10 Video Games That Tried Way Too Hard To Be Cool

6. Medal Of Honor: Warfighter

EA have killed a lot of franchises in their time, but Medal of Honor's unceremonious end still stings. After riding out the World War 2 fad for as long as possible, the iconic shooter was re-tooled to compete directly with Call of Duty's contemporary dominance.

While the publisher already had Battlefield, MoH was better suited to fight Activision's behemoth on its own terms, focusing on smaller infantry firefights. Perhaps knowing they couldn't top COD's standard-setting gunplay though, the developers instead turned their attention to the setting and presentation, with the intention to create the most authentic modern-military shooter ever.

Both the original reboot and its sequel bet everything on this element, bringing in advisers and specialists to make sure their version of warfare was as gritty and true to life as possible to make COD look like a kids game, only to make themselves look a bit silly in the process.