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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Mar 1, 2019 0:08:34 GMT
It's ok
I hear some people thought kai long was a better villain than sovereign so
Eh
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 28, 2019 13:56:48 GMT
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 28, 2019 13:19:42 GMT
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 27, 2019 18:56:38 GMT
Oh God ok...so...the next halo game might be more of an RPG than Anthem. That is...sad wccftech.com/halo-infinite-rpg-elements/Uhm I mean if Bioware was shut down and MS picked up the talent and put them up to make an action rpg halo game (with Cortana 2.0 romance of course ... JK) I'd not be upset at all lol The talent, you mean the ME/DA IP ? no, the people
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 27, 2019 12:58:27 GMT
Oh God ok...so...the next halo game might be more of an RPG than Anthem. That is...sad wccftech.com/halo-infinite-rpg-elements/Uhm I mean if Bioware was shut down and MS picked up the talent and put them up to make an action rpg halo game (with Cortana 2.0 romance of course ... JK) I'd not be upset at all lol
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 27, 2019 3:17:33 GMT
Btw
This is worth watching...start at 23 minutes in or so for something that points at a reboot pretty obviously
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 27, 2019 2:05:23 GMT
pretty darn small? Says the life form coming from a galaxy populated by giant planet hopping acid spitting worms that can crush a reaper and space faring murder bots Yeah...sure, let's all go to Andromeda with weaponless ships and rovers Rovers aren't really on point. The reason vehicle combat isn't in was because Bio never found a way to make vehicle combat fun, not because the AI was opposed to bringing weapons on ground missions. As for armed ships, under what circumstances would they be useful? An Andromeda race which hasn't discovered mass effect drives can't threaten the AI fleet whether it's armed or not. If an Andromeda race does have the mass effect drive, it's shortly going to outclass any possible AI fleet, whether it's armed or not. What's the use case for guns on the arks? But yeah, wrong board. 1: don't care ...that is Bioware's problem 2: how EXACTLY do you know that? wanna compare ME drives and weapons from 500 years ago to modern ME drives weapons and shields? An Andromeda race is guaranteed to be vastly inferior or immediately superior? How about AI/VI assistance for firing solutions or enemy system hacking as clearly demonstrated by the fact that in MANY ways human tech is superior to both kett and angaran tech? So the solution is to go weapnless because no defense at all is better than a redundant one or one that might be outclassed (of which you have no proof of btw) And for arks? Uh...did you not play the Salarian ark mission???
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 27, 2019 1:27:54 GMT
Because the Plot demands it be so. That's why. It doesn't have to make sense. Anyways, this Andromeda discussion is off topic, no? sorry got carried away
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 27, 2019 1:20:29 GMT
does that not fly in the face of whom we think the backers of the initiative were? No. The backers came in well after the AI was started and only when Jien Garson was running out of funds. The backers' motivation was getting species from the MW to another galaxy, as a plan B in case the Reapers prevailed. I don't think that flies in the face of it at all. Garson was an idealist. The benefactor … probably a pragmatist … but by the time the Reapers were a known threat, it was too late to try something else. So helping out the AI was the only game in town. Too late to redesign the arks, the Nexus, the various other components. The Quarian ark had limited redesign and even that almost resulted in that ark getting caught in the Reaper onslaught. and a pragmatist sends possibly the last of humanity to another galaxy with no weapons becaaaaaause?
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 20:54:06 GMT
I thought the writers were making the point that Jien Garson and the AI were ridiculously optimistic and naïve in thinking that weapons were unnecessary … other than small arms. Harkening back to before Andromeda was released … there were forum members expressing the hope that the game would be all about exploration and diplomacy … that combat would play a minor role. That sentiment probably matched the AI perspective … but that's not where the writers were taking the game. They took the story down a path to debunk such sentiments. So the Nexus, the arks, the Tempest, the Nomad … all were unarmed and vulnerable in a galaxy that was no less violent than the galaxy they left. That the MW galaxy was full of violence and danger … should have informed the AI that competition … violent competition … is probably universal. A feature, not a bug of sapient, ambitious, apex lifeforms. I credit the writers for making that point. If they truly were bad about writing unarmed arks and frigates, then they would have written a story that was all kumbaya … which Andromeda was not. Instead, they were pointing out the folly of the idealists … the poor judgment, the totally unprepared nature of the AI to deal with a range of adverse conditions they might meet in a new galaxy. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. The AI didn't do that and Andromeda, at least to a degree, was a cautionary tale on ideals and fantasy trumping pragmatism and realistic assumptions. does that not fly in the face of whom we think the backers of the initiative were?
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 19:21:49 GMT
Well, the window where an armed AI fleet would actually be something other than a waste of money was pretty damn small. OTOH, it just so happened that we did end up in a situation where it would have been a good idea. pretty darn small? Says the life form coming from a galaxy populated by giant planet hopping acid spitting worms that can crush a reaper and space faring murder bots Yeah...sure, let's all go to Andromeda with weaponless ships and rovers
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 19:09:42 GMT
I don’t necessarily disagree, but just to argue the other side of it: Mass Effect Andromeda needed a development reboot because they wasted years trying to make the original procedural design work and it simply couldn’t because even the worlds they created were just boring and couldn’t hold a candle to hand crafted content. Andromeda as we got it was deeply flawed, but still better than the failed direction they had tried to take it previously. They also changed their lead writers like 3 times, each time throwing away many concepts they had IIRC whoever had the final word on the "we are not arming any of our vessels " needs to be smacked
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 18:50:48 GMT
At this point it's basically a countdown until Jason Schreier posts his behind the scenes article revealing that Anthem had a drastic reboot 18 months ago. I think that's genuinely the most likely scenario; recent, massive direction shift turning a nearly finished game into a disjointed mess. Reworks don't work. Please stop, devs I sincerely doubt it was the devs call
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 17:56:52 GMT
There isn't anything particularly surprising about the way the reviews are shaking out. I think most people had accurately predicted how things would go. Also not surprised that EA launched Apex Legends to mitigate Anthem's foreseen revenue shortfall. My understanding is that the distribution agreement severely limited EA's input, and that they had essentially nothing to do with Apex Legends' development and release schedule. In fact, there were rumours that EA considered trying to delay Apex Legends because they believed the competition would hurt Anthem (which I'm not sure I believe.) why does it sound far fetched?
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 17:07:09 GMT
Notice how ALL you listed could likely stem from the hypothesized change in direction caused by EA demanding a looter shooter live service game when Bioware was doing something else? At this point it's basically a countdown until Jason Schreier posts his behind the scenes article revealing that Anthem had a drastic reboot 18 months ago. if that happens, considering I called this over a year ago I wonder if , again, I will be called a paranoid fearmongering idiot or if finally some of the pollyannas will concede that I was right
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 17:05:05 GMT
uhm...to their defense....a dev reacted in such a dumb way that I saw this coming. Then again I can see how this exclusivity deal can piss off a lot of people due to the fact the epic store is way subpar as I understand it Still very petty to review bomb a game (which I heard was pretty good.) because a dev said something you didn’t like. to their defense when the backlash started a dev took to Twitter and said "if you don't like it tough, don't buy it"....not smart
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 16:53:24 GMT
Some people are review bombing metro games just because the publisher changed online store. A studio trying something new is a field day. You guys that are upset about the reviews need to stop lumping together the review bombers - i.e. silly little children puting 0/10 in the User Review on Metacritic - with everyone else, i.e. professional reviewers from websites and people who go into in depth analysis on Youtube. There is probably a little overlap between the 0/10 dumbasses and the Youtube reviewers, but not much. I guarantee you SkillUp did not go put a 0/10 down. Neither did AngryJoe, or Sam from Ars Technica, or Ethan from Kotaku, on and on. The little angry children crowd - those are the "review bombers", and those are meaningless. Literally no body gives a fuck about their opinion. It is less than worthless. Anthem has scored a 4 to a 7 from reputable, professional, in-depth reviewers. That's not a review bomb. That is the state of the game at launch. but dont you know? No one should ever listen to reviewers in general...not user scores now...OR content creators either it seems now
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 16:48:37 GMT
Nah, it's much more likely the reverse. Back then with all their original founders and as a small company which they didn't treat as corporately, they did whatever their passion was. They built Shattered Steel because they loved big robots. They wanted to do top down games, loved D&D, and loved Forgotten Realms, and hey presto we have Baldur's Gate. Yip said they were such geeks back then. At some point the Doctors got burnt out and lost their passion. So somewhere between their very passionate early days with BG2, and their latter days of Dragon Age and Mass Effect they just didn't love what they did anymore. So I would say their earlier games likely capture their ambition much better. That's what is so disheartening about Anthem. The world looks beautiful - the art design team clearly brought the thunder. The traversal and bare bones combat is really great, so whatever design team headed that up was clearly in love. But then: The story The dialogue The loot system The mission design The live service gameplan The engine and technical aspects All of these feel like there's absolutely no love in them, like they were done by people just doing whatever their boss's boss's boss told them to do. It feels like they just... gave up and said fuck it, release. Notice how ALL you listed could likely stem from the hypothesized change in direction caused by EA demanding a looter shooter live service game when Bioware was doing something else?
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 16:40:12 GMT
What I honestly do not understand is why is it so hard to please both the BW core crowd and the looter shooter crowd when the foundation was right THERE with ME3 it just drives me nuts. Yeah. ME3MP was essentially Warframe pre-Plains of Eidolon (minus the mod system) anyway. Change the card based unlocks to a stat-based loot system, add a story hub, and bob's your uncle. You could have released that game a year or so after ME3 for less than AAA price, call it $40, and it would have crushed. if you segregate that from the proper bioware game that is in single player campaign you have the perfect game.
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 16:24:10 GMT
doubtful as they made it clear they are also working on a proper titanfall game...apex is a very successful stopgap Some people are review bombing metro games just because the publisher changed online store. A studio trying something new is a field day. uhm...to their defense....a dev reacted in such a dumb way that I saw this coming. Then again I can see how this exclusivity deal can piss off a lot of people due to the fact the epic store is way subpar as I understand it
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 16:09:21 GMT
The usual reports dont mention that it also was number 1 in physical sales across all 3 platforms for physical sales beating metro exodus and far cry techspotAlso, for PC Origin will skewer things quite drastically. I had not purchased BF5 and it was £60 for the Anthem digital vs £90 for the annual sub. I opted for the annual sub. I got a few AAA titles that i haven't yet bought and dont' have an issue at all. EA has multiple times states the priority is "games as a service" continued revenue is key. Whether thats a monthly sub or loot box sales etc. MS has recognized that a long time ago with shift to office365 etc. We wont know the real story until end of Q1 and potentially Q2 earning calls. Cherry picking is the key for the good "let's spread negativity for grabbing more clicks" mentality. It also dropped from nowhere which stopped the hate-mongerings from gaining views/clicks with videos and articles at the expense of the game. Now imagine if this was announced last year. The amount of articles/videos hating on this game for "killing" Titanfall would be really big i bet. doubtful as they made it clear they are also working on a proper titanfall game...apex is a very successful stopgap
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 13:28:24 GMT
What I honestly do not understand is why is it so hard to please both the BW core crowd and the looter shooter crowd when the foundation was right THERE with ME3 it just drives me nuts.
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 3:02:47 GMT
xbox one x Each of my profiles has like 30 saves did you drop a 0 there? uh? No why?
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 2:46:34 GMT
I seem to have reached save file limit and had to delete an entire profile Lol Anyone else had this issue?
What platform? On PC, I've had to manually delete saves but never an entire profile.
xbox one x Each of my profiles has like 30 saves
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 26, 2019 2:35:43 GMT
I seem to have reached save file limit and had to delete an entire profile
Lol
Anyone else had this issue?
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