You can play solo, at the launch screen you can set yourself as solo.
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Anthem Prelaunch Discussion Thread (Origin Premier/EA Access: Feb 15th) - Time To Fly FreelancEra
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You can play solo, at the launch screen you can set yourself as solo.
Reading the last few pages this demo seems like an utter disaster... This whole saga surrounding this game has been so depressing. Forcing everyone to shoehorn their games into Frostibite will go down as one of the worst executive decisions in modern gaming. Causes nothing but problems, frustration and unnecessary labor/cost. I can't help but think how this sort of word of mouth will end up impacting sales and what that might mean at EA.
Hit R3 on ps4 and choose private or group. Not sure what the prompts are on the other systems.
Sorry if this has already been mentioned but this thread is 55 pages but if you want to use resolution scale on pc (missing from options and ini) you can. Edit ProfileOptions_profile and add the line: GstRender.ResolutionScale 1.0000000 and save (just keeping it in default)
From there you can change it to say 0.8000000 for 80% res scale etc. Tested this at 20% to easily confirm it works.
From there you can change it to say 0.8000000 for 80% res scale etc. Tested this at 20% to easily confirm it works.
Yuuup. There is no better argument against buying this game than this demo.
Nah, it was some stupid firewall issue. Finally got it resolved.
I knew from the alpha this game was gonna be a disaster but obviously couldn't say as much. You know that gut feeling you get when you want a game to be really good but know it's doomed?
I had that feeling playing this game.
Forcing all their studios to use Frostbite has got to be one of the worst executive decisions in modern gaming. So much pointless frustration, technical hurdles and extra labor/cost. Right up there with some of the monetization catastrophes.
Yea that's going to be looked back upon as a horrific decision by EA.
I am trying to quickplay but nothing is happening. Do I just need to wait for a group to fill up?
Edit: nm figured it out
Edit: nm figured it out
Performance was really bad a while back last I played it. Was hoping the framerate would have improved and im sad that it hasn't. Makes it hard to play because the game feels bad to control.
Definitely. It feels like BioWare is hindered by it. You can almost trace a lot of their problems down to being forced to utilize Frostbite. They need to be able to use an engine they are both familiar and comfortable with. Frostbite produces good visuals, but it's not a good engine for BioWare.
After Andromeda I think there are going to be a lot of very angry fans of the game actually does end up launching in this sort of state. Frankly I'm shocked EA thought it was a good idea to release a demo like this. They had to know it was going to result in a flood of negative WOM surrounding the game and impact its potential sales. Couple that WOM with a general level of apathy and ... well maybe I should short some EA stock.
I played for about 6 to 7 hours today on PC, I'm in love. Had a few server issues but nothing I couldn't get past. The only strange thing is unlike the closed alpha, the skill trees are missing.
Here's hoping it'll be reason enough for the board to oust Andrew Wilson and bring in someone less utterly toxic for the medium.
Played around in the social area but I gotta hit the sack now.
Still can't get my friend codes to load on the EA page though haha.
Still can't get my friend codes to load on the EA page though haha.
It has to be one of the dumbest decisions a publisher has made this gen. I wonder how many studios Frostbite will claim before it's all said and done.
At this point, even in games it's designed for, like BFV, it's a fucking disaster with legacy bugs everywhere and the game being a visual mess at all times.
Congrats to EA on saving a couple bucks by not using another engine though. Definitely worth it.
The way this game functions on PC after 11 hours is just ridiculous.
The infinite loading, the weird issues I've had with mission progression bugging out/enemies being invisible and incorporeal but able to hit me...
This game needs months. I hate to say it, but this is such a rough experience.
The infinite loading, the weird issues I've had with mission progression bugging out/enemies being invisible and incorporeal but able to hit me...
This game needs months. I hate to say it, but this is such a rough experience.
I have yet to regret pre ordering a game digital on the PSN.
But that streak may have just come to an end.
But that streak may have just come to an end.
Well it looks cool.
Lots of bullet sponge enemies and it feels goofy. The underwater controls are absolutely horrible. I can't see where I am going and when I do move it's jerky and way imprecise.
I am getting zero sense of character or world here. Not even sure what I am doing. The movement overall is just miserable.
Can we cancel our preorders?
Lots of bullet sponge enemies and it feels goofy. The underwater controls are absolutely horrible. I can't see where I am going and when I do move it's jerky and way imprecise.
I am getting zero sense of character or world here. Not even sure what I am doing. The movement overall is just miserable.
Can we cancel our preorders?
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Hey man...it's a demo, it's not what the final product will be like...says Era. LMAO. A month away from release.
Frostbite has been a nightmare this gen Jesus. Hub world still runs like ass on the X like the alpha, just bugs everywhere. I really want this game to be good, but I'm just not feeling it especially the shooting. Best thing is the deep armor customization. The guns just like lack punch/impact, and just feel like staple guns. They nailed the abilities though.
Finally got in and was able to play a bit. Seems fun so far, although I kept having issues with loading screens not completing all the way. Also, Fort Tarsus seems weirdly quiet, like the sound mixing is off in there. Otherwise, I look forward to playing more when it's a little more stable.
Dude trust me, I wanted to love this game.
Maybe I'll enjoy it in time once all the technical junk gets sorted, but right now this demo is just a chore to TRY to play.
Seeing how Battlefield V launched (I bought the $80 version and still enjoy it), this is how the game is going to launch. Expect Anthem to also go half off a month or two after release just like Battlefield V did.
Experienced a disconnect/crash and was able to rejoin a mission, but we couldn't find the last fragment after that crash:
So Dead Prince suggested we drown ourselves:
So we did and it restarted that section for us and we were able to continue:
But it didn't make a difference because 3 crashes later we got tossed into the HUB with no option to resume.
So Dead Prince suggested we drown ourselves:
So we did and it restarted that section for us and we were able to continue:
But it didn't make a difference because 3 crashes later we got tossed into the HUB with no option to resume.
Is this seriously a thing? Gotta say, not a great way introduce people to your game between that and slow walk at the beginning
Man, the combat is really fun in this game, but these rough edges cut deep into that fun. Even ignoring the infinite load bug, these load times for an open world game are pretty abysmal. And this is with the game installed to an NVME SSD.
I was finally able to connect and play around a bit. It's true that the KBM controls are just clunky. I know they are fixing it, but it is very much hampering my enjoyment. This, with the very glitchy combat, the goofy sounding guns, the enemy AI bugging out, it just feels 'hollow' and aimless in a lot of ways. Not sure what the point is.
I've played an hour and a half
And outside connection errors, these are my major qualms-
-It takes too long to do anything in the menus.
-The main hub sucks for how slow you move. Why do you have these huge rooms of essentially nothing?
So let me clarify my first point. Everything takes too long. It's not snappy. Changing a load out? You have to hover the camera over the point you want to change. Not a cursor, but the actual camera. And it looks bad and awkward and because you're slowly moving the camera in front of your javelin it's all slow? Why can't I use the dpad to just go up and down the list of things to change?
Likewise, salvaging requires you to hold X. Now this isn't a problem. But there wasn't a 'salvage all' button that I saw. But it gets worse. It takes about 2 seconds for the salvage bar to fill up, then another second for a light to go around the edge of the weapon/item icon, and then it gets salvaged??? Why is there this freaking song and dance around salvaging!? Just let me press X and salvage it or let me press Y to salvage all. I can see this becoming annoying in the full game, when you finish a mission or stronghold or whatever and having to go through like 20 different items.
And everything in the menu really takes a long time to do. Want to exit the menu? You have to hold B for some reason. Want to change pieces of armor? Like mentioned above, you have to move the camera awkwardly because the reticle is stuck to it, and hover it over each part. When changing paint it's snappy, just clicking dpad, but...yeah..
also the menu is pretty cluttered.
Like...arguing about the menu may seem petty, but in a loot game, having a fast snappy menu is essential to the experience.
And outside connection errors, these are my major qualms-
-It takes too long to do anything in the menus.
-The main hub sucks for how slow you move. Why do you have these huge rooms of essentially nothing?
So let me clarify my first point. Everything takes too long. It's not snappy. Changing a load out? You have to hover the camera over the point you want to change. Not a cursor, but the actual camera. And it looks bad and awkward and because you're slowly moving the camera in front of your javelin it's all slow? Why can't I use the dpad to just go up and down the list of things to change?
Likewise, salvaging requires you to hold X. Now this isn't a problem. But there wasn't a 'salvage all' button that I saw. But it gets worse. It takes about 2 seconds for the salvage bar to fill up, then another second for a light to go around the edge of the weapon/item icon, and then it gets salvaged??? Why is there this freaking song and dance around salvaging!? Just let me press X and salvage it or let me press Y to salvage all. I can see this becoming annoying in the full game, when you finish a mission or stronghold or whatever and having to go through like 20 different items.
And everything in the menu really takes a long time to do. Want to exit the menu? You have to hold B for some reason. Want to change pieces of armor? Like mentioned above, you have to move the camera awkwardly because the reticle is stuck to it, and hover it over each part. When changing paint it's snappy, just clicking dpad, but...yeah..
also the menu is pretty cluttered.
Like...arguing about the menu may seem petty, but in a loot game, having a fast snappy menu is essential to the experience.
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