Vapourware LOL ELECTRONIC ARTS: The EA Thread

[Average Manatee]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-11-17-jade-raymond-building-assassins-creed-style-game-for-ea

A AAA Assassins Creed clone, just what the world needed.

Good move to be jumping off that AC ship immediately before it capsizes.

Open world action games cover a large spectrum. Won't say that its what the world needs more of, but EA giving a shit about singleplayer games again might be an improvement. Or not, depending on how you look at it.

 

[chotread]

Woman.

 

[Gerrard]

But will it have radio towers?

 

[Astral Rag]

But will it have radio towers?

Does the Dorito Pope wear a funny hat?

 

[tormund]

Woman.

Reasonably hot one too.

EA wants some of that AC cake, since masses keep swallowing it... They already tried their hands on open world style with shitloads of cheap filler in Inquisition.

 

[Immortal]

Making an assassins creed rip off is much easier then a skyrim rip off.. Even Bethesda can't make a Skyrim rip off.
Fallout 4 is bombing.

 

[Caim]

Making an assassins creed rip off is much easier then a skyrim rip off.. Even Bethesda can't make a Skyrim rip off.
Fallout 4 is bombing.

Wait, it is? I know it's popamole but I didn't know it was THAT bad.

 

[Infinitron]

He wishes.

 

[Baron Dupek]

After killing The Saboteur devs?
Too late.
Another "To Do" on the DICE list. Like they have nothing better to do while patching BugField/StarWars:not-so-BF

 

[Immortal]

Wait, it is? I know it's popamole but I didn't know it was THAT bad.

I just got off the phone with my friend whose a "GAMER" (he owns a console).
He asked me if he should buy Fallout 4.. he's been reading a bunch of reviews that are trashing the game.. then he said "well I mean it still is in the running for GOTY.. but nobody seems to like it"

This is anecdotal.. but it says something to me. This friend embodies Console Player mentality.
Just check the user scores on Meta Critic.. 5.2 for a Bethesda game? Is this 1992?

He wishes.

What do I wish?

 

[Caim]

Clearly the high road would be to advice him to get a PC that is not an actual potato and play Fallout 1 and 2 instead.

 

[Immortal]

Clearly the high road would be to advice him to get a PC that is not an actual potato and play Fallout 1 and 2 instead.

In fairness the call wasn't about that, it was sort of a "oh hey before you go..." type thing.
I didn't want to add bias to his opinion so I told him to do whatever he wants.

If I told him to play Fallout 1 - I'm sure the response would be "Oh that old game? I don't like those".

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

"then you don't know shit and are doomed to keep eating it" would have been an appropriate answer.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Making an assassins creed rip off is much easier then a skyrim rip off.. Even Bethesda can't make a Skyrim rip off.
Fallout 4 is bombing.

311,830
playing now
325,053
today's peak
471,955
all-time peak

It's bombing so hard that it's the biggest SP game on Steam (nothing else comes close at the moment). Yeah, people got the Metacritic user score to ~50 but it's still a massive hit.

 

[Lord Romulus]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-11-17-jade-raymond-building-assassins-creed-style-game-for-ea

A AAA Assassins Creed clone, just what the world needed.

Is comparing their new ip to Ass Creed really the best marketing move? Nobody is thinking to themselves "I love Assassins Creed, but there just isn't enough of them to buy".

 

[J1M]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-11-17-jade-raymond-building-assassins-creed-style-game-for-ea

A AAA Assassins Creed clone, just what the world needed.

A very misleading title. She certainly isn't 'building' the design, code, or art for said product. I fixed it:

"Jade Raymond given raise by EA in hopes of luring top Assassin's Creed talent to work excessive hours for different corporate master"

 

[vonAchdorf]

With all the attention this got, he seems to have fulfilled his part of the contract.

 

[pippin]

Implying EA ruined Star Wars.

 

[Night Goat]

EA admits Battlefront is dumbed down for babbys

Electronic Arts' CFO Blake Jorgensen admitted Star Wars Battlefront's "accessible" design "may not have the depth [hardcore players] wanted in the game."

Talking at the Nasdaq Investor Conference in Europe and reported by Gamespot, Jorgensen has now acknowledged that the game's design may lack substance for experienced gamers.

"Star Wars Battlefront is a first-person shooter, but it is [one of] the only teen-rated first-person shooters," Jorgensen said. "We had designed it to be a much more accessible product to a wide age group.

"So, an 8-year-old could play with his father on the couch, as well as a teenager or 20-year-old could play the game and enjoy it. It is more accessible. And for the hardcore, it may not have the depth that they wanted in the game."

Electronic Arts COO recently reported that he was "a little bit" surprised by GameStop's comments that Star Wars Battlefront had "underperformed."

Literally made for 8-year-olds.

 

[Sam Ecorners]

And you are surprised why exactly? SW is a kids franchise to the core. If anything, it's all of the ass burgers' attempts to make it 2deep4u aka KOTOR 2 are the biggest distractions from the origins of the franchise.

 

[hello friend]

star wars is shit anyway

 

[hajro]

I played Starsiege:Tribes when i was 8 and did well, so idk

 

[Average Manatee]

I too remember the days when a game needing more than 5 minutes to L2P for an 8 year old wasn't considered a bad thing.

 

[Infinitron]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...s-newly-announced-competitive-gaming-division

EA announces Competitive Gaming Division, led by Peter Moore
"Competition runs deep in the DNA of Electronic Arts."

EA is launching a Competitive Gaming Division (CGD) to be led by former chief operating officer Peter Moore

Peter Moore.

Moore's new title will be executive vice president and chief competition officer. "This group will enable global eSports competitions in our biggest franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, Battlefield and more," EA stated in its announcement.

EA chief executive officer Andrew Wilson noted that the CGD will be based around the following "three core pillars":

• Competition - To create highly-engaging competitive experiences with our games, officially supported by Electronic Arts.
• Community - To celebrate, connect and grow our community of players across all levels of expertise.
• Entertainment - To develop live events and broadcasting that bring the spectacle of competition to millions of people around the world.

"There is no one better in our industry to lead this new effort than Peter," Wilson said. "He was an early pioneer in championing competitive gaming programs, such as the FIFA Interactive World Cup and the EA SPORTS Challenge Series, and Peter's personal passions for the player experience, sports and competition, make him a tremendous leader for this new division. Peter's team will partner with our development studios, marketers and publishing teams to bring this new platform to life."

Former senior vice president of marketing and 14-year EA veteran Todd Sitrin will join peter as the senior vice president and manager of the CGD. Sitrin has already updated his Linkedin profile to reflect the new role, to which he offered the following description: "Lead strategy and operations for the Competitive Gaming Division, including working closely with our development studios to create an innovative competitive platform within our games.

"Competition runs deep in the DNA of Electronic Arts, and our games are already at the center of competitive gaming events at different levels today," Wilson stated. "FIFA fans around the world continue to compete in the FIFA Interactive World Cup, ESL One is hosting worldwide championships with Battlefield 4, we recently announced the return of the Madden NFL Live Challenge, and our games will be played in dozens of other regional competitions around the world in the next year. EA's CGD will seek to build a best-in-class program to centralise our efforts with new events, as well as the infrastructure to bring you the world's preeminent EA competitive experiences."

 

[Caim]

I misread that as EA starting to make good games to make them competitive again. Oh well.