Same main reason why I didn't want to sign up for the beta.My curiosity was piqued, until I saw I'd have to install Origin.
Yeah, but only EA games.Origin is here to stay, and it's not that bad anymore. Granted, you only get one chance to make a first impression, but writin Origin off for life means you will miss a lot of gems.
Which is the one that puts money in EA's pocket? Oh that's right, both. No sale.You guys need to learn the difference between a publisher and a developer.
Maybe, if you stopped getting your steak well-done, you wouldn't need steak sauce anymore....Also, the maitre d' keeps trying to charge me extra for steak sauce on my steak.
I tried to come up with some metaphor for buying and ruining other restaurants/chefs, but it's late.Ah the NAMBLA Godwin.
Why not? If someone does you wrong and never apologizes or fixes the mistake, why forgive and give another chance?Meh, one thing I've learned is that Halforums can hold a grudge.
So, do you stop watching every movie made by Universal Pictures? Because they've made some shitty ass movies and never gave me my money back.Why not? If someone does you wrong and never apologizes or fixes the mistake, why forgive and give another chance?
I don't pay to watch shitty movies.So, do you stop watching every movie made by Universal Pictures? Because they've made some shitty ass movies and never gave me my money back.
You don't have to pay to play shitty games, either.[DOUBLEPOST=1392620191,1392620090][/DOUBLEPOST]The point being, just like EVERY other entertainment based company, their goal is to make money. What matters is whether the product is good or not.I don't pay to watch shitty movies.
I'm not. That's my point. What's yours?You don't have to pay to play shitty games, either.
Who's arguing this?The point being, just like EVERY other entertainment based company, their goal is to make money. What matters is whether the product is good or not.
I don't think that's a very good analogy. The problem with EA isn't that they release bad games, it's that they are a greedy, money-grubbing, don't-care-about-consumers company.So, do you stop watching every movie made by Universal Pictures? Because they've made some shitty ass movies and never gave me my money back.
There are varying shades of gray to this though. Is it possible to make a good product while building goodwill among your customers?You don't have to pay to play shitty games, either.[DOUBLEPOST=1392620191,1392620090][/DOUBLEPOST]The point being, just like EVERY other entertainment based company, their goal is to make money. What matters is whether the product is good or not.
Have you watched the Fantastic Four movies? What you're describing already happens. Hollywood botches beloved franchises all the time. Your Avengers 3 analogy can also be applied to the Hobbit movies.[DOUBLEPOST=1392620935][/DOUBLEPOST]Again, my point is, blindly saying that everything put out by one company is going to automatically suck is kind of myopic. Quite frankly, if people were as outraged about all this as it is claimed, EA would have gone out of business years ago.I don't think that's a very good analogy. The problem with EA isn't that they release bad games, it's that they are a greedy, money-grubbing, don't-care-about-consumers company.
Imagine a film company that would buy up the rights to your favorite film franchises, then release films that are obvious cash grabs. Bond films with Justin Bieber as Bond. A sequel to the Godfather where the Corleone family move to California and have wet t-shirt contests for the rest of the movie. Avengers 3 is split up into three films, and if you want to watch the ending to the second film, you need to pay extra.
Now, the Avengers 3 trilogy may very well be the awesomest films ever. Lots of people may be very happy to pay an extra nine ninety-five to watch the complete ending to the second film. But such a business practice would still leave bad tastes in mouths everywhere.[DOUBLEPOST=1392620692,1392620636][/DOUBLEPOST]
There are varying shades of gray to this though. Is it possible to make a good product while building goodwill among your customers?
Quite frankly the general media consuming public is a bunch of mindless slop eating idiots.Quite frankly, if people were as outraged about all this as it is claimed, EA would have gone out of business years ago.
Well, yes, Hollywood does it already. And people called the Fantastic Four movies shit, which they are. That doesn't refute my point at all, namely that EA are profit-oriented at the expense of gamer goodwill. Just because some Hollywood studios do it too doesn't make it okay for EA to do it.Have you watched the Fantastic Four movies? What you're describing already happens. Hollywood botches beloved franchises all the time. Your Avengers 3 analogy can also be applied to the Hobbit movies.[DOUBLEPOST=1392620935][/DOUBLEPOST]Again, my point is, blindly saying that everything put out by one company is going to automatically suck is kind of myopic. Quite frankly, if people were as outraged about all this as it is claimed, EA would have gone out of business years ago.
Lionsgate is no EA. You're comparing an ok movie put out by an ok-but-otherwise-unremarkable publisher/distributor, to a publisher with a long, storied, well-documented history of constant and unrepentant malevolence upon an industry.I wonder how many people here spent money on Enders Game? Yet again though I don't reall disagree with the principles, I just personally don't care. Frankly I think gamers do more harm to the industry than the industry itself ever could.
Except EA been a lot more successful at ruining video games than OSC's been at hatin' on the gays. Hell, comparing them directly makes him look practically impotent and harmless.[DOUBLEPOST=1392662840,1392662778][/DOUBLEPOST]You missed the point on Enders game, I was talking about Orson Scott Card. A lot of his stuff has been boycotted due to his political contributions, and money you spend on watching Enders Game goes to his pockets which then goes to some potentially unsavory political organizations.
Translation: mindless twitchspazzing ftw.It's definitely a young man's game so I can see why you might pass .
Growing up = giving bad companies money over and over?Gilgamesh man, you need to grow up.
Card doesn't make any money on the movie. He sold the movie option like 10 years ago, and there was no back-end profit attached to the deal. He's not seeing any money from ticket sales.You missed the point on Enders game, I was talking about Orson Scott Card. A lot of his stuff has been boycotted due to his political contributions, and money you spend on watching Enders Game goes to his pockets which then goes to some potentially unsavory political organizations.
He might mean the passive aggressive funny-tags.Growing up = giving bad companies money over and over?
I'll pass.
Well I used to use disagree and people would whine and complain then too. So it doesn't really matter what tag I use at this point.He might mean the passive aggressive funny-tags.
I didn't know that, thanks for the info. It doesn't entirely change the argument, because there is a larger picture. If the movie was boycotted heavily for its OSC's involvement in it then it might make the next studio think twice in investing in the next OSC type character. Not really the same thing, but it still has an effect.Card doesn't make any money on the movie. He sold the movie option like 10 years ago, and there was no back-end profit attached to the deal. He's not seeing any money from ticket sales.
(shrug) I could boycott stuff because the celebrities involved hold views I find distasteful...I didn't know that, thanks for the info. It doesn't entirely change the argument, because there is a larger picture. If the movie was boycotted heavily for its OSC's involvement in it then it might make the next studio think twice in investing in the next OSC type character. Not really the same thing, but it still has an effect.
Penny arcade seems to love the game and I tend to trust them
I have no opinion since I couldn't play it even if I did have a beta key.Noone's really saying the game is bad actually.
Dismissal of senior employees[edit]
On March 1, 2010, Activision amended its report with the Securities and Exchange Commission to add notification that two senior employees of Infinity Ward were being fired due to "breaches of contract and insubordination". This coincided with Jason West (Infinity Ward president, game director, co-CCO, and CTO) and Vince Zampella (CEO and co-founder of Infinity Ward) editing their profiles on the website LinkedIn to list Infinity Ward as a former employer as of March 2010. Reportedly, a meeting between Zampella, West, and Activision staff occurred on March 1, after which neither Zampella nor West were seen; this was followed by the arrival of security guards at the studio.[39][40] It was later confirmed by Activision that West and Zampella had been dismissed, and had been replaced on an interim basis by Activision CTO Steve Pearce and head of production Steve Ackrich.[41]
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick addressed Infinity Ward studio heads on March 2, 2010 about Zampella and West's dismissal. A second meeting was held with all of Infinity Ward's employees on hand. The outcomes of those meetings are currently unknown,[42] but Activision has explained that Infinity Ward is still "central" to the future of the Call of Duty franchise. Activision has used a new studio, Sledgehammer Games, to create an "action-adventure" installment of the Call of Duty franchise. However, Activision halted the production of the action-adventure game which was reportedly 2–3 months into production and requested Sledgehammer Games to work side-by-side with Infinity Ward to make Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 instead.[43]
Further departures[edit]
Following West and Zampella's firings, nearly half of the remaining Infinity Ward employees resigned. Throughout April and May 2010, 46 employees, among them lead designers and programmers who worked on Modern Warfare 2, abruptly left Infinity Ward. All of them have so far declined to comment on their reasons for leaving.[44]
Infinity Ward "Fully" Reconstructed[edit]
Vivendi chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy stated that Infinity Ward "got over" their problems and are fully reconstructed and that Activision is very happy with the result. The executive went on to say that there will be three studios working on the Call of Duty franchise including the newly formed studio Sledgehammer Games.[45][46]
Lawsuits[edit]
West and Zampella v. Activision[edit]
Following the initial news of West and Zampella's departure, it was reported that Infinity Ward has not received royalties from the sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and that the developer may have breached their contract with Activision by holding meetings with other video game publishers including Electronic Arts.[42][47] This was revealed to be the reason behind the firings when West and Zampella filed a lawsuit against Activision on March 4, 2010 over "substantial royalty payments" that Activision failed to pay them in the weeks leading up to their firing. According to their attorney Robert Schwartz, Activision had hired lawyers to investigate West and Zampella on charges of insubordination and breaches of contract in February, which culminated in their dismissal. West and Zampella's lawsuit was filed to force Activision to compensate West and Zampella for the unpaid royalties, and to secure contractual rights over the Modern Warfare branch of the Call of Duty franchise, among other things.[48] If their lawsuit is successful, West and Zampella could retain the power to halt the development and release of any future games and downloadable content in the Modern Warfare setting.[47]
On April 9, 2010 a countersuit was filed by Activision stating their actions in firing Zampella and West were justified, calling the two "self-serving schemers".[49] Zampella and West's attorney responded to the countersuit the same day saying the publisher's claims are "false and outrageous".[50] The trial date for this case was revealed on July 9, 2010 to be scheduled for May 23, 2011 but was rescheduled for December 14, 2011.[51] It was then rescheduled again for March 29, 2012, and further rescheduled for June 1st.[52] On March 31, 2012, The two parties agreed to a confidential settlement.[53] The countersuit mentioned that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is in development, and it is scheduled for release on November 8, 2011.[54]
Not just MW1/2, but all the main series games before that, too. They're the ones who built the version of Infinity Ward that actually made good CoD games.They seemed to have been involved in COD MW1 and maybe 2, but not in it after that.
Sounds like Battlefield 1942, which also had bots. The bots were idiots, but they camoflaged the players, and you could have fun with 2 or 3 players against 20 bots.so, some seriously respectable developers.
I think the most interesting thing they have brought to this game are the NPCs. Its really interesting trying to pick out the players from the NPCs before they kill you. That said the NPCs need to be more difficult/powerful. I think I've been killed by NPCs once ever.
Yeah it's pretty dead/spot on huh?is.....that actually him? I normally would just assume this is a fake, but he did that between two ferns thing.
ed: ok nevermind that's not him...still, neat
That will go away pretty soon once you start picking up weapon attachments and then it will just come down to familiarity and skill and style. There aren't really any super-broken weapons (human or Titan) or attachments that can't be negated or matched by a different weapon in a different circumstance (with the possible exception of the satchel charge).Feel the effects of being new, getting owned by higher level player loadouts, but still fun.
Honestly I'm not sure what game you're talking about?So, Gilgamesh, what was the RPG that you recently loved to pieces?
Y'know, the one that is an EA game?
On the positive side, I don't think EA gets much from sales of it off of Origin (I think the state of Rhode Island gets the lion's share) and you can buy it off of Origin.So, Gilgamesh, what was the RPG that you recently loved to pieces?
Y'know, the one that is an EA game?