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Wize · 03-25-2007, 05:01 AM

It's all wishful dreams and desires. I'd like to put my neck out and say "Sure, it'll be easy" but given a poor track record and broken promises (Just look at the Rise of the Witch-King patch (ergo, non-existant patch) ). EA has unfortunately built an empire on making the wrong choices, with the wrong people and not following through on their word.

Take BFME1 for example. Mark Skaggs and Dustin Browder. Without a doubt 2 of the best Westwood employees ever. They were present on BFME1 and it was a great game, then look at the sh*thole BFME2 became when that was released, not to mention RotWK. It's a track record of absolute pathetic ability and what makes matters worse is that the dev team has barely changed. EA is still going with their "winning formula" because their formula is to re-make C&C into their vision. I remember explaining to my friend Mike Verdu's real blog meaning on technology:

"When Mike Verdu made that blog about technology, he wasn't giving us a reason for why GDI went backwards, he was shouting out to the community that things have changed. No longer is C&C a westwood creation and it won't ever will be. THis is EA now and it's EA's way, so you forget mostly anything that should be even remotely likely, because EA are turning this world on it's head. It's a sad fact but EA have done all this to tell us that it's over, it's EA's game now, on EA's way. Like it or lump it, they don't give a shit".

In regards to modding, it's still the same. I'm sure many of you remember the fabled "Generals Ladder Kit" (Insert Edna Crabapple's "HA!" Here). A Mod SDK that game out for 1 game a year after it was released, that was also "designed to be for" games released years before. Imagine if that SDK was necessary to mod Gen and we'd had to wait all that time?. I'd like to see I can' see EA being this moronic and braindead as NOT to include strong and functional support but then again, i've seen them make worse decisions. So take it with a grain of salt. Personally, I believe that the age of modding inovation is long dead now. We may have some form of straight out of the box modding, but otherwise I wouldn't be expecting anything on the level of say Blitzkreig anytime remotely soon.

03-25-2007, 05:01 AM	#28 (permalink)
Wize Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 202	It's all wishful dreams and desires. I'd like to put my neck out and say "Sure, it'll be easy" but given a poor track record and broken promises (Just look at the Rise of the Witch-King patch (ergo, non-existant patch) ). EA has unfortunately built an empire on making the wrong choices, with the wrong people and not following through on their word. Take BFME1 for example. Mark Skaggs and Dustin Browder. Without a doubt 2 of the best Westwood employees ever. They were present on BFME1 and it was a great game, then look at the sh*thole BFME2 became when that was released, not to mention RotWK. It's a track record of absolute pathetic ability and what makes matters worse is that the dev team has barely changed. EA is still going with their "winning formula" because their formula is to re-make C&C into their vision. I remember explaining to my friend Mike Verdu's real blog meaning on technology: "When Mike Verdu made that blog about technology, he wasn't giving us a reason for why GDI went backwards, he was shouting out to the community that things have changed. No longer is C&C a westwood creation and it won't ever will be. THis is EA now and it's EA's way, so you forget mostly anything that should be even remotely likely, because EA are turning this world on it's head. It's a sad fact but EA have done all this to tell us that it's over, it's EA's game now, on EA's way. Like it or lump it, they don't give a shit". In regards to modding, it's still the same. I'm sure many of you remember the fabled "Generals Ladder Kit" (Insert Edna Crabapple's "HA!" Here). A Mod SDK that game out for 1 game a year after it was released, that was also "designed to be for" games released years before. Imagine if that SDK was necessary to mod Gen and we'd had to wait all that time?. I'd like to see I can' see EA being this moronic and braindead as NOT to include strong and functional support but then again, i've seen them make worse decisions. So take it with a grain of salt. Personally, I believe that the age of modding inovation is long dead now. We may have some form of straight out of the box modding, but otherwise I wouldn't be expecting anything on the level of say Blitzkreig anytime remotely soon.