Electronic Arts Buckles Under Pressure, Removes Playable Taliban from Medal of Honor - Polidicks

We live in a world where changing a few letters makes it aaaaalllright...

[QUOTE=Melnek;25174560]uh, yes it did.[/QUOTE] But IW or Activision didn't remove the level, all they did was slap a warning on it asking the player if they wanted to play it.

[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;25174649]But IW or Activision didn't remove the level, all they did was slap a warning on it asking the player if they wanted to play it.[/QUOTE] As I understood it he said that it didn't cause much controversy in Russia, and Im saying it did since they banned the damn game here.

[QUOTE=Ezhik;25174526]Also, MW2, a game where you gun down hundreds of Russian civilians didn't cause that much controversy there.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_2#.22No_Russian.22_Mission[/url] :downs:

[QUOTE=Melnek;25174667]As I understood it he said that it didn't cause much controversy in Russia, and Im saying it did since they banned the damn game here.[/QUOTE] Forgot about that.

Not buying it now. I was on the fence about it, but since they want to be pussies...

What is up with this, couldn't they just stand up for themselves and go through with it? No harm would have been done.

So they changed one word now it is respectful. Sigh...

[QUOTE=Ezhik;25173855]US soldiers vs US soldiers. Yep, totally better.[/QUOTE] More Realistic to be honest

I would much rather fight the Taliban then "Generic Bad Guys". Now we have to scream "FOR AMERICA" at "Generic Bad guys".

This is so retarded... Surely people need to stop being so goddamn sensitive. I'd love to see a game where the US are portrayed as the bad guys Oh wait, it ain't gonna happen because shit, someone might get offended!

That's like banning Turok because the dinosaurs are dead. Actually it isn't, but it's the only example I can think of.

i really fucking hate this world really..

I knew this was going to happen. I don't see why it is offending so many people though.

Remove the word Taliban and replace it with terrorist, problem solved. It's still people killing soldiers, but as long as it's not anything that actual exists it's fine...

So they just changed the name? Anyone with some sense will see that it is exactly the same and will know what 'Opposing forces' really represents.

People complain far too much

Ugh... Do we even need to play the game to find out that the Terrorists won? Seriously, people who bitched about it don't even play games. Just as well i guess because i was in the Beta for this game. Sucked. It's like somebody took BFBC2 and MW2 and jammed them together. The most transparent forms of cashing in I've ever seen in a video game.

just rename taliban to teleban

The kids play the Taliban in the video games and the next thing you know BOOM! They've made an IED and blown up half the pentagon.

Am I the only person that doesn't really give a fuck about what they call them? It's a video game.

[QUOTE=DamagePoint;25175629]Am I the only person that doesn't really give a fuck about what they call them? It's a video game.[/QUOTE] This. I'm most likely not getting the game anyways.

Ahh fuck. Well, I was'nt planning on buying that game anyway.

That's it, when i have enough programming knowledge i'm making a game all about killing American soldiers as a Taliban.:jihad: Each American soldier will have a name and a randomly generated family. You get bonus points when you kill a soldier with kids, the more the better.

[url]http://kotaku.com/5653154/[/url] [quote]"The reason we're posting the multiplayer demo next week is so people can judge for themselves," EA spokesman Jeff Brown told Kotaku. "Does changing one word in the menu screen have any impact on the actual play of the game of the game that takes place in Afghanistan? If they think we shouldn't have done that, I urge them to play it."[/quote] They missed the point entirely. Say something cool and informed like what you said about Bobby Kotick right now. >:(

Well, I would not want to play as the Taliban, so I'm sort of happy, but it's a shame they gave in.

This pisses me off so bad and i dont know why.

Well I started thinking of getting this over dead rising 2 today, I think I'll just get DR2 now, removing the Taliban is just stupid

They should make a special version. "Medal of Honor: Brainwashed Hick" version. And all of the smart Americans and the rest of the world can "enjoy" this game.

People need to stop getting so offended.