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>>14679327

>Made a deal with the EA Devil

>Marketing fuckery with EA and your studio disagreeing with how to advertise the game

>Became cynical when it was just another attempt for EA to absorb your company when the game doesn't break even

Daily reminder, that the same shit happen with Alice Madness Returns.

Did you play the original or the remake? The original has an even better aesthetic.

On another note, we may be getting it with Soulstorm, though Stranger's Wrath was something special.

>Oddworld Thread

Hello.

>>14679390

The difference is that Lorne Lanning told EA to fuck off and kept the IP. The studio got fucked in the process *which it would've anyway* but it's better than EA sitting on the property.

I think he said he'd like to make Fangus Klot or Stranger's 2 at some point after the other games they had planned.

>>14679406

Shit they thought it out more than I though.

>>14679576

He wasted time and money on that bullshit by EA, that it ended up killing his studio, the only saving grace was Gaben personally calling him to port the games to Steam. And Soulstorm better be up and ready for E3, still haven't heard shit, considering it's supposed to be out this year.

>>14679327

Little bit rushed but the ending was kino.

Is the water free?

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=wJ4VN7M4lFQ

Link pls

>>14679590

There was an interview Lorne did a few years back when the series made a return. He talked about that whole hostile takeover situation and other industry practices. I think he said he was quite aware that he'd lose the studio but he wanted to make sure the IP doesn't fall into EA's hands.

I don't remember what site it was on but it was pretty insightful. Kinda shed some light why studios even bother signing up with EA.

>>14679998

Pyrrhic victory, but EA just ate up another studio like Respawn Entertainment where they made sure Titanfall 2 would assuredly fail, developers still can't take a fucking hint, when you deal with them, you're screwed if you don't have your guard up.

>>14680099

He got to keep his IP and lost his studio. That's better than losing your IP and your studio.

And I don't disagree. Studios essentially sell their souls to get their games made, but it's never worth it. I expected Respawn least of all though, considering Activision already fucked them over before.

>>14680156

>the crowd funding meme

nah, they couldn't have gotten shit in kickstarter bux.

>>14680156

It's not a sure bet people would even want to fund it. And the amount of money you can get through crowdfunding probably isn't enough to fund a AAA sized team, exceptions like Star Yiddizen aside.

>>14679594

Second half was a bit rushed.

Also the OST is still amazing.

>>14680156

They wouldn't have been able to. Almost all success stories from crowdfunding is shit like fucking books. The one company really making bank on that stuff is WhiteWolf a company that makes tabletop games so more books.

>>14680156

Look at Shekel Yiddzen for why Kikestarter rarely works.

>>14679406

New'n tasty was meh

>>14685230

I love how interesting it is to get endings in Oddworld.

>>14680156

Employee job satisfaction at EA is

extremely

high.

Good pay. Good working hours. You are surrounded by professional gentlemen and asian hookers (i mean massage professionals). People just like the workplace environment. Just ask anyone who has ever worked there (Not that any loyal engineer would willingly betray that those free massages are free blowjobs.) People working for EA have nothing to complain about.