Goodbye Crysis.

[Tommy B]

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/08/25/ea_may_acxquire_crytek/

Chicago (IL) - A report published in a German newspaper today suggests that Electronic Arts (EA) could snuggle up with Crytek closer and beyond the distribution deal for the upcoming Crysis first-person-shooter. The developer of FarCry would be the second German game developer EA would be acquiring within a short period of time.

I hate EA with a passion and this is terrible news.

If this happens, another incredible games studio will be ruined and turned into mass-produced rubbish.

 

[Tommy B]

I haven't bought any EA games since Zero Hour.

If a game has the EA tag on it, I usually ignore it.

 

[Tommy B]

Any game like BF2 is going to have bugs and balence issues that can only be solved through extensive play testing on a global scale IMO. EA have regularly been trying to fix these issues and have even added a new level (with another one coming), how many developers do this? not many.

It seems cool to hate EA along with Microsoft and McDonalds.

EDIT: I'm hungry now

I don't hate McDonalds. The people who eat there every day are the ones who I laugh at. I don't hate Microsoft either; I respect Gates and appreciate that it is impossible to eliminate all bugs in software.

 

[Tommy B]

It's pathetic and ridiculous that a video games developer can license cars/football players etc.

Absolutely pathetic.

 

[Tommy B]

Intelligent people hate them, it's the mindless masses of casual gamers brainwashed by graphics and brand names that buy them.

Indeed.

Look at any young teenager's "PS2 games" shelf and you'll find: Fifa 2000, Fifa 2001, Fifa 2002, Fifa 2003, Fifa 2004, Fifa 2005, Fifa 2006, Fifa World Cup Special etc

Don't forget that only a small proportion of PC gamers actually sign up on forums. Most of the people on here are hardcore gamers who demand the best, but there are billions of families who buy PC games.