EA owns Bioware, therefore I see no problem with this. Plus DICE can pump out Battlefront 3 and it will likely be awesome.
Electronic Arts Signs Exclusive Star Wars Game Deal With Disney
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I keep hearing this, and to counter it, I have only two words:INeedAName said:
"The Avengers"
Keep an open mind. We'll declare how much it sucks after it comes out.
My point is simply that I don't know why people are rushing for the torches and pichforks when at this point I don't think EA could possibly do any worse than Lucasarts.Atmos Duality said:
And my point is that they can't do any better either, at least, not for the kind of game I'd actually give a damn about.major_chaos said:
Well, core difference is that Lucasarts might've made or published some mediocre to poor games in their waning years, although you still had some good stuff every once in a while, they never had exploitative DLC schemes, crippling DRM, or distribution platforms that double as intrusive DRM systems that scan all the content on your PC whether you like it or not.major_chaos said:
So I think some people are more worried about things like the inability to ever buy a new Star Wars game on Steam or Green Man Gaming ever again, or being forced to buy a ?60 game and then having to pay up at least another ?20 worth of DLC just to see the full story than they are worried about the quality of the games.
My guess is EA paid them a decent chunk of money for those rights. Odds are decent that this deal is going to bite EA on the ass more than Disney. As again, I'm assuming Disney got paid a lot for those rights and probably a decent percentage on each game with none of the risks. Its not like the Star Wars game brand can get any more tarnished. Star Wars fans are going to buy it no matter what, the rest of us are going to wait and see. If EA produces nothing but turds, it won't really change much reputation wise.008Zulu said:
Plus from Disney's perceptive, it makes more sense to just get paid straight up for the exclusive rights and there's few publishers around who can do so. Steam doesn't have the man power to pump out a ton of games, I don't think Activision has that many as well, same with Ubisoft and EA has divisions for RPGs, 1st and 3rd person shooters, etc.
Not saying I'm happy as I'm not buying via Origin (or via consoles for that matter) but I'm also not buy Ubi games with Uplay and anyone else with added DRM (on top of Steam). So either way not many publishers that I'd be buying from anyhow.
Of course there's the conspiracy theory that Disney set this up to bankrupt EA (assuming they paid a huge amount for the rights plus tight Disney control over content and maybe even a tight schedule of X games/Y time). I doubt it, but I can't imagine EA can absorb too many failures especially if they paid big for the license. I'd imagine each game would have to sell amazing for EA to be happy with this deal.
They also know that EA knows how to make games that sell millions and are mostly well reviewed (emphasis on "mostly" for the people still on the SimCity hatewagon). As loud as forum goers get about the tyranny of EA, the data tells a very different story.008Zulu said:
Can everybody shut up?!?! EA has done a lot of good for the gaming industry. But just because they made a few mistakes doesn't mean they don't deserve hatred like this. Just shut it! You people are stubborn and hateful, maybe if you showed a little respect maybe they can look kindly on it and see what they can do. So please... stop being five year old crybabies and just see where this goes. 
Oh we are doing this again aren't we.Pedro The Hutt said:
Yep, we are.
I know, I hate Steam too... oh wait, are you talking about Origin? well its a good thing it doesn't actually do that and never has. Nice outdated scaremongering though.
The monopoly is threatened, panic! only the mighty Valvelords are allowed to have exclusives!
Seriously, why is "not on Steam" suddenly treated like a horrible thing? No one complains about Valve games not being on Impulse last time I checked.
Well its a good thing EA has never done that either. Either that or you and me have very different definitions of "the full story".
Lets look on the brightside: EA must have shoveled off metric fucktons of money, to make that exclusive deal with Disney. With losses they've been getting lately, itt is now in our power to kill them once and for all if the games they make on this license are shitty and we vote with our wallets.
My knee jerk reaction is based off precisely that though; the franchises I love, and how the EA brands will likely ruin them.Reyalsfeihc said:
So long as they don't try to turn it into a modern style shooter, its fine. If they make it like BF3, I'm out. BF3 was just an utter clusterfuck at the best of times. The maps were poorly designed, you died way too fast [4 Bullets to die for most guns, which fired 10 bullets a second. Yeah, loving the odds], Dislike the reducing accuracy as you keep firing being to such a stupid extent, and the fact that it all but forces you to use iron sights for anything but near-point-blank shootouts. Jets were also a disappointment for me. Terribly balanced [Why they didn't have flares right from the start is beyond me. An unlock that you have to get, whilst every other plane in the sky has heat seeking missiles and you have no way to shake them. Some genius thought of that...], and whilst I guess they probably controlled like a Jet I want nothing like them in Battlefront. The constantly shaking camera made it a pain to aim the guns, and without a flightstick it was difficult to fly one well. The great thing about Battlefront space battles was that you could grab a ship and fly it fine on your first flight as the controls were simple, and advanced manoeuvres were tied to a button combination, rather than having you try and fail to perform them yourself. Additionally, less focus on the vehicles. In Battlefront the vehicles were almost more support for the infantry that the main force of your attack. Every class could take out a tank, though it might take a while, whilst in BF3 if you weren't an engineer or support, you were fucked against a tank, and even as an engineer/support you had to rely on the tank driver being stupid + not having 3 engineers constantly repairing him in order to take one out. Less focus on the vehicles, more on the infantry combat.
Could turn out alright, it'd be harder to design Mos Eisly or the Death Star as badly as they did the BF3 maps, and there is no reason for ridiculous loss of accuracy when firing a laser weapon, plus the spacecraft are in space and shouldn't be shaking all over the place, and are hopefully easier to control, and it should look great thanks to Frostbyte, but judging by BF3 though I don't find that likely.
Yeah, I don't have a lot of faith in Bioware on this one. KotOR was their Starwars chip, and they threw it away with TOR. They could theoretically make a KotOR 3, but I'd probably prefer Obsidian do it, and get it properly finished this time...
Otherwise I see us getting a terrible DA2 like action RPG. Just no, DA:O/KotOR style please.
I agree on waiting till the final product to give final judgement, but in my eyes this does not bode well.
ahaha the responses in this thread make me laugh so hard. Battlefield a bad game? HA! you're funny. wait for the games to come out and if it sucks ass THEN you can all get your panties in a bunch. Fucking hippies
I know this clip has been posted but I still feel it best represents my reaction when I read the title.
Let's just hope that EA can redeem themselves from their past by releasing/finishing Battlefront 3 or KORTH.
(Still expecting that they wont but still here is to hope no matter how unlikely it will hold true)
Let's just hope that EA can redeem themselves from their past by releasing/finishing Battlefront 3 or KORTH.
(Still expecting that they wont but still here is to hope no matter how unlikely it will hold true)
*snickers* So all that remains is to wait for the cycle of internal conflict and assassination-succession to begin?FalloutJack said:
I guess the Mickey Mouse Mafia is finally going to have some competition from the inside at least.
Well, since it's effectively Dillbert management and they're all a bunch of business buffoons, this means that you get a Catbert with a whipping light saber and a force lightning storm. Things could get brutal.Atmos Duality said: