The Axis of Gaming Evil - Say something nice

[Da Orky Man]

So, here we have the commonly accepted Axis of Gaming Evil, known as EA, Ubisoft and Activision. Activision because of their relentless milking of every franchise they can get a hold of, Ubisoft because of DRm approaching 1984 levels, and EA because of every single decison they've made in the past few years.

Now, in general, I agree with this. Those companies are dicks. But have you had a good experaice with them? If you have, and at some point you probably have, then say it hear. Cheer people up, as well as any employees of the Axis that may be reading.

For example, I was wandering around the Activision-Blizzard site a while back. And I discovered that you can apparently download their games if you've lost it. Bollocks, I thought, but I looked into it anyway. And lo, by entering the barcode number of my age-old copies of Warcraft 3 and it's expansion wit the disks long since lost, I could redownload the full games. And on the first day I did so, and I saw that it was good.

Whats your happy story?

EDIT: Try not to put down games by them you enjoyed. All of them make games I bought and enjoyed, but this thread is about when they do something above the normal.

 

[Dandark]

Ubisoft can be huge dicks but I like several games they make. Lost planet, Prince of Persia and Assassins creed are all series I like. The PS2 Prince of Persia games based around the sands of time were some of my favorite games of the time.

 

[Antitonic]

I've yet to have a problem with any of these companies that couldn't be solved with a couple minutes half-hearted Internet searching. That's a good thing, right?

 

[MetalDooley]

Lost planet

Wasn't Lost Planet made by Capcom?

OT:Can't say much other than I enjoyed plenty of games published by those companies over the years

 

[madwarper]

So, here we have the commonly accepted Axis of Gaming Evil, known as Activision, Ubisoft and Activision.

1. Activision - I liked Jedi Outcast
2. Ubisoft - I liked the Prince of Persia trilogy
3. Activision - Again? Well, they didn't screw over Mass Effect 1.

 

[DoPo]

So, here we have the commonly accepted Axis of Gaming Evil, known as Activision, Ubisoft and Activision.

Activision is so big it actually takes two places?

Well, I generally like Ubisoft games. More than that of other big publishers, like Activision and Activision, I suppose. Their biggest flaw is the DRM which stems from Ubi distrusting (to put it mildly) the PC gamers.

 

[Forgetitnow344]

ITT: OP makes a Freudian slip telling us how much he hates Activision.

I like Ubisoft because their smaller studios pay attention to fans, eg Assassin's Creed 2.

You want more diversity in missions? Done.
You want a better main character? Done.
You want more outside-of-the-animus stuff? Done.
You want better combat (RT+X in every fight was absurdly powerful)? Done.

I heard (but don't care quite enough to look it up) that the developers who worked on AC1 and AC2 were different than the ones who worked on Brotherhood and Revelations. While the story is getting ridiculous, I am very excited for AC3 and its tree climban and lobsterback huntan and cinematic multikillan.

 

[Dandark]

Lost planet

Wasn't Lost Planet made by Capcom?

OT:Can't say much other than I enjoyed plenty of games published by those companies over the years

Oh yeah that's right, my mistake.
Capcom is another company who I tend to dislike for being dicks but who have made a gaming series I enjoy, although Lost planet is the only series they do that I like.
Mixed them up with Ubisoft by accident then.

 

[Hazy992]

At least Activision don't use online passes

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Since I'm a console gamer, I actually like Ubisoft.

Rayman: Origins was da' bomb.

 

[Jadak]

Ubisoft can be huge dicks but I like several games they make. Lost planet, Prince of Persia and Assassins creed are all series I like. The PS2 Prince of Persia games based around the sands of time were some of my favorite games of the time.

Lot's of people like lots of games from all of those companies. Them being huge dicks is kind of what the topic is about. If people didn't like their games, nobody would care one way or the other.

 

[Rai^3]

EA: The Dead Space games are a close as we're going to get to a AAA release of a non-pussy shooter in the vein of Quake or Doom (unconventional weaponry, no regenerating health, enemies with arcade-y roles). I don't find them scary, but I do find them fun.

Ubisoft: I had a ball with Assassin's Creed, though I've only played the first two.

Activision: I'm buying Prototype 2 used purely out of spite. Bobby Kotick can go fuck a cactus, he's not getting any of my monies. What? Don't look at me that way. This IS me being nice to Activision.

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

EA: They've published some of my favorite games like Dead Space 2 and Bulletstorm.

Activision: I still enjoy Call of Duty, especially Black Ops. Can't wait to kick more ass with Hudson and Weaver in the sequel.

Ubisoft: I'm not a PC gamer so I don't have as big a problem with them as most.

 

[Quazimofo]

the registering of blizzard games on battle.net so you can re-download them wherever if you loose the disks, i agree with the OP, is one of the better things Activision has done in some time.

EA, well....... free mass effect multiplayer dlc? thats nice. but other than that..... i got nothing.

ubisoft...... well i don't play their games on pc so i dont have much problem with them in the first place. i also don't play much of their games anyway so no opinion to state here.

 

[SageRuffin]

I can't say too much for the likes of Activision and Ubisoft outside of the former publishing the Prototype series and the latter allowing Ezio in SCV (who surprisingly doesn't suck [that much]). But I must say that I find EA's response to the torrent of "anti-gay" e-mails rather commendable, even if the timing is a little too convenient.

 

[The]

The good thing about Ubisoft is that it actually tries. They might have unfair rules for PC gamers, but at least I have fun with it... on consoles that is.

 

[Frostbyte]

Hey, I like Ubisoft. Assassin's Creed 2, The HD re-release of the Prince of Persia trilogy, and Driver: San Francisco are three of the most legitimately fun games ever.

 

[imnot]

EA published the orange box, nuff said.