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Medal of Honor's developers are out of their depth

"For all their talk of creating a propaganda free game, EA has demonstrated with MoH that they are unable to marry big budget titles with current events in a mature way." writes NGG's Dylan Young.

Game-ur4964d ago

At least they tried, with issues like these their never is ideal position.

dangert124964d ago

EA can i just think 'Danger close' are meh and DICE clearly have there head in Battlefield 3 and BFBC 2

foss34964d ago

the single player was fun but overal meh. the multiplayer by dice however has surprised me by how fun it is and how well it's presented. that said i'm more looking forward to battlefield vietnam DLC.

xGet_In_There4964d ago

Are you kidding me? The multiplayer is horrible. It is a camper infested sniper shit game. I played the single player twice because MP was so bad. May end up just going back to Battlefield. DICE fucked this MP up.

xGet_In_There4964d ago

@danger

couldn't agree more. BFBC is a MUCH MUCH MUCH better MP experience than their "new" game. You can clearly tell they were in a hurry and are more worried about Battlefield 3. Besides some minor glitches I think Danger Close did a good job on the SP. I liked the story and felt "real".

ReservoirDog3164964d ago (Edited 4964d ago )

I think they did a good job from a mature standpoint. They gave full* credit and love to soldiers. There was nothing offensive about it.

r0gueZA4964d ago (Edited 4964d ago )

pompous, long-winded....horse shite article!

morganfell4964d ago

Agreed.

The lead in for the article should say,"

"....writes 17 year old MW2 fan Deylan Young who has the mental depth of the kiddie pool and not a clue about game development."

theonlylolking4964d ago

I think danger close should have done the whole game. I wish I could slide in multiplayer and have the same feel of gameplay I get in story mode

Soldierone4964d ago

Totally agree and I think EA should of tossed more time to them too.

ReservoirDog3164964d ago

Yeah I missed the slide and peaking mechanics. Was weird at first but I would've loved it in multiplayer.

Wii360BeatsPS34964d ago

They all want to be where COD is, all pretenders who will never make it.

COD owns Battlefield, MoH and every other FPS out there, and it also has time to own all the haters.

The numbers do the talking, the haters and the competition are IRRELEVANT. Even when they add monthly charges to COD it will STILL dominate all other FPS. And you bitch and moan because you know this is the truth and you can't handle it.

Trunkz4964d ago

Or maybe your a fanboy (CoD owns Battlefield? lool)

To me, I think MoH tried and did "okay" and thats about all, but if Call of Duty tried to make their own Battlefield, I don't think they'd be able to compete with Battlefield series either.

CoD does what it's good at, Arcade style of FPS INF battles.
Battlefield does what it's good at, Arcade style of war INF + Vehicles.

MoH did not do great at what it tried to be - a realistic version of CoD but too much of it's game still didn't fly and ends up 7.5 which is good but not enough - If they make a MoH2 then they need to listen to the community much more so.

jjank114964d ago

yea, MoH was sold as a more tactical and realistic FPS but it does not really hit that idea straight on. It is very hit and miss. Especially when it is almost next to impossible to have teamwork in the game, people end up playing it like COD and it fails. MOH is more or less a poor mans version of BC2.

It does succeed in outdoing COD in gameplay though. COD is old and outdated. its pretty much the same since COD4.

morganfell4964d ago (Edited 4964d ago )

So mass numbers matter? The few people that fought to escape Jonestown were wrong and the 900 that drank the Kool-aid were right? There is a name for such people. They are called sheep.

Broad based skill that is a requirement for BC2 outright owns COD.

Take your little COD twitch shooting and come run Arma II and Arrowhead on our server and see how long you last.

As for MoH, they are working on it. It has been great so far, much better than COD4 or MW2. Patrick Liu just announced they are spinning up the first console patch to adjust the sniper abilities.

Soldierone4964d ago

"even when they add monthly fees, it will still dominate"

Yeah if every COD fanboy has their head up their ass like this then it will. In that case actual gamers will not put up with it and find other games to play. Numbers do the talking if your not a real gamer.

Weather4964d ago

. . .so swell, can't wait.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws3d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman3d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath23d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai8d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga8d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole5d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville6d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens528d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_8d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville6d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM8d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka7d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_8d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long11d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0911d ago (Edited 11d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.