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Posted by Leperous on Mon Jan 17th at 8:15pm 2005

I know some of you don't like EA much, so here's a news article that'll warm your hearts:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4180453.stm





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Posted by G.Ballblue on Mon Jan 17th at 8:18pm 2005

After reading the first paragraph, all's I have to say is:

I liked it when EA was a small company in 1995 that made Need for Speed games

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Posted by Joe-Bob on Mon Jan 17th at 8:27pm 2005

I saw that article a few minutes ago. Honestly, I wasn't happy when they bought out my favorite developer ever, Maxis, in 1995. I mean, Maxis still created some good games after that... SimCopter, for example. I started hating EA once Maxis started their eternal quest of making "The Sims" expansion packs that didn't actually expand much of anything.

After reading that article, I'm seriously considering a personal EA boycott...
Of course it won't make a difference, but at least I won't have it on my conscience.




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Posted by azelito on Mon Jan 17th at 8:45pm 2005

EA games. I lack the vocabulary to explain my feelings for EA games. A lot of them fits with the word 'detest'. WORLD DOMINATION AHOY!

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Posted by Andrei on Mon Jan 17th at 8:48pm 2005

Still, they make good games. Remember MOHAA? [addsig]



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Posted by Captain P on Mon Jan 17th at 9:10pm 2005

All this yelling about 'becoming the biggest' leaves me wondering if they also intend to become 'the best' in terms of quality games...
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Posted by pepper on Mon Jan 17th at 9:10pm 2005

thats the only +point of the series
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Posted by azelito on Mon Jan 17th at 9:35pm 2005

? quoting Captain P
All this yelling about 'becoming the biggest' leaves me wondering if they also intend to become 'the best' in terms of quality games...

Judging by the Sims expansion pack series, yea.. We all know how good they were.

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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Mon Jan 17th at 11:04pm 2005

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Still, they make good games. Remember MOHAA?


Developed by 2015 Studios, a third-party developer. Many of the 2015 team then went on to found Infinity Ward and make Call of duty. Infinity Ward is now owned by Activision. 2015 just made Men of Valor, published under Vivendi. EA was left to its own devices for the less than stellar expansions and follow-up.

Don't give them credit they don't deserve. [addsig]



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Posted by Myrk- on Mon Jan 17th at 11:17pm 2005

Lol... /me chucks up Lucas Arts to KungFuSquirrel to digest and spit out the history.

HERE BOY!

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Posted by Crono on Mon Jan 17th at 11:24pm 2005

But ... uh ... I liked Spearhead much more then Allied Assault ... Breakthrough is a joke. Pacific Assault is just disappointing most of the time (yet cool at other times).

I'll definitely be looking at Men of Valor, didn't know 2015 was responsible though.

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Posted by Agent Smith on Tue Jan 18th at 1:08am 2005

MOHAA was the dogs bollocks, but I got MOH Pacific Assault for Christmas and it leaves much to be desired. Still reasonably fun, but nowhere near the level of AA, particularly in the level design department. I'm horrified at how bad it is in some parts.




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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Tue Jan 18th at 1:34am 2005

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I'll definitely be
looking at Men of Valor, didn't know 2015 was responsible though.


I have a friend who worked on that, so I need to get around to playing it, too (little thing I insist on doing, I'm foolish, I know ), but don't expect MOHAA quality - they lost a lot of the team when Infinity Ward was founded. [addsig]



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Posted by satchmo on Tue Jan 18th at 2:07am 2005

I was actually disappointed by MOHAA when I played it. The game started out very nicely, but went downhill after a while. The gameplay got repetitive.

But back on topic... I think EA is trying to become the Microsoft of gaming. It's not a good sign. In addition, I am sure you are all aware of that they treat their employees like slaves. Working more than twelve hours a day and six to seven days a week is the norm. They take advantage of the people's thrill in game design and abuse it to the limit.

I have a friend from high school who's working for EA, but I think he's left the company already. He needed to get a real social life outside of working.

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Posted by Crono on Tue Jan 18th at 2:08am 2005

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I have a friend who worked on that, so I need to get around to playing it, too (little thing I insist on doing, I'm foolish, I know ), but don't expect MOHAA quality - they lost a lot of the team when Infinity Ward was founded.


I'm not. I usually expect, at best, SoF2 quality. It's just a treat when the games are MUCH better then that, such as MOHAA and CoD, for examples.

Update: .... whoa, wait a second. I'm sorry. I was thinking of "Brothers in Arms", not Men of Valor. Although, MoV looks decent.
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