EA , PC-friendly now?

It seems that lately the latest EA releases tend to be quite good on the PC version. Why I say this?

Well for one, the EA published games seem to have free DLC coming out ( Bad Company 2 DLC coming soon which is free for the PC). I'm not sure whether they're the ones who make decisions into allowing free content or if the actual developers do but seems like as though their games get more support on the PC.

Bad company 2's GameSettings.ini really is cool since you get to manually tweak the settings such as FoV and resolution to your liking.

vetetr than they were still not the greatest.. they clearly jumped in to try and compete with the large number of high production value games for pc this year but theres been small changes.

I like EA tbh, always have.

tbh, I think there are two types of publishers

1. Those in it for the money, and dont really care about perception, etc

2. Those in it for the money, and care about gaming

I think EA is the latter. Yes, theyre a big company/corporation and profit is their priority, but they manage to balance a respect for their customers (sort of) with their desire for the dollar. They have done some lame moves in the past, and will likely do more in the future, but they listen and that is more than I can say for Activision and Ubisoft.

As long as there is no dead space 2 on pc they are NOT "pc friendly" to me.dakan45

you do know there still a chance that dead space 2 will come to the pc right?

Hm quitea change fromthe typicalEA hate threads. The truth is I have more EA games than from any other publisher and they also include some of my all-time classics. I am so getting BFBC2 today.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]As long as there is no dead space 2 on pc they are NOT "pc friendly" to me.TheShadowLord07

you do know there still a chance that dead space 2 will come to the pc right?

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="dakan45"]As long as there is no dead space 2 on pc they are NOT "pc friendly" to me.dakan45

you do know there still a chance that dead space 2 will come to the pc right?

is that EA's fault or Microsoft's, though?

I remember an article stating that Microsoft believed Alan Wake was "best experienced on the widescreen TVs hooked up to consoles" as opposed to the "tiny" screens of PC, even though thats complete rubbish

This is how it should be!

Well there was a while when EA was... hmm on a evil spree? But due to all the hate they got they HAVE improved! Overall i think EA is doing better now then before... Alot better.

The only thing EA does bad by PC is FIFA.

hmm What about army of two , dante inferno & deadspace 2 ?badtaker

Or C&C4?

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="dakan45"]As long as there is no dead space 2 on pc they are NOT "pc friendly" to me.dakan45

you do know there still a chance that dead space 2 will come to the pc right?

[QUOTE="badtaker"]hmm What about army of two , dante inferno & deadspace 2 ?kieranb2000

EA suddenly feels like an angel compared to Activision.RK-Mara

exactly what I was thinking.

The only thing EA does bad by PC is FIFA.

mattuk69

Since ME series is on the PC, i can honestly say i LOVE EA!GazaAli

EA suddenly feels like an angel compared to Activision.RK-Mara

It sure is a great breath of change when compared to the EA of the early to mid 2000's.

[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]EA suddenly feels like an angel compared to Activision.shakmaster13

It sure is a great breath of change when compared to the EA of the early to mid 2000's.

EA suddenly feels like an angel compared to Activision.RK-Mara

dead space was pretty boring, not suited for pc. Its not a huge surprise if the sequel doesnt make it to pc.kevy619

*sigh* Mass Effect wasn't suited for PC? I'm not even going to try to argue this time. Please, carry on. *leaves thread*

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]Since ME series is on the PC, i can honestly say i LOVE EA!kevy619

I like EA tbh, always have.

tbh, I think there are two types of publishers

1. Those in it for the money, and dont really care about perception, etc

2. Those in it for the money, and care about gaming

I think EA is the latter. Yes, theyre a big company/corporation and profit is their priority, but they manage to balance a respect for their customers (sort of) with their desire for the dollar. They have done some lame moves in the past, and will likely do more in the future, but they listen and that is more than I can say for Activision and Ubisoft.

mrbojangles25

*sigh* Mass Effect wasn't suited for PC? I'm not even going to try to argue this time. Please, carry on. *leaves thread*

psn8214

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

*sigh* Mass Effect wasn't suited for PC? I'm not even going to try to argue this time. Please, carry on. *leaves thread*

dakan45

It does play more like a console RPG, but that doesn't mean ME2 doesn't work amazingly well on the pc. I personally found the combat to be much more enjoyable on the PC than on the 360 (that and not having to deal with the loading times)

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

*sigh* Mass Effect wasn't suited for PC? I'm not even going to try to argue this time. Please, carry on. *leaves thread*

dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="psn8214"]

*sigh* Mass Effect wasn't suited for PC? I'm not even going to try to argue this time. Please, carry on. *leaves thread*

_Pedro_

It does play more like a console RPG, but that doesn't mean ME2 doesn't work amazingly well on the pc. I personally found the combat to be much more enjoyable on the PC than on the 360 (that and not having to deal with the loading times)

It does play more like a console RPG, but that doesn't mean ME2 doesn't work amazingly well on the pc. I personally found the combat to be much more enjoyable on the PC than on the 360 (that and not having to deal with the loading times)_Pedro_

does it really needs to be treated as an rpg to be enjoyed ? if you don't consider it rpg (funny considering you consider oblivion as rpg), consider it as a TPS with focus not characters etc and I would say it is pretty decent naval

I dont know, were you not the one who did not enjoy it and think its the worst bioware product? I dont consider oblivion an rpg,more like an sandbox game set in medieval era with alot of skills, so i would somewhat consider it a better action rpg than mass effect. Because in mass effect both skills and action combat do not sucseed. To answer your question, Yes it has to be considered rpg because of the ton of dialogue choices. Alot of people say "mass effect 2 is not an rpg, just a shooter with dialogues" But lets leave mass effect 2 and pick mass effect 1 that has misserable combat on both rpg and shooter terms.

To answer your question, no, mass effect as a third person shooter is not decent, its crap, weapons lose accuracy in a dumb way, the ai is extremely weak and dont even bother taking cover. So no mass effect as a third person shooter did not seem decent to me, even gears of war had better gameplay. On the other hand borderlands is a game with decent combat mechanics on fps terms even if its an rpg.

So when it comes to combat, yeah oblivion is better than mass effect in both action and rpg terms.

Pretty much every game is "suitable" on PC and often times better. I say this because controls are better for precise aiming and if you need a controller or whatever, you can use that too. And graphics are also better, plus games are cheaper. The only reason a game would be better on a console is if it is a really casual split screen game or something.NaveedLife

[QUOTE="naval"]does it really needs to be treated as an rpg to be enjoyed ? if you don't consider it rpg (funny considering you consider oblivion as rpg), consider it as a TPS with focus not characters etc and I would say it is pretty decent dakan45

I dont know, were you not the one who did not enjoy it and think its the worst bioware product? I dont consider oblivion an rpg,more like an sandbox game set in medieval era with alot of skills, so i would somewhat consider it a better action rpg than mass effect. Because in mass effect both skills and action combat do not sucseed. To answer your question, Yes it has to be considered rpg because of the ton of dialogue choices. Alot of people say "mass effect 2 is not an rpg, just a shooter with dialogues" But lets leave mass effect 2 and pick mass effect 1 that has misserable combat on both rpg and shooter terms.

To answer your question, no, mass effect as a third person shooter is not decent, its crap, weapons lose accuracy in a dumb way, the ai is extremely weak and dont even bother taking cover. So no mass effect as a third person shooter did not seem decent to me, even gears of war had better gameplay. On the other hand borderlands is a game with decent combat mechanics on fps terms even if its an rpg.

So when it comes to combat, yeah oblivion is better than mass effect in both action and rpg terms.

Also just to add Oblivion too had pretty crappy and simple combat --- mostly attack + block combo was all that needed, but it does not belongs here. Only point was something labelled as RPG does not needs to have really great RPG elements to be a good/decent game. Dialogue choices are not limited to RPGs only --- saying ME 2 has to be rpg because of this is like saying Oblivion has to be RPG because of the quests

ME 2 is much more decent (I wouldn't say great) combat wise, mission wise, quest wise , character wise, AI wise (they take cover) etc.

They always been deep-rooted with PC idk where you get the idea otherwise. Except for that nasty securom. Battlefield :)))) and Sims stuff :))))) etc. Activision on the otherhand harharhar, cut its ties with pc-anythingness.

That was my point, its a console game mostly if this was suited for pc and batman aa was suited for pc and re5 was suited for pc, why was dead space not suited for pc? They are all 90% console games made with the console in mind. With the same logic dead space not being suitable then neither of those games should be. That was my point. But i always consider all of those best being played on pc, i just dont get the "this console game was suitable for pc but that one wasn't.

dakan45

Ah I see. good point!

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="naval"]does it really needs to be treated as an rpg to be enjoyed ? if you don't consider it rpg (funny considering you consider oblivion as rpg), consider it as a TPS with focus not characters etc and I would say it is pretty decent naval

I dont know, were you not the one who did not enjoy it and think its the worst bioware product? I dont consider oblivion an rpg,more like an sandbox game set in medieval era with alot of skills, so i would somewhat consider it a better action rpg than mass effect. Because in mass effect both skills and action combat do not sucseed. To answer your question, Yes it has to be considered rpg because of the ton of dialogue choices. Alot of people say "mass effect 2 is not an rpg, just a shooter with dialogues" But lets leave mass effect 2 and pick mass effect 1 that has misserable combat on both rpg and shooter terms.

To answer your question, no, mass effect as a third person shooter is not decent, its crap, weapons lose accuracy in a dumb way, the ai is extremely weak and dont even bother taking cover. So no mass effect as a third person shooter did not seem decent to me, even gears of war had better gameplay. On the other hand borderlands is a game with decent combat mechanics on fps terms even if its an rpg.

So when it comes to combat, yeah oblivion is better than mass effect in both action and rpg terms.

Also just to add Oblivion too had pretty crappy and simple combat --- mostly attack + block combo was all that needed, but it does not belongs here. Only point was something labelled as RPG does not needs to have really great RPG elements to be a good/decent game. Dialogue choices are not limited to RPGs only --- saying ME 2 has to be rpg because of this is like saying Oblivion has to be RPG because of the quests

ME 2 is much more decent (I wouldn't say great) combat wise, mission wise, quest wise , character wise, AI wise (they take cover) etc.

I have no problems with EA atm.

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

you do know there still a chance that dead space 2 will come to the pc right?

mrbojangles25

is that EA's fault or Microsoft's, though?

I remember an article stating that Microsoft believed Alan Wake was "best experienced on the widescreen TVs hooked up to consoles" as opposed to the "tiny" screens of PC, even though thats complete rubbish

and of course the simple fact that you can hook a pc up to a HDTV as well as hook up a 360 controller completely negates that argument.