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EA cancels free-to-play Command & Conquer due to quality, closes development studio
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Lactose_Intolerant
Member
If the game wasn't good enough then it should be canned. There are some outrageous responses here.
LSauchelli
Member
They should just pull an Age Of Empires 2 HD and publish C&C: RA2 HD with improved online play.
Ingueferroque
Banned
I'm surprised this thread isn't about the fact that EA made a blog post in the name of the C&C devs.
Ingueferroque
Banned
You've perfectly summed up what made the originals great!
turnbuckle
Member
Sorry to hear. I wonder if the quality suffered due to its F2P nature? I'm not big on F2P games generally but many people feel the other way. Either way it's unfortunate for the studio closing, but if the quality suffered because they were expected to shoehorn C&C gameplay through a F2P model by the EA....that's horrible.
If the game was just a mess and they were incompetent...it'd seem like closing an entire studio might be going overboard unless everyone there were bad at their jobs. Of course, it's easier to just nuke the team and re-hire individuals as seen fit but it all still sucks.
If the game was just a mess and they were incompetent...it'd seem like closing an entire studio might be going overboard unless everyone there were bad at their jobs. Of course, it's easier to just nuke the team and re-hire individuals as seen fit but it all still sucks.
Have to agree with this didn't like it the moment it was announced.
Who else?
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Did they film anything for the single player campaign? Would be sad to lose that stuff even if it was terrible.
It didn't have a campaign at all... until very recently when they got "feedback", they announced to have some kind of campaign.
I don't think they made anything for that...
The whole project was doomed to failure the moment they canned Generals 2 in favor of a online only f2p game, nobody in community wanted that and here we are...
wow how naive of you guys. it's obvious that don't want to bring this out as free to play. EA should have kept their mouth shut and just make the game, put a 60 euro/dollar price tag on....and yeah I would buy it.
I was looking forward to this game, Generals; only game i played for years. Fucking mad about this.
I was looking forward to this game, Generals; only game i played for years. Fucking mad about this.
Green Yoshi
Member
I hope some frustrated guy will leak the game. I am curious if it is really that bad or if EA has just lost its confident in the Free-to-play business model.
Whitechocolatekrispies
Banned
So this image finally came true huh?
Holy shit Maxis ... Westwood ... Pandemic ... NOoooooooooo
My memories ...
FrontalMonk
Banned
Pretty much. Sad day all around. Sad for the C&C brand, and sad for Victory Games. I hope the team there get rehired soon. Unemployment is a shitty place to be.
After Red Alert 4 it was clear they had no clue what people wanted. To finish the storyline with THAT game was horrendous.
And then they decided hey....F2P which did not inspire people.
All they had to do was keep true to what made the originals a success and make it new, didn't have to do anything bold and they still botched it royally.
And then they decided hey....F2P which did not inspire people.
All they had to do was keep true to what made the originals a success and make it new, didn't have to do anything bold and they still botched it royally.
purpletentacle
Member
Victory Games was a poor name for this studio.
That said, very sad news. Always loved the C&C series, however, if this means we get a better game down the road, probably for the best.
That said, very sad news. Always loved the C&C series, however, if this means we get a better game down the road, probably for the best.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Well that's a shame. I've always loved the C&C series and even though the F2P side of this was off putting, I was at the very least curious to see another C&C game and one in Frostbite no less.
Its just so damn disappointing to see how EA has all of these once beloved IPs and franchises and they have no fucking clue what to do with any of them.
Its just so damn disappointing to see how EA has all of these once beloved IPs and franchises and they have no fucking clue what to do with any of them.
Pandemic.
I mean, Mercs 2 was basically the sign of their downfall and its mediocrity and unfinishedness had very little to do with EA as far as we know. It was troubled in development before EA even bought them over and had already been delayed. EA didn't rush it out and in fact delayed it twice before it eventually came out in its poor unfinished state. There was definitely poor management going on but it was going on before EA picked them up. Hell, if EA hadn't bought them they would have went down in flames far earlier.
The rest of the studios in that picture though? Totally EA's fault.
antikythera
Banned
Time to add a new picture to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMmE04NB8E
There's a closed alpha/beta (whatever it is). I certainly don't think it was unsalvageable. But if EA closed the studio, I'm sure there's a lot more than what's being said in the presser.
Caesar III
Member
I was really looking forward to this game! The Free2Play model was one part I did not like at all since it was announced but a new Generals *sniff*
Closing the studio that fast, wow. There was a news just last friday :/
Closing the studio that fast, wow. There was a news just last friday :/
legacyzero
Banned
I understand canceling the game, but why in the fuck would you close the studio? They simply couldn't tackle another project??
UnluckyKate
Member
Holy shit Maxis ... Westwood ... Pandemic ... NOoooooooooo
My memories ...
Criterion is in the pit too.
Visceral must be one feet in the grave too.
How long before DICE and Respawn get there ?
dragonbane
Member
Well that sucks. I still play Generals up to this day. Such a great game...
Origin Systems ought to be in that filicide comic.
Because it's all EA knows how to do.
Because it's all EA knows how to do.
Not if they didn't have one immediately available that fit team size, team experience, etc.
It says they are shuffling people around to the different studios if possible, so that's something.
You can't just have a whole team sitting around getting paid to do nothing waiting for the next project to start up, that's bad business.
Reading comprehension...... How the hell did you get that quote from what they said? They CLEARLY blamed themselves for it.
Game was awful. EA should be commended for canceling it and not trying to release that shit show. I don't have the love of all the goofy and cheesy elements and C&C but I know it was a really bad RTS.
Try again, with a new team. Try and scoop up some people who know RTS games.
THEY LISTENED TO THE FANS
The game sucked. F2P or not. It just wasn't fun at all.
Glad EA bailed on it.
Try again, with a new team. Try and scoop up some people who know RTS games.
THEY LISTENED TO THE FANS
The game sucked. F2P or not. It just wasn't fun at all.
Glad EA bailed on it.
They don't own Respawn and they're not going to close flagship studios making them money.
CarbonRevenge
Banned
EA should seriously let the C&C series rest in piece. It had a good run and some of my favorite memories come from the Red Alert and Tiberium series but they have ever so slowly destroyed a RTS franchise which I grew up with.
EA needs to get their shit together or at least give the IP to Take Two. At least I know they'd really make the game to the best of its quality.
EA needs to get their shit together or at least give the IP to Take Two. At least I know they'd really make the game to the best of its quality.
Bony Manifesto
Member
Wow, the alpha was only a month or two ago, and while it was pretty terrible and barely worked (honestly, calling it a pre-alpha would be generous), it was still far enough along to make the decision to shitcan it strange.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
the game looked bloody awful.
Shame about the studio though.
Shame about the studio though.
nephilimdj
Member
was hyped for this game, should use the rts frostbite build for a more small scale game for 15-20 dollars
It looks like they salvaged what was worth salvaging, the assets. From what I've heard the gameplay felt more like a reskinned Starcraft than a C&C game, having no campaign was insane. Hopefully they rebuild it to something better.
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