EA’s Medal of Honor franchise reboot has been receiving decidedly average scores from reviewers. MetaCritic currently pegs the title between 74/100 and 76/100 across the three major platforms (PC, Xbox 360, PS3), with Game Rankings telling a similar tale.
Whilst this isn’t an altogether terrible average score for a game, it’s certainly not the area in which EA would like the game to reside considering that this was billed as their great resurrection of the MoH franchise and a bid to snatch the FPS crown from the CoD series.
Apparently EA’s investors have also been taking this as a bad sign, with EA’s shares reportedly dropping in value by 6% during the course of yesterday.
Well, EA has something to say about all this, and yesterday they released a statement saying: “Critics’ scores are highly subjective.”
EA backed up their product by stating “The game had the highest pre-orders in the 11-year history of the Medal of Honor franchise. This is an big achievement considering Medal of Honor has been dormant for several years.”
“This is the first year in rebooting the franchise. Medal of Honor is part of a larger EA strategy to take share in the shooter category. This is a marathon not a sprint – today’s Medal of Honor launch represents a step forward in that race,” said EA.
Speaking to the LA Times, Gamespot editor Ricardo Torres also offered an explanation for the lukewarm reception of the title: “When you hear Medal of Honor, you have high expectations. People expect it to be special. And the question is whether EA was able to deliver on that. From what we’ve seen, the game is solid, but solid doesn’t get you very far today. It’s so competitive now that you have to be extraordinary.”
Source: LA Times blog
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