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Anthem Devs Show Off 30-Minutes of Alpha Gameplay at Paris Games Week - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited October 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imageAnthem Devs Show Off 30-Minutes of Alpha Gameplay at Paris Games Week - MMORPG.com

During last week's Paris Games Week, the Anthem team was on hand to show off an entire mission from the currently ongoing alpha of the game. The mission features a mission called The Lost Anarchist and showcases the abilities of both the Storm and Interceptor Javelins. The video is long on spoilers since it's a complete mission including dialog. Consider yourself warned! Lastly, there are some technical issues at the start of the stream that are solved within the first few minutes.

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  • GaladournGaladourn Member RarePosts: 1,813
    Wow...
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  • XingbairongXingbairong Member RarePosts: 927

    blueturtle13 said:

    It just seems so much like Destiny

    Will be interesting to see how it turns out



    I agree. This looks so much like Destiny that it feels like if someone who doesn't know this game exist, sees this will probably think it's Destiny.
  • BitterClingerBitterClinger Member UncommonPosts: 439
    I know everyone keeps running this game down, but I'm really looking forward to it. The fact that it doesn't have the stories and character interactions that Bioware is known for is actually a good thing as far as I'm concerned. Dragon Age Origins was the last game that had that anyway.
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  • XarkoXarko Member EpicPosts: 1,180
    Just so damn generic.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028
    BitterClinger said:
    I know everyone keeps running this game down, but I'm really looking forward to it. The fact that it doesn't have the stories and character interactions that Bioware is known for is actually a good thing as far as I'm concerned. Dragon Age Origins was the last game that had that anyway.
    Mass Effect 2 was the last game that had that.*
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  • phoenixfire2phoenixfire2 Member UncommonPosts: 228
    I'm really looking forward to this game, because I like Destiny a lot but am unhappy with the direction the game has taken. My main concern with Anthem is, what is endgame? I know there's no pvp which isn't a huge issue for me, but have they showed what you do after you finish all of the story missions? I'm really hoping this game isn't a one and done kind of thing, I'd like a longer term game but not sure I'm seeing it here, despite my enthusiasm for the game.
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  • IlayaIlaya Member UncommonPosts: 661
    Looking forward to it. So far it looks good 'ish. I also don't have a problem with another "Destiny 'ish" Game on the Market cause as we all know; Competition is a good thing! (most of the time??!!)

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  • UtinniUtinni Member EpicPosts: 2,209
    Hopefully when bioware shuts down some of the devs will get funding for a new studio and start making bioware games again
    Roin
  • MyriaMyria Member UncommonPosts: 699
    edited October 2018
    I'm really looking forward to this game, because I like Destiny a lot but am unhappy with the direction the game has taken.
    I'm kind of in the same boat. It's not so much that I like Destiny -- it has it's good points and it can be a blast to play with friends, but also a lot of bad points that drive me nuts -- as that my gaming friends play it to the point of obsession.

    Mind, Destiny does some things amazingly well. Movement and gunplay are fantastic, skyboxes and environments are amazing, Strike and Raid designs are (with a few painfully notable exceptions) really fun. Problem is everything else is utter shite. There are no characters, only archetypes so poorly fleshed out that they don't even qualify as cardboard. Lore is vague and constantly retconned. The main story... Well there literally is none. There are side stories, most of them not even particularly interesting, but even after all this time and all these expansions and DLC we still know next to nothing about any of the main events.

    In so many ways, but especially in a story sense, compared to Warframe it's downright embarrassing that this is the best Bungie could come up with.

    The other day I was running a strike with a friend of mine and he said "Anthem better be the shit!" and all I could think was Thank god, at least there's hope. If Anthem copies a lot of the good of Destiny and improves on the bad it'll be an improvement in my gaming life.

    Hell, if they flat out copied Destiny but left Tess Everis out, it'd be worth the price of admission.
  • UtinniUtinni Member EpicPosts: 2,209
    DMKano said:

    Utinni said:

    Hopefully when bioware shuts down some of the devs will get funding for a new studio and start making bioware games again



    Get funding from where? - the days of investors throwing money at game companies are over. With so many MMO devs out of a job, and so many smaller game companies getting sold/shut down - getting any kind of funding with non-predatory terms is a thing of the past.

    We're not in early 2000s anymore

    Just look at the present state of small MMO dev studios - yeah all but extinct.

    Hence "Hopefully". Hope is typically in situations that are unlikely. I hope for world peace.
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  • SavageHorizonSavageHorizon Member EpicPosts: 3,480
    Looking forward to it, to many games lately makes PVP their first priority
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028
    I'm still intrigued. I wanted Destiny to be something more, and any competitor that might have the potential to deliver that something more is worth keeping an eye on.
    Ilaya
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    EA is trying too hard to hype this....something doesn't feel right.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028
    Albatroes said:
    EA is trying too hard to hype this....something doesn't feel right.
    Nothing unexpected. It isn't Madden, FIFA, or Battlefield. It doesn't have a household namebrand to sell it. It's a new IP, and thus requires more marketing. 

    Whether that extends to the quality or lack thereof of the game is just speculation at this point.
  • KajidourdenKajidourden Member EpicPosts: 3,030
    Third person, more open/explorable environments via verticality.....but it does resemble mass effect meets Destiny. Looks like it could be fun but I don't see it pulling people away from Destiny really as it stands today.
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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Destiny was the first thing I thought of while watching the video also. But I like D2 and play it a lot. I'll have to wait and see how their version goes as I'm sure they are leaving some things about gameplay out.

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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028
    Kajidourden said:
    Third person, more open/explorable environments via verticality.....but it does resemble mass effect meets Destiny. Looks like it could be fun but I don't see it pulling people away from Destiny really as it stands today.
    Destiny needs no outside interference in pushing people away from itself. It did a good enough job of that on its own.
  • Drac14Drac14 Member UncommonPosts: 55

    phoenixfire2 said:

    I'm really looking forward to this game, because I like Destiny a lot but am unhappy with the direction the game has taken. My main concern with Anthem is, what is endgame? I know there's no pvp which isn't a huge issue for me, but have they showed what you do after you finish all of the story missions? I'm really hoping this game isn't a one and done kind of thing, I'd like a longer term game but not sure I'm seeing it here, despite my enthusiasm for the game.



    The game is more about "elder game" than anything else, TBH. They call it elder game instead of end game to convey the idea that the game doesn't "end," it matures to something more once you're done the main story.

    For some people, yeah it'll be just play the story and leave. Anyway, Elder game consists of maxing out your javelins levels and pilot skill tree, acquiring the best gear (there are 5 or 6 rarities with random rolls), completing raids, "strongholds" (less hard than raids but still hard), and maxing out the difficulties on story missions.

    There is also lore collection, gear set collection and cosmetic collection. They also said they plan to release content updates every month or two (who know's if they'll keep that cadence) but they said they built the game to allow for rapid content creation.
  • KajidourdenKajidourden Member EpicPosts: 3,030
    Aeander said:
    Kajidourden said:
    Third person, more open/explorable environments via verticality.....but it does resemble mass effect meets Destiny. Looks like it could be fun but I don't see it pulling people away from Destiny really as it stands today.
    Destiny needs no outside interference in pushing people away from itself. It did a good enough job of that on its own.
    It's funny, if you listened to the echo chamber that is MMORPG.com you would think that Destiny 2 is empty or failing.

    The reality is it's in the best place its been and has more active players than it ever has.  

    Confirmation bias is a mother.
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028
    Kajidourden said:
    Aeander said:
    Kajidourden said:
    Third person, more open/explorable environments via verticality.....but it does resemble mass effect meets Destiny. Looks like it could be fun but I don't see it pulling people away from Destiny really as it stands today.
    Destiny needs no outside interference in pushing people away from itself. It did a good enough job of that on its own.
    It's funny, if you listened to the echo chamber that is MMORPG.com you would think that Destiny 2 is empty or failing.

    The reality is it's in the best place its been and has more active players than it ever has.  

    Confirmation bias is a mother.
    Maybe post-Forsaken. Not so much for pre-Forsaken.
  • KajidourdenKajidourden Member EpicPosts: 3,030
    Aeander said:
    Kajidourden said:
    Aeander said:
    Kajidourden said:
    Third person, more open/explorable environments via verticality.....but it does resemble mass effect meets Destiny. Looks like it could be fun but I don't see it pulling people away from Destiny really as it stands today.
    Destiny needs no outside interference in pushing people away from itself. It did a good enough job of that on its own.
    It's funny, if you listened to the echo chamber that is MMORPG.com you would think that Destiny 2 is empty or failing.

    The reality is it's in the best place its been and has more active players than it ever has.  

    Confirmation bias is a mother.
    Maybe post-Forsaken. Not so much for pre-Forsaken.
    Considering post-Forsaken is reality......yes.  
  • JeffSpicoliJeffSpicoli Member EpicPosts: 2,849
    Nothing about this game is exciting me
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028
    edited October 2018
    Aeander said:
    Aeander said:
    Third person, more open/explorable environments via verticality.....but it does resemble mass effect meets Destiny. Looks like it could be fun but I don't see it pulling people away from Destiny really as it stands today.
    Destiny needs no outside interference in pushing people away from itself. It did a good enough job of that on its own.
    It's funny, if you listened to the echo chamber that is MMORPG.com you would think that Destiny 2 is empty or failing.

    The reality is it's in the best place its been and has more active players than it ever has.  

    Confirmation bias is a mother.
    Maybe post-Forsaken. Not so much for pre-Forsaken.
    Considering post-Forsaken is reality......yes.  
    Both are reality. The current state of the game is important, but the past shows where the series has been or could go. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, after all.

    The Taken King was a huge landmark for Destiny, the same as Forsaken is now. Did that goodwill prevent vanilla D2 and its first two expansions from causing a player dropoff? No, it didn't. Conversely, how many Forsaken players were returning players and how many are new players? How many older players were lost permanently because of the pre-Forsaken state of the game? These are important questions to ask, going forward, especially if they do not do better with Destiny 3 and its first expansions than they did with pre-TK D1 or pre-Forsaken D2.
    Roin
  • 3dom3dom Member RarePosts: 889
    If it's alpha then there is no way they'll be able to launch it in the first half of 2019.

    Looks really good though. Hopefully, it may replace Warframe with its badly designed boss fights and blob enemies.
    Aeander

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