraq.

People bash and make Al Qaeda/Iraq their enemy for no reason or understand what this war is all about. American and British troops are going to Iraq to kill people over there, why the fark shouldn't Al Qaeda bomb the invader's countries!?

It's an eye for an eye!

Don't you tell me that the Twin Tower building spark the WW3 because it didn't. WHy should Al Qaeda just mysteriously blow up the Twin towers for no reason!? Obviously there is a back story behind it, a Gaiden. Some people say US invaded Iraq because of the oil, this is what I thought to believe but I believe it's more than that.

They used the Sadam hussien capture as an excuse to act as if US army went to Iraq to capture Bin Laden and Al Qaeda.

If I can kill black people in Racism/Resident Evil 5. Then I want to kill American's in Medal of Honor.
I'll surely get a medal:)

(can you guess the sarcasms and jokes in my post?)

[Solid Wolf]

I felt a bit guilty when I played the part with the flamethrower but I tried to think of it as a practical game. But I still don't know why they wouldn't make a game where you could play as the other side.

[ChickeyCantor]

Its the same as:
You killing figures in games but you cant do it in real life.
So why not play as the anti-American?
As a matter of fact if you play as an American, you probably shed blood globally, yet that was all ok?

If you feel offended by this concept, you fail at being alive.

If one is truly to believe that he or she is fighting for freedom, what makes you any different?
We're all scumbags, we just pretend we're not.
In human nature we are all the same, and what the "terrorist" do and what the US army(or whatever army) does reflex on humanity and its history.

[badkolo]

so its ok for you to kill the enemy but not the other way around , IN A VIDEO GAME.

i fully understand its a touchy subject, im not to keen on the idea myself but if it bothers you so much then dont play the game, we need to get off this thinking that we know what good for other people, i dont want my entertainment or anything else watered down because a few are offended, same goes with tv, dont like whats on, does the tv show or movie offend you, then dont watch it and change the channel, dont try to have that removed or banned because eit doesnt suit you.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

So playing with American soldiers who kill hundreds of innocent people everyday is ok, but playing with an Al-Qaeda soldier who's fighting for freedom in the country YOUR beloved military entered and destroyed is not?

What sad sick & filthy person you are.

[Garnett]

Its not like American soldiers just "No Russian" iraq daily, if the coward Al-Qaeda soldiers would wear a uniform and fight like real soldiers (not behind innoncent people) then im sure civilian deaths would be down.

[Shuklar]

So, get this, someone decides to PM me. See the post he's responding to below this one:

From: ULTIMATE_REVENGE
"The last time I checked bestiality never happens in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran etc, but in the West it happens everyday all over the dam place. So you kind of owned yourself with that one."

And you didn't highlight yourself as an ignorant prick? It was a joke. Are you that clueless? Of course not! You know how everyone lives their lives in the Middle East! We have a physic amongst us people! All bow down to "ULTIMATE_REVENGE"

((And since you're obviously so dumb, this was a joke as well. ))

[Shuklar]

So as Al-Qaeda, we'll be hanging out in caves screwing goats? Umm...no thanks.

[Shuklar]

LMFAO!!! I got a disagree for this? The goat fuckers are amongst us! HAHA

[CommonCent]

So many reasons not to play this game, is there even one to play it?

[Honest_gamer]

well ive always wanted to play as a "terrorist" dam right crew the typical generic delta force or S.A.S or spetz naz i want a “terrorist”

[Garnett]

I support this.

No other game has you playing as real terrorist, you play some a Russian with a ski mask (who resembles Al-Qaeda) but never the real thing. This is actually innovative, yet not so much.

As long as it doesn't have Anti-American slogans ill be sure to play it and have fun.

[Shotcalm-]

in tons of other popular games oyu play as a psycho killer and maniacs but you cant play as al-qaeda? come on think for a second...

[SSKILLZ]

It's Not like the Money of are purchased game is going to a Al-Qaeda...right?

unless Al-Qaeda has infiltrated Gamestop >_>....hmmmmm you know the guy at the register in game stop was kind of suspicious , he knew nothing about games...but then again none of the gamestop employees do.

[xino]

they will allow us to play as Nazi!?

oh yea we are going to play as Nazi in Killzone 3 since Sev finally showed his true colours and became a Nazi.
So we do play as a Nazi.

[cavado]

yeah its just a game but its his choice

[ironwolf777]

All you Anti-American pussies should all go back to mexico or stay the fuck in your thirld world buttholes and quit trying to sneak into countries whose pricnciples and ways of life are far above your groveling, dirt mongering sub-standards.
You owe damn near everything that is good about your lives to the courage and sacrifice of people that are your superiors in every way.
You know this to be true and that's why you're such haters.

Hitler would have had you all in ovens by now.

You'd be reading this post from your stinky afterlife.

[turok]

... are u fooling?

[ChickeyCantor]

As far as im concerned the Netherlands is pretty stable as far as economics go( yhes even in these so called difficult times). So third what?

"Hitler would have had you all in ovens by now. "

When you do something for mankind you can't triumph on it as if people owe you something. Doing something for mankind is not just for others, but also yourself.

Im not anti-American, i just have no idea who you are talking to, but your ignorance made me believe you think N-America is the only wealthy continent.

Never bought a COD game, but i think ill buy it, in the name of hypocrisy.

[Crusade]

Excellent trolling.

[MadMen]

Agreed, I will boycott this game if that is true

people need to read up history all this "america is evil" as if every civilization on this earth wasnt based on war African, Persia, England, even the indians were running around killing before arrived they werent peaceful people that just what hippies teach you so you will think the "white man" is an enemy, indians myans all of them were running around being barbaric long before anyone showed up, people need to understand government is nothing, a country is just a collection, its science DNA says, we fight for survival, way of life and resources, its natural for human kind, no way around it, no one is innocent, period

The funniest part is, there are so many people screaming and cursing in this post, half of N4G will be banned LOL, fun to watch

[turok]

... That the author of the article is Former President George W. Bush. Cuz thats the vibe and feel that im getting from this article and the propaganda reeks.

[obet12]

Go ahead and boycott the game I'll play as Al-Qaeda and butt rape you in my cave once i caputered you.LOL

[BX81]

LOL! That's the 1st thing my boy said to me about the enemy. He didn't want to play it after that.

[cyclindk]

Do you believe in their ideals? No, then it shouldn't be any problem.

[jamsam360]

With Al-qaeda or playing as them clearly do not remember them cowardly De-capitating inoscent people!I have pure hatred for them i remember the news showing the video of them cutting off a mans head for the cause of what? To expell capitalism from the world. Did it do them any good? I think not! To many wasted lives on someone elses cause!

[shovelbum]

If you fail to identify that you are not actually killing Americans or American ideals, or Sunnis for that matter, in this game, then maybe you should not buy it or any games depicting actual battles. Having recently been retired from the military after years of dirty work in lovely places, like Somalia, Sierra Leone, Iraq, and Afghanistan (chasing Bin Laden all over the Kunar Province among other things), I can tell you that I have zero issues with which side I'm playing. I'm as good in fatigues as I am wearing a turban.

By playing MOH, you are not in any way supporting American deaths at the hands of the Taliban (or vice-versa) and as such, should have no qualms with the material. If anything, it brings the fight that continues in the sands of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan into the consciousness of young gamers and that's a good thing. My issue is that the beta simply isn't that much fun and the maps are severely lacking imagination so I'll support it if the finished product is better than what I've seen so far.

[kraze07]

Isn't this a video game? Do we really care who we play as? I've played as murderers, gangbangers, hitmen, nazis, and rapists so ofcourse I won't have a problem playing as a terrorist. Grow the hell up.

[Darkkeria]

If you Don't want to play as Al-Qaeda, THEN CHOOSE THE OTHER TEAM. Also you should probably be aware that this is actualy a game your not realy hurting anyone - it's fun

this is no differant from Modern warfare and a thousand other soldier v's terrorist games
who did you think the terroist team was they're not the good guys. you say other games have fantasy terroists well the terrorists in this game aren't exactly real

[duplissi]

....

why?

at least your not shooting unarmed civilians.. plus what about WWII shooters? is it because the atrocities at pearl harbor and the concentration camps happened in a different generation makes it ok to be germans or japanese? hypocrisy...

[faraany3k]

I would love to play on the side of poor afghans, who are fighting the mighty AMERICANS, bombing and killing hundreds and thousands of innocent human beings for the sake of just 2 men.

[thewhoopimen]

I don't think there's a point protesting something like this if MW2 was able to depict you slaughtering innocent people which in my opinion is much worse. I mean with MOH at least involves two armed groups taking on each other. Sure playing the terrorists is controversial... but at least it's two people holding guns at each other.

[Chucky2003]

boo hoo,i'm playing as a terrorist,what a hypocrite,i'm tired of these kind of articles,like the americans are the good guys,these kinds of acts wouldn't happen if US didn't stick their ass in their business,cause hey we are the good guys and we want to keep peace but we don't care about oil resources in those areas and to control them,give me a break,maybe he should watch Green Zone more then one time to get a better idea about his country

[comp_ali]

or do you want the game to be Co-op only? stupid article

[magus]

If this is true then don't buy the dang game. No one is forcing you to drop 60 bucks. If you bought any GTA games or any games that have you going around killing people, why are you complaining? Just remember there are two sides to every story.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Who cares! All I played in return to castle wolfenstien were the nazi's. I didn't give a damn because it was video game.

[hok22]

Ok here is the thing im a Muslim and a proud one also and i really hate AL-qaeda because they are disgrace to the Muslims and islam but the point here is that u ppl dont like to play as al-qaeda in the game bcoz they are killing Americans and all that stuff but u'll proudly play as American army troop and kill anyone u want in the game its a shame how low we have hit as humans its not just about the game its the way we think and its not only about the Americans there are Muslims too who think in such a pathetic way

[chak_]

Right or wrong, bad or good that's not the question to me.

I find it disrespectful for BOTH SIDES to release a game about a war that is going on. Taliban, US, french or whatever other country's people are dying there everyday.

I've no problem playing WW2 shooter, it's the past, water went under the bridge, and war veteran don't care much abuot those games.

But afghanistan.... It's too soon to my opinio

[ipe]

1. its video game
2. usa did shi* around the world that ey should be banned from appearing in games.........."patriot&q uot;

[Senden]

Who cares? Seriously... mr article writer, you're moaning because you don't wanna sit on your fat ass in your nice comfy warm home on your nice comfy sofa and play al qaeda in a video game? Go live in a third world country for a year come back and see how much you really care. The selfishness and arrogance of some people astounds me.. someone can whinge about something as petty as this yet turn a blind eye to all the other horrible things that go on in this planet or at least be outspoken about this.. well one word for you mr article writer.. LOSER!

[DelbertGrady]

I'd love to get to play as both sides, and it bothers me that it's ok to kill russians, germans and arabs aka "terrists", but never americans. It would be cool if you got to play the same story from two perspectives, not portraying one as more "evil" than the other.

[led1090]

If we can like a movie like AVATAR which tends to become anti-human in the end, then playing as a terrorist should also be perfectly acceptable, as long as its for the sake of fun. :p

[kevin360uk]

Just shows how brainwashed many people still are with regards to "Al-Qaeda". Al-Qaeda is a US government created database name! America creates its enemies then goes fights them, for profit and to further strip the western world of its freedoms.
As for thie article, it's only a freaking game!

[Lets-Game]

well tbh if you just look at numbers in past 100 years americans killed so many millions of people with the lamest of excuses and yet they still consider themselves heroes or saviors, freedom bringers etc. But to many they are much worse than any taliban or made up al qaeda which literally translates "data base" from arabic.

[Jamito]

Hold on. I'm sure the majority of you here saw the No Russian Advisory screen, asking if you wanted to avoid it and over 80% will have played the mission. Just because this team it's American's lives being faught against the rage occurs ?? How would you feel if in Mw2 you are russian terrorists invading JFK airport ?? Obviously the feel for the article will be different around the world, but, if you feel so strongly for the matter, dont buy the game.

[darkdoom3000]

cry harder.

overreacting americans.

[Bolts]

Good I hate it when these political retards come up with dumbass excuses to why we shouldn't be able to play as the bad guy or the good guys. Its moronic when taken in context of the issue at hand.

ITS A GOD DAMN GAME. Unless you want to play a game that is devoid of conflict or end up in a match where its NATO vs NATO or terrorist vs terrorist then please STFU.

[x5exotic]

al qaeda=US army in disguise...trying to make other nations look like the bad guys

[na2ru1]

The Talibans have no choice but to fight since it's the only job that pays for their family. This is what a British RAF told me. They are just as any recruits are (marines, soviets etc) - following orders and doing there doody.

[XabiTheHumble]

Seriously, if he really feels that way I suggest he stop playing Military based FPS's in general. I see comments here talking about how terrorist are these horrible people (which they are). Yet I have not found someone who can tell me how America is an better to tell you the truth.

[Kornholic]

Is this clown serious or am I missing the irony and sarcasm in this text?

[xAlmostPro]

you only play as the stated bad guys in multiplayer though :S.. the games set in afghanistan, so who else would the good guys be facing?.. i mean come on, some common sense wouldnt go a miss, i take it you dont play any other war/fps games then? considering alot of them are based on real armys?..

This is just narrow minded imo.

I do understand that the stated people have cause insane amounts of disrupt & disaster in real places but just because you use them in multiplayer doesnt seem to justify your reason?.. its not like your being made to re-inact real life things in the eyes of them? your just running about in an online multiplayer.. i mean would your prefer it was the americans shooting americans? americans shooting brits?

[Lanontscuz]

half the people here do not understand how the world and war works but they talk like they have facts! and if you have read it on a website then it must be true huh...I'm generalizing here since I don't either but I do not pretend to know also...as a former Marines I have seen and experienced life outside the USA in countrys that do not like you to be their..this is a game its true so lets keep it that way! its just too bad theres a small percentage that will play this and pretend they are the terrorist for real! and you know what I mean

[Deathcakes]

I think it was a smart move to include this segment. Not only because I for one, support the idea of letting players take part of both sides of a conflict, but also because it was smart from a competitive market-point of view. MW2 had images of a burning US capital, playing as a terrorist etc, MoH will have you playing as a current, real-life "threat". We don't know the details but since MoH is naturally trying to beat MW2 including something like this was more or less necessary to stand out.

I'm not saying this particular move was maybe the best one, but you can't escape the fact that it's this sort of thing that will stir up a hornets nest in the media and create publicity just as MW2 did last year.

Also, I think that this so called journalist made a mistake by just walking off. Sure he provided an article for D-toid and I support this man having his own opinions and expressing them but it's not these facts that are bothering me. It's the fact that he has chosen not to even play this game because of his personal feelings on parts of the subjects this title touches on. I think he should have written this article but also taken the time to play the game and then write another article and utter his opinion, despite his feelings.

[Xfanboy]

LOL U.S.A could just dump oil on them!!

[Jihaad_cpt]

Americans... lol

[Jockamo]

Some tragically apathetic people on N4G. If you're not an American, then I can see your point. However, if you ARE American and you accept equality between Al-Qaeda and American soldiers, then you need to get your ass kicked. You are allowed to disagree with the decisions made by the US government but to disagree with the bravery of individuals that risk their lives to be a part of the physical barrier that protects The United States is stupid.

If you're not going to appreciate what they do for you on a level that you realize protects us from tyranny, then I believe that you don't rightfully deserve to be protected.

Go fight for yourselves.

In America, the Al-Qaeda is the enemy. If you don't think so, then you seriously need to get fucked.

[jetlian]

and won't support anybody who's wrong american or not!!! I'm in no danger. It has nothing to do with bravery either people like you are th real problem with this world. You can't think for yourself which makes more dangerous tthan the masterminds

[jetlian]

the future(whatever it may be) will never stand with the present. This whole fear mongering is getting out of hand. And no if russia or anybody stepped on american soil i'd have no problem fighting.

edit: this was suppose to be under jockmo under me

[Jockamo]

you have every right to feel the way you do. but when it comes to crunch time and the US is invaded, you'll be begging your heart out for protection.

too many internet whiners who THINK they know what's wrong, but really have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA

don't let your passion get in the way of fact. you need the army. because they will protect you when you are attacked. sorry bro

[Reefskye]

Well I haven't been in the beta but am pretty sure its not Al-Qaeda you can play as it's the Taliban not 100% sure but judging from everything I find on net everyone calls them Taliban. There is a slight difference.

They where the Government(all though not a good one) before UN forces invaded, any Government will fight back if you try to remove them from power. As history as taught us many times before.

he claims this is home land and has family and friends there yet he cant tell the difference between who did 9/11 and a countries ruling body?

I'm in no way defending the Taliban but the article is void if he doesn't know the difference between them

[Jockamo]

taliban trained al-qaeda. maybe there's an al-qaeda training course like at the beginning on mw2

[monkeys]

its just a game dont be stupid. T_T they are not real get over it . its not like its asking you to join the real one. i bet you played a game as a nazi. i guess u rather be a nazi then a muslim .

[SgtRock]

Somewhat agree with the piece. I personally won't roll as Taliban or play a "game" that makes light of a current conflict that is harming real live people as we speak. That said, I respect the right of gamers and devs to game on however they want.

IMHO, this discussion also gives a little too much weight and attention to a game that looks like it is going to be mediocre and forgettable. In fact, this looks like a continuation of the trend to push boundaries and create marketing buzz, like the hay that was made over the MW2 No Russian level. If we had all just played the beta of a more generic MOH, there would be a lot less discussion of this game.

[dcbronco]

That's fine. But a lot of people on these forums play COD everyday. In multiplayer you are the terrorist sometimes. And according to the US media all terrorist are associated with Al Qaeda. Every attack in any country somehow comes back to Al Qaeda. So people have been playing as Al Qaeda for years now. Also Nazis. The Jews never complained that people were playing as Nazis. For the author it's very personal, but to most it should be just a game.

And as for the politics, the attitude that the US does no wrong is why the US is always being attacked. Terrorist terrorize because they would get slaughter in a face to face battle. In the Revolution, we were the terrorist. We hid, ambushed and used cover. The British stood in lines. We purposely shot officers. That was considered bad taste back then. When Russia invaded Afghanistan we supplied weapons and training to the Mujaheddin(which became Al Qaeda by the way). Now Iran does the same thing in Iraq and we claim they are supporting terrorist. The US is the ultimate "Pot". And the fact that so many Americans don't hold our government and corporations responsible is the reason why someone will always be attacking us. It's also the reason that while we are the most loved nation(we help many), we are by far the most hated.

@SgtRock

So you plan to switch teams in multi-player every time you are Al Qaeda?

[infekt]

Don't care. We play games where we are destroying people on the other side. Why not in reverse? 1) its just a game, and 2) tit-for-tac; Be realistic. This article was pussy.

[NateDPG]

Hypocrites

[SephireX]

Who cares if you play as Al Queda! Its a bloody game! Pun intended. I don't like Al Queda. Nobody likes Al Queda! Hell, Al Queda don't even like Al Queda! Though I like being evil as well as good in games so I don't mind playing as terrorists or US soldiers or Russians. I'm from Ireland! What's that got to do with it? Oh yes I'm open-minded. You Americans are too sensitive on these things. Once I'm blown someones head off in the game, I don't care who's head it is. Simple as that.

[Alcohog]

Umm, MW is the exact same thing, they just don't use real world names. :|

[Shield]

If you can shoot the heads off of old ladies in GTA then playing as Al-Qaeda shouldn't phase you! Ever play as a terrorist in SOCOM? Most of us have, so what!? I don't see what the fussing is about, grow up and see it for what it is...a video game!

[That_Genius]

Meh I can't support MOH cause it sucks. :P

Nah but come on guys its a bunch of polygons put together to look like an Al-Qaeda member its not like your signing up to join them for playing on the terrorist side. I mean really its because the enemy in the game is Al-Qaeda so obviously in multiplayer your going to play as the enemy if you're facing the American Soldiers, it would make no sense at all if it was American Soldiers vs. American Soldiers.

[UP]

wow there are so many offensive comments in the article. I hope you people are proud of yourselves.

[Knightofelemia]

This should be a great game I can see it pissing off Muslims but its just a game. In my eyes this thing should be better than CODMW2 by far and I have my copy preordered. Al Quada are bad yes but so are the Nazi when you shoot them in CODWOW the Japanese were not angry when we were shooting them in that game either. Every game will have contraversy but people have to remember its just a game that comes from the imagination of a person.

[mrcash]

It's been said, many times in this comment section. It's just a game and in no way does you playing as the "bad guys" equate to you supporting what they do. This game doesn't contribute to their organization financially or even make them go out as heroes..... Who would you rather play as, when opposing our polygonal armed forces? seriously answer that question...

[DaT1Guy]

Heres food for thought.

ITS A GAME.

Do you rather killing and airport of people with LGM's or blowing planets in the latest DBZ game, or killing furries in WOW? and dont tell me that those things arent justifiable, if they were real then it would be, remember its just a game, not like the Terrorists in the "GAME" said they are going to blow ricks house apart of shout your name.

GET OVER IT.

[wages of sin]

As an American, I have had enough of the opinions of European's on pretty much anything. The blatant hatred of American's is sickening and only shows how ignorant you really are.

World War 1,2 a host of other atrocities and wars, Marxism, communism, socialism, and a whole host of other issues has come from and or been started by some European nation so who are you to judge? How many MILLIONS of people have died on European soil? How many millions of civilians have been killed and I'm supposed to feel bad becuase you don't like Bush? Who are you to make comments? You blatantly trash talk and disrespect us knowing full well that had it not been for us you wouldn't even have a pot to piss in. So yeah, who cares what Europe thinks.

Your populations are in the toilet. You give up your freedoms in face of certain economic and social collapse. Yet you have the balls to actually think we should listen to you. Nothing smells of crap and elitist nonsense than a self entitled European. Walking around acting like your shit don't stink. Give me a break. Do we have problems here in the states? Hell yeah we do, but, contrary to popular belief so do we all. Get over yourselves.

Fuck Europe and fuck n4g.

[Dellis]

Does this guy not realize the USA created the Taliban/Alqeda back in the 80s?, they were trained and funded but most importantly armed to the teeth to take on the Soviet Union by the USA, the USA created this monster that it is fighting.

I swear these journalist know nothing about anything and yet want to talk about it. In terms of gaming, hey last time I checked gamers have always wanted to be the bad guys, EA is giving you the truth of the matter.

[Mmmkay]

i'm tired of playing as an american in every game.
taliban, japan, russia, germany, aliens, whatever just change it up a little.

[zeeshan810]

I really don't care who i am playing with as long as I am playing FPS! :P

[BlackSharinganX]

its a game, one mans terrorist is another mans freedom hero like our good friend Yi-Long said, theres is no war is all economics, always happens when we are heading to "peace times" and gun companies arent selling so well, so they need something to boost out for money and what better than war, you can check in all history almost every damm gun company has sold guns to both sides. Theres nothing to look for over at Pakistan or Afghanistan or all other countries over, seriously people do you really think this is all for revenge? so your telling me the great nation of america is so stupid that they let them selfs drive among revenge and general saying" well we should attack them since they attacked us" hell no theres something over there that they want like every single time. they waste billions in war alone, hell even in one jet they waste almost 5 million bucks if i remember correctly, even more on guns, tanks and everything else. open your eyes people, maybe even maybe it wasnt Al Qaeda who destroyed the twin towers ever thought of that? if economic is was so well, why would they attack the two most successful economic towers in the US?. anyways enough of this mumbo jumbo maybe ill get hate for it so what, its a game enjoy it.

[Cmoney]

Worst president EVER!! Hope and change my ***. Lying scumbag!

[Imallvol7]

I won't play it.

[Claudinho69]

no freedom should come thru bombin a building full of innocent people

[Winkle92]

Is that unlike most games where a FICTIONAL terrorist organization is attacking a Americans in a FICTIONAL war, this game is depicting a very REAL terrorist organization that the United States is CURRENTLY engaged in a war with.

It is one thing to portray fictional terrorists killing Americans in a fictional war, but the terrorists this game is portraying are firing bullets at American troops as I type.

And WWII happened around 60 years ago. People have recovered from the war and it is acceptable to show it. But a war that is being fought right now, with casualties climbing everyday should be off limits. Give it ten or twenty years and I wont mind. But until every soldier has returned from the battlefield, I wont be shooting at even "just pixilized" renditions of them. My dad was one of those fighting. How can I shoot at a person representing my dad?

Edited for spelling.

Edit: And lets not make this personal. I dont care if you are European, French, American, or Afgan. This is an issue to which we all can relate and must acknowledge.
I'd love to hear what other people think of this post.

[nightfallfilms]

@PopEmUp you said "Totally agree with you man, that why I hate both the media and the American as a whole, no wonder we European hate them or should I say 90% of the world hate the American. But Don't get me wrong I don't support terrorist"

You Europeans sure liked our help in WWII. I bet your from France nothing but a bunch of cowards.

[horndog]

You can play as an American bombing and shooting the f*ck out of Japanese, Germans, Vietnamese, Afghi, columbian and just about any other nationality out there but you can't accept playing as the Al-Quida doing their thing?? Go F*ck yourself bud.

[zeeshan810]

lol agreed!
In COD Americans killed a lot of Germans, Russians, Vietnamese, Colombians, Japanese and more (i think).

All you guys should STFU because this game is made by Americans!!!

[LoaMcLoa]

What's wrong with you?! So it's okay to kill people from Al-Qaeda, but you can't play as them? Don't be such a pussy,

IT'S

JUST

A

GAME!

[SeraphimBlade]

good to see an intelligent article. I like this guy, he doesn't come off as a psycho and doesn't make the reader feel like a dick if he disagrees. I don't have a major problem with the game. I might be a bit opposed if you played as terrorists in the story, but it doesn't look like you will. And in multiplayer, it's really just skins to me. I don't have a strong personal connection with the war or any terrorist attacks. I just hope the game presents the conflict objectively.

I do not have time to wade through all of your comments but I am seeing a number of "9/11 was an inside job" posts. If you posted or agreed with one, you need to go explain your theory to anyone who lost a family member in those attacks or someone who survived it. Or, alternatively, you can grow the hell up, and stop scraping around for ways to feel smarter than everyone. And have you seen our government's politicians? They're too busy at lesbian bondage clubs and rentaboy.com to do what they're elected to, let alone blow anything up.

[skottey]

While I personally wouldn't want to play Al-Qaeda either, let me play devil's advocate for a minute....

Is this really any different than playing Nazi German's in a game?

One could argue that it is "too soon" but look at all the real world evil that we enjoy "playing as" in videogames. The Civ games allow you to rule some civs run by horrible dictators and tyrants over the centuries. Fifty hears from now will it be OK to play as Al-Queda? Ten more years? When? Eventually, it will be OK by most people.

[MyWordIsGospel]

I'd prefer to play as Al Qaeda than the worst criminal organistaion in the world, that is commonly known as The United States Of America!

[Winkle92]

So this thread has devolved into people shouting "Go Al Quieda!" and "America Sucks!". What is the world coming to?

[Cha0tik]

Its a Fu**in game! Get over yourselves... your not supporting war by holding a controller and watch fake bullets fly at fake people and watch them lay down & respawn... If you have issues with the game then don't play the beta & don't buy it but don't come complaining that it has realistic characters in it so you can't support it.

[sharif699]

LOL its a game, playing as the taliban in this game does not mean you support them or the death or american troops in real life. People have been fine playing enemies in world war 2 games and such

[theballa113092]

Guys you can't believe everything the Media tells you. You'll get brainwashed. Sure Al-Qaeda is bad and all that but we're not exactly "good" either.

Besides, if no one plays as Al-Qaeda, there will be NO multiplayer :P

[oghost85]

because they all have guns and blood and you always have to kill some realistic looking humans or aliens and when the action happens its on earth its just too close to home and that makes me really uncomfortable guys lol because its just sits to close to home with me with guns, violence, cursing,I think this article is LAME. I think this site should be called O.4.G opinions 4 gamers well most of the time..lol in my opinion.

[N4BmpS]

There's nothing worse than a gamer doubting a game, it makes me wonder why even game if you don't understand these things or why they're done? I understand feeling a little strange about playing as an Al-Qaeda rebel soldier, but you're not supposed to think of like that.

Gaming 101 you're supposed to shut out the rest of the crap in the world when playing any game. It's like playing a Drug dealer or mob boss in a video game you never usually question that do?

There will be games that push that "what's happening in the world today" feel but you're still supposed to have fun and you only play an Al-Qaeda soldier in the multiplayer unless you're playing in the Campaign. But come on really?

[Quadrix]

Grow up.

[NateDPG]

To the folks that wrote this article and the ones that agree with it: you are like these politicians that are against games, the difference is you are acting hurt when you feel affected and they act hurt generally when it's about killing. It's a game you tards, if you feel that way don't even pop in a movie where folks get killed and watch sunsets instead.

[CrIpPeN]

At least you don't have to play as a boring USA Solider.