EA is not evil.

[Korolev]

EA is not "evil" in the literal sense of the word. Who have they killed? Who have they physically hurt? Yes, they've closed down studios - but that's part of capitalism. Heartless? Perhaps. Evil? Not really.

Besides, there are far, far, far, far, far worse companies out there - companies which are TRULY GENUINELY evil - like Cigarette manufacturers who tried like hell to deny or cover up information that showed that cigarettes were harmful. Internal documents released in the 80s showed that the companies KNEW FULL WELL how dangerous cigarettes were... and they did everything in their power to deny, contradict or hide this information. Selling a harmful product is bad. Selling a product that YOU KNOW is harmful is worse. But selling a product that you know is harmful WHILE TRYING TO COVER UP THE FACT THAT IT CAN KILL is pure evil. You don't get much more evil than that. BAT (British American Tobacco) is sponsoring school uniforms in China with the big Malboro logo on them. They're putting out pro-smoking propaganda in Indonesia. They set up shops that let children in Africa smoke on the cheap.

As heartless as EA is, calling them evil when companies like BAT exist is just stupid.

 

[David Huff]

i love the fact that this thread is above the which ultima is your favorite thread, i really do.

speaking of which you seem to ignore the ultima series, you know how they pushed out ultima 8, and the apparent travesty that was ultima 9? i think most people here are far more pissed about that.

or my personal gripe with them, how they utterly fucked the medal of honor series.

Medal of Honor was a great game yes it was to short but it was super realistic (in a good way) and I really was worried about the characters that I had bonded with and the ending was a punch to the stomach

super realistic? no dude, arma is realistic, operation flash point is realistic, medal of honor? it was never realistic and this new one certainly is not realistic.

and that is not why i hate it, i hate it because its another generic shooter set in the middle east with regen health and arab enemies, the older games had health packs and were set in world war 2, which might not seem more original but it sure beats going around a desert doing anything.
i hate deserts, hell everything else could have been tolerable but fucking deserts man, i hate them.

I remeber the originals but I really liked the respectfulness and actual when you play on the hardest difficulty it took about one shot to kill you, and yes operation flashpoint was realistic to the fucking max that realism can go but medal og honor kept you there with the different and interesting characters that were fun to listen and interact with

dude, do you read you post before you post them?, that was a bit of a mess there.
i hobnestly cant figure out what you're trying to say here dude, its incomprihensible.

also please learn to punctuate man, it makes it a lot more easier to read.

First of all you don't have to be an ass about it; I sent it before I went to school and I do punctuate very well actually but some times I have other stuff to do, but want to make my point before I forget the good details i'd thought up. EDIT: Also seriously I only made two grammar mistakes and forgot about punctuation its not going to kill you to try and read it.

 

[blackrave]

Evil? No, definitely not.
Just greedy and occasionally stupid.

 

[agent_orange420]

evil? no, but definitely a bit thick.

 

[dessertmonkeyjk]

So if they're not evil then... are they Chaotic Neutral? [http://easydamus.com/chaoticneutral.html] Aside from draining the life out of companies looking for a mutual relationship ,of course.

 

[Madkipz]

So if they're not evil then... are they Chaotic Neutral? [http://easydamus.com/chaoticneutral.html] Aside from draining the life out of companies looking for a mutual relationship ,of course.

That is so silly. They are lawful evil. Like all other corporations.

 

[Andre Rapp]

As for the idea that games produced after EA acquires them being of lower quality, let me point out a few things.

Mass Effect: Metacritic score of 94

Mass Effect 2: Metacritic score of 96

There's my Bioware example. Oh, and despite the hate-on for ME3, it has a Metacritic score of 93. Worst of the series, true, but many developers would be ecstatic over breaking 90.

seriously?
the game that had a massive flash movie playing on every add slot on every major review site got good reviews? ASTONISHING!
maybe i can just play the games myself instead of listening to the opinions of people payed by the publishers, and have repeatedly defended day 1 DLC and DRM
oh, that's right i did. ME1 was my favorite game, ME2 was fun but underwhelming, the Shadowbroker was better then the main story (hell, all the dlc (that was free) was better then the main story, which in the grand scheme of things served no point) and ME3 was an abortion.

 

[JochemHippie]

I see you making a lot of assumptions.
Yet very much ignore the results. EA, especially the last couple of years hasn't exactly been booking much results, mainly just high losses and lot's of controversy.


Only thing I'm grateful for is Origin, cause else Steam would not have any competitors and that's a scary thought.

 

[Harker067]

EA might not be evil but their marketing department on the other hand....