I might be the perfect target consumer, yet I'll prolly pass... Anyone else like me in here?

I was on the fence but recently was swayed into being quite hyped with a smattering of cautious optimism.

I am actually curious to know how many people that would generally be day one Bio purchasers are leaning more towards The Division 2?

Ubisoft has been doing a lot right lately and I have to commend them for sticking with their games, even games that got off to rough starts. They seem to have made an almost company wide directive to not cut and run and put in hours and money to fix their games up. The Division, Siege, and For Honor come to mind as real standouts in this regard.

Their continued support and community involvement for AC: Odyssey has also impressed me.

When I think of Mass Effect Andromeda I feel a bit sad that Bioware didn't take this exact approach. Instead of just jumping ship I wish they would have continued to support the game, patch it up, maybe even change some dialogue and just in general get in the trenches and improve the experience even if it wasn't 'profitable' short term.

Huh, I did get ganked a lot in DZ, having played almost exclusively solo or duo at most, yet I feel it was the most atmospheric experience in any mmo I've played. So yeah, it sure is about preference. Anyway, is Anthem getting any pvp of sorts?

monkeylungs: That was a nice sum-up, almost exactly my feelings. Ubi sure does support their products quite a long time, while Andromeda felt like an unwanted child. Also, what did happen to that quarian ark? )

There is a book about it. I hear it is good, so that's something, but I'm sad we didn't get to go save them in game.

I'm just the opposite. I love pve but hate pvp. Played Destiny daily for over 4 years but it just felt like everything became balanced around pvp. Figure I'll jump on Anthem until they add pvp, kinda sounds like a foregone conclusion at this point, probably bail after that, specially if bioware starts nerfing crap once that small minority of pvp players hit the forums crying for nerfs.

Other than a play through on ME2, I pretty much took a 30 year break from gaming. I bought Destiny a few years before I retired. My idea of pvp was still some buddies eating pizza playing on a 20 inch console hoping the game didn't bug out because the internet didn't exist back then and there were no such things as patches. While I thought Destiny was pretty awesome when it came out, in hind sight, might not have been the best game to get into right off the bat. Between Destiny and a few attempts with a few of the dedicated pvp games, pvp just isn't my thing.

I'm actually not against pvp, but if Bioware adds pvp and then handles pve and pvp balancing like Bungie does, uhhgg, I'll just move along. Turns out single player open world rpg's tend to be what I truly enjoy anyway. Still sad Andromeda got shot down before it actually had a chance.

I'm quite the opposite as before I was able to test Anthem in the Alpha I was skeptical and wasn't sure if Anthem is a game for me because I didn't like Destiny 1&2 or Warframe.

After Alpha tests, I was sure I will like it and probably will spend a long time with it as the game was very enjoyable and now can't wait for VIP demo and release day.

But from March I will have a bit of a problem with choosing what to play as bought Division 2 and TW Three Kingdoms too.

The Division 1 is actually really fun as well so if they improve that then Division 2 will have a good bit going for it.

Also I keep saying this about Ubisoft but it bears repeating ... they have been sticking with their games and investing heavily into refining and improving them. It's something I really admire.

I love the original Rainbow SIX and it's Expansions Rogue Spear and Urban Ops.... and the games OSTs are amazing. Epic scores for all of those games. I bought RS: Vegas, but it was garbage. Then I bought RS Vegas 2 and that was much better. Really enjoyed that game, even my Dad got into it...But since I have been into games like Mass Effect and the like, well, I just Youtube'd The Division to find out what that game was all about because I know it's popular but I didn't/don't know anything about it....And found that I couldn't even stand to watch it for 5 minutes. The graphics look like something produced around the same time as Rainbow Six...But, I wasn't keen on the gameplay for some reason. I honestly can't say why, I can't put my finger on it. But something about The Division really bothered me.

In any case, to each their own. Everyone is different and likes different types, styles of games. But for ANTHEM, I am excited!

PS: My Download for the Demo just finished and notified me in Origin.......I won't do anything at this time....But I am kind of curious to see/know what would happen if I tried to play it now.

I would cry if it kicked me off and said I was in violation of something....So to preclude that from ever happening I'll be good and resist the temptation to push the button that reads "PLAY ME NOW! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!! C'MON! Don't be Chicken!"

I figured that's what would happen....But I was too chicken to test it, and I didn't want to push my luck in case something else happened

They are like action rpg's coupled to shooter archetypes ... fps for destiny, tps for division.

Of course there is some kind of competition between The Division 2 and Anthem (among others) I know quite a few TD players who are being passive-agressive on the The Division forums about sending their money Anthems way instead of The Divisions2s way.  I have pre-orderded both. The Division may have had a rough start but oh my is that game in good state now? Imho it sure is. Time juggling acrobatics will be in order between these games and Fallout 76 among others but it is a luxury problem I'm glad to have. 

I'm trying to understand but, I really can't. Soulless? I mean the story of people like Joe Ferro, Larae Barrett and Aaron Keener? Noble squad? April Kelleher? Sure Barrett is full blown psycopath but her story soulless? Well, in my mind The Division has a very clear soul, from the iconic Watch, to ISAC, to the people and their stories.