Anthem
BioWare's entry into the Destiny/Division market. Haven't seen anything since the short scripted demo video at last year's e3, until, finally, a long promo/q&a segment ending today's ea play event, and now the release date is official: 2/22/19
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I'm glad you're happy of its release.
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I've heard a lot of chatter that it's going to be shit.
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Any chatter at this point probably comes from people who made up their mind that it would be shit right after it was announced last year.
Kind of hard to form an opinion either way when we've seen less than ten minutes of it over the course of a year. It's playable this week, though, so it'll be interesting to see what people say after they get their hands on the demo. I did see a few interesting things earlier: No PvP at launch (maybe never? couldn't get a read on that) PvE endgame is a priority You aren't locked to a single type of javelin (although you can't change mid mission) There will be additional javelins after launch (meaning new roles, not just cosmetic) I may be alone on this, but I like no PvP. Focus on PvE co-op and do it really well, and you also don't fall into the trap of trying to balance multiple, different game modes. It won't be for everyone, though. I still think story is a hard sell to the wide gamer market. |
Much more info here than in the ea play demo:
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Looks like Mass Effect with jet packs.
If it gets decent reviews and can be effectively played in single player mode, I'll give it a look. Don't give a **** about MMOs or co-ops. Gaming is me time, not us time. |
Gonna need that new GTX for this.
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Shoot Shoot Shoot
Bang Bang Bang Shooter mans Shooter mans bang bang bang! |
I can't find a new game to play that I like.
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I will say this: games like Destiny can be played alone. I know because I've done it. I just acknowledge that it will sometimes be a longer, more difficult path for me, and that there are some activities that I'll never do. But I've never joined a clan, nor so much as put on headphones to talk to another player for well over a year. And that's Destiny. Which is not really designed at all for solo players. Anthem may have more solo content, and it may have easier avenues for finding help if you want it (Destiny basically has none,). That's just speculation, though. It could also only have a few hours of story followed by endless token grinding, like Destiny 2 right now. |
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I will wait for gamer reviews. The EA version of Bioware has pretty much spent its credit with me. Mass Effect 3 and Andromeda were bad and Inquisition was good but didn't have the morally grey grit that previous Dragon Age games had.
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Outside of the Sony exclusives...my most anticipated game, well this and The Division 2.
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Nothing really new at either GamesCon or PAX west. Other than the demo announcement for February 1st (pre-orders only I think).
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<iframe src="https://player.twitch.tv/?autoplay=false&video=v330283342" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" height="378" width="620"></iframe><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/330283342?tt_content=text_link&tt_medium=vod_embed" style="padding:2px 0px 4px; display:block; width:345px; font-weight:normal; font-size:10px; text-decoration:underline;">Watch Anthem Developer Livestream featuring Lead Producers, Ben Irving and Mike Gamble. - #AnthemGame from anthemgame on www.twitch.tv</a>
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There's a closed alpha stress test tomorrow and Sunday, so the public is about to get their hands on it for the first time. Very tight NDA though so not sure what we may hear. It's entirely possible someone here might play it this weekend, even.
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almost everyone i know and myself got into the alpha. I dont know if im going to download it though. i might just wait to see what my buddies say.
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I'm in as well, just can't sleep. This is my most anticipated game for a long time. I really hope it's not as shitty as Destiny and more like Mass Effect.
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I don't feel im breaking NDA saying i've been at the title screen for 16 minutes with the Icon connecting to online services. Yup, definitely an alpha.
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I haven't been able to play it at all, anyone else in on the alpha thats actually playing? or server down problems? Even the closed alpha forums take 30 minutes to load. Someone dropped the ball here.
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Let's just say I 'know a guy' that had been playing the last hour and a half, until the game crashed at the end of the multiplayer expedition (the last arcanist, same one they've demo'd). He's done everything available in the alpha except for the free roam.
As far as dropping the ball, they've said from the get-go it's a stress and tech test. Anybody thinking this was a demo and would go smooth hasn't done one of these before. That kind of preview 'test' is coming in late January/early February. |
Curious to see how much video leaks. Your gamertag literally flashes all over the screen the whole time you play. So I hear. Won't be hard to figure out who's breaking the NDA.
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Managed to get back in. What's worked for 'him' was to completely close and restart the app, rather than hitting x over and over to retry. In Freeplay now.
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I keep getting the server you were on just unexpectedly shutdown when I do actually manage to join one. Seems futile to keep doing the same shit over and getting nowhere. Some are saying that if you had the 9am playtime removed you will get nothing but errors. Seems my 9am playtime is no longer available so something glitched. Gonna try at 2pm because i'm still in on that one, if I get the same crap for 30 minutes i'm done trying. They appearantly have a lot of work to do and a short time to get it done. |
Afternoon session I got right in no waiting, so they fixed whatever the problem was. Playing the game is a TON different than watching someone else play it. Definitely feels more like Mass Effect than it does Destiny. ;)
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Definitely not Destiny. I can't even come up with a similar game.
It's hard to tell without knowing how much deeper the final game is than the alpha build, but if the first couple of missions are any indication, meaning if there's a lot more than that and the sum total is not just a handful of missions (again, like Destiny...) it could be great. Freeplay is a little dead right now, I think, but there's nothing really to aim for, since there's no access to crafting or blueprints or inventory in this build. Although it's still kind of fun to explore and fight random outlaws and scars. |
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Is Anthem running on Frostbite 3.0? |
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I believe it does run Frostbite 3.0 and the combat is somewhat similiar to Andromeda multiplayer but better cuz u can fly and smack the ground. It's really fun the flying is kinda like Flightsim flying. The controls honestly take a little bit to get used to, you will start by crashing into stuff and grounding yourself quite a bit BUT as you get better at it you will gain MORE control over what you're doing and do some really killer combos. It's like your piloting an IRONMAN suit, I would almost call it Ironman simulator instead of Anthem. :) If Ironman and Avatar had a baby it would be called the Anthem. Hope i'm not breaking the NDA, i'm not familiar with doing alpha builds. |
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My friend (cough) did some more freeplay today and discovered that there's a lot more to do if you up the difficulty to Freelancer. It's not easy, since apparently you can't change your gear but he saw Ash Titans to fight and had world events spawn, which wasn't happening at the lowest difficulty.
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Might still be live. I was up pretty late EST playing last night. I only played Destiny for about a month, didn't hate it as much as most. I played Mass Effect 1-3 and loved them, never played the latest one. To me, the controls and combat felt really good on my XB1 elite controller. Time will tell. I have premiere as well, so we get a special invite beta in january I believe, or is it just open like 2 weeks early?
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Some new info about the game here: <iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jkzhy9pjPoQ" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Really hope the loot game is good in this...one of the biggest disappointments for Destiny for me, probably the biggest draw for me when it comes to games like this.
Seeing as this has no PvP component, I'm hoping there's a ton of weapons/armor/etc...I'm sure there is and I'm confident they'll be constantly adding to the game. |
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Can't tell you how many times I'd get the same armor piece throughout. ROFL That and never understood the concept of allowing 1 Exotic weapon or armor piece...I mean if you earn the gear, you should be able to use it...at least that's my thought. Hoping Anthem fixes a lot of this. |
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I've heard some say Anthems loot will be more like a Diablo 3 style system. If it's half of that It will be the best thing out in the last several years. Throw in the same guy that wrote the story for Mass Effect 1 and 2 and we could have something truly remarkable. |
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Livestream tomorrow on loot and progression. This is a big one, since so little is known.
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i didnt get to play it, never downloaded it, but from what my buddies say, this is solid as **** so far, but they are all skeptical because well EA.
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EA is ass and will ruin it with shitty micro transactions, which, have no ****ing place in a full retail price, AAA game. |
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Livestream coming up here in a couple of minutes...
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primer/detonators like Mass Effect
5 different gun/component slots 6 Different rarity types common, uncommon, rare, epic, masterwork and legendary uncommon and up get 1-4 inscription rolls which pick from a pool of over 100 different stats inscriptions stack infinitely and support roles can matter Masterworks and up get an extra powerful stat ie killing an enemy causes an electric explosion etc Very Large item carry limit/storage limit Salvaging gives crafting tools Find blueprints to craft items up to legendary and bp's will drop at your overall power lvl Can't reroll properties on items Legendary items will all reroll with different stats other than its prmary stat for that weapon. Bosses will drop from much higher loot tables, seems you can find anything anywhere with better chances at higher difficulties. :) Challenges like take out x boss 10 times will grant you a high level reward ie leg blueprint etc Loot is instanced for each person but no trading. Loadouts matter you can gear towards taking out trash mobs or more towards boss damage. |
Looked like a pretty robust system watching the stream. Def looks closer to Diablo style loot than Destiny style loot.
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Live stream looked really good. Should be interesting stacking/creating optimal builds.
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Man I cannot wait for this game...they're saying all the right things.
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Finally watched that stream, had read bits and pieces about it...yeah love what they're doing with loot, gear, etc.
Inscriptions are awesome and love that primer/detonator is in. Gonna get super nerdy with min/max builds lol. |
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I've never understood how anybody could read anything, watch anything, much less play anything (I saw people on Reddit supposedly in the alpha (they weren't...) say it was a Destiny clone...) that anything to do with Anthem and think it has any relationship of any kind to Destiny.
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Another stream on Thursday it looks like...
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I'm gonna give it a pass until the reviews come in just because EA. |
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They say they're going to continue doing it after launch, too.
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Fun stream. Stonghold seemed significantly different from the first one.
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