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RE: The Rise and Fall Of the Command&Conquer Series
I have to go with the original games as they were the ones I put the most time in on. I played a lot on the Playstation console, years later I got those games on PC and restarted sinking more time into the first games. I played mostly as the GDI.
Great article and thanks for the memories.
No problems mate, glad you liked it!
I played quite a bit of the originals too, but they came later. I was just a wee-5 year old when the first CnC launched, so I didn't know anything about it. And playing them after CnC:TS and CnC:RA2, well, the interface was a bit of a turn-off. And the similarities between the factions didn't help either. But I can see how great their were for the time. I just came in the series too late to properly enjoy them I think.
That is understandable. I grew to be the other way around, as the series evolved, I lost interest (probably more tired of the genre in general than just C&C itself).
Did you know that EA made many of the games free, at least for a period of time (which a lot of sites interpreted as "forever")?
Probably a side effect of maturing. Most lose interest in games, or at least the dedication to them as they grow older.
I know that EA started as a good corporation that helped out developers to launch their games, kind of like GoG is now. But quickly changed their tune with the new millenium so I have no sympathy for them now. Sure, I appreciate what they have done in the past, but they flushed all that good will when they started pushing for 1000000 DLC and microtransactions in every game.
I completely agree with you about EA. I remember the good old days of EA - Lords of Conquest, Starflight 1 (and 2 I think was published by them too). Those were the days. That EA is dead and gone though, for proof anyone can look at their more recent releases such as Sims 4 and Simcity. Trash.
Yep, they have much cheaper and better competitors these days. I mean there's Cities:Skylines which is a much better product than SimCity. Not yet anything for the Sims though, which is odd. It's a great idea but nobody is capitalising on it. I don't get it. I know it's supposed to be a girl's game, but I kinda like The Sims, especially the creative side moreso than the life management side.
EA is a far cry from what it used to be, let's hope GoG and CDPR don't go the same route :)
As said in Spider-Man - "with great power comes great responsibility". Sadly, EA failed that test.
Most do. Here's hoping some don't!