Controversy continues to surround high-profile sequel Dead Space 3, with fans taking aim at changes apparently designed to make it appealing to a larger consumer-base.
Ahead of the game’s release next week, Mark Butler asks whether EA and Visceral Games should be saluted for trying to evolve the series, or condemned for selling it out.
Today EA hosted its Investors Day, and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson talked about the company's dedication to generative AI.
He's so excited to layoff more employees for FAKE STUPIDITY computer programing to replace them.
Hopefully EA takes a nosedive just like Ubisoft is currently doing. Lack of money is the only thing that can hurt them and possibly change them.
Of course it is. EA has been lazy for years. Profiting for investors and themselves without putting in the work. Having AI write code or build graphics for them just makes them even more lazy.
I'd laugh if those same investors built "executive code" and got rid of EA's CEO and board of directors and replaced them with AI.
Today Electronic Arts hosted its Investors Day and its executives shared what's next for the Battlefield franchise.
ohh god, here we go!
This is exactly why the gaming industry is failing. It's now an industry of suits "trying to find the fun".
...I'll help you out a little, If you're trying to find it, then it's not fun and neither are you. move on!
Honestly, get them to sit down and play Bad Company 2 together.
If they can't see why that had the magic, they shouldn't be game developers.
The CEO of EA has iterated his massive ambitions about the next Battlefield entry in the new Q1 2025 financial results.
It ain't Bad Company 3 ... so stop false-promising ... but make it current-gen only plz ... it'll be 2025 ffs
More intentionally released broken games with micro-trash-actions, and of course fake apologies written by ChatGPT instead of doing it yourself because you don't give a crap if you sell people garbage for their hard earned money.
Ass.
Isn't that the whole point of having a "series" of games? Isn't the follow-up supposed to be inherently better or "more ambitious" than the previous entries? Unfortunately, this has not been the case for Battlefield in quite some time. I've still never even redeemed the free BF 2042 code I got a year and a half ago lol. Such a shame, used to be one of my favorite shooters back in the day.
would it matter if ferrari was aimed at a more economical buyer?
yes!
people buy fast cars because they want the speed, not the price! same for horror! i buy dead space because i want horror.
now if they bring casual "options" im ok with that.
so Action Shooters now mean Wider Audience or what?
Yes it matters. It is straying from what made people like it in the first place. This trend has been happening more and more recently in series'. If you're doing a sequel to a game, it should build upon what its predecessor did, not tear that down and go a different route... If you're going to do that, make a new IP.
It matters to me, I loved the first game, I was one of those that bought it day 1, and honestly that was only because I liked the rusty/bulky looking Isaak, I remember seeing some early concept art for him, he looked realy cool, then I saw a trailer or two, I was totally sold,
DS2 just felt like the same game, except Isaak looked like some typical army looking robot dude, kinda like the new look for Robocop for example (which im not to fond of)
DS3 doesnt excite me at all, I doubt ill even rent it
It'll certainly be interesting to see how Dead Space 3 does. Appealing to a "larger audience" would suggest better sales than the first two iterations, but the game's been getting a lot of negative press.
Ultimatley, even if it does turn out to be an action title rather than a horror title, I still wouldn't put it past Visceral to make a damn good action game.