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EA shutting down more games
rojoArcueid
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Once again, four more mmos/online games dying at the hand of EA. This time the victims are Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield play4free, Fifa World, and Need for Speed World.
The funny thing is that while they are announcing these shut downs they also add in the same post that Swtor is doing very well. I just find that funny....
Im still very skeptical about playing Swtor again with EA managing it.
http://www.mmobomb.com/news/ea-announces-closure-4-games-praising-swtor/
EDIT: didnt see anyone talking about it so i thought i'd post it here.
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EA has not had any games of interest to me in several years.
I doubt I'll start playing their games any time soon.
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indeed, but EA is infamous for shutting down games en masse and closing companies. I personally dont trust them with mmos and other online games.
I gave EA the middle finger when they shut down battlefield 2142 servers. That is the most balanced battlefield game they ever made. Then they turn around and turn new battlefield games into CoD knock offs.
Done with EA.
Ok.. before anyone make this sound like a big deal.....
BF:Heroes was a broken mess of a browser game in a cartoon skin
BF2P was the same but in a more realistic skin...
FIFA World was a P2W Fifa light with weird controlls (most likley a mobile port)
Need for Speed:World was a poorly managed mess of a game that for a very long time was so P2W that it was not funny and used wet paper as a anti-cheat system... (nothing kill a racing game as much as when there is a insta-finish cheat for it)
So i am not surprised that these games did not pass the grade in these somewhat tougher times. Most of the got 3-5 years (fifa got one but it was a blatant cash grab so who cares)
This is not EA being evil... this is EA spring cleaning... Heck NFS:W has had something close to 4 different "dev" studios working on it and have been in life-support mode for over a year...
This have been a good conversation
i agree about need for speed world, it should have been so much more than it was.
I have not bought a single EA game (or Ubisoft) since they forced another online service upon me - i accept "Steam" but i do not want more of that crap.
On top their games are not good anymore anyway and if they would be good i would play them long term so shutting down their servers is inacceptable to me.
No money no more from me...
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'Sandbox MMO' is a PTSD trigger word for anyone who has the experience to know that anonymous players invariably use a 'sandbox' in the same manner a housecat does.
When your head is stuck in the sand, your ass becomes the only recognizable part of you.
No game is more fun than the one you can't play, and no game is more boring than one which you've become familiar.
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Start with a billion dollars and make an MMO.
Notice how you got defensive even though I mentioned no games by name, nor did I direct the correction specifically at you...
Funny, that.
'Sandbox MMO' is a PTSD trigger word for anyone who has the experience to know that anonymous players invariably use a 'sandbox' in the same manner a housecat does.
When your head is stuck in the sand, your ass becomes the only recognizable part of you.
No game is more fun than the one you can't play, and no game is more boring than one which you've become familiar.
How to become a millionaire:
Start with a billion dollars and make an MMO.
SWTOR still draws a robust crowd of players, it's in good shape.
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Swtor could have been a lot better if they did not build their game on a bad mmo engine and also had plans to make an actual mmo from the start.
most of their development went into lvling 1-50. They had a weak space tube shooter, and a very limited everything else with their class story and side quests.
they did the least mmo part of their game well enough in regards to also being a Star Wars game.
any developer given the free reigns to make an actual star wars mmo with story can at least envision a better version than swtor.
i would say the companion system is probably the only unique thing that bw would do that others wouldn't bother with. While companions are great, I would trade them for a better mmo.
So point being, bw messed up swtor as an mmo to keep $15 a month quality of an mmo and the standards are pretty as well, since they are doing well enough. But if they get shut down it would be their own fault and not ea's. Ea has better engines than the poorly modded hero engine.
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The only surprising one is Fifa world, I definitely would think that would have an audience. Other than that BFH and BFP4F are both ancient and not many people play them anymore...its not like UO where players will stick with the game for decades...lol.
yeah its because gamers are spotting the shit games before spending too much cash on them so they can wither and die
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