EA Turns Its Back on Single-Player Games
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Except that this is not ok. If those things were optional, that's all fine and dandy. They aren't. You HAVE to do it.StriderShinryu said:
I have decent internet but I don't want to link a bunch of crap to my facebook, or have to be online in order to play my game. Seriously. I should not have to deal with lag or server issues in a SINGLE PLAYER game. There is no justifiable excuse for it.
So what they're trying to say is "we will sacrifice the quality of the game in order to implement a shitty unnecessary multiplayer mode like the one you saw in Mass Effect 3. Oh and, we will do something similar to Dragon Age 3 and other franchises you might have liked once".
Okay, forget killing EA, cause they have provided us with some quality games in the past...
But can we at least stage a coup? Put someone competent on the board of directors, and as CEO?
But can we at least stage a coup? Put someone competent on the board of directors, and as CEO?
Look, EA. There are three games with multiplayer I enjoy. Three. Minecraft, Resistance 3 (for various reasons), and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. That's it. This means I'm done buying your games, if you take away focus from Singleplayer, to focus on the unneeded multiplayer. Sure, I can see why you would for Battlefield, or Madden, that makes sense, but not for EVERYTHING!!
Funny, I have a shelf full of video games, easily 70% of which are single player. Of recent titles, some of the games I liked the least were games that tried to shoe-horn in or force multiplayer into a single player series.
The sad thing is, when this tact starts to affect their bottom line and games by developers like BioWare start to decline in popularity, EA is going to come out and claim this just shows that only shooters are worth making because people don't like other genres.
The sad thing is, when this tact starts to affect their bottom line and games by developers like BioWare start to decline in popularity, EA is going to come out and claim this just shows that only shooters are worth making because people don't like other genres.
"HEY! PEOPLE! HATE US ALREADY! NO WE DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY! AT ALL! PLEASE, JUST KILL US!"
That's my guess on what's running in EA's head.
That's my guess on what's running in EA's head.
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EA just doesn't want to stop giving me fodder for jokes!
OT, really? Really? REALLY? This is one of the last nails in their coffin, I am sure.
OT, really? Really? REALLY? This is one of the last nails in their coffin, I am sure.
For me, as a mostly single-player gamer, this is absolutely great news. It means I won't have to struggle with the dilemma of buying some game that looks enticing but is tied to the disfigured carcass of EA. The last games I bought from them were Mirror's Edge and Alice: Madness Returns. Thank you, EA, for simplifying my buying choices!!
I don't have a phobia of multiplayer, but it has to be done right and fit in with the game. I'm currently having a great time doing Rayman origins in co-op (local, not over the internet, fortunately). I loved the Portal 2 co-op, though I wish I didn't have to connect to the internet to do so. I have incredibly good memories of playing Starcraft on LAN with friends, but skipped Starcraft II entirely because of freaking online requirements. Basically, I absolutely despise online only being forced into my gaming habits. I usually game when I don't want to be connected to the internet, but in another, seperate bubble.
I don't have a phobia of multiplayer, but it has to be done right and fit in with the game. I'm currently having a great time doing Rayman origins in co-op (local, not over the internet, fortunately). I loved the Portal 2 co-op, though I wish I didn't have to connect to the internet to do so. I have incredibly good memories of playing Starcraft on LAN with friends, but skipped Starcraft II entirely because of freaking online requirements. Basically, I absolutely despise online only being forced into my gaming habits. I usually game when I don't want to be connected to the internet, but in another, seperate bubble.
As much as I like to pretend I don't hop on game megacorp hatewagons when they trundle past the gaming community, it gets harder and harder to not tag along these days. Certainly it's more difficult when EA exuberantly proclaims they're going to do the exact same thing with their games as what Blizzard did with Diablo III. Because that went so well, didn't it?
Given that social media gaming has taken a bit of a downturn, I'm not surprised they're "making noise about the interconnected, digital future of videogames". There's a decent chance they're pretending it's the Next Big Thing because a lot of their money is riding on the success of clouds and Facebook connectivity.
Given that social media gaming has taken a bit of a downturn, I'm not surprised they're "making noise about the interconnected, digital future of videogames". There's a decent chance they're pretending it's the Next Big Thing because a lot of their money is riding on the success of clouds and Facebook connectivity.