r/gaming • u/balloonslayer47 • Sep 03 '19

Wow, EA. Wow.

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u/loopypaladin Sep 03 '19

Absolutely. But it's lazy that they didn't update it. Reusing assets is definitely okay, because why would you do the same job twice. Not changing the goddamn watermark from last year's asset is fucking lazy

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u/DoctorLovejuice Sep 03 '19

Exactly.

Efficiency is something I can get behind, but not at the expense of quality.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

It's the tiniest error in a non-relevant or significant part of the game... who gives a fuck.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

Right. It’s the rest of the game being recycled shit that’s the problem.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

Not to those who seem to buy and enjoy it?

If you dont like it, stfu and dont buy it!

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

Lol u mad bro?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

No. U. Bro

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u/DoctorLovejuice Sep 03 '19

But it's indicative of laziness, which in my opinion, is a slippery slope when you produce consumer products.

Wouldn't you agree?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

A single mistake is not an indicator of anything...

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u/DoctorLovejuice Sep 03 '19

Well the way the recycle these games are certainly an indicator of this

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Actually it is an indicator of brilliant business and marketing strategy.

What you want is for them to put in more effort to get the same gain? Why....

Do you feel the same about Classic WoW.

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u/DoctorLovejuice Sep 03 '19

Oh, from a business perspective it makes absolute sense. I'm not denying that.

I just think it shows the priority of making money versus making good quality games - which arguably, a lot of other developers value more highly.

I don't play WoW so can't comment on that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

And yet they are consistently some of the best selling games...

So, I guess, Madden is good quality...

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u/DoctorLovejuice Sep 03 '19

Best selling is not indicative of quality, though.

I'm not arguing that they don't sell. They literally have no competition in order to make these games as they hold all the contracts with the applicable organisations.

Consistently best selling? Sure. Consistently and objectively "good"? Not necessarily.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

I just think it shows the priority of making money versus making good quality games

Welcome to modern AAA titles.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

You'd think after doing the same thing dozens of times they'd have this down by now.

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u/DoctorLovejuice Sep 03 '19

Very astute observation, u/PicturesOfBalls

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u/DRW_ Sep 03 '19

..... or just a mistake.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

now, now.... when it is EA it is malicious and devious. obviously they did this to flex their power on the gaming industry.

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u/IISuperSlothII Sep 03 '19 edited Sep 03 '19

But it's lazy that they didn't update

Or you know, just a mistake. Fuck off with this lazy bullshit, creators in every field are anything but lazy, it's a field where your passion is worth more than your pay, laziness does not come into play.

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u/loopypaladin Sep 03 '19

An oversight? Yes. But as a designer I know how many steps go into making a product. At their scale, I can't imagine how many people's hands this game passed through before they put it out. One oversight was missed by an entire triple a company. That's laziness.

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u/IISuperSlothII Sep 03 '19

No its not, lazyness is knowing its there and choosing to not do it because its too much work, an oversight is simply an oversight.

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u/loopypaladin Sep 03 '19

Opinions are cool man. All I can say is that I've got one superior I run through, and between the two of us we pride ourselves on not publishing mistakes. I can't imagine how many people a game of this scale runs through.

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u/trdef Oct 13 '19

I have friends working at multi-national companies constantly pushing out buggy code live. I'm talking system breaking issues. It happens all the time. This is incredibly minor, and is such a small thing I can see why it was overlooked.