The point is that EA is still lying about it, and they should be called out for doing so.
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The point is that EA is still lying about it, and they should be called out for doing so.
Because people want the EA hate train to keep on rollin'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
These are probably the same people who stupidly voted them worst company in America two years in a row or whatever that bullshit was. Because DRM you choose to buy is worse than foreclosure or toxic waste.
I'm perfectly fine with video game news sites pointing out when video game companies screw customers and dodge explanation but I don't think any of them should be on the worst company in America list.
Guess I'm a rebel.
EA screwing up Sim City and screwing over the Sim City fan-base was utterly ridiculous. If I'd spent money on the game, I'd be $60-worth of pissed off. Not only that, I'd be perfectly right to be pissed, because not only was the game released in an unplayable condition, the reasons behind it are demonstrably untrue. The bullshit explanations EA gave on what the game is and why it went as it did are the result of a slick PR team that has no interest in explaining what's going on, but rather sounding good while covering the corporate ass. The people who were screwed hopefully learned not to trust EA again, and those who bought the game after it became playable hopefully knew what it was they're buying.
Taking $60 for a product that isn't the thing it says it is, when all the reviews were based on a working version of the game that EA was unable to deliver, isn't a "Worst Company in America" offense, by a long shot. If it was my $60, though, I'd be 100% justified in being very unhappy with EA. I'm not going to hold it against those who got screwed that they've got an excess of negative emotion.
James
Eh, most people that are angry did not buy it nor were they going to. They are mad for EA doing something to Molyneux's studio forever ago. The same guy that released a game where you pay to chip away at a cube and pay to put it back together.
I bought two EA games on Origin this weekend.
The people who didn't buy it need to be thankful they dodged a bullet and stop whining. Bad games are released all the time. If someone's just mad at EA for being EA and didn't actually lose anything, they get no defense from me.
James
Bullfrog actually had a few incredible games. The real crime was destroying Origin, though. And then they exhumed the corpse seven years later for their shitty rebranded store.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
I'm actually ambivalent on Origin. EA's mismanagement did doom the company, but Origin's own mismanagement would have doomed the company in short order had EA not bought them. And for the rank-and-file, the EA buyout was actually a good thing since EA put Origin's salaries in line with their own - before the buyout, if you weren't one of the big names at Origin, you'd probably make more money as a burger flipper.
Populous (1989)Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
Powermonger (1990)
Populous II (1991)
Syndicate (1993)
Magic Carpet (1994)
Theme Park (1994)
Syndicate: American Revolt (1994)
Hi-Octane (1995)
Magic Carpet 2 (1995)
Syndicate Wars (1996)
Dungeon Keeper (1997)
Theme Hospital (1997)
Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999)
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