re: Official Anthem Open Demo Thread 2/1-2/3

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I'm merely a conduit to deliver the reviews. talk about a "yikes" launch

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im trying to warn yall before yall buy this POS. cognitive dissonance is very prevalent in the gaming community tho

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it has the potential to develop into something similar down the line.

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This mindset by gamers is annoying as hell.

People pay full price for half a game and then justify it by saying it will be better when they finally complete it and they pay more money for the DLC to fix what they sent out.

There is no other service out there that works that way.

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Gamers are the most gullible idiots out there.

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I'll never understand how there is a demand for these types of games. do the same shite over and over again in a grind to reach some "endgame state" where you proceed to do the same shite over and over again.

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Here is an overview of the actual Anthem content:

- Crappy Carbon Copy Quests

- Dull Dungeons (Strongholds)

- RIDICULOUS Loading Screens

- Lacking Endgame



The 3 strongholds are also extremely underwhelming. Here's a quick description of each:

- This is the stronghold everyone played in the demo. It’s got a lot of fetch objectives.

- A whole lot of fetch objectives here as well. This stronghold has also been shown in almost its entirety on the developer live stream before launch.

- It's just the last story mission again... No changes made.



In addition to this, the free play in Anthem use the exact same components for its “world events”. There are also multiple points at which the game tells you to perform tedious tasks around the world such as “collect chests”, “get melee kills” and more.. The first occurrence of that is one that locks you out of story progression and forces you to grind for 2-4 hours.

After you finish the game you are immediately presented with another one of those “grind lists” LINK to image, no spoilers. The tougher difficulties unlocked later on just increase the health and damage of the enemy, the percentage increases are given to you on the difficulty screen. There is no additional content in the endgame currently, just the previous content at a higher difficulty.

It's not just the gameplay that suffers from this shallow design, but also the story. This is not like the BioWare stories from their previous titles that a lot of people were hoping for.

Anyone with a pre-order still has time to cancel, and others hopefully inform friends who may have preordered the game. The full launch is not until February 22nd. I for one would have been disappointed if I had preordered this for $60-$80.

Please consider all of this before putting your money towards Anthem.

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Anthem is an example of where the industry is heading and I’m not a fan at all.

Here we have a triple-A game that’s clearly been put together by talented people, yet it feels like it’s been designed by a board room full of grey-skinned men in £2,000 suits.

It’s a loot shooter where all the loot is variations of the same boring shotguns and assault rifles

what would a game from the creator of Mass Effect be without player choice? Anthem. It would be Anthem.

You fly to a mission, shoot stuff, occasionally hold X on something interactive, head back to the hub, swap your mech’s crotch from chrome to rubber, then head back out and do it again

The customisation is clearly designed to push you towards spending real money. Even then, there’s barely anything to tempt you.

a team game where there’s barely any teamwork

I went into Anthem with an open mind. It’s a game I wanted to succeed from a studio I’ve always been fond of. Unfortunately, it’s everything everyone feared at reveal. It’s a hollow experience that’s been designed to appeal to the widest market possible while squeezing more money out of those who are hooked in by its doggy treat design.

Anthem’s biggest issues can’t be fixed with a patch.

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