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Anthem |OT| GaaS Effect
- Thread starter iFirez
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As far as I can tell, it isn't stored in the challenges section. I see nothing in there relating to them.
I do see them in feats, but they don't even show everything, and as you said, they seem specific to a given expedition.
Notice how the feats above shows zero progress, when this was my progress on the actual tomb. Also, the feat list doesn't show everything required to unlock the tomb, either.
Like you said, it's late in development, so any changes they make would either be simply reducing the numbers or hitting it entirely. Either way... Meh. I've played so much destiny 1/2, division 1, etc. Tired of buying these games day 1 and then have to basically beta test it for months until they figure their shit out. I understand that's kinda how these types of games work but it's just annoying at this point.
ive played liked 2hrs so far. My impressions
*on xb1x the cutscenes are choppy and remind me of Andromeda. (maybe this is an EA access problem?). Combined with the quick camera cuts it looks bad.
*games just not as pretty as i expected in general
*i know it was just a demo...but the map is bigger than i expected and there are all types of areas u couldn't reach in demo.
*this games not easy. I died twice just on the first mission lol. And randos wouldn't bother to revive me so u just sit there forever doing nothing.
*u level pretty fast. Ive barely done anything an im level 4 for some reason. Which sucks because i know im going to be overleveled for the legendary L.O.D gun that comes with my pre-order next week.
*Tarsis sound seems even deader than the demo somehow. It feels a little better than the demo just because u can actually talk to some ppl and interact with things like picking up codex entries and looking at trials etc.
*I dont want to waste the trial reading all the codex things. But as far as story/lore....im at least not hating it yet. That beginning cutscene was better than story cutscenes in Vanilla D1 or D2
*on xb1x the cutscenes are choppy and remind me of Andromeda. (maybe this is an EA access problem?). Combined with the quick camera cuts it looks bad.
*games just not as pretty as i expected in general
*i know it was just a demo...but the map is bigger than i expected and there are all types of areas u couldn't reach in demo.
*this games not easy. I died twice just on the first mission lol. And randos wouldn't bother to revive me so u just sit there forever doing nothing.
*u level pretty fast. Ive barely done anything an im level 4 for some reason. Which sucks because i know im going to be overleveled for the legendary L.O.D gun that comes with my pre-order next week.
*Tarsis sound seems even deader than the demo somehow. It feels a little better than the demo just because u can actually talk to some ppl and interact with things like picking up codex entries and looking at trials etc.
*I dont want to waste the trial reading all the codex things. But as far as story/lore....im at least not hating it yet. That beginning cutscene was better than story cutscenes in Vanilla D1 or D2
This isn't "a small roadblock", its meaningless padding.
And yes, I can confirm that progress for
isn't carried over with party members either for certain objectives, so not only is it an artificial grind, but it is an artificial grind that actively hinders you from playing with others.
the tombs
Why did they remove those alien like landscapes from the reveal trailer? it looks much more generic now?!
What does it look like now?Why did they remove those alien like landscapes from the reveal trailer? it looks much more generic now?!
It doesn't feel like that to me. I would be playing strongholds, exploring free roam, and doing freelancer missions anyway. And as you do them, this stuff gets completed.
It's really not that bad.
The only real bad part is the completions not triggering for friends in your party... and that's pretty horrible.
the few codex/lore things i've read...i do like more than Destiny. Where it actually gives me some info and/or context. Like the thing near that statue that explains why that statue is there.
Unlike in destiny...where u read the lore...and instead of a story or info, u just get some excerpt of terrible dialogue from some inconsequential character. Or u find space junk and ur ghost is just like.."look its some space junk"
Unlike in destiny...where u read the lore...and instead of a story or info, u just get some excerpt of terrible dialogue from some inconsequential character. Or u find space junk and ur ghost is just like.."look its some space junk"
No one is complaining about that segment because theyre trying to rush to end game. Theyre complaining about that section because fetch quests have run their course since the N64 era of gaming.
The flying is fun and I can't say raining elemental destruction on whatever-the-fuck-those-generic-baddies-are isn't enjoyable.
But the mission structure... It's like replaying the same mission over and over again with different dialogue.
Why should the server closure notification be displayed once every 5 minutes? It's still 2 hours until the server is down, just tell me once every 30 minutes or so, and in the last 5 minutes it's okay to inform everyone every 1 minute.
i was under the impression that we had voice options. So i picked one of the black dude heads. But then i get the generic white guy Troy Baker sounding voice :(
That opening mission was pretty cool. So far the story is already much more interesting than Destiny but that's not saying a lot cause Destiny's story is pretty bland.
Feels smoother than the demo a couple weeks ago. However hearing about the grinding sounds pretty unbearable. I hope they patch those side quests so it more manageable. I dont have time to sit around and do meaningless side questions for 3+ hours. Thats absurd.
Feels smoother than the demo a couple weeks ago. However hearing about the grinding sounds pretty unbearable. I hope they patch those side quests so it more manageable. I dont have time to sit around and do meaningless side questions for 3+ hours. Thats absurd.
Sorry, I just personally think that something that takes maybe a total of an hour to do in a game that's meant for people to play for a loooong time isnt an issue. Especially since virtually every single one of those goals comes from just playing the game!
I was on a story mission collecting stuff for a party. I collected them, and the game started a prerendered cutscene, only to freeze and crash. I booted it up, and asked me to join the expedition.
I sat in this screen for 3 minutes.
Then, it just went black, with another loading screen, for 2 minutes. Then, this.
I sat in this screen for 3 minutes.
Then, it just went black, with another loading screen, for 2 minutes. Then, this.
Just got to this step. Bleh.
For those sticking with it, you can actually track it in the menus. It's really buried in there:
Challenges>Expeditions>Freeplay
Then select any of the Trials to track.
Thanks. Top pic looks more interesting, true.REVEAL:
LIVE/DEMO:
People want to play the game for a long time to have fun, not slog through trivial fetch quests from superman 64.
Ah good to know, I don't really mind using PSN/Gamertag for MP as long as your character can have their own name.
Really took me out of role-playing aspect in Destiny and Division.
But you can't have the individual requirements pinned to the screen during gameplay, which is fucking asinine.
Literally gonna play this with a pen and paper tomorrow smh.
Apparently, if you go down in a respawn-restricted area, not only can you not respawn, but it completely locks you out of every menu too. Even the ESC key to bring up the menu doesn't work...
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Thanks for the hyperbole expected in every anthem thread. Guess what? If you dont want to play the actual game of anthem, then anthem isnt for you. This isnt a game that's 4 hours long with an hour long interlude. This is a game that is designed to be played continuously. If you feel having to explore and get kills and just fucking play the game is too much off a chore, then fuck off and stop complaining. This game isnt for you. Neither is destiny btw. Or division.
If they load the rest of the game with fetch quests like this instead of actual gameplay and story and content I'll eat my words, but the number of people freaking out of this one instance like it's never existed in virtually every game loke this is ridiculous. Especially since all its asking you to do is play the game!
Dude I love Anthem but you are getting your hackles up way too much. If people find this a deal breaker that's completely fair. There's nothing wrong with them wanting a different gameplay experience even if you don't mind it personally.
I don't mind it myself but there's no excuse for telling people to fuck off.
Yea its quite terrible. Just an interior room with nothing going on. I get that its just a place to pick up missions or grab rewards but at least in Destiny they are visually stunning. Like the Tower is fantastic to look at with the entire sky lit up with planets in the background and with ships flying around etc. This is such a let down. There is no atmosphere even on Fort Tarsis.
Ok I am like 10 hours in and this game is seriously lacking any enemy that is interesting to fight with.
So far I have fought small guys, small guys that are "elite" that look exactly the same but with shield bar, small guys that are snipers, some weird elite enemy that has gas tanks on the back that is hilariously easy to defeat if you have a storm in your group since you can freeze him and just hold down the mouse till he dies some insect creatures and wyverns.
With the exception of the wyverns which are kinda cool cause they are airborne the rest are literally brain dead fodder with no AI to speak of so the game sends them out in numbers and the battles turn into a boring attrition match.
It makes me sad because the games movement mechanics are amazing and I would love to have a reason to utilize it. Hopefully some later enemies are more interesting but I am underwhelmed right now with how the fights are playing out.
So far I have fought small guys, small guys that are "elite" that look exactly the same but with shield bar, small guys that are snipers, some weird elite enemy that has gas tanks on the back that is hilariously easy to defeat if you have a storm in your group since you can freeze him and just hold down the mouse till he dies some insect creatures and wyverns.
With the exception of the wyverns which are kinda cool cause they are airborne the rest are literally brain dead fodder with no AI to speak of so the game sends them out in numbers and the battles turn into a boring attrition match.
It makes me sad because the games movement mechanics are amazing and I would love to have a reason to utilize it. Hopefully some later enemies are more interesting but I am underwhelmed right now with how the fights are playing out.
The tutorial for the hub said you could, but I didn't find any way to (other than going back to Tarsis, as you say).
The hub was added late in development. They originally were not going to have one until gamers complained. So no one should have been expecting much.
Sorry but this particular person spent all their time with the demo shitting all over Anthem saying dumb things like it looked like a ps3 game, so coming in here and shooting off dumb things like comparing it in some way to Superman 64 is just par for the course of that poster.
They've been very vocal about not liking the game, which is fine, but coming into a OT for the Express purpose of shitposting is getting pretty old in Anthem threads.
Idk how anybody thought this amount of loading was ok. This is the first time I've ever actually been bothered by loading in a game. It feels like they just made a bunch of different pieces of the game with no thought of how they connect with one another, and then just tried to glue it all together in the end.
The open world loading is especially bad, I could understand if there were a lot of players running around and they needed to make sure that no weird shit happens, but when it's only a regular squad of 4, it makes absolutely no sense. And they're long as hell even on a PC with an SSD.
I mean holy shit, the game literally reboots just to change characters. why.
I will say I've been having more fun when I'm actually playing the game than I did in the VIP demo, but man, these loading screens :/
The open world loading is especially bad, I could understand if there were a lot of players running around and they needed to make sure that no weird shit happens, but when it's only a regular squad of 4, it makes absolutely no sense. And they're long as hell even on a PC with an SSD.
I mean holy shit, the game literally reboots just to change characters. why.
I will say I've been having more fun when I'm actually playing the game than I did in the VIP demo, but man, these loading screens :/
I was told this is okay because "Diablo 3 is like this and obviously it's fine if Anthem has braindead A.I because of that".
All while ignoring the much better A.I in similar games such as Division or Destiny. They aren't great in those games by any means, but they're better than this.
It's one of the improvements I'd like to see before jumping in.
What hyperbole? I was being entirely serious.
I'm all about playing a game continuously. I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with padding content with n64 fetch quests, and at that, might be worse since you cant even check your progress. A game should be played continuously because of fun engaging content, not trivial fetch quests padding out the length.
If it was just killing things I wouldnt think it was all that bad. However it isnt JUST killing things, so I will kindly not fuck off. In fact I think I'll stay and continue voicing my opinion because this is a discussion forum.
Collecting boring trivial materials and chests are part of that quest so by virtue of your description you're beingb completely disingenuous about what this quest entails.
Being in other games doesnt change the fact that people dont find these quests fun. It doesnt even matter how many of them are in the game.
Yeah no kidding. Luckily I think it starts counting the moment you get the quest. I was working on sidequests before this one and saw I had progress already towards the first tomb I found.
Messy stuff. Can't believe they put a grind like this in the campaign.
I'm using a Xbox One controller, so to pull up the Journal menu I hit the Views (Select) button.
