Huh? There certainly are things to criticize Nintendo for but they should be commended for what they are doing with MP4 not criticized. Restarting development on a game that isn't at the standard they want and telling the consumers about it is great and refreshing.
Last edited by ares834 on Jan 27th, 2019 at 12:36 AM
I commend them for not releasing a shitty product.
But the game was announced way to early and it ****s people over who bought a Switch to play it.
EA announces they are stopping development on a unnamed Star Wars project. Internet heavily criticizes the company for doing so. However, Nintendo says, "yeah, Metroid Prime 4 ****ing sucked and we are starting new" and the Internet goes "that's amazing, finally a company that cares".....but other companies cancel shitty games all the time and get reamed out.
Yeaaah, in on way is restarting a game's development (unfortunate as it is) comparable to outright cancelling it like EA, or releasing in a buggy messy/shitty state like Bethesda. Nintendo's quality control is also partly the reason the first Metroid Prime didn't release on N64, as it would've aged terribly by comparison to what we got.
I hope either the next 2.5D game following Samus Returns or the Prime Trilogy port to Switch rumor eventually comes true, to tide fans over in the meantime.
Disney needs to cut ties from Unicron Arts and give the license to someone else, All that they've released in the time that they got the license are two games. Compared to when Lucasarts was around it released 16 games in 5 years.
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Last edited by Kazenji on Jan 27th, 2019 at 04:02 AM
If you can't see the difference between restarting development on a game and canceling one in favor of making a "smaller-scale" game I don't know what to say...
The problem is only further exacerbated by the fact that EA has completely bungled the SW property for the past few years.
I read EA bosses hate the license. The management that signed up are no longer part of the company and the current boss are not thrilled with it.
I'm not a big fan of the LucasArt comparison. Development is much different these days and LucasArts were in charge of the IP. EA has to consult on every decision with Disney. Also, some of the games were in development prior while EA had to start making games.
However, EA has ****ed it up. Also, aside from Activision and maybe Ubisoft...I don't see any other company willing to take that ****ing contract.
Last edited by Smasandian on Jan 27th, 2019 at 04:57 AM
And only one of those two games is really good imo, Battlefront 2 in its current form/after being rebalanced. Of course some still take potshots at the game because of the initial controversy but eh.
EA should have just never been exclusive in the first place. I have no problem with them having a license to make Star Wars in theory, but them being the only ones? That was a huge mis-step, and not the only one Disney has made with the franchise.
At least SWBF2 is now getting to the point where it resembles the game it was supposed to be from the start. Makes me wonder how long that will last though.
On topic, because there is no way EA shitting the bed is an unpopular opinion:
-Naughty Dog games (Uncharted, Last of Us) rely heavily on scripted sequences and decent stories to hide occasionally weak (those ****ing stealth sections), repetitive gameplay.
-Assassin's Creed, as a series, is creatively bankrupt and Odyssey is a prime example of that.
I had/still have the original Battlefront 2 which is hard to see being topped, but I still really enjoy the EA BF2 for what it is. Wouldve liked if Grievous, Dooku, Obi-Wan, and such had been in the game sooner, but glad to have them now, and with Captain Phasma and the like on top of them, game has a pretty good roster and content for all three Star Wars eras. Just have to wonder who or what else they might add after Anakin. More Starfighter Assault maps or something would be nice too.
I dont see much reason for Star Wars fans to sleep on current BF2 as it is now, suck as it may that other things were cancelled (the open world SW game) but thats on EA.
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Jan 27th, 2019 12:30 AM
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