EA Retains Licence to make Video Games
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Pot, meet kettle. You're a baseless Valve hater, or at least you have exactly the same amount of grounds for hating Valve as most people do for EA.Sober Thal said:
Can we hate both? Is that a viable option. Not that I hate either of them (I just disagree with some of the business practices that EA uses and Valve. Um they control too much of the digital market)leet_x1337 said:
At least valve doesn't show open distaste and hatred for its customers like EA.
...They hide it like a proper corporation should, and if my choice is the person who will ac nice and talk bad about me behind my back.. Or the guy who openly hates me and treats me like i'm inconveniencing him.. I'll go with the first. Sad but that's your choice unless you wanna go all-indie and even then you run the same chance. of running into these people.
That said? This is a very sad day for video games.
...They hide it like a proper corporation should, and if my choice is the person who will ac nice and talk bad about me behind my back.. Or the guy who openly hates me and treats me like i'm inconveniencing him.. I'll go with the first. Sad but that's your choice unless you wanna go all-indie and even then you run the same chance. of running into these people.
That said? This is a very sad day for video games.
All you have to do is raise EA sports to provide an argument on why EA is stupid. Kinda OT, but the same can't be said for valve. Maybe they haven't done much lately, but Valve has released great games in the past. I can't think of one game that valve has released that I'd call "bad". The same can't be said for EA; they PUBLISH great games before ruining the franchise after dissolving bought studios and attempting to create sequels themselves (see, Sim-anything-, command and conquer) or milking studios and franchises dry for the sake of profit (see Dead Space 3, Battlefield 3, Medal of Honor, or in some people's opinions ME3)
Also, the only reason valve controls so much of the digital market is because they do it right. The only reason Origin is even a thing is because EA throws so much goddamn money at it. Valve does regular sales (like the summer sale, 50-75% off on a lot of triple-A stuff) to draw gamers in, and Steam is WAY easier to use than Origin. Or so I've been told. Being a so-called "baseless EA hater", I've never had the courage to try Origin.
Also, standalone point that is worthy of being said: EA charges for online passes and DLC. Valve doesn't. 'Nuff said.
Also, the only reason valve controls so much of the digital market is because they do it right. The only reason Origin is even a thing is because EA throws so much goddamn money at it. Valve does regular sales (like the summer sale, 50-75% off on a lot of triple-A stuff) to draw gamers in, and Steam is WAY easier to use than Origin. Or so I've been told. Being a so-called "baseless EA hater", I've never had the courage to try Origin.
Also, standalone point that is worthy of being said: EA charges for online passes and DLC. Valve doesn't. 'Nuff said.
Left 4 Dead is co-op/survival/objective based. Dota 2 (which I've heard is basically finished except for a couple things they want to polish) is RTS. Portal 2 is a puzzle game, and while it does have a co-op campaign, the solo story is just as good. Call of Duty is a deathmatch shooter. You're comparing apples to oranges there.Sober Thal said:
Portal 2 is. And are we talking about one Call of Duty game here? Against Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two and (okay, fine) Portal 2? Also, you just said "Portal isn't a Valve title", yet by that definition, all those "EA games" you just mentioned? Aren't actually EA games. Dragon Age and Mass Effect are Bioware games, Battlefield 3 is a DICE game, I could go on a pretty long way (Edit: if I had a Wikipedia tab open.)Sober Thal said:
Edit 2: Trying to disconnect Portal from Valve before then saying "Valve doesn't make any single player stuff" is a disingenuous assertion of a pretty major degree.
Contradict yourself much? Compare valve and CoD for their coop multiplayer, and then bring up campaign? Also, did you just cite a CoD campaign as a plus for their games? I'm pretty sure you're just trolling at this point...Sober Thal said:
Oh yeah, just completely ignore me...Sober Thal said:
Ah, no. The agreement to suspend their exclusive bullshit sports games rights was a different agreement and other parties will raise hell if they go back on that, me thinks.ForgottenPr0digy said:
Actually, I'm pretty sure that Activision being Activision, they'd somehow find a way to make the sports games even more unplayable than they already are. I wouldn't be surprised, rather, I'd recline my my chair with my hands behind my head and cackle at all the mediocrity.Thoric485 said:
Game is made using their resources, workforce, engine, writers and voice actors. If you still insist to believe that Narbacular Drop was exactly like portal, i won't stop you though do you really think that concept would get as popular as it is without Valve's contribution and overhaul to the project?Sober Thal said:
Heck no!!
OT: It is a rotten day to be a gaming enthusiast