Besides publishing a few games I've liked? Nothing. But that's the only thing I wanted them to do anyway.
What more does anyone want?
I'm curious about this. They are a game company making a huge variety of games. Some of those I like. I think that's all I can ask for. I mean I guess yeah there are rumors of crappy labor practices , so um treat your employees better?
They have been, apparently. Although crunch is an issue still, as are salaries.
They have been, apparently. Although crunch is an issue still, as are salaries.
Ea gets blamed for all sorts of things that are not their fault because they have been responsible for some terrible practices. But seriously I can't recall anything bad they did in 2015.
It is fashionable for people to bash EA because it allows them to perpetuate this illusion that they are wise and discerning to the internet. EA also gets blamed for things that are obviously false like people accused EA of rushing out ME3 and DA:I yet ME was delayed twice and DA:I was delayed for over a year. Yet people still spew these falsehoods because it is fashionable to bash EA.
People blame EA for ME3s ending because it has to be EAs fault not Bioware's because I like Bioware and hate EA. Or blame EA for Star Wars battlefront. You know who is to blame for Star Wars battlefront? DICE. They screwed up they created a bland game that isn't all that enjoyable to play. EA may own DICE but they don't develop games they PUBLISH them. Who screwed up ME3 endings? Bioware. EA allows their developers enough rope to hang themselves. They don't micromanage them. But because EA has done things in the past that are crap then they MUST be responsible for all failings by developers gamers like but conversely any successes are despite EA not because of them.
Unreasonable gamer syndrome at its worse.
What has EA done in the past couple of years to make you think Andromeda will be screwed up? That is the more honest question.
they did kinda ruin Battlefield for me tbh but I'm not salty ... I moved on to greener pastures
Ash, Morrigan, Miranda, Cassandra... At least a trend in the ME and DA games I have played.
They're better than Activision?
Withheld official news about MEA.
Ash, Morrigan, Miranda, Cassandra... At least a trend in the ME and DA games I have played.
I've visited this thread about 20 times and I still haven't thought of anything.
Another point to add, their inclusion of EA Access on PC for $5.00 a month.
EA is basically going to push for a netflix-type service, and frankly it's a pretty good idea.
they did kinda ruin Battlefield for me tbh but I'm not salty ... I moved on to greener pastures
Battlefield 4 is so good, though. And they're still releasing free maps for it!
When Bioware wanted to delay DAI so they could add more features and polish things, EA said yes.
Another point to add, their inclusion of EA Access on PC for $5.00 a month.
EA is basically going to push for a netflix-type service, and frankly it's a pretty good idea.
Until it becomes mandatory to subscribe to "Origin Access" to access the online features of future titles - akin to an XBL subscription.
And yet they are at the top part of the pyramid as far as the video game industry is concerned. that makes no sense though because if they were as terrible as everyone makes them out to be then clearly they wouldn't be able to stay so profitable....
They are profitable due to fifa and madden, games with minor improvements but everyone still buys
I could probably live without Origin but it's run smoother for me than Steam ever has. I don't really have a big beef with EA and my interaction with them has been minimal. I love the entire Mass Effect series, all three of them, THREE of them, and with the exception of DA2 I love the Dragon Age stuff. I have every confidence, based on how I felt about the past games, that BioWare will deliver a game this year that I will replay again and again as I am doing with DAI and ME right now!
Origins is actually getting better and they give out free games. I've never had any problem with origins. Both Steam and Origins are very usable to me. They're introducing a subscription based for people who play games often just like with gamefly but you don't have to wait for the game to arrive and just play straight away. I think it's a good business decision, but I'm wondering how it would hurt their game sales in general, and if people only play games through subscription, then would they cancel it if the AAA games don't sell as expected?
Origins is actually getting better and they give out free games. I've never had any problem with origins. Both Steam and Origins are very usable to me. They're introducing a subscription based for people who play games often just like with gamefly but you don't have to wait for the game to arrive and just play straight away. I think it's a good business decision, but I'm wondering how it would hurt their game sales in general, and if people only play games through subscription, then would they cancel it if the AAA games don't sell as expected?
Nothing.
ME - Ehhh, it wasn't a great game, but it wasn't a terrible game. I enjoyed it. I felt like Bioware was really trying at least.
DA:O was outstanding. I cried at the end of it because I was so sucked into the game.
DA:II - I actually enjoyed this game. I refer to it like a cult classic. Even though EA made Bioware push out a game too quickly, it still had some of the Bioware flavor.
Recently....
ME3 I really felt the effects of EA seep in. It felt like they were trying to appeal to FPS players more and it ruined the RPG feel. It felt hollow. However I did LOVE the co-op multiplayer.
DAI I despised. It felt like they were trying to appeal to other fantasy RPG games by making it a Skyrim copy-cat. However, Bethesda and Bioware each have their own strengths. Bethesda's lies in making beautiful and expansive worlds and Bioware's in amazing storylines and character development. When Bioware tried to make a Skyrim-esque game, they lost the effect of their storylines and the character development was lost in repetitive and identical fetch quests. Not to mention, if the game forces you to do X number of their side-quests before you can continue...you have a problem. At least make the mandatory side-quests different in every realm. Desert? Close the rips to the fade to continue. Farmland? Close the rips to the fade to continue. Swamp? Guess what, close the rips to the fade to continue.
I honestly feel like MEA will be just like DAI and I'm very sad. I loved Bioware games. I'm still gonna buy it because I'm addicted. Like an addict, the drug dealer gets you hooked on the good stuff, and then once your addicted you'll buy whatever crappy stuff he peddles at you.
I don't get the EA hate, they screw up sometimes, like any other studio. Ubisoft keeps milking Assassin's Creed, making the same game every year (supposedly the last one has more new mechanics, but after the terrible 3 I've given up), and uplay is garbage, Konami just killed what could have been one of the best psychological horrors of video games history, Valve isn't really making games anymore (their last big game was Portal 2), Bethesda doesn't listen to their customers, and keeps making the buggiest AAA games in the industry (seriously, I enjoy fo4, but the bugs are ruining it for me, and the vibrating corpses go back to Oblivion, they've had more that enough time to fix that). I can't comment on Activision, don't play their games, but people don't seem to fond of them.
DA2 was a great game that suffered because it was rushed and recycled environments. DAI got a long development cycle that was extended by a year and had the biggest maps of all BW games. ME series was great, but the ending was rewritten in the last moment and felt odd (I actually didn't mind it after the extended cut). And also they didn't have enough time. ME:A is done by a new team, under new leadership, and judging by what we have seen, EA will probably postpone the release to 2017. It seems to me BW can and does learn from its mistakes.
I've played BW games since BG2, and there were a few errors or design choices that I didn't love (exploring in the mako felt uncomfortable, ME2 had much better combat than 1, Origins and DA2 had their own style, but weren't really that beautiful etc.), I've yet to play a bad Bioware game. So Andromeda will probably be awesome and I will almost definitely enjoy it.
Yep. They are all classified as Action Role-Playing Games.
Action Role-Playing Games is a very, very broad term.
Heck Borderlands is an "Action Role Playing Game"
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