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Post by solas92 on Aug 30, 2017 14:34:20 GMT
I've read conflicting reports online. Some say its not an action rpg, but an action adventure. Others say it is an action rpg. I know it is first and foremost a co-op game, which disappoints me. But the one thing I am holding out hope for is that it still has the things we have come to love from Bioware games.
Will it have a character creator?
Will we have dialogue choice?
Will the story still be strong considering its co op?
Can we have a single player experience just playing the story?
Any answers or insight would be appreciated, thanks!
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Post by Pounce de León on Aug 30, 2017 15:19:14 GMT
It's a music game. Where you perform to, like Karaoke. The name is pretty telling. Also, because it "Bob Dylan of games". That speaks for itself.
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Post by Iakus on Aug 30, 2017 16:53:58 GMT
I've read conflicting reports online. Some say its not an action rpg, but an action adventure. Others say it is an action rpg. I know it is first and foremost a co-op game, which disappoints me. But the one thing I am holding out hope for is that it still has the things we have come to love from Bioware games. Will it have a character creator? Will we have dialogue choice? Will the story still be strong considering its co op? Can we have a single player experience just playing the story? Any answers or insight would be appreciated, thanks! Unknown. Though the Iron Man suits power armor is supposed to be cusomizable to an extent. You'll at least be able to accept /decline missions. Unknown, but doubtful Supposedly.
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Post by ShadowAngel on Aug 30, 2017 17:13:08 GMT
I've read conflicting reports online. Some say its not an action rpg, but an action adventure. Others say it is an action rpg. I know it is first and foremost a co-op game, which disappoints me. But the one thing I am holding out hope for is that it still has the things we have come to love from Bioware games. Will it have a character creator? Will we have dialogue choice? Will the story still be strong considering its co op? Can we have a single player experience just playing the story? Any answers or insight would be appreciated, thanks! "If" it has a CC I don't imagine it being very detailed, there won't be a reason to do so when well most likely be in power armor 99% of the time. as for dialogue and story: I expect the dialogue to be very watered down if it goes the destiny route if telling a story. The story could be great but traditionally co-op focused games are more about the action and adventure more than the story.
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Post by Sartoz on Aug 30, 2017 17:19:37 GMT
-(_ANTHEM_)-
Who knows? It's at the bottom of my list of games for 2018.
I'm running Path of Exile at the moment = free to play = like Diablo and/or Dungeon Siege.
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Post by luketrevelyan on Aug 30, 2017 17:23:29 GMT
We hardly know anything at this point, but in the official marketing for Anthem they have used the term "shared-world action-RPG".
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Post by Serza on Aug 30, 2017 23:54:00 GMT
Would I troll too hard if I just pulled up Wikipedia's definition of anthem?
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Post by JRandall0308 on Aug 31, 2017 0:44:27 GMT
We hardly know anything at this point, but in the official marketing for Anthem they have used the term "shared-world action-RPG". It's like they threw darts at game buzzwords.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Sept 1, 2017 16:07:21 GMT
Would I troll too hard if I just pulled up Wikipedia's definition of anthem? You're not trying hard enough. I think @justicat has you beat with the Bob Dylan reference.
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Post by Serza on Sept 1, 2017 16:15:09 GMT
Would I troll too hard if I just pulled up Wikipedia's definition of anthem? You're not trying hard enough. I think @justicat has you beat with the Bob Dylan reference. D'aw... An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work and still more particularly to a specific form of Anglican church music.
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Post by Revan Reborn on Sept 2, 2017 19:13:59 GMT
You're not trying hard enough. I think @justicat has you beat with the Bob Dylan reference. The Bob Dylan reference isn't actually trolling, just the karaoke nonsense. Anthem was code-named "Project Dylan" because Casey Hudson believes it will be the "Bob Dylan of video games." In other words, it's going to have a huge influence and impact on the entire medium.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Sept 3, 2017 1:09:53 GMT
You're not trying hard enough. I think @justicat has you beat with the Bob Dylan reference. The Bob Dylan reference isn't actually trolling, just the karaoke nonsense. Anthem was code-named "Project Dylan" because Casey Hudson believes it will be the "Bob Dylan of video games." In other words, it's going to have a huge influence and impact on the entire medium. Thus the superior trolling, because it references a fun fact about the game, while in the same breath telling a lie. For lulz.
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Post by Revan Reborn on Sept 3, 2017 3:42:00 GMT
Thus the superior trolling, because it references a fun fact about the game, while in the same breath telling a lie. For lulz. Fair enough. I guess I just didn't find it that funny. Can't please everybody.
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Post by Sartoz on Sept 3, 2017 16:29:27 GMT
You're not trying hard enough. I think @justicat has you beat with the Bob Dylan reference. The Bob Dylan reference isn't actually trolling, just the karaoke nonsense. Anthem was code-named "Project Dylan" because Casey Hudson believes it will be the "Bob Dylan of video games." In other words, it's going to have a huge influence and impact on the entire medium. -(_ANTHEM_)-
Casey has no choice but to promote Anthem. Let's face it. C is now responsible for its success. No surprise he gushes about it.
For now I'm ignoring any marketing buzz words including what he says about the game.
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Post by Revan Reborn on Sept 3, 2017 19:05:07 GMT
-(_ANTHEM_)-
Casey has no choice but to promote Anthem. Let's face it. C is now responsible for its success. No surprise he gushes about it.
For now I'm ignoring any marketing buzz words including what he says about the game.
I have to correct you, because this is very important. This is how Casey was addressing the project before he left BioWare in 2014. At that time, he was still the Creative Director and the vision behind Anthem, as it had been what he was working on since ME3 ended. He hasn't said anything about Anthem since his return to BioWare as the new General Manager. But obviously, he would know what the original idea and concept were for the game as he created it. Casey left the moment that full production began on the game.
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Post by Sartoz on Sept 3, 2017 23:31:46 GMT
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Casey has no choice but to promote Anthem. Let's face it. C is now responsible for its success. No surprise he gushes about it.
For now I'm ignoring any marketing buzz words including what he says about the game.
I have to correct you, because this is very important. This is how Casey was addressing the project before he left BioWare in 2014. At that time, he was still the Creative Director and the vision behind Anthem, as it had been what he was working on since ME3 ended. He hasn't said anything about Anthem since his return to BioWare as the new General Manager. But obviously, he would know what the original idea and concept were for the game as he created it. Casey left the moment that full production began on the game. -(_ANTHEM_)-
Hm.... fair enough
and thanks for the correction.
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Post by Pounce de León on Sept 4, 2017 8:41:30 GMT
Thus the superior trolling, because it references a fun fact about the game, while in the same breath telling a lie. For lulz. Fair enough. I guess I just didn't find it that funny. Can't please everybody. Aww.
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Post by Sartoz on Sept 4, 2017 18:35:48 GMT
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There is a Destiny 2 Guide leaked that may give us a clue how Anthem will play out.
(1) 29 Adventure missions that take 2 +/- hours to complete.
(2) World Quest that requires you to explore the regions (3) Strikes. High level fire missions = large number of enemies + bosses
The Bio writers hired by the studio probably will create similar mission scenarios
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Post by Trilobite Derby on Sept 4, 2017 22:05:19 GMT
We hardly know anything at this point, but in the official marketing for Anthem they have used the term "shared-world action-RPG". I hope it translates as "basically like grouping up for quests in SWTOR on the vanilla planets" with a beefier story because it's not an MMO. I doubt it, but optimism keeps my blood sugar low and my joy high, so why not go with that?
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Post by Revan Reborn on Sept 5, 2017 0:05:32 GMT
I hope it translates as "basically like grouping up for quests in SWTOR on the vanilla planets" with a beefier story because it's not an MMO. I doubt it, but optimism keeps my blood sugar low and my joy high, so why not go with that? I don't believe your line of reasoning is unrealistic. Anthem has never once been stated as being an MMO by BioWare. SWTOR obviously already exists to fill that void. I think that Anthem, as a result, will be much more conducive to a single player experience than SWTOR is. I just believe it will also have a fully integrated coop experience for those that want it. You could use SWTOR as an example by having friends come along with you in your personal instance for class stories. A better example, perhaps, would be having a friend tag along while you play through Mass Effect Andromeda, or Dragon Age Inquisition. I think the experience is going to be far more like a typical BioWare RPG than a traditional MMO format.
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Post by ShadowAngel on Sept 5, 2017 0:06:56 GMT
-(_ANTHEM_)-
There is a Destiny 2 Guide leaked that may give us a clue how Anthem will play out.
(1) 29 Adventure missions that take 2 +/- hours to complete.
(2) World Quest that requires you to explore the regions (3) Strikes. High level fire missions = large number of enemies + bosses
The Bio writers hired by the studio probably will create similar mission scenarios
I hope they mean it takes 2 hours per mission cause this'll be a short game if it's 2 hours for most of the missions to get completed 😂 Destiny ine wasnt all all that long either so I'm not to surprised if this ends up being the case here as well.
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Post by Trilobite Derby on Sept 5, 2017 1:53:42 GMT
I hope it translates as "basically like grouping up for quests in SWTOR on the vanilla planets" with a beefier story because it's not an MMO. I doubt it, but optimism keeps my blood sugar low and my joy high, so why not go with that? I don't believe your line of reasoning is unrealistic. Anthem has never once been stated as being an MMO by BioWare. SWTOR obviously already exists to fill that void. I think that Anthem, as a result, will be much more conducive to a single player experience than SWTOR is. I just believe it will also have a fully integrated coop experience for those that want it. You could use SWTOR as an example by having friends come along with you in your personal instance for class stories. A better example, perhaps, would be having a friend tag along while you play through Mass Effect Andromeda, or Dragon Age Inquisition. I think the experience is going to be far more like a typical BioWare RPG than a traditional MMO format. Original SWTOR actually did the Bioware conversations for groups pretty well -- enough so that me and my husband basically teamed up for most of the base game (besides class specific things), since we could chime in on conversations . It's not perfect -- who gets to talk (and decide whether you'll stab the innocent bystander who has SEEN TOO MUCH*) is decided by diceroll. But it was surprisingly reactive, considering what it was, and actually pretty fun. Since then, the game's moved away from that. Too many variables, too hard to build a story around more than one player, ironically too many choices, blah blah blah. But I kind of hope to see a polished version of that. I'unno. *Or save a hutt from being stabbed. Who saves a hutt? Really.... 5 years later and I'm still mad.
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Post by Revan Reborn on Sept 5, 2017 3:15:34 GMT
Original SWTOR actually did the Bioware conversations for groups pretty well -- enough so that me and my husband basically teamed up for most of the base game (besides class specific things), since we could chime in on conversations . It's not perfect -- who gets to talk (and decide whether you'll stab the innocent bystander who has SEEN TOO MUCH*) is decided by diceroll. But it was surprisingly reactive, considering what it was, and actually pretty fun. Since then, the game's moved away from that. Too many variables, too hard to build a story around more than one player, ironically too many choices, blah blah blah. But I kind of hope to see a polished version of that. I'unno. *Or save a hutt from being stabbed. Who saves a hutt? Really.... 5 years later and I'm still mad. At the very least, I'd like to believe BioWare has learned from SWTOR. I don't know if there's going to be group conversations like we have in SWTOR. I suppose that's possible, although I was never that much of a fan of the dice roll, myself. Personally, I'd rather we just have personal stories that we can invite players to join. They'd just tag along as "another Freelancer," and BioWare wouldn't have to worry about getting overly ambitious by creating a story that can accommodate multiple players. Just make a Mass Effect game with coop, or a Dragon Age game with coop. I think that's the easiest solution, and I think a lot of folks would be happy with that.
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Post by ApocAlypsE on Sept 6, 2017 18:24:33 GMT
Pretty much a destiny clone with a shitty engine.
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Post by brandoftime on Sept 9, 2017 19:33:29 GMT
It's Destiny 3, out sooner than we all thought
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