While EA can brag that last month’s Medal of Honor released to decent sales, the critical and customer reviews have not been what EA would have wanted. During an interview with Eurogamer an EA executive was surprisingly candid in describing EA’s frustration with how the game has been received.
Patrick Soderlund, Senior Vice President EA, who oversees all of Europe’s EA Games portfolio decribed EA’s thoughts on the game:
Despite the lack of polish and complaints people have with the game, Soderlund appears to be talking about the review scores rathers than the actual game itself. Eurogamer even went so far as to ask him what he thought the game should be scored and he refused to say:
Not to be overly harsh, but if EA is trying to take the number one seat they are not going to get to it by thinking like Soderland. Give a development team enough time and let them create something. Let them make a game that they have control over and not what your marketing team dictates will make a high Metacritic score.
I may not speak for all gamers, but I don’t want something off the manufacturing line. Give me something with a personality that is creative, different, and entertaining. Stop trying to make a game successful by adding elements in attempt to influence review scores to in turn raise sales, just make a good game.
So readers, what are your thoughts on these quotes from Soderland? Did Medal of Honor live up to your quality standards?
Source: Eurogamer
