Utnayan
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Bioware's "Anthem"
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Zindan
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I get that, and I think its a very "Oh this will turn it around for BioWare" type sentiment, just take the game as it is and not judge it based on its comparison to previous games made so long ago by a studio with the same name (but obviously lesser ability). When developing a game I am sure its quite hard to stop a path you're doing down just because some other game currently out is getting criticized for something or was doing something different. I find faulting Anthem for not "adjusting" its dev path because of how other games were doing is pretty insane. Best point is how people are getting generally more and more fed up with games feeling unfinished at their release.
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Utnayan
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But that is exactly what they did. And rather than take the time with a full development cycle down a new path (4 new paths actually over the course of the last 6+ years) they threw bodies all over the place in a decentralized development process and flung out this piece of shit in 16 months.
Zindan
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Its just a symptom of the bandwagon effect and another review where the reviewer has a boner for the old BioWare, so they have to express their disappoint in some outrageous way.Wtf, Anthem scoring lower than FO76 makes no sense even with Anthem's issues.
@Utnayan
At least you got the improved loading screens, before the early day 1 patch they were WAY fucking worse.
Utnayan
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No, or the popular opinion is that a shit game is a shit game. (Unless I am missing what you are saying)
Going back to one of your earlier posts, the larger issue with unfinished games is exactly why turning a development path around to a new tree is bad. At this point, we are better off seeing developers stick to their guns and release the doc rather than stop start and be forced to jam 90% of the work through a one inch pipe in a developer vacuum of praise. I have zero doubt in my mind that this was the result of EA.
Zindan
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I've had a similar thought about how the game feels like various pieces patched together. The game in Tarsis is in no way similar or as good as the game outside Tarsis.
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Zindan
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No, in too many cases the game is judge as a shit game because of how it didn't live up to the reviewers love for the old BioWare (tech issues aside), remove that bias and you find a game which nailed the "looter" aspect and is also a fun "shooter". Technically the game is flawed, everyone here agrees on that, and sadly as you mentioned there are some aspect which can never be fixed with a patch. =/
Zindan
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I have disagree, while the speed increase is noticeable, it is just barely so
Yea, a bit sad, there is one mission where after you clear it you are zoned into a Strider bay that has your Javelin and a Forge access, along with a "door" to take you Tarsis. I think they wanted to make Tarsis into something like the "town" in Ashen (if you played that) where it rebuilds as you progress the story/sidequests. They just weren't able to get it finished or they just scrapped it altogether.
Zindan
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Siege Breaker is pretty nice, full auto sniper that will proc a freeze on the enemy (and it appears to be small aoe). Pretty good on targets that will love through 3 shots, since you can then detonate them if you have a skill ready.
Zindan
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The Freeplay zone feels a lot better when you're actually in a full group. I hope that someday they allow you pick which type of matchmaking you want for Freeplay; "solo open world" or "matchmake into group".
eXarc
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I know this community has some of the most negative fuckers and hard critics in the gaming world but I always try to see for myself and take it with a grain of salt. With this shit though, I can see you guys have given it an honest shot and this is a shit show. Thanks for saving me the money and time as usual, FoH.
Sincerely,
A depressed once upon a time BioWare fanboi
Sincerely,
A depressed once upon a time BioWare fanboi
Bandwagon
Kolohe
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Shut up and get in here, fag. I'll not be the only one here that made a drunk purchase, and I'm not power leveling you after you wait 3 weeks to make the same mistake.
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Grabbit Allworth
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My salt level is high right now.
I tried to leave Freeplay with 7 masterwork items in my inventory and got disconnected. Obviously, I lost them all.
I tried to leave Freeplay with 7 masterwork items in my inventory and got disconnected. Obviously, I lost them all.
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Xexx
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Man this is the shit i was scared of yesterday when i got stuck after a mission and the shit wouldnt complete till i got disconnected.
Grabbit Allworth
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Hmm, I got DC'd another 4 times, but when I finally ended the next Freeplay the masterwork items (which was actually 8) and everything else I looted was still there. Apparently, there's some protection in that the Freeplay loot gets cached even when you DC.
Zindan
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Get into game, go into Freeplay, exit Freeplay, all items appear magically.
Zindan
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Yea, I haven't been able to stay connected this afternoon for more than 20min. Sucks.
In other news, prepare for a new round of outrage now that the 90 Day Roadmap is out showing no new Stronghold til April and no Cataclysm til May. People going to salty, lol.
90 Day Roadmap
In other news, prepare for a new round of outrage now that the 90 Day Roadmap is out showing no new Stronghold til April and no Cataclysm til May. People going to salty, lol.
90 Day Roadmap
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