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A few of you may know AJ Dembroski. He worked on the last two editions of Madden and before that, he was one of the top members of the sports gaming community.
Well last night he went on an epic mad rant about EA, how they treat games, and how they see games. In his own words, he feels EA treats games in a 'robotic' type of way.
Adem's biggest complaint of his time at EA seems to be that management simply doesn't seem to get games and instead wants to make money (aka the bottom line). He also seems upset at one of his fellow designers on Connected Careers for what he says messed the whole mode up.
Regardless, AJ leaving EA is a big blow to the team in my mind. He's one of the most passionate people in sports gaming historically, so there is no doubt losing that means there's big shoes to fill on the Madden team.
**caution for language, I'm presneting AJ's tweets in unedited fashion from start to finish.**
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# 1
McNutted @ Dec 3
Wow. Sad to say but we all have known this for awhile. While there are great people who work on these games the corporate side is more concerned about profit margin. Some idiot in an office that probably never played a game console in his life is making the final call on decisions. Same with almost any workplace. Big difference between what looks good on paper and what a great product is in it's full form.
# 3
Kushmir @ Dec 3
Not EVEN gonna sit here and act like this was the straw that broke the camels back for me...Madden 13's "more videogames than football" was enough for me to put Madden down forever.
Very interesting to read this tho, and know that I made the right decision retiring as a Madden player.
that said, I really hope there's no backlack against this guy. With the legal aspect of NDAs coupled with his desire to remain in the industry I hope this doesn't negatively affect him.
Very interesting to read this tho, and know that I made the right decision retiring as a Madden player.
that said, I really hope there's no backlack against this guy. With the legal aspect of NDAs coupled with his desire to remain in the industry I hope this doesn't negatively affect him.
# 4
sydrogerdavid @ Dec 3
I wonder if the corporate side of gaming will ever get better. I imagine that it will, just because all of the future generation people who will be running EA and other companies play video games today. They understand what gamers want.
In today's world, you are in the minority if you are male and don't own a gaming system or don't play video games at all. Your peers will think you are incredibly weird for never playing video games.
In today's world, you are in the minority if you are male and don't own a gaming system or don't play video games at all. Your peers will think you are incredibly weird for never playing video games.
# 5
kjjnesb @ Dec 3
As long as COD moves the units it does these depthless "popcorn games" so to speak sadly will be status quo.
My main concern was the CC info he dropped if one of the team members was so widely incompetent why was he/she allowed to continue?
My main concern was the CC info he dropped if one of the team members was so widely incompetent why was he/she allowed to continue?
# 6
Motown @ Dec 3
I think it's really sad, & at the same time I'm totally PO'd that we the consumers work our A**** off,& they continue to take our hard earned money in return we get the same crap, w/ different coat of paint...& some can care less...it's just sad man.
# 8
hanzsomehanz @ Dec 3
I think Metrics are the worst things to happen to gaming.
Breaks everything down to numbers, without the benefit of reason.
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[EA...] Paint by numbers. They see video games as a collection of features. They don't understand the artistic aspect of it.
On point. I look at the sliders and the gameplay and it reveals this is a gaming company that abandons reason and logic and just stuffs a bunch of numbers into the code and let's the game play so robotic. Instead of giving the game it's electronic ART - they abandon that huge responsibility of taking care of the artistic development of the game and totally eff up the animations and total gameplay of the football experience.
I was a fan of EA NBA Live 10 and EA Madden NFL Football '05 and '06. With so much available to them on the next console though, It's a total lack of attention to detail. So many things are backwards in the game. I'm so happy to see a former EA member speak out. Yes, you will receive good luck in your karmic future - anybody who speaks out in the face of oppression will receive their award.
Thanks for taking a stand for the community and being a baritone voice for our outcries over here.
Breaks everything down to numbers, without the benefit of reason.
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[EA...] Paint by numbers. They see video games as a collection of features. They don't understand the artistic aspect of it.
On point. I look at the sliders and the gameplay and it reveals this is a gaming company that abandons reason and logic and just stuffs a bunch of numbers into the code and let's the game play so robotic. Instead of giving the game it's electronic ART - they abandon that huge responsibility of taking care of the artistic development of the game and totally eff up the animations and total gameplay of the football experience.
I was a fan of EA NBA Live 10 and EA Madden NFL Football '05 and '06. With so much available to them on the next console though, It's a total lack of attention to detail. So many things are backwards in the game. I'm so happy to see a former EA member speak out. Yes, you will receive good luck in your karmic future - anybody who speaks out in the face of oppression will receive their award.
Thanks for taking a stand for the community and being a baritone voice for our outcries over here.
# 9
UntilTheNxtRnd @ Dec 3
Get pushed to the limit....almost seems like he was gonna go Michael Douglas from "Falling Down". But he speaks the truth. It's a business and money talks and until fans stop feeding the money machine for wash rinse dry add in something repeat it will never change
# 12
Jimbo614 @ Dec 3
Does it confirm what we've been saying?? Are you kidding?
This is proof positive, exhibit number 1 why EA needs to get out of the Football Business.
This is proof positive, exhibit number 1 why EA needs to get out of the Football Business.
# 13
Bharp17 @ Dec 3
This guy is awesome. Madden need change and Josh Looman is not the man for the job.
# 14
don28 @ Dec 3
Kind of disheartening to hear, but not at all surprising at the same time. People who know the least seem to have the most power to make the decisions. The corporate way; no surprise companies are failing all over.
# 15
KrossRoad @ Dec 3
Not surprising at all. I think a lot of people who buy EA Sports games know this and have for some time. Reasons like this, are why I buy their games every 2nd year (aside from NHL, even though that game never changes and I'm sick of it....)
Oh 2K Sports.... or anyone. We need some competition for EA... so they stop playing Monopoly and start playing Sorry!
Oh 2K Sports.... or anyone. We need some competition for EA... so they stop playing Monopoly and start playing Sorry!
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