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This Is Anthem - Gameplay Series, Part 1: Story, Progression, and Customization
- Thread starter Theorry
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It won't make sense if you don't try to understand what I'm trying to say about how much time you spend in combat just being still or strafing. ALL that mobility doesn't mean jack if at the end of the day I have to stop doing that for a large amount of time in combat to hover/stand in one place so that I can do some damage. I mean just look at any Storm Javelin videos where the dude is simply hovering in the air slowly for almost the entire duration of the combat you don't see him move much at all and yea it looks cool. And your actual character movement speed while aiming/shooting is also slower than even Division a game with pretty much no mobility and I say this from experience of playing the game. This is one of the things I like the most about Destiny. I look at something like the Vault encounter where I am constantly having to move, jump and shoot....despite the inferior mobility in Destiny you spending so much more time actually moving around in the map in an encounter like that it feels very organic and like clockwork.
Now I've specifically given you an example, and if you still don't see what I'm referring to then I can't say anything more I guess, so no point discussing further.
Now that's what I call actual classes. And the best thing is that you can change class AND loudout at any time. That's one of the best features of this game for sure.
Skip to about 36 minutes in this Twitch video (if it doesn't already link there). You'll see some pretty mobile combat against an enemy on hard. Even against a largely stationary enemy around the 44mn mark, you have to stay pretty mobile.
... Destiny movement is incredibly slow and floaty. Sorry not seeing it at all. Anthem has jet flight, barrel rolling, hovering, double and triple jumps, dodging while hovering and on the ground; and it's faster than Destiny. It's fine if you just have a preference for the slower grounded gameplay. Maybe you just haven't seen someone good play the game because they move around constantly.
Looks very derivative and unoriginal. It's actually really heavily based on Destiny and other online games services. Does not looking interesting to me at all. Bioware games used to have character. This game doesn't have any of that.
March is going to be nuts. Anthem in full swing + Division 2 launch + Destiny 2 Joker's Wild launch. It's an insane year for loot shooters, especially if Borderlands 3 ends up sneaking into this Fall.
The more I see of it the better it looks, but I'm still gonna wait and see. Not getting burned by this game, but I wanna love it so bad. Some real competition will be good for Destiny.
Probably by cutting out a lot of Destiny, I loved Forsaken but the content drip has (understandably) gotten slower and will continue that way until D3/next expansion happens.
You've played the game, so I totally respect your point of view. I would, however, counter that the only reason that you can hover/stand still in Anthem so far is because nothing has been doing significant damage. With more advanced enemies and higher difficulty settings, it will probably be the case that you won't be able to just stand still and tank everything. In fact, all three players in the "Hidden Depths" gameplay video almost died during the boss fight due to all of the ground effects, minion adds, and projectiles which hints at requiring to maneuver more during more difficult encounters.
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Yeah, the game looks like it will be fun, but I am very much not about either the story or the world.
Fuck. When you start noticing it, it is hard to ignore.
Hopefully Bioware spices encounter design for the endgame.
Looks cool but I hate the universe, it's way too mismatched. Tropical jungle with advanced sci-fi fortress and cutting edge combat-suit? Ugh.
The problem is that they didn't do a good job matching these aesthetics, everything end up feeling out of place.
Lost Planet 2 also had sci-fi stuff in a jungle but for some reason it looks way more appealing and atmospheric, everything looks like they belong in the same universe.
The problem is that they didn't do a good job matching these aesthetics, everything end up feeling out of place.
Lost Planet 2 also had sci-fi stuff in a jungle but for some reason it looks way more appealing and atmospheric, everything looks like they belong in the same universe.
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I don't know what to think about this game so far, graphically it looks great, the story looks like it could be interesting but the gameplay just doesn't look like fun to me, it might just be personal taste but yeah.
I don't know what it is about Anthem, it just looks kind of mediocre and like it's going to be one of those games that gets released and forgotten about within a year.
Am I just being cynical or does anybody else feel that way?
I don't know what it is about Anthem, it just looks kind of mediocre and like it's going to be one of those games that gets released and forgotten about within a year.
Am I just being cynical or does anybody else feel that way?
I really liked the video, I think playing with friends with everybody on a different class should make things interesting.
They should've shown that kind of stuff way earlier imo.
They should've shown that kind of stuff way earlier imo.
I mean if you're saying a 3rd person shooter with freeform flying looks too similar to a relatively ground based FPS like Destiny, then what games to you don't look like Destiny?
This was always billed as a 3rd person looter in the vein of Diablo/Borderlands/Destiny etc, so what were you hoping for?
This was a better video. Was nice to see something more then just another battle.
I think it's because they havnt really shown much below the surface. I can't help but feel meh by most of the footage. I also want to see story trailers to get me hyped. Don't care for just watching someone shoot stuff.
Try the demo though, it will be a better experience then watching.
I think it's because they havnt really shown much below the surface. I can't help but feel meh by most of the footage. I also want to see story trailers to get me hyped. Don't care for just watching someone shoot stuff.
Try the demo though, it will be a better experience then watching.
That was actually pretty nice, I'm looking forward to the rest now.
I have the same complaint. All this mobility and we're stuck with combat that doesn't even use it.
Honestly, I haven't really been interested in this game at all until watching this. I think I'll still wait for reviews though.
Have you seen the Legendary mission stream from today? More advanced combat encounters are a mix of flight, ADS strafing, dodging and jumping.
I haven't, guess I'll check it out. I'm really hoping that Bioware just sucks at marketing and that combat does actually make use of that mobility.
There's plenty of gameplay out there with people putting the mobility through its paces even on lower difficulty stuff. If you're basing opinions on trailers where they're showing javelins standing still demonstrating abilities I could see how it doesn't look great.
I wish I was but I've been watching a few streams too. Not all of them, but from the few I've seen, they still tend to stand still and hover a lot.
I don't see how MMO-Styled groups would be a thing... I understand there is a tank but without any healers, it just doesn't make sense. Everything I have seen shows that bosses will be more about dodging their attacks and flying around.
Again, not impressed. Still feels like a derivative from Destiny and even moreso a regression. Why is there so much floating and shooting? Verticality is nice but they aren't doing anything with it in this video.
True there doesn't appear to be any direct healing abilities in the game, at least not yet. There's an AoE Shield and Status Cleanse though right? So I suppose there are support style abilities to utilise but not in the traditional sense. Hopefully it'll still encourage team work and roles being played in tougher content.
Because Anthem is different and plays nothing like those games?
I guess Andromeda wasn't all bad as they snagged its combat and movement system on top of some assets into Anthem.
They have shown off Javelin enemies, specifically a Storm style enemy. The story and lore also talks about various factions with Javelins.
Looks cool but I hate the universe, it's way too mismatched. Tropical jungle with advanced sci-fi fortress and cutting edge combat-suit? Ugh.
The problem is that they didn't do a good job matching these aesthetics, everything end up feeling out of place.
Lost Planet 2 also had sci-fi stuff in a jungle but for some reason it looks way more appealing and atmospheric, everything looks like they belong in the same universe.
Fuck sake dude, I'd just forgotten how much I loved and miss Lost Planet..
Do you see some resemblance with the middle air battles in zoe saga in those trailers?
I only see one of this enemy in a trailer and it was a pretty static and boring fight...do you have some better trailer to show me? (I only see a couple of trailer till now)
(Sorry for my english)
I am in love with the voice of the person who narrated this.
Combat and gameplay looks better than it did in most of the gameplay videos put out this week. Movement looks incredibly satisfying.
Anthem is going to hopefully be the first of its ilk to have a compelling narrative and characters for it to be more than just the latest shallow co-op that my friends and I fall off of after a couple of weeks.
I like the character models they showed. HZD's diversity with more expressive faces and voice acting.
Combat and gameplay looks better than it did in most of the gameplay videos put out this week. Movement looks incredibly satisfying.
Anthem is going to hopefully be the first of its ilk to have a compelling narrative and characters for it to be more than just the latest shallow co-op that my friends and I fall off of after a couple of weeks.
I like the character models they showed. HZD's diversity with more expressive faces and voice acting.
From my experience in the Alpha gameplay is the least of my worries as I enjoyed it quite a bit. My biggest questions are the end game and variety. If Bioware can get that down then this game could be special but that's the hardest thing to get right. We'll see
The most underrated game of last gen, definitely in my top 10 of all time.
