General Gaming Anthem | Official Thread of Totally Not EA/BioWare Destiny, update - Neill Blomkamp live-action prequel "Conviction" posted

[skillzdadirecta 3,166]

Didn't see this posted anywhere so I thought I'd share. Some new stuff in here I've never seen before.

 

 

Still high on my most anticipated list.

[Brick 800]

I have trust in BioWare. 

[Zaku3 223]

If this gets a following here or with my friends I will give it a try.

[legend 3,355]

I dind't watch a lot of it, but while flashy it doesn't really seem all that engaging. Floating in the air shooting down looks kind of boring and skill-less.

[Dre801 487]

They're done if this fails to satisfy Papa EA.

[Paperclyp 1,126]

I am just not really interested in this. Maybe it’ll surprise me. 

[Dre801 487]

I don't do online, so at most, I'll watch people stream it.

[skillzdadirecta 3,166]

2 hours ago, legend said:

I dind't watch a lot of it, but while flashy it doesn't really seem all that engaging. Floating in the air shooting down looks kind of boring and skill-less.

Yeah you should probably watch a little more... there's more going on than that. One of the players had a melee build for example and they were buffing each other and debuffing enemies. There seems to be a lot of abilities and equipment and gear. There's a lot more going on than just shooting. More than I even expected based on what I knew about the game. 

[johnny 2,763]

Meh, looks kinda boring. I have no real interest in BioWare unless they decide to make a mass effect and not fuck it all up. 

[Man_of_X 255]

This is looking good. 

[XxEvil AshxX 491]

I'll give it a try, but I'll be honest, mech games never really did it for me, and flying around like Iron Man doesn't really have much appeal.

[mikechorney 468]

I’ll try and watch this later on. I’m cautiously optimistic about it. 

[Bacon 1,278]

19 hours ago, Brick said:

I have trust in BioWare. 

I don't. DA:O, ME, and ME2 were great. DA2, DA:I, ME3, ME:A, and SW:TOR, were subpar. BioWare made more games I disliked than liked. Well, I didn't play ME:A, but that doesn't matter. Mass Effect was my first BioWare game and I have not played any BioWare game that came before it. 

 

That said, Anthem seems to be achieving what they are setting out to achieve, but I have my doubts that it is something that I want. I mean, the only thing I want from BioWare is Dragon Age: Origins 2. 

[JPDunks4 648]

I'm pumped for this, they've been saying a lot of the right things, so I'm hoping for the best.

[ALIEN-gunner 128]

The gameplay looks dull and basic. Warframe is more exciting and it seems Anthem is trying to copy Warframe more than Destiny. The graphics and explosion effects look way dumbed down from the old trailers too. 

[Mercury33 652]

Looks pretty fun to me. 

[ByWatterson 1,923]

It lacks flair and personality, two of the things that created the Destiny fan base. 

 

They won't find the same audience without them. 

 

Also, no PVP is a deal-breaker. 

[JPDunks4 648]

Well they have said you can actually have Unique builds, so if they can get that right it’ll be way better then Destiny out the gate.  

 

Destinys cookie cutter character customization was so disappointing for a game like this.

[CitizenVectron 4,153]

God someone just make a Badlands open-world shooter already so we can have some actual fun and character in this genre.

[Mercury33 652]

How can people determine what kind of character and personality a game has when you watch a video with developers talking over everything the whole time?

[mikechorney 468]

I really want to learn more about the story telling -- which is what made me fall in love with Mass Effect.

 

The combat looks interesting, but its really hard to tell from this video.

[stepee 2,658]

I’m not ready to give up on Bioware yet, so I was getting it anyway, but with ea access premiere of course I’m downloading it. Drew was writing some of the story before he left again, I think how much I like it will depend on how much work he got done in that department before he left. 

[Moa 111]

This is one of those games that is going to be hard to judge before it comes out and we can see how much content there is, what the end game looks like, and if there is some nefarious monetization. From the video posted in this thread, the game looks pretty damn interesting. There is more depth to the gameplay systems than I expected, like managing your heat level while flying by skimming water and stuff. It's these little moments of interactivity and management that are going to make the game engaging to play over hundreds of hours. I do hope that the game has some sustaining mystery to it. Considering the verticality of the world, I would love to see exploration be greatly rewarded.

[nublood 238]

Looks like Destiny with a different coat of paint. Based on that video, I'll need to play a demo to gauge if I'm even interested.

[ARZ 218]

Game is going to be fantastic!!

Preordered it digitally the minute it was available

[skillzdadirecta 3,166]

5 hours ago, ARZ said:

Game is going to be fantastic!!

Preordered it digitally the minute it was available

We can get the old Destiny crew back together.

[TwinIon 1,480]

I'm really hoping that this turns out well.

 

It looks beautiful, and I think the gameplay looks pretty smooth. The mobility in particular looks excellent.

 

I'm sure there are any number of ways to screw this up, but everything I've seen so far, including the little of this video I watched, makes me think it's going to be excellent.

[Mercury33 652]

7 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

We can get the old Destiny crew back together.

I didn’t play Destiny, can I still be part of the crew??

[skillzdadirecta 3,166]

1 minute ago, Mercury33 said:

I didn’t play Destiny, can I still be part of the crew??

 

Sure you can 

[skillzdadirecta 3,166]

Customization Video

 

 

[Man_of_X 255]

Customization looked very good. Love the materials. 

[Toronado97 34]

On 11/8/2018 at 9:57 AM, ARZ said:

Game is going to be fantastic!!

Preordered it digitally the minute it was available

I cannot understand the idea of pre-ordering a game, especially in the digital age.  You have no idea if this game is going to be a completely unplayable mess, or a masterpiece.  Why would waiting until the day before when reviews come out be burdensome to the point that you had to shell out 60+ bucks two years ago to buy the game?  This is why we get Ubishit and Mass Effect Andromeda.  Stop fueling bad business practices.

[Mercury33 652]

2 hours ago, Toronado97 said:

I cannot understand the idea of pre-ordering a game, especially in the digital age.  You have no idea if this game is going to be a completely unplayable mess, or a masterpiece.  Why would waiting until the day before when reviews come out be burdensome to the point that you had to shell out 60+ bucks two years ago to buy the game?  This is why we get Ubishit and Mass Effect Andromeda.  Stop fueling bad business practices.

 

You can always cancel a preorder. Also a lot of people like to pay off a game when they have some cash available instead of trying to save it. It’s really not that hard to hard to understand. 

[Remarkableriots 1,008]

10 hours ago, Toronado97 said:

I cannot understand the idea of pre-ordering a game, especially in the digital age.  You have no idea if this game is going to be a completely unplayable mess, or a masterpiece.  Why would waiting until the day before when reviews come out be burdensome to the point that you had to shell out 60+ bucks two years ago to buy the game?  This is why we get Ubishit and Mass Effect Andromeda.  Stop fueling bad business practices.

Because you can pre-order at a discounted price, Amazon doesn't charge until they ship and you can cancel the item at any time. 

[ALIEN-gunner 128]

Unless someone cancels a pre-order because they got one just to play an early demo(beta), virtually no one cancels pre-orders. They get them to play the game as soon as possible and to be the first ones to complain on message boards that they were tricked by developer hype into buying a shitty game.