Medal Of Honor: Warfighter Won't Tackle The Bin Laden Mission
Medal of HonorThe Medal of Honor reboot by Danger Close dealt with the true-to-life missions of the elite Tier 1 Operatives.
Since then, Osama Bin Laden has been hunted down and killed, and you can bet that high-ranking members of the military were most certainly involved. Therefore, ever since EA unveiled Medal of Honor: Warfighter, gamers have all been asking: will we get a chance to take down Bin Laden in a virtual setting? It could be quite the experience.
It'd be quite the controversy, of course, but such a move would also result in a gigantic amount of recognition for the game and in turn, EA. Right? Ah, but it's really just too risky and EA has confirmed that such a mission won't be featured. "That's not our story to tell," producer Greg Goodrich told OXM. He added:
"That's 'family business' to [the Tier 1 Operators]. It's been an interesting exercise learning what's okay and what's not okay [to portray in the game]."
Remember, real Tier 1 guys were involved in the making of the last MoH, and are probably involved again. And if they say "no," we're betting Danger Close listens. Hell, I would.
Related Game(s): Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Tags: medal of honor, warfighter, medal of honor 2, tier 1
2/27/2012 8:36:56 PM Ben Dutka
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matt99
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 11:05:45 AM
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Jawknee
Monday, February 27, 2012 @ 9:41:32 PM
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Underdog15
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 10:19:05 AM
It's all well and good that the threat he was is done for, but I'm not sure I've been desensitized enough to let that sit well for my stomach if I actually carried it out. It's not even like it was a long time ago... it was in my lifetime. I'm sure my grandfather wouldn't have liked playing a WW2 game soon after WW2.
Let the kill bin laden games come out in 50 years. lol. I had a hard time stomaching that airport scene in MW2. (And never played that scene again despite another playthrough) I honestly don't think I would be comfortable with doing that deed myself. It's not because I'm a sympathizer. (Although there is something a little twisted about celebrating a person's death, even though I totally get why we would celebrate it.) It's just a little -TOO- real for me.
Especially for a hobby that, for me, is a way to get away from real life BS.
Know where I'm going?
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matt99
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 11:02:42 AM
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Underdog15
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 12:27:45 PM
I think that while that might not seem like a big distinction, in actuality, it's a pretty major difference!
I'm just not sure that in the pursuit of realism, we need to re-live horrific events that have actually happened that directly impacts everything around us in real life. I'm more than happy staying at arms length from executing a real-honest-to-god person. I -REALLY- don't need to be the one to pull the trigger. lol You know?
I think you and I agree on that. ;p
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79transam
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 9:58:04 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, February 27, 2012 @ 10:35:44 PM
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Killa Tequilla
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 1:46:36 AM
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___________
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 3:10:07 AM
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its amazing how we have managed to turn such a emotional traumatic event such as war into such a boring careless pastime.
thats why i was so disappointed with homefront.
the developers kept harping on about how games have faceless enemies, and empty stories with empty "heroes".
but then they went and did the same themselves.
i really love the concept of spec ops the line, id be nice if some of that rubbed onto this.
only thing that fell short in MoH, besides length, was the story and characters.
fix that up with the controversy people expect, and the emotional story with relateable careable characters and id be set.
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Pandacastro
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 3:25:04 AM
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ulsterscot
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 3:28:51 AM
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I guess danger close / dice are ea's version of infinity ward / treyarch and will be releasing their fps on alternate years.
works for me!
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 3:40:06 AM
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And not for others to downplay it as just another trivial gaming moment to have fun with.
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maxpontiac
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 4:27:54 PM
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gray_eagle
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 7:19:26 PM
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79transam
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Spanky
Thursday, March 01, 2012 @ 11:04:01 AM
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DjStiv3
Thursday, March 01, 2012 @ 11:42:59 AM
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how do we "judge" wats appropriate in a GAME and wat is not?
you can't and we have an esrb for that anyway
there arent any laws that they wud break
not many ppl will be offended so who cares?
i KNOW ive seen movies and games about killing hitler or something why is that okay but killing osama is not?
we live in a truly odd world
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
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Monday, February 27, 2012 @ 9:19:16 PM