For that last bit, I just want to point out that they killed Titanfall2 before it was given a birth certificate. Which was one of the best games to come from them.
@MrStejefferies we are still not happy that 180 countries are still barred from buying, and Sony still hasn't removes the PSN link notification on Steam yet. We dive together or we don't dive at all.
@@pike100 I do not think u got it there buddy.. They are Aiding the Lemons Lemonaid as it making it all sour and not Lemonade which is sweet. Woosh over the head it went.
Command and Conquer is the game i think of when someone mentions military strategy games. The games are masterpieces. One mission its a base building game where you need to make troops and kill the enemy base, and in the next its a small team of infantry, a few grenadiers, 2 Hum-Vees or nod buggies, and a medium/ light tank and you have to take out a specific target, like enemy barracks/hand of nod that causes you so much anger because of the vague mission briefing(I’m looking at you, Commando mission). And EA killed it still, 10/10 would recommend.
yeah, I remember some of the actually blatant stuff from EA in the past that they got away with. Like some of the challenge races in NFS Most Wanted literally being "Burger King" trials. If that's not technically an ad then...
@@ZacharyJClark People forget that ads are already in all their sports games too. Like, this isn't new. But now when you play the next Fantasy game from EA you're gonna somehow get some mad scientist that accidentally creates Coca cola.
Is it possible to give him a double thumbs-up for calling out EA for abandoning Army of Two? Such a good series and not even a remaster? I want a fourth game, but just making them run on current gen consoles would be great.
You would think they werent so disconnected from normal people that they would realize putting ads in video games is going to have the exact opposite effect intended for said ads. Gamers will absolutely hate any product advertised in this fashion and refuse to touch it. But no, apparently corporate America is just... living on Mars already.
They want to destroy their industry imo because they intend for us to “own nothing” -if we OWN nothing we are not customers anymore just serfs -rent forever, go nowhere, eat the bugs serfs imo.
I just want to point out that gamers are the saddest group when it comes to opposing actual anti consumer practices. Unfinished games out the wazoo and sold for $70. Early access is considered a norm even for AAA games. Selling microtransactions in games that already cost $70.. Trying to make everything a live service model and failing multiple times because they see how successful the few that are still going are. Yet.. Tarkov is a perfect example of a backlash that didn't work. They made a $250 edition of the game that is basically pay to win. And the concession that was given by the developers? Giving 6 months access to backers that bought the $150 editions features of the $250 edition that should have been there anyway because the $150 edition was promised to have access to all dlcs for free. And what do people do? Buy the unheard edition and defend BSG for their scummy practices and refusing to actually fix issues with the game. Only thing really safe to buy are indie games but that's really because they can't afford to piss off their fanbase constantly like EA can so they only really compete by putting actual content in their games.
RIP Medal of Honor, you were one of the best. The 2010 one is one of the best FPS games I've ever played, and warfighters multi-player got me into multi-player. Those were the days.
@@ZeCroiSSanT950 I'm currently in development of an RTS of my own design for the better part of 6 years now. It's all done by myself, with the exception of my sound designer, music composer, and the various voice actors for units. My college degree is in animation and my minor is programming, specifically so I could make this game. This is all done as my side job while my day job pays the bills. Hopefully I will get enough sales to dedicate full time to support of this game, and continue longevity for it, and the RTS genre in general. Like you said, the genre has been bleak for some time now. I see some great hopes to revitalize the genre, and I wish each of these endeavors the best. For background, I was a prominent modder in the supreme commander: forged alliance community back in the day. I made Defcon 1: supreme conflict, which was pretty popular back in 2008-10 when I was in high school. I was later involved in beta testing supreme commander 2 and helped with the balance of air units in that game. Air was super overtuned back then, and while it wasn't possible to add new units at that time, I did help in changing the interactions of air and ground. I can provide more specific information of my game at the end of the year. I am currently filing paperwork for the name copyright.
@@ZeCroiSSanT950 So, currently, I am in development of an RTS game on my own for the past 6 years now. I have a music composer and voice actors, and looking for a solid sound designer. Other than that, it has just been me. My college degree is in animation and my minor is programming, specifically so I could make this game. I do this on the side, while I have a day job. My goal is to continue to support the longevity of this game full time once it comes out. There certainly is a huge appetite for RTS games, but like you said SC2 has the lion share and it is a 14 year old game. That's half my lifetime. For some background, I have been involved in a few RTS related projects. I was lead developer for a major mod for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, called Defcon 1: Supreme Conflict. This was rather popular back in the 2009-2011 era before the forums shut down. That high school mod carried me into being a beta tester for Supreme Commander 2, where I helped the air balance. Initial testing of supreme commander had air units vastly overtuned and the changes originally proposed didn't seem to work. I ended up doing a long case study of that for a college project and it helped contribute to the current balance of stock air units in supreme commander 2, in regards to the way various air units interact with ground units. Most of the balance numbers I suggested are still in there to this day. I would love to discuss more about the game I am working on, however I am in the process with a copyright lawyer to get full copyright for the title, faction names, webpages, ECT. Because of that I can't say the name. What I can say is that if you are a fan of command and conquer, supreme commander, and StarCraft. This game is a crazed lovechild taking inspiration from these and many more. I hope to have the legal process finished before the end of the year. I still have at least 3 years left to go. It is a large project. But, I would be happy to try and find you and let you know more about it once the legal stuff is squared away and as the game gets closer to release!
@@ZeCroiSSanT950 So, currently, I am in development of an RTS game on my own for the past 6 years now. I have a music composer and voice actors, and looking for a solid sound designer. Other than that, it has just been me. My college degree is in animation and my minor is programming, specifically so I could make this game. I do this on the side, while I have a day job. My goal is to continue to support the longevity of this game full time once it comes out. There certainly is a huge appetite for RTS games, but like you said SC2 has the lion share and it is a 14 year old game. That's half my lifetime. For some background, I have been involved in a few RTS related projects. I was lead developer for a major mod for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, called Defcon 1: Supreme Conflict. This was rather popular back in the 2009-2011 era before the forums shut down. That high school mod carried me into being a beta tester for Supreme Commander 2, where I helped the air balance. Initial testing of supreme commander had air units vastly overtuned and the changes originally proposed didn't seem to work. I ended up doing a long case study of that for a college project and it helped contribute to the current balance of stock air units in supreme commander 2, in regards to the way various air units interact with ground units. Most of the balance numbers I suggested are still in there to this day. I would love to discuss more about the game I am working on, however I am in the process with a copyright lawyer to get full copyright for the title, faction names, webpages, ECT. Because of that I can't say the name. What I can say is that if you are a fan of command and conquer, supreme commander, and StarCraft, this game is a crazed lovechild taking inspiration from these and many more. I hope to have the legal process finished before the end of the year. I still have at least 3 years left to go. It is a large project. But, I would be happy to try and find you and let you know more about it once the legal stuff is squared away and as the game gets closer to release!
I mean, there was that one operation, where the US sent out a couple of soldiers to cut down a tree in the DMZ between North and South Korea after US soldiers got attacked and murdered by Nork soldiers while pruning said tree. Some of the soldiers ordered to stand guard as the tree was cut down had Claymores strapped to their bellies, telling the Norks to come and get them. Also, there were bombers with nuclear arms on standby.
@@insertpunhere2872Even the best operations may have a hiccup or two . Hiccup = Broken Arrow incidents almost nuking the Eastern Seaboard before the Russians ever could.
To be fair to me it felt it was DICE and people connected to them screwing up Battlefield 5. But I give you 2042 being EAs fault as they could not decide if they wanted to make a Battle Royal style or a CoD clone and that ended up messing that game badly. Also adding those named player characters, ugh.
I feel like EA was driving during the development of Hardline and everything after, DICE was largely just a puppet developer by that point. Battlefield 4 was the last true Battlefield game, all the way down to its core.
You talking about Medal of Honor made me feel REALLY old. MoH Frontline and Rising Sun... Still to this day, they had the most memorable opening missions for any game I've played. "Your Finest Hour" on the Beaches of Normandy in Frontline, and living through the attack on Pearl Harbor in Rising Sun. You didn't play those missions... you lived them.
@hardcharging The title and main menu theme to Frontline was amazing. It commanded respect and honor for the fallen. It sounded like something you would hear at a military memorial service, or a ceremony honoring accomplishments. I really wish we could return to that kind of dedication, passion, and respect put into games.
I didn't need to prepare for that last bit, I have long since accepted that the AAA space has been ruined by corporate greed and have been playing mostly indie titles.
I never really got into AAA games because *gestures at old laptop running Linux in central/eastern Europe*, but my improving financial situation is more than matched by the decreasing attractiveness of mainstream games.
@@habitual_linecrosser Fair warning for 4, last I heard the DRM server for it got shut down. They might have a replacement up, but it's 4 so I doubt that would be a priority. Aside from that, Tib Dawn, Red Alert 1, and Tib Sun are all officially freeware, and there's launchers to get them running and keep them updated for free, along with some cool fan projects based on them (e.g. Twisted Insurrection).
I'm with you but I also don't know that I trust a Generals remake in 2024. It very much feels like a product of its time and I'm worried that they'd end up smoothing over certain rough edges to "provide a broader appeal to modern sensibilities and audiences" only to cut out everything that gave it its charm
As someone who is still mad about command and conquer I was quite suprised you would trash on EA like that. Outstanding. Oh and Mass Effect, Dead Space, and Army of Two. EA just kept dropping the ball
EA: "So, Visceral, I know that Dead Space 3 would be perfect if we just follow the formula, but... We need a love triangle and micro transactions, a basic plot, and bad voice acting or we won't give you funding." *10 years later* "So... Motive... I know that Dead Space Remake blew our expectations and players' expectations out the water... But it didn't hit first week sales expectations so it's considered a failure. We're pulling your funding for the Dead Space franchise and will be funneling it towards whatever garbage we come up with next."
Holy shit. Army of Two. I played the first game until the disc stopped working with my buddy back in college! Thanks HL for bringing back good memories.
The battlefield one hurt most for me. The battlefields I grew up with (1942, Vietnam, 2 and 2142) aren't purchasable anywhere, not even in EA's own bloody store, yet they find and shutdown the *free* fan revive projects that try to bring them back
Someone needs to make it a top-secret project making the fan remakes. Launched when complete, on multiple servers around the world, in total secrecy. I'm betting it could be done. Never underestimate Grey Hats when there's White Hat work to be achieved!
@@ArtByKarenEHaley Announcer in dream ad: "Are you having trouble sleeping each night?" Me: "Yes, because you keep putting these damned ads in my dreams!"
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The day that Triple A titles get in game ads is the day that most companies will crumble.
Mobile games have them already and more crap from mobile has been infecting PC and console players for some time now. It won't end them because too many people are already desensitized to it. Hell, people were even defending Sony deciding to take away a six month old game from the people who bought it. Yeah, Sony backtracked but companies have been pushing the limits of what they can get away with for a long time and have steadily eroded the resistance to such practices. Eventually the last bastion of games will end up being indie games and all the AAA slop will be like the mobile market. People simply don't care enough to actually stop buying from these companies.
@@fuzzyfox6719do you even need anything but indi these days anyway? I mean, you surely will not get unique gameplay from mammoths of industry (besides Kojima) but AA is already in indi dev team reach
@@fuzzyfox6719 You say that but you have to remember that you're talking about mobile and sports game players. Most of the people who play those games don't play anything else. If EA tries adding that stuff into games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age then I'm sure you'll see a MASSIVE drop in sales. Those games are played by actual gamers. People who are there for the stories and gameplay. Not for their favorite sports team and not to blow time on their phone. We'll see of course. Maybe I'm wrong but in this case I don't think I am. EA has completely forgotten one of the most important parts of making games. The players don't need them. If their product is garbage then no one is gonna buy it. We're not required to give them anything. There are other games out there.
I was playing a turn based crawler and I was playing with a Canadian friend. I gave her a sniper rifle with exploding shells and it occurred to me that I gave her an actual war crime. She took to it like a fish to water.
Well you guys were a reason for a lot of war crime laws 😂 you guys did not fuck around. As a statesman, we love you guys, we just don't like your government right now. Well, at this point we don't like any government 😂 but love the people. Everyone in power right now is just really dumb or is a maniac. Well Biden has dementia, so for him it's both.
PvZ 3 is a fucking shartlet of what the series used to be. It essentially put tower defense games onto everybody's radar, and now its just a microtransaction buggy filled shitshow. You don't even get to choose your own plants in the newest game anymore, you get no freedom in how you play at all, and on top of that certain plants have been reduced to power ups that you can buy... Every company rn is on some scummy shit right now. Playstation with their psn account nonsense, Microsoft buying every studio not doing anything with them and then shutting them down, activision blizzard/Ubisoft are fighting tooth and claw to be the worst companies period and right now I'd very much say ubisoft is winning that one, and even Nintendo has all their takedown bullshit and confusion on games prices. The day Nintendo really gives into all of this along with indies, gaming dies period. But hey, hollow knight is $15 everybody, go buy it instead of buying anything put out by EA.
The streaming-only clusterfuck that was SimCity 5 must've gotten lonely. Either that, or EA execs have a boner for killing of franchises in the fifth installment.
No, Sims 5 isn't going to be a mobile game and no their isn't going to be micro transactions. They will be using the same monetization system as Sims 4.
@@lonnyyoung4285 What he said was sorties, as in a mission(from the French for exit or going out), the subtitles just misheard and I decided to cause problems on purpose
Fucking finally SOMEONE MENTIONS ARMY OF TWO!!!! That was like one of my favorite childhood games I had army of two, 40th day, and devils cartel those games were fucking amazing pieces of art
I'm here to happily let everyone know that EA has put most of the older C&C games on Steam! BUT! But but but, you have to be subscribed to EA Play to play them! You are unable to buy them. I'm going to have an aneurysm!
Gotta appreciate someone remembering Medal of Honor's former glory. Used to be too many WW2 games copying MoH (poorly), now there's practically NO World War 2 games AND no Medal of Honor at all 😢🇺🇲
I must have played through Airborne like 4 or 5 times back on the PS3; loved the game. MoH 2010 was also a great and under appreciated game. And we don't talk about Warfighter...
Man, the videogame industry really seems to be collapsing itself. Oh well. I know there are thousands of existing games already that will entertain me for a lifetime
Luckily, the smaller creator teams and companies seem to be doing really well. It doesn’t take much to make a good game, and these guys are gamers building games. Take Terraria for a good example.
I have seen an ad in a game before. But it was done in really col way while not being in your face. It was for the Book of Eli and they had posters around various maps advertising it. This was in Quake Wars.
I always thought it was cool when they put ads on the walls and billboards in games like Burnout. It added to the immersion, and it wasn't in your face, but we all know that this is EA, and now they will try to put in literal commercials (and probably make you pay to get rid of them).
I saw one in a flash game, The Last Stand: Union City. Con was plugging one of their friends, and the note you find in their in-game store is slightly meta.
Need For Speed Underground and Underground 2 had ads back in the early 2000s... the main sponsor of the game is Singular.... yeah, the cell phone company...
Iwas reading about mullet the other day too. Personally I think dude needs an invite to Cleetus McFarland's freedom factory when he gets back stateside. Dude is 100% a certified gem.
40 year old gamer here. I've been a pc gamer since D2:LoD, UT, the original RB6. Have hundreds of hours on almost every Battlefield release (didn't touch the BF2 reskin 2142, or 2042), I've been increasingly disenchanted with EA since the God awful release of BF4, stopped buying their games unless they were on sale for $15 or less, and am done with the company until they decide to stop being so anti consumer. Blizzard earned my enmity with the whole Hong Kong debacle piling on to the wokeness. Also pretty well done with Ubisoft, and Sony is on the cliff's edge with the Hell Divers 2 drama currently.
Imagine playing a horror game, and there's a room that's dimly lit with the light of a tv, and as you're passing through, you just hear "whopper, whopper, whopper, whopper"
I'm gonna hang with Grandpa Buff, and reminisce of the time when Electronic Arts had the old ECA logo, and they just concentrated on making good games.
Don't forget that EA also managed to pull in several government agencies to investigate them for their predatory business model with the _Battlefront 2_ Lootbox Controversy: one of them was Hawaii.
@@habitual_linecrosserI had way more fun playing it than destiny 2, and if you look at the leaked additions from the anthem 2.0 update, and it wasn't gonna cost the price of a full game for every update, that then gets vaulted so you can't play what you bought. Am I salty destiny 2 got away with shit other games could never do that still got shafted? Yes.
You mentioning Command and Conquer made me happy. Im still salty about how they cancelled Command and Conquer Generals 2, and for making a PHONE GAME that they didnt even have for long bc they messed that up too!!!! I grew up with C&C as my first wargame!
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HeeeeaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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The words. Right out my mouth. Along with the coffee and blood pressure.
I physically recoiled when hearing that
Hey Hawkshot-man! Huh? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
His drill sergeant senses are tingling.
For that last bit, I just want to point out that they killed Titanfall2 before it was given a birth certificate. Which was one of the best games to come from them.
Ahhh yes the "Nobody wants single-player games" period.
Damn Titanfall 2 was sooo good.
BTeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Hands down but I also blame respawn on that one
Respawn had a plan for an absolutely amazing Titanfall 3 but EA told them to scrap it in favor of Apex Legends. I will never forgive them.
I've never heard a more unified anger from gamers when ea mentioned adds in games that we couldn't kill.
Sony f*d around with helldivers and pc gamers, and found out. I’m confident this will go the same way when all the preorders get cancelled
@MrStejefferies we are still not happy that 180 countries are still barred from buying, and Sony still hasn't removes the PSN link notification on Steam yet. We dive together or we don't dive at all.
Im not happy its not on xbox yet @MrStejefferies
*loot boxes nervously chuckling in the far corner*
@@DORANGEDMOOCOW it's you be you turn soon loot boxs.....soon.
"Do you want ants? Because this is how you get ants. In my hangar."
Nice archer reference
@@michaelbracho3956 I mean I'm just pointing it out directly, he wasn't exactly subtle.
@@thecactusman17 that's why I love hlc
Are we not doing phrasing anymore?
Mike n Vics
Honestly, at this point the executive level of EA should be perminantly barred from running so much as a lemonade stand.
*lemonade
@@pike100 I do not think u got it there buddy.. They are Aiding the Lemons Lemonaid as it making it all sour and not Lemonade which is sweet. Woosh over the head it went.
Funny that you mention lemonade given that they own Lemonade Tycoon.
@@puncherdavis9727Well then why did you "correct" it in your comment?
screamed in rage at the Command and Conquer reference, one of my favorite series of all time just completely destroyed
My comrade and brother in arms... never forget.
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We telling our age but IDC it was sooooo goooooood
Oh yeah 1000%. I very VERY rarely buy EA games because of what they did to C&C.
Command and Conquer is the game i think of when someone mentions military strategy games. The games are masterpieces. One mission its a base building game where you need to make troops and kill the enemy base, and in the next its a small team of infantry, a few grenadiers, 2 Hum-Vees or nod buggies, and a medium/ light tank and you have to take out a specific target, like enemy barracks/hand of nod that causes you so much anger because of the vague mission briefing(I’m looking at you, Commando mission). And EA killed it
still, 10/10 would recommend.
Remember Westwood studios.
EA Corporate: "I'm gonna put ads in video games!"
Me: "Again!?"
EA...Employe of A**holes...
I am shocked no one else knows about it.
yeah, I remember some of the actually blatant stuff from EA in the past that they got away with.
Like some of the challenge races in NFS Most Wanted literally being "Burger King" trials. If that's not technically an ad then...
@@ZacharyJClark People forget that ads are already in all their sports games too. Like, this isn't new. But now when you play the next Fantasy game from EA you're gonna somehow get some mad scientist that accidentally creates Coca cola.
Or in Planetside 1. Actual ads playing on screens while waiting for a dropship.
Callsign: Mullet
Everyone: 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🎉🎉🎉
Raise hell praise Dale (meth addict noises)
@@thecactusman17was just going to comment that same line. All hail dale our holy father lol
I swear that’s eighter a Floridian or someone from Deep South. I pray he was from Florida.
***Freedom intensifies***
Sadly, it isn't worse than mine.
Call sign " Crash" here...
Is it possible to give him a double thumbs-up for calling out EA for abandoning Army of Two? Such a good series and not even a remaster? I want a fourth game, but just making them run on current gen consoles would be great.
“My snowy psychotic hat…” best description of Canada ever! Glad to have them to the north.
I did not expect anyone in 2024 to mention army of two thank you that game holds such a special place in my heart
The first, least, and only game to present tampons as a health kit.
Those Two games were baller. Coop in the hardest difficulty was a real nailbiter.
@@Raz0rking there were 3 games, army of two, the 40th day, and devils cartel.
Yes
No mention of Earth & Beyond though.
Pivoting from geopolitics to giving EA a smack in the mouth was completely uncalled for... and my day has been made better for it. Thank you :)
As Florida says, "Raise hell! Praise Dale!"
Yeeehaa
Yeah, I don't think there's a single gamer that's like oh my God can't wait to play an EA title 😂
Uncle Sam spitting the truth fire on EA in rapid succession just warms my heart.
I miss Command and Conquer.
Kane lives! (in our hearts, cause EA murdered him)
@@generalhades4518 The GDI couldn't but damn. EA was damn effective
Our only solace is that the og CNC team is supposedly remastering tib sun and RA2
Command and Conquer... my beloved. Still think about you, Tiberian Sun.
@@MikeD56034 I bought the 25th anniversary edition box set!
No remorse! 🥰🥰
You would think they werent so disconnected from normal people that they would realize putting ads in video games is going to have the exact opposite effect intended for said ads. Gamers will absolutely hate any product advertised in this fashion and refuse to touch it.
But no, apparently corporate America is just... living on Mars already.
nah, they are just living in the deepest layers of the sun, thinking they'll survive living there.
They want to destroy their industry imo because they intend for us to “own nothing” -if we OWN nothing we are not customers anymore just serfs -rent forever, go nowhere, eat the bugs serfs imo.
I just want to point out that gamers are the saddest group when it comes to opposing actual anti consumer practices. Unfinished games out the wazoo and sold for $70. Early access is considered a norm even for AAA games. Selling microtransactions in games that already cost $70.. Trying to make everything a live service model and failing multiple times because they see how successful the few that are still going are.
Yet.. Tarkov is a perfect example of a backlash that didn't work. They made a $250 edition of the game that is basically pay to win. And the concession that was given by the developers? Giving 6 months access to backers that bought the $150 editions features of the $250 edition that should have been there anyway because the $150 edition was promised to have access to all dlcs for free. And what do people do? Buy the unheard edition and defend BSG for their scummy practices and refusing to actually fix issues with the game.
Only thing really safe to buy are indie games but that's really because they can't afford to piss off their fanbase constantly like EA can so they only really compete by putting actual content in their games.
RIP Medal of Honor, you were one of the best. The 2010 one is one of the best FPS games I've ever played, and warfighters multi-player got me into multi-player. Those were the days.
As an indie RTS game dev, what they did to poor Command and conquer is a sacrilege I will never forgive them for.
What game/games have you been a part of? I'm an RTS guy and honestly it seems that SC2 is having the lion's share of the RTS playerbase
@@ZeCroiSSanT950 I'm currently in development of an RTS of my own design for the better part of 6 years now. It's all done by myself, with the exception of my sound designer, music composer, and the various voice actors for units. My college degree is in animation and my minor is programming, specifically so I could make this game. This is all done as my side job while my day job pays the bills. Hopefully I will get enough sales to dedicate full time to support of this game, and continue longevity for it, and the RTS genre in general. Like you said, the genre has been bleak for some time now. I see some great hopes to revitalize the genre, and I wish each of these endeavors the best.
For background, I was a prominent modder in the supreme commander: forged alliance community back in the day. I made Defcon 1: supreme conflict, which was pretty popular back in 2008-10 when I was in high school. I was later involved in beta testing supreme commander 2 and helped with the balance of air units in that game. Air was super overtuned back then, and while it wasn't possible to add new units at that time, I did help in changing the interactions of air and ground.
I can provide more specific information of my game at the end of the year. I am currently filing paperwork for the name copyright.
Back when command and conquer had Tim Curry
@@ZeCroiSSanT950 So, currently, I am in development of an RTS game on my own for the past 6 years now. I have a music composer and voice actors, and looking for a solid sound designer. Other than that, it has just been me. My college degree is in animation and my minor is programming, specifically so I could make this game. I do this on the side, while I have a day job. My goal is to continue to support the longevity of this game full time once it comes out.
There certainly is a huge appetite for RTS games, but like you said SC2 has the lion share and it is a 14 year old game. That's half my lifetime.
For some background, I have been involved in a few RTS related projects. I was lead developer for a major mod for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, called Defcon 1: Supreme Conflict. This was rather popular back in the 2009-2011 era before the forums shut down. That high school mod carried me into being a beta tester for Supreme Commander 2, where I helped the air balance. Initial testing of supreme commander had air units vastly overtuned and the changes originally proposed didn't seem to work. I ended up doing a long case study of that for a college project and it helped contribute to the current balance of stock air units in supreme commander 2, in regards to the way various air units interact with ground units. Most of the balance numbers I suggested are still in there to this day.
I would love to discuss more about the game I am working on, however I am in the process with a copyright lawyer to get full copyright for the title, faction names, webpages, ECT. Because of that I can't say the name. What I can say is that if you are a fan of command and conquer, supreme commander, and StarCraft. This game is a crazed lovechild taking inspiration from these and many more. I hope to have the legal process finished before the end of the year.
I still have at least 3 years left to go. It is a large project. But, I would be happy to try and find you and let you know more about it once the legal stuff is squared away and as the game gets closer to release!
@@ZeCroiSSanT950 So, currently, I am in development of an RTS game on my own for the past 6 years now. I have a music composer and voice actors, and looking for a solid sound designer. Other than that, it has just been me. My college degree is in animation and my minor is programming, specifically so I could make this game. I do this on the side, while I have a day job. My goal is to continue to support the longevity of this game full time once it comes out.
There certainly is a huge appetite for RTS games, but like you said SC2 has the lion share and it is a 14 year old game. That's half my lifetime.
For some background, I have been involved in a few RTS related projects. I was lead developer for a major mod for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, called Defcon 1: Supreme Conflict. This was rather popular back in the 2009-2011 era before the forums shut down. That high school mod carried me into being a beta tester for Supreme Commander 2, where I helped the air balance. Initial testing of supreme commander had air units vastly overtuned and the changes originally proposed didn't seem to work. I ended up doing a long case study of that for a college project and it helped contribute to the current balance of stock air units in supreme commander 2, in regards to the way various air units interact with ground units. Most of the balance numbers I suggested are still in there to this day.
I would love to discuss more about the game I am working on, however I am in the process with a copyright lawyer to get full copyright for the title, faction names, webpages, ECT. Because of that I can't say the name. What I can say is that if you are a fan of command and conquer, supreme commander, and StarCraft, this game is a crazed lovechild taking inspiration from these and many more. I hope to have the legal process finished before the end of the year.
I still have at least 3 years left to go. It is a large project. But, I would be happy to try and find you and let you know more about it once the legal stuff is squared away and as the game gets closer to release!
Ah Operation Chrome Dome. My favorite “Fuck with me, I dare you” operation.
I swear the US had so many badass operation names back in the day.
Mine has to be Operation Paul Bunyan
I mean, there was that one operation, where the US sent out a couple of soldiers to cut down a tree in the DMZ between North and South Korea after US soldiers got attacked and murdered by Nork soldiers while pruning said tree. Some of the soldiers ordered to stand guard as the tree was cut down had Claymores strapped to their bellies, telling the Norks to come and get them. Also, there were bombers with nuclear arms on standby.
Didn't the Chrome Dome operation almost cause 2 thermonuclear bombs to blow up somewhere in the eastern coast?
@@insertpunhere2872Even the best operations may have a hiccup or two .
Hiccup = Broken Arrow incidents almost nuking the Eastern Seaboard before the Russians ever could.
"You ruined battlefield"
Of all the facts that this man has said, THATS THE WINNER
To be fair to me it felt it was DICE and people connected to them screwing up Battlefield 5. But I give you 2042 being EAs fault as they could not decide if they wanted to make a Battle Royal style or a CoD clone and that ended up messing that game badly. Also adding those named player characters, ugh.
I"M STILL MAD WE NEVER GOT BAD COMPANY 3, but to be fair, thats as much on DICE as it is EA.
Bad Company 2 and 2142 will forever be my favorites.
@@LadyWarmachine at this point we're better off without it. the reality will be worse than the dream.
I feel like EA was driving during the development of Hardline and everything after, DICE was largely just a puppet developer by that point.
Battlefield 4 was the last true Battlefield game, all the way down to its core.
"I don't like ants"
- Anakin Skyraptor
You talking about Medal of Honor made me feel REALLY old.
MoH Frontline and Rising Sun... Still to this day, they had the most memorable opening missions for any game I've played.
"Your Finest Hour" on the Beaches of Normandy in Frontline, and living through the attack on Pearl Harbor in Rising Sun.
You didn't play those missions... you lived them.
Then there was Eastern Assult, where they upended it all...
And some of Michael Giacchino's finest work as a soundtrack composer. Chris Lennertz wasn't bad either on some of the other game versions.
@hardcharging
The title and main menu theme to Frontline was amazing. It commanded respect and honor for the fallen. It sounded like something you would hear at a military memorial service, or a ceremony honoring accomplishments.
I really wish we could return to that kind of dedication, passion, and respect put into games.
I didn't need to prepare for that last bit, I have long since accepted that the AAA space has been ruined by corporate greed and have been playing mostly indie titles.
I never really got into AAA games because *gestures at old laptop running Linux in central/eastern Europe*, but my improving financial situation is more than matched by the decreasing attractiveness of mainstream games.
3:28 I would love a Comand & Conquer Generals re make. Somehow it's almost 20 years old and yet the geopolitics in the game is still very relevant.
They have all c&c games on steam for like 15$ from tiberium sun to I think 4
@@habitual_linecrosser Fair warning for 4, last I heard the DRM server for it got shut down. They might have a replacement up, but it's 4 so I doubt that would be a priority.
Aside from that, Tib Dawn, Red Alert 1, and Tib Sun are all officially freeware, and there's launchers to get them running and keep them updated for free, along with some cool fan projects based on them (e.g. Twisted Insurrection).
have a look at OpenRA if you like to run C&C on modern machine
@@habitual_linecrosser 4? What do you mean 4? The tiberium C&C series stopped at 3 (and if you disagree, fight me).
I'm with you but I also don't know that I trust a Generals remake in 2024. It very much feels like a product of its time and I'm worried that they'd end up smoothing over certain rough edges to "provide a broader appeal to modern sensibilities and audiences" only to cut out everything that gave it its charm
That Mass Effect one really hurt. I’m not even excited for Mass Effect 4 because of who they hired to run the plot
Please, for the love of god tell me it's not SBI.
@@JaxonHex it’s the guys who wrote Deus Ex Machina
@@grantbarday5760 Atleast it's not the guys they got to write Borderlands 3
@@NightWing1800 fair, but I still worry. That and with the modern AAA gaming scene, I have no hope for any future titles
@@grantbarday5760 Can't tell if that's better or worse.
As someone who is still mad about command and conquer I was quite suprised you would trash on EA like that. Outstanding.
Oh and Mass Effect, Dead Space, and Army of Two. EA just kept dropping the ball
EA: "So, Visceral, I know that Dead Space 3 would be perfect if we just follow the formula, but... We need a love triangle and micro transactions, a basic plot, and bad voice acting or we won't give you funding."
*10 years later*
"So... Motive... I know that Dead Space Remake blew our expectations and players' expectations out the water... But it didn't hit first week sales expectations so it's considered a failure. We're pulling your funding for the Dead Space franchise and will be funneling it towards whatever garbage we come up with next."
@@Serperior-Deoxysi will say the remake was fire
Didn't expect a burn on EA from a military sketch channel, but I am here for it
Holy shit. Army of Two. I played the first game until the disc stopped working with my buddy back in college! Thanks HL for bringing back good memories.
Could have been a great franchise
And the disappointment knowing EA fucked it then smashed it as a series it's so damn sad 😔 😢
That game was amazing couch coop with your best buddy
@@brucestack1658 100% Me and my BFF spent a bunch of time running around together in that game!
F15 smoking drones, zyn pack, call sign mullet. That's the most F15 thing ever.
Man, lots of companies forgetting that they exist because they're slightly more convenient than piracy these days eh?
The battlefield one hurt most for me. The battlefields I grew up with (1942, Vietnam, 2 and 2142) aren't purchasable anywhere, not even in EA's own bloody store, yet they find and shutdown the *free* fan revive projects that try to bring them back
Someone needs to make it a top-secret project making the fan remakes. Launched when complete, on multiple servers around the world, in total secrecy.
I'm betting it could be done.
Never underestimate Grey Hats when there's White Hat work to be achieved!
Army of Two hits deep. That was the first campaign of a game I played with my dad.
No no no it makes perfect sense to put ads in video games. We're one step closer to getting the episode of Futurama where they get attacked by ads
Ads in your dreams 😑
@@ArtByKarenEHaley Announcer in dream ad: "Are you having trouble sleeping each night?"
Me: "Yes, because you keep putting these damned ads in my dreams!"
The day that Triple A titles get in game ads is the day that most companies will crumble.
Mobile games have them already and more crap from mobile has been infecting PC and console players for some time now. It won't end them because too many people are already desensitized to it. Hell, people were even defending Sony deciding to take away a six month old game from the people who bought it. Yeah, Sony backtracked but companies have been pushing the limits of what they can get away with for a long time and have steadily eroded the resistance to such practices. Eventually the last bastion of games will end up being indie games and all the AAA slop will be like the mobile market. People simply don't care enough to actually stop buying from these companies.
@@fuzzyfox6719 FIFA, Madden, and NBA fans are singlehandedly propping up EA at this point
@@fuzzyfox6719do you even need anything but indi these days anyway? I mean, you surely will not get unique gameplay from mammoths of industry (besides Kojima) but AA is already in indi dev team reach
@@fuzzyfox6719 You say that but you have to remember that you're talking about mobile and sports game players. Most of the people who play those games don't play anything else. If EA tries adding that stuff into games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age then I'm sure you'll see a MASSIVE drop in sales. Those games are played by actual gamers. People who are there for the stories and gameplay. Not for their favorite sports team and not to blow time on their phone.
We'll see of course. Maybe I'm wrong but in this case I don't think I am. EA has completely forgotten one of the most important parts of making games. The players don't need them. If their product is garbage then no one is gonna buy it. We're not required to give them anything. There are other games out there.
@@fuzzyfox6719 What's "mobile games"?
"No one fucks with my psychotic snowy hat" As a Canadian, I approve.
How do you feel about "Frost Back" and "Snow Mexican"?
@@somedrunkdude6804 I dunno. Talk to Trudeau about that lol
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I was playing a turn based crawler and I was playing with a Canadian friend. I gave her a sniper rifle with exploding shells and it occurred to me that I gave her an actual war crime. She took to it like a fish to water.
Well you guys were a reason for a lot of war crime laws 😂 you guys did not fuck around. As a statesman, we love you guys, we just don't like your government right now. Well, at this point we don't like any government 😂 but love the people. Everyone in power right now is just really dumb or is a maniac. Well Biden has dementia, so for him it's both.
NFL Blitz was legit back in 97 tho. “EA sports, it’s in the game” was a phrase everybody knew.
EA: "i have an idea"
everyone else: "No no no not again!"
*Stares at Anthem*
I just wanted a good Mass Effect spin off. Now, I probably won't even get a decent Dragon Age 4.
Keep your eyes on Archetype and Exodus, traveller. You may get the next best thing.
You will get Tetris, with ads!
@HanSolo__ You can't even play the sims 4 on console without them recommending DLC, IN GAME!
You did, it was called Andromeda
Except for the whole racism part
Don't forget that Sims 5 is planned to be a mobile game with nothing but micro transactions
PvZ 3 is a fucking shartlet of what the series used to be. It essentially put tower defense games onto everybody's radar, and now its just a microtransaction buggy filled shitshow. You don't even get to choose your own plants in the newest game anymore, you get no freedom in how you play at all, and on top of that certain plants have been reduced to power ups that you can buy...
Every company rn is on some scummy shit right now. Playstation with their psn account nonsense, Microsoft buying every studio not doing anything with them and then shutting them down, activision blizzard/Ubisoft are fighting tooth and claw to be the worst companies period and right now I'd very much say ubisoft is winning that one, and even Nintendo has all their takedown bullshit and confusion on games prices. The day Nintendo really gives into all of this along with indies, gaming dies period. But hey, hollow knight is $15 everybody, go buy it instead of buying anything put out by EA.
The streaming-only clusterfuck that was SimCity 5 must've gotten lonely. Either that, or EA execs have a boner for killing of franchises in the fifth installment.
No, Sims 5 isn't going to be a mobile game and no their isn't going to be micro transactions. They will be using the same monetization system as Sims 4.
@@Flakjacket96 Which costs over $1000 for everything.
Just... I'll be out back, digging another grave for another beloved series that was murdered by these clowns.
"No one fucks with my snowy, psychotic hat"
Probably the best line I have ever heard 😂😂
I was so pleased when you brought up command and conquer!
That command and conquer line hit deep man. Best rts franchise out there.
And I have to agree that really pisses me off especially with command and Conquer generals 2
2:58 thank you for acknowledging how fucking stupid EA is being. You truly are a fantastic content creator.
Jeez, that actually hurt my soul. C&C, Deadspace, Army of Two... I grieve.
C&C....😢
As a Floridian I can confirm that is without a doubt one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard
Every rant I just smile. Chew out EA and I scream "You tell 'em!" What can I say? I'm a gamer.
You’re not wrong there with the EA bit
EA is a black hole for game franchises
1:38: Subtitles say Grandpa Buff had constant shorties, it's now canon
Grandpa Buff drops payloads and panties
I saw that. I wasn't sure if I heard it wrong or if there was a mistake. Hilarious regardless.
@@lonnyyoung4285 What he said was sorties, as in a mission(from the French for exit or going out), the subtitles just misheard and I decided to cause problems on purpose
It's all fun and games until he starts getting shawties.
I believe it
RIP Medal of Honor, WarFighter was an amazing game and I'm glad I got to enjoy it while it lasted.
I'm in the middle of replaying Eastern Assult on my Cube... man, massive changes were made and made it harder to put in cheat codes 😭😭
Medal of Honor 2010 is still one of the best campaigns in any game I've played
That command and conquer line hurt miss how good that series was
3:22 I thought I was the only one who misses Army of Two…
Fucking finally SOMEONE MENTIONS ARMY OF TWO!!!! That was like one of my favorite childhood games I had army of two, 40th day, and devils cartel those games were fucking amazing pieces of art
That along with a few others that weren't mentioned were all my childhood that was snuffed out by EA.
"No one fucks with my snowy psychotic hat" This one had me wheezing!
Otherwise you get even more warcrimes
“No one fucks with my snowy, psychotic hat.” Lololol
It makes me so happy to hear someone else talk about Medal of Honor
Those games were the best along with older CoD games
Currently replaying Red Alert 2. Loving it like it's day one again. Miss you Westwood Studios.
Never forget the 6 million game studios genocided by Activision, EA, Microsoft, etc.
Loved Red Alert!
Was not expecting the EA shade but im here for it
I miss command & conquer. Wish they hadnt abandoned the desert strike series as well.
Damn shame we only got Kanes Wrath as a finale for the franchise.
@@chrisdufresne9359I so wanted general’s 2 with navy units.
I'm here to happily let everyone know that EA has put most of the older C&C games on Steam! BUT! But but but, you have to be subscribed to EA Play to play them! You are unable to buy them. I'm going to have an aneurysm!
Gotta appreciate someone remembering Medal of Honor's former glory. Used to be too many WW2 games copying MoH (poorly), now there's practically NO World War 2 games AND no Medal of Honor at all 😢🇺🇲
The urge to reinstall Medal of Honor Airborne never goes away. I can still hear the Garand *ping*.
I must have played through Airborne like 4 or 5 times back on the PS3; loved the game. MoH 2010 was also a great and under appreciated game.
And we don't talk about Warfighter...
@@jonathanoriley8260 I miss MOH 2010.
Man, the videogame industry really seems to be collapsing itself. Oh well. I know there are thousands of existing games already that will entertain me for a lifetime
Luckily, the smaller creator teams and companies seem to be doing really well. It doesn’t take much to make a good game, and these guys are gamers building games. Take Terraria for a good example.
Ryan mcbeth turned me onto your channel. Very good entertaining channel and quite informative too. Cheers sir.
That Dead Space one hurt. I didn’t even mind DS3 but that one wasn’t it. Remake was pretty good … just hope that it means DS2 gets the same treatment
Snowy Psychotic Hat that is PERFECT!
Love to see Habitual cover EA there lmao such a greedy company
I’m so happy habitual line crosser is doing video games he’s PERFECT
I have seen an ad in a game before. But it was done in really col way while not being in your face. It was for the Book of Eli and they had posters around various maps advertising it.
This was in Quake Wars.
See now that's a smart way to do ads. I would legit consider putting that kind of ad in some of the games I'm developing.
We all know EA isn't going to do it that way
I always thought it was cool when they put ads on the walls and billboards in games like Burnout. It added to the immersion, and it wasn't in your face, but we all know that this is EA, and now they will try to put in literal commercials (and probably make you pay to get rid of them).
I saw one in a flash game, The Last Stand: Union City. Con was plugging one of their friends, and the note you find in their in-game store is slightly meta.
Need For Speed Underground and Underground 2 had ads back in the early 2000s... the main sponsor of the game is Singular.... yeah, the cell phone company...
Iwas reading about mullet the other day too. Personally I think dude needs an invite to Cleetus McFarland's freedom factory when he gets back stateside. Dude is 100% a certified gem.
when you listed the games.. every game you listed...
A surge of old anger and frustration boiled up from my childhood.
"Honestly, it's the most effective dfence plan we've ever had there, bud" Had me crying on the floor laughing.
AAA used to mean the devs were among the best there was, now it seems to be a competition on who has the crappiest ideas to ruin all fun
Canada and America have a symbiotic relationship... Huh
Parasitic
As an American; YOU DON'T THREATEN CANADA! That's how the Geneva Suggestions become longer.
We do. It's amicable most of the time. But yeah, the entire North American continent is basically, screw with one, we all fight back.
Exactly. You piss off Canada, Muerica comes to defend our hat.
@@alexandercaires5921And if you piss off America, Canadians have a legitimate excuse to commit war crimes. Everything works out😂
Brings up EA doesn't mention the absolute massacre of the Star Wars IP
The deadspace remaster is pretty good ngl. Love the fact you can explore the ship more easily. Still waiting to see whats next for ME though
“No one messes with my snowy psychotic hat”
Lol
40 year old gamer here. I've been a pc gamer since D2:LoD, UT, the original RB6. Have hundreds of hours on almost every Battlefield release (didn't touch the BF2 reskin 2142, or 2042), I've been increasingly disenchanted with EA since the God awful release of BF4, stopped buying their games unless they were on sale for $15 or less, and am done with the company until they decide to stop being so anti consumer. Blizzard earned my enmity with the whole Hong Kong debacle piling on to the wokeness. Also pretty well done with Ubisoft, and Sony is on the cliff's edge with the Hell Divers 2 drama currently.
That last bit with EA was fucking personal and I feel it in a part of my soul I forgot existed.
*likes video*
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING ARMY OF TWO!! THANK YOU!!!
Imagine playing a horror game, and there's a room that's dimly lit with the light of a tv, and as you're passing through, you just hear "whopper, whopper, whopper, whopper"
Honestly with EA's track record I am literally fucking terrified to see what happens with Dragon Age 4.
"This is like turkey shootin!"
"Turkey's don't have AA guns Joe."
This is one of the most based episodes ever seeing it as a gamer and a fan of the channel. Thank you HLC!!!!!
I felt that EA commentary in my soul. The death of Command & Conquer still hurts.
I'm gonna hang with Grandpa Buff, and reminisce of the time when Electronic Arts had the old ECA logo, and they just concentrated on making good games.
HLC you forget.... They blue balled the Titanfall community of the number 3 for an Apex character.
Nah... games with ties to the Half Life franchise (in this case, the source engine in TF1) can't have third installments... it's like a valve curse.
you do realize he was referring to Dale Earnhardt not some apex character
EA trying to go the way of Blockbuster, RadioShack, and the Dodo….
Fun Fact. All three of those things have been featured in a EA game.
Them Army of Two and Command And Conquer references really hurt...
They were such great games...
AoT was killed way too early.
I just saw your “don’t touch the boats” merch on your website. That bit is hilarious. Definitely gotta cop one. Love everything you do bother!
God dammir Florida!
“That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard.”
HLC....
Thank you
You completely nailed every game I loved and EA massively Muffed to oblivion❤❤
That's an insult to muffs. They've been around far longer and still serve their intended purpose while retaining full modification ability.
Don't forget that EA also managed to pull in several government agencies to investigate them for their predatory business model with the _Battlefront 2_ Lootbox Controversy: one of them was Hawaii.
Frankly the most shocking video game news, is Square Enix firing it's entire western staff and dev teams and starting from scratch.
That last bit hit deep. F**ked up that we cant get Dead Space 2 Remake cause of "poor sales."
wow, didn't know HLC was a fellow C&C fan, KANE LIVES!
Glory to Nod
*Laughs in Mammoth Tank spam and waves of Orcas while calling down an Ion Cannon.*
@@evanboll4651 im just messing with you, im a GDI spy
Instead of a like button, there needs to be a smash button. Hella good video. RIP former BioWare.
That anthem comment must have hit you deep that game had so much potential
@@habitual_linecrosser indeed. I cried on the inside when mentioned.
@@habitual_linecrosserI had way more fun playing it than destiny 2, and if you look at the leaked additions from the anthem 2.0 update, and it wasn't gonna cost the price of a full game for every update, that then gets vaulted so you can't play what you bought. Am I salty destiny 2 got away with shit other games could never do that still got shafted? Yes.
You mentioning Command and Conquer made me happy. Im still salty about how they cancelled Command and Conquer Generals 2, and for making a PHONE GAME that they didnt even have for long bc they messed that up too!!!! I grew up with C&C as my first wargame!
Thank you for the Mass effect nod. Respect.
And now I know what a “Zyn” pack is. I am hip and modern.
You feel the same way about EA the same way i do about Disney
Has EA inserted woke stuff into their video games…yet?
Then they might be on par with Disney.
@@archangeldo913 point taken. They've both gone about ruining the brands they own, just in different ways😅
ANTHEM WAS BEAUTIFUL AND I HOPE SOMEBODY SAVES THAT GORGEOUS GAME. Moronic EA forced that shit out in it's alpha stages and it still felt good.
EA also killed the best racing MMO to ever exist in favor of the Sims online... RIP Motor City Online.
Grandpa buff?
I love how everyone is hurt by how bad battlefield has become