EA thinks reviewers are wrong about 'Medal of Honor: Warfighter'

Medal of Honor: Warfighter was met with review scores much lower than most AAA, big-budget releases, but EA has essentially rejected these scores and believes the game is better than critics say.

[dazbobaby]

EA can say what they like, it's the reviewers and the buying public who really get to choose whether they like it or not.

And right now for the most part, people are really hating it.

[Cam977]

Exactly! EA aren't the ones buying the game.

[Temporary]

It's not CoD so it'll get hated on no matter what.

[ShadowKingx]

Completely agree with you Temporary.

[Blastoise]

@Temporary & bigdaddy4247

Yeah, it's not like CoD gets hate or anything

/s

[MysticStrummer]

@Blastoise - Your comment would make sense if CoD wasn't the sales juggernaut that it is. Sure, any popular thing will get hate from certain people, but the thing that is not the popular thing will always get more hate. It's just not as high profile because the hate is against something that isn't popular, so people like you won't feel the inexplicable urge to defend the thing that is in reality winning already.

[Commander_TK]

There's an article up saying that EA admits MOH was a disappointment. Flip flop much?

Fuck EA

[FriedGoat]

COD barely gets hate even though its unoriginal and terribly boring. Luckily reviewers like money, Activision have money, Simple.

[knowyourstuff]

Don't forget - internet review sites don't represent gamers. They represent trolls and bitter fanboys who are so jaded it would make your head spin. This is why RE6 has gone on to sell millions of copies even though it has been panned by several review sites. The game isn't technically bad, it's just that people are sick of the over saturated market of gritty modern war shooters, and familiarity breeds contempt. Most review sites will tell you it just isn't fun - that's because they themselves have been playing every single modern combat game ever to come out for hours on end, of course they're going to get sick of it, but if you're the type who isn't you may just enjoy Medal of Honor, otherwise go play something different like Dishonored or AC3.

[Autodidactdystopia]

I'm really starting to think its a social stigma with this game.

I have seen this game in action and as the overall look and feel and Production value of the game has improved drasticaly since the last release, I cant seem to understand the MEGA LOW review scores.

Im starting to thing everyones joining to beat up the kid who brought the new toy to school.

its not great; but its also not 2/10 Bad PERIOD.

[miDnIghtEr20C_SfF]

@Temporary... you're a great joker.

Ya.. because COD isn't hated by most everyone who doesn't play it.

You sound like a butt hurt BF3 fanboy. Buy a PC for BF3... it blows away it's sucky console counterpart.

Reading more here... look at all the EA fanboys preaching and crying about double standards. "If cod black ops 2 get's a better score i'll..."

You'll what? Who cares about you. You're in the minority. More people love COD than hate it. There's two FPS games this year to buy... COD and Halo. Everything else is just crap.

[grifter024]

Yeah but THEIR INTERNAL play testers thought it was AAA caliber so we are the ones that are wrong.

[GrahamGolden]

the game is still better than most CoD
nd it was an improvement of the 2010 game..

[HammadTheBeast]

No, it's not better than CoD in terms of solid gameplay. Yes it has it's pro's but it's EA's own fault for trying to compete with CoD.

[gtr_loh]

Personally, I don't think the game is bad at all. Once you play it, you get the vibe that it's just Battlefield with close quartered style maps. That being said, it's not like COD at all in terms gameplay. "Camping" proves ineffective once the other team realizes that you're doing it. There are no trick shots and MOH is not as fast paced. The general style is visibly noticeable as MOH tried to create a realistic and believable atmosphere. In the gaming industry, money talks. It's almost a legal form of communism where those tha speak the truth are silenced. COD does a prime example of this. Gametrailers and Gamespot have been sponsored by activision and other multi billion dollar companies in an effort to draw consumers.

TL; DR: COD is the Mission Impossible of gaming. MOH is the "Hurt Locker" of gaming. Both will get mixed reviews depending on the views of the customer.

[Ju]

^^^ This. You speak my mind. That's exactly what this game is.. Faster than BF3 on smaller maps but no CoD. So, if BF3 controls, maps and graphics are great, why isn't this game? It surprisingly doesn't try to be Cod, but most of the criticism it gets is from people expecting just that and making it down because obviously it isn't. Or people who haven't even played it but still think it's EAs version of CoD.

[R6ex]

IGN:
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MOH (2010): 6/10
MOH:W (2012): 4.5/10

Where's the logic?!

MOH (2010) was rated by IGN with an average of 7+ in areas like Presentation, Graphics, Sound, Gameplay & Lasting-Appeal. Yet, IGN gave it an Overall score of just 6/10.

MOH:W (2012) has improved on the 2010 game in every aspect, yet IGN lowered the score to 4.5.

Ridiculous!!!

[Omnislash]

The game is pretty much the exact same as Call of Duty, if Black ops 2 gets a better score Im calling shenanigans.

[CraigandDayDay]

Exactly. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. They make it like Call of Duty and they get hate. They try different things than Call of Duty and they get hate. I actually liked the single player of the 2010 Medal of Honor. The MP felt lacking, especially in map variety. But I bought it because it gave me access to the Bad Company 2 beta (which I played the hell out of) AND it gave me a free copy of Medal of Honor: Frontlines on the PS3.

This new Medal of Honor is just a victim of the times. Anything that tries to compete with Call of Duty is bashed to death for trying to follow its success. EA could put out the most authentic single player and most fun exciting multiplayer full of content and it would STILL get hated on by the CoD-biased gaming media.

[xtremeimport]

Everyone I know who's played it have really enjoyed it.
so i'll have to give it a try myself.

[t0mmyb0y]

Well said :) I want it for the single player.

[yaz288]

same ..

the sp is surprisingly AWESOME!! the first game is nothing in comparison to this .. normally I would laugh at the story and the drama but damn it was nicely done here ..

there is a car stealth level which is fucking brilliant!!!

for the sp alone I give it a 8.5..

[Insomnia_84]

Game is great!! I've been playing nonstop since last week. Most of the ppl saying it sucks haven't even played it yet, they just follow what's being fed into their brains by the manipulated media. I feel sorry for them.

@yaz288
Car chases and that car stealth part where you actually get to drive the cars, the breaching options and the way to unlock them. And still some reviewers say there's nothing new, that Hot Spot MP mode is new, at least I had never seen it before, some killstrikes I've never seen before.

Watch future COD games copy this and all the COD fanboys go like "OMG THIS NEW! SO INNOVATIVE!" lmao! It's happened before!

[TENTONGUN]

im playing alot of the mp and i enjoy it. its not perfect though. only cod games i played were cod2 and cod4mw. those were very cool. i never bought another one cause the sequels looked like the game i already owned. not much of a difference year to year. fuck it maybe its just me. anyways warfighter is my preference at the moment. and next year will be bf4. good times

[Ju]

I said it before and say it again. The car sequences match full blown racing games. Driving, traffic, handling...haven't seen this in any non racer so far.

[caseh]

Perhaps EA should have offered free PS3/Xbox to journalists who were willing to tweet how great their game is. Isn't that how its done these days?

Did someone say Lauren Whitman...hurhur

[SegataShanshiro]

Awwww. Someone call the waaahmbulance cause we hurt ea's feelings:( today is a good day indeed. I feel this is our revenge against those low lives at ea

[jony_dols]

(Looks at your profile pic)

They're certainly no less sellouts than iD Software are, and for that part, most of the industry.

And actually it's not really a good day, because if it doesn't sell well, then EA will be forced to lay off staff & shut down studios.

[geddesmond]

Have you played the game yet?? I haven't and I probably won't in the future as I'm sick to death of FPS games but the trailers do make the game look great. I don't trust any reviewers so maybe EA has a point. It seems review sites these days go with what everyone else is saying. Ya know jump on that bandwagon. "That game is great", "Yeah that game is great". "Ya know that game is crap" "Your right that game is crap" "Oh but I haven't played it yet" "Yeah me neither" SMH

[BX81]

Am I the only one who's had more problems with the higher rated AC3?

[Amplitude]

Have you guys actually played the game?

I torrented it (i torrent any EA games simply because i refuse to use Origin. Give me a break here i buy everything else) and the single player is honestly no worse than a CoD game. Its just a bunch of giant setpeaces.
In the first 3 minutes you watch crates rain down on you, helicopters and tanks explode, etc.

It's mindless shooting fun and it looks pretty. haha i really dont think it deserves the bad reviews it's getting for "unoriginality" when CoD doesn't have a single ounce of originality in any of their games. At least MoH Warfighter uses a new engine.

[Ak47Russia]

And i think the game sucks and so called "pro" reviews also suck!

[Syntax-Error]

Everyone knows EA gives DICE a blank check to make sure BF stays on top w/ CoD. The MoH didn't know how to utilize the frostbite engine to it's full potential. The reason CoD gets nods on the story is because they hire big name talent to write and do the musical scores. They make sure their SP is nothing short of a Michael Bay movie experience. That's not a bad thing. If MoH made an amazing story and untilized Frostbits destructive architecture, they would have a solid game. Also, take out that idiotic slow motion kill shot in MP. That's so annoying.

[chaldo]

There is nothing wrong with this game.. the Campaign is fantastic and the firebuddy system is awesome! sure there are a few bugs in multiplayer but it is not enough to bring the review scores down to 4's and 5's. its ridiculous. I bet you the op in this thread didnt even play the game as well as 70% of the other ppl who insulted the game who commented on this article.

True, EA blows but MOHW is a great game. You just have to actually play the game instead of trash talking it like you know it (no, the beta does not count).

[OneAboveAll]

I love this game.

[Lionheart377]

I think you're in the minority, but not at all wrong.

[Ju]

I gave you a disagree because judging by his agree to disagree ratio he actually isn't a minority :)

[R6ex]

Same here! :)

[MrGunny94]

Not wrong, just being "Authentic" about the state of the game.

I bought the game for the PC and i'm deeply dissapointed , the single player is more of the same i was expecting a quality of campaign next to the first MoH, but i was wrong...

The Mutiplayer is a joke, it's totally unbalanced the unlocking system is confusing and doesn't make any sense at alll

And also.... since the game was announced didn't really see much info of the game and they did promises that they didn't delivered...

Let's see how Bo2 works out...

[FragPants]

Joke? what game are you playing. Mutiplayer is solid. Not sure what's unbalanced about it either? Single player on the other hand is weak. But that is to be expected.

[DarkTower805]

"Single player on the other hand is weak. But that is to be expected."

No, this is MOH, that's not what is expected from a MOH game. I did enjoy the single player, but it was short, filled with bugs, poor AI, etc, etc, etc.

The game did not live up to the names MOH or Tier-1, EA should be ashamed.

[FragPants]

Once again DarkTower805. You have mentioned nothing about the mutiplayer, which I think is very strong. That's were the replay value is!!!

[yaz288]

compared to bf3 and ghost recon fs .. moh finally give a solid sp for once that is not cod title.

sp is more of the same .. but at least its done right this time ( loved it )

[ShadowKingx]

This does not play like COD so it will get hated on.

This game kinda brings back some SOCOM feel to it though.

[Hdz54]

Ppl on here must have amnesia. Cod is the most hated on game on this site.

[Hicken]

And with good reason.

Note that the problem reviewers are having with this game can and SHOULD easily be said for the past few Call of Duty releases; but look at the scores these same sites give to call of Duty.

Call of Duty is hated because it's been virtually the same damn game since 2008 or so, yet it gets rave reviews and sees record-breaking sales with each iteration.

Warfighter, by all accounts, improves on the last Medal of Honor, but it's getting even worse reviews. How does that make any sense?

[AzaziL]

Because CoD has more money for it's advertising budget than any other game in history and reviewers will never trash a cash cow, it'll cost them their pay or even their job.

So if BO:2 was complete trash, it would still get a 7.5 or greater score just to keep on Activision's good side.

[RememberThe357]

The most hated game on this site, not in general. Very big difference.

[hardcorehippiez]

yea its quite tactical and i like it when you work in pairs. i dont care what any one says reviews are way off in this game . it is a solid game if a little intimidating to start with.

[venom06]

ALL of those CoD fanboy reviewers need to read this article !!

http://pcgmedia.com/what-ar...

EA is exactly right...

[NobleRed]

Thanks for the link bro.

Great article.

[FragPants]

Great article. Mutiplayer is very good in my opinion. People are just caught up in the hate.

[RememberThe357]

You better have submitted that.

[abzdine]

it's their game of course they'll say this.

[CanadianTurtle]

Its not just reviewers, but everyday gamers as well. I can't stand to see people pay a full 60 bucks for this game.

[StoneyYoshi]

You are just another sheep in the hate bandwagon. I never choose my purchase over another individuals opinion. I make my own opinions and so far i believe in my lifetime of gaming since i can remember i have been disappointed by a total of 8 games. and those were back when i was young and thought everything was badass.

All im trying to say is dont be a sheep. Be a individual.

Here is my individual opinion as well as my whole friends list that i play with....

This game is great!

You probably havent even played the game. so dont comment about how good a game is.

[SegataShanshiro]

Then what the help do you want him to do huh? To pay 60 bucks for everygame that comes out and find out by himself that the game sucks? Dud you're such an idiot

[StoneyYoshi]

You are the idiot assuming im telling him to buy every game that comes out. if you aren't going to understand my previous comment then there is no reason for me to even explain my common sense.....

and considering your past comments on here you are just another idiot troll on here anyway.

[dennett316]

"Don't be a sheep, be an individual who buys the latest military FPS from a corporation with a massive advertising budget to tell me just how great the game is with slick trailers".

Uh huh. Look, MoH is trying so hard to be CoD that it hurts. With the real thing out in a few days, why in the hell should people take a risk on an inferior copy of a formula perfected by another company?

If you truly want to be an individual, buy something different like Okami HD or some other indy game from PSN or XBLA that offers something different rather than clogging the charts with stuff that's trying to copy already established franchises. Don't reward companies with a "me too" approach to making games.

The fact that Medal of Honour Warfighter went to number one in the UK chart depresses the hell out of me.

[Ju]

^^^ another sheep. You obviously haven't played it. The only thing in common with CoD is the modern setting...which isn't even true for their next installment because it plays in a fictional future. So, your just hating, aren't you? Best proof you are.

[StoneyYoshi]

@ dennet

your comment disgusts me. did you even read your comment before you posted that trying to prove a point of some sort??

whatever man lol go ahead and pay 60 bucks for your game that comes out soon that plays exactly like the last 5 games in the series. Just because its a military shooter does NOT make it the same game thats "inferior" to your precious completely milked yearly released series....

troll harder man... just dont hurt yourself.

[Zichu]

I haven't played the game, so I can't judge it, but if it's getting low review scores and the players are saying it's bad, then it's a bad game.

What do these suits know about gaming? Pretty sure publishers and the top people have all the say in what goes in a game these days which is sad.

Let the developers do what they need to do, or at least have a say in what goes in the game... And stop rushing them!

[Jinkies]

"We’re going to continue to support the game going forward with marketing and additional content.”

Whats the point in supporting it when you can spend your time doing something else. No point supporting a not so well recieved game, maybe 1/2 DLCs then thats it.

They should take a note of this failure for Battlefield 4 and just put it on hold to make Bad Company 3 instead.

[Tzuno]

What about the people that played the game and they can tell that the game is mediocre. Ea want only money and that's all.

[hennessey86]

And the reviews are bullshit, the campaign is really good, I haven't played the multiplayer yet so I can't comment on that but as far as the single player goes I am loving it. Really nice pacing, the graphics are beautiful and as for the reviewers saying its much of the same I disagree. I found it to be a very believable experience and I like realism. Call of duty is like a summer blockbuster, loads of action but lacking any real substance. I recommend this game to any FPS fan and I hope the reviews don't cause people to avoid this shooter.

[0neShot]

you sound really like an EA rep, all BS!

[jjb1981]

Boooo, this game is a disappointment like 2010s medal of honor

[The_KELRaTH]

Well EA could always offer a SP and MP demo.

Generally find if a demo is not available at launch then it's because it's not good enough and they hope you'll buy on hype etc.

[Xequter]

This ^^
Well said. DEMO or BUST. Prove your game is good instead of trying to convince us with words. Let us try before we buy.

[dubt72]

Also, mothers of douchebags think people are wrong about them...

[GTRrocker666]

Arent there enough of these modern military shooters?

[SephirothX21]

Tbh, corridor fps games only sell because of the multiplayer but they just don't provide the experience of open world games that give the player freedom. Far Cry 3, Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite are the only fps games I'll be buying in the near future. Military shooters can go f*ck themselves.

[Urbz7870]

EA is right! Warfighter is a damn good game, its a huge improvement over Medal Of Honor(2010). People just love to hate nowadays.

[Khan613]

If you're not into military FPS, ignore the genre, don't bag it.

Scifi FPS bores me to tears (Crysis Warhead was ok) and I still love Half Life. But Bioshock/Boreshock left me wanting.

We can argue personal tastes and go nowhere.

EA is still a turd of a company:
http://www.geek.com/article...

But so are most publishers who push developers to release incomplete titles with little or no quality control. BLack Ops 2 was clearly why MOH:W was rushed out.

[BananaEatingSquid]

Personally, this game could have been better. There were a few missions that I thought were pretty cool (car mission comes to mind) but I was very disappointed... it's not that great :/

[SanMarco]

Haha!

[isyourhouseonfire]

MoH continues to fail and EA continues to say "but but but..."

Time for big wig heads to roll at EA.

[MastaPiff]

That's what happens when you pay advertising money to gaming review sites (pay-ola) then you don't give them money for this game! (fail-ola?)

(Raging online gamer voice):
"EA just got burned!, by their own!, shady business tactics!!!" LMAO

[dazzrazz]

Title was so polished and so much hearts was poured into it Ea had to hold review copies just so they could deliver them with that 1.7 GB patch on day 1. Otherwise shit wouldn't work. Medal of Error is just a Holidays filler since they have nothing to dump on store shelves this year in fps section

[BALLARD32]

And that is why these games will continue to fail. No one wants to be innovative or take criticism.

[AO1JMM]

You can say what you want about the various websites that review your game EA but when we gamers say your games sucks you might want to take our opinions seriously.

[ickysweat77]

They just know people like you say negative things about their game without ever actually playing it. MOH is a good game but you wouldn't know.

[AO1JMM]

Do you assume often? I have played the game and no I did not like it. That doesnt mean I will bash it like many other gamers.

You really shouldnt ASSume so often.

[ickysweat77]

You shouldn't assume people are dumb enough to assume you are telling the truth when you say you played it. People may not like it, but to say it sucks is just showing stating a falsity and a down right lie. Assumption is safe in this context.

[Breadcrab]

I can't wait until the day people realize that reviews are opinions.

[grayfoxx881]

I was watching this game pretty closely and read several reviews when they finally hit. I was surprised by some people really defending it, so I had to try it for myself. I didn't think the game warranted the lows scores it received, but I did just try out the multiplayer. I thought it was fun, liked the buddy concept, and bought it. People can trash this game all they want, but how many people have actually played it and given it a chance? It's pretty obvious reviews can't entirely be trusted like they once were, and not just because of what happened with the MOH reviews. Too much money is involved now, possibly along with job security. EA's reputation doesn't help this situation either, as they have pissed me off loads of times with the directions the company takes. And yes, Warfighter was rushed to market because of Black Ops 2, but I still think Danger Close did a good job.

[0pie]

when it looklike shit, when it smell like shit its nothing else then shit

EA need to shut up and accept the fact that no one care about moh and the revival of this series is a big failure.

[ickysweat77]

Your grammar is the only failure here.

[Th3 Chr0nic]

Ive said it a million times on here already...the game is WAY better than the reviews are leading people to believe.

Its better than the last MOH game and getting worse reviews, it doesnt make any sense.

singleplayer is solid, and mp is good but needs a patch to fix a few things...LIKE EVERY GAME released these days needs the same patches.

[Soldierone]

I see people defending it, "oh but but but, this one gets good reviews."

I'd just like to know, what exactly did Medal of Honor do BETTER than any other game? Its Campaign is shorter than most games, I'd put it right there with Homefront in that regards. It had no motivation, was stereotypical, and the peek system was used before many times....

[vortis]

Exactly.

The only people defending this turd are kids who have never played another game before it and want to justify their $60 purchase.

The game is another COD clone through and through and deserved the trashing that it got from those right proper reviews.

[ickysweat77]

This is no COD clone. Maps are larger and way better designed. The guns are much more balanced; shotguns are useless at any distance(and therefore you don't have idiots running around with duel kimbos ruining the game). Heavy machine guns are deadly in close but due to the realistic kick, they are hard to get kills at distance. Submachine guns are the same, to shoot at someone across the map with one is a waste of time. They are designed for close quarter combat and are not going to be usefull at far range. A very refreshing thing to see. But these two types of weapons have high agility ratings so you can scope them much faster than sniper or assualt rifles and therefore become more deadly than those at close range. The agility rating is brilliant. This game requires you to know what your gun is good for and avoid confrontations that they are not good for. In COD any gun I used, worked for just about any scenerio, like The ak74U which somehow can take people down across the map with a few shots. In MOH I find that I actually use all the classes often depending on the flow of the game; something I've never had to do in COD. Unlike COD, you cannot kill someone with full health with a couple of shots; this game requires that you get headshots(accuracy is a must), and you still need a few headshots so lucky one hit kills are non existent, this makes you earn your kill and leads to the better player generally winning the shoot out. COD it is so easy to get kills because it only takes a few shots, so you can come up on 4 guys and take them down with one clip. Not so in MOH. You will get two at the most before your clip runs out and the other two take you down. This leads to making sure you stay with your buddy cause freelancing(which is all COD is) will get you killed fast. This buddy system alone is more progressive than anything COD has offered.. Unlike COD, You very rarely get shot in the back from someone who just respawned behind you, making the respawn much better. . So this why it is not like COD: far superior maps & graphics, better gun balance (no overpowering weapons like kimbos), way harder to get kills, team effort is must &rewards you for helping your body and punishes you for being a lone wolf, no stupid quick scoping, weapon kick is much more realistic, only a few perks and that dont ruin the game(no stupid dogs or nukes or heartbeat detector crap), just a couple unique to each class and not overpowering or annoying as those in COD, no teleporting knife attacks that kill at laughable distances, hit detection is much better than COD's, way more weapon customizations. Basically it is superior in every way. So far every one of you idiots that say its COD clone or it's terrible, have never been able to give one accurate reason to defend your argument. I just gave you over a dozen. The hate comes from people expecting it to play like COD and when they find that it takes far more skill to put someone down, they get frustrated and upset and think the game is glitched. I did the same thing; I hated it at first because I wasn't getting very many kills and thought the hit detection must be off, but once I realized it is not COD and spray and pray doesn't work, the true joy of this game came out. I was at an 18% accuracy because I was used to spray and prey mechanics like COD and I was getting owned. I noticed that the good players had around 23% accuracy, so started focusing on short accurate burst and as my accuracy climbed, my K/D improved greatly. So it really comes down to the people who do not understand that you have to play with control and patience. In today's ADD society, people want easy kills and tiny little maps so that they don't have to run more than a few feet before seeing someone to shoot. They dont want to be responsible for the team, they just want to be lone wolfs. For every reason i dislike COD, MOH shines. So play a game before making stupid comments.

[grayfoxx881]

Sorry, but for some people games don't have to be better than others to justify a purchase or to be considered fun. I loved games like Heavenly Sword or Castlevania LOS, but in many reviewers' and gamers' opinions those games didn't do anything better when compared to God of War. Still loved them though. Have you even played any of the COD campaigns? I have, several times over for trophies and achievements, and those aren't lacking motivation and are not considered stereotypical in any way?

[Soldierone]

They are entertaining, with the exception of MW3 which was just as terrible as MOH. Black Ops had an interesting story to it, MW2 had a cool blockbuster story (and when a character died at least you knew who it was and why it was important), and MW started the whole stereotypical thing.

MOH's was like "oh cool lets send them here in the rain for no real reason at all! and then blow everything up, and still say "its authentic like real life"' .....

I won't lie, the game was going somewhere I was interested in it, then it hit a snag and never came out. The visuals were mind blowing at times too, it was awesome in that regards.

[Nest88r]

Reviewers are shit

[SOULJER]

I in my life time would like game sites, to tell the truth about COD. Just for once. No innovation in the last five years. Same shit with a different coat of paint. If not all these game sites can suck my RING........Hello. What. Yes. I can't say that. Alright. They can kiss my RING.......no. How about lick my RING........OK. I'll be nice.

[isntchrisl]

I find it interesting that EA conducts mock reviews of their own games. They hire a writer to pretty much pretend that their game is awesome and then act surprised when the rest of the world doesn't agree.

[Soldierone]

EA isn't the only company that does it....Amazon reviews have a lot of fakes too. People open up business' where you hire them to write positive reviews for you. EA and other major companies, distributors, all have portions of their companies that hire people to talk positive about their products. Its like PR's but they are hidden to look like a regular person.

On Yahoo answers for example you will see a lot of "Hi, I'm a rep from so and so and this product is awesome!"

[isntchrisl]

It's not even necessary, really. EA can save a bundle by paying off game journalists with free "prizes." There's definitely enough of them out there willing to give a game a 9 for some cool freebies.

[Maxie1992]

To me the whole reviewing aspect of the gaming industry is pretty much obligatory in these days.

I remember that magazines/sites reviewing Modern Warfare 2 were flown in to the US and conduct the review in an organised setting(hotel suite with the game). Objectivity at its finest.....

Also; how many times are people able to see a game, play it and download a demo before the game comes out.
I remember buying Enter the Matrix(2003)when I was eleven years old and boy did that game suck, but nobody saw that coming because gameplay videos were scarce those days.

My point is that people need to make an opinion for themselves and not looking at those sites. Even Hotline Miami got a 8.8 from IGN, if that doesn't even ring a bell.

I bought the game and I am happy with the game EA sold me. Most of the people hating on the game did not even play it in the first place.

Ooh well, next week every site will be raving about Black Ops 2. The irony......

[Th3 Chr0nic]

bubbles sir, bubbles

[vortis]

Hotline Miami is about an 8.8 game.

It's fun and strange and different from everything else out there.

[sarshelyam]

I enjoy the game and it's sad that the weight behind most of these reviews is that it's "...not Call of Duty!". That was never the point, but it's an unfortunate byproduct of the industry "standard" in FPS. Everything remotely resembling a war-based FPS will be compared to Call of Duty and measured on those merits of what is done well, and what fails.

[Ricdog]

Reviews can be both right and wrong, its really up to the gamers tastes. I personally think that reviews are right in the "technical" aspects of a game, but not the enjoyment of it.

Hitman: Blood Money is my favorite stealth game ever and one of the best games of all time. Yet it didn't get 10/10s. Yea it had its bugs and not the best graphics but the enjoyment of being Agent 47 was just awesome.

Maybe MOH is a good game, maybe it really sucks. From my gaming experience I would say that from what i've seen, it looks like a game that I would have some fun playing. But definitely not worth $60.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

Didn't the game even get bashed by EA themselves a few days ago?

[TBONEJF]

FIRST OF ALL I HATE REVIEWERS cause all they care bout is readers. I don't look at the reviewers I will play the DEMO first to see if i like to buy it. but don't like MEDAL OF HONOR OR COD

[jayman1]

These people who say the game is awful are idiots. Have you actually sat down and played the game. Probably not because Medal of Honor Warfighter is an awesome game. I have it and the game is great. The reviews usually are about the story and not the multiplayer. The multiplayer is awesome on this game. There are bugs and some glitches and the mics are a pain in the @ss. Otherwise the multiplayer sets itself apart from other shooters. The mics are really not needed. Its just you and your buddy teamed up to take on the enemy and it is quite refreshing and fun to play. I give this game 4 out 5 for the multiplayer experience alone!

[Chapulin]

I am having a great time with MOHWF and I don't care what reviewers say. I like it and thats my honest opinion.

[zero_cool]

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[Bonerboy]

EA thinks so huh? Well, this changes everything crappy about the game then. If it's good enough for EA, it's good enough for me. I'm sold.

[migrateddoor]

Wow peeps are morons in my mind I find if a perfectly fun game, not as fun as bf3 per say but fun. Now to ridicule and blast it because its to much like everyother modern fps is absolutely hysterical when most if not all are going to be going out in hordes to pick up the game that shall not be named. Hypocrites lol

[arbitor365]

I pity anyone who bought this generic turd instead of getting an original game like "dishonored" or a high quality content filled game like "borderlands 2." enough with the military shooters, developers. you've done it to death. branch out and try to do new things with the genre. put some level of imagination into it. thats all we real gamers want.

MOH warfighter was generic, meandering, and broken. though I think it is ridiculous that reviewers jumped on it so harshly, but gave MW3 a free pass, when that game was phoned in, generic, buggy, uninspired trash.

[ThatsGaming]

Is it a very generic mindless shooter? Absolutely...

Is it in the same class as Duke Nukem Forever and RE Raccoon City?

To me, the game engine mechanics are fine. The story is useless and you feel as you are going through it that it is very generic.

I think it is more deserving of 6.5 and 7.5's out of 10 rather than 5's (Metacritic's average)... Raccoon city was a fail, because I would shoot around cover and the bullets did not even land where my cross hairs were sitting. Duke was a fail because the game seemed incomplete.

Medal of Honor has an OK multiplayer and a solid game engine. You can't put it in the same class as Duke Forever and Raccoon City.

[modesign]

of course developers and publishers are going to claim there game is the greatest, just like the developers of HAZE, Duke Nuken Forever, FFXII, Naughtybear, etc.

[animegamingnerd]

i honestly can't believe people would even defend this game and yet complain about cod or hate this game and not complain how cod is the game as this. just watch this video it just proves all military shooters are all starting to give us less freedom then a quick time events and how treyarch sadly of all developers are actually addressing this problem

[AngelicIceDiamond]

"Gibeau realizes that some people just don’t like the game, but since this is such a large product for the company, he promises it will be supported well in the future."

I highly doubt that. People won't stick around long to play the game. But the bright side is they will keep the game for the Battfield 4 beta.

[plmkoh]

Didn't we just have bucket loads of articles complaining about how reviewers have been getting games wrong?

And now because or resident hate magnet, read: EA, points that out, we disagree with them.

Who's speaking the truth?

[ion666]

They better give black ops 2 the same scores.Theres nothing new or innovatie from what i read.

[csreynolds]

I'm stunned... and EA's wrong.

[BrianC6234]

Mock reviews? Is that like the reviews that pop up on N4G and say they're a paid ad? I at least got to download the game on PSN and play an hour for free. I don't plan on buying it but I'd say a one hour demo should tell you if it's any good.

[Xequter]

Don't judge a game by comparing it to other game. Otherwise companies will make only clones. Then we will rarely see anything new.

[sovietsoldier]

the game is complete shit ea knows it and so does the players.

[TemplarDante]

Im a Battlefield vet, I got MOH 2010 and it astounded me how they bashed it.

Its safe to assume a few people at IGN are going to get free PS3s on Twitter when the COD hype train ramps up..