I think I’ve figured out one of the biggest reasons for my excitement for this game. It’s the flying. It looks so damn fun and hopefully is as much fun while playing. I will be hella disappointed if the flying mechanic is not implemented into the game outside just getting from point A to B. There better be some flying requirement for some of the end game content or I’m really going to lose it, haha.
I keep seeing a lot of negative comments attached to stories for this game. There seem to be a lot of people who say that they would have jumped on this game if it was a single player RPG but are not interested in a Destiny like experience. Then there is the camp saying they don’t want to give their money to EA so they are passing on this game and some other comments say “no PVP, no buy”.
I really hope this game is good and that gamers give it a fair shake before they dismiss it. I don’t think its too late to turn perception around for this game but EA/Bioware need to turn on their marketing muscle machine to try and change the narrative surrounding this game before its too late.
Hey Kerosene31, thanks for the video I'll check it out after work where I can be nice and comfy at home. I've seen a few videos from some youtubers who were flown out for a private demo. But from the few vids I’ve seen about Anthem from those who attended the sponsored event their videos didn’t give much substance but they did provide some nice gameplay which I hadn’t seen before. And, my opinion has not changed that it’s the flying that’s really doing it for me.
The overall of the game does look fun and I love that the devs have said “all major content that requires teamwork will have matchmaking”. That was a major issue I had with Destiny Raids forcing me to coordinate with players using a third-party site which was so frustrating and a major reason why I left the Guardians I worked so hard on behind. It was as if Bungie had no faith in the intelligence of gamers to figure things out or for the community to come together through matchmaking to help those who were struggling. The message to me of no matchmaking was "only the most hardcore should coordinate and take part in the most rewarding content". To pay for a game and its expansions only to be locked out of the most rewarding content is a real kick in the sack.
Hey Kerosene31, good video from that Kackis fellow. He gave a nice breakdown and mentioned something I have not heard yet. The fact that you can't immediately equip a piece of found loot during a mission is a new piece of info for me. One of the games I'm playing now is Warhammer Inquisitor: Martyr which is a ARPG like Diablo 3. That game does the same thing where you can only equip the loot you find after mission completion. So I'm used to that sort of thing now but I can see that frustrating players who want to know what they got when they get it.
Thanks you just provided me with a new channel for gaming news/updates.
Yeah that was interesting. In a way I can see how that makes people stay in an activity but like you said it gets frustrating.
The big thing that alarmed me in that video is how the game is more centered around abilities than gunplay. I don't want this game to be a Destiny clone, and the way the classes are different looks good, but ability spam tends to get old in a hurry.
I worry that it will be very cookie cutter. Do your "root/freeze" attack, then area attack, etc. Hopefully it is deeper than that.
Demo is this weekend. If you’re in, you can invite 3 friends
Looks like it should just be listed on the store.So I pre-ordered the game and said yes to download it. But that is the game. How do I download the demo?
Found it.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/anthem-demo/bpnv42605mmw?ranMID=24542&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-jP82rBg0eX9Ixbyvna1h9w&epi=TnL5HPStwNw-jP82rBg0eX9Ixbyvna1h9w&irgwc=1&OCID=AID681541_aff_7593_1243925&tduid=(ir__trn0zyk0oczlavwtlddjivdw9u2xhrt1nuvlc0gd00)(7593)(1243925)(TnL5HPStwNw-jP82rBg0eX9Ixbyvna1h9w)()&irclickid=_trn0zyk0oczlavwtlddjivdw9u2xhrt1nuvlc0gd00&activetab=pivotverviewtab
So I pre-ordered the game and said yes to download it. But that is the game. How do I download the demo?
Found it.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/anthem-demo/bpnv42605mmw?ranMID=24542&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-jP82rBg0eX9Ixbyvna1h9w&epi=TnL5HPStwNw-jP82rBg0eX9Ixbyvna1h9w&irgwc=1&OCID=AID681541_aff_7593_1243925&tduid=(ir__trn0zyk0oczlavwtlddjivdw9u2xhrt1nuvlc0gd00)(7593)(1243925)(TnL5HPStwNw-jP82rBg0eX9Ixbyvna1h9w)()&irclickid=_trn0zyk0oczlavwtlddjivdw9u2xhrt1nuvlc0gd00&activetab=pivotverviewtab