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Old 01-21-2013   #1
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American McGee: EA tricked Alice customers

EA being dishonest ?
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Alice: The Madness Returns developer American McGee has complained about the way publisher EA's demands led to the game being presented in trailers, suggesting it tried to "trick" gamers.

"What was frustrating was how EA Marketing interfered - telling [Shy The Sun] from the start that ALL creative direction and final say would come from them, not from us (the developer/creator of the story/tone)," said McGee in a Reddit AMA session, while discussing working with creative concept resource Shy The Sun.

"That resulted in trailers that were much darker and gorier than the game ... and that was a calculated disconnect created by EA. They wanted to 'trick' gamers into believing A:MR was a hard-core horror title, even though we refused to develop it in that tone."

"Their thinking is, even if the game isn't a hard-core horror title, you can market it as one and trick those customers into buying it (while driving away more casual customers, like female gamers, who might be turned off by really dark trailers). It's all a part of the race."
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Old 01-21-2013   #2
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Well I would never have thought that of EA.
They are one of the most upstanding and honest companies out there.
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So, why did they not go with another publisher?
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