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It sounds more like he refuses to publish a game without MP. So as long as there is a tacked on multi mode or coop, there can still be a dedicated single player experience, and I can just ignore the rest.
If they kill SP entirely, then I'll have one less company to give money to.
If they kill SP entirely, then I'll have one less company to give money to.
Awesome! This has completely managed to change my outlook on EA!
I will immediately start buying EA products again!
*upon returning from crazy backwards dimension*
I can't wait for EA to run themselves the fuck out of business, all the while screaming that piracy is destroying them and their 24/7/365 always on DRM bullshit.
I will immediately start buying EA products again!
*upon returning from crazy backwards dimension*
I can't wait for EA to run themselves the fuck out of business, all the while screaming that piracy is destroying them and their 24/7/365 always on DRM bullshit.
I still refuse to believe that tacking on a multiplayer mode doesn't affect the single player mode at all. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but usually the single player mode just feels dumbed down whenever they add multiplayer to the package.
Unfortunately I could look past optional multiplayer modes if they truly are optional. I had a laugh at Dead Space 2's multiplayer, but I never complained about it like most people seemed to. However now that Dead Space 3 is holding exclusive campaign "dungeons" hostage unless you deal with some shitty 10 year old on xbox live, then you can't play all of the game, and therefore, it's not fucking optional.
Unfortunately I could look past optional multiplayer modes if they truly are optional. I had a laugh at Dead Space 2's multiplayer, but I never complained about it like most people seemed to. However now that Dead Space 3 is holding exclusive campaign "dungeons" hostage unless you deal with some shitty 10 year old on xbox live, then you can't play all of the game, and therefore, it's not fucking optional.
How the hell do you make a game like Dragon Age III with multiplayer!?
The biggest problem with EA is the fact that they try to make their games fit their business practices, instead of adjusting their business to fit their games better.
The Square Peg Round Hole analogy is horribly appropriate in this case.
The biggest problem with EA is the fact that they try to make their games fit their business practices, instead of adjusting their business to fit their games better.
The Square Peg Round Hole analogy is horribly appropriate in this case.
"Today, all of our games include online applications and digital services that make them live 24/7/365."
Until they shut off the servers, anyways.
Until they shut off the servers, anyways.
@llort het: Imagine it now, Dragon Age 3 being simplified for multiplayer. The complexities of Dragon Age 2 are a thing of the past.
For a better tomorrow.
For a better tomorrow.
@Ilort het
Doesn't the game have split-screen multi-player? (AKA as local multi-player, which is the best multi-player)
Doesn't the game have split-screen multi-player? (AKA as local multi-player, which is the best multi-player)
I picked up Dead Space 2 usedlast month, and its multiplayer component is completely forgettable and not intrusive of the single player experience.
I have a feeling the jump-in/out Co-op in DS3 is going to be very apparent without the online pass in that locations where there would be content, there will just be empty corridors and vague hints that you're missing out by not having that extra content (available for $10-20 online).
I have a feeling the jump-in/out Co-op in DS3 is going to be very apparent without the online pass in that locations where there would be content, there will just be empty corridors and vague hints that you're missing out by not having that extra content (available for $10-20 online).
Yup, sounds like EA.
Fucking hell, and there are some good titles under it's name too, and now they're gonna make it impossible for their developers to make a singleplayer only game because they wanna reap the dollar off their fucking bullshit online pass codes!?
Look at skyrim, bioshock (1) and the metal gear solid series; you don't need to suck every cent out of a player to get a ton of profit, if you just make GOOD GAMES
Fucking hell, and there are some good titles under it's name too, and now they're gonna make it impossible for their developers to make a singleplayer only game because they wanna reap the dollar off their fucking bullshit online pass codes!?
Look at skyrim, bioshock (1) and the metal gear solid series; you don't need to suck every cent out of a player to get a ton of profit, if you just make GOOD GAMES
"The inexorable march towards videogames becoming one indistinguishable mass of grey sludge continues."
I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I MUST SCREAM RACIAL EPITHETS ON XBOX LIVE
I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I MUST SCREAM RACIAL EPITHETS ON XBOX LIVE
I didn't say mirrors edge because it didn't sell as much as those I mentioned, but man I love mirrors edge and a sequel has so much potential!
@ex275w
No, unfortunately I'm pretty sure Dead Space 2's coop is online only (although I guess I'm not exactly 100% sure at the moment). Probably just to justify their online pass.
No, unfortunately I'm pretty sure Dead Space 2's coop is online only (although I guess I'm not exactly 100% sure at the moment). Probably just to justify their online pass.
I'm fine with most of the multiplayer in alot of EA's games.
But, I think this means RIP Mirrors Edge 2
But, I think this means RIP Mirrors Edge 2
at EA we don't feel the writing or design in any of our games is enough to capture someone, we need there friends with them to provide at least 20% of the entertainment.
Its just bullshit spin from them, we know they do it so they can slap online passes on games in a feeble attempt to reduce used sales or to force people onto Origin.
I think Skyrim selling over 10 million shows that single player only experiences are still perfectly valid and that gamers still crave them.
I think Skyrim selling over 10 million shows that single player only experiences are still perfectly valid and that gamers still crave them.
Take Origin off my XBOX. NOW!
It's not like console singleplayer-games are a huge target for pirating in the first place. I shouldn't have to bother with their Origin crap when already playing for Xbox Live.
It's not like console singleplayer-games are a huge target for pirating in the first place. I shouldn't have to bother with their Origin crap when already playing for Xbox Live.
Good for them. I have no problem with EA alienating as many consumers as possible, hastening it's collapse. It will be fun to watch more competent publishers and studios pick apart the corpse. The beautiful creative destruction of capitalism will see that assets will not stay in the hands of incompetent boobs in perpetuity, as no public entity will come to rescue EA.
I always like how every single quote by EA includes them gushing about how well they're doing business-wise like anyone gives a shit.
"We are very proud of the way EA evolved with consumers"
What kind of shit is this guy on, just, really? Is he serious? I can't tell if this guy believes what he says, or if he's just laughing in our faces.
Fuck EA, fuck them so much...
What kind of shit is this guy on, just, really? Is he serious? I can't tell if this guy believes what he says, or if he's just laughing in our faces.
Fuck EA, fuck them so much...
@CyberSpaceCat
That's too much effort for EA, the bloating blob that it is. They'd rather milk franchises yearly, which all are starting to look and feel the same, kind of like the praetorians of Mass Effect, a hideous mass made of thirty different things.
EA is ignorant that what made them and their competition famous is the quality of their games.
This is how Ea and its franchises will look in some years.
That's too much effort for EA, the bloating blob that it is. They'd rather milk franchises yearly, which all are starting to look and feel the same, kind of like the praetorians of Mass Effect, a hideous mass made of thirty different things.
EA is ignorant that what made them and their competition famous is the quality of their games.
This is how Ea and its franchises will look in some years.
It's such a dumb move... Sometimes i just want to go through a game alone. Not everyone has friends to play particular games with, or they don't use the same console, or are PC users.
Dumb, dumb move...
Dumb, dumb move...
@hushlorentz
Its funny because they haven't been posting quarterly losses for 2 years straight? And they are going to lose a shit ton more with SWTOR tanking on the subscription front.
Its funny because they haven't been posting quarterly losses for 2 years straight? And they are going to lose a shit ton more with SWTOR tanking on the subscription front.
Seriously what world do EA executives live in? It's amazingly sad how little they understand their audience. Multiplayer can enrich some experiences but not every game needs it. Mothballing any game that's singleplayer only is stupid, I weep for the games we may have lost to this policy.
lol. "Evolving with customers." Because obviously everyone has been clamoring for shoe-horned in multiplayer in every god damn game under the sun. Sure, don't invest all of your resources making a quality single player experience. You need the mediocre multiplayer that you can milk for sweet, sweet micro transaction loot. EA just keeps getting more and more idiotic with each passing year.
Man who gets sent video games for free complains about publishers trying to extend the experience of a sixty-dollar purchase
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