IGN: Freeplay Expedition Gameplay Video (updated)

Almost a promotional video approving the destruction of non-hostile fauna at the start.

I really like the giant mushrooms biome though.

I'm already eyeing flying in Athem as something I'd be doing to relax

Looks good...but that Titan was basically standing there....charging and shooting off slow fire balls.....if there are more variety with that boss i can see Anthem being a bit more interesting.....that Brute creature felt too much like those Brute creatures we saw in Andromeda....no complaints on the flying tho, that aspect looks like they nailed it. i'm not really liking the bland lesser enemies you fight...just feels and look generic and doesn't feel like it's cohesive....


But i don't think that is a knock against the game itself, just moreso the type of game it is and games like these have generic bland lesser enemies that you have to engage...idk...i want to like Anthem, but nothing is really pulling me in at this point...some vids have me interested, and others just have me ...meh....visuals are solid tho...

Yeah, the lesser ash titan did seem a little underwhelming/boring to fight. Mostly just spam dps -> dodge slow, heavily telegraphed attacks -> resume dps spam while standing/hovering in place. I think because that particular mini-boss is so immobile, those encounters would benefit from having some more mobile adds that can chase/displace the players and force them to adapt their tactics on the fly.

The Ursix fight looked a lot better though. Much more dynamic.

I wish you can play with other players in the world instead of inviting them like Destiny.

'takes a while to get from A to B'


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How long before that gets old and you start dreaming of inventing fast travel?
Depends how big the areas are I suppose. My experience of playing Destiny and Warframe are that you tend to want to get to where you want to go, when you're in a fireteam, as fast as possible.
Solo, it might be a different story, I rarely fast travel in Horizon Zero Dawn, but that game seems slower paced when you travel by foot/strider than Anthem appears to be.

I'm still reserving judgement til I play the demo/beta, but the hoppy jumpy always flying isn't appealing atm.

I dunno, if you can, can you fast travel independent of your fireteam?

Patrol was my favorite way to play Destiny ... Anthem looks really fun!

Im not saying it isnt there. Just asking why hasnt it been featured as much? Especially if one of the bigger niche qualities of this game IS the story. Just seems odd....

If flying is as fun as those videos imply I would probably not use fast travel, just like i neverused it while playing Batman Arkham Knight.

Well, it continues to LOOK beautiful but ... that's about it.

I got bored watching the video and couldn't finish it (due to the suit they were using, wasn't impressed by it), and it was only an 8 minute video. It's definitely very destiny like.