Everything we know about Anthem

1. Seamless and intelligent matchmaking will ensure you can quickly and easily find other players to adventure alongside

Ok. This sounds confident, and that would be welcome.

2. Anthem is a world without microchips and a world without mass production

Hmmm. Are there philosophers who wonder how things work, and why? Very Star Warsy, not sci-fi but sci-fantasy, which could be good. Needs moar info.

3. Part of the mystery of the whole IP is: Where did this stuff come from?” Gamble says. “Where did the Scarscome from? Where did that giant Titan creature come from?

This will be as good as its implementation. If that Scarscome appeared from nowhere silently and that is not an intended behavior, welp.

If things work as actually intended, this could be pretty cool.

4. Post-Launch Updates: They will range from small things, like adding a couple of lines of dialogue to a certain NPC, up to adding in new characters, areas, missions. Part of the large investment in Anthem is the ability to continue telling new stories for as long as we want.

This one bugs me. It seems like an easy out to me, storytelling-wise. There doesn't need to be any real grand plan or scheme or even clue of where they want to go... If they can produce a compelling end-game content for the product at launch, that will be sufficient I suppose but still I am left chittering my cheek feathers in mild Turian discomfort.

5. “But even yourself, you’re able to pull off some combos. If you’ve frozen something, and then you detonate that with a missile or a melee strike, you’re going to get some cool combo bonuses

This is good. Co-op combos sounded cool too.

I kind of look forward to sucking at this game...

Copy/pasted your Twitter post here as a reminder to add to OP.

I surprised myself how much I've grown to like doing group activities in ESO to a point that most of my time in game now is spent running dungeons and raids with friends, guildies or PUGs. I'm not excluding the possibility that I will like group activities in Anthem too (if I end up getting it). So if you folks would need a carry...

Yeah, that is confusing. Some platforms, like EA Origins, do allow you to have multiple profiles for a single account. I'm pretty sure I've had two since the beginning of time. The profile might be aligned to platform, e.g., one for PC and one for PlayStation, but meh.

One pilot per account would rule out what the original questioner wanted -- a different character for son, self and friends. And if profiles remain tied to platform and given no cross-platform play, same problem. Might have to buy the game three times to do that ...

Unless by "account" they mean console user. That's different. Most games on my PlayStation are available to all members of my family, and we each have separate user logins, though there's only one "owner" account what pays the moneys.

Okay, looks like it's a good time for another update...

Thanks @pasquale & PapaCharlie9 !

SofaJockey


Edit: Aaaaaand done. 

- Added an Enemies section, as we start getting more specific information.

So we don't forget this link.

variety.com/2018/gaming/features/biowares-casey-hudson-interview-1202842336/

That's going to feel really strange. You haven't played Anthem in awhile for whatever reason and the first time you log in and bamn you get forcefully caught up on what's changed? I guess it's a necessary evil of the 'living world' thing they seem to be obsessed with. But talk about an immersion killer. And taking the game at your own pace? That seems to have just been killed off. I can go weeks and even months in some cases and not touch TOR or ESO yet when I do go back I can pick up right where my character left off...

Hmm...

No KB+M, no bang.

Ever.

This is nothing new for EA playtests and demos (for any game). There is some reason behind it, but I can't remember what it was...

It doesn't mean the game won't support KB&M at launch (it will).

Q: I noticed in the gameplay footage that the Ranger's heat bar continued to rise slowly while hovering but the Storm's did not, is this indicative of a suit mechanic or the pilot skill progression difference?
A: That’s based upon the suit.
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Q: Is there a day/night cycle?
A: Yes.
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