DisturbedSwan Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Quote Microsoft closed its Xbox E3 2017 conference with an extended look at Anthem, BioWare's new shared-world action-role-playing game. It launches autumn 2018 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The gameplay looked incredibly impressive, showcasing a vast open-world where you and a team of up to four friends can explore dense jungles and wildernesses, boosting around by jetpack or mech-enhanced-running. The ruins and treasures of a sci-fi world are there for you to find, but so are big beasties and baddies. There wasn't much of a hint to Anthem's story, but we saw the player character heading out in their exo-suit, named Javelins, which we were told come in various models for different play-styles. The game's look felt like a mix of Avatar, Destiny and Titanfall - and looked lightyears beyond BioWare's recent Mass Effect Andromeda in terms of technology powering it. Despite closing Microsoft's conference, there was no word on any sort of exclusivity for the game. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-11-biowares-anthem-demoed-gameplay-revealed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeFour Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 This looked fantastic to me. Obviously striking similarities to a certain other game It's looking precisely what I'm after. Destiny needs good competition and I want more games if it's type. It's early days. I remember the reveal of Destiny and it looked so expansive and loot filled. It wasn't quite what was imagined, so I'm keeping my hype in check for now incase this is a similar thing. How open is it? What's the mission variety like? End game? All sorts of questions. It looks fuckin cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambob Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Everything @ThreeFour said basically, the more the merrier, it's a big threat to Destiny but I'm happy for it to be better, I'm going to guess that its not console exclusive but will be the opposite of destiny in terms of having timed exclusives for Xbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 I'm with @mr lakitu on this, just don't get the hype at all, looked super generic. A Titanfall-Destiny-Evolve crossover with more shooty bang bangs than a late 19th century town in the American West, zoned out completely. Also, I'll be flabbergasted if it actually looks like that when it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regemond Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Is it multiplayer focused or single player? Anyway, just like Nintendo's Switch always makes me think of Will Smith, all I can hear when I see Anthem is this... I hate myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeFour Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 It'll be a bit of both. Drop in drop out style of Destiny. You saw four people group up so that may be the squad size for general play. Seems loot will play a part so imagine they're going for the Destiny thing where the story will serve to set up the end game challenge/loot grind. Plenty of scope to intersperse more story into it which I'm hoping both do but the end game is the focus - plenty of activities and Raids etc with loot rewards. My guess anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 8 hours ago, regemond said: all I can hear when I see Anthem is this... and in turn that song reminds me of EBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigkopman Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I love the look of this but definitely waiting to hear more about it. Great trailer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeFour Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Delayed to Q1 2019. https://kotaku.com/bioware-doubles-down-on-anthem-as-pressure-mounts-1822380989 Nooooooooooooo Most people, including me, suspected it. I hoped, but not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Hopefully the kickback they got from SWBFII and loading it with bullshit has scared them into not doing it again and this delay is the reason why it's been pushed back. Not that I'm bothered, it comes when it comes, I'd rather it be good than terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Not surprised at all. That article also says BioWare's entire future is riding on how well that game does, jeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 People need to realise that Bioware is just the shell that houses the talent, and talent moves about if it's not happy the way it's being treated. For instance talent moved from Infinity Ward to Respawn. Still got the high quality games but just under a different moniker. If Bioware gets made another casualty of EA's rampage then so be it. Would I be sad if Bioware folded? Sure I would. If Anthem is shite and they do end up getting shuttered, then it's probably deserved. Any creative or gifted individuals that went on to be the best part of that studio will find work, and hopefully they'll find work in an environment that allows them to flourish and get shit done to a very high quality without being interfered with too much. It wouldn't surprise me if all the games and game series we've seen fuck up were caused by developers being strong armed or just being done with the topic due to burnout. There's several series that took a swing as people moved on. DICE might still be DICE, but when Goldfarb left the series got a bit derailed and hasn't really been right since. Readjustments in the development team combined with outside interfering from the publisher can really fuck a project up which can bring the whole house into disrepute. You know yourself that if work is terrible you get unmotivated or maybe even start half arsing stuff, maybe even looking to jump ship to another job. If Anthem does turn out to be rubbish, then EA and Bioware are to blame for it. Depending on the levels of fucked depends on who shoulders the most blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambob Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Exactly, its like a football team, the name is important but the players are the key. The personnel changes often, and a game is only as good as the team that made it and sometimes you get this awesome team and then the game comes out and the team disbands and there arent any guarantees that a sequel will be good, on the flip side a sequel could be way better. Ultimately the people that are to blame wont go under, and often dont go under and dont give two fucks if anybody else does. Its not a pleasant industry and hasnt been for a long time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 What industry is pleasant? Even in the nicer sectors there's always casualties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeFour Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 You'd much rather a good studio not be disbanded because they were too worried and stressed to make something that followed a rule of cash flow rather than quality content. Yeah go elsewhere, make up your own team. Doesn't excuse the source of the problem. You only have to look at the small lean towards Eververse to Destiny 2 to see how it drastically it effects the game and how it plays. Now the development team gets hate mail and constant negativity thrown their way. But c'est la vie. That being said I don't remember a really good Bioware game since ME3. Argument to be made the top talent has been working on this and now the others are out, everyone's on this. You can bet the shitstorm that SWBF2 brought and nose diving of Destiny 2's popularity has affected the development here. Not the sole reason for delay, it's an ambitious project - they get delayed, but definitely affects it. EA want constant cash flow revenue these days. So if you aren't going all in on loot boxes/microstransactions you need bigger DLC plan baby. More time and work. But the Frost says he's got a good feeling here. This'll be good mark my words. Combat will be a bit janky, never was their strong point, but it will be so bombastic and epic you'll forgive it. Drew Karpyshyn is back on the story so it's in good hands. The graphics look stunning - Digital Foundry pretty much confirmed Xbox X plausibility I think so pro shouldn't be far behind. Gameplay well... we'll have to see. Fuckin Iron Man tho ? and they've seen enough from the likes of Warframe/Division/Destiny to have an idea. I'd be surprised if it launched without issues and was better months down the line like the ones mentioned previous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 23 minutes ago, ThreeFour said: That being said I don't remember a really good Bioware game since ME3. Mass Effect Andromeda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DisturbedSwan Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 Even hotter take: Mass Effect Andromeda is better than Mass Effect 1 and 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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