Quality in EA games.

[cuddly_tomato]

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.

That game had the quality of a chronic dysentry sufferers turd.

 

[The_Deleted]

EA are concentrating on new IP's for thier future releases and handling them in the same way they do Dead Space with Anime and graphic novels to enhance the experience & deepen the story.

I don't have any hate for EA. They're a business who, having fecked up in the past, do seem to listen to their user base and try to rectify things within the remit of making a profit.


DRM was neccessary but was aimed at the wrong end of the user base.

 

[Doug]

EA are concentrating on new IP's for thier future releases and handling them in the same way they do Dead Space with Anime and graphic novels to enhance the experience & deepen the story.

I don't have any hate for EA. They're a business who, having fecked up in the past, do seem to listen to their user base and try to rectify things within the remit of making a profit.


DRM was neccessary but was aimed at the wrong end of the user base.

DRM is meant to kill second hand gaming, not kill piracy.

Either way, the paying customers suffer, not the pirates. And yet EA still insist with going on with it.

As for the quality of EA games, I suspect the problem comes from EA applying too much pressure to there developers to a) release quickly, and b) dumb stuff down so it appeals to the widest audience.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

I notice the recent influx of decent games (even FIFA 09 was improved) has occured ever since EA was knocked down a notch by Activision. Coincidence, or are EA getting worried and have finally decided to pull their finger out?

 

[The_Deleted]

EA are concentrating on new IP's for thier future releases and handling them in the same way they do Dead Space with Anime and graphic novels to enhance the experience & deepen the story.

EA didn't came up with a single IP of their own for the last 2 years. Or the last 5 if I'm not wrong.

On topic, EA games (games actually DEVELOPED by EA) just suck. Madden is a good example.

But someone has to invest in new IP's and EA have the money.

 

[Axolotl]

EA didn't came up with a single IP of their own for the last 2 years. Or the last 5 if I'm not wrong.

Dead Space.

 

[Rezfon]

The games can be ok but EA tend to make you pay £40 for something most of us would consider episodic gaming. EA seems to force devs to make games more often which often cuts out on actual content. If EA made it easier on devs we might actually get games with content

 

[RetiarySword]

Mirrors edge was and is still amazing. But their running titles like command and conquer and battlefield are decreasing in quality.

 

[klc0100]

I still love EA for FIFA.

 

[Axolotl]

That's a filthy lie, the Dead Space universe was already around.

But that's just the thing, they DON'T want to invest/spend money in new IP's.
Instead they want to milk older existing franchises to death, for, well, money.
I call it The Lucas Arts Effect.

Really because I can't find anything about it being around before.

Also didn't they publish Mirror's Edge? That would show that they do spend money on new IP/

 

[MGG=REVIEWS]

God EA owns to many game company's' rockstar games, valve my god

 

[The_Deleted]

The idea was there, EA just assimilated and effectively pushed it forward.

Whats wrong with that? Surely that's a good thing.
We all know EA aren't doing this just becuase they love us as gamers. We all know they've had some piss poor output in the past and no doubt will in the future. But atleast they are pumping money into new franchises and getting new games out.

Seems like they're damned if they do and they're damned if they don't.

 

[The_Deleted]

God EA owns to many game company's' rockstar games, valve my god

They don't own R*. They were going to buy out Take Two but when GTA IV didn't do as well as they'd imagined they withdrew.

 

[The_Deleted]

The idea was there, EA just assimilated and effectively pushed it forward.

Whats wrong with that? Surely that's a good thing.
We all know EA aren't doing this just becuase they love us as gamers. We all know they've had some piss poor output in the past and no doubt will in the future. But atleast they are pumping money into new franchises and getting new games out.

Seems like they're damned if they do and they're damned if they don't.

I never said it was a bad thing, but I was talking about IP's created by EA.

God EA owns to many game company's' rockstar games, valve my god

They don't own R*. They were going to buy out Take Two but when GTA IV didn't do as well as they'd imagined they withdrew.

Long story short Take Two flipped off EA. Good for them.

Yeah. TT were holding back as well. Good point.

 

[MGG=REVIEWS]

Ah sorry i lost interest in EA rockstar deal when i got GTAIV

 

[Blind0bserver]

God EA owns to many game company's' rockstar games, valve my god

EA doesn't own Valve. They just distribute all of the physical copies of Valve's games.