EA defending day one DLC and no single-player in SWBF

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But yeah, Battlefront Single Player was never amazing anyway
Yeah, apparently Pandemic was left kicking and screaming when LucasArts insisted that Battlefront 2 have a campaign mode. It made for a mildly entertaining co-op mode, but Instant Action was always better, anyway.

Galactic conquest was the shit.

Again, bot support is all that's needed. Battlefront's AI were more than competent for the time. Having a mode for offline players shouldn't be a thing we're just accepting nowadays.
The AI was a bit dumb until it got patched, but it was easy to not notice given how sneaky they were at capping control points >.>

I'd like a deeper Galactic Conquest mode more than anything, really.
Yeah. Especially if the mode could include actually managing resources from planets.

owait civilisation alpha centauri already exists

I think that's what it's called, anyway.


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If I'm not here, I'm doing photography. Or I'm asleep. Or in lockdown. One of those three, anyway.

The current titlebar/avatar setup is just normal.
Loving how DICE can't win on MP/SP.

Have SP? Obviously the reason why MP is lacking and alienating the MP crowd (See: BF3/4)

Have MP only? Obviously losing content and alienating the offline crowd.

I mean, sure DICE can be a sack 'o' shite at (a lot of) times, but this time they're trying to redeem themselves back to the old days that everyone apparently loved and fans are going batshit, when they're the ones who asked for it.

Not sure about Day 1 DLC, but usually I'm against it.
Last Edit: August 19, 2015, 08:00:17 PM by SuperIrish


 
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Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.


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I honestly like GTA V's DLC situation. Yeah, stupid micro transactions to buy money, but those micro transactions made all other DLC being released free possible.

I hate season passes, though.


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Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.

BF: Hardline is shitty


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Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.

BF: Hardline is shitty
Visceral made Hardline.


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So... I guess I'm going to have to pick up after your horrendous mistakes on here too?
Aside from all of this stupid nonsense from EA, how much will Star Wars: Battlefield premium cost?


 
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Hardline has Death Grips in its soundtrack. It is exempt from being shitty.


 
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Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.

BF: Hardline is shitty
Visceral made Hardline.
This.

It was just to push EA's yearly Battlefield out, which is retarded.


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Hardline has Death Grips in its soundtrack. It is exempt from being shitty.
It's beyond bland and forgettable?


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If I'm not here, I'm doing photography. Or I'm asleep. Or in lockdown. One of those three, anyway.

The current titlebar/avatar setup is just normal.
Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.

BF3. Dammit so many problems.


 
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Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.

BF3. Dammit so many problems.
Like balance issues? I got it on launch and it wasn't BROKEN like BF4 was with servers and latency.

And Dice actually sticks with their games. They're still doing BF4 stuff for free.


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If I'm not here, I'm doing photography. Or I'm asleep. Or in lockdown. One of those three, anyway.

The current titlebar/avatar setup is just normal.
Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.

BF3. Dammit so many problems.
Like balance issues? I got it on launch and it wasn't BROKEN like BF4 was with servers and latency.

And Dice actually sticks with their games. They're still doing BF4 stuff for free.

A metric fuckton of issues, many of which are still problematic, and lacking features which have been asked for (and in some cases, promised) and yet even with BF Hardline released and BF 5 mentioned, have not been delivered.

I could go onto a full incomprehensible rant, but there's a whole other forum that has explained it better than I could and I cba to go into an extended essay about it when it's already been said (warning; a very long read).


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The lore aspect of the DLC is irrelevant to the point I'm making. You're more than welcome to argue that Javick should have been free instead of being bundled with the CE and sold to people who didn't have it. However the fact remains that it was content that was not finished before the final build was submitted to MS and Sony for certification. If the content of the DLC wasn't important lore wise to ME nobody really would have cared about it.
Talk about being EA's wet dream


 
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The lore aspect of the DLC is irrelevant to the point I'm making. You're more than welcome to argue that Javick should have been free instead of being bundled with the CE and sold to people who didn't have it. However the fact remains that it was content that was not finished before the final build was submitted to MS and Sony for certification. If the content of the DLC wasn't important lore wise to ME nobody really would have cared about it.
Talk about being EA's wet dream

So what you're saying is that you can't refute me.


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Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.

BF3. Dammit so many problems.
Like balance issues? I got it on launch and it wasn't BROKEN like BF4 was with servers and latency.

And Dice actually sticks with their games. They're still doing BF4 stuff for free.

A metric fuckton of issues, many of which are still problematic, and lacking features which have been asked for (and in some cases, promised) and yet even with BF Hardline released and BF 5 mentioned, have not been delivered.

I could go onto a full incomprehensible rant, but there's a whole other forum that has explained it better than I could and I cba to go into an extended essay about it when it's already been said (warning; a very long read).

That was very interesting. didn't know any of that.

Thanks for sharing.


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The lore aspect of the DLC is irrelevant to the point I'm making. You're more than welcome to argue that Javick should have been free instead of being bundled with the CE and sold to people who didn't have it. However the fact remains that it was content that was not finished before the final build was submitted to MS and Sony for certification. If the content of the DLC wasn't important lore wise to ME nobody really would have cared about it.
Talk about being EA's wet dream

So what you're saying is that you can't refute me.
Giving people more in-game content that affects the game than someone else isn't good in any way and shouldn't be supported at all.
There's no excuse for day 1 DLC besides money grubbing. It's called Day One DLC, because it's ready for the games' launch, and not because "oh shit better make more content for our loyal customers because we care about them dearly".

I'm guessing you're okay with pre-order bonuses too?.
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The lore aspect of the DLC is irrelevant to the point I'm making. You're more than welcome to argue that Javick should have been free instead of being bundled with the CE and sold to people who didn't have it. However the fact remains that it was content that was not finished before the final build was submitted to MS and Sony for certification. If the content of the DLC wasn't important lore wise to ME nobody really would have cared about it.
Talk about being EA's wet dream

So what you're saying is that you can't refute me.
Giving people more in-game content that affects the game than someone else isn't good in any way and shouldn't be supported at all.
There's no excuse for day 1 DLC besides money grubbing. It's called Day One DLC, because it's ready for the games' launch, and not because "oh shit better make more content for our loyal customers because we care about them dearly".

I'm guessing you're okay with pre-order bonuses too?.

I'm presuming you're discounting armour skins and stuff.

Because they are generally made by artists when they don't have anything to do at the end of development, and aren't affecting the game.


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A flower which blooms on the battlefield

The lore aspect of the DLC is irrelevant to the point I'm making. You're more than welcome to argue that Javick should have been free instead of being bundled with the CE and sold to people who didn't have it. However the fact remains that it was content that was not finished before the final build was submitted to MS and Sony for certification. If the content of the DLC wasn't important lore wise to ME nobody really would have cared about it.
Talk about being EA's wet dream

So what you're saying is that you can't refute me.
Giving people more in-game content that affects the game than someone else isn't good in any way and shouldn't be supported at all.
There's no excuse for day 1 DLC besides money grubbing. It's called Day One DLC, because it's ready for the games' launch, and not because "oh shit better make more content for our loyal customers because we care about them dearly".

I'm guessing you're okay with pre-order bonuses too?.

I'm presuming you're discounting armour skins and stuff.

Because they are generally made by artists when they don't have anything to do at the end of development, and aren't affecting the game.
Well yeah. Who cares about skins?


 
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The lore aspect of the DLC is irrelevant to the point I'm making. You're more than welcome to argue that Javick should have been free instead of being bundled with the CE and sold to people who didn't have it. However the fact remains that it was content that was not finished before the final build was submitted to MS and Sony for certification. If the content of the DLC wasn't important lore wise to ME nobody really would have cared about it.
Talk about being EA's wet dream

So what you're saying is that you can't refute me.
Giving people more in-game content that affects the game than someone else isn't good in any way and shouldn't be supported at all.
There's no excuse for day 1 DLC besides money grubbing. It's called Day One DLC, because it's ready for the games' launch, and not because "oh shit better make more content for our loyal customers because we care about them dearly".

It's not "giving" if the person paid for it and no shit it's ready for day one if it's not finished before certification. What you're proposing is that developers and publishers just sit and wait to sell content that was finished between certification and launch just so a vocal minority can feel good about themselves despite the fact that sales are highest for DLC when it's close to release.

I also don't have a problem with in game pre-order bonuses as long as there's a way to obtain them for people who didn't pre-order. Psychical goods are always ok by me.


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The lore aspect of the DLC is irrelevant to the point I'm making. You're more than welcome to argue that Javick should have been free instead of being bundled with the CE and sold to people who didn't have it. However the fact remains that it was content that was not finished before the final build was submitted to MS and Sony for certification. If the content of the DLC wasn't important lore wise to ME nobody really would have cared about it.
Talk about being EA's wet dream

So what you're saying is that you can't refute me.
Giving people more in-game content that affects the game than someone else isn't good in any way and shouldn't be supported at all.
There's no excuse for day 1 DLC besides money grubbing. It's called Day One DLC, because it's ready for the games' launch, and not because "oh shit better make more content for our loyal customers because we care about them dearly".

I'm guessing you're okay with pre-order bonuses too?.

I'm presuming you're discounting armour skins and stuff.

Because they are generally made by artists when they don't have anything to do at the end of development, and aren't affecting the game.
Well yeah. Who cares about skins?

Dunno. I mean, the preorder stuff from Halo 5 is basically early access and all of it can be earned in-game anyway.

I was relieved when I found out I'd be able to use the HUNTER armour without having to buy from an american company.


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If I'm not here, I'm doing photography. Or I'm asleep. Or in lockdown. One of those three, anyway.

The current titlebar/avatar setup is just normal.
Dice has literally never released a bad game minus BF 4 for being unfinished, but you can blame EA for that.

That's a pretty good track record.

BF3. Dammit so many problems.
Like balance issues? I got it on launch and it wasn't BROKEN like BF4 was with servers and latency.

And Dice actually sticks with their games. They're still doing BF4 stuff for free.

A metric fuckton of issues, many of which are still problematic, and lacking features which have been asked for (and in some cases, promised) and yet even with BF Hardline released and BF 5 mentioned, have not been delivered.

I could go onto a full incomprehensible rant, but there's a whole other forum that has explained it better than I could and I cba to go into an extended essay about it when it's already been said (warning; a very long read).

That was very interesting. didn't know any of that.

Thanks for sharing.

No problem, that's what it was written for.