EA slams Gears of War

" What is Gears of War? I mean Gears of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter... Like, zero.

" Only two very brave UK-based journalists said, ' You know what, Gears of War is a great game but it' s like what Quake was a few years ago.
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" Why are people loving it so much? It' s like added production value, incredible cutscenes and the best ever graphics ever. I' m sure it' s going to be a great success, I can' t wait to play it, but let' s face that graphics are still number one,"

Eurogamer

What a d!ck.

Its especially funny since its coming from EA, innovation my ass, their production values have plummeted over the years and its only getting worse. The downfall of any good developer is being bought by EA, something im sure they dont realize!

EA can fuck off and stop making stupid comments like this. What would they know about innovation anyway! They made Goldeneye Rogue Agent for fuck sake!

I find it funny that someone from EA is criticizing another game for not innovating.

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I find it funny that someone from EA is criticizing another game for not innovating.

I find it funny that someone from EA is criticizing another game, period.

NiGHTS into Dreamcast

They are jelous. They can' t do anything else than MOA, Need for speed or crappy James Bond games anymore.

Give me ONE reason why I should listen to EA.

How much do EA spend on an average title?!

Not very much, asumeing they dont pay their developers as usual.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Not only that but they also have them work excessive hours in bad conditions and with very little sleep. EA programers are like the Asian shoe kids of the West.

I have some advice for EA. Shut the fuck up, no one cares what you think! You are the bane of the videogame industry. The only thing EA is good at is destroying innovation, even a game that has no innovation (which Gears has) is better then the faecal matter EA produces.

EA is a parasite and has no place to even comment on a gem from an industry leader like EPIC. The only chance that EA has in making a decent game is if they use Unreal 3 and outsource development, and if EA cared about innovation they' d start making some real games instead of a hundred sequals to Madden and James Bond.

Lets see EA manage 2 player co-op in Army of Two over XBL.

hehe EA obviously have envy.. While its mostly true what they claim.. Ild like to see EA come up with a game anywhere near as good as Gears.

Yup, WWII shooter after sports game after racing game. I can certainly see how that' s innnovation.

EA ROX THEY MAKE MADDEN!!!! MADDEN BOI, MADDEN!!! HMM BOI, WHATS BETTER THAN MADDEN!!!?!!??

(that was total sarcasm for all who dont know, I hope EA dies for ruining the GoldenEye name and destroying the 2k series by buying the NFL rights)

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

. The only thing EA is good at is destroying innovation, even a game that has no innovation

So got dam true

I hope EA dies for ruining the GoldenEye name and destroying the 2k series by buying the NFL rights

I hope So to Who gave them the right to change Madden the way they did and stop another company from using the NFL Name tags

EA is mostly ass.

It is especially funny that he admits he hasn' t even played the game either. EA blows goats for quarters. Hopefully Epic responds to this somehow and rips EA a new one. They aren' t afraid to speak their mind and have ripped on Sony and Nintendo before.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

EA has always been fucking stupid...this is really funny, the sad thing is EA will still survive as long as morons buy their Madden games...you know who you are!

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It is especially funny that he admits he hasn' t even played the game either....

I was thinkin' the same thing. Anybody know what games were produced at EA Montreal?

I think I had more fun with 60 minutes of GoW than I' ve had with every EA game combined.

EA has bought every big title that has been milked out,then they milk it out even more.

They are funny EA,this must be ajoke.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Way back in the early 80s, when EA still went by the full name Electronic Arts, and established themselves as premier developers for the Apple ][e and Commodore 64, they used to have a very cool philosophical statement printed on all of their packages. It basically said something to the effect of " we' re a group of electronic artists working to advance and explore this new medium of artistry, the video game" ... In those days, they listed the names of the programmers on the covers of the packages, because their idea was that these people were artists, just like musicians or authors of books.

But money changed everything for them apparently... gone is the mission statement, gone is the respect for developers and designers, and now they are a company driven by (not just supported by, but driven by) accountants and attorneys. F**k ' em.

I think it started to change when Kit left them after the whole 3DO fiasco.

I did a lecture today on interactivity showing how good / bad some titles where, and how some games can break the rules and still be better than the sum of their parts.

EA always look to crow over some technical method, process or achievement in a game over the gameplay. They are really loosing this strand now and more than ever are having to design overly complex development process models to try to " re-create" original ip / creativity.

Anyways, as a lecture it picked on the flaws of gears and showed you how that you can subvert technology & the audience to create something new with supposedly " stayed" genres.

I have 4 mates working with EA, and normally i' d be in defence of them - but seriously, EA are actually getting worse. First the spyware in 2142, now this...

Hey, you guys! Remember all the great things the creative people of EA done. Hmm... Sims 2? Oh wait... Nevermind.

EA is still very innovative guys. Think about it... they find new ways of taking people' s money every years while still selling them the same title over and over. If that' s not innovation (in scamming customers), I don' t know what is!

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" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Wanna know what EA knows about innovation? They know how to make a game where you get a ball hand it to someone else and they run down a 100 yard field and spin and never get touched.

Personally, i think GoW is the funnest game iv played since halo 2 first came out, except it didnt get boring that quick

As much as a dislike the way EA operate, they may prove themselves right on this occasion...

Army of Two trailer

I saw that army of two trailer looks bloody fun!

Not as good as GoW mind you, but a whole lot more fun.

Please tell me EA published it and didn' t make it, because I don' t think EA
can come up with something as interesting as that.

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

Army of Two does look fun! And i might end up buying an EA game yet! But i wouldnt call it innovative either!

Well to me the game looks crappy but it is really funny they are using a lot of the same cover things that GoW is. lol, he was probably so pissed because GoW has similiar features, was released already, and blows that game away in every category.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

As long as the co-op works properly then it could be a decent game. 3 days until EU gets Gears!

As long as the co-op works properly then it could be a decent game. 3 days until EU gets Gears!

Ha I almost forgot you guys don' t even have it yet...sorry.

I hate and really dont understand the point of not realising games globally, its possible i dont mind waiting one day, but anything more than that, they nearly deserve having their stuff pirated online for pulling moves like that. I nearly didnt bye Dead Rising because i was so pissed, and im pissed right now dammit MS