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Post by SirSourpuss on Apr 11, 2019 13:29:10 GMT
Let me rephrase, then. The thing is, no company, like EA, that puts its shareholders and stock price over its workers and customers, would go, put on a public face and say "we abuse our workers, we fuck people over and have no idea what the fuck we are doing".Nah, but they could say "We would like to thank our employees for putting incredible effort during Anthem's development. We admit that we made some mistakes when planning our work which eventually led to intensive crunching and we're soon going to announce to our employees how are we going to proceed so this situation doesn't happen again. Additionally, we're going to give our employees an option of taking additional 7 days of paid leave." That's pretty much saying "we fucked people over and had no idea what we were doing", only with "...and this is what we're going to do about it". This (or something like it, but written by a professional) is a much better way of approaching crisis like this. Their shareholders and bosses are not stupid and they also see that there are problems, so they can't pretend that nothing is going on, but they at least can look like they're on top of things. Besides the humongous fuck up that was Battlefront 2, when did EA go out of its way to admit its fault? Even then, their reaction was more akin to "we didn't get it right" which was PR speak for "we overestimated how much shit we can get away with, before you realize we are scamming you". That is the closest EA ever got to recognizing mistake. They even fucking disagreed with the Belgian government's "interpretation" of their laws. Like, imagine having the gall, the balls, to tell an entire fucking country that you know their laws better than them.
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Post by ahglock on Apr 11, 2019 17:51:04 GMT
Sure. Like I said, Ask a Game Dev: Too me that sounds different from Anthem. The reason Anthem failed wasn’t crunch time. The reason morale sucked wasn’t crunch time. It was that all the pre crunch time wasn’t good. They may have been putting in 40 hours but they weren’t creating cool stuff. They were just uselessly floundering around for 6 years. Then they were told to jump into crunch mode to shovel out something, anything. The numbers can be identical 5 years of 40 hours a week, x time of 80 hour weeks. But depending on the core supporting reasons for it. One can be an exhilarating experience where you are proud of your accomplishments. One is a torturous grind where you just hate your boss.
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Post by aglomeracja on Apr 11, 2019 18:40:51 GMT
FFS, I logged in after a month, chose "quick play", after watching the loading screen for a minute I joined some game just to get kicked out 5 seconds later. I tried this mode 7 times now and it has never worked yet...
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Post by cypherj on Apr 11, 2019 22:35:19 GMT
FFS, I logged in after a month, chose "quick play", after watching the loading screen for a minute I joined some game just to get kicked out 5 seconds later. I tried this mode 7 times now and it has never worked yet... I've tried it way more than that, and have never finished one. I gave up. My best friend who I was playing with text me one day as says 'I don't know how to tell you this, but there's a huge quest at the end of the game where you have to complete like 20 quickplays." Took away my incentive, or any desire to even start it once I unlocked it.
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on Apr 12, 2019 0:22:04 GMT
FFS, I logged in after a month, chose "quick play", after watching the loading screen for a minute I joined some game just to get kicked out 5 seconds later. I tried this mode 7 times now and it has never worked yet... I've tried it way more than that, and have never finished one. I gave up. My best friend who I was playing with text me one day as says 'I don't know how to tell you this, but there's a huge quest at the end of the game where you have to complete like 20 quickplays." Took away my incentive, or any desire to even start it once I unlocked it. Holy shit. Gate the experience? Check! Gate it impossibly because the mode that keeps the gate locked is broken? Double-check! BioWare Magic ™️? So much Check! Everytime I peruse the subforum now I have Yakety Sax running in an internal background process, and it intensifies volume when I read this sort of bananas.
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Post by Obadiah on Apr 12, 2019 3:45:03 GMT
FFS, I logged in after a month, chose "quick play", after watching the loading screen for a minute I joined some game just to get kicked out 5 seconds later. I tried this mode 7 times now and it has never worked yet... I've tried it way more than that, and have never finished one. I gave up. My best friend who I was playing with text me one day as says 'I don't know how to tell you this, but there's a huge quest at the end of the game where you have to complete like 20 quickplays." Took away my incentive, or any desire to even start it once I unlocked it. You guys on PC? This used to be glitchy as hell on Xbox, but with one of the patches it was pretty stable and I was able to complete it.
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Post by aglomeracja on Apr 12, 2019 7:30:58 GMT
I've tried it way more than that, and have never finished one. I gave up. My best friend who I was playing with text me one day as says 'I don't know how to tell you this, but there's a huge quest at the end of the game where you have to complete like 20 quickplays." Took away my incentive, or any desire to even start it once I unlocked it. You guys on PC? This used to be glitchy as hell on Xbox, but with one of the patches it was pretty stable and I was able to complete it. I'm on PS4. Yesterday I turned the game off after one failed attempt, so I don't know. Maybe it actually works from time to time...
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Post by seven on Apr 12, 2019 8:33:23 GMT
You guys on PC? This used to be glitchy as hell on Xbox, but with one of the patches it was pretty stable and I was able to complete it. I'm on PS4. Yesterday I turned the game off after one failed attempt, so I don't know. Maybe it actually works from time to time... Im on ps4 also. I've only had this happen a few times since that patch. But I've only been doing stronghold quickplay, not contract quickplay. Since the most recent update I had only one day where I got a handful of error updating pilot errors and subsequent kick out.
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Post by tatann on Apr 12, 2019 9:37:59 GMT
Maybe it actually works from time to time... That should be Bioware's new motto ^^
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Apr 12, 2019 17:36:45 GMT
More fun game than Anthem?
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Apr 12, 2019 18:09:22 GMT
Anthem is gonna be shit, just accept that and move on. It’s not Bioware made but EA made and it’s not fan made but “Destiny” fans made plus they need to please all the brats and punks out there instead of their loyal fans. Well, this comment was correct mostly!
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 13, 2019 13:37:18 GMT
Maybe it actually works from time to time... That should be Bioware's new motto ^^
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Post by spacev3gan on Apr 14, 2019 1:28:15 GMT
On top of the entire Anthem fiasco, we've got Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order announced, EA's next big game. While many of us (myself included) were expecting another multiplayer Frostbite micro-transaction mess, this is what this is game is actually going to be: - Unreal Engine; - Story-heavy singleplayer game; - No multiplayer; - No microtransations/lootboxes; You've read it right. A real game. Being published by EA. In complete disregard to what Bioware has tried to and achieved with Anthem (as well as what we can speculate DA4 to be, "Anthem with Dragons").
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Post by akots on Apr 14, 2019 2:11:00 GMT
IDK, honestly, the trailer is not very tempting. It looks extremely jumpy and flashy, more like Batman or Spiderman. But you never know, might be something interesting.
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Post by Obadiah on Apr 14, 2019 2:21:14 GMT
That's from a group of 3 or 4 letters out in freeplay at a single camp. That whole set is gold.
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Post by Felya87 on Apr 14, 2019 11:13:02 GMT
On top of the entire Anthem fiasco, we've got Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order announced, EA's next big game. While many of us (myself included) were expecting another multiplayer Frostbite micro-transaction mess, this is what this is game is actually going to be: - Unreal Engine; - Story-heavy singleplayer game; - No multiplayer; - No microtransations/lootboxes; You've read it right. A real game. Being published by EA. In complete disregard to what Bioware has tried to and achieved with Anthem (as well as what we can speculate DA4 to be, "Anthem with Dragons"). Call me spoiled, call me whatever. But a Star Wars game with no character creator or the chance to play as a woman feel boring to me. Too spoiled by KotOR, I guess.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 14, 2019 15:01:01 GMT
On top of the entire Anthem fiasco, we've got Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order announced, EA's next big game. While many of us (myself included) were expecting another multiplayer Frostbite micro-transaction mess, this is what this is game is actually going to be: - Unreal Engine; - Story-heavy singleplayer game; - No multiplayer; - No microtransations/lootboxes; You've read it right. A real game. Being published by EA. In complete disregard to what Bioware has tried to and achieved with Anthem (as well as what we can speculate DA4 to be, "Anthem with Dragons"). Call me spoiled, call me whatever. But a Star Wars game with no character creator or the chance to play as a woman feel boring to me. Too spoiled by KotOR, I guess. Well, this is a pure action game, not an RPG. But yeah I'm not really interested either
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Post by lennybusker on Apr 14, 2019 15:44:39 GMT
On top of the entire Anthem fiasco, we've got Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order announced, EA's next big game. While many of us (myself included) were expecting another multiplayer Frostbite micro-transaction mess, this is what this is game is actually going to be: - Unreal Engine; - Story-heavy singleplayer game; - No multiplayer; - No microtransations/lootboxes; You've read it right. A real game. Being published by EA. In complete disregard to what Bioware has tried to and achieved with Anthem (as well as what we can speculate DA4 to be, "Anthem with Dragons"). Call me spoiled, call me whatever. But a Star Wars game with no character creator or the chance to play as a woman feel boring to me. Too spoiled by KotOR, I guess. I feel ya. Sekiro was the first time in *ages* that I had no choice but to play as Some Dude and it was really jarring. Good news is UE4 games are generally much more moddable, so if there's an appropriate female model in the game anywhere, chances are good we'd get to "play as her" one way or another.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Apr 14, 2019 17:50:15 GMT
Call me spoiled, call me whatever. But a Star Wars game with no character creator or the chance to play as a woman feel boring to me. Too spoiled by KotOR, I guess. I feel ya. Sekiro was the first time in *ages* that I had no choice but to play as Some Dude What? Did you just out yourself as a non-player of The Witcher 3??? Your street cred just dropped a level.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Apr 14, 2019 18:15:43 GMT
What's the problem with playing as some dude here now?
I'm currently playing a demented hulk of a dude in Borderlands 2 as a woman and I LOVE it.
Anybody who had played Anthem has played some dude or some chick with zero personality, no?
So as long as people can choose between cardboard avatar female or cardboard avatar male it's good then or what?
I don't get the issue.
Btw, ya all gotta play Thronebreaker. This game is so damn good! You'll be forced to play as a woman however with a set personality, so beware!
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Post by Blast Processor on Apr 14, 2019 18:24:50 GMT
What's the problem with playing as some dude here now? I'm currently playing a demented hulk of a dude in Borderlands 2 as a woman and I LOVE it. Anybody who had played Anthem has played some dude or some chick with zero personality, no? So as long as people can choose between cardboard avatar female or cardboard avatar male it's good then or what? I don't get the issue. Btw, ya all gotta play Thronebreaker. This game is so damn good! You'll be forced to play as a woman however with a set personality, so beware! I haven't finished it. I really liked Aedirn, I thought it really captured the futility and horror of war. Plus, I got to feel like a badass Warrior Queen...
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Post by tatann on Apr 14, 2019 18:31:24 GMT
On top of the entire Anthem fiasco, we've got Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order announced, EA's next big game. While many of us (myself included) were expecting another multiplayer Frostbite micro-transaction mess, this is what this is game is actually going to be: - Unreal Engine; - Story-heavy singleplayer game; - No multiplayer; - No microtransations/lootboxes; You've read it right. A real game. Being published by EA. In complete disregard to what Bioware has tried to and achieved with Anthem (as well as what we can speculate DA4 to be, "Anthem with Dragons"). Call me spoiled, call me whatever. But a Star Wars game with no character creator or the chance to play as a woman feel boring to me. Too spoiled by KotOR, I guess. No need to aim as high as Kotor, even Jedi Academy had a (very limited) character creator and let you play a woman (and alien, winks at Mass Effect)
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Apr 14, 2019 19:35:45 GMT
I'm interested in a pure action game (like Jedi Knight II, Borderlands 2 or Gears of War) if it has a great story, gameplay and characters... and multiplayer has minimal importance for it.
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