| Article on EA's "monopoly" of the gaming industry [message #69199] |
Fri, 27 February 2004 21:17   |
loser99
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| hydra1945 |
It is a well known fact that there are millions of C&C fans around the world who are all fed up by the lack of support given to the general C&C community by EA...
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I dont know if there are millions. The average gamer probably doesnt know who makes their product. Its like asking what movie studio made a movie. No one pays attention to that. Most people have not played games that are better than EA's since they are far and few between. I cant ever remember the rehauling of a publishing company due to people not buying their products.
I would like to suggest that everyone consider Blizzard Entertainment though. I hear alot of C&C fans just say how much Blizzard sucks because they like C&C better than the "Craft" series, but Blizzard cares more about their products than any company in the industry. If there is a problem they listen. They have an incredible community, and that community has a good relationship with the company. EA simply chooses games that have a mainstream appeal topic so they sell better.
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| Article on EA's "monopoly" of the gaming industry [message #69546] |
Sun, 29 February 2004 18:30 |
loser99
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| tooncy |
C&C was meant to have guns, nukes, and an excellent story. I don't want blizzard poising my C&C with 'magic' and 'orcs' and 'wizzards'.
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i wasnt suggesting Blizzard make CNC games, I was suggesting that you purchase their products because they are good. Blizzard actually made a game called STARCRAFT!!!! that had guns, nukes, and satifactory story. I guess you dont play games that much, because if you cant get past the fact there is no real difference between casting a spell and firing a weapon thats a problem. Whether a game is about wizards or guns its just a facade, when you have played the games 1000 times your not even thinking about the atmosphere your thinking about the core gameplay, and Blizzard makes very good core gameplay.
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| Article on EA's "monopoly" of the gaming industry [message #69553] |
Sun, 29 February 2004 19:06 |
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I've played it, and I don't like it. It just wasn't as good as C&C. I find myself constantly looking at the atmosphere of games. If the graphics, sound, and story suck, usually it effects the gameplay. Also, there is a great difference between a firearm and a spell, one is real and one is not.
Oh, and about me not playing games:
http://www.n00bstories.com/image.fetch.php?id=1128958056
(Yes starcraft is on there, but so are some other games I've been meaning to uninstall.)
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| Article on EA's "monopoly" of the gaming industry [message #69556] |
Sun, 29 February 2004 19:42 |
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First what I meant by playing games alot, is play one specific game alot. When you play a game alot, you stop thinking about certain things, because if you were thinking about everything it will be just too much information and you wouldnt be able to play very well cause your always thinking about "stuff." This "stuff" is non-gameplay elements, like graphics and sounds. When your playing your 1000th game of renegade and and your making an attack against the enemy, you are not thinking about the sound of the gun firing, and you are not thinking about the texture on the gun. You see it, you hear it, but it is not processed as being good or bad. This is proven in basic psychology. What you are thinking about is the core gameplay. I am not saying you do not ever notice graphics/sound, but its only an initial reaction. Renegade has bad graphics and sound compared to newer games out now, but the gameplay is why you play it. It is why you play Red Alert 2 or 90% of those games on your desktop.
Warcraft III is a good game at all levels of play and I think people on this board should try it out if they want to play an RTS. There is tremendous support for it coming from a company that runs itself like gamers want companies to run themselves, not like how EA is run; the whole reason this thread was created. I do not understand why you wouldn't at least support the philosophy behind Blizzard which I was trying to point out.
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| Article on EA's "monopoly" of the gaming industry [message #69608] |
Mon, 01 March 2004 06:21 |
tooncy
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I do agree that blizzard is very good at supporting their games, and I do agree about the core gameplay theory, but if you are being attacked then the sound and graphics DO come into play. Usually, the brain is focusing on the gameplay, but sometimes other factors intertwine with that. For example, I'm almost always listening to the phase tank sound in Renegade Alert, because I can't see it well. And with your example about the gun sound, if you hear a gun firing, your either going to turn around start firing, or run to the nearest tunnel for cover.
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