alanschu Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 (edited) Oh, U8 was also still Richard Garriott's baby. It'd have been made in a similar style without EA. The best one had RT combat though. EGADS! Edited April 22, 2006 by alanschu
Judge Hades Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 I agree, give it up Hades. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> NEVER! I HAVE YET BEGUN TO BE IRRATIONAL!
Llyranor Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Heh, if you check out the designer diary, you won't be so hopeful about the game's potential for greatness. Creative director seems like a real charmer. EA (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it)
Nick_i_am Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 The joke is that EA keeps losing more and more money. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it)
StillLife Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Hades is smart for having convictions and trying to stand by them, as well as acknowledging them in public. If more people did that rather than jumping at the opportunity to fling some cash out of their wallet when the newest piece of crap comes down the pipeline, games would be a hell of a lot better than they are now. Get off his back. If you need a recent example of how actually being a bit discerning and exercising some self-restraint in your purchases can help the industry, just look at Ubisoft's recent decision to stop using StarForce in their games.
karka Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 A DRM system. http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=starforce&gwp=13
Fenghuang Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 ...What's StarForce? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A company that was unfairly targeted by crybabies. RIP
LoneWolf16 Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 That thing destroyed my old processor. And hey, I liked WC:Prophecy...one of my favorites, actually. Though the acting was sorta not...good. I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
Morgoth Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 It's EA, nothing to get excited about. Move along. Besides, isn't "Project Gray Company" a somewhat awkward name? Why not just sticking as usual with something imaginatively, like "The Lord of the Sims 2007"? Rain makes everything better.
Llyranor Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Why the lack of enthusiasm????? EA has talent!!! :cool: (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it)
Darque Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Yeah, the talent to chew up smaller companies and then spit them back out.
Hurlshort Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 I thought WC: Prophecy was a good return to the roots. 3 & 4 were a bit hard to watch, albeit mostly due to the cut scenes. Ultima Underworld was first person, and that ws some good stuff.
alanschu Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Hades is smart for having convictions and trying to stand by them, as well as acknowledging them in public. If more people did that rather than jumping at the opportunity to fling some cash out of their wallet when the newest piece of crap comes down the pipeline, games would be a hell of a lot better than they are now. Get off his back. That's not what he's doing. He's boycotting for the sake of boycotting. I was never talking about buying the newest piece of crap. If EA releases an excellent game, then he should buy it. Because games would be a hell of a lot better than they are now. If you need a recent example of how actually being a bit discerning and exercising some self-restraint in your purchases can help the industry, just look at Ubisoft's recent decision to stop using StarForce in their games. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This likely has just as much (if not more) to do with the complete cluster**** StarForce did by sharing a bittorrent of a game that did not have Starforce protection on their forums. That bit of news actually made print newspapers.
alanschu Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 That thing destroyed my old processor. And hey, I liked WC:Prophecy...one of my favorites, actually. Though the acting was sorta not...good. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, definitely. StarForce destroying processors now. At least the damaging of burnable media devices has merit.
Darque Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) This likely has just as much (if not more) to do with the complete cluster**** StarForce did by sharing a bittorrent of a game that did not have Starforce protection on their forums. That bit of news actually made print newspapers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> they really shot themselves in both feet over that didn't they? Edited April 23, 2006 by Darque
Llyranor Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 The lawsuits at around the same time didn't help, I guess. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it)
Volourn Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 "Hades is smart for having convictions and trying to stand by them" The problem is that he doesn't stand by them. After NWN, he claimed he would never buy another BIO game. Guess what? That was balony as he went out and bought an x-box just to play JE. Heck, he bashes NWN non stop yet he's played the OC 3+ times. That's more times than me! LOLOLOLLIPOP He also claimed he'd never buy a Troika game after TOEE then went out and bought BL. The list goes on. Anyway, as far as the actual topic goes, EA is awesome. They make the best sports games ever (barring a few stinkersala the NBA franchise of the past few years and NHL 2006). As for this jab at a RPG, we shall see... DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
Darque Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 The lawsuits at around the same time didn't help, I guess. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I haven't really been following it. They got sued over this? Awesome
Judge Hades Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 He also claimed he'd never buy a Troika game after TOEE then went out and bought BL. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually I said that I would buy Bloodlines when it hit the bargin bins which I did.
Dark_Raven Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 He also claimed he'd never buy a Troika game after TOEE then went out and bought BL. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually I said that I would buy Bloodlines when it hit the bargin bins which I did. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is because Bloodlines is a kick ass game, yes? The final swan song for the great Troika. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Darque Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 It's a shame the devs didn't stay on and fix it after the fact like that one dev on the Call of Cthulhu game.
Judge Hades Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Well, they probably had better things like finding a new company to work for.
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