The New (controversial) Medal Of Honour Game
There’s been a lot of fuss in recent weeks about the new Medal of Honour game, which allows you to play as the Taliban. Until recently, EA, the company behind the game, actually allowed players to choose to play as the Taliban in game, but because of media pressure they changed the name to the “Opposition”. Even so, the game has been constantly in the news, and there have been calls to ban it.
Personally, I think the fuss is exactly what EA wanted, and the media should know better than to make a big deal of it. While it’s not in good taste –especially with soldiers still being killed by the real Taliban – the reality is that whenever a game receives negative attention like this it always sells better. The same happened with the Grand Theft Auto series and the controversial game Bully. Most of the time the media makes a fuss when it doesn’t really understand the game, but I can see the problem in this case.
The real problem is that Medal of Honour is now going up against Call of Duty which has become a much more popular series. EA had to do something to take the attention away from the new CoD, so it decided to do something controversial. The game itself is meant to be a solid return to the series, but nothing special, and certainly not good enough to warrant this kind of media attention.
So, will I be getting the game? I rarely buy games anymore, and I won’t be buying the new Medal of Honour. I’ll take a good look at Call of Duty, because I think it will be a much better game. The thought of playing as the Taliban isn’t something that I particularly want to do, and it seems like that’s the main feature of the game.