Anthem Twitter Thread

Perhaps it's as much as an RPG as Mass Effect 2, but they say it's not so that people don't complain?

Damn. Well, here's what I expect in one of their games:

- Character creation, with faces and build possibilities;
- Interaction with NPCs and something of a Party.
- A good setting and story.

Hope it still have these three elements.

But they also included that they would have the "Character development and story progression of Bioware"

So... don't rule it out.  I'm hopeful.

Not to get ahead, but I solo Borderlands, so as long as MP isn't required...

I'd prefer it if it was an RPG but action-adventure can be alright, depending on how it's presented. The thing that has me, and a apparently a lot of others, worried is the whole:

"The game will have an online component of some kind, encouraging players to interact in a completely new setting."

"Our ambition is simple: Draw upon 20+ years of development knowledge and lessons to create something fun and new for you to enjoy with your friends."

Of the the little we know, there seems to be a big emphasis on MP-like qualities. I have no interest in playing with strangers and I only have one friend that plays games (and she's on Xbox one while I'm PC only) so any game where MP is required is an automatic skip for me.

I hope the MP-part isn't as extensive as I fear and it's perfectly playable as a SP game. Time will tell. I'll reserve final judgement until we know more, I mean we don't even have a title yet so there's no way of knowing what the MP-aspect will turn out to be.

A bit, although it sounds to me like there's more focus on story than Shadow Realms had. SR was kinda like Overwatch or that game whose name I'm blanking on that pitted four players against one with a big monster, the story was literally a backdrop for the gameplay and the two barely touched. Given the effort they talk about doing with crafting the world and the references to character development and story progression, this seems different.

Before Shadow Realms was announced as cancelled, there was a rumor it was being rebooted (i.e. the gameplay changed).

Interesting fact, Evolve (the game you didn't remember the name off) released the same month/year Shadow Realms cancellation was made official (Feb 2015) and it failed hard.

I'm not too worried because the definition of an rpg has never been determined. It sounds like something different though so I don't have an issued with that we have ME and Da franchises that sort of take care of the other genre. I have played a lot of BioWares mp and will probalby play a lot of MEA mp so the mp aspect is not a minus for me.

I agree, and I do not play games where you do not create your own character. However, Jade Empire was an obvious compromise between giving some choice, but no actual cc, and both the ME:A and DA2 do aggressively limit the customization. They also went from nicknames and handles to actual last names, and in the ME:A -first names of the characters being fixed.

It is possible that we see something like JE or MP, drop into a role rather than create your own character to play a role, and even something like the Nameless One or Geralt.

The name for your sibling is set in stone in MEA, and since you play as one of the siblings, the name is more set than in DA2, where you did not take on Bethany or Carver's role. Here your Sibling is more like a Handmaiden/Disciple, only you play as the switcheroo Joinable depending on the gender you pick.

Oi, good point, Sir. I like that. Though Jade Empire or ME3MP way is still possible.

Has there been a good non-RPG game that we could customize our character?

I don't think I'd be too happy if their new IP has a set character like Geralt or Nathan Drake.

It's so hard to speculate without knowing their definition of RPG. I can't imagine a BioWare game without dialogue options though. And if we had character creation that would be great. I've always thought a BioWare co-op game where each player gets to choose dialogue options would be fun (sort of like SWTOR in a way).