8 Games From EA That Don't Suck
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I don't think so, Tim. That's a game by Origin. EA didn't get their grubby mitts on it until they'd bought out Origin, and by they were mutilating IPs left and right.
Same with Mass Effect. BioWare made a RPG that was supposed to be the culmination of their experience with Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire. Before EA swallowed the games up and shat out a DLC framework wrapped around a mediocre 3RD person shooter with a leveling system and a half-assed narrative, BioWare had created a series that was fresh and a step away from, as Jim Sterling would probably put it, homogenous development. EA foreshadowed the bullshit with Mass Effect 2, buying BioWare by that time and doing exactly what they had with the classic Ultima series before, manglijng it into something more for mass appeal.
Won't even touch Dragon Age 2. It's been said already, many times already.
I agree about Mirror's Edge. In a rare move they didn't fuck up the game by trying to streamline, simplify, or homogenize the game into something gray and easier to market to everyone. I'll be impressed if the sequel fares at least as well.
Feel like there's some not very factual facts afoot.
Add BF1942 to that list as well, DICE didn't become owned by EA until after Vietnam came out, which hasbeen a double edged sword, although not damaging in the way it has arguably been for Bioware.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
Where is Burnout Paradise (Or Burnout 3 or Revenge)? Nobody's come up with a better online racer than Paradise and it's five years now, nearly six.
EA Sports Active 2 should be on this list. Prob the best workout that you can do at home. Sits at 8 on metacritic.
No fun allowed.Nergui said:Am I the only one that read this article as parody? Come on guys, it was funny, admit it.
Games are srs bsn, didn't you know?
All joking aside, that's the gist that I got from it. I read through them, had a good laugh, and moved on. But hey, different strokes for different folks I guess. Which reminds me, I need to replay Mirror's Edge again. That game is so awesome.
I don't think it was a parody list, with good games like Mirrors Edge and Battlefield 1942 included in it.Nergui said:Am I the only one that read this article as parody? Come on guys, it was funny, admit it.
If the OP wanted to make one he should have gone all out rather than this (possible?) half-arsed attempt.
Dragon Age was announced in 2004, with possible development time before that.Frostbyte666 said:
I have never had any issues with EA's games, in general. It's their business practices that are the problem. In fact, I wish they did make shitty games. If they didn't make games I wanted to play then their policies wouldn't make a difference to me because they wouldn't affect me
Don't forget won a March Mayhem before the game was out of beta one year, despite Mojang being newly minted and having never actually released a full game.Covarr said:
Indeed. Even with a lot of their recent games, the complaints are mostly centered around what they do with the games. Less the games themselve. Though the line is admittedly sometimes blurry.MoltenSilver said:
Everything up to RA3 was good, with it being the only iffy one. There have been no other C&C games.wombat_of_war said:
Its funny. I'm currently playing through Dragon's Age 2 and comparing it to your list, for me, it beats everything on that list except for maybe Portal 2 just because I like puzzle games a hell of a lot but even then it would be dam close.Piflik said:
I don't get why everyone hates it. I find the story interesting, the quests interesting, the characters fun, their interactions with each other as I run around fun, their back stories and the back stories of the people you meet interesting.
Beating in the faces of people, monsters and dragons feels satisfying.
Sure, its not Dragon's Dogma, but your team is less annoying then the Pawns (the dialodge changes/varies more) but for me I'm enjoying it a lot.
Ah well, each to their own.
Kingdoms of Amalur, Alice and Dragons Age 2 I feel don't suck and they are from EA. A lot of EA games are solid, its more the decisions that go into them that make them feel, less satisfying for the end user then they could be (moneterizing every aspect of the game or forcing game breaking DRM into a game isn't all that fun for the end user).
Dragon age II? Seriously? This is the first good thing i've heard about it since its release. And I'm a person to overlook a lot of flaws that are deal breakers for most people but seriously... dragon age II sucks a big fat one.
You should be ashamed of yourself! FOR SHAME!!!!
Cut that shit out and replace it with crysis
You should be ashamed of yourself! FOR SHAME!!!!
Cut that shit out and replace it with crysis