EA Wants The FPS Leadership Back From Activision

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" I'm not saying it's going to happen tomorrow, but in the way that Activision sort of alternates sequels of Modern Warfare and Call of Duty and owns the leadership position in FPS [First Person Shooter], between Medal of Honor and Battlefield, I want it back. " EA Boss John Riccitiello said in a morning interview in New York. " And we're going to get there with innovation and quality. "

I don't think Activision has ever really heald that title for any meaninful amount of time. The exception might be the orignial CoD which was way ahead of its time, but since then it's just been the same thing over and over from Activision. CoD:MW was amazing, but you'd be kidding yourself if you said it was a totally different experence from CoD1.

EA's MoH is the reason there's even a CoD. You could even go as far as saying MoH is the reason that shooters have been so successful, with CoD help of course. The original MoH:AA was just as good as CoD in terms of the single player, but it was CoD's multiplayer that really stole away the MoH online community. The MoH, and I only count the PC exclusives, have always been plagued by bad MP. Now the EA has employeed DICE to work on the MP I think it's possible that we could have a MoH that's just as good and successful as MoH:AA.

Does anyone else have high hopes for the new MoH?

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

Mograine

More power to them I guess.

The lifespan of BF 2/2142 is much larger than TF2/L4D games, and the multiplayer is as popular as CSS or even more. I think that MW took the crown of most popular fps in PC, and since MW 2 is now the weak link in the IW chain, DICE has chances to recover their old status with games as Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3. The new Medal Of Honor will arise in the same "moder combat" landscape, so is another -potentially- heavy contender.

The lifespan of BF 2/2142 is much larger than TF2/L4D games, and the multiplayer is as popular as CSS or even more. I think that MW took the crown of most popular fps in PC, and since MW 2 is now the weak link in the IW chain, DICE has chances to recover their old status with games as Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3. The new Medal Of Honor will arise in the same "moder combat" landscape, so is another -potentially- heavy contender.

Ondoval

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

Mograine

If they dumb down Battlefield to compete with Call of Duty... I may just have to destroy a couple dozen console games to make me feel better. Swiftstrike5

I don't think Activision has ever really heald that title for any meaninful amount of time. The exception might be the orignial CoD which was way ahead of its time, but since then it's just been the same thing over and over from Activision. CoD:MW was amazing, but you'd be kidding yourself if you said it was a totally different experence from CoD1.

EA's MoH is the reason there's even a CoD. You could even go as far as saying MoH is the reason that shooters have been so successful, with CoD help of course. The original MoH:AA was just as good as CoD in terms of the single player, but it was CoD's multiplayer that really stole away the MoH online community. The MoH, and I only count the PC exclusives, have always been plagued by bad MP. Now the EA has employeed DICE to work on the MP I think it's possible that we could have a MoH that's just as good and successful as MoH:AA.

Does anyone else have high hopes for the new MoH?

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

Mograine

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

Mograine

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

fudgeblood

As someone said, they are only the king of FPS games to PC gamers and barely anything else.

What a joke. EA and Activision can continue fighting their blind FPS battle while entirely missing the point and missing what it takes to make the truly best FPS possible. Meanwhile, Valve is sitting on their throne for single player (Half Life/Half Life 2) and multiplayer (TF2) FPS chuckling at their pure win.

As someone said, they are only the king of FPS games to PC gamers and barely anything else.theafiguy

EDIT: The king of FPS to PC IS the king of FPS to gaming. PC dominates First Person Shooters and there's no other way around it.

[QUOTE="fudgeblood"][QUOTE="Mograine"]

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

theafiguy

As someone said, they are only the king of FPS games to PC gamers and barely anything else.

[QUOTE="theafiguy"]

[QUOTE="fudgeblood"] Yep, VALVe has not only the greatest mutliplayer FPS but the greatest single player FPS's and one of the best modding communities in the world.fudgeblood

As someone said, they are only the king of FPS games to PC gamers and barely anything else.

Well broseph, I completely agree :P

However, I was taking those console peasents into account this time. Forgive my insolence.

PC dominates First Person Shooters and there's no other way around it.

1carus

I think the Battlefield games have some of the most populated and longest lasting MP of all time. I really hope the BFBC2 is a quality product.

EA is by far ahead of activision. Activision has call of duty, EA has Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Crysis, Battlefield etc...

PC dominates First Person Shooters and there's no other way around it.

Rofl, people talking about FPSs on consoles always manage to make me laugh.

Not only because it's ludicrous in itself, but because they actually think what they are saying is true.

Bungie, king of FPS? With Valve still around?

What's next, Microsoft king of charity?

Rofl, people talking about FPSs on consoles always manage to make me laugh.

Not only because it's ludicrous in itself, but because they actually think what they are saying is true.

Bungie, king of FPS? With Valve still around?

What's next, Microsoft king of charity?

Mograine

Counter strike.TerroRizing

Rofl, people talking about FPSs on consoles always manage to make me laugh.

Not only because it's ludicrous in itself, but because they actually think what they are saying is true.

Bungie, king of FPS? With Valve still around?

What's next, Microsoft king of charity?

Mograine

Halo 3 is the shooter with the most to offer this gen regardless of opinion. The only thing you could argue is the overall quality of the package. (Funny enough Microsoft / Bill Gates is the king of charity as he has done more for charity them my own nation)

Counter Strike is only a multiplayer game with no form of singleplayer or campaign co-op to speak off._Pedro_

Does not make any sense. Any.

CS is a modification of Half-Life's aimed for the multiplayer. Talking of it lacking single player shows you don't know what you are talking about.

Halo 3 is the shooter with the most to offer this gen regardless of opinion._Pedro_

Nope, Crysis and ArmA 2 are. Regardless of opinion.

The only thing you could argue is the overall quality of the package._Pedro_

You are contradicting yourself.

Oh man, how am I supposed to post this with a straight face? This guy's a joke :roll:

Halo 3 is the shooter with the most to offer this gen regardless of opinion.

_Pedro_

No, just no. I don't even know where to begin with that statement.

Halo 3 is the shooter with the most to offer this gen regardless of opinion. The only thing you could argue is the overall quality of the package. (Funny enough Microsoft / Bill Gates is the king of charity as he has done more for charity them my own nation)

_Pedro_

Halo 3 is obsolete since a technical standpoint even to console standards, and in terms of gameplay some of the old innovations in Combat Evolved (balance between fire weapons, melee attack and grenades, the weapon limitations, the use of vehicles in combat... ) are currently in most of modern shooters as Battlefield, Unreal Tournament, Quake Wars, Crysis... And Forge editor is a joke compared against PC tools of edition.

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

badtaker

" EA Games !! Challenge Everything !! "

[QUOTE="_Pedro_"]

Counter Strike is only a multiplayer game with no form of singleplayer or campaign co-op to speak off.Mograine

Does not make any sense. Any.

CS is a modification of Half-Life's aimed for the multiplayer. Talking of it lacking single player shows you don't know what you are talking about.

Regardless of being a half life mod Counter Strike and Half Life have absolutely nothing in common with each other. If you would've liked to have a counter strike setting singleplayer there isn't any. What's there not to understand? :?

[QUOTE="_Pedro_"]Halo 3 is the shooter with the most to offer this gen regardless of opinion.Mograine

Nope, Crysis and ArmA 2 are. Regardless of opinion.

Crysis lacks quite a bit multiplayer-wise nor has it got a single player co-op campaign and Arma 2's singleplayer is lacking.

The only thing you could argue is the overall quality of the package._Pedro_

You are contradicting yourself.

Oh man, how am I supposed to post this with a straight face? This guy's a joke :roll:

Mograine

Seriously, this may be a language barrier but I was speaking in terms of quantity and not quality. Halo 3 has every available option a shooter can hope to give it's players. Ultimately I admit I didn't write that sentence well enough to express what I ment and even know it's probably going to be difficult to understand. What I want to say is that people looking for a great single player experience alongside a great online experience, finding something better than Halo 3 is exceptionally hard and really only Activison has come close to that.

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[QUOTE="_Pedro_"]

Counter Strike is only a multiplayer game with no form of singleplayer or campaign co-op to speak off._Pedro_

Does not make any sense. Any.

CS is a modification of Half-Life's aimed for the multiplayer. Talking of it lacking single player shows you don't know what you are talking about.

Regardless of being a half life mod Counter Strike and Half Life have absolutely nothing in common with each other. If you would've liked to have a counter strike setting singleplayer there isn't any. What's there not to understand? :?

[QUOTE="_Pedro_"]Halo 3 is the shooter with the most to offer this gen regardless of opinion.Mograine

Nope, Crysis and ArmA 2 are. Regardless of opinion.

Crysis doesn't have as good a multiplayer as Halo 3 nor a single player co-op campaign and Arma 2's singleplayer is a buggy mess.

The only thing you could argue is the overall quality of the package._Pedro_

You are contradicting yourself.

Oh man, how am I supposed to post this with a straight face? This guy's a joke :roll:

Mograine

Seriously, this may be a language barrier but I was speaking in terms of quantity and not quality. Halo 3 has every available option a shooter can hope to give it's players. Ultimately I admit I didn't write that sentence well enough to express what I ment and even know it's probably going to be difficult to understand. What I want to say is that people looking for a great single player experience alongside a great online experience, finding something better than Halo 3 is exceptionally hard and really only Activison has come close to that.

[QUOTE="badtaker"][QUOTE="Mograine"]

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

NoctisCaelum52

" EA Games !! Challenge Everything !! "

Not it doesn't. Last I saw you can't mod the game at all. Halo 3 is over rated and crappy just like MW2. The multiplayer is crappy and boring.blade55555

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Regardless of being a half life mod Counter Strike and Half Life have absolutely nothing in common with each other. If you would've liked to have a counter strike setting singleplayer there isn't any. What's there not to understand? :? Mograine

/facepalm

I won't waste my time if you come up with a sentence like this.

[QUOTE="Mograine"]

Nope, Crysis and ArmA 2 are. Regardless of opinion.

_Pedro_

Crysis doesn't have as good a multiplayer as Halo 3 nor a single player co-op campaign and Arma 2's singleplayer is a buggy mess.

Fail. Double fail. Multi fail. Mega fail. Ultra fail. Monster fail. LUDICROUS fail.

Mods. Dedicated servers. User made maps and weapons. Infinite customizability and replayability. Much higher complexity and diversity.

Wait, I didn't have to list all of them, just one would have made your argument vanish into smoke.

[QUOTE="Mograine"]

You are contradicting yourself.

Oh man, how am I supposed to post this with a straight face? This guy's a joke :roll:

_Pedro_

Seriously, this may be a language barrier but I was speaking in terms of quantity and not quality. Halo 3 has every available option a shooter can hope to give it's players. Ultimately I admit I didn't write that sentence well enough to express what I ment and even know it's probably going to be difficult to understand. What I want to say is that people looking for a great single player experience alongside a great online experience, finding something better than Halo 3 is exceptionally hard and really only Activison has come close to that.

Rofl, Activision and Halo 3 with "every available option", while neither offers anything of what I said above this quote for their game.

I'll repeat myself, this guy's a joke.

Aren't we nice? :) In the end it comes down to pc shooters offering more, because it lets the users offer more? Typical, here I was thinking this was a debate about how much the devs themselves put into a game :shock:

I don't think Activision has ever really heald that title for any meaninful amount of time. The exception might be the orignial CoD which was way ahead of its time, but since then it's just been the same thing over and over from Activision. CoD:MW was amazing, but you'd be kidding yourself if you said it was a totally different experence from CoD1.

EA's MoH is the reason there's even a CoD. You could even go as far as saying MoH is the reason that shooters have been so successful, with CoD help of course. The original MoH:AA was just as good as CoD in terms of the single player, but it was CoD's multiplayer that really stole away the MoH online community. The MoH, and I only count the PC exclusives, have always been plagued by bad MP. Now the EA has employeed DICE to work on the MP I think it's possible that we could have a MoH that's just as good and successful as MoH:AA.

Does anyone else have high hopes for the new MoH?

If they dumb down Battlefield to compete with Call of Duty... I may just have to destroy a couple dozen console games to make me feel better. Swiftstrike5

They have BC2 that is somewhat dumbed down, and then they have BF3 in development which wont be dumbed down. That's the way I see it.

CS is a modification of Half-Life's aimed for the multiplayer. Talking of it lacking single player shows you don't know what you are talking about.Mograine

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

Mograine

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

GazaAli

[QUOTE="Swiftstrike5"]If they dumb down Battlefield to compete with Call of Duty... I may just have to destroy a couple dozen console games to make me feel better. shakmaster13

They have BC2 that is somewhat dumbed down, and then they have BF3 in development which wont be dumbed down. That's the way I see it.

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I'm pretty sure the FPS leadership is Valve's.

dakan45