It's as if MILLIONS of voices had suddenly cried out in terror, and then were suddenly silenced. Something truly terrible has happened...
What is Disney thinking?!
You'd think that when 'the House of Mouse' bought Star Wars, that they would take good care of the games based on that franchise. You'd think they would keep LucasArts doing what they do, which was essentially PISSING EXCELLENCE. Then, they shut down LucasArts. What... The... FUCK?!
As depressing as that is, you'd think that Disney themselves would take over making the Star Wars games. They do have their own game design studios and those studios do EXCELLENT work. Whether it was Castle of Illusion on the SEGA Genesis or the new Epic Mickey games, Disney Interactive does some damned fine work. They actually got a grown man like me to enjoy playing games aimed at children, probably by having them feature cartoon characters that EVERYONE, myself included, loved as children. I bet Disney could have made some incredible Star Wars games. Hell, even games they made as advertisements for their movies like Aladdin and The Lion King still ended up becoming all-time classics. I know because I have the Genesis version of Aladdin. That is one of the best platformers you can find on the Genesis that DOESN'T have the word 'Sonic' in the title.
However, that fantasy of Disney making Star Wars games is not to be... They sold the rights to another publisher. And the one they picked, is probably one of the worst choices they could make from a creative stand point: EA Games.
Now that AlphaOmegaSin is done with his profanity-laden rant on the subject...
I do understand why they did it from a business standpoint. EA makes money so, they should be able to help Disney make money too. Creatively however, EA has been sucking ass for years. The only products I have bought from them lately were a few old Need for Speed titles from secondhand stores and Brütal Legend on PS3. NOTHING else they have done recently has even gotten my attention, let alone my money.
So, will EA get its act together and produce high-quality Star Wars games? Or, will they treat this like another of their licenses that print money, (*cough* Madden NFL *cough*) and just pimp it for profits? I guess only time will tell...
May the Force be with us...
- Lord Publius
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