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ZiabR

How many of you are picking this up? Parent company is EA but its developed by Bioware who are normally top notice.

Open Beta starts on the 1st Feb for 3 days.

I really want this to be good and will likely pick it up.

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Nody

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Allegedly

It will be; of course knowing EA and looking at previous games it will take you 25 years to unlock it all or 100h+ for the top stuff but it IS possible to unlock it in game...

Potential-Monke

ZiabR wrote: »

You are right, all items will be available through normal play.

Allegedly

ZiabR

Mickeroo wrote: »

The cosmetic end of things doesn't matter anywhere near as much as things like weapon/armour rarity, perks and stats in a loot based game in my experience. I think they've said there will be new Javelins added to the game but they will be free/obtainable through gameplay.

You are right, all items will be available through normal play.

Mickeroo

Lone Stone wrote: »

i prefer 3rd person also, but i would prefer a season pass or xpacks etc to me the entire point of looter type games is to find the coolest looking stuff and customize your character the way you like , when you cash shop that aspect of the game so soon it is not a good move because it detracts from that sense of progression, now if they just wait and release some cool alternative skins or models even like in war frame that would be no problem at all, because they have the work put into them and arent just some crappy re color. Or better yet release new javelin's with new move set's that you can unlock over time and craft or you know buy them like in warframe it works so well that i would have no issue with that.

The cosmetic end of things doesn't matter anywhere near as much as things like weapon/armour rarity, perks and stats in a loot based game in my experience. I think they've said there will be new Javelins added to the game but they will be free/obtainable through gameplay.

Lone Stone

i prefer 3rd person also, but i would prefer a season pass or xpacks etc to me the entire point of looter type games is to find the coolest looking stuff and customize your character the way you like , when you cash shop that aspect of the game so soon it is not a good move because it detracts from that sense of progression, now if they just wait and release some cool alternative skins or models even like in war frame that would be no problem at all, because they have the work put into them and arent just some crappy re color. Or better yet release new javelin's with new move set's that you can unlock over time and craft or you know buy them like in warframe it works so well that i would have no issue with that.

Icyseanfitz

ZiabR wrote: »

Sorry, not sure if you are being serious here of not? You are saying that how your javlin looks is more important than the FPS in the game?

No third person versus first person perspective.

ZiabR

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

well this is a third person game so how my character looks is much more important to me than a fps, 10-20euro skins are a ****ing joke, end of

Sorry, not sure if you are being serious here of not? You are saying that how your javlin looks is more important than the FPS in the game?

Icyseanfitz

well this is a third person game so how my character looks is much more important to me than a fps, 10-20euro skins are a ****ing joke, end of

Venom

ZiabR wrote: »

I have said it before and I will say it again. I could not care less about cosmetic micro-transactions. Don't care if every game has them.

What I do care about though, are micro-transactions in games that allow you to get an advantage on other players or improve your characters, much like a pay to win model.

If someone whats to spend €20 on a skin to make them look cool, then I say, let them at it. Its their money.

As long as the items you can buy don't change the games mechanics, then I don't care

Micro-transactions are a part of the gaming world we live in today.... sadly.

I agree that the theory of cosmetic only cash shop items should not be a big deal or affect gameplay but sadly, in reality, they do affect player progression as devs tend to make a games gameplay loop much more of a grind, to entice people to shell out cash for the item instead. Also, let's not forget this is an EA game who have a long history of gouging their players for every last cent they can and have never had a problem with selling pay to win items before as can be seen in the latest Fifa or Battlefront 2.

TitianGerm

gizmo wrote: »

In the absence of a season pass or paid single player DLC, isn't the more interesting question how much people think the full skin, material and emblems should be?

The most expensive ones will be around €10-€12 I'd guess. Most will be in the €2-€4 range. If I see one that I like I'd buy it.

gizmo

In the absence of a season pass or paid single player DLC, isn't the more interesting question how much people think the full skin, material and emblems should be?

Kiith

Yeah, as much as i don't like any micro transactions, i'd happily take cosmetic ones over anything else.

And as above, if there is no season pass, that's a good thing.

Mickeroo

I'd take 20 quid for a skin over having to pay for expansions/season passes any day.

ZiabR

I have said it before and I will say it again. I could not care less about cosmetic micro-transactions. Don't care if every game has them.

What I do care about though, are micro-transactions in games that allow you to get an advantage on other players or improve your characters, much like a pay to win model.

If someone whats to spend €20 on a skin to make them look cool, then I say, let them at it. Its their money.

As long as the items you can buy don't change the games mechanics, then I don't care

Micro-transactions are a part of the gaming world we live in today.... sadly.

Nody

Fred The Red wrote: »

And the pathetic gouging begins

EA are like clockwork

20 dollar skins lol

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/01/anthem_microtransaction_controversy_starts_early_bioware_says_pricing_isnt_finalised

Expect them to lower it by 50% or similar and everyone will claim "it's fair" and then they release the legendary $20 skin instead.

[Deleted User]

And the pathetic gouging begins

EA are like clockwork

20 dollar skins lol

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/01/anthem_microtransaction_controversy_starts_early_bioware_says_pricing_isnt_finalised

ZiabR

Kiith wrote: »

Tried to play twice over the weekend, got stuck on the loading screen both times and had to quit.

Will wait till launch, and try it once some of that bugs are ironed out.

Alot of the bugs will be fixed for this weekends open beta. You should try this weekend. I personally wont be playing the Beta. I have seen enough of the game to keep me interested for the moment.

Kiith

Tried to play twice over the weekend, got stuck on the loading screen both times and had to quit.

Will wait till launch, and try it once some of that bugs are ironed out.

ZiabR

Overall the game is ok. I can see myself playing it alright but it needs alot of work still before the Feb 22nd release date.

Walking around the town on the Xbox One X has horrible FPS drops. It would say its sitting around 20FPS.

Once you get into your Javlin the game comes alive. Very little FPS issues.

The game looks beautiful and sounds amazing which is what you would expect from the Frostbite engine. The single player story seems interesting but the game does come to life if you have a 4 man team.

I will keep my preorder and will likely play from launch. I do have concerns about its longevity though. They need to make sure they have enough content to keep players interested.

I would score it a 6/10 at the moment.

dreamers75

Played some coop last night and tried a few hard missions.

Stupid idea

I like it, not happy i cant get 4k60fps tho.

EoinMcLovin

All 4 javelins are available to use now and will be available next week too.

Venom

Kirby wrote: »

People keep saying this and I kind of get why but they only thing this and warframe have in common is that they have mech suits. They play nothing alike.

Well, you have crazy levels of mobility in Warframe for moving around the map as well as for both getting into combat and then out of bad situations if things go pear-shaped, multiple damage abilities on fast refreshes and can swap from gun play to melee combat in an instant.

Icyseanfitz

Kirby wrote: »

People keep saying this and I kind of get why but they only thing this and warframe have in common is that they have mech suits. They play nothing alike.

Been a while since I've played Warframe, but gameplay seemed similar enough tbh, this does seem more vertical in nature with the flying mind. Played a lot of destiny 1/2 and it really felt like a third person version of it.

Kirby

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

its too similar to warframe/destiny for me...and the pc bugs

People keep saying this and I kind of get why but they only thing this and warframe have in common is that they have mech suits. They play nothing alike.

Outkast_IRE

Got caught with the infinite loading bug for each mission , so had to quit and rejoin - really annyoying.

I will give it a go again when it comes out proper - but only cause its part of the origin premier i have at the moment. Otherwise i dunno would it be a day 1 purchase for me. Its hard to know from the demo, i liked it but didnt love it .

_CreeD_

So, for me so far it's an optimistic 'meh'.

Cons:
- Weak controls, who includes non-toggle mouse acceleration these days (well to be fair quite a few so called aaa devs who apparently just have console-controller monkeys onboard (* EDIT: To be clear it's the lack of effort on M+Kbd that makes the 'monkey' part, not the emphasis on controller).
- No FOV - (see above, pure ignorance and again shows that the PC version was an afterthought)
- Linked to this since small FOVs are more suitable for playing at a distance on a TV it's exacerbated by critical bug with Dolby Vision enabled TVs and Nvidia cards. I picked up an LG OLED before Xmas and now game on it near exclusively (with Mouse/Kbd using a Roccat Sova). Start up Anthem, Dolby Vision enabled logo.....black screen that cannot be exited, you have to hard reset the PC.
- General movement feels clunky and unrealistic, no real weight.
- Gun play is ok, again it feels more like shooting at sliding paper targets than tangible enemys. As has been said a few times it's very like Mass Effect Andromeda with more mobility, and while it has been correctly pointed out that was one of the best aspects of that game it was not good on a global scale (i.e. ME-A got away with it because it was not primarily a shooter, this should be doing a much better job of it).
- Voice acting is hit and miss,some characters are great and others completely lackluster ('you' being the worst). I'd put this down to bad audio direction more than the talent since it seems more about mis-delivery than base ability to express.
- Graphics and performance are again disappointing, there doesn't seem to be much payback for the FPS hits. on 4k I was getting around 40-45 FPS max on ultra, dropped to 1440p and it was fine for most areas but had some slowdowns. All for a game that does not look as good as a number of other titles (even MA-E looked and played better with a solid 60FPs at 4k).
- Loading takes longer than it should based on map size and hard-load pausing between some areas. 20-30 seconds on a pure SSD system is just ridiculous.

Pros
- The off-ground movement I think is what may save this. And I include dodging and hovering aswell as pure flight here. When I started to get more used to it the ability to mix effective doging and flight into firefight maneuvres was quite satisfying.

I have EA Access so will be playing this on release. I think based on the demo though if I didn't and had to make the choice to explicitly spend on it I would probably wait for some good reviews of the full product, and even then when it dropped to mid price.

Icyseanfitz

maybe im just crazy old and cynical, everyone seems to love it! guess i cant really get over the fact that bioware dont make bioware games anymore

that and its too similar to warframe/destiny for me...and the pc bugs

Raphael

Kirby wrote: »

hat ISNT acceptable is that loading screen bug. Literally half the time you load a mission, it gets stuck at 95% done and just hangs. Loading into a mission or out of one. Meaning you can spend 30 minutes doing a mission, complete it, then crash and lose all progress, xp, and loot you got.

FYI, you don't lose the loot and XP when this happens - you'll get it the next time you successfully get the expedition complete screen.

Lone Stone

looks fun havent tried it myself, hopefully they fix the issues on pc and add a chat window for typing. The lead Dev seemed open to getting the issues fixed on reddit, The only thing that will keep me buying day 1 is to wait and see how the game actually play when its live in regards to loot and the currency values as everything is a fixed price now in the demo. Would be a sad day to see it flop for biowares sake.

Flashdan

I loved this game. I like MMO's and I like looter and normal shooters. I'm playing this on PC and the highest settings and it looks amazing btw.

I think the main thing about this compared to destiny is that where as destiny focuses on mainly what you do with your gun 80% of the time and 20% abilities, Anthem switches it around and lets you combo with other or even yourself if you have the right things equipped. This will lead to much more diversity in how you play your game and having loadouts for whatever you want will be great. Not to mention how you can just change it to be playing and Tank, DPS, Mage or a balance of the 3 without having to re level is really amazing. For a loot driven game to need ways to keep it fresh when you have to do the things over and over for a drop.

Yeah there are a lot of things wrong like the 95% bug is just inexcusable and crashes at missions inside the Fort are not a great thing for a game that releases in 3 weeks.

I think that trying to load in to this game on day one would just be crazy, I doubt the servers will be able for it for at least 24 hours. MMO games tend to have bad launches so it would be nothing new.

I imagine if this game flops it will be the end of Bioware and its going to be tough will the Division 2 out on the 15 of March. I think it will come down to the social side, so what your friends are playing and how easy it will be to group up etc. Div 2 will have a global chat (on PC at least)and has the voice chat when you get close or are in a group. I didn't see any of that in Anthem which is a bit worrying.

I think this year will be great for games you have Anthem, Division 2, Cyberpunk, Days Gone, DMC5 and Metro. Lets just enjoy what we have coming up. When I started gaming all I could look forward to was Frogger on the Atari 2600!