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New York Times: Medal of Honor "most disappointing game i have played this year"

The New York Times' reviewer begins his assessment of "Medal of Honor" by saying:

"Playing Medal of Honor, the new military combat game from Electronic Arts, I couldn’t stop thinking two things. First, E.A. is supposed to be better than this. And second, Activision and Call of Duty don’t have much to worry about."

After listing a number of game-stopping bugs and glitches, The Times' reviewer sums things up this way:
"Medal of Honor is the most disappointing game I have played this year."

A review of this sort, coming from the New York Times, will do nothing to enhance EA's reputation in the business community.

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imoutofthecontest4946d ago

Hahah holy crap The New York Times are epic trolls.

imoutofthecontest4945d ago (Edited 4945d ago )

Also:
Go play Final Fantasy XIV.

NecrumSlavery4945d ago

wow ignorant media bashing MoH? /s

HSx94945d ago

just bought MoH yesterday, the online experience is fantastic.

DORMIN4945d ago

*looks at source and header in big letters*

Sooooo Medal of Honor is a new TV show?!

Cerberus21254945d ago

You got it all wrong,Seth schiesel is one of the best(if not the best)unbiase reviewers outhere,while I was a bit surprise at the way he started this review,I have no roughed in my mind that he is not taking sides,read some of his other reviews like his Heavy rain and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Cerberus21254945d ago

You know they only have one person that reviews games?.and that reviews is not his only job?.He is a great wrider too.

Swiftfox4945d ago

According to VGcharts (since they are the only site I know with numbers sold) Quantum Theory has only sold around 40,000 units on both consoles in all 3 regions. This after a nearly a full month on the market.

So I'm going to hazzard a guess and say..you havn't played it either. Honestly, it's unfair to lable a game a dissappointment or bad game when one hasn't played the game fully for themselves.

Cerberus21254945d ago

Everyone here is missing the point,he never said this is the worts game this year,or this is a really bad game,He says the because EA has being the highest standard in video games,because Medal of Honor was better than Call of Duty when they were both set back in WW II,because MoH was build to give CoD a run for its money,and his on hight expectations,All of this combine makes Medal of Honor HIS most disappointing game of the year.

XRider4945d ago

Yeah the NYT are trolls because thier review of this piss poor game is just sooooo much different than all the other low reviews of this piss poor game. After all everyone else are giving this piss poor GOTY game 9s and 10s so the NYT must be trolls.

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westy5524946d ago

You guys must not play many games then.

Ju4945d ago

Hard for some to accept that people have different taste, huh?

This game does not play like CoD. How hard can it be to accept this? If at all it some sort of BF game (MP; not sure with what to compare the SP). If you like that, than you sure can like MoH. If you like run and gun rush modes, well, no, then this game is not for you.

SP campaign is alright for what it tries to do (or what message it tries to communicate), visually meh, Tier1 can be a frustrating (some levels - e.g. that ATV part), but MP is quite alright. BF in a warzone with a bit adjusted game play (snipes and cover and more open environment which does not feel like BF).

Convas4946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

LMAO! The NYT actually plays games? I call shenanigans. I bet you the posted some Farmville playing Casual up to get in on the MOH beating bandwagon because of all the controversy that's been surrounding the game in the past two or three months.

IMChampion4945d ago

My fucking christ I'm getting tired of this shit! Why are they comparing these games? Yes they are both fps' but it don't mean that they play the same. Just because its not CoD they are disappointed? WTF?! That's just like comparing every other mmo to WoW.

I agree that MoH does not really have an identity but anyone who has played it can see it is what it is, a modern day war shooter more grounded in "reality", not an arcade run and gun like cod, not that thats bad either but they are 2 distinct game.

You're right Clizzz, they need to go back to their farmville playing and leave real games alone, hop off the fucking wagon, the horse is dying.

totallysane4945d ago

in actuality EVERYONE compares new mmos to wow

Quagmire4946d ago

"I couldn’t stop thinking two things. First, E.A. is supposed to be better than this. And second, Activision and Call of Duty don’t have much to worry about."

I wonder how much Kotick paid the New York times for them to say this.

Jerk1204945d ago

Despicable.

They're almost as bad as Sony!

SpitFireAce854945d ago (Edited 4945d ago )

HAHA is that a joke....says the guy that pays
2 fees to play online as bad as Sony lol..
Yeah free is bad LMFAO

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

jizzyjones4946d ago

TBF a New York post is NOT going to like a game where you can play as the Taliban are they, what did any1 expect???

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Remembering Medal Of Honor: The Forgotten Master Of WW2 Games

Ibrahim from eXputer: "The Medal of Honor franchise was once the crown jewel of FPS war games, later defeated by the tides of time and poor development."

banger8814d ago

They tried to turn it into Call of Duty and it killed it off. They should reboot it and go back to it's roots. But they'd ruin it with online-only/multiplayer style bullshit so why bother? I have very fond memories of these games, but this series can stay dead as far as I'm concerned.

FPS_D3TH13d ago

Was literally just thinking of this game the other week with the secret nut cracker mission and the shooting Bismarck dog lmao. Loved these games as a kid

PrecursorOrb13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I wish they’d remake warfighter

Strictly for the campaign

The_Hooligan13d ago

I have fond memories of playing the Medal of Honor Breakthrough MP Demo. It had two maps and custom servers. Living on campus, I had it downloaded on one of the PC Lab servers so I could access it on any computer at the university. Joined a clan and made friends that I still keep in touch with today.

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EA Hopes to Use Generative AI to Drive Monetization and Make Development 30% More Efficient

Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.

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thorstein59d ago

I wonder what the next buzz word they'll slap in front of AI to make it sound exciting next? "Generative" as if it's creating its own content. Lol.

Cacabunga59d ago

EA is already dying a painful death..

peppeaccardo59d ago

i have a better idea .. why the whole exec team doesn't get replaced by chat bots ?

just_looken59d ago

Though i agree the ai thing is already in other forms of media there have been ai translations/scripts/voice over and even full ai commercials aired on tv. Ubisoft has created a ai game creator story/vo/music except the building of the game

The new unreal engine has auto terrain creation tools

In the world of greed in which it is winning without any major blow back ai is our future.

everyone want's biden dead on the mic or a criminal instead of a woman and now we are getting ai everything because no one will stop watching/playing ai created media.

GamerRN59d ago

Maybe they should just focus on making good games?

Just a thought...

Kiryu199258d ago

Exactly EA are just pure evil. When they are beating Bank of America to be voted the worst company to work for that’s saying a lot

Good thing I don’t buy their games day one and wait for deep deep sale years after launch (the select few games I am actually interested in)

Gaming is making so much money yet the greed of these companies is never ending

CEO’s and people on board making millions yet cutting jobs to those who are actually making the products

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Knightofelemia59d ago (Edited 59d ago )

EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.

Stuart575659d ago

EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'

I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.

ChasterMies59d ago

I having a feeling that most of the layoffs in the industry are based on the idea that AI will do the same job for less.

DarXyde58d ago

Very likely, yes.

Made worse by the fact that the execs aren't changing their compensations.

My deepest fear at this point is that we are now in the capitalism endgame.

At this point, we really should just burn AI to the ground. Executives cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
How are those people expected to support families if everything gets automated?

Barlos59d ago (Edited 59d ago )

And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.

No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.

CobraKai59d ago

Exactly. If or when games start becoming more AI than people, im done with gaming. AI and companies like EA can suck donkey d***k.

just_looken59d ago

Though i agree remember this is no ps3/360 era were we got up to 3 games in one generation from on developer like gears/halo/bioware/sony/ms

The people today are pro esg/sweet baby for the most part AAA gaming is imploding right now.

We should be stepping back re evaluate everything as a whole this year xmen 97 written/directed by a woman that is nuts and its also being made by a group reshaping bodies to be less sexual like wtf. A dam famous cartoon from the 90's is being rebuilt with millions spent to be worse in everyway.

Gaming/movies/tv shows made today are worse than what we had 7years ago ai won't change this but that ai is also being made by these groups so either way we are screwed.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Eonjay58d ago

Don't be of afraid of women. Sexy characters in games and movies still exist. Got my Stellar Blade on preorder!!! Everything all the time doesn't need to be sexual...that's stupid, childish and dull.

Chocoburger59d ago (Edited 59d ago )

EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.

SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5

Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"

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EA And Sony Layoffs, Entertainment News And More Skewedcast

Gareth, Justin, and JoeyZ look at Layoff news for EA and Sony and reasons behind the downturn in the industry and more.