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    Medal of Honor is a first-person shooter series of games that are primarily set in World War 2. A 2010 reboot saw the series move to the present-day War in Afghanistan for two games.

    EA shelves Medal of Honor

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    #1  Edited By FrankCanada97

    EA COO Peter Moore announced that the Medal of Honor franchise has been put "out of the rotation".

    "The game was solid, but the focus on combat authenticity did not resonate with consumers," EA COO Peter Moore said. "Critics were polarized and gave the game scores which were, frankly, lower than it deserved. This one is behind us now. We are taking Medal of Honor out of the rotation and have a plan to bring year-over-year continuity to our shooter offerings."

    EA Labels president Frank Gibeau said EA missed the mark, and the marketplace, with Medal of Honor: "We're in a hit-driven business where it's about what you can build in a certain period of time and really deliver for the marketplace, and frankly we missed on Medal of Honor. And we take responsibility for that."

    Via Joystiq

    Well, at least that's one less modern gritty brown FPS on the market. I hope this doesn't mean yearly Battlefield releases, unless they get working on a new Bad Company. Although, I guess whatever Respawn is working on is going to replace MoH.

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    #2  Edited By jjm494

    So what is left of the modern military first person shooter genre? Off the top of my head, I can think of call of duty and battlefield, but beyond that I feel like I'm coming up short. Does Crysis 3 count despite its Sci-Fi setting? Maybe I'm out of the loop but it feels like Call of Duty and Battlefield are the only major players left standing.

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    I think they're still going to be making a military shooter every year. They'll probably just both be called Battlefield now. Maybe you get Battlefield 4 this year and then Battlefield Bad Compathree in 2014.

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    #4  Edited By Justin258
    gave the game scores which were, frankly, lower than it deserved

    Didn't look like anything more than a three-star game to me.

    EDIT: Let's be fair: I feel like the studio that made it could do better, given the proper budget, time, and freedom.

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    Hope it stays dead this time.

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    #6  Edited By ArtisanBreads

    A lot of people speculating they have Danger Close make a Bad Company 3.

    I have to think that'd really eat into their long term sales but idk.

    @Turtlebird95 said:

    Hope it stays dead this time.

    I actually wish they'd make a new WW II shooter on this scale at this point. Probably not a popular opinion.

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    #7  Edited By mordukai

    EA shelves Medal of Honor...Again.

    Fixed.

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    #8  Edited By laserbolts

    Wow can't say I'm surprised but medal of honor has been around forever. Storming the beach at the beginning of frontline blew my mind back in the day. I wouldn't be shocked of there is another medal of honor some day.

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    #9  Edited By Wampa1

    @Brodehouse: That shitty pun? Ten times more interesting to me than yearly Battlefield.

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    #10  Edited By pr1mus

    Sooooo... Battlefield 5 in 2014 right?

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    #12  Edited By Marz

    this only means Battlefield will now be annualized, my money is that we'll see an announcement that a non DICE studio is working on a major series Battlefield game at a future games conference.

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    One down, two to go.

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    #14  Edited By Ehker
    but the focus on combat authenticity did not resonate with consumers

    Hahaha, hoo boy...I like this guy, he's hilarious. *wipes tear*

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    #15  Edited By OfficeGamer

    Anyway, I've only played little of the first MOH, hated MOH 2010 and really enjoyed Warfighter, and I'm glad this BattlefieldxCOD hybrid game is now shelved.

    @ArtisanBreads said:

    @Turtlebird95 said:

    Hope it stays dead this time.

    I actually wish they'd make a new WW II shooter on this scale at this point. Probably not a popular opinion.

    I'm right there with you. WW2 is no longer the dominant theme, so there's no reason to stay away from it. WW2 NEEDS to be revisited with the technology and game design of this day and age.

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    #16  Edited By Milkman

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    #17  Edited By Crixaliz

    @jjm494 said:

    So what is left of the modern military first person shooter genre? Off the top of my head, I can think of call of duty and battlefield, but beyond that I feel like I'm coming up short. Does Crysis 3 count despite its Sci-Fi setting? Maybe I'm out of the loop but it feels like Call of Duty and Battlefield are the only major players left standing.

    CoD might also be leaving it behind. BlackOps 2 is set in the near feature, bringing it closer to what Crysis is doing.

    I wonder if Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer will bother with another Modern Warfare or go with a different setting too.

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    #18  Edited By mylifeforAiur

    Medal of Honour: Frontline is still a terrific game. I'll always remember the game fondly. Needle in a Haystack is easily one of the most memorable FPS levels in recent (relative) memory.

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    #19  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    A little surprised to see this, but it's probably for the best, and I think it's another good example of how studios just trying to emulate what's popular doesn't always lead to success.

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    #20  Edited By Venatio

    That is great news, hopefully they'll fund other, potentially better games, hopefully I really hope
     
    Like perhaps making the only game I ask of them, Mirror's Edge 2
     
    One can dream...

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    #21  Edited By FrankCanada97

    @Ehker said:

    but the focus on combat authenticity did not resonate with consumers

    Hahaha, hoo boy...I like this guy, he's hilarious. *wipes tear*

    Yeah, that is ridiculous. Anything to prevent the investors from bailing I guess.

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    #22  Edited By iceman228433

    Like others have said let this one stay dead please.

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    #23  Edited By TheCreamFilling

    @OfficeGamer said:

    @ArtisanBreads said:

    @Turtlebird95 said:

    Hope it stays dead this time.

    I actually wish they'd make a new WW II shooter on this scale at this point. Probably not a popular opinion.

    I'm right there with you. WW2 is no longer the dominant theme, so there's no reason to stay away from it. WW2 NEEDS to be revisited with the technology and game design of this day and age.

    I couldn't agree more. Here's hoping for Battlefield 1944.

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    #24  Edited By Dallas_Raines

    The multiplayer focused Mass Effect thingy will probably be what replaces it in the bi-annual rotation.

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    #25  Edited By ArtisanBreads

    @TheCreamFilling said:

    @OfficeGamer said:

    @ArtisanBreads said:

    @Turtlebird95 said:

    Hope it stays dead this time.

    I actually wish they'd make a new WW II shooter on this scale at this point. Probably not a popular opinion.

    I'm right there with you. WW2 is no longer the dominant theme, so there's no reason to stay away from it. WW2 NEEDS to be revisited with the technology and game design of this day and age.

    I couldn't agree more. Here's hoping for Battlefield 1944.

    Ah well glad I'm not alone.

    Yeah I think there's something magical about that WWII balance of weapons.. real trade offs and strengths and weaknesses. And as much as I do like choppers its cool with that BF 1942 balance of vehicles... again a nice balance of strengths and weaknesses.

    WWII in the Frostbite 2 engine would also be beautiful.

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    #26  Edited By TheSouthernDandy

    Smart move EA. Focus your shooter mojo on Battlefield and not sucking.

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    #27  Edited By jjm494

    @jjm494 said:

    So what is left of the modern military first person shooter genre? Off the top of my head, I can think of call of duty and battlefield, but beyond that I feel like I'm coming up short. Does Crysis 3 count despite its Sci-Fi setting? Maybe I'm out of the loop but it feels like Call of Duty and Battlefield are the only major players left standing.

    CoD might also be leaving it behind. BlackOps 2 is set in the near feature, bringing it closer to what Crysis is doing.

    I wonder if Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer will bother with another Modern Warfare or go with a different setting too.

    @Crixaliz: I know that Sledgehammer was working on a third person Call of Duty that was eventually canned. I also remember hearing about rumors of them possibility working on a call of duty in space (Can't remember the specifics, this was almost 2 years ago now).

    Anyway, the modern military setting seems to have just run its course like WW2 and to some extent the sci-fi setting with space marines, Aliens not withstanding. Perhaps publisher/developers feel the near future setting is a good middle ground. They can introduce some quasi futuristic weaponry while maintaining a setting that is somewhat familiar.

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    #28  Edited By Ehker

    @FrankCanada97 said:

    @Ehker said:

    but the focus on combat authenticity did not resonate with consumers

    Hahaha, hoo boy...I like this guy, he's hilarious. *wipes tear*

    Yeah, that is ridiculous. Anything to prevent the investors from bailing I guess.

    In my sarcasm you hit the head on the mark (is that a saying?), because you're exactly right.

    Investors are the target for this quote. They so far have a team that can't make good games, so they have to tell investors they NOW understand where they went wrong with a BS story about combat authenticity. This will keep some of them hanging on as if they know the answer when they clearly don't.

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    #29  Edited By mike

    I've always liked the Medal of Honor games. I know the market is saturated but there's always room for a 6-10 hour long shooter campaign in my library. I even liked Warfighter's campaign...it wasn't that bad.

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    #30  Edited By Giantstalker

    @MB said:

    I've always liked the Medal of Honor games. I know the market is saturated but there's always room for a 6-10 hour long shooter campaign in my library. I even liked Warfighter's campaign...it wasn't that bad.

    I hear you, and actually enjoyed it as well. Most people here probably never even played it - the game wasn't amazing but it certainly wasn't terrible either.

    Multiplayer was actually pretty decent as well, had some genuine fun there.

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    #31  Edited By egg

    Let's have a Medal of Honor Heroes 3 for Vita, 3DS, or both.

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    #32  Edited By Dark

    I believe this sums up Medal of Honor lately.

    yyyyep

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    #33  Edited By Christoffer

    @jjm494 said:

    So what is left of the modern military first person shooter genre? Off the top of my head, I can think of call of duty and battlefield, but beyond that I feel like I'm coming up short. Does Crysis 3 count despite its Sci-Fi setting? Maybe I'm out of the loop but it feels like Call of Duty and Battlefield are the only major players left standing.

    Yeah, I think we can bury the "games are nothing but brown millitary shooters these days" -argument now, at least for a while. All hail the "games are nothing but free-2-play cash grabs these days" -argument.

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    Good for them, well some of them, probably not Danger Close.

    Give them a few years to develop a shooter for the next-gen consoles in a different setting (maybe go back to WWII?) and I think Danger Close could deliver a pretty awesome game.

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    #35  Edited By VintAge68

    I'm really sorry to learn this as I've been a long-term fan of the series having played them all, I'm but convinced there will be a need for historical military shooters in the future, too...

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    #36  Edited By isomeri
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    Let's go back to WW2 I guess.

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    #37  Edited By floodiastus

    I think Spec Ops pulled it off great, although not a FUN game, so awesome from a story perspective.

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    #38  Edited By ll_Exile_ll

    @jjm494 said:

    So what is left of the modern military first person shooter genre? Off the top of my head, I can think of call of duty and battlefield, but beyond that I feel like I'm coming up short. Does Crysis 3 count despite its Sci-Fi setting? Maybe I'm out of the loop but it feels like Call of Duty and Battlefield are the only major players left standing.

    Crytek UK (Free Radical) is still working on Homefront 2.

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    #39  Edited By Bourbon_Warrior

    Great news, just focus on Battlefield, Activision does the COD style shooter better than anyone else, EA should stick with Battlefield it's such a better game.

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    #40  Edited By FrankieSpankie

    Meh, they all feel the same nowadays anyway. Call of Duty and Battlefield should both slow down how often they make games too, especially CoD.

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    #41  Edited By Seppli

    Battlefield is a DICE game, I hope they don't dillute the brand by whatever hairbrain thing seems like the short-term corporate thing to do.

    They should alternate big budget FPS releases with a Sci-Fi setting, rather than have yearly modern military releases. Just have 1,5 year post release DLC-support for your Battlefield game that comes out every 2 years, along the lines of Battlefield Premium, and go Sci-Fi every other year.

    A Mass Effect or Command & Conquer branded combined arms game? Or even create a whole new Sci-Fi IP for the next generation of consoles? Mix Wing Commander/Privateer with FPS gameplay for some crazy combined arms game.

    Hell - Disney might pick up EA and we'll get a DICE-made Star Wars Battlefield game.

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