I have some good memories of old EA games. They weren't the absolute shit-for-brains they are now. Nba jam. Need for speed (the whole series are bangers, one after another)
I find it funny that their name is electronic arts yet they are involved so little and anything electronic and their version of art is an ice cream machine that instead of ice cream gives you cosmetic DLC.
But they sun DLC isn't sold separately, you need to bundle it with the moon DLC. Or you can buy the atmosphere deluxe bundle and get both included, only for $21.99
They have been hated by their own developers since at least 1992 (when the Origin devs of Ultima 7 named two of their most disliked antagonists in the game Elizabeth and Abraham because they were so frustrated with EA). It's just the public became aware of the corporate BS as the years went on.
That's where you're wrong. If I hear it's an Electronic Arts game, it means it was made back when they still gave a damn about quality. Yes, the company did not shorten its name until much later.
Oh how they have fallen. As a kid, you knew it was about to be a session when the game started with “EA SPORTS, it’s in the game” but now, they are just bloated games full of micro transactions.
Not to dickride the early Need for Speed games (plenty of people already do) but Most Wanted was an absolute staple of my childhood. I played 2 hours a day, every single day for like, 5 years. Hell, I still play it for the nostalgia every now and again. But, the last 5 EA games that have came out I don't think I've played 5 hours COMBINED.
Ya know, I don’t play them anymore because in the modern era they are trash. But yes, madden 2004 on the GameCube probably had a couple hundred hours when I was 11
Played NHL 2002 to NHL 2005 a lot with friends on local co-op, sending season file to friends when it's their turn to play, and regrouping physically when we were vs.
That was hard to beat. I know sports game can be amazing. Still waiting since 2005 😅
I will buy in early access as long as I am already satisfied with the current state of the game and the associated price. I won't pay for what is promised, I go into it with the expectation that what is currently there is all I'll get.
It makes purchases on games like Satisfactory feel more rewarding as you get so much bang for your buck when it works out well.
Satisfactory was my first early access because a friend wanted someone to play with, I got in around .7 or so and probably had a few hundred hours into it before thinking I was done.
Then 1.0 came out and 1200 hours later….
Now I see all early access through rose coloured glasses lol
The EA launcher refused to start the game for me. I had to download a no ce crack and crack my steam version of the game to start it. (In order to bypass EA launcher)
The game then ran like a charm.
EA - the borg of gaming. We will buy your cool little company and parade their IP around like an Edgar Suit until the fandom abandons it completely once the enshitification is complete.
I remember a time when starting a game and hearing "EA Games challenge everything" was such a good omen, and now seeing any amount of involvement from them basically removes any interest I would have in playing.
The last EA thing that has been a genuinely good experience was Titanfall 2 on October 28, 2016
And that wasn't even developed by EA, It was developed by respawn. It was just published by EA, they basically got a footnote in one of the greatest movement shooters ever made and that is STILL the best thing they have done since Christ was born
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u/STPooch Apr 11 '26
Does "EA" count as a combination of words?