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Post by Polka Dot on Feb 22, 2019 17:57:16 GMT
I’d have to say Andromeda. At least it had a story that had me wanting to know more, even if the end result didn’t impress me. Anthems story had no hooks for me. I have no interest in what the dominion is or what they want. That and doing the same thing over and over bores me to tears. I can't help but think that character customization and deeper dialogue options do a lot to help players get invested in the character and thus the world and story. When those things are severely limited, your freelancer becomes little more than a camera navigating some world. ETA: I also think that's part of the reason a lot of people didn't like MEA - they didn't like Ryder or SAM.
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Post by xrayspex73 on Feb 22, 2019 18:25:39 GMT
If only Andromeda had the graphical polish that Anthem has. Andromeda is far and away more the type of game I would rather play. That said, I like the characters in Anthem more so I am a bit conflicted in that regard. Andromeda is a far more playable game as well. The excessive loading screens will always be a problem in Anthem, whereas it was not an issue in Andromeda. You would load a new planet and have hours of gameplay before seeing any long loading screens. In Anthem, you will have minutes of loading screens to get to a mission that takes just a few minutes to complete, and then you are back to multiple loading screens before doing it all again. It's infuriating and breaks any sense of flow to the gameplay. Freeplay is the only mode where you can play for an extended amount of time without loading screens, unfortunately, freeplay is a bit boring and aimless.
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Post by xrayspex73 on Feb 22, 2019 18:31:55 GMT
... and also have Elfroot Syndrome.
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Post by Pounce de León on Feb 22, 2019 18:34:25 GMT
It should come as no surprise that a looter-shooter wont reach the same story density as a rpg. Leaves gameplay and content.
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Post by Space Cowboy on Feb 22, 2019 20:04:52 GMT
I’d have to say Andromeda. At least it had a story that had me wanting to know more, even if the end result didn’t impress me. Anthems story had no hooks for me. I have no interest in what the dominion is or what they want. That and doing the same thing over and over bores me to tears. I can't help but think that character customization and deeper dialogue options do a lot to help players get invested in the character and thus the world and story. When those things are severely limited, your freelancer becomes little more than a camera navigating some world. ETA: I also think that's part of the reason a lot of people didn't like MEA - they didn't like Ryder or SAM. Owen is a bit reminiscent of Sam but nowhere near as annoying. I do like some of the characters in Anthem. They seem to have more personality than some of the Andromeda NPCs
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Post by wright1978 on Feb 22, 2019 20:16:25 GMT
Owen is a bit reminiscent of Sam but nowhere near as annoying. I do like some of the characters in Anthem. They seem to have more personality than some of the Andromeda NPCs Bioware’s new USP, create really annoying character, not let the player renegade shove them out a window.
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Post by Doc on Feb 22, 2019 20:47:49 GMT
My opinion is based on problems that by all accounts are still in the release version. I completely ignored the demo's technical problems. You're obfuscating, crux of it is you haven't experienced the full game and jumping to conclusions on something you haven't played. I've experienced forty hours of the game and are surprised the reviews are as positive as they are. Problems that were fixed in early access were brought back in the day 1 patch!
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Post by cdrshepard on Feb 22, 2019 23:16:07 GMT
I'm not even going to vote on this -- 8 hours on Anthem vs. 800 in ME:A (mostly multiplayer)! I'll get back to you ...
One thing I was happy to see in Anthem -- the NPC's have very human, realistic facial expressions & mannerisms! Seems like Bioware, after all the complaints at the start of ME:A took some care in this department.
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Post by Mobius Y on Feb 23, 2019 1:33:41 GMT
You’re asking people to compare a game that’s been out for (technically) less than a day to a game that was released nearly two years ago. Of course Andromeda seems more complete right now. It had ten major patches since launch. Anthem’s had a single day-one patch. And BioWare plans to continue injecting stuff into the game for at least a few months. Andromeda was abandoned faster than a black guy’s unwanted child (mild exaggeration). A skeleton crew was kept around after BioWare Montreal was liquidated but all they did was maintain the slow trickle of multiplayer stuff that everybody already knew about thanks to datamining. Artificially inflating content release by unlocking one character here, a map there, doesn’t count as “continued support”. This is a question best asked/reflected on six or even three months from now.
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Post by slimgrin727 on Feb 23, 2019 1:48:19 GMT
You’re asking people to compare a game that’s been out for (technically) less than a day to a game that was released nearly two years ago. Of course Andromeda seems more complete right now. It had ten major patches since launch. Anthem’s had a single day-one patch. And BioWare plans to continue injecting stuff into the game for at least a few months. Andromeda was abandoned faster than a black guy’s unwanted child (mild exaggeration). A skeleton crew was kept around after BioWare Montreal was liquidated but all they did was maintain the slow trickle of multiplayer stuff that everybody already knew about thanks to datamining. Artificially inflating content release by unlocking one character here, a map there, doesn’t count as “continued support”. This is a question best asked/reflected on six or even three months from now. How dare the plebs expect Anthem to be complete!
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Post by ShadowAngel on Feb 23, 2019 2:03:36 GMT
You’re asking people to compare a game that’s been out for (technically) less than a day to a game that was released nearly two years ago. Of course Andromeda seems more complete right now. It had ten major patches since launch. Anthem’s had a single day-one patch. And BioWare plans to continue injecting stuff into the game for at least a few months. Andromeda was abandoned faster than a black guy’s unwanted child (mild exaggeration). A skeleton crew was kept around after BioWare Montreal was liquidated but all they did was maintain the slow trickle of multiplayer stuff that everybody already knew about thanks to datamining. Artificially inflating content release by unlocking one character here, a map there, doesn’t count as “continued support”. This is a question best asked/reflected on six or even three months from now. Launch Andromeda>launch anthem👍 It's still the more complete game regardless
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Post by Mobius Y on Feb 23, 2019 2:19:50 GMT
You’re asking people to compare a game that’s been out for (technically) less than a day to a game that was released nearly two years ago. Of course Andromeda seems more complete right now. It had ten major patches since launch. Anthem’s had a single day-one patch. And BioWare plans to continue injecting stuff into the game for at least a few months. Andromeda was abandoned faster than a black guy’s unwanted child (mild exaggeration). A skeleton crew was kept around after BioWare Montreal was liquidated but all they did was maintain the slow trickle of multiplayer stuff that everybody already knew about thanks to datamining. Artificially inflating content release by unlocking one character here, a map there, doesn’t count as “continued support”. This is a question best asked/reflected on six or even three months from now. Launch Andromeda>launch anthem👍 It's still the more complete game regardless Right now I wouldn’t disagree but my opinion is void. However it was also more prone to game-breaking bugs and crashes at launch, if we’re being objective.
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Post by ShadowAngel on Feb 23, 2019 2:34:44 GMT
Launch Andromeda>launch anthem👍 It's still the more complete game regardless Right now I wouldn’t disagree but my opinion is void. However it was also more prone to game-breaking bugs and crashes at launch, if we’re being objective. Ehh I'll give it more game breaking bugs but right now anthem loses connection to it's servers quite often it appears. I know so as I've been kicked out of the session a few times so far and others are having the same issue along with a dev saying they're still working the kinks out. Question then is how long till it stabilizes.
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Post by Mobius Y on Feb 23, 2019 2:42:03 GMT
Right now I wouldn’t disagree but my opinion is void. However it was also more prone to game-breaking bugs and crashes at launch, if we’re being objective. Ehh I'll give it more game breaking bugs but right now anthem loses connection to it's servers quite often it appears. I know so as I've been kicked out of the session a few times so far and others are having the same issue along with a dev saying they're still working the kinks out. Question then is how long till it stabilizes. I’m noticing that too but it’s not kicking me out to the main menu every time. My friend had at least two crashes to the PS4 dashboard around the same time. I’m pretty sure the Launch Bay is bugged because I can’t load into it. On the flip side, I still have Andromeda multiplayer crash on me mid-match.
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Post by Terminator Force on Feb 23, 2019 12:12:39 GMT
Ehh I'll give it more game breaking bugs but right now anthem loses connection to it's servers quite often it appears. I know so as I've been kicked out of the session a few times so far and others are having the same issue along with a dev saying they're still working the kinks out. Question then is how long till it stabilizes. I’m noticing that too but it’s not kicking me out to the main menu every time. My friend had at least two crashes to the PS4 dashboard around the same time. I’m pretty sure the Launch Bay is bugged because I can’t load into it. On the flip side, I still have Andromeda multiplayer crash on me mid-match. Can't speak for PS4 as I'm on PC, but sounds to me like you're having internet connection issues on your end. As I too frequently lost connections until finally internet issue got sorted out on my end.
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Post by Mobius Y on Feb 23, 2019 13:09:18 GMT
I’m noticing that too but it’s not kicking me out to the main menu every time. My friend had at least two crashes to the PS4 dashboard around the same time. I’m pretty sure the Launch Bay is bugged because I can’t load into it. On the flip side, I still have Andromeda multiplayer crash on me mid-match. Can't speak for PS4 as I'm on PC, but sounds to me like you're having internet connection issues on your end. As I too frequently lost connections until finally internet issue got sorted out on my end. Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s all it were.
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Post by saandrig on Feb 23, 2019 14:19:15 GMT
Can't speak for PS4 as I'm on PC, but sounds to me like you're having internet connection issues on your end. As I too frequently lost connections until finally internet issue got sorted out on my end. Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s all it were. It's a game issue. I have it too. Especially certain missions, like one of the Freelancer contracts, trigger it at a 100 % rate. Then people load in the mission from Quickplay, but it's already broken and they leave it only for the server to crash for them too.
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Post by cypherj on Feb 23, 2019 15:02:50 GMT
I'm just going to compare the overall initial experience since I don't have much time on Anthem, and I don't really think it's fair to compare content and story between a SP game that should be mostly complete at release and a Cooperative game that is having its content release staggered.
Having said that, I would have to say Anthem. Although there are things that annoy me I haven't had things that were game-breaking, that caused me to have to force quit the game, like falling through floors after using powers and getting stuck. Or dying during a cutscene after I cleared an area and not getting the critical mission screen to load a save because the game didn't really recognize me as dead. Then having to replay parts of areas. Things that made me just put the game down and not want to come back to it for a while. Haven't had any of that with Anthem yet.
But at the end of the day, both games have enjoyable combat and good visuals, but nothing else that is really engaging me. There are games where I'm at work thinking about what I'm going to do in the game when I get home, or have me looking forward to the weekend because I'll have lots of time to play them. Neither of these games are that.
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Post by PillarBiter on Feb 23, 2019 15:49:12 GMT
Story etc, mea.
Gameplay im going to give it to anthem. The only sad thing is the 2 ability limit, but im learning to live with it.
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Post by PillarBiter on Feb 23, 2019 15:51:19 GMT
Why are you here then? Must be a boring game. I don't understand your point, I think it's a terrific game. Fair disclosure, 40 hours were in the closed alpha and demos. I felt 'rushed' in the 10-hour trial, so restarted a new pilot which now has 5 hours on the clock to enjoy the story properly. Haha i knew i would feel that way as well during the triel, so i putposely held myself back to play as slow as possible.
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Post by force58 on Feb 23, 2019 16:33:02 GMT
I played both beta's for Anthem and am only to the 4th mission so far. I'm loving it at the moment. I also loved Andromeda. It's too early for me to pick one. Anything new to me is going to be good. I've watched SkillUp and Angry Joe's review and they both hate Anthem. I'm pretty sure they were playing the PC version. Angry Joe's main complaint was the loading screens, which I don't have to the extent he did on my Xbox. SkillUp hated everything about the game, so I take his review not so serious, at least to the point it'll affect how I feel about it. His main gripe is the story. I'm pretty sure the people who wrote the ME, KOTOR, etc. series are no longer employed at BioWare. We'll see how it goes as I continue my progress in Anthem.
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Post by Andrew Lucas on Feb 23, 2019 18:46:20 GMT
Andromeda is almost a good game when compared to Anthem.
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Post by LRX/SRT17 on Feb 23, 2019 20:35:01 GMT
I find both Anthem and MEAMP boring. Haven't played Andromeda's SP yet. But I do think that the combat on Anthem is alot better than Andromeda's MP, though, it's still generic in my opinion. ME3MP's is the unique experience in every way possible. It was charming and I think using its formula would have helped their games stand out from the rest. Oh and then frostbite, geez, every bioware game released using that engine seems to be getting lower ratings than the previous one..any clue?
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Post by alanc9 on Feb 23, 2019 20:42:50 GMT
I don't have enough MP time in the ME games to evaluate those modes, although I've done plenty of SP. What was better about ME3's implementation?
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Post by correctamundo on Feb 23, 2019 21:01:24 GMT
I don't have enough MP time in the ME games to evaluate those modes, although I've done plenty of SP. What was better about ME3's implementation? Some people like it. They can probably come up with some subjective reason they feel is objective. I enjoy the combat in MEAMP more but at the end of the day both modes are to restrictive for me.
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