Any Hope Left for the EA Play Today?

EA's been in a bad way for.... like..... the last decade.

That said, we're getting some version of what their EA presentation would have been today, and is anybody holding out any kind of hope?

They recently announced Squadrons so I imagine we'll see more of that (likely gameplay).

While it isn't necessarily a reboot of Rogue Squadron, it definitely exists somewhere in that spectrum. If they were to revive/reboot/re-imagine anything else, what would it be?

Personally, I'd love to see an SSX Tricky remake and (of course) Knights of the Old Republic, but those two are a pipe dream, at this point.

I would like to see them make more games like they did in the past. They mostly just milk the sports games, Battlefield, and Star Wars. I would like to see more games like Mass Effect, Dead Space, Crysis, Undying, etc..

Apex crossplay would be huge. Apex on Switch and EA wins 2020.

Why on earth would you want to play Apex on Switch? It is bad enough on regular consoles.

I mean, they're a $5 billion dollar company - the highest they've been in their history. It's not like they're bleeding money.

Nope

@BassMan: I'm in the same boat. EA, much like MS, has such a huge arsenal of excellent IP that are just lying dormant doing nothing. I understand that rebooting something for the sake of rebooting is not the right approach, and a team would have to come in with the right idea about how to bring some of these franchises back, but I hope they're able to, at some point.

Nope but I would love to see these IP's come back.

• SSX
• Burnout
• Skate
• Mirror's Edge
• Dead Space
• Battlefield Bad Company

Look at all the cringe. Now compare this to the last Sony show, and how slick it was and without any filler. EA is so pathetic.

Crossplay is going to be the standard for gaming, which is great. I still find humor in the loud minority of haters from the Sony faction. 😂

It's EA.

Shit I forgot about this...lol. I'll check it out but not hyped much...

Apex Legends crossplay? Time to own console scrubs.

So far EA's show has made Microsofts first showing look great... which I didn't think was possible..

What the hell is with all the cartooney looking shit? I mean graphics aren't all that matters by any means, but why does it all look exactly the same? A rockets only multiplayer game? OH BOY... trash so far. Showing 5 year old games, indie looking games, and now this rocket shit... give me a break.

Just a bunch of "oh look now a bunch of PC hacking scrubs can play with people on console, since everyone asked for that"... lol... right. I'm cool with cross play, but there better either be an option to turn it off in the games or to be paired with similar input devices.

Hopefully they show something decent soon.

Edit: Star Wars Squadrons looks meh... Disappointed in what I saw, because in theory I was thinking it could be cool. If it is first person only that kills it as well (really hoping for 3rd person options). Cool for those that think it looks good, but not what I was looking for to say the least...

and Skate 5... oh boy. I mean not bad, but come on...

Amazing experience.. lol.. My god.... that's it... ugghhh.. That was awful.

In order of shows PS, MS, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EA. I hope MS's next show blows things out of the water, because everything I have seen so far is extremely underwhelming.

The host, the dude that used to work for IGN is so bad. I don't get why so many companies borrow him to host shows.

Star Wars could've been some nice 50vs50 battles, but instead its 5v5 😊😆

Welp. That was it. 😎

It was trash.

Knew it would be trash in the first 5 minutes of watching.

bad

Skate is back that's pretty sweet hopefully SSX can return someday.

Wasn't so bad. They claim they will support the Switch, I reserve my comments about that until they release those promised games.

Would like to see more games, not just the same franchise being milked.

With that said, would kill for Jade Empire 2 or KOTOR 3.

Also a shooter by Remedy would be welcome as well. Single-player focus.

Plenty of money to spend on new IP's or resurrecting older ones.

I am looking forward to flying Star Wars ships in VR, though!

Can someone help me out.... i missed about 20 mins and started watching during the rocket game.

Did they mention Dead Space or Mass Effect remas?

@enzyme36: Basically EA slowly killing off Origin and going to Steam.

More Sims 4.
New IP: It Takes Two, Lost in Random, Rocket Arena(MP), Star Wars Squadron.

More Madden and Fifa.

Next gen Battlefield, Dragon Age and NFS were teased.

Only mention of Dead Space if I recall is that DS3 is coming to Steam.

Holy shit this might be top 3 worst shows i've seen. They didn't have anything to show at all. Massive waste of an hour.

That was bad. I need to eat or drink something yummy because it left a bad taste in my mouth,

They didn't mention anything about the next BF game. Nothing about the next Dragon Age. Nothing on what's happening with Mass Effect. Not even mentioning or possibly showing a bit of the Anthem rework. This was the worst EA show i have seen, and they were already shit to begin with. EA is a mess.

@lebanese_boy: bummer..... thanks

was wondering if I should get ME3 on steam or hold out

@enzyme36: Don't get it on steam yet.

Those games looked almost done. Maybe, in 2021 or 2022.

@watercrack445: Probably. BF is probably a priority, Bioware probably not doing anything with Anthem and NFS is NFS.

@jasonofa36: buyer beware yikes... good look, thanks for the link

If anything defined the state of EA more for me this gen it's the releases of Mass Effect Andromeda and Anthem. I will at least look forward to anything Remedy does.

How is Remedy affiliated with EA?

We’ll that was disappointing. Only thing I liked was Star Wars Squadrons. Wanted to see something on Dragon Age and at least hear something, anything on what’s happening with Mass Effect.

I went in with low expectations and was still somehow disappointed

Of course it's shit. It's EA.

Even watching summary videos was boring as hell.

Ok ... this was really, really, really, really bad ... how the hell can you ruin a pre recorded show like this one ???

Let's see ... Apex ... huge meh, really? The Rocket game is one of the most forgettable titles i've seen this year. Who is this game for ???Rocket League??? Smash fans ??? Overwatch fans ??? Multiplayer fans ??? it looks so generic trying to tie all the gaming fads ... god, that thing was ugly.

Lost in Random looks ok ... but far from a heavy hitter.

Madden ... FIFA ... Yuk!!!

Last ... Star Wars Squadrons ... i have to say, i'm still hyped for it, but i mean ... 5v5 is not bad, i would have love to have some true massive Space Battles ... but i think it can work since the ships look different enough to justify the short amount ... however, several things to worry about this. First, balancing the game is a must, if a certain combination is broken (like always having a team of 5 bombers for example) ... that's it, game over, period. Also, are there any bots in the game ??? we need to have that feeling of a huge space battle, because if all there is are 10 ships battling, again ... game over.

EA no doubt put one of the worst gaming shows ever, and giving the story of terribly gaming shows, that says a lot.

Have they shown a new Mirror's Edge?

Went on YT to watch all the trailers just now. But, besides Squadron there was nothing. What was the show even about? Oh EA 😖...

It was one of the worst presentations ever.

@IMAHAPYHIPPO: derp, I mean Respawn

Star Wars: Squadron was the only thing I like from EA's show and everything else was garbage awful. I'm more surprise Bioware didn't show up for this event and I thought they were ready to talk about Anthem revamp or something along the way.

You know what's funny? I didn't bother watching it. I haven't seen any headliners for it either - must have been a shitty presentation.

@lamprey263: Phew, had me worried for a second. I thought another one of my favorite studios was going to start making ham-fisted multiplayer titles that their entire history suggest they're not equipped to make (oof, sorry Bioware, laying on the passive aggressive sarcasm a little thick, there).

I can't ever remember EA ever having a good show.