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Post by ahglock on Feb 21, 2019 17:42:47 GMT
If it plays like ME but with less abilities, less enemies and they added flight. I’d rather just play ME. It’s a worse MEmp but it’s new isn’t really a selling point for me when I already have MEmp. Did you play the open beta though? Nope. Felt no need as everything I saw and read didn’t impress me. Maybe when it’s free on origin basic I’ll download it. Hopefully by then they will add enough to make it interesting. I don’t have to get kicked in the balls to know I want to avoid it.
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Post by alanc9 on Feb 21, 2019 17:58:44 GMT
As long as you're going to hang around on this board, shouldn't you play a mission or two? Assuming you've already got a Basic account, that is. (Someone gave me a trial code, which is how I'm playing.)
The thing that strikes me is how ME:A-ish the combat feels. (I haven't found the flight to be of much use in combat, , though this might say more about my incompetence than the design.) Whether that's a recommendation or not , well, YMMV. I think it plays well enough solo, but since my rig is below min spec and I'm not very good to begin with I'm not exactly crushing it.
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Post by ahglock on Feb 21, 2019 18:09:25 GMT
As long as you're going to hang around on this board, shouldn't you play a mission or two? Assuming you've already got a Basic account, that is. (Someone gave me a trial code, which is how I'm playing.) The thing that strikes me is how ME:A-ish the combat feels. (I haven't found the flight to be of much use in combat, , though this might say more about my incompetence than the design.) Whether that's a recommendation or not , well, YMMV. I think it plays well enough solo, but since my rig is below min spec and I'm not very good to begin with I'm not exactly crushing it. If I had high enough hopes it would be a possible purchase I would. But as is I don’t want to put 10 hours into a 15 hour game. Even at the mediocre levels it seems to be I’d want to finish the story. So I’ll wait until the entire game is free for me.
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Post by alanc9 on Feb 21, 2019 18:13:32 GMT
Yeah, that makes sense. I'm OK with getting only a little way into it. (Actually, I'm not sure I'm going to get the full ten hours in myself, since I want to finish up Battlefield One and a couple of other things before my trial expires.)
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Post by Fogg on Feb 21, 2019 19:08:20 GMT
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Post by lennybusker on Feb 21, 2019 20:13:09 GMT
I've made a new thread since this one was really for pre-release skepticism, and now that the game is released on all platforms we can start fresh with what's actually in front of us. If you prefer a thread where we can vent about stupid shit in the game, come on and party. bsn.boards.net/thread/17209/anthem-gripes-complaints
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 21, 2019 20:17:10 GMT
I've made a new thread since this one was really for pre-release skepticism, and now that the game is released on all platforms we can start fresh with what's actually in front of us. If you prefer a thread where we can vent about stupid shit in the game, come on and party. bsn.boards.net/thread/17209/anthem-gripes-complaintscan we add Casey Hudson as part of the stupid shit in the game?
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 21, 2019 23:39:24 GMT
Wow....ign 6.5
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Post by xrayspex73 on Feb 21, 2019 23:41:50 GMT
As crazy as it sounds, Anthem has actually made me appreciate ME:A more. At least ME:A has some diversity in its environments and is an actual singleplayer campaign.
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 21, 2019 23:49:32 GMT
As crazy as it sounds, Anthem has actually made me appreciate ME:A more. At least ME:A has some diversity in its environments and is an actual singleplayer campaign. I might start a new playthrough tomorrow.... I feel like Romancing a certain blonde former asari commando lol
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Post by malanek on Feb 22, 2019 1:39:49 GMT
I was somewhat intrigued but largely sceptical about this game since the first trailer and haven't bothered to follow the development other than tune in from time to time. However the scepticism was always more about whether I would enjoy it rather than whether I thought it would be an impressive game. I only have time for about 5-8 hours gaming a week these days and seeing the long drawn out wilderness treks with no actual combat in them turned me off despite how visually impressive it was. I am genuinely shocked however now I look at release coverage and reviews, at both how little content there is and how many glaringly obvious problems there are (which are consistent across multiple reviews).
This doesn't make sense with a seven year development cycle and a high amount of resource thrown at it from a company with as much experience as Bioware. You can sort of understand game developers getting caught up in their own ideas but did they not run any focus groups? Did they not listen to people who wanted a much higher gameplay to tedium ratio? Or more variety in kits and powers? Or did they listen too much to people wanting a SPer RPG experience and try (while failing) to merge that in with a co-op looter shooter?
I am now very worried what will happen to Bioware. I was hoping that they would at least get ME back on track even if I have largely given up on DA. Now I suspect we will never see it. I don't really blame EA for this, sure some things like the amount they try to extort from the customer for in game purchases, but the main problem that Bioware faces is just down to bad game design decisions.
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Post by Terminator Force on Feb 22, 2019 3:10:24 GMT
As long as you're going to hang around on this board, shouldn't you play a mission or two? Assuming you've already got a Basic account, that is. (Someone gave me a trial code, which is how I'm playing.) The thing that strikes me is how ME:A-ish the combat feels. (I haven't found the flight to be of much use in combat, , though this might say more about my incompetence than the design.) Whether that's a recommendation or not , well, YMMV. I think it plays well enough solo, but since my rig is below min spec and I'm not very good to begin with I'm not exactly crushing it. If I had high enough hopes it would be a possible purchase I would. But as is I don’t want to put 10 hours into a 15 hour game. Even at the mediocre levels it seems to be I’d want to finish the story. So I’ll wait until the entire game is free for me. If you ask me, the game doesn't really begin and open up until after you beat the main quest.
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 22, 2019 3:19:37 GMT
If I had high enough hopes it would be a possible purchase I would. But as is I don’t want to put 10 hours into a 15 hour game. Even at the mediocre levels it seems to be I’d want to finish the story. So I’ll wait until the entire game is free for me. If you ask me, the game doesn't really begin and open up until after you beat the main quest. lol...so...the mind numbing grind is when the game opens up? Yeah, no, fuck that shit
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Post by shinobiwan on Feb 22, 2019 3:22:16 GMT
If I had high enough hopes it would be a possible purchase I would. But as is I don’t want to put 10 hours into a 15 hour game. Even at the mediocre levels it seems to be I’d want to finish the story. So I’ll wait until the entire game is free for me. If you ask me, the game doesn't really begin and open up. Ftfy
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Post by Terminator Force on Feb 22, 2019 3:22:43 GMT
If you ask me, the game doesn't really begin and open up until after you beat the main quest. lol...so...the mind numbing grind is when the game opens up? Yeah, no, fuck that shit That's just your assertion.
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Post by slimgrin727 on Feb 22, 2019 3:24:23 GMT
Pretty depressing seeing this game tank. Now I really am worried about the next DA getting made.
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Post by Terminator Force on Feb 22, 2019 3:27:24 GMT
If you ask me, the game doesn't really begin and open up. Ftfy Doesn't open up to those who only care about romance options and talking, and then talking some more.
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 22, 2019 3:28:02 GMT
lol...so...the mind numbing grind is when the game opens up? Yeah, no, fuck that shit That's just your assertion. as what I quoted was yours I fail to see how that statement is relevant
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Post by dropzofcrimzon on Feb 22, 2019 3:29:12 GMT
Pretty depressing seeing this game tank. Now I really am worried about the next DA getting made. depressing? Why?
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Post by shinobiwan on Feb 22, 2019 3:32:39 GMT
Doesn't open up to those who only care about romance options and talking, and then talking some more. Like, you know, the people who enjoyed those things in most every previous bioware game.
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Post by shinobiwan on Feb 22, 2019 3:33:22 GMT
Pretty depressing seeing this game tank. Now I really am worried about the next DA getting made. depressing? Why? Because I think most everyone here, regardless of which side of the fence they're on, really wants a new good bioware game.
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Post by Terminator Force on Feb 22, 2019 3:33:33 GMT
That's just your assertion. as what I quoted was yours I fail to see how that statement is relevant Was talking about the gameplay opening up as that's when you unlock Grandmaster1 difficulty.
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