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Non-skippable ads and cutscenes.. IT'S IN THE GAME
posted by damianrock (DULUTH, GA) Nov 17, 2010
Member since Nov 2007
64 out of 83 gamers (77%) found this review helpful
Here's how the development team meeting went...
Manager - Well we only make the same games over and over, so what should we do this year?
Designer - How about "Hot Pursuit" again?
Manager - Great idea, but instead of improving things, let's take a step back by making it single player. Let's force players to register an email account to play, not let people be able to access online content unless they bought a brand new copy which has an unused code inside the box (or force them to buy one) and give them a free two day trial to entice them.
Designer - But that means Gamefly customers won't be able to play online...
Manager - Gamefly customers can suck it!
Manager - Let's also make all the cars and tracks feel exactly the same, let's have cut-scenes and how-to's you can't skip, and most importantly... let's put an advertisement for another game, in this game, and make players unable to skip it.
Designer - Hmm, that may work... but we also need to add slow motion events like the cops being alerted, that happen in the middle of a turn or oncoming traffic, so that when the action returns players lose control of their cars.
Manager - Now you're catching on. And instead of using our money to make the game fun, let's spend it all on visuals and tv commercials that show "perfect" ratings from people who obviously didn't play the game.
Designer - Sounds like another EA classic!
Me - This game is beautiful, really, but it just isn't fun. After only two days of playing, it's very repetitive and new cars offer little enjoyment. EA is rich, but they still use aggresive methods to ensure you purchase the game, new.
What's funny, is as I'm playing it, I'm watching Comedy Central who is playing commercials for the game non-stop. Commercials that state how awesome it is. The truth is EA sucks, and the reviews giving a perfect score have to be paid off. Maybe.. maybe the online is amazing, and I'll try the free two-day trial, but really EA's own worse enemy is EA.
Manager - Well we only make the same games over and over, so what should we do this year?
Designer - How about "Hot Pursuit" again?
Manager - Great idea, but instead of improving things, let's take a step back by making it single player. Let's force players to register an email account to play, not let people be able to access online content unless they bought a brand new copy which has an unused code inside the box (or force them to buy one) and give them a free two day trial to entice them.
Designer - But that means Gamefly customers won't be able to play online...
Manager - Gamefly customers can suck it!
Manager - Let's also make all the cars and tracks feel exactly the same, let's have cut-scenes and how-to's you can't skip, and most importantly... let's put an advertisement for another game, in this game, and make players unable to skip it.
Designer - Hmm, that may work... but we also need to add slow motion events like the cops being alerted, that happen in the middle of a turn or oncoming traffic, so that when the action returns players lose control of their cars.
Manager - Now you're catching on. And instead of using our money to make the game fun, let's spend it all on visuals and tv commercials that show "perfect" ratings from people who obviously didn't play the game.
Designer - Sounds like another EA classic!
Me - This game is beautiful, really, but it just isn't fun. After only two days of playing, it's very repetitive and new cars offer little enjoyment. EA is rich, but they still use aggresive methods to ensure you purchase the game, new.
What's funny, is as I'm playing it, I'm watching Comedy Central who is playing commercials for the game non-stop. Commercials that state how awesome it is. The truth is EA sucks, and the reviews giving a perfect score have to be paid off. Maybe.. maybe the online is amazing, and I'll try the free two-day trial, but really EA's own worse enemy is EA.
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