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After playing the Anthem demo, are you still going to purchase the game?
- Thread starter Strakt
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I didn't play Destiny at launch, but The Division actually hampered by connection issues and bugs at launch. I was there.
That's a plus for me. Though to be fair, I don't mind PVP modes if they keep them separate from PVE modes.
Some of my biggest gripes about Destiny are tied to them having to need weapons in PVE to be balanced for PVP and having to play PVP to level up faster since those modes give powerful rewards that help you level up for PVE. Keep it all separate and I don't care of PVP stuff is their.
I'm in for the long haul. I would not have recommended D2 to anyone at launch, it's great now. This will be the same I think. I was not hyped in anyway, said ehh why not I'll give it a try though. Really liked what I played (bugs aside). Son REALLY liked it so it's an easy buy for me.
Wasn't planning on getting Anthem, but the demo sold it for me. Love Destiny but no matching hinders my ability to enjoy it ti the fullest. Anthem has matchmaking and it was fun enough that I will pick it up after a couple patches.
I feel like I'm pretty "with it" in relation to game news and all that.
Being said, I literally just found out Anthem was coming out for ps4 about 2 hours ago as I was browsing the PS Store. I thought it was an Xbox exclusive all this time.
I wish I could play the demo, it looks pretty cool. I'll likely pick it up down the road, but most likely not at launch.
Being said, I literally just found out Anthem was coming out for ps4 about 2 hours ago as I was browsing the PS Store. I thought it was an Xbox exclusive all this time.
I wish I could play the demo, it looks pretty cool. I'll likely pick it up down the road, but most likely not at launch.
Once the main tech issues were sorted (for me), I really enjoyed my time. Storm being my favorite javelin of the 3 I played. I know they have improvements to flying coming, but it felt fine for me after changing the flight settings to 80% as a dev suggested. My main concern is the endgame content, and how long it'll last players. The visuals are also maybe a bit too busy? Although they do look nice.
Overall it's a game I'd like to play more of, so I'll be there day 1.
Overall it's a game I'd like to play more of, so I'll be there day 1.
I plan on using a Premier subscription to play the game. I enjoy the combat and combo system enough, even through the poor performance and insane amount of bugs.
I did kind of give up hope on a Bioware RPG story experience, but maybe the final release will still surprise me.
I did kind of give up hope on a Bioware RPG story experience, but maybe the final release will still surprise me.
I am still definitely buying it! I did experience two crashes on the stronghold, which was frustrating, but I am confident that will be fixed before launched. I had a blast flying around, exploring the world, and fighting things. I thought Storm wasn't going to be for me, but it turned into my second favorite behind the Ranger. Looking forward to playing even more!
Because of the bugs I only played the demo in snippets. What I did get to play was awesome. However, it's a bug ridden mess. It reminds me of 2013's Battlfied 4 launch. That game had some glitches that needed to be fixed but it was playable. Frustrating but playable. Anthem on the other hand isn't even playable. I ran into so many bugs that I deleted it earlier today.
The demo was pretty much exactly what I expected the game to be. I'm still in.
Only question remains is how much content will there be at launch and beyond?
Only question remains is how much content will there be at launch and beyond?
I doubt it, unless enough friends get super into it and I want to play with them. The characters and world don't really do anything for me, and the combat just doesn't really grab me for whatever reason. I think I just prefer a first-person perspective for this kind of game. Even ignoring the infinite loading bug there are just too many loading screens in general that break the flow of the game, and I don't think there's any possibility of that getting fixed at any point.
Also that "puzzle" bit at the end of the first demo story mission was a turn off.
Also that "puzzle" bit at the end of the first demo story mission was a turn off.
I'm talking about pre-release events though, not the actual launch. The difference being a terrible pre-release event like the one FO76 had, and now Anthem also, lets the negative word of mouth start to circulate before people go to buy the game at launch.
I see. Yeah, I did play Destiny 2 beta/demo and it was flawless. As for The Division, I don't really remember it.
https://old.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGame/comments/akani6/no_spoilers_ruling_the_battlefield_as_an/
Interceptor isn't slow. Others are less mobile in combat for sure, but I'm sure that can be fudged if you spec them certain ways.
If they have the load times/forever load fixed by next "demo" weekend, probably yes. Otherwise I'll wait.
Like I'm sure many of you have mentioned, if they fix the inf load and optimize the game more, I'll be there. We'll see with the open beta.
Based off of what I actually played, I'll definitely be playing it. HOWEVER, I have had my share of gripes with it and they're not minor by any means:
- Infinite Loading Screen - The ONLY way I was able to get past a loading screen is:
- Close out Anthem
- End Task - Origin
- Restart Origin
- Boot back into Anthem
- Go back into instance and start game
- Button mapping - This game is absolutely NOT made for Keyboard/Mouse. It was built to be played by a controller. The KB/M are so all over the place and broken that I had to plug in an Xbox controller to actually manage to play it properly.
- Button display - playing with KB/M had controller prompts popping up...wut?
- No text chat - Huge bummer. Played with a bunch of randoms to do the Stronghold and it was super fun, but couldn't communicate with them. Disappointing exclusion tbh.
- Glitched enemies - I'd be in the middle of a combat sequence and the enemies would just disappear. No world event or anything anywhere nearby, just a random mob that appeared, killed a few, and then disappeared.
- Loot - from what I saw, there's no way to check your inventory or look at what loot you picked up without actually exiting an expedition.
- Loadout - similar to above, you can't change weapons on the fly, you have to set your loadout before heading to a mission/expedition.
Whether it takes them 3-6 months to get everything ironed out, i'll be game to play because I really enjoyed the combat I just don't want to be annoyed by all the little things like the menus, load times, amount of loading, the slow ass hub area, the UI/compass etc. I like everything about the combat. Now has it been confirmed that there are only 1 super per Javelin? I feel like that should be a loot drop, a very rare one but that would kind of help because we all know that same super is gonna get old fast (especially the ranger one).
Not feeling it at all. It's so derivative. The presentation is too similar to Destiny, which was my worry for it since the reveal. As soon as the first NPC started talking, I was mentally checking out.
I can see this being fun eventually, and I reckon it'll be fairly successful because marketing, but it feels underwhelming and very much late to the party.
I can see this being fun eventually, and I reckon it'll be fairly successful because marketing, but it feels underwhelming and very much late to the party.
When I finally got past the endless loading, what I played didn't blow me away, the ranger sucks, didn't get a chance to play as the storm which I had been championing since reveal.
Hard to make a judgement since I got to barely play the game but it is in desperate need of QOL changes, shit is cumbersome, the objective marker had me and my squad running in literal circles.
As a destiny fan it is clear that EA are thirsty for me if my youtube front page is anything to go by, but honestly, the long term staying power especially without pvp remains cloudy.
Still on the fence.
Hard to make a judgement since I got to barely play the game but it is in desperate need of QOL changes, shit is cumbersome, the objective marker had me and my squad running in literal circles.
As a destiny fan it is clear that EA are thirsty for me if my youtube front page is anything to go by, but honestly, the long term staying power especially without pvp remains cloudy.
Still on the fence.
I have an EA Access sub, so I'll be playing it. However, I'm not sure I'll play it on launch. There have been a lot of things which annoyed me in the game, and I'd expect that within 6 months it will have gone through a couple of rounds of improvements. I think it's a good foundation at the very least.
Yeah. I had a fucking blast with the demo, especially with my friends as a full team. I'm hungry for more content.
I enjoyed what I played, hopefully they sort the endless loading and lag issues by launch.
I kinda hope they change the lighting in that area too. Having a whole area be this weird canyon that is mostly in shadow the whole time just looks kinda ugly. I actually wonder if the HDR implementation in the demo was just lacking, as it had that kind of washed out look that RDR2 has.
I kinda hope they change the lighting in that area too. Having a whole area be this weird canyon that is mostly in shadow the whole time just looks kinda ugly. I actually wonder if the HDR implementation in the demo was just lacking, as it had that kind of washed out look that RDR2 has.
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As is perhaps sensible, I am also waiting for next week's demo to check they have fixed the loading issues.
Talking about the actual game, I loved it. This is exactly my jam. I didn't get to play very much because of the issues but I couldn't stop thinking about it all weekend, which rarely happens with me.
The combination of flight, powers and large open world encounters mean mean you can play so dynamically. Destiny and The Division (overdone comparison but it has it's uses), the action is freeing. You're not pinned to cover or hiding in a corner for most of the battles.
It's just a shame there were so many major and minor technical issues in this demo. I'm hoping they have a chance to fix them in the month they have left before launch but if I have the same problems getting into the game in the next demo I won't be buying until I know it's fixed.
Talking about the actual game, I loved it. This is exactly my jam. I didn't get to play very much because of the issues but I couldn't stop thinking about it all weekend, which rarely happens with me.
The combination of flight, powers and large open world encounters mean mean you can play so dynamically. Destiny and The Division (overdone comparison but it has it's uses), the action is freeing. You're not pinned to cover or hiding in a corner for most of the battles.
It's just a shame there were so many major and minor technical issues in this demo. I'm hoping they have a chance to fix them in the month they have left before launch but if I have the same problems getting into the game in the next demo I won't be buying until I know it's fixed.
Let's revive this thread after the launch of the open demo.
I won't buy it. Mainly because of my mates not liking it. I think it's OK myself, will revisit the game later this year.
I won't buy it. Mainly because of my mates not liking it. I think it's OK myself, will revisit the game later this year.
Plus for me. Games like this don't need PvP, there are tons of other shooters on the market that are PvP only.
