We are all excited about the latest Medal of Honor game. As you know we’ve seen many Medal of Honor games over the years but the first one was released eight years ago. At first Medal of Honor series was focused on World War II and after Omaha Beach and Pearl Harbor series has taken a whole new story. Following the Call of Duty series that has shifted from World War II into modern warfare developers of Medal of Honor have decided to focus on modern wars. As you might know, new Medal of Honor game will be focused on Afghanistan war and that’s the main reason why this game is getting so much criticism today.
It’s okay to make a game that is based on events that have occurred 70 or 50 years ago but it’s still inappropriate to make a game that is based on ongoing war, but that’s not the worst thing about this game. Although many players won’t mind playing as US marines fighting that are against the terrorists there’s a word that you’ll be able to play as Al-Qaeda as well. It’s not confirmed that you’ll have to play as Al-Qaeda in single player but Al-Qaeda might be available in multiplayer. Now we all realize that it might be highly inappropriate to play as terrorist group that has been responsible for 9/11 attacks but developers just want to keep the game realistic as they can, although some people might be offended by this. In my opinion it’s okay if Al-Qaeda is available in multiplayer but if you have to play as Al-Qaeda in single player and through the campaign than it could be highly offensive to many players out there. On other hand, it could okay if the Afghanistan war was over, but let’s look it on a different way.
We have seen many war games that have been inspired by World War II and Vietnamese war and I don’t remember that anyone complained about it. Sure, somebody might have found it offensive but still, it’s just a game and nothing more. Bottom line is, if you’re feeling offended by new Medal of Honor just don’t play it and that’s it. We’re just hoping that Al-Qaeda will be available only in multiplayer and that you won’t have to play with it in a single player campaign. Anyway, we’ll see how will gaming community respond to the final release that is scheduled for October 12th.