Dr Fox wants us to support our armed forces by refusing to buy a game? That doesn’t strike me as a tangible way to support them. That said, the predictable knee-jerk response is as depressing as it is expected.
The Taliban segment of Medal Of Honor doesn’t appear to have that. I’d also argue that, for all of the unrest aimed at Modern Warfare 2 last year, there was a narrative reason for the level concerned, whether you agree with it or not. I won’t know for sure how that pans out in reality until I play the game, but I do think there is a debate worth having here. Most of us have been doing this since we were seven: someone plays the cop, someone must be robber.”Īll that considered, can I just say it? This might not be a popular view, but the idea of playing as the Taliban in the new Medal Of Honor game does, in principle, make me feel a little uneasy. Nobody who plays video games is going to be shocked or surprised by this. We give gamers the opportunity to play both sides. Since his words were published, it’s been made clear that there are no British troops in the game, and also that Dr Fox was not speaking on behalf of the government, and instead was offering his personal opinion.ĮA, meanwhile, has defended Medal Of Honor, arguing that “The format of the new Medal of Honor game merely reflects the fact that every conflict has two sides. And this has already caused a degree of uproar. Specifically, there’s a segment of the game where you play as the Taliban. So, the World War II setting of old, that nobody seemed too bothered about (that you’re allowed to realistically shoot people from a previous conflict is probably closer to the nub of the argument than many would admit), is being left behind, and instead Medal Of Honor is going to be set in Afghanistan. Later this year, EA is rebooting the Medal Of Honor series, with an overhaul of the franchise that’s firmly positioning it next to Modern Warfare 2.
And the argument that was lost a year ago was how far gaming could and should go with it.Īfter all, by the very nature that you interact with the material, and are involved in decisions that affect what happens on screen, a game has the ability to make you react in a way that another medium would struggle to match. The media, be it games, films, books or TV shows, has a skill at confronting us with things that we don’t like.
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