{"id":14905,"date":"2018-06-20T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=14905"},"modified":"2018-08-20T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:18:00","slug":"14905","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/download\/14905\/","title":{"rendered":"EA at E3 2018 | EA extends a slightly clumsy but welcome olive branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ashley Sterio |<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite carving out their own little space away from E3 in the name of \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffEA Play&#8217;, EA did curiously little to deviate from their formula this year &#8211; but the standard-fare shock and awe of E3 has never been their game. Safe, accessible, and communicative are fit descriptors for EA, whose conferences are normally a tidy arrangement of well-anticipated but unsurprising showcases, with a handful of gems scattered throughout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">World War 2 multiplayer shooter <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Battlefield V <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was a key event, with DICE elaborating on the multiplayer and its business model. The main new mode, \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffGrand Operations&#8217;, is essentially an interesting take on rounds-based matches. Where a game like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Call of Duty <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">may have traditional rounds wherein you play a handful of games on the same map with the same objective whilst switching sides each round, Grand Operations are split into \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffdays&#8217;, each of which have different objectives and terrain. One particularly nice touch is that the outcome of each round affects the next one. Perform well as the defending team and you&#8217;ll start the next round with extra munitions, better fortifications, and more vehicles. It&#8217;s an interesting gameplay dynamic, especially now that general munitions have been nerfed to give more utility to the Support class, and a welcome way to keep the inherently repetitive nature of online shooters from getting stale. Lastly, listening to its fans after the calamitous handling of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Battlefield 1&#8217;s <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">premium pass, EA have scrapped both the premium pass and loot boxes for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Battlefield V<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14909\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Battlefield-V.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14909\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Battlefield-V-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Battlefield-V-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Battlefield-V.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Battlefield V spruces things up with an interesting take on rounds with &#8216;Grand Operations&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The obligatory sports section reared its head thereafter, with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NBA, FIFA <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Madden<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> all getting a big fancy trailer. Unsurprisingly, there were few major evolutions to be seen, but EA did seem really chuffed about the inclusion of the UEFA Champions League in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FIFA 19<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FIFA 18 got a sizeable and free update in light of the World Cup, too)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. There was also a slightly uncomfortable and contrived section on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madden <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eSports. All in all, it&#8217;s exactly what you expected on the sports front: roster updates, some graphical bells and whistles here and there, but the wheel remains invented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EA CEO Andrew Wilson then walked us through Origin Access Premier, a new streaming service which lets subscribers instantly access an enormous catalogue of EA games, plus early full access to upcoming titles. If you&#8217;re an EA fan, it&#8217;s astonishingly good value, but its practicality remains to be seen. It&#8217;s all well and good aspiring to be the Netflix of games, but PlayStation Now came and went too \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 we&#8217;ll have to see if EA can learn from Sony&#8217;s mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14910\" style=\"width: 792px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Origin-Access-Premier.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14910\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Origin-Access-Premier-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Origin-Access-Premier-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Origin-Access-Premier-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Origin-Access-Premier-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Origin-Access-Premier-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Origin-Access-Premier-414x232.jpg 414w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Origin-Access-Premier.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Origin Access Premier is a new streaming service that offers unabated early access to EA&#8217;s greatest hits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dennis Br\u251c\u00f1nnvall came to the stage to talk <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Star Wars Battlefront 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. &#8220;We did not get it right&#8221; understates Br\u251c\u00f1nnvall, but offers reassurance with a series of EA&#8217;s efforts to rectify the situation, like making the game much less stingy when it comes to content progression. They also announced a Clone Wars expansion, giving delight and hope to prequel nerds everywhere. Between acknowledging their shortcomings with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Battlefront 2 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and offering transparency on their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Battlefield V <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DLC model, EA are keen to win back hearts and minds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next up was the EA Originals section, a welcome injection of life and colour. We got some gameplay for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unravel Two<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a game about two tiny yarn people \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 called Yarnys \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 and their endeavour to solve puzzles and explore the world around them. It was then promptly released on the spot after two years of development, so you can give that a go now if you&#8217;d like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The slightly less adorable <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sea of Solitude<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was also shown. This one&#8217;s a surreal game that follows a little girl and her journey through loneliness and mental illness. It&#8217;s looking quite avant-garde \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 sort of like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LIMBO <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inside<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 and commentary from its creator at EA Play informs us that this is a very personal adventure. Get some tissues for this one.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14911\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14911\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-990x556.jpg 990w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-1320x742.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude-414x232.jpg 414w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Sea-of-Solitude.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea of Solitude is a graphic tale of loneliness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The momentum nosedives here into a demo of what seemed to be a sort of uninspired military sci-fi mobile RTS, which turned out to be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Command and Conquer Rivals<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For an abandoned franchise with such a massive cult following, one desperately waiting to witness its glorious return, this feels like a betrayal of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Command and Conquer&#8217;s <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">history. Andrew Wilson then went on to say the game was targeting \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffa new generation&#8217;, which tells you all you really need to know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Closing off the conference was a lengthy gameplay demo of EA&#8217;s biggest new IP, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anthem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which has tropical environments, jetpacks, and mobs galore. It&#8217;s looking quite a bit like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Destiny <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Warframe <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at the moment, with emphasis on movement options and loot-and-shoot gameplay, whilst developers Bioware (of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mass Effect <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fame), insist that there&#8217;s a meaty narrative component as well. You can pick that up on February 22<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 2019 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC if you like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If anything, this conference was an earnest if occasionally fumbling attempt at community damage mitigation. It&#8217;s reassuring \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 bar the desecration of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Command and Conquer&#8217;s <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">corpse \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 but the lack of gameplay shown at the event made for a dry presentation overall. At the very least, it was a mostly inoffensive demonstration of some promising games, and a welcome message from a company with quite a reputation to recover.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ashley Sterio | Despite carving out their own little space away from E3 in the name of \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffEA Play&#8217;, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":501,"featured_media":14908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3652,932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-download","category-video-games"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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