Was EA ever good?

There are too many to list, but I own almost all of them. (Including Nox.)

overpriced dlc, buggy game and people prefer sims 2 over it.

but 2000 was like 4 years ago.. wasn't it? ........oh.

Haha yeah I remember that. When that voice used to say that, I could feel the adrenaline rush as I sat down for some quality gaming :)

Good times.

Ah yes, I actually just now realize that now it's just some 'ding' without text and a logo adjusted to the game I think?

Because, yeah, when I think about starting up an EA game, I always hear that in mind. But haven't heard that in a while I think. Well, better play C&C Generals soon again then. :)

Syndicate wasn't released under the EA banner.. EA bought the rights afterwards, same with Wing Commander. I'm not saying they didn't release good games but most of their big names were games released by other smaller companies that they gobbled up.

This is exactly how I feel. I play games from ever dev or publisher if they have something that looks interesting to me.

ive got bored of COD before the DLC thing and dont think i like anything by ubi really but EA have some great properties that i actually care about so i loathe them more

The difference is that a good company will learn from mistakes. You also seem to mistakenly think that people who dislike EA don't dislike other companies. We can dislike more than one, you know-

"I have no problem with EA, I have no problem with Origin."
And this is why consumers of video-games are gradually having their rights eroded away. When enough people happily accept EULAs that push a little past propriety, we get into a slippery slope situation where each following EULA may try to push a little bit more. EA are far from the devil incarnate, but some practises naturally get frowned upon. The flip-side is that we only have ourselves to blame for collectively signing the dotted line to say that we're okay with what they're doing. Every time the next wave of slightly-more-invasive (or just plain stupid) DRM measures appear, I can only but shake my head and say "We only have ourselves to blame".

What reasoning do you have behind your 'no point in this thread' comment?
The OP has a question and is getting other opinions...I don't think it was meant as a 'hate' thread.
Go with the flow :)

He's not bashing on EA at all.. he's asking what people think of the past history of EA and their games.. the only bashing here is you hitting on the OP and his thread for no reason. Why do you even comment to say something like that ?

Don't like it, don't play it

I really want to punch people who use that excuse. If I don't like something, I am not allowed to discuss and criticize it?

No point in your reply either -_- You probably didn't even understand what OP meant, there are a lot of people here that are having meaningful conversations...but I guess that's because they are old and wise enough to remember the days that OP referred to.

+1

NFS U2 is the best arcade racing PC game. Moreover Porsche Unleashed (2000) was very good.

I think the big change in EA was when they started placing heavier focus on strategies for additional revenue, which I think might be marked somewhere around the release of BF-2142 and its in-game advertisement. Or I suppose you could look at their business model (and price bracket) for The Sims franchise and the expansion packs. Things like the in-game advertisement could be blamed on a changing market, but even then EA was spearheading such moves, much like how with Origin and its EULA that sets some very bad precedents as an access-ante to some games you already purchased (though thankfully they finally made manual patching and launching available again). It's like while we weren't paying attention, some of the head figures in the company were replaced by look-alike demons in business suits. Gotta keep reading those EULAs, the moment I see "soul" in there, I'm outty.

Though, I grimace at the lengths of tacked-on DLC they're going to lately, as well as the price point they're using. I get that expansion packs require work and everything, but when your asking price is high enough that you can buy fresh titles for it? Yeah. I suppose they're like a polar opposite of Valve. Valve are customer-oriented and succeed at being a friendly face despite relying on an automated support system (with all the expected problems of such a system), and EA are profit-oriented and succeed on a revenue basis despite having a nasty habit of eroding the line where consumer rights lay, yet strangely enough employ a live-chat support service and are happy to give out discounts as a lubricant to hiccups encountered. Baffling really. Like yin and yang to PC gaming.