In a recent interview with IncGamers.com, EA’s Sean Decker discussed the current situation within the industry in regards to releasing two modern day shooters within 365 days of one another. Most people would think that gamers are going to side with one title over the other, however, EA feels that there is enough separation between Medal of Honor and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 that you’ll enjoy owning both titles.
“I think there’s enough separation between Medal of Honor and Battlefield: Bad Company 2, both in time and in tone,” he told IncGamers.
“Having worked on both franchises and seen and worked with both teams, they have different ideas of first-person shooters, especially in the tone and how you play, and also the pacing of the game.
“Medal of Honor is really more of a… I’d put it as a CNN type of feel. It’s much more, again, about authenticity, and about today. Bad Company and the Battlefield franchise has never really tried to take itself too seriously, and has built itself – Bad Company especially – around a completely fictionalised world. At the same time, it tries to be hard-edge when it comes to the actual combat in the game.”
Aside from the fact that it’s obviously in Sean’s best interest to push the sales of both titles, how many of you plan to pick up each game? I’ve always been a fan of the Battlefield franchise and never strayed into the world of Medal of Honor, but after the recent success of the Epic Beard Man, it’s hard to justify not purchasing a game with another epic bearded guy on the cover. Am I right?
LOL at the last comment.
The game looks alright, but it does seem like more of a competitor to the fast paced gameplay that MW2 offers. If that is the case, most likely pass unless it is somehow less of a pain in the ass than the CoD series is. BC is in its own league, and it really doesn’t compare well with either I think.
LOL. Well I always loved the Medal of Honor series for it’s story and how the game makes you progress. Local MP was always fun too.
It’s nice to see that these sagas have all moved away from the WW2. It was getting very exhausting to just talk about the axis, the allies, their missions to take them down yadda, yadda, yadda…
both of the games are in class of their own, but whats funny is how they distinguish the game what is “CNN type of feel”. Never played MoH, for me it will be Bad company 2
@Taus90:
You should play the ones from PSONE. . . . . provided you find one (I don’t know if they are on the psn store0. Those games were the best in my opinion and it feels the new MoH will go that way but with a modern setting. Really looking forward to hear more about it.
Don’t like MoH, but I like Battlefield, Glad the two companies are not at each others throats about this.
i was actually gonna get bad company but i played the demo and got bored of it quickly…
i liked MoH back in the glorious PS2 days….havent played battlefield yet tho….and neither am i really interested in it *equips flame suit*
i am quite intereted in the new MoH tho….
@Dreamer Lion
Yeah one of the reason i never like MoH was due to world war II setting, but we are pretty far off from the next installment of MoH, so by that time who knows the promo’s would change my mind
What I dont like about MoH was its lack of depth in the games, whenever I play it was no good, it wasn’t epic or even exciting =/
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They are similar in terms of being shooters but i think both brands bring different things so they is a big difference in the two titles. I want both and im glad they are at different times in the year as i could not afforrd both
Medal of Honor was a good game, but Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a much better game. The developer took what was good in Medal of Honor and improved it on in the Battlefield: Bad Company series.