The Anthem Skepticism Thread

That comment bugs me too. It contradicts everything they've said subsequently about how your choices change your relationship with NPCs, to the point where radio chatter in the shared world changes.

It's possible whoever was answering was thinking in terms of getting alternate endings, like God Baby vs. no God Baby in DAO, not in terms of loyalty mission results, or their equivalent.

Because pugs

You also forget about The Division 2 which will be out a few weeks after Anthem. Destiny 2 isnt the only competition.

I only mentioned Destiny because it is the "type" of player they are trying to attract. I never played D1/2 or Division. Could have got D2 for free and easily passed lol.

This is why I don't understand it when people say it's a Destiny or Warframe RIP off. The signs of Andromeda gameplay is clearly there.

The only similarity is the gameplay. The overall structure of the game and intended purposes is nothing like Andromeda.

About story: I think the story and characters will actually be brought pretty good, but probably not in the way that bio "fans" (and I used the quote marks because of zealot-like loud mouth close-minded fans are not really fans) are used to from bioware, so they'll probably hate it just for the sake of it and not give it it's own proper chance.

That said, I advise anyone who has hopes of impacting decisions to lose that thought right now. Bioware has never had impactful decisions. Even the Original mass effect - in the end - had no choices that really mattered. You were just along for the ride, but you catered how your ride looked like. And Anthem will be no different.

My skepticism lies mainly in gameplay. Will it be:
a) fun enough so that:
a.1) it won't become repetitive
a.2) the repetitiveness is not minded

possible to solo at a decent enough challenge

c) is complex enough, other than use 2 powers and your gun.




PS: One minor remark, someone said that here earlier as well: I am also against in-ear story-telling during the action. Not because of it being 'cheap to produce' or 'lazy' storytelling or anythign like that, but simply because of the fact that I can't concentrate on both shooting someone in the face and listening to someone / reading voice chat over the radio. It just can't be done. And as the point of the game is not dying, this usually means that I never really understand why the enemy is shooting at me at that particular moment in time.

Which is a positive in my book. Andromeda gameplay is great. Goes back into hiding... 

You do know why, my dear CouchRider? DavenportDriver?

It is because this community existed for years before this place. We were invested in the people, and still are to an extent.

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Edit: I am still an "active" (use that term very loosely) modder of a BioWare game. Despite this place having lost everything modding related from the original BioWare Social Network and its predecessor, there is a thread for old BioWare games.

Edit2: I have given you three decent username alts in this post. You're welcome OttomanOperator

No problem DivanPilot

A lot of it just comes from people looking at games that are most popular in the genre. Destiny happens to be the most popular game in the MMO-lite genre for people to bring up (for better or worse). The core structure is just indicative of what you'd see in any MMO or loot-based game. I feel like people expect this genre to have huge set-piece moments like an Uncharted or GoW game, but that's not typically feasible for games such as these. I also think there's a portion of the gaming population that simply doesn't understand the gameplay loop for loot-based games.

Balanced take, Josh Sawyer must have wrote it

Demo demo demo. I look forward to having an informed opinion, so I can have something to dispel or reinforce my skepticism.