Manveer Heir speaks out against EA

Never put a man who calls himself “King Curry” in high regard unless he’s a world class chef or porn star.

The first expansion I bought was Starcraft Broodwar iirc, expansions used to bring new gameplay to the table. "DLC" I always connote with skins, horse amour, bonus weapon - mostly mildly usefull to useless stuff for the quick buck. Ye, the expansions kinda died with digital distribution and were more and more replaced with "DLC". Didn't mind long time about the latter because I used to have a really shitty internet connection.

Maker help us all.  In that case I would not want to do business with said company.

The thing which keeps bothering me about the whole thing is that...how does what he says make any sense? Can someone get EA on the line to explain how this is logical?  How is an 'open world' game any better for microtransactions then say a corridor crawl like ME 2 or the COD games?  I mean it makes perfect sence how multiplayer games, modes, or even MMOs can be...things that require constant updating, and even constant attention from players to 'git gud'. But SP open world or open zone games (like Skyrim, Dragon Age Inquisition, or MEA), how does that work?  And didn't we have weapons packs and things of that nature in ME 2 for that matter?

I am pretty sure if you wanted to you could find a way to monetize a game like Mass Effect 2 and to an extent I guess EA already sort of did, however I think open world games may be easier to monetize due to the fact that the grind and randomization is a little easier to swallow in open world games? I think it may be because open world games rely a lot more on "emergent gameplay" while linear games like Mass Effect rely more on tightly scripted narratives and sequences, players aren't generally going to replay the same instances of a linear game in order to farm for better loot where they will probably be more likely to do that in an open world game, take Shadow at War for instance, a lot of that game is about hunting down high level orcs for your army, farming for better loot and gear, and grinding missions to rank up your orcs and a lot of this takes place in the same areas of a world map that was built to accommodate multiple missions.

I think it really comes down to player expectation, if they are playing a linear game like Mass Effect 2 they expect each new area and mission to be somewhat unique (see Dragon Age 2 and the reaction to the reused areas) where in an open world game they seem to be more ok grinding the same areas and doing missions in the same areas, I suppose this makes it more palatable for random loot as players will grind the same areas hoping for better items where in a linear game they will only play the level once so you need to provide them with the tools they need to progress in that level. I dunno that is my guess.

That is, to put it simply, a load of bullshit.

As any 20th century historian (who isn’t a Holocaust denier) can tell you, the Nazis were fascists. Fascism falls on the far-right end of the political spectrum.

Oh sure, the Nazis sometimes paid lip service to leftist ideals, but actions speak louder than words. The only reason the Nazis called themselves “socialists” was part of a ploy to portray themselves as upholding the rights of workers over that of industry.

Of course, the “alt right” and other populist movements like to play up the fact that the Nazis called themselves socialists, since it’s a useful tool for demonizing leftists. But it’s a lie, the very same lie that the Nazis used to portray their ideology as anything but totalitarian.

And if you believe that lie, then you are a gullible fool.

Its also about selling copies for you cannot get money for making a game in a style people don't want.  I remember the old BSN after Mass Effect 2 mostly, but Mass Effect 3 about how they needed to go open world.  Then combine that mentality with the success of open world games you have a bigger audience for microtransactions.

He's no hero.

Why not both?

I couldn't help but notice the appearant contradiction between the two bolded parts.


So is Stalinism anti-capitalist state capitalism?

You do not adhere to double think, Comrade?

You’re a counter-revolutionary!! You are sentenced to 20 years of hard labor!!!

Remember, Lenin loves you.