GGTL says: "Can you remember the last time that a brand new intellectual property got you excited? For GGTL that was Demon's Souls, back in 2009. The truth is that every single year there's a plethora of new brands, like Demon's Souls, that appear on the market. Unfortunately, few truly make it, and even if some get that taste of success, oftentimes the game will soon after quietly fade into obscurity.
There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.
I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.
But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.
One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.
EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.
What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.
"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."
Yep, EA is disgusting.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
I really like this game and have been hoping that it does well. I'd really like to see the developers strive. There's so few companies releasing CRPGs in NA and we could really use more. For a first game, this is really impressive and I hope that we'll get to see what they come up with down the line. Their biggest mistake in my opinion was tagging themselves with EA. Though I would have loved to be playing this on the PC, I ended up going with the PS3 version to avoid putting Origin on my computer. I find Steam to be enough of a headache without having to deal with another such service.
I am aware that there is a version of Amalur on Steam, but it's too big for my slow 1.5mbps ISP. I live in a small village way out in the country where fast connections are almost impossible to get.
Still I'm not very put out by having to use the PS3 version of the game. It's a very fun game and I have been having a great time with it.