As you may have heard by now, EA Sports tonight announced Brett Favre as their cover athlete for Madden NFL 09. Brett unveiled the new packaging on The Late Show with David Letterman, and Peter Moore was proud to be present at the taping to see the announcement first hand.
It is with great pride that we take the bold step of featuring a retired player on the front of packaging, an honor normally reserved for a player at the peak of his game. I say with great pride, because some may question the marketing strategy behind this (and many at EA did just that, quite frankly). I don't for one minute.
BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Super Mario 64 DS was offered as a launch title for the Nintendo DS, a remake of the classic platform game with a few original tricks.
Needs more appreciation. I never had an N64 so this was what I played. Sure the Yoshi hat mechanic at first is a slog but you unlock Mario and the others for real and then it takes off. Personally I never had an issue with the controls. Can't forget the mini games and the 4 player rumble over download play.
Indeed, as stated in the article there were tonnes of control options and very much a 'take whatever you like, leave the rest' attitude to most of the game's extras.
Richard writes: "Now was the right time to release the Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S update. It just could have been more."
They aren't going to give more. We are talking about a company that has rereleased an 13 year old game at least 5 times.
i am going to replace this cover with my own creation
i will take this Farve cover and wipe my a$$ with it
the real reason
So the curse doesn't affect him! He retired.
I hope sony stop e.a publishing games on ps3, you know they still can't get 60fps. sad noobs.
If it's not smooth, they should be able to release the game.
I know its nothing to do with the thread. But i'm starting to hate e.a, and i cannot stand peter moore, the guy is a prick.
Awesome! Best idea ever from EA Sports ^^