Sweet. I figured as much but it's nice to have confirmation. Thanks for the reply.
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ANTHEM discussion thread [PSA: VIP Demo Jan 25-27, Open Demo Feb 1-3 | PS4/XB1/PC]
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I will definitely invest $15 into this game.
And if the game is really good, i buy the game later for a discount price and keep playing.
And if the game is really good, i buy the game later for a discount price and keep playing.
Storm and Colossus are going to be FUN AS FUCK. Interceptor is def going to have a hard time but I honestly cannot WAIT to play as Colossus.
I forgot - are the levels at which you unlock the javelin suits already finalized and published? I thought I saw it mentioned somewhere, but I can't find anything on it anymore.
Personally all I know is that the Storm is going to be my last unlock, for some reason it's by far the suit I'm least interested in. Much more difficult is the question which Javelin I want to main. I'll probably unlock Colossus first because up until not too long ago I was sure I was going to be playing Colossus mostly. Now even the Interceptor is on the cards again and I really can't decide between those three. Thankfully I'll be able to switch around once I have them unlocked.
Personally all I know is that the Storm is going to be my last unlock, for some reason it's by far the suit I'm least interested in. Much more difficult is the question which Javelin I want to main. I'll probably unlock Colossus first because up until not too long ago I was sure I was going to be playing Colossus mostly. Now even the Interceptor is on the cards again and I really can't decide between those three. Thankfully I'll be able to switch around once I have them unlocked.
I think Ranger will be appealing to the same people who picked Soldier in Mass Effect. Which was most people IIRC
I'm using all four. Unlike games like destiny and mass effect where they lock you into a class for an entire campaign, this is a game where you create a character and get to put on different suits.
Does tony stark only use 1 suit per movie?
Does tony stark only use 1 suit per movie?
There's a VIP demo from Jan 25-29 for EA Access/Origin Access members or those who preorder the Legion of Dawn edition.
If you're not one of those, there's also an open demo for the public right after from Feb 1-3.
They've been very forthcoming and transparent with a ton of footage and information to date.
I'll admit that I'm happy to hear this. I know the only time I got EA Access was for Garden Warfare 2 and canceled it right afterwards, but if a demo will be up at the end of January, I might actually bit and check it out.
As for the information, this would be on the website or youtube page? I guess since I haven't seen the info myself, I assumed the worst, but I wouldn't mind doing some looking into since the few tidbits I have seen did catch my attention.
Indeed. There's hours worth of footage, trailers and info from the devs on their YouTube page. They just had a livestream yesterday in fact.
www.youtube.com/anthemgame
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Yeah the verticality of the world is unlikely anything I've seen in other games. The flight traversal opens up so many interesting possibilities for the level design.
I've flip-flopped between being excited by the initial reveal, to disappointed at the Destiny style co-op & loot system, to being cautiously optimistic and awaiting reviews.
I need to know how this game feels solo. I'd like to play co-op with friends but I know it will rarely (if ever) happen. I'm not super into teaming up with rando's.
Also, will I care about the world and the characters? I initially thought Destiny would draw me in with a cool sci-fi story, but in the end, I didn't care enough to play Destiny 2.
I need to know how this game feels solo. I'd like to play co-op with friends but I know it will rarely (if ever) happen. I'm not super into teaming up with rando's.
Also, will I care about the world and the characters? I initially thought Destiny would draw me in with a cool sci-fi story, but in the end, I didn't care enough to play Destiny 2.
All i want is to go full melee with interceptor. Gimme that sword as a primary weapon, Bioware.
I'm pretty sure this is the case.
Wasn't the pre-order bonus (or the special edition?) gives armor packs ? There is also gameplay video with two Colossus with different looks (https://youtu.be/EW8_OJn9oeE?t=184), and I read that they drop as loot and are purely cosmetic (with your stats derived from 'internal' component).
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For people who are apprehensive about teaming up with randoms, one thing mentioned in a early gameplay video was that quest objectives are designed to be clear enough that a team of four could figure out how to approach them together even without using voice chat. This appeals to me since I don't mind teaming up with randoms but don't really like getting on voice chat
Definitely got me hyped for it. I really want to see the Storm now too.
It's nice that they unlock as the story progresses. I think it will force everyone to try each javelin.
Yes, Legion of Dawn is only cosmetics. Only cosmetics and new javelin types seem to be the paid content so far. They've said all story content will be free.
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I'm very interested to see if the Storm's powers are going to be as destructive as I want them to be. Seems they're aiming at balancing everyone towards co-op as the most powerful weapon versus just wrecking shop with any one javelin.
Yeah, that Storm combo doesn't fit in a corrider like inside a stronghold. It's meant for the open world or freeroam mode use.
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The colossus is really growing on me. The sheer explosive firepower is just so appealing haha. My main knock against the Colossus was that I didn't really like the look of the suit, but then I saw this set-up in the personalization video and realized that Colossus can look super cool too:
I absolutely adored ME3 MP and had a decent bit of fun with Andromeda's MP so I do feel that BioWare can make a good go at this. I remember daydreaming what a ME MP-centric game would be like and this kinda feels like what I dreamt of, ME trappings not withstanding. Of course I knew that my self imposed ban on EA products would crumble for this game, I'll most likely be there day one as it really looks to be shaping up nicely.
I really hope we get community events in the vein of the weekly challenges in ME3, although very simplistic they were a lot of fun and the sense of community was great. ME:A dropped the ball hard in this regard (well in a lot of regards, heh [even if I personally enjoyed it]) so hopefully BioWare remembers and expands on that concept. With the way the ME MP modes felt to play I have no doubt this will feel as good if not better to play so hopefully the chase is there, ME:A's grind was fucking obnoxious and completely missed what made ME3's grind enjoyable. Moving away from packs should help in that regard.
I am not too fussed if there is not an astronomical amount of content, I was fine with running what was available at launch for ME3 and post launch support for that game was phenomenal and free. I always bought a few packs after the content drops as a way of showing support (did not spend a dime on ME:A after the fact) so if all turns out well I'll most likely drop a few bucks on MTX. Although I don't play the game, Fortnite seems to have done that right so if this is similar I don't mind. Hell, on the content front I really just need something fun and I can run it over and over- see Destiny and VoG, I played that shit soooo much, even after having everything.
Hopefully some of my friends pick this up or we have a decent community here, I prefer to avoid randoms if at all possible. And hopefully any community built doesn't devolve into "Must run blah blah blah for most efficient blah blah blah...", while that has it's uses and fans it's not always the way I like to play. Had a group of pals in ME3 where we would use a random load out/map/enemy generator and the results would be a bunch of fun!
Is there an ERA Discord channel yet, or any interest in one?
I really hope we get community events in the vein of the weekly challenges in ME3, although very simplistic they were a lot of fun and the sense of community was great. ME:A dropped the ball hard in this regard (well in a lot of regards, heh [even if I personally enjoyed it]) so hopefully BioWare remembers and expands on that concept. With the way the ME MP modes felt to play I have no doubt this will feel as good if not better to play so hopefully the chase is there, ME:A's grind was fucking obnoxious and completely missed what made ME3's grind enjoyable. Moving away from packs should help in that regard.
I am not too fussed if there is not an astronomical amount of content, I was fine with running what was available at launch for ME3 and post launch support for that game was phenomenal and free. I always bought a few packs after the content drops as a way of showing support (did not spend a dime on ME:A after the fact) so if all turns out well I'll most likely drop a few bucks on MTX. Although I don't play the game, Fortnite seems to have done that right so if this is similar I don't mind. Hell, on the content front I really just need something fun and I can run it over and over- see Destiny and VoG, I played that shit soooo much, even after having everything.
Hopefully some of my friends pick this up or we have a decent community here, I prefer to avoid randoms if at all possible. And hopefully any community built doesn't devolve into "Must run blah blah blah for most efficient blah blah blah...", while that has it's uses and fans it's not always the way I like to play. Had a group of pals in ME3 where we would use a random load out/map/enemy generator and the results would be a bunch of fun!
Is there an ERA Discord channel yet, or any interest in one?
I don't think there is an ERA Anthem Discord server yet but I would be very interested in joining one as well
It's not Era, but if you're dying for an Anthem discord there's the reddit one where the Bioware devs tend to hangout
https://discordapp.com/invite/anthemreddit
https://discordapp.com/invite/anthemreddit
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To add to my previous post, here is a look at that gear piece we were mentioning earlier:
So it is actually a component that provides full shield re-gen upon a multi-kill. So this would be a great perk for fighting mobs of weaker enemies, and could be combined with some crowd control explosive weapons or other AOE abilities.
(also note that the values for the two inscriptions seen here are bugged, they shouldn't be 0%)
Same. I had a lot of fun with ME3 MP and played with some guys from CAG. I've not been super into a MP game since the L4D games, so I'm hoping Anthem is it.
I'd certainly be up for an Era discord. I'm on the Anthem Insider one but I'd prefer to get a pool of era players to play with if I can.
Disappointed, going underwater only as a means of traversal seems unnecessary. It's not like having underwater combat would be vastly different since we are using armor suits.
Demo Progress doesn't transfer because it doesn't follow the flow of the real game, they stick you in at level 10 with all the Javelins
I hope there is exploration that leads to secret caves full of things to shoot!
Are there only human allies in this universe? We won't get the opportunity to create or at least interact with alien races?
There is, seen some alpha videos of it
Probably not? I doubt they want completely bury ME here. They hinted at cross dimensional fuckery though.
I never played a game with good underwater combat, it's not easy to pull that one off.
On top of that, what happens to your elemental builds underwater?
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