EA responds to Dungeon Keeper free-to-play criticisms

I can forgive bad games that had real effort put into it. Freemium games I can also forgive if it is really fun and enjoyable and you don't have to pay to have a good time. This game I refuse to forgive because as a 3D modeler, graphic designer and computer programmer I can see not a large amount of effort was put into this at a company level AND the fact you have to pay to play for more that 5 minutes at a time is disgusting. What is next. a game where you have to pay for every command you give to any of your 20 minions "you are out of commands today. Get 10 more commands for 3 bucks, 100 more for 20 bucks, or 1000 more for 100 bucks"

Take a pass on this garbage and go get the original and #2 on gog.com for $11, DRM free and no microtrans.

Fans being protective? More like people being unhappy that the game is loaded with microtransactions and timers. If I don't want to pay a penny I can just...grind my way through the game. Slowly. Doesn't sound like a good experience to me. Why not have it as a non-free to play game for a low price and no microtransactions? Give fans the remake they would have wanted.

As if the company name couldn't be further tainted. Getting really tired of your crap, EA.

How is this even shocking, Its EA People

"You can actually get every piece of content in the game without paying a penny."

But not recommended by EA.

EA lies! Take a look at Simcity, or any other crappy game with full of promises or bugs or just pure cash drain. They no longer make games, they lie to people and steal as much money from you as possible, they do every dirty trick in the book to rip you off.



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The sad thing here (for me) is that I really like EA's games. They have made some amazing high quality games in the past. It's just sad to watch (as a fan) how they treat more and more games like pure money grabbing machines and not much else.

Dungeon Keeper is another prime example of that (and I thought PvZ 2 was rotten). I cannot understand how anyone can have fun with this game without spending a ridiculous amount of money, because if you choose to not pay there's really not that much "game" left.

EA, do you really want to go on like this? Do you really want to win "America's Worst Company" again?

This game is just..... terrible

EA has become a joke! Said it a number of times before... EA has f**ked up way way WAY too many games! Not getting any of your 'free to play' crap... and pirating every game involving "micro" transactions... (wonder who the f**k named it as micro... lol)

SUPPORT the game, War for the Overworld, for a REAL Dungeon Keeper successor. Not this crappy EA fail

I tried it and was sorely disappointed. It truly is far removed from the original dungeon keeper experience and unless you pay lots of money, it takes ages to build or do anything in that game. 1 day to dig through one block of earth? Peh! Ridiculous doesn't even describe it.

Suffice to say, it didn't take me long to delete the game and begin the process of purging the memory of it from my thoughts.

*shrug*

If you don't want to play it, don't play it. There are a lot of other games on the market, that you can play. You don't need to waste your time crying over one particular game that doesn't suit you.

Some people look at this, and feel compelled to whine and moan all day long. I look at this game and think "I'll go play something else."

What's your problem?

Just...stop buying games from EA already!

Playing this game without paying is like cleaning a car with cotton buds... So fun...

He said so much without saying anything at all. That man should be a politician.

I've seen videos of this game and EA have screwed it up big time, anyone can make a Dungeon Keeper game like the original, but EA and those greedy criminals seem to think its normal to charge people $70 for 14.000 gems. Also, why should it take 24 real time hours to take down a wall or make a room when in the origianl game, it takes 5 seconds. When i heard about this game, i was like, wow, i hope it will be as good as the original, but when i saw it, the videos, reviews and images, i was shocked to see how bad games have become when it comes to charging millions from the gamer

"...you can actually get every piece of content in the game without paying a penny." Sure - possibly even before your phone wears out - if it's a really good phone. And, as an added bonus, you'll get to see every trick modern psychology has been able to devise to get you to pay out cash. Tricks that tend to work extremely well on the more susceptible folks in society to the point where they rack up enough charges to pay for the freeloaders.

The whole point of a video game is to be immersed in a well-crafted fictional world. With most free-to-play, as a player, you're constantly being pulled out of the immersion to have to think about money, and if you're getting a good deal as a consumer. I don't understand how they don't get that.

Free-to-play and the remake of a classic franchise are two separate issues.

EA and microtransactions together? What can possibly go wrong!?!?!

Also, why do I get the feeling there was an "*" after "Skalski pointed out that the game was not designed as a "pay-to-win" game, and said you can actually get every piece of content in the game without paying a penny."

Of this large group of people playing and enjoying the game, how many are old fans of the franchise?

So often when a game goes this route, it's not the game itself that angers the fans, it's the fact that it usually hurts or completely destroys the chance of a sequel that could be the game the fans wanted. This is especially the case here because it's a mobile platform. Sure the control scheme might actually work OK for a Dungeon Keeper game, but the overall style of the game and intended audience is totally different. They said it best themselves:

"Skalski emphasized that Dungeon Keeper was designed to be played while you're on the train or in the car, multiple times per day with play sessions not lasting more than a few minutes."