Monday, March 14, 2011

Flood over, time to rant about EA

Floods over, not as bad as initially feared. Flooding still happened but we dodged a bullet with this one. Now that I have time to be on a computer again, I decided to change the focus of this blog. Not only will I cover DC Universe some more I also plan to cover more games that I am currently playing, along with the random rant.

Which brings me to EA. This company simply needs to die, why you ask? Because they ruin everything they touch by rushing development , forcing content they want and limiting creativity. Case in point, Dragon Age 2.
I loved Dragon Age Origins, so much that I have a copy for the X360 and PC along with a unopened collectors edition for PC. Yeah i know, 3 copies I'm freakin cool.


I know Dragon Age 2 was facing a HUGE change, not only graphically but game play and story wise. A completely new art style and faster paced, almost hack and slash combat meant for the console. The combat actually is almost a complete ripoff of WoW . Your character auto attacks and you can use random skills.
I can stand the new art style and NPC models that add a somewhat darker feel to the game. I can even stand the new combat, it's nothing special but it is functional. The DA:O tactical pause and play seems shallow in DA2, you can tell this game was built for fast paced console action and they left the old combat system to die.
The most atrocious crime committed in DA2 was how obviously rushed this game was by EA. The story fails in comparison to DA:O. Literally it seems like the there was 6 hours of main plot and 30 hours of side quests in the same 4 recolored dungeons over and over again. It is clear that EA forced Bioware to rush DA2. EA took advantage of the name Dragon Age and rushed DA2 just for quick cash. Now that I see what EA has done to one of my all time favorite games, I fear what they will do to Mass Effect and Star Wars : The Old Republic in the name of money.


The game looks good, but that's about it.

But at least they still have the old Bioware stand by, the sex scenes.
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3 comments:

  1. PapaMarch 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    Welcome back to the land of gaming... now just need you to get back into WoW. I know it would take a miracle for that to happen.

    Anyways, the only game I'm looking forward to is Mass Effect 3. I'm hoping it'll be just as good if not better then the previous 2.

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  2. MitchellMarch 14, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    Well if Dragon Age 2 is any indication, Mass Effect 3 might not be to pretty. I really hope Bioware has the balls to tell EA that the games will be done when they get done, not as soon as possible so EA can profit.


    Sadly for me Mass Effect is also trending downhill. I played original Mass Effect a crap load, I have countless hours into that game. I have at least 8 100% completion characters and various other characters at different stages of the game. I liked Mass Effect 2 but I completed the story once and haven't touched it since.

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  3. PapaMarch 15, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    I think Bioware has the last say when it comes to ME. I've actuallu enjoyed both 1 and 2 and have played them both numerous times with 100%.

    I'm thinking about starting it back up to be honest. That's the 1 xbox game that I feel I got my money worth.

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