My thoughts as well! Let's see how this pans out when it gets released...
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This Is Anthem | Gameplay Series, Part 2: Endgame
- Thread starter texhnolyze
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What's a great Bioware game? If you're in it for the story then you'll be disappointed, this is not the game for that.
Looks really nice and I wish I could bring myself to feel enthusiastic about this game. But I just can't. More power to the people who can enjoy this type of game. Hope that Bioware sort out the technical issues by launch.
You would think they kept some special things for the endgame. Not with the majority of baddies being the same ones we fight over and over in freeplay and the missions. I just don't understand it really.
This actually looks fun, but I will indeed wait a month or 2 to see how bad microtransactions are and of course we all know this will go down in price REALLY fast.
This looks cool but how can they make an endgame content video and seriously talk about changing colors of your javelin as endgame content ist beyond me
Oh, I only meant from an aesthetic perspective. When in the trailer the narrator mentions end game rarest gear, they show a fairly typical looking weapon. In Destiny, the rarest and coolest stuff was often so ornate, gilded, uniquely shaped, coloured etc, and thus really set itself apart. I haven't really seen much if any of that from Anthem.
For example, this is what they showed for the rarest weapon commentary.
This is the kind of stuff you might see in Destiny.
I agree that Destiny exotics mostly (some are pretty plain) have a neat aesthetic to them, but on the flipside you can only rock 1 weapon and 1 armor exotic at a time.
In Anthem you'll be able to deck out in full Masterworked gear. Also, due to the 3rd person nature I don't really notice my weapon appearance much in Anthem.
Basically everything ME3 and prior.
If the characters/world building are good, that's enough for me. Main story is a toss-up, I don't see how it could be that great considering the looter-shooter genre but I'm prepared to be wrong. I will also be shocked, in a good way, if any choices made have any sort of impact on how things progress.
Can my FemLancer romance all 3 personalities of the dude that got split in the demo? At the same time?
Works for me. I can see myself sinking many hours into this. Hope they continue to drop new strongholds and add some world bosses. maybe some rare roaming elite enemies too?
When you say full masterworked gear, does that mean you can carry multiple weapon types at the same time, or do you mean armor?
The biggest problem I see is by all indications the higher difficulties for missions just mean the enemies have more health and do more damage. Without unique variations in enemy type and placement at higher difficulties, missions are gonna get old real fast.
Oh, I only meant from an aesthetic perspective. When in the trailer the narrator mentions end game rarest gear, they show a fairly typical looking weapon. In Destiny, the rarest and coolest stuff was often so ornate, gilded, uniquely shaped, coloured etc, and thus really set itself apart. I haven't really seen much if any of that from Anthem.
For example, this is what they showed for the rarest weapon commentary.
This is the kind of stuff you might see in Destiny.
Actually the image you use, is a none-upgraded Masterwork weapon, which means it doesn't gain a unique name or bonus property.
However in the trailer you can see 3 Light Machine Guns that feature unique skins and a powerful bonus property along with 4 Inscriptions:
These models/skins are actually how Masterwork and Legendary Upgraded (named) weapons will look. That all said... I do prefer Destiny's approach to unique weapons, they feel truly one of a kind and different from everything else. Something Anthem seems to be lacking unless we see something similar to Jarra's Wrath pop up again at some point.
I can see them adding GM4+ as post launch content and might be a contributing factor to lowering enemy health/damage.
As long as that package it with the addition of more Masterwork+ gear then I see no problem but it would be pretty disappointing if they only ramped up difficulty.
Have they talked about what their plan is post launch? Ive heard them say that they plan on supporting this for awhile and wont charge for any of the new content. But how does that even work? Are they just going to release smaller "expansions" for free instead of 1 larger one for $20+ every year?
EDIT: NVM, thanks Hydruxo!
Also, I just heard that any new armor drops you get dont change the appearance of your titan? That cant be right? If thats the case, does that mean that the only way to change the look of your Titan is with Skins (aside from color changing)? That seems like a mistake imo.
EDIT: NVM, thanks Hydruxo!
Also, I just heard that any new armor drops you get dont change the appearance of your titan? That cant be right? If thats the case, does that mean that the only way to change the look of your Titan is with Skins (aside from color changing)? That seems like a mistake imo.
Gearing up your character to look the way you want it to is a staple of endgame activities in all sorts of games - obviously it's the end rather than the means, but for a lot of people it matters.
Boy that was a bad video. Showed nothing of interest for the Endgame.
And the focus on cosmetics and effin emotes ist just laughable.
And the focus on cosmetics and effin emotes ist just laughable.
Very similair to BFV in terms of naming the big updates.
That's all that they can share about post launch support for now?
Well, I guess armor appearance in Anthem is entirely part of the cosmetic interface since there really isn't actual 'armor' pieces in Anthem. You can equip 2 weapons to swap between and I haven't seen any indication that there are restrictions on how many pieces of masterwork gear you can equip (like Destiny exotics).
I'm also assuming you will have masterwork quality for your ability loadouts as well as the mods you can equip. So while Destiny has more flashy looks for their top tier gear they also limit how many you can run where Anthem doesn't.
Well damn.
That's pretty fucking good for March. And its all free???
Aight, I'll probably be in day 1.
I doubt this is a monthly content drop but every other month we get something like this for free, Anthem will be a ok.
You can have a full character build of highest rarity items unlike Destiny which limits use of high rarity items.
Cool. I quite enjoyed the story stuff in the demo and the stuff in this video seemed to be just as good. I don't think it's going to be a Mass Effect length story, but I'm hoping for something meaty.
It's worth pointing out that guns in Destiny focus on distinct designs as they are showpiece items (first person commodity), whereas in our game the Javelins classes carry more of that design weight.
I am insanely jelly of your job, your ability to play this game right now and your probably dripping slick with masterworks Jav of whatever kind.
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On topic:
Mad excited for this game and the content release seems pretty solid here. Like immediately showing people the content drop will be consistent is pretty dope. I was already hard in after both demos so this just locks up for me super tight. Need a completely masterworked Fast Boi like.... now.
Also - fucking half my group have all jumped ship and are now like "Oh but i like interceptor too maybe i'll play them first rather than ranger or Colossus hmmmm" and i have never felt more salty about people doubling down on my class choice as i do here.
I am the ninja boy.
I am the one who Cuts!
I really wish they made getting gear look cool and visually appealing.
Sure you can be decked out from head to toe of legendaries, but it's a huge missed opportunity in a loot game if it doesn't show on your character. Just my opinion.
Sure you can be decked out from head to toe of legendaries, but it's a huge missed opportunity in a loot game if it doesn't show on your character. Just my opinion.
You market the features that cost money, go figure. It's EA's priority after all.
I got the impression Tassyn and Casey Hudson look alike have an affair going on. No chance for you! :p
I actually thought Destiny had incredible cinematics direction but okay.
Tongue-in-cheek reference to Fashion Frame being the true endgame
Mmkay. That actually sold me on the game. I was lukewarm over the demo, but the breadth of content and exploration wasn't in question. Good to see that there's a point to it all and large-scale communal meta events are something I've wanted to see in online games for ages (something WoW does too sparingly).
And...pre-ordered. See you all in game.
And...pre-ordered. See you all in game.