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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 19, 2019 17:25:40 GMT
There are maybe 2-3 hours of story content in Anthem. If someone wanted to play this game mostly for story/roleplaying, then they probably went to play other games much faster than looter shooter fans. 2-3 hours of story content? What the heck are you talking about? It took me almost 40 hours to get through the story. Granted, I didn't play particularly fast, played everything on my own, did all the dialogue in Fort Tarsis, did all the side stuff (like upcoming contracts and stuff, listened to the (rather stupid) radio shows and read all the codex entries (some of which are really cool) but still, even if you did it fast, how could you possibly go through the entire story in 2-3 hours?
On topic: As should be clear by the above, I am more of a story oriented playr. I have no use for the loot-grind part. SO I also uninstalled Anthem for now. Will come back in a year or so and see if there is more story content available at that time.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Apr 19, 2019 17:39:18 GMT
There are maybe 2-3 hours of story content in Anthem. If someone wanted to play this game mostly for story/roleplaying, then they probably went to play other games much faster than looter shooter fans. 2-3 hours of story content? What the heck are you talking about? It took me almost 40 hours to get through the story. Granted, I didn't play particularly fast, played everything on my own, did all the dialogue in Fort Tarsis, did all the side stuff (like upcoming contracts and stuff, listened to the (rather stupid) radio shows and read all the codex entries (some of which are really cool) but still, even if you did it fast, how could you possibly go through the entire story in 2-3 hours?
On topic: As should be clear by the above, I am more of a story oriented playr. I have no use for the loot-grind part. SO I also uninstalled Anthem for now. Will come back in a year or so and see if there is more story content available at that time.
I think he is referring to actual story, as in dialogue and exposition, not the story mission themselves.
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 19, 2019 17:40:59 GMT
2-3 hours of story content? What the heck are you talking about? It took me almost 40 hours to get through the story. Took me 65 hours to complete the critical path, though I did take my time.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 19, 2019 17:43:52 GMT
2-3 hours of story content? What the heck are you talking about? It took me almost 40 hours to get through the story. Granted, I didn't play particularly fast, played everything on my own, did all the dialogue in Fort Tarsis, did all the side stuff (like upcoming contracts and stuff, listened to the (rather stupid) radio shows and read all the codex entries (some of which are really cool) but still, even if you did it fast, how could you possibly go through the entire story in 2-3 hours?
On topic: As should be clear by the above, I am more of a story oriented playr. I have no use for the loot-grind part. SO I also uninstalled Anthem for now. Will come back in a year or so and see if there is more story content available at that time.
I think he is referring to actual story, as in dialogue and exposition, not the story mission themselves. First, I don't even think that is true either.I mean, some of Anthem's dialogue does drag on, so it might feel longer than it actually is ( ) but I'd say there is certainly more than 2 -3 hours of dialogue in this game.
Secondly (and more importantly), how would that number of hours even be relevant to anyone? The only thing that matters is how much time you as a player can spend with the storyand that is way more than 2-3.
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Post by aglomeracja on Apr 19, 2019 17:48:50 GMT
There are maybe 2-3 hours of story content in Anthem. If someone wanted to play this game mostly for story/roleplaying, then they probably went to play other games much faster than looter shooter fans. 2-3 hours of story content? What the heck are you talking about? It took me almost 40 hours to get through the story. Granted, I didn't play particularly fast, played everything on my own, did all the dialogue in Fort Tarsis, did all the side stuff (like upcoming contracts and stuff, listened to the (rather stupid) radio shows and read all the codex entries (some of which are really cool) but still, even if you did it fast, how could you possibly go through the entire story in 2-3 hours?
On topic: As should be clear by the above, I am more of a story oriented playr. I have no use for the loot-grind part. SO I also uninstalled Anthem for now. Will come back in a year or so and see if there is more story content available at that time.
If you consider contracts, reading codex or even listening to the radio as "story content" and you do everthing solo, then I guess it might stretch from 3 hours to 40
There are about 2-3 hours of main quests (stretched by the obligatory grind) and a couple of side quests that aren't tied to the main story and they are pretty much the same as every other repeatable contract in Anthem, just with a bit of dialogue beforhand. You can talk to random NPC's that never have any quests related to them or anything.
If you want to say that there's a lot of lore in Anthem, then I agree, but it's certainly not a game (or genre) for people who like games that are heavy on story.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 19, 2019 17:57:16 GMT
2-3 hours of story content? What the heck are you talking about? It took me almost 40 hours to get through the story. Granted, I didn't play particularly fast, played everything on my own, did all the dialogue in Fort Tarsis, did all the side stuff (like upcoming contracts and stuff, listened to the (rather stupid) radio shows and read all the codex entries (some of which are really cool) but still, even if you did it fast, how could you possibly go through the entire story in 2-3 hours?
On topic: As should be clear by the above, I am more of a story oriented playr. I have no use for the loot-grind part. SO I also uninstalled Anthem for now. Will come back in a year or so and see if there is more story content available at that time.
If you consider contracts, reading codex or even listening to the radio as "story content" and you do everthing solo, then I guess it might stretch from 3 hours to 40
There are about 2-3 hours of main quests (stretched by the obligatory grind) and a couple of side quests that aren't tied to the main story and they are pretty much the same as every other repeatable contract in Anthem, just with a bit of dialogue beforhand. You can talk to random NPC's that never have any quests related to them or anything.
If you want to say that there's a lot of lore in Anthem, then I agree, but it's certainly not a game (or genre) for people who like games that are heavy on story. If you just do the main story quests, you can also play through Mass Effect in 2 hours. That's not really a viable metric for the content of the game though, IMO.
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Post by samhain444 on Apr 19, 2019 18:00:54 GMT
2-3 hours of story content? What the heck are you talking about? It took me almost 40 hours to get through the story. Took me 65 hours to complete the critical path, though I did take my time. Yeah, it took me 60hrs of just doing the main story and Sentinel, Freelancer and Archanists contracts with the only Freeplay going towards the Legionaire challenge...that's no Freeplay, Quickplay, or Strongholds.
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Post by aglomeracja on Apr 19, 2019 18:29:53 GMT
If you consider contracts, reading codex or even listening to the radio as "story content" and you do everthing solo, then I guess it might stretch from 3 hours to 40
There are about 2-3 hours of main quests (stretched by the obligatory grind) and a couple of side quests that aren't tied to the main story and they are pretty much the same as every other repeatable contract in Anthem, just with a bit of dialogue beforhand. You can talk to random NPC's that never have any quests related to them or anything.
If you want to say that there's a lot of lore in Anthem, then I agree, but it's certainly not a game (or genre) for people who like games that are heavy on story. If you just do the main story quests, you can also play through Mass Effect in 2 hours. That's not really a viable metric for the content of the game though, IMO. In ME2 companion related side quest are very much a part of the story, but fair enough. You can add the faction quests to the pool and make it about 10 hours of story content (not counting the obligatory grind quest).
Oi, to people posting here how long it took them to finish the game - are you trying to say that the time that passed from the moment you started the game to when you finished it is somehow reflecting how much story content there really is? Or do you just enjoy posting statistics for no aparent reason?
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Post by Mobius Y on Apr 19, 2019 18:47:28 GMT
Because real-time hours required to play a game directly correlates to how “good” it is, I guess. I suppose that means The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time must not be that good ‘cuz I can beat it in 6-7 hours. But hey, it’s at least twice as good as Anthem, right??
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 19, 2019 19:08:51 GMT
Oi, to people posting here how long it took them to finish the game - are you trying to say that the time that passed from the moment you started the game to when you finished it is somehow reflecting how much story content there really is? Or do you just enjoy posting statistics for no aparent reason? For the same reason that games are played, not watched as a cutscene compilation.t he story content forms a part of the gameplay experience and is not removed in isolation. The 'story' is certainly shorter here than in a 'complete' non-GAAS game, but to suggest that the story experience is only a few hours is rank foolishness in my view. In any case, I thought the posting of meaningless statistics was the subject matter of the thread?
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Post by cypherj on Apr 19, 2019 19:47:19 GMT
There are maybe 2-3 hours of story content in Anthem. If someone wanted to play this game mostly for story/roleplaying, then they probably went to play other games much faster than looter shooter fans. 2-3 hours of story content? What the heck are you talking about? It took me almost 40 hours to get through the story. Granted, I didn't play particularly fast, played everything on my own, did all the dialogue in Fort Tarsis, did all the side stuff (like upcoming contracts and stuff, listened to the (rather stupid) radio shows and read all the codex entries (some of which are really cool) but still, even if you did it fast, how could you possibly go through the entire story in 2-3 hours?
On topic: As should be clear by the above, I am more of a story oriented playr. I have no use for the loot-grind part. SO I also uninstalled Anthem for now. Will come back in a year or so and see if there is more story content available at that time.
I think they're just counting the priority missions that it takes to beat the final boss. They're probably not counting talks with NPCs that don't pertain to the story, reading codexs, listening to the radio, or anything else that isn't required to complete the main story line.
You probably do a main story line missions, come back, talk to any NPC that has a chat bubble, listen to some episodes on the radio, explore the fort, etc, and then go do the next main story mission. Whereas this person is saying do a main story missions, whatever requirements there are to get the next main story missions, and only that, and then do the next main story mission.
Even still, I'd say that 2-3 hours is low balling it.
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Post by aglomeracja on Apr 19, 2019 20:09:51 GMT
Oi, to people posting here how long it took them to finish the game - are you trying to say that the time that passed from the moment you started the game to when you finished it is somehow reflecting how much story content there really is? Or do you just enjoy posting statistics for no aparent reason? For the same reason that games are played, not watched as a cutscene compilation.t he story content forms a part of the gameplay experience and is not removed in isolation. Did I say the story is isolated from the gameplay? I don't think I did.
Is story something different than "open 20 chests" and "revive 5 companions" or "scan glowing thingy 10 times"? I'd say it is. Anthem's main story is short and shallow, it doesn't take long to complete it. If you want to add factions side quests to "story content" category, then I guess there's about 10 hours of it total. IIRC only a couple of contracts from Matthias and Brin have cutscenes and freelancer dude just has a bit of dialogue. The quests themselves are basically the same as those generic endgame contracts, but that's beyond the point.
Might wanna add what's the "non foolish" estimate in your view (and why). Was it?
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 19, 2019 20:18:28 GMT
I thought so. A thread about a survey conducted in 'salty Reddit' is hardly a credible source. That would produce no more sense than one only conducted in the Skepticism thread here (or the Hype thread for that matter). I suspect a sensible assessment is less than the 60-65 hours that those who stretch out the game and more than the 5-10 that content runners will experience. I'm guessing that most players will experience 20- 25 hours, but that's trying to measure a variable thing.
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Post by alanc9 on Apr 19, 2019 20:26:39 GMT
If we want to actually test this, it's simple enough. Plenty of vids around. If someone can come up with a workable definition of "story content," it's easy enough to add up the times.
Veterans of the old boards may remember that there was a stupid fantasy kicking around about how ME3 had less dialogue than the previous games; no matter how often it was shot down with data, somebody'd keep coming up with it.. Whenever people don't like a game, they start making up lies about it. I'm not sure why lying about testable stuff seems like a useful strategy. Don't know if this is an example of that, though; I haven't done the work.
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Post by aglomeracja on Apr 19, 2019 20:52:29 GMT
I thought so. A thread about a survey conducted in 'salty Reddit' is hardly a credible source. That would produce no more sense than one only conducted in the Skepticism thread here (or the Hype thread for that matter). I suspect a sensible assessment is less than the 60-65 hours that those who stretch out the game and more than the 5-10 that content runners will experience. I'm guessing that most players will experience 20- 25 hours, but that's trying to measure a variable thing. If you mean that it can take this many hours of playtime till someone finishes the story, then it's surely can be 20-25 hours. Spend some time in freeplay, repeat the Tyrant mine a couple of times and do the tombs grind - that's easily 10 hours. Especially if you get kicked a couple of times and get forced to repeat some quests.
It doesn't have nearly as much story content though.
Anyway, I don't know about Reddit, but here without sceptics there wouldn't be any discussion at all. There might just be more people sceptical about Anthem than those who like it and even less people who still play it.
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Post by cypherj on Apr 19, 2019 21:31:27 GMT
If we want to actually test this, it's simple enough. Plenty of vids around. If someone can come up with a workable definition of "story content," it's easy enough to add up the times. Veterans of the old boards may remember that there was a stupid fantasy kicking around about how ME3 had less dialogue than the previous games; no matter how often it was shot down with data, somebody'd keep coming up with it.. Whenever people don't like a game, they start making up lies about it. I'm not sure why lying about testable stuff seems like a useful strategy. Don't know if this is an example of that, though; I haven't done the work.
Well, for me. It pretty much separate content into main story content and side content. Main story being anything required to make it through the main story of the game. Which for this game would be anything required to get back to the Heart of Rage and defeat the Monitor.
Raising standing with the Sentinels or other factions. Side content. Talking to random NPCs. As much as it pulled at the heart strings when I pretended to be a lady's daughter while I helped her realize the truth. Side content. Reading codexes. Side content. Lore.
If someone asks me how long the story is in a game. I tell them the amount of time I estimate it would take to do just the required main story content, while ignoring all of the side content.
Which for Anthem is definitely more than a few hours and definitely less than 40+ hours.
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 19, 2019 21:33:14 GMT
even less people who still play it. I think there are plenty of people playing Anthem. I can matchmake a game in Anthem much more quickly than a game in The Division 2, for example.
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Post by aglomeracja on Apr 19, 2019 22:00:21 GMT
even less people who still play it. I think there are plenty of people playing Anthem. I can matchmake a game in Anthem much more quickly than a game in The Division 2, for example. That actually means even less than the survey this thread is about
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Post by Thrombin on Apr 19, 2019 23:31:17 GMT
For the same reason that games are played, not watched as a cutscene compilation.t he story content forms a part of the gameplay experience and is not removed in isolation. Did I say the story is isolated from the gameplay? I don't think I did.
Is story something different than "open 20 chests" and "revive 5 companions" or "scan glowing thingy 10 times"? I'd say it is. Anthem's main story is short and shallow, it doesn't take long to complete it. If you want to add factions side quests to "story content" category, then I guess there's about 10 hours of it total. IIRC only a couple of contracts from Matthias and Brin have cutscenes and freelancer dude just has a bit of dialogue. The quests themselves are basically the same as those generic endgame contracts, but that's beyond the point.
It took me over three weeks to complete the story playing ridiculous amount of hours (for me, anyway). I would not call it short or shallow (it was very moving at times, had some great twists and turns and some excellent acting). Plus just the levelling up itself was fun too. That's all part of the RPG feel. Getting more powerful with every mission, playing with new equipment, new weapons, new fighting styles. You get plenty of loot when you're levelling up too because everything is better than what you had before!
I would also argue that "open 20 chests" or "revive 5 companions" can still be story. If you're invested in your character and experiencing your character silencing relics and aiding his fellow freelancers then it's still part of your character's story. The missions are the story, not just the cut-scenes. If you can roleplay it then it's all as much a part of their story as anything else. At least when it's presented in the right way with the right framework to link it into the ongoing story line. Side missions, chatting with NPC's and making a difference in their lives is still part of the RPG experience. Making a difference to the Fort, seeing that difference realized in the changing environment. It all counts. The Codex counts, the funny e-mails, the expanding of the world and the environment that you're immersed in, all count.
That's why roleplayers like me take far more from that side of the game than looter/shooter lovers to whom it's just a barrier in the way of the looting and shooting.
If you dismiss the story as 2-3 hours then you don't understand what an RPG-lover gets from this game.
I certainly enjoyed it enough to want to experience it again on another pilot, with a different gender and different decisions. It's all content I enjoy and I look forward to more of it in the future, far more than I care about how many legendaries I can get hold of.
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Post by Polka Dot on Apr 20, 2019 0:26:26 GMT
If we want to actually test this, it's simple enough. Plenty of vids around. If someone can come up with a workable definition of "story content," it's easy enough to add up the times. I don't know exactly what it should include, but I could suggest some things that should not be included: -- Partial mission plays due to disconnects and crashes. -- Any time spent spawning into missions that can't be completed. -- Time spent in load screens. -- Time spent fiddling with inventory/load-outs. (This could be counted as game content, but isn't story related) That's why roleplayers like me take far more from that side of the game than looter/shooter lovers to whom it's just a barrier in the way of the looting and shooting. If you dismiss the story as 2-3 hours then you don't understand what an RPG-lover gets from this game.
Anthem is an RPG? News to me...
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Post by Terminator Force on Apr 20, 2019 1:52:08 GMT
I thought so. A thread about a survey conducted in 'salty Reddit' is hardly a credible source. That would produce no more sense than one only conducted in the Skepticism thread here (or the Hype thread for that matter). I suspect a sensible assessment is less than the 60-65 hours that those who stretch out the game and more than the 5-10 that content runners will experience. I'm guessing that most players will experience 20- 25 hours, but that's trying to measure a variable thing. According to a Steam survey I recall awhile back, and if I recall this correctly, mostly players barely put any hours into majority games they buy. Though granted Steam is filled with a lot filler, or so I hear, many gamers these days do seem to buy more then they actually have time to consume. (If someone can find this survey source again, please link)
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Post by Sah291 on Apr 20, 2019 2:34:44 GMT
I thought so. A thread about a survey conducted in 'salty Reddit' is hardly a credible source. That would produce no more sense than one only conducted in the Skepticism thread here (or the Hype thread for that matter). I suspect a sensible assessment is less than the 60-65 hours that those who stretch out the game and more than the 5-10 that content runners will experience. I'm guessing that most players will experience 20- 25 hours, but that's trying to measure a variable thing. According to a Steam survey I recall awhile back, and if I recall this correctly, mostly players barely put any hours into majority games they buy. Though granted Steam is filled with a lot filler, or so I hear, many gamers these days do seem to buy more then they actually have time to consume. (If someone can find this survey source again, please link) I'm not sure, but wouldnt surprised me. I've seen similar surveys that show the average Steam gamer has a pile of unplayed games. People buy more than they have time for during sales, and then never get around to actually playing all the games they bought. I know I do have a pile of my own. A lot of gamers apparently don't finish games either. www.gamerevolution.com/features/486029-rdr2-and-assassins-creed-data-reveals-no-one-completes-games-anymoreToo much media oversaturation and not enough time for it all. That's why I stopped playing MMOs years ago, because I just didn't have time to keep up with them.
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I have approx 80 odd games. I've played maybe 60 of them. Finished maybe 20-30 of them. But I play the same 10 on rotation endlessly.
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Post by cypherj on Apr 20, 2019 10:44:32 GMT
According to a Steam survey I recall awhile back, and if I recall this correctly, mostly players barely put any hours into majority games they buy. Though granted Steam is filled with a lot filler, or so I hear, many gamers these days do seem to buy more then they actually have time to consume. (If someone can find this survey source again, please link)I'm not sure, but wouldnt surprised me. I've seen similar surveys that show the average Steam gamer has a pile of unplayed games. People buy more than they have time for during sales, and then never get around to actually playing all the games they bought. I know I do have a pile of my own. A lot of gamers apparently don't finish games either. www.gamerevolution.com/features/486029-rdr2-and-assassins-creed-data-reveals-no-one-completes-games-anymoreToo much media oversaturation and not enough time for it all. That's why I stopped playing MMOs years ago, because I just didn't have time to keep up with them. This has been the case for some time, it's nothing new. Bioware used to release stats on the percentage of players that finished their games. I remember not even half of people used to finish some games. They put out stats of how many people didn't even make it out of Ostagar on Dragon Age Origins. Obviously this may have been overstated by the fact that some people may have tried out different Origins but didn't finish the game, but the number was eyeopening to me at the time. You have some people who continue playing games thinking they'll get better, and some that decide early on, this isn't for me. Especially if they have other things to play. I've also bought games that looked good but just turned out to be crappy PC ports on steam like Quantum Break and Arkham Knight, and never finished them. Some of it is marketing where people buy the hot the new game, when it's not even the genre or type of game they like. Then they play it and confirm that. How many people do you think bought Sekiro not knowing what type of game it was. My best friend bought it even after I warned him that he didn't have the patience to play a game like this. It took him forever to beat the first mini boss and he hasn't touched it since. Whereas I've played Souls games and knew what to expect. Still an awesome game btw.
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Post by legbamel on Apr 20, 2019 11:43:52 GMT
If we want to actually test this, it's simple enough. Plenty of vids around. If someone can come up with a workable definition of "story content," it's easy enough to add up the times. I don't know exactly what it should include, but I could suggest some things that should not be included: -- Partial mission plays due to disconnects and crashes. -- Any time spent spawning into missions that can't be completed. -- Time spent in load screens. -- Time spent fiddling with inventory/load-outs. (This could be counted as game content, but isn't story related) That's why roleplayers like me take far more from that side of the game than looter/shooter lovers to whom it's just a barrier in the way of the looting and shooting. If you dismiss the story as 2-3 hours then you don't understand what an RPG-lover gets from this game.
Anthem is an RPG? News to me... Nobody said it was an RPG, just that there are hooks for people who love RPGs. I absolutely count Mythias's, Brin's, and Yarrow's quests as part of the story. I consider the story the over-arching goal of redeeming the freelancers and bringing Fort Tarsis (and the world on general) back from the brink. Sexy danger lady and the grain supply are part of that as well. The Heart of Rage was the intro, not the whole story.
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