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What's funny is that EA used to be the cutting edge, artsy, development house. Their older games, back in the days of Commodore 64 and Atari, even came in a nice sleeve / booklet that was supposed to mimic the look of a music album. They wanted their games to be seen as art, not just a mindless diversion, and the programmers behind them to be viewed as artists.

They've changed a lot.

I dk. Whoever did this is a damn good artist in my mind

But on a serious note, I agree. They still have produced some games like that though. I feel like the story arc through the 3 Mass Effects felt like something much more than mindless diversion.

I just kind of give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to sports games, because I feel like the 1 year window they have to develop a new game is a very small window to work with. Especially like in a football game when you have 21 AI characters operating at the same time as you.

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Posted by DieDaily

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Posted on 7/12/13 at 6:53 pm to RTR America

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I dk. Whoever did this is a damn good artist in my mind

Oh yeah, I wasn't meaning to question their artists' talent. I really meant they used to be more of an art-house studio with a reputation for treating their programmers like rock stars in a time when mentioning who actually made a game was rarely done.

More recently, they've had a reputation for treating their employee's poorly, but I hear stories that's changing/improving.

And I definitely agree with you on many of their decisions toward the middle to end of this current generation.

Mass Effect is a great series and they took a big chance on Mirror's Edge. It didn't quite work (imo) but I respect a company trying something new. I haven't gotten a chance to dive into them yet, but I'm really intrigued by Dead Space as well.

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