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    Pandemic was a L.A. based, EA-owned studio that was dissolved in November of 2009. Their key franchises are expected to continue.

    Worst tech team ever in a studio.

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    #1  Edited By Arkthemaniac

    Every game Pandemic has a hand in is riddled with bugs, glitches and deficiancies, Mercs, Mercs 2, Battlefront, KOTOR 2, all of them have unforgivable technical farts.

    Anyone else notice this?
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    #2  Edited By Vinchenzo

    I've probably seen worse. How about the makers of Jumper? Or are they not a "tech team."

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    #3  Edited By Arkthemaniac

    Okay, "worst tech team that makes games people actually care about".

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    #4  Edited By Zebadee

    I dunno... GSC Game World make stupidly buggy games (Stalker).

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    #5  Edited By kush
    Arkthemaniac said:
    "Okay, "worst tech team that makes games people actually care about"."
    You trying to say no one cared about the awesomeness of Jumper!?
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    #6  Edited By GalvanizedNails

    what did they do for Kotor 2?

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    #7  Edited By Arkthemaniac
    GalvanizedNails said:
    "what did they do for Kotor 2?"
    I heard they helped with the programming.
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    #8  Edited By GalvanizedNails
    Arkthemaniac said:
    "GalvanizedNails said:
    "what did they do for Kotor 2?"
    I heard they helped with the programming."

    if you dont know they did than you cant blame them. Kotor 1 had some serious technical glitches and I know pandemic didnt do a thing on it. Kotor 2 had pretty much the same problems
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    #9  Edited By BiggerBomb

    KOTOR 2 was designed by Obsidian. I don't remember hearing anything about Pandemic. By the way, I LOVED KOTOR 2, not nearly as much as the original mind you, but I really enjoyed that game. That's coming from one of the most diehard KOTOR fans out there. Battlefront is also an amazing game, so is Mercs.

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    #10  Edited By shadows_kill

    games about movies?

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    #11  Edited By zitosilva
    BiggerBomb said:
    "

    KOTOR 2 was designed by Obsidian. I don't remember hearing anything about Pandemic. By the way, I LOVED KOTOR 2, not nearly as much as the original mind you, but I really enjoyed that game. That's coming from one of the most diehard KOTOR fans out there. Battlefront is also an amazing game, so is Mercs.

    srsly wut u talkin bowt

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    I agree with you, both KOTORs are great games. But this does not change the fact that they both have many many bugs and glitches.
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    #12  Edited By BiggerBomb
    zitosilva said:
    "BiggerBomb said:
    "

    KOTOR 2 was designed by Obsidian. I don't remember hearing anything about Pandemic. By the way, I LOVED KOTOR 2, not nearly as much as the original mind you, but I really enjoyed that game. That's coming from one of the most diehard KOTOR fans out there. Battlefront is also an amazing game, so is Mercs.

    srsly wut u talkin bowt

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    I agree with you, both KOTORs are great games. But this does not change the fact that they both have many many bugs and glitches."

    Enough to say that they are the worst tech team ever?
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    #13  Edited By Arkthemaniac
    zitosilva said:
    "BiggerBomb said:
    "

    KOTOR 2 was designed by Obsidian. I don't remember hearing anything about Pandemic. By the way, I LOVED KOTOR 2, not nearly as much as the original mind you, but I really enjoyed that game. That's coming from one of the most diehard KOTOR fans out there. Battlefront is also an amazing game, so is Mercs.

    srsly wut u talkin bowt

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    I agree with you, both KOTORs are great games. But this does not change the fact that they both have many many bugs and glitches."
    Exactly. I'm not criticizing their games, as I've played a lot of Mercs and Battlefront, but their level of polish is negative.
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    Pretty sure the team behind Big Rigs wins by default. 

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    #15  Edited By shadows_kill
    Sir_Ragnarok said:
    "Pretty sure the team behind Big Rigs wins by default. "
    pretty much.
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    #16  Edited By AkumaX

    I feel a bit sorry for Pandemic. A few years ago, when Destroy All Humans, Mercs and Battlefront were being praised tehy were one of the most impressive emerging studios in the world.

    Now look where they are.

    I have to agree though, except DAH wasn't as bad as the others.

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    #17  Edited By BiggerBomb
    AkumaX said:
    "I feel a bit sorry for Pandemic. A few years ago, when Destroy All Humans, Mercs and Battlefront were being praised tehy were one of the most impressive emerging studios in the world.

    Now look where they are.

    I have to agree though, except DAH wasn't as bad as the others."

    What do you think happened?
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    #18  Edited By AkumaX

    I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say EA, but I think by the second DAH they'd lost it.

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    #19  Edited By jakob187

    Pandemic needs to make another Full Spectrum Warrior...badly.

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    #20  Edited By AkumaX

    I never liked FSW for some reason. Ten Hammers was pretty much the same as the first though, so maybe this gen's tech would do it a bit more justice...

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    #21  Edited By DystopiaX
    @BiggerBomb: They tried to do the same thing with Destroy All Humans, but the humor got lost after the first couple games and it just became a series of awkwardly unfunny racial jokes. Mercs 2 was promoted heavily but didn't sell as well as expected, and as for Batllefront, well, idk cause i wasn't really following it.

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