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<font face="verdana" color="black"> At this moment in time, as I'm sure you know, NATO forces are fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban are an armed force of terrorists that commit atrocities daily. They kill civilians almost for sport. They are waging a guerilla war against UK and USA forces. Bomb disposal teams are in a living hell, IED's are practically everywhere. Around 7,500 IED's were used in 2009 in Afghanistan.

United Kingdom Defence Secretary Liam Fox:


Medal Of Honor takes place in Helmand Province. This is the 'hot-point' of the Taliban. However, they can't bomb it since civilians are there as well. The war is tough and difficult. The people in the land are in terror of the Taliban and are murdered and abused by them. In Medal Of Honor Multiplayer (unsure about Single Player) you may play as the Taliban. This has caused outrage in the United Kingdom and some gamers living in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries have felt physically sick and couldn't move due to disgust after seeing the characters on screen. The Game is likely to be banned in the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom Defence Secretary Liam Fox:


Personally, I'll probably buy the game (if I can), however, I do see these points and while I believe that video games shouldn't be considered in terms of morality as reality I do understand and I'll probably only be slightly uncomfortable about killing United Kingdom Soldiers. However, in previous hit games such as the Call Of Duty series, you've been able to kill United States soldiers. These games haven't been banned in the USA.

To tell the truth, I hope that Medal Of Honor won't be banned in the UK. It's one of the biggest and greatest game series of all time and I'm excited that it's making a comeback. The United States Army is working directly with it, from a professional point of view it's had the best trailers for a video game yet. However, the Defence Secretary will have a lot of leeway and it's definitely possible that UK gamers won't see the game hit their shelves.

Compare and Contrast:
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Taliban forces in reality.

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Taliban forces in-game.

EA's response to the matter:


What do you think?

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I was expecting high stuff for this game
It should be allowed in UK.

I think it won't be allowed on UK..

once again our government have completely blown everything out of proportion and once again im rather disappointed,

Don't get me wrong I perfectly understand everything that they are saying who in the right mind would want to technically 'Promote/Glorify' the Taliban But then again we've had this with games before like all that fuss over 'No Russian' in Cod but lets not get into that.

IMO yes it should have never been put in the game in the first place but at the end of the day isn't that what the age ratings on the games are for so that they arn't played by people that would find it offensive im mean look inside the cover of your the book in the case (usually the first page) there are a bunch of small images depicting the content of the game to a degree and not only that but the relevent images are now in most cases shown on the back (You must login or register to view this content.),

My point is that if for instance ever three in five people refuse to buy this game why should it be ruined for the people that enjoy the MoH games and wish to continue to play them why not just rate the game 18 and place and image on the back for something along the lines of 'Political Content' , 'eplorable Scenes' or 'Morally Reprehensible'

Yes I know that many people under that age rating would go out and get the game either way and most would all together ignore the content warnings but after the point that the publisher has done there job and the game is rated and appropriatly marked then its your fault if you still choose to go out and buy the game even thought you have heard that the content may offend you.

At the end of the day if the game is banned in the UK so be it, but I would have thought that most people would have had the sense to either not buy the game and hence not be offended by it as this is exactly what I would do.

Just My 2 Cents

NO NO NO NO NO, hope i made my point clear :embarrassed: i was thinking of getting this as it looks really good

I hope they dont ban it.It is such a good game!

First off, Hells is a grown ass man bro. Also, he has 8000 rep and is a former mod. What do you expect to accomplish by flaming him?

lol , what does rep/moderator means in real life?

Plus he was demoted:O

I'll explain this to you slowly because you are obviously retarded. How in any way is my comment racist? Secondly kid? I'm 28 you spastic.3rd do some research I was in the British army during the Bosnia conflict. And I wasn't demoted I stepped down I'm too cool to get demoted

Yeah yeah me too , I was there..........:p

At the internet anyone can lie