The last sentence is PRECISELY why I find it hard to play these games. I love to savour a well written story and take in as much detail as possible. Found it annoying in The Division when I'd party up and then have to endure someone racing like mad through levels and ruining the pace and timing of the story. Yes you can play it singley but it's designed for co-op and I think you lose something there when playing on own.
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The last sentence is PRECISELY why I find it hard to play these games. I love to savour a well written story and take in as much detail as possible. Found it annoying in The Division when I'd party up and then have to endure someone racing like mad through levels and ruining the pace and timing of the story. Yes you can play it singley but it's designed for co-op and I think you lose something there when playing on own.
If that's the case, how do you rate your €160 (plus microtransactions) Destiny? That is its price right now. Is it three times better than Anthem.
The moment you start quantifying your hobby (that's what games are - a free time activity for entertainment) you loose that hobby.
Which is the reason i didn't buy BFV or Destiny 2. Oh, include Anthem. Show me a finished game and I will show you my well earned coin. I'm done with expecting to wait for months down the line, or years, for a game to resemble what was promised.
FFXIV had exactly the same problem. For some unknown reason, the dev team decided to put the story cutscenes INSIDE the dungeon, which brought the play through time to at least 30 minutes or more, instead of the 15 minute speedrun that daily random dungeon goers are accustomed to.
To make matters worse, it was an 8-man, not a standard 4-man, so one new player who heaven forbid wanted to watch his story unfold "held the others hostage". Nowadays that dungeon is such a ghost town that it has its own roulette queue so people know what they are in for. And SE never put cutscenes into dungeons ever again, just before and after.
But they found their groove and as a rare thing in an MMO, I can actually enjoy every minute of the story, even when running around as a party, because they put it in places where it doesn't inconvenience the others.
Also, I'm reading through the jesus patch notes, and.. I'm sorry but is this a joke?
You're telling me that in a game that is a looter shooter, as in hovering up everything that is shiny.. you didn't have a way to know HOW MUCH better the drop is then your current gear? What did they have, Acorns from 1-5 or some ubiquitous bars?
This is utter madness, and some other entries on this are quite comical, too.
https://www.ea.com/games/anthem/news/anthem-day-one-patch-notes
- Weapons and gear now have numbers present for modifiers
You're telling me that in a game that is a looter shooter, as in hovering up everything that is shiny.. you didn't have a way to know HOW MUCH better the drop is then your current gear? What did they have, Acorns from 1-5 or some ubiquitous bars?
This is utter madness, and some other entries on this are quite comical, too.
https://www.ea.com/games/anthem/news/anthem-day-one-patch-notes
No, before it was shown as percentage, instead of raw number. You could say which one's better just as well.
LOADING.....I’m struggling to work out how a....,LOADING.....AAA developer with a turnover bigger than some small countries can,LOADING.......release what is In essence a rather simple game in such an,LOADING......unfinished state.
I think its a case of extreme AAA "Early Access" strategy where folks will test the game for the developer AND give them money at the same time. They can push the game out faster, get some quick money from hyped gamers and then put some patches out. Someone calculated that its more profitable than wait and fix the game before the release.
This practice has become a standard for AAA devs lately, but luckily in extreme cases like F76 is can backfire
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I wonder if this is the game the developer had in mind from the outset. A loot shooter isn’t exactly groundbreaking.
EA strikes again.
EA strikes again.
Being a Mass Effect fan myself, I am not sure why ME A got so much hate, I actually enjoyed it TBH. I know it had a few "issues" but still it wasn't as bad as it was made out to be. The last mission was excellent.
Anthem though looks rubbish, won't bother with it after watching some reviews.
I would suggest watching some let's players and general youtubers, instead, rather than reading reviews. Apparently EA forgot to pay the reviewers, this time.
(Seriously, though, if you're not sure, wait. As it is now, the game is an immense fun, but the content lasts for about 40-50 hours, unless you're one of those Diablo types who just enjoy grinding and loot-hoarding.)
And yes, I liked Andromeda. The only disappointment I experienced with that game was that is was cut short and there were no story DLCs.
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It was OK, but to step in ME boots it would have needed to be better. Also: some maps kinda sucked and the MP was atrocious at launch.
nThat's kind of rich, saying that on Elite forum. Have you asked for a refund, yet?
Yes, i recognized the irony as i was typing.
Though, I was lucky enough to purchase the game a lot later (ps4 peon here) than those of the ED community that were basically here from day one. So I didn't experience the growing pains, not as much anyway, than you day-ones have.ME Andromeda wasn't an awful game but it wasn't great either by any stretch. The first 10 hours which should have been amazing were really terrible and it took some grit to get through them. I'd hazard most people gave up before then and took far too much notice of overblown memes. It improved a lot after that but lazy writing and overused tropes didn't do it any favours ultimately and it became a forgettable experience.
There is a theme that seems to pervade the video game industry especially AAA titles. That writing and voice acting are secondary concerns over graphics and following the trends. For an industry that's more than rivals TV and Film little thought or effort goes into writing and voice talent.
Anyway I'm digressing massively. Just fancied a bit of a moan
There is a theme that seems to pervade the video game industry especially AAA titles. That writing and voice acting are secondary concerns over graphics and following the trends. For an industry that's more than rivals TV and Film little thought or effort goes into writing and voice talent.
Anyway I'm digressing massively. Just fancied a bit of a moan
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Well, if you have it, why not try it and see for yourself?
There are two kinds of youtubers - the ones that hate EA and will do anything to smear the company, legitimate or otherwise, and those sponsored by EA to hype the customers up.
Neither of them are in any way helpful or relevant when comes to your OWN decision.
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