Yakk
Supreme [H]ardness
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EA's testing departments are a joke.
Ubi$oft still owns the crown for game delays though.
Ubi$oft still owns the crown for game delays though.
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EA's testing departments are a joke.
Ubi$oft still owns the crown for game delays though.
EA's testing departments are a joke.
Ubi$oft still owns the crown for game delays though.
Why is delaying games a bad thing? Would you rather they shove games out unfinished like every other big publisher?
I think people just find it easier to hate on EA...
Ubisoft games are both delayed and unfinished.
Its apparently a verified rumor that EA forced the game out early like they do everything else. It's part of their switch over to Battlefield being a Yearly franchise.
I really don't have any pity for people who have problems with their products. This company has repeatedly churned out crap for over a decade. Yet people still buy their products. So maybe EA isn't the problem after all....
Maybe its the consumer.
That rumor has been going around since Battlefield 2
I was leery being that EA had botched BF1942 and NFS:UG so badly. I purchased anyway and have been regretting it since.
I really don't have any pity for people who have problems with their products. This company has repeatedly churned out crap for over a decade. Yet people still buy their products. So maybe EA isn't the problem after all....
Maybe its the consumer.
At the risk of blaming someone else but the consumers and gamers, I think it would be useful if the professional game review sites would factor in the buggyness in their scores. Isn't that the point of reviews, to alert consumers to good or bad products and thus properly influence their buying decisions?
BF4 for PS4 currently averaging 85% rating and 81% for PC. This should be a lot lower if the product is as buggy as everyone is saying it is.
http://www.gamerankings.com/ps4/706551-battlefield-4/index.html
This industry is rife with entire departments devoted to damage control and the outright spreading of lies to maintain the illusion of status quo in order to appease the shareholders to which these publishing mega-corporation are beholden to.
At the risk of blaming someone else but the consumers and gamers, I think it would be useful if the professional game review sites would factor in the buggyness in their scores. Isn't that the point of reviews, to alert consumers to good or bad products and thus properly influence their buying decisions?
BF4 for PS4 currently averaging 85% rating and 81% for PC. This should be a lot lower if the product is as buggy as everyone is saying it is.
http://www.gamerankings.com/ps4/706551-battlefield-4/index.html
why is it EA's fault?...looks mostly like game bugs, server issues, crashes etc which are the fault of DICE
Opinions = facts?
Games have been buggy since forever.. It's nothing new in PC world.
Secondly didn't this game HAVE a Beta period? And still it gets released with all these problems? Please, that is bad business.
Again, EA can have and release their abominations upon the world. Its all stops at the Wallet, if we stop buying their products maybe they will wise up and release quality media again. Or maybe not and fail as a company. Either way, the consumer wins IMO.
Betas are for selling preorders now, not for finding bugs that will get fixed.
The vast majority of "professional" reviews for BF4 were done in a controled environment. EA flew reviewers up to a private review event in a hotel and had them play the game there. It is a really really shitty practice that a lot of publishers use.
I think it is possible to be too hard on even a large corporation like EA/DICE. These games are massive undertakings. They are pushing the technology forward. They are developing for multiple platforms.
It isn't like BF4 is the first ever Battlefield type game though. EA has over a decade of experience with these games, and BF4 isn't bring a lot of revolutionary new features to the table that could cause problems.
Blame yourself, gamers. And esp pc gamers.
You like to whine and complain endlessly on forums, yet when any recycled sequel or new hyped game is announced, you line up like salivating dogs to give them your money.
Why should EA not keep doing the same thing? I can guarantee no matter how this goes, when BF5 is announced the same people will preorder like crazy.
Blame yourself, gamers. And esp pc gamers.
You like to whine and complain endlessly on forums, yet when any recycled sequel or new hyped game is announced, you line up like salivating dogs to give them your money.
Why should EA not keep doing the same thing? I can guarantee no matter how this goes, when BF5 is announced the same people will preorder like crazy.
Blame yourself, gamers. And esp pc gamers.
You like to whine and complain endlessly on forums, yet when any recycled sequel or new hyped game is announced, you line up like salivating dogs to give them your money.
Why should EA not keep doing the same thing? I can guarantee no matter how this goes, when BF5 is announced the same people will preorder like crazy.
That is my thoughts on BF4. I feel no sympathy for anyone who was burned by it.
Bought it for 20 bucks during black friday, I've had some crashing every 2-3 games, but I still managed to almost get to rank 40 during the double xp week. Overall I'm having more fun in bf4 compared to bf3, I especially appreciate the changes to hardcore (no hit indicators is awesome).
EA should just release an engine and a mod kit and let the community do the rest.
DICE has always been terrible with netcode.. in fact SO many companies are terrible. Whatever happened to the old school servers for games like Quake 3 rocket arena etc? They worked pretty damn flawlessly if I remember correctly.
I think it is possible to be too hard on even a large corporation like EA/DICE. These games are massive undertakings. They are pushing the technology forward. They are developing for multiple platforms. The release dates are totally arbitrary. The reality is, the game is done when it is done and it is not done. But they need to have a deadline and a launch date. As long as they do the right thing and fix all the bugs, I am fine. If they delayed the game a month or two we'd be complaining about that. If they never set a launch date their people would never crunch and get anything done. As long as they fix it before moving on to the next thing, they are acting in good faith in my opinion.