EA and Star Wars

[Soliath Devin Talith]

http://starwars.com/news/electronic-arts-selected-for-multi-year-agreement-for-the-future-of-star-wars-gaming.html


I have mixed feelings. Tell me yours.

 

[Teynara Jeralyr]

No thank you. EA Origin was the end of EA gaming, as far as I'm concerned. That and their terrible customer service. Not that LucasArts were a whole lot better, but even so, we want an improvement on the original. This feels like we're going backwards.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

I agree with that point, but on the other hand EA has some great subsidiary companies that make amazing games.

 

[Flint Pherson]

Put your money were your mouth is. I believe this is a good thing. Only the future will tell.

 

[Daxton Bane]

I choose to wait and see, holding judgement until I see some of the new material. Its too early to speculate at this time, in my opinion.

 

[Ava Solborne]

I think EA could create a good game... I haven't heard about the stuff you are talking, but I know they make good games. At least some of them are good (haven't played all of them, of course... ).

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

I dislike Origin immmensely. It's a cut price version of Steam and it sucks.

But at least someone is doing SW games now.

 

[Rau'mell Vosh'nir]

The only good thing that comes out of the new EA deal is the fact that Dice might be one of the dev teams working on the new projects. Not even EA could ruin a SW FPS with the same graphics and gameplay mechanics of Battlefield using the Frostbite engine. Other than that possibility, I don't really expect too much.

 

[Seydon of Arda]

The quality of any future SW titles is going to be highly dependent on what Developers EA decides to have a go at the IP. At least, in my opinion. Though the usual schpiel is to keep our heads down, expectations low, and brace for whatever nickle-n'-dime approach EA's going to set up.

 

[Sandis Veeran]

Let's think about this.
If there were a Star Wars game that had an environmental design on par with Dead Space, with a multiplayer on par with Battlefield (hopefully without the screaming 12 year olds), and a story as good as Mass Effect (if we exclude the ending), then we have a good game, in my opinion.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

It's rare to get everything lined up. Best you can hope for is overall good results.

 

[Kote Tal]

If enough of us whine about it they may respond accordingly.

 

[Mira Keen]

These are the same people who got Worst Company in America twice in a row.
I have low hopes, for the moment.

 

[Flint Pherson]

Meh. Mob Tactics. They are committed to the industry. I expect a professional product delivered on a professional timeline by enthusiastic staff members. Whether anybody likes it or not? ...Personal taste.

IMMA WANTZ MY BATTLEFRONT 3!!! ZERGGG!!!

 

[Sandis Veeran]

I hear however that it's been confirmed, EA has put Bioware in charge of making Knights of the Old Republic , finally. I also hear they're trying to run the Frostbite engine for Battlefront III, though this is yet unconfirmed.

 

[Selena Halcyon]

To be quite honest LucasArts did not make too many great SW games themselves.

While 1313 looked interesting and potentially great, that was all looks. I remember the lead up and early info on Force Unleashed looked awesome as well. And while a fun game it certainly was nothing special or great. I would argue that the last genuinely fantastic SW game was KotOR and that was less LucasArt's responsibility as it was BioWare's.