EA Exec Says Its Games Are "Too Hard to Learn" For New Players
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The issue is not if a game takes 2 hours to learn.
But for 2 hours you feel terrible at the game.
A good game teaches you how to play in a fun way.
Learning to play quickly really only matters if you play multiplayer. Where losing sucks or being a dead weight sucks.
But for 2 hours you feel terrible at the game.
A good game teaches you how to play in a fun way.
Learning to play quickly really only matters if you play multiplayer. Where losing sucks or being a dead weight sucks.
I think you have a really good point. I experience this when people drive with my steering Wheel in Gran Tourismo 6CrystalShadow said:
People who are good drivers are scared by taking 5 laps to lean teh feel of a given vehicle. And these are taking controls they are familiar with in terms of a 900 degrees rotation just like real cars, gas and brake pedals and a v-tech shifter.
Goddammit EA, just shut up and make another Road Rash game! Or is that too hard for gamers to learn how to play?
No, no no no.. Deep Silver Volition should do a "Road Rash" like game, and EA needs to work on a legit, no bullshit sequel to M.U.L.E.Programmed_For_Damage said:
Seriously EA, I have a net connection now, I want to play an up-dated M.U.L.E. online against the unsuspecting masses.
You mean the hand-holding tutorials where you treat your audience like morons who can't even do a basic controller button map check for the basics like "move" take too long to complete? Gee, can't imagine why when you treat every player like they are an imbecile. But alright, you are learning, lets see what you came up with for a solution?
Oh. Your solution is to make the games dumber.
Bravo -slow clap- Bra-vo.
Nice to know the value you have in the intelligence of the average gamer.
Now that isn't to say I can't see people still leraning new things in a game two hours or later in. But that comes from deeper games or subtle mechanics, shit this guy wouldn't know if it hit him upside the head. This is just sad.
Why don't you save everyone the hassle and heartbreak as you drag the last of your fanbase's confidence into the gutter and just do what you all want to do in the EA board room already. Make the god damn iphone app games already, bow out of major game development and publishing and stop trying to spread your stupid to other people, please.
Oh. Your solution is to make the games dumber.
Bravo -slow clap- Bra-vo.
Nice to know the value you have in the intelligence of the average gamer.
Now that isn't to say I can't see people still leraning new things in a game two hours or later in. But that comes from deeper games or subtle mechanics, shit this guy wouldn't know if it hit him upside the head. This is just sad.
Why don't you save everyone the hassle and heartbreak as you drag the last of your fanbase's confidence into the gutter and just do what you all want to do in the EA board room already. Make the god damn iphone app games already, bow out of major game development and publishing and stop trying to spread your stupid to other people, please.
Most suits/execs in big corporations really are completely disconnected from reality aren't they?