After weeks of increasing in value, EA stocks have taken a six percent tumble off the back of some lower than expected review scores for Medal of Honor. The game currently has a Metacritic rating of ’74’ and according to the site has no ‘negative’ reviews.
EA has responded with the following:
“Critics’ scores are highly subjective. The game had the highest pre-orders in the 11-year history of the Medal of Honor franchise; this is an essentially 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.”
I could bang on all day about skewed perceptions of what is a good and bad review score, but we’ve been there before. What I will say though is that TSA’s review of the game was, on the whole, a positive affair and well worth checking out; Nofi spends no time talking about Modern Warfare 2, and actually focuses solely on Medal of Honor.
Source: Gamasutra
mcduff1979
personally i dont give a rats ass about metacritic scores, i disagree with most of the scores they have.. i have medal of honor hopefully arriving and having played the beta im looking forward to the game alot, both single and multiplayer… as i have said before if i try a game and like it thats going to influence my buying decision, not a stupid metacritic score.
i also respect EA and DICE for the multiplayer experience and being a fan of bad company 1+2 i am looking forward to this MOH title just as much.