Anthem Twitter Thread

CP2077 at the moment is all rumors and speculation, of course, nothing confirmed. I recall hearing a rumor of CP2077 being not-RPG + MP somewhere, I'll have to dig it up.

Is this a fair distillation of what we know about Secret IP?

* Action-adventure genre
* Not RPG, but "great RPG character development and storyline progression"
* Innovative/disruptive new way to experience action-adventure with friends (assumed to mean online, co-op, MP)

I'm not sure what existing game fits that list best. I too associate Tomb Raider/Uncharted/The Last Of Us with action-adventure, but those excel by removing character development, at least as a choice by the player. The characters develop in exactly one way, the way the writer wrote them to.

Destiny-style raids with player-driven character development could be fun.

Some folks read the "experience with friends" bullet as bringing back local/couch co-op, but that's retro, not innovative.

Bleah, need more info! It could be anything.

Bioware: the masters of saying words without saying anything.

It's fine, you didn't spoil anything.   Besides, I don't think this is a spoiler-free thread, so it's my own fault if I get spoilered. 
Thank you for clearing that up. I thought you meant that there weren't a lot of options to change the way our character looks. 

And I can see why some people don't like it, but the first name integration actually sounds neat.

Maybe 'innovative' means 'innovative for Bioware' and not for the entire industry?

Yes!

Victory for my memory!

I'm not sure comparing other games to what we know is going to be very helpful. First, action-adventure (which I assume applies more to the gameplay than the story) is kind of a broad genre. It includes Tomb Raider and Uncharted, but also Zelda and Darksiders. All we can tell from that is that we'll probably have real time combat and there's a good chance of dungeon puzzles... which isn't such a radical departure from the past half-decade of Bioware games if we're being honest.

Second, the guy made a point of saying they were meshing genres in new ways. Which tells us nothing, except that using current games to judge what these genre descriptors for the secret IP mean might be misleading. The only thing we have that tells us much is the link they made between RPG character development and story progression with Bioware. That makes me pretty confident we'll have control over dialogue and impact the story with our choices (It's a matter of degree that's unclear...)

The online factor and comments about enjoying it with friends, I really have no idea how to interpret. I'm guessing it means other players will be able to interact somehow with one another's game worlds, but I still have no idea what form that's likely to take. It does sound like there'll be cooperative elements.

Is there any chance of a survival/something game?  The image in the OP that MAY have been from the Secret IP had a very Fallout-esque vibe to it.

Would fit into the action/adventure category + they are often first person (I think ME is all third-person, yes?) and could easily incorporate RPG "elements" and story/character progression.

Yes/No/Maybe?

I know, I'm grasping at straws here.
Which is why finding an example for comparison might help, to narrow the field a bit.
True, but again, as you said, the genre is so large, if we can narrow it down to a single quadrant, that would help alot, even if I'm miles away within the quadrant. Example: Uncharted is about as far from Zelda as you can get. There's a cluster of games around Uncharted and a cluster of games around Zelda, and knowing which of the two clusters Secret IP is nearest to can help clarify what the heck it is.

Plus, games stealing from multiple genres isn't new. ME is one such hybrid.

You're probably right, but I hope you're wrong. I argued elsewhere that Bioware's strength in storytelling is hampered by concessions to player choice. I think they could give MGS and The Last Of Us a run for the money on a level playing field.

Looks like the female turian from the new ME, maybe?

Possible hint...


Meta Four ‏@metascent
So cool.
In the picture there, I recognize all the franchises but the one on the far right. Where's that from?

Aurélien André @bl0f
no idea



Hmm...

Has it been confirmed that the lady on the right is actually Ryder?

Perhaps the far right character is a new species from Andromeda.

And would they have 2 characters from Mass Effect?

It seems to me they're trying to represent all of their current franchises with a single character.

Looks a bit like a Cerberus mook from ME3, but it's not the same armor. Just a bit of a similar design.