inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMass layoffs expected at EA as the now-private publisher reportedly tells its new debt masters that it's going to cut $700 million in annual costswww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down12
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minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoThe Star Wars Jedi games are genuinely good self-contained no bs single player games. I can’t comment on anything else.
minus-squareFippleStone@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoThey are incredible, but they came out two decades ago and everyone who worked on them is long gone, nothing morally gray about pirating them…
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoWhat games are you thinking of? Fallen Order is 2019 and Survivor is 2024. I’m specifically commenting on recent EA games. Star Wars Jedi is the title of this most recent series by Respawn, currently with two entries.
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI was gonna throw Star Wars Outlaws in there, but surprisingly that one was ubisoft.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoSelf-contained? Don’t they require a verified online account and an internet connection?
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoI’m referring to the way the game lets you earn everything. There is no upsell after you buy the game. If you want something from the game, you get it by playing.
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI don’t believe so, but don’t quote me on that, haven’t played either in a very long time.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days ago(EA has a habit of adding such requirements many years after the game was made, btw).
The Star Wars Jedi games are genuinely good self-contained no bs single player games.
I can’t comment on anything else.
They are incredible, but they came out two decades ago and everyone who worked on them is long gone, nothing morally gray about pirating them…
What games are you thinking of?
Fallen Order is 2019 and Survivor is 2024. I’m specifically commenting on recent EA games.
Star Wars Jedi is the title of this most recent series by Respawn, currently with two entries.
I was gonna throw Star Wars Outlaws in there, but surprisingly that one was ubisoft.
Self-contained? Don’t they require a verified online account and an internet connection?
I’m referring to the way the game lets you earn everything. There is no upsell after you buy the game. If you want something from the game, you get it by playing.
I don’t believe so, but don’t quote me on that, haven’t played either in a very long time.
(EA has a habit of adding such requirements many years after the game was made, btw).