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 Post subject:EA ruins another franchise they didn't invent!
PostPosted:Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:23 pm 
 

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http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/com ... ot;title;1

After creating two sequels faithful to C&C, they decided "Fuck it" and created this monstrosity. Whatever Command & Conquer 4 ends up being I'll buy it because frankly I need to finish this series, but it sounds to me like its hardly Command and Conquer at all.


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PostPosted:Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:30 pm 
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Doesn't look too bad to me. I mean, it doesn't sound like the original C&C, but that's the only one I've played and I have no problem with mechanics changing.

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There was a Tiberian series, a Red Alert series, and the Generals from Westwood. Gwanky, from that standard of purism: Westwood has already branched off from their original series and gone back and forth between different plots far before this current "monstrosity."


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PostPosted:Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:38 pm 
 

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Command and Conquer, aside form Generals stuck to a fairly strict formula. Sidebar was where units are trained, theres hero units but no RPG elements, and theres certainly no persistence in multiplayer they made a lot of changes to the core gameplay.


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Also EA has their grubby mitts on both Deus Ex 3 (which is actually a prequel to DX1 and 2) and System Shock 3 (which I've basically heard nothing about), both of which are currently in development, both of which have approximately 0 original dev team members working on them.

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PS. At least Ubisoft returned Splinter Cell to their Montreal team. Conviction actually looks really frickin' cool.

ETA: Not to mention, have you seen the Dragon Age: Origins ad featuring Marilyn Manson wailing "THIS IS THE NEW SHIT ARAGHAGAHFABALBA" or whatever? Goddamnit, EA. At least you can only ruin the ad campaign and not the game...

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PostPosted:Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:02 pm 
 

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Also EA has their grubby mitts on both Deus Ex 3 (which is actually a prequel to DX1 and 2) and System Shock 3 (which I've basically heard nothing about), both of which are currently in development, both of which have approximately 0 original dev team members working on them.

If I had a heart, it would be breaking.

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PS. At least Ubisoft returned Splinter Cell to their Montreal team. Conviction actually looks really frickin' cool.

ETA: Not to mention, have you seen the Dragon Age: Origins ad featuring Marilyn Manson wailing "THIS IS THE NEW SHIT ARAGHAGAHFABALBA" or whatever? Goddamnit, EA. At least you can only ruin the ad campaign and not the game...
Anything EA touches tends to turn out like the hot girl at a club; beautiful, alluring and full of shit and no fun after 15 minutes.


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PostPosted:Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:48 am 
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Except for the Sims games, apparently.

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PostPosted:Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:30 am 
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Except for the Sims games, apparently.

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Like SimCity - they only work because the original dev team has been kept, and the EA team took care of the graphics (Sims 3,I mean)

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EA + original dev teams = better graphics, same gameplay, same strory = WIN
EA - original dev teams = better graphics, shitty gameplay, shitty story = FAIL

At least the new C&C looks like it hasn't been crippled in any manner, only had stuff added. Looks pretty good to me!

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Also EA has their grubby mitts on both Deus Ex 3
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I mean Deus Ex 2 was pretty bad anyway, wasn't it?
So it's not like if Deus Ex 3 is bad it'll be like they ruined the series, it was ruined beforehand...

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PostPosted:Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:58 pm 
 

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Don't know about that, I enjoyed Deus Ex on the XBOX.

Then again, I found the Toxic Blade, which pretty much meant that fighting was easy as pie.


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PostPosted:Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:21 am 
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I mean Deus Ex 2 was pretty bad anyway, wasn't it?
So it's not like if Deus Ex 3 is bad it'll be like they ruined the series, it was ruined beforehand...
You know what's going to happen once EA gets to it, though? They'll just turn it into another generic FPS-with-pretty-graphics and bank on that (and also the fact that it already has an established fan base) for money. At least DXIW kept some of the conspiracy and intrigue of the first DX game.

Plus, they'll get to <verb> continuity in the <anatomical aspect> because DX3 is going to be a prequel.

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I mean Deus Ex 2 was pretty bad anyway, wasn't it?
So it's not like if Deus Ex 3 is bad it'll be like they ruined the series, it was ruined beforehand...
You know what's going to happen once EA gets to it, though? They'll just turn it into another generic FPS-with-pretty-graphics and bank on that (and also the fact that it already has an established fan base) for money. At least DXIW kept some of the conspiracy and intrigue of the first DX game.

Plus, they'll get to <verb> continuity in the <anatomical aspect> because DX3 is going to be a prequel.

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Bioshock?


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PostPosted:Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:50 pm 
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At least BioShock kept some of the atmosphere from System Shock (granted, this time you were underwater rather than out in the unforgiving vastness of space).

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PostPosted:Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:48 am 
 

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At least BioShock kept some of the atmosphere from System Shock (granted, this time you were underwater rather than out in the unforgiving vastness of space).

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Yeah I can agree with that. For the first part of the game, Bioshock scared the crap out of me. Then it got boring.


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