What exactly is Anthem?

I have the Stanley Parable, so, simply put, I don't need to play other walking simulators. Though I could get SOMA. (Very philosophical game.)

Spoken like a Casual. Git gud. You're just not enough of a man to appreciate the curves of a good painterly aesthetic. I mean, just look at the CROTCH on this one!

If I remember correctly, the game is first person in town, where you talk to people to pick up missions and maybe see a merchant or two, and it switches to third person when you get into your Javelin and leave the fortified, civilized part of the world. So the action gameplay is all third person.

What Gileadan and Heimdall said

What I really want to know is that is there multiple planets to go(like in Andromeda), or just one planet?

E3 presentation was pretty straightforward. You go to your hub->meet Quest giver(s)->When leaving other player (may) team up->Random Encounters on the way to quest, of different level-> Resources needed ( get the feeling micro transactions will really kick in here) for it->Arrive at location, kill enemies, acquire "legendary" loot-> Event: Join up with three other players on a "raid".

There wasn't anything here like player dialogue ( likely why they said they're not doing sci fi and getting into the background/setting), complex quest design, non combat interaction, etc...clear direction here is on action, loot/resources, dynamic encounters .

they didn't but you have to admit "tone" of that presentation is way different than what we've seen in previous ( recent) BW games...they've always put story and characters in fore front.

As for explanation behind the setting, was learning what' behind biotics really necessary in ME? No. But details like that go a long way to make it much more immersive/compelling.

The games are different. Anthem is a co-op game that doesn't have NPC companions, it has online friends companions. The presentation did focus on those friends, to the point they didn't finish Praxley's quest received at the start of the game.

Which is kinda funny, because neither MEA nor DAI gameplay presentation showed quest reception, only going through a part of them (and in DAI cases it was all removed from the final game anyway).

This would go for pretty good menu song:

well Anthem could use a good anthem. And you've got to admit, no one does it better than communists. Imagine standing in the crowd, half the army on the left, another on the right, singing all-together with your fearless leader.
BW fans could use this kind of camaraderie, what with all's been going lately.