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EA "nerfed" Dead Space 2 despite player expectations

OXM UK: "Visceral puzzles were originally 'harder, longer and more complicated'.

miDnIghtEr20C_SfF4483d ago

But everybody loves EA now, so it's ok. Remember, we hate on Activision right now. That's the flavor for now.

In other news, would be nice if they made some kind of patch, to patch the game to the real way it was supposed to be.

gamingdroid4483d ago

I'm surprised we love EA so much now that we are willing to accept Online Passes.....

BraveToaster4483d ago

Why would anyone love EA? Or any big corporation for that matter...

enfestid4483d ago (Edited 4483d ago )

Why do I believe it's past tense? Well, let's look at some recent releases from EA's internal studios (roughly the last five years):
- Dead Space (88% aggregate)
- Dead Space 2 (89% aggregate)
- Battlefield 3 (85% aggregate)
- Medal of Honor (75% aggregate)
- Dante's Inferno (75% aggregate)
- Dragon Age (88% aggregate)
- Dragon Age II (78% aggregate)
- Mass Effect (90% aggregate)
- Mass Effect 2 (94% aggregate)
- Army of Two (74% aggregate)
- Army of Two: The 40th Day (74% aggregate)
- Spore (84%)

Again, this is not taking into account games they publish from partnering developers. And, notably, these are all brand new franchises with the exception of Medal of Honor and Battlefield.

The only major misfire I can think of is Command & Conquer 4 (64% aggregate). If you think consistently scoring above 75% is not quality, you're insane.

So, yeah, I'm going to go ahead and say you're insane. (Edit: meant to respond to post below this.)

enfestid4483d ago

Are you being serious? It's not the "flavor for now." People used to hate EA because they milked their franchises without making sure of quality. Now they've made new franchises (like Mirror's Edge, Dead Space and Mass Effect) and almost all their sequels are pretty high quality.

Activision, meanwhile, has ruined more franchises than it has nurtured. And Call of Duty seems to be headed down that same path. They have few new franchises, and their money-maker is churning out Call of Duty and relying on Blizzard to bring in the dough from World of Warcraft.

BraveToaster4483d ago

"People used to hate EA because they milked their franchises without making sure of quality."
Why are you using past tense?

JaredH4483d ago (Edited 4483d ago )

Every game developer cuts things from their game based on feedback from playtests, time constraints or ideas that are too involving, outlandish or don't work. Just like how Super Mario Galaxy 2 is all just a bunch of ideas that were tossed around during the first games development and there was no time to do them. Just like how the Atlantis level was cut from God of War.

The guys scope for the Transformers game he wanted to make for the psp was too big for the game to even run. Instead of cutting things he should of thought of new ideas that were coherent and would have worked with the resources available to him.

Dead Space 2 was a great game and universally praised and people are only mad now because they hear that they cut things to make it coherent and keep the pacing. 3 people out of 10 had troubles on a puzzle with play testing so they made it easier so the pacing was the same for everyone...

The title of the article is just to get hits and idk if you even read it. I don't get why EA should be hated because of this. Ya maybe they should for online passes and things like that but for fine tuning a game like every developer out there does?

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Venjense4483d ago

I still can't believe they wasted resources on MP deathmatch.

Seventh_Blood_Reborn4483d ago

This is why I am always against MP in every game, not every game have to have it.
In some games the MP just don' t make sense, in some games is a forcing.

This result was expected. Glad I borrowed DS2 instead of buying it.

FinaLXiii4483d ago

publishers will always try to make devs look bad.

Daver4483d ago

Make dead space 3 in 3D it gonna be fantastic.

M-Easy4483d ago

Oh hell yeah that will be sweet.

tigertron4483d ago

I don't care what anyone says, DS2 was fantastic and it was the perfect blend of horror and action. If you call that "nerfing" then god help you. It was my joint GOTY 2011.

bebojet4483d ago

I couldn't agree with you more.

enfestid4483d ago

Co-sign. Dead Space 2 is amazing, and easily a GOTY contender that people are forgetting. I think the puzzles were the perfect difficulty. They were on par with Half-Life 2's puzzle difficulty.

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EA Shoots Down Dead Space 2 Remake Rumors: 'No Validity to This Story'

EA has shut down rumors that EA Motive considered a Dead Space 2 remake before shelving it due to low sales of the previous game, saying there's "no validity" to the reports.

XiNatsuDragnel8d ago

Sure.... right.... at least remake dead space 3 w/o microtransactions bs.

XiNatsuDragnel7d ago

I sometimes I wished I didn't Ngl lol

Knightofelemia7d ago

Why not remake DS2 whether shot down or not it's still my favorite game next to DS1. As much as I hate EA I would buy or would have bought DS2 day one.

MeteorPanda7d ago

No validity XD "Guys guys, we cant possible make a good game or cater to the gamers wants, stop"

Yi-Long7d ago

I don't know if sales met their expectations or not. I just know that the high review scores received my attention so I was interested in buying it, but its price stayed high (50+ bucks) for so long that I simply never bothered picking it up.

Tacoboto7d ago

Doesn't pay full price
Doesn't pay *any* price
Ponders if sales met expectations regarding an allegedly canceled sequel.

Gee...

Yi-Long6d ago

Well, for starters, I'm sure there are plenty of games I never bought which did, somehow, still, meet their sales-expectations.

Concerning Dead Space; I never played and thus cared for the original. It's in multiple genres (shooter, sci-fi, horror) I don't particularly care about so it was barely on my radar pre-launch. I was never its target-audience.

When reviews hit, and it was scoring big, it gathered my interest, so while it wasn't in my field of interest, it mrans that I wanted to give it a fair shot and at least give it a try, as I do with many games across different genres; I tend to just cherry-pick the good stuff and see if it's for me or not.

But, I do wait for sales on those games I take a risk on.

Kornholic6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Lol, you are a huge part of the problem. If a very high-quality game is not even worth 50 bucks to you, then what is?

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13 Years Later, Dead Space 2 Is Still A Perfect Video Game

Nameer from eXputer: "Dead Space 2 is a sequel that delivers such a feast that by the time you're done, you're not only full but also satisfied."

Aaroncls727d ago

It was amazing. All 3 DS games game solid for me, but 2 was special.

hombreacabado27d ago

i can do without ds3 but the first two are solid.

mariopasta27d ago

Hope they remake this one too. Just like they did with number 1. The remake of Dead Space 1 was perfection

Terry_B27d ago

thanks to the digital pass for it it was not perfect..in fact its difficult to find a working copy since many years.

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EA’s best multiplayer games have now shut down for good

Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.

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OtterX130d ago

I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥

SonyStyled130d ago

I was able to find games in the Vietnam dlc on ps3 the last week. There were articles on here about the server closure when it was announced in April

DaReapa130d ago

BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.

Inverno129d ago

I got really into 43 when I bought Bf3, and preferred it. Everything that I disliked or found annoying about Bf3, wasn't an issue in 43. Too bad they never bothered releasing it on PS4 or PC.

1nsomniac129d ago (Edited 129d ago )

Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!

anast129d ago

Once people stop buying micros, these companies close the doors.

Xenial129d ago

Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!