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[Dethateer]

Actually, I've heard fairly bad things about gametesting... including seeing a news report in which a tester explained that she had to check every single possible route up a building in AC2. Game development must be even worse.

Modifié par Dethateer, 14 mars 2010 - 10:03 .

[A Fhaol Bhig]

Dethateer wrote...

Actually, I've heard fairly bad things about gametesting... including seeing a news report in which a tester explained that she had to check every single possible route up a building in AC2. Game development must be even worse.

And I agree, but I still don't think something like that would be said publicly.

Unless it was behind closed doors, in one of those conference rooms filled with old white men and stale donuts. o.o

[Dethateer]

You should have seen the guys at Marxis in the Spore GE bonus disk. The guys were like kindergartners at the office... sitting on rugs and playing with Lego during meetings.

[MassEffect762]

What the heck does your sig say Fhaol Bhig?

The last EA games I owned were DA:O and The Sims 2, both were okay. Do I trust EA with ME? Nope.

Modifié par MassEffect762, 14 mars 2010 - 10:12 .

[A Fhaol Bhig]

Dethateer wrote...

You should have seen the guys at Marxis in the Spore GE bonus disk. The guys were like kindergartners at the office... sitting on rugs and playing with Lego during meetings.

[A Fhaol Bhig]

MassEffect762 wrote...

What the heck does your sig say Fhaol Bhig?

The last EA games I owned were DA:O and The Sims 2, both were okay. Do I trust EA with ME? Nope.

I'll PM you what it means if you really want to know.

I too would rather EA not be here also, but its their, I might as well hope for some good, rather than all bad.

[Dethateer]

I'd like to know as well. Please.

Modifié par Dethateer, 14 mars 2010 - 10:26 .

[ImperialOperative]

A Fhaol Bhig wrote...

Arcian wrote...

Vena_86 wrote...

Their chef actually said that the working environment has to be based on fear and permanent stress and that there may not be any fun in making video games.

What.

...I don't think anyone would say something like that in a company like EA without it being something akin to a joke....

That is something Bobby Kotick (Activision-Blizzard President and CEO) said in a lecture to investors.  He said he was "joking" but recent events at IW show otherwise (not a joke, at all).

[Fiery Phoenix]

A Fhaol Bhig wrote...

MassEffect762 wrote...

What the heck does your sig say Fhaol Bhig?

The last EA games I owned were DA:O and The Sims 2, both were okay. Do I trust EA with ME? Nope.

I'll PM you what it means if you really want to know.

I too would rather EA not be here also, but its their, I might as well hope for some good, rather than all bad.

I know exactly what your signature says. Quite the words.

Modifié par FieryPhoenix7, 15 mars 2010 - 05:19 .

[D.I.Y_Death]

scyphozoa wrote...

I get that a lot of people hate EA for their past transgressions, even their more recent transgressions (like the way Mirror's Edge was handled) but EA has put in *significant* effort to stop being so overtly greedy and ruthless and to create a better connection to their gamer/consumer base. EA has been trying to find a soul, while Activision has willingly surrendered theirs for profit margins.

I 100% agree. EA has shown massive improvement and I continue to hope for improvement in the future.
I'm also really happy to se no flame wars broke out or anything, this forum seems to moderate itself most of the time, which is amazing.

[Ryzaki]

Dethateer wrote...

I'd like to know as well. Please.

...Google translate is your friend. XD

[D.I.Y_Death]

"Who decides on what is right or wrong? Who is able to navigate through the treasures of the? The time has come, we can see that the overall wisdom is to achieve the time has come to color in the lines and we must recognize the signs of so many people full of love and hatred, while light weapons are in their hands a lot of people will hurt themselves, but life can be beautiful So very many people will idolize and despite its success is within their grasp do not forget that you are able to design your own universe Search for your balance, plunge in rumination"



Indeed, these are quite the words.

[SithLordExarKun]

slyguy07 wrote...

SithLordExarKun wrote...

Be happy that EA's douchebaggery pales in comparison to Activision.

You referring to their complete destruction and compromising of the Warcraft lore/franchise taking the soul of the series and replacing it with a spirit of commercialization?

I was actually referring to them hinting that they want to implement a pay to play basis for COD onlie multiplayer.

At least for now IW is fighting Activision in court.

[Dethateer]

Ryzaki wrote...

Dethateer wrote...

I'd like to know as well. Please.

...Google translate is your friend. XD

GT even f**ks up English,

[A Fhaol Bhig]

SithLordExarKun wrote...

slyguy07 wrote...

SithLordExarKun wrote...

Be happy that EA's douchebaggery pales in comparison to Activision.

You referring to their complete destruction and compromising of the Warcraft lore/franchise taking the soul of the series and replacing it with a spirit of commercialization?

I was actually referring to them hinting that they want to implement a pay to play basis for COD onlie multiplayer.

At least for now IW is fighting Activision in court.

Pay for play IF YOU WANT to.

[A Fhaol Bhig]

D.I.Y_Death wrote...

"Who decides on what is right or wrong? Who is able to navigate through the treasures of the? The time has come, we can see that the overall wisdom is to achieve the time has come to color in the lines and we must recognize the signs of so many people full of love and hatred, while light weapons are in their hands a lot of people will hurt themselves, but life can be beautiful So very many people will idolize and despite its success is within their grasp do not forget that you are able to design your own universe Search for your balance, plunge in rumination"

Indeed, these are quite the words.

Epica is quite the band.

[Darth Drago]

I’m sorry but EA has done enough damage to BioWare already.

-Dragon Age Origins: Whats with the half recycled X-box 360 case? With the missing pie slice chunks that are taken out of it I get a flimsy crap game case.

-Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Both games suffer with the game manual. Compare ME1 game manual to ME2‘s. We went from a better quality paper and use of color including screenshots in color as well to EA’s finest toilet paper quality paper and everything in black and white. Hell my ME2 manual isn’t even complete, take a look at page 18 and 19 and see if you can find the rest of the deck descriptions for Deck 3 and anything on Deck 4 at all.

[Wolfehunter]

Besetment wrote...

Pretty much everything that was changed in ME2 was requested by fans. Now it turns out that some folks think they went too far but they would get just as much criticism for not going far enough. The GDC presentation showed the dilemma quite well when it says that small changes can snowball and completely change the way the game plays, even alienate fans. They wanted to make the shooting element better in ME2 and lets face it, it sucked in ME1. But in doing that it required big core changes to the way combat worked.

What we got I reckon was probably the best you are going to get without alienating too many new players and old fans. At least, I can't think of very many developers that could have pulled off that kind of coup what with the standard of videogame production being the highest its ever been.

What I remember most fans requesting was for Bioware to fix there original ME. Patch fixes that never came.    BTW which fans are we talking about PC's or Consoles?  

I never was into the shooting part of ME. I was more into the game atmosphere and game fluff..  I have mixed feelings about ME2.. I'm like some of the improvements but hate others.

EA isn't on my favorite list of publishers. I'm not all convinced there all good and innocent.. Sorry I don't by it. They have pull and push.. They can change thing if needed should it fit there agendas.

[A Fhaol Bhig]

Darth Drago wrote...


I’m sorry but EA has done enough damage to BioWare already.

-Dragon Age Origins: Whats with the half recycled X-box 360 case? With the missing pie slice chunks that are taken out of it I get a flimsy crap game case.

-Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Both games suffer with the game manual. Compare ME1 game manual to ME2‘s. We went from a better quality paper and use of color including screenshots in color as well to EA’s finest toilet paper quality paper and everything in black and white. Hell my ME2 manual isn’t even complete, take a look at page 18 and 19 and see if you can find the rest of the deck descriptions for Deck 3 and anything on Deck 4 at all.

I'm not denying it isn't EA, I doubt it isn't, but whats the proof?

[Dethateer]

I didn't get a manual for ME1 at all.

[nelly21]

Wolfehunter wrote...

Besetment wrote...

Pretty much everything that was changed in ME2 was requested by fans. Now it turns out that some folks think they went too far but they would get just as much criticism for not going far enough. The GDC presentation showed the dilemma quite well when it says that small changes can snowball and completely change the way the game plays, even alienate fans. They wanted to make the shooting element better in ME2 and lets face it, it sucked in ME1. But in doing that it required big core changes to the way combat worked.

What we got I reckon was probably the best you are going to get without alienating too many new players and old fans. At least, I can't think of very many developers that could have pulled off that kind of coup what with the standard of videogame production being the highest its ever been.

What I remember most fans requesting was for Bioware to fix there original ME. Patch fixes that never came.    BTW which fans are we talking about PC's or Consoles?  

I never was into the shooting part of ME. I was more into the game atmosphere and game fluff..  I have mixed feelings about ME2.. I'm like some of the improvements but hate others.

EA isn't on my favorite list of publishers. I'm not all convinced there all good and innocent.. Sorry I don't by it. They have pull and push.. They can change thing if needed should it fit there agendas.

EA's agenda is to make boatloads of money. Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2 are making boatloads of money. Logic suggests that EA will continue to allow Bioware to do their own thing as long as they're successful and given Bioware's history, they're more than covered on that front.

[Gatt9]

nelly21 wrote...

Wolfehunter wrote...

Besetment wrote...

Pretty much everything that was changed in ME2 was requested by fans. Now it turns out that some folks think they went too far but they would get just as much criticism for not going far enough. The GDC presentation showed the dilemma quite well when it says that small changes can snowball and completely change the way the game plays, even alienate fans. They wanted to make the shooting element better in ME2 and lets face it, it sucked in ME1. But in doing that it required big core changes to the way combat worked.

What we got I reckon was probably the best you are going to get without alienating too many new players and old fans. At least, I can't think of very many developers that could have pulled off that kind of coup what with the standard of videogame production being the highest its ever been.

What I remember most fans requesting was for Bioware to fix there original ME. Patch fixes that never came.    BTW which fans are we talking about PC's or Consoles?  

I never was into the shooting part of ME. I was more into the game atmosphere and game fluff..  I have mixed feelings about ME2.. I'm like some of the improvements but hate others.

EA isn't on my favorite list of publishers. I'm not all convinced there all good and innocent.. Sorry I don't by it. They have pull and push.. They can change thing if needed should it fit there agendas.

EA's agenda is to make boatloads of money. Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2 are making boatloads of money. Logic suggests that EA will continue to allow Bioware to do their own thing as long as they're successful and given Bioware's history, they're more than covered on that front.

All bets are off now,  I'm guessing there's more than a few people who,  like me,  bought this thinking they were getting a sequel to Mass Effect,  not Quake.  I'll guarantee you Bioware's lost their "I can blind buy their games" status with me,  and I doubt I'm the only one.

[Dethateer]

...

How is ME2 in any way like Quake? Any of them?

[PSRdirector]

D.I.Y_Death wrote...

Its no secret that most of you hate EA and for good reason, in the past they have been a horrible company and even today that stigma has stayed with them. When we look at DLC some of us think they're removing content so they can sell it back to us but have you thought that this might not be true? EA recently has been playing it very smart, Blizzard and BioWare both have control of their own game still and while EA might force some things like DLC's down their throat the DLC usually includes things that are either totally irrelavent, crappy, made after the fact or are so unbalanced they were removed for a reason (ahem, Arc Gun anyone?).

Hell even for Blizzard the only "DLC" they have is premium bnet accounts...so far.

We should stop ridiculing EA for the things they're holding back on for us, the fans and thank god Microsoft didn't buy BioWare or you can be guaranteed that half of the game would be outright removed and sold as dlC for an outragous amount of cash.

Be happy that EA isn't ruining BioWare just yet.

um... Blizzard is part of Blizzard/Activision... not EA...  hell Blizzard is the reason EA doesnt have the highest Revenue of any third party publisher any more.