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Post by Nwalmenil on Jan 28, 2019 9:05:14 GMT
Here's a somewhat stupid question. If you start out with a premier subscription, you get basically everything include during launch, including the founders banner. Do you actually lose that if you decide to buy the LoD edition after launch? Even if you've had your subscription going until then. The table in the OP looks like it's only available if you pre-purchase even when on a subscription. Was thinking about starting out with a sub, but I dont' want to lose things if I end up buying the game later on. Logically, if you buy the LOD before the Premier sub expires, it makes sense you keep everything. That's what should happen, I'm sure someone will be the first to test it. You'd think so wouldn't you? I hope that's the case. Would be nice to know for sure though.
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Post by Ascend on Jan 29, 2019 15:22:16 GMT
Here are my impressions of the demo... I played on PC.
Gameplay The game feels good to play. Even though I heard bad things about the mouse and keyboard controls, it works well enough. I needed to get used to the flying, but after a while it works fine. I do dislike the discrepancy between the mouse sensitivity in different modes. But other than that, the javelins control well. It's not hard to learn. The enemies are varied and do require different tactics, at least on the hard setting. Normal was a bit too easy. One thing that I disliked was the difficulty scaling. It doesn't seem properly implemented at all times. During free play, I was playing solo at first, and someone joined my game. Even though we were on completely different places on the map, and I started a 'mini mission' somewhere underground and the other player didn't join, the game obviously scaled the difficulty for multiple players rather than only one. It was literally impossible to kill the boss, because as soon as he was out of sight, his health would regenerate at an extremely fast rate. So you can't take cover for long, but he shoots like a tank... So... Yeah. Walking around Fort Tarsis was bit too slow for my liking, in terms of walking speed. I was constantly wishing I could run instead. I used the Storm as the second Javelin, and it plays completely differently compared to the Ranger. This is a good thing. Too bad the demo only allows you to try two of them. I'm not someone that will likely use the Colossus, but I definitely wanted to try the Interceptor as well.
Story & Characters There isn't much here, really. You get one main story mission in the demo it seems, and it was ok. Nothing great or major here. Things are well integrated though. So the Fort Tarsis gameplay and the Javelin gameplay work quite well together in telling small stories. It seems to be a lot more lore heavy than plot heavy. If that's your thing, go for it. For me, it doesn't seem that the story would be a main selling point for this game. The characters are ok I guess? Nothing special really. There was no one I said "I really like this person" or "wow I can't stand this person". The voice over of the player's character was a bit 'meh' for me. The interactions with NPCs are very well implemented though. Conversations flow well enough, and the characters react to you when you walk around.
Performance Despite all the performance complaints, I'm actually surprised how well it runs on my system. I have an FX-8320 OC'd to 4.5 GHz, and an R9 Fury. I could play the game at max settings (Ultra is not max, although the only higher setting available above ultra was full HBAO) at 2560x1080. And yes, Ultrawide works seamlessly, which is great. The one thing that was extremely annoying was the loading screen... Almost every time I start a mission, the loading screen gets stuck at somewhere 90%-95%, where I have to manually kill the process in task manager and restart the game. You then get a prompt asking to rejoin the mission you were on, and then it works. For 80% of the times I went on a mission, I had to go through this tedious process. They REALLY need to fix this. I'm not buying a game that has this issue.
Graphics Not much to say here. They are good. Sometimes there's voice & lip sync issues, but very minor. I didn't experience any major pop-ins and the like, despite my graphics card having only 4GB RAM.
If anything else comes to mind, I'll share it with you. If anyone has questions, feel free to ask.
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Post by inquisitor007 on Feb 4, 2019 19:07:01 GMT
I want Anthem to be successful, but I couldn't even start up a game, and the problem wasn't the server. They make it hard to even just go on a simple mission. I push quick play, and nothing happens. I accidentally managed to start it up once, and I can't remember how I did it. But when I did I got these loading screens right away. I'm like, 'Why am I facing loading screens in the open world, especially when I just started it'?
I don't know if these will be issues in the main game or just the demo. But if it was just the demo, it wasn't a great first impression, unfortunately. And I really WANT this thing to be successful.
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Post by OdanUrr on Feb 13, 2019 19:35:29 GMT
Some info that might be useful, straight from EA support. Preload on PC is only available for people who pre-ordered the game. Those with Origin Access Basic will be able to download and play Anthem on the 15th for the 10-hour trial.
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Post by saandrig on Feb 13, 2019 21:05:34 GMT
Some info that might be useful, straight from EA support. Preload on PC is only available for people who pre-ordered the game. Those with Origin Access Basic will be able to download and play Anthem on the 15th for the 10-hour trial. Well, preload on PC is also available for Origin Premier subscribers. Source - me.
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Post by OdanUrr on Feb 13, 2019 21:13:00 GMT
Some info that might be useful, straight from EA support. Preload on PC is only available for people who pre-ordered the game. Those with Origin Access Basic will be able to download and play Anthem on the 15th for the 10-hour trial. Well, preload on PC is also available for Origin Premier subscribers. Source - me. I thought as much but couldn't verify it. Kudos.
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Post by NotN7 on Feb 13, 2019 21:37:46 GMT
Well, preload on PC is also available for Origin Premier subscribers. Source - me. I thought as much but couldn't verify it. Kudos. Sorry but I have access but till now I have no preload options keeps saying that I do not have storage space for the down load which is BS! (PC) here.
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Post by OdanUrr on Feb 13, 2019 21:51:22 GMT
I thought as much but couldn't verify it. Kudos. Sorry but I have access but till now I have no preload options keeps saying that I do not have storage space for the down load which is BS! (PC) here. Do you have Access Basic or Premiere? The former doesn't let you preload.
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Post by crackdownjr on Feb 13, 2019 22:00:14 GMT
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Post by NotN7 on Feb 14, 2019 14:35:48 GMT
Sorry but I have access but till now I have no preload options keeps saying that I do not have storage space for the down load which is BS! (PC) here. Do you have Access Basic or Premiere? The former doesn't let you preload. I have basic
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Post by XCPTNL on Feb 15, 2019 0:03:39 GMT
So if I have Origin Premier Access I can play the Legion of Dawn Edition tomorrow. But what happens when membership runs out in a month and I decide I like tha game and buy it - but the standard version and maybe not from Origin? Is progress still linked to my account and I'm just lacking the LoD features or do I have to start fresh which would be super annoying and a reason not to get Origin Premier Access.
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Post by SofaJockey on Feb 15, 2019 0:52:13 GMT
So if I have Origin Premier Access I can play the Legion of Dawn Edition tomorrow. But what happens when membership runs out in a month and I decide I like tha game and buy it - but the standard version and maybe not from Origin? Is progress still linked to my account and I'm just lacking the LoD features or do I have to start fresh which would be super annoying and a reason not to get Origin Premier Access. Progress remains. Shiny LOD perks, no.
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Post by ace on Feb 15, 2019 11:34:46 GMT
Guys. I'm confused. I haven't bought anthem yet, so can I play the trial today on xbox? I have ea access sub.
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Post by saandrig on Feb 15, 2019 11:40:27 GMT
Guys. I'm confused. I haven't bought anthem yet, so can I play the trial today on xbox? I have ea access sub. EA Access gets 10 hours trial starting today.
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Post by Steelcan on Feb 18, 2019 2:00:28 GMT
I can't help but feel that this early access stuff for BW hasn't worked out well.
DA:I showed off the worst area in the game
ME:A opened the flood gates for memes and jokes about its manifest problems
And now Anthem's has been marked by lackluster performance issues and other problems
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Post by saandrig on Feb 18, 2019 7:50:02 GMT
I can't help but feel that this early access stuff for BW hasn't worked out well. DA:I showed off the worst area in the game ME:A opened the flood gates for memes and jokes about its manifest problems And now Anthem's has been marked by lackluster performance issues and other problems The lesson being - build your games better! It works out for consumers though - we get a good warning what to expect before purchase.
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Post by SofaJockey on Feb 18, 2019 9:42:57 GMT
And now Anthem's has been marked by lackluster performance issues and other problems True enough, though we are still waiting for the 'Day One' patch.
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Post by SofaJockey on Feb 21, 2019 10:01:04 GMT
So. Day One patch loaded and ready for action. I'm assuming the UK launch is midnight. Though as it's midnight by region, it could be 11.00pm as the midnight release is locked to European Central time. Or it could be 10.00pm as the midnight release is locked to European Eastern time. Who's to know... New Zealand should be on in around an hour from now.
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Post by evilfluffmonster on Feb 21, 2019 10:21:05 GMT
Should be midnight according to the countdown timer on my PS4. I hope it goes well..all im hearing its regurgitated rubbish picked up from click-bait youtubers about how awful the issues are with the game and not to buy it..crap like that is going to kill this game if we are not careful.
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Post by PillarBiter on Feb 21, 2019 10:51:16 GMT
So. Day One patch loaded and ready for action. I'm assuming the UK launch is midnight. Though as it's midnight by region, it could be 11.00pm as the midnight release is locked to European Central time. Or it could be 10.00pm as the midnight release is locked to European Eastern time. Who's to know... New Zealand should be on in around an hour from now. I'm confused. I live in belgium, gmt+1. at what time does it release for me?
this will determine if I stay up
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Post by SofaJockey on Feb 21, 2019 10:56:49 GMT
I'm confused. I live in belgium, gmt+1. at what time does it release for me? It depends. Probably midnight. Maybe 11pm We'll know later.
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Post by PillarBiter on Feb 21, 2019 11:06:08 GMT
I'm confused. I live in belgium, gmt+1. at what time does it release for me? It depends. Probably midnight. Maybe 11pm We'll know later. how you mean: " we'll know later" ? Have biowar enot released the final time yet?
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Post by correctamundo on Feb 21, 2019 11:08:03 GMT
It depends. Probably midnight. Maybe 11pm We'll know later. how you mean: " we'll know later" ? Have biowar enot released the final time yet? Midnight your time zone from what I understand.
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Post by PillarBiter on Feb 21, 2019 11:12:20 GMT
how you mean: " we'll know later" ? Have biowar enot released the final time yet? Midnight your time zone from what I understand. Curses... Guess I'll have to go to sleep early (or try to...) and get up early then
and try not to dream to much about frying enemies.
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Post by officerdonnz on Feb 21, 2019 13:19:37 GMT
2.00 am NZDT for me. So about 17 minutes ago
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