Hooray for EA!

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

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 :razz:

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.

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!

Still, they make good games. Remember MOHAA?

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

thats the only +point of the series

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<DIV class=quotetext>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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Judging by the Sims expansion pack series, yea.. We all know how good they were.

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. :razz:

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

HERE BOY!

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.

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.

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 :razz: ), but don't expect MOHAA quality - they lost a lot of the team when Infinity Ward was founded. :smile:

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.

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 :razz: ), but don't expect MOHAA quality - they lost a lot of the team when Infinity Ward was founded. :smile:

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.