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"Do Electronic Arts suck?"

Do Electronic Arts suck?

Sometimes they make a good game (nightfire), sometimes they make a bad game
(Medal of honour (single player anyway). sometimes they make a game over and over again (FIFA and NHL i'm looking at you). And sometimes they do really stupid things (3D0 anyone?). Also they think some of their decisions carry more weight than they do, for instance EA have not said they're supporting Xbox live. this is kind of stupid because if its a choice between an official EA sports game and an unofficial game which can go online I think many people would jump at the unofficial online game, especially if their not fussed about up to date statistics.

Anyway: DO EA SUCK?

Nightfire? GOOD? LOL!!!!

I'd say the multiplayer was good at least. 6 bots, various modes, good weapons, remote guns, varied levels, last man standing (excellent).

of course i'm talking about the xbox version. so others may differ and i expect on pc its probably awful. but the weapon sets are on the whole balanced (apart from the default one, super guided missile bit too good and should only have one rocket)

So yeah multiplayer-wise its good

They used to be a whole lot better in the 16 bit era as they produced/published more original games, now they just seem to be churning out endless sequels and cash-ins with an occaisional title that stands out from the rest, lets just hope that their recent deal with Nintendo which will see the man himself Shigeru Miyamoto having creative input to the games released on Nintendo formats will trun things around for the better.

slik ~_~

Nothing wrong with EA really. Sure, they publish FIFA, NBA, NFL etc. games every year, but loads of companies do that, and anyone who buys each and every one is stupid.

Contrary to popular belief, EA are behind some of the most enjoyable games on the market at the moment (and they help publish... well, most of the top sellers each year)

Totoro wrote:
> I have good and bad feelings towards EA. On the one hand there’s the
> constant releasing of naff cash-ins like FIFA, Harry Potter, 007, etc
> purely for profit with little regards to making great games out of the
> franchise.

Business doing things just for a profit! ALERT THE AUTHORITIES!!!1

Come on, EA are as 'bad' as Nintendo, Sega or anyone else. They publish some good games, they publish some bad game, so what? As this thread shows, there is normally someone who will enjoy the games you think suck. FIFA, Madden and the like are released in updated versions every year because they are good games and people demand the latest player rosters. If EA can create a franchise that sells in rediculous numbers year after year then they should be prasied - no one is tricked into buying their games, people do it because they enjoy them.

trouble is those games could be better. but EA are always intent on hitting the release dates over spending more time finetuning a game. For example their WCW games could've been really good, but seemed very rushed

Madden.

That is all.

I love them purely on their robotic voice...

*uses robotic voice*

electronic arts!


heh heh.

EA is an indicator of all the PS2 software really - there's swamps of stuff made by them, half of it is pap but there are some great titles in there (Tiger Woods 2003, SSX, The Sims...when it first came out).

However, they do like to milk a franchise...

EA have earth and beyond which really does rule :p

i have over 20 solid dys of gameplay in it now.