That's a shame... and yeah, a terrible way to finish, shame I missed all the good stuff. Guess I'll have to wait for Gamersyde...
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EA Gamescom 2015 Press Conference Thread
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Wow. Don't disrespect Etta James like that
cripterion
Member
Admit, you just wanted the dancers to come back on stage.
The Lone Courier
Member
Still a better ending than Mass Effect 3.
Have people forgotten their recent E3 conferences? Atleast they had games with a release date that's not too far off.
It's a good game.
gimmmick
Member
Same reason why people still buy madden, call of a duty, world of warcraft...
It's a franchise they enjoy.
Kazdane
Member
Basically this. Football here in Europe is massive. On top of it, the EPL (England) and Ligue 1 (France) are starting this weekend, and the Bundesliga (Germany) is starting in two weeks. It's perfect timing, really.
MrMatt555
Member
No disrespect to etta. I just watch too many chick flicks. Lol
I'm German, so i'm well aware that it's only natural that they will show and talk a lot about Fifa. That doesn't make it a good ending for the conference though.
Still i thought it was an OK conference overall. Would have liked to See Andromeda.
AHA-Lambda
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SolarMystic
Member
Damn straight! Haha
giant_frying_pan
Member
I can understand the disappointment that they ended with FIFA, but it isn't a waste of EA's time to talk about their game which is the most consistently best selling annual franchise there is.
+ Garden Warfare 2 looked good. Next-gen only is a necessary step up.
+ Unravel played well, will likely get good reviews barring any bugs
+ Mirror's Edge looked fantastic. The new style is very exciting and the lack of guns used by the protagonist is refreshing.
- No Mass Effect. Perhaps at PGW?
- Long-ass FIFA demo to end the show. I know it's popular in Europe, but eh.
- Banter? Lol.
- The Sims presentation was incredibly cringe-worthy. Didn't like it at all.
- The live-action part of Need For Speed looks weird. I prefer animations, but maybe it's cheaper to do the live stuff.
- No Battlefront beta only furthers my apprehension with this game. It sounds good, but then a lot of games sound good. I can't justify a day one purchase yet, not without playing it myself or by getting an offer I can't refuse.
Verdict: C-. Some good, lots of meh, a lot of bad. EA's lineup doesn't excite me that much, and what does is pretty far away. Oh well, there's other games to fill the time in between.
+ Unravel played well, will likely get good reviews barring any bugs
+ Mirror's Edge looked fantastic. The new style is very exciting and the lack of guns used by the protagonist is refreshing.
- No Mass Effect. Perhaps at PGW?
- Long-ass FIFA demo to end the show. I know it's popular in Europe, but eh.
- Banter? Lol.
- The Sims presentation was incredibly cringe-worthy. Didn't like it at all.
- The live-action part of Need For Speed looks weird. I prefer animations, but maybe it's cheaper to do the live stuff.
- No Battlefront beta only furthers my apprehension with this game. It sounds good, but then a lot of games sound good. I can't justify a day one purchase yet, not without playing it myself or by getting an offer I can't refuse.
Verdict: C-. Some good, lots of meh, a lot of bad. EA's lineup doesn't excite me that much, and what does is pretty far away. Oh well, there's other games to fill the time in between.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
I dont get why they couldnt announce a Beta for Battlefront. I really hope they will do one.
TheUnsunghero26
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We must not have watched the same conferences lol.
BumblebeeCody
Member
EA is such a bland lifeless company.
Mirrors Edge. That's it.
Mirrors Edge. That's it.
I'm from Europe as well so I get the football craze, but yeah, it was definitely a bad ending. It's much better to go out with some surprise announcement... MS did it right yesterday, Halo Wars 2 out of nowhere was a nice touch.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
I can understand them not touching Mass Effect because it's still 15 or 16 months out...but Bioware has been teasing the fuck out of new DA:I DLC
They better announce something this week
They better announce something this week
How can people still buy Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed and Madden?
I don't get that shit either, but to each their own. Football is the biggest sport in the world, there's legions of people that buy current-gen systems just to play FIFA exclusively.
AnthonypUK
Member
Maybe an RTS sequel that no body wants?
SolarMystic
Member
Didn't even think about DA dlc. Mass Effect has a holiday 2016 release doesn't it?
Noisepurge
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by it being the best football game currently?
Sidewinder
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Mirror's Edge is pretty much bought day1.
Battlefront on the other hand...don't want to pay for Beta testing and the rough start with BF4 really ruined that game for me... but then again the hype is very strong with this one ;(
Battlefront on the other hand...don't want to pay for Beta testing and the rough start with BF4 really ruined that game for me... but then again the hype is very strong with this one ;(
cripterion
Member
We did. I just liked the games shown here better and the people on stage seemed to fumble less in their diction.
Also, Phil Spencer's speech was as cringe worthy as the dancers for The Sims representation.
moffattron9000
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That was a press conference I guess. At least there was Yarnie and Need For Speed has a guy that's associated with the Yakuza.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
yes, which is why people shouldn't expect too much info yet
They'll probably wait until N7 Day (Nov. 7th, lol) to start showing off Mass Effect
Triggerhappytel
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I liked Unravelled and Mirror's Edge. I was surprised that they didn't show more of Battlefront. Surely that's likely to be their biggest selling game this year, and they should have had a good chunk of uninterrupted gameplay like they did at E3.
You didn't miss a lot, honestly.
At least MS's conference had first gameplay footage for two games (Crackdown and Scalebound) and a completely new game reveal (Halo Wars 2). What did EA's have to elevate it above this?
SolarMystic
Member
That makes sense.
What do you mean? all of it was gameplay!
Lady Siara
Member
Just watched the Sims presentation and had to go back and read your reactions. Sad I missed that awkwardness live. It was surprisingly short thankfully, that's usually the worst part. Fun bits like that just drag on forever.
Tntnico
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I don't know if someone already said this, but I think we've got a new look at Criterion new project during EA Conference, and it looks gorgeous :
Sorry for the bad qualituy GIF, it's the first time I do this, I need to find a better service
Plus the direct youtube link :
https://youtu.be/wqJA0IiTN9A?t=32m54s
Sorry for the bad qualituy GIF, it's the first time I do this, I need to find a better service
Plus the direct youtube link :
https://youtu.be/wqJA0IiTN9A?t=32m54s
I don't know if someone already said this, but I think we've got a new look at Criterion new project during EA Conference, and it looks gorgeous :
Sorry for the bad qualituy GIF, it's the first time I do this, I need to find a better service
Plus the direct youtube link :
https://youtu.be/wqJA0IiTN9A?t=32m54s
Nice catch if it is!
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Still no new DA:I DLC despite all the teases...wtf are they doing lol
Shining Sunshine
Banned
So what the hell is that Sims 4 expansion about? I just saw people dancing?
Where the hell are my pets? ;_;
Where the hell are my pets? ;_;
Led_Zeppelin
Member
Thanks for the heads up I am only interesting in FIFA 16 of all the garbage EA usually puts out. I want to see if FIFA 16 will be worthy or if all my hopes are to get a used PES 2016 copy next month.
The banter is worth it.
Led_Zeppelin
Member
The neville Carragher part was hilarious, EA really knows its audience when it comes to FIFA sadly I know the game will suck gameplay wise again.
Sidewinder
Member
I don't know if someone already said this, but I think we've got a new look at Criterion new project during EA Conference, and it looks gorgeous :
Sorry for the bad qualituy GIF, it's the first time I do this, I need to find a better service
Caught my eye too, them Motorstorm vibes!!
Is Criterion still able to make good games or were they EAified in some way? Haven't been following them lately...
Triggerhappytel
Member
I don't know if someone already said this, but I think we've got a new look at Criterion new project during EA Conference, and it looks gorgeous :
Sorry for the bad qualituy GIF, it's the first time I do this, I need to find a better service
Plus the direct youtube link :
https://youtu.be/wqJA0IiTN9A?t=32m54s
Nice catch - that's bound to be what it is. Bit annoying that they keep showing tiny glimpses of it and won't even mention the name.
Well, who knows - since their last release the studio heads left and formed Three Fields Entertainment (Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry) and most of the studio was gutted to form Ghost Games UK (i.e. the UK branch of the Need for Speed division). I understand what was left of Criterion was about 20 strong and this is their first work since then.
Led_Zeppelin
Member
How can someone be so detached from reality? People love sports, people love football (or soccer whatever), a lot of people like to play FIFA/PES with friends before going out or while drinking some beers. This remind me about the complains during E3 about EA wasting too much time on FIFA, I mean is not like EA makes far more money from FIFA than any other game they make or that they are the biggest 3rd party publisher in the world thanks to FUT after a debacle of core games almost took EA Down and cost the head of the former CEO and the former EA Sport head took the CEO position.
I know it is a sin on GAF to treat gaming as entertainment and not art but come on.