No it's not true! Your friend must be schizofrenic :D
Seriously, Fox had to quit cos of the Parkinson's disease he has. He's a cool guy, but unless a cure is found, he will end up like Mohammed Ali :down:
The game sucks without EP3...but with EP3 it`s much better and even though not as good as CM 01/02, it's still pretty good and I reckon that by the next 2 games Cm4 03/04 etc it will be excellent.