BioWare & EA Pull the Plug on Anthem NEXT

#5890409

KissSh0t

2021-02-25 08:31

EA acting like EA. *shocked pikachu face.jpg* Don't pre-order EA published video games anymore.

#5890414

emperorsfist

2021-02-25 08:38

The "Bob Dylan of videogames", ladies and gentlemen. It ends not with a bang, but a prolonged sad fart.

#5890419

rl66

2021-02-25 08:47

Anthem was a copycat of many game without soul... wasn't expected much for it.

#5890435

emperorsfist

2021-02-25 09:33

Fox2232:

Maybe EA should fix root cause by pulling plug on EA.

EA killing itself would cause me to chuckle a lot, I'll admit that.

#5890446

Backstabak

2021-02-25 10:15

Fox2232:

We got Anthem. We played a bit. And then we stopped. Game was not interesting. What's the point of story which leaves like 90% of players disengaged? It became just empty talk in between repetitive missions. Sure, there were Big Boss fights. But as whole, game had no soul and nothing interesting to do with classes. But worse games are still alive and sadly have future. Like Destiny 2 on PC. Game controls are like garbage port from console. Character and gear progression is not intuitive and punishing for not being online every day. Mission zones are rip-off from 1st Destiny with a twist of being worse. When game misses real quality testing. And has poor customization or punishes players which do not follow intended use/monetization model, game becomes trash. And many games are developed and released in state where they are trash at Day 1. I often wonder how is that even possible. Who is running those studios? People with no experience, objectivity and no self-reflection to admit that they should ask gamers who actually spend time playing games and can tell what they like and dislike. What's too little and what's too much in game mechanics, dialogues, ... . Maybe EA should fix root cause by pulling plug on EA.

That's the result of publicly traded companies. EA isn't beholden to players as customers, they report to the board of investors and those don't care about good games. They care about microtransactions and extra monetization to get as much growth as possible. If it dives people away from an IP, they'll just kill it and invest into something else. That's why the best games really come from small or medium studios in the past couple of years/decade, at least in my opinion.

#5890450

PrMinisterGR

2021-02-25 10:33

Why is anyone blaming EA at this point? Bioware seems to have been left untouched to do their own thing, and this is the third time in a row they screw up. If anything, EA should be done with them.

#5890472

RealNC

2021-02-25 11:30

I prefer games instead of "services" anyway.

#5890495

Solfaur

2021-02-25 12:43

No surprise here, game was DOA, they might as well have thrown money out the window than trying to "revive" it. Glad I never got into it.

#5890504

rl66

2021-02-25 13:20

Kevin Mauro:

Stadia is not reviewing well Geforce Now is doing better than Stadia yet has some technical issues to overcome

Stadia doesn't work well worldwide (only in some country) and is too expensive... Exept if they change half of the infrastructure they will have no chance to survive (and will finish like many Google's app and service: in "abandoned service"). Even Apple Arcade do better in quality... While the Geforce Now experience is the same experience worldwide (despite some issue as you stated) and is less expensive. NVidia got the point there Luna should not show "Amazon" to succeed... Amazon is profitable company but also one of the most globaly hated, every place where they treat people like slaves or dumb, Twitch and Prime doesn't work well.

#5890526

schmidtbag

2021-02-25 14:22

KissSh0t:

EA acting like EA. *shocked pikachu face.jpg* Don't pre-order EA published video games anymore.

Or, don't pre-order any AAA published games.

#5890696

crkwhr

2021-02-25 20:50

emperorsfist:

The "Bob Dylan of videogames", ladies and gentlemen. It ends not with a bang, but a prolonged sad fart.

It sounds to me like the fart from interview in Stepbrothers would be appropriate.

#5891140

rl66

2021-02-27 09:43

Kevin Mauro:

Ah! I totally forgot the Apple Arcade - to be fair I haven't used it enough to thoroughly speak to its quality or lack thereof. I'm glad to hear what you're saying about it though. The last time I peeked at it... the library seemed to consist of mostly indie games if I wasn't mistaken?

Yes, mainly indie, but of good quality (anyway i think that innovation in game is on indie/semi indies side, no more on big AAA companies), with some exclusive too... Something that fit Apple idea lol. Exept that point i tested it with the free month and it was nice it work fine even in moutain on gsm data, impressive... But when you have big computer, all those streaming service are useless i think.

#5891183

XP-200

2021-02-27 15:08

"Well that came as a big surprise", no one was ever heard saying. lol