most of that we got last year anyway.
The clip on YouTube had this description:
It could be interesting, but the complete lack of any detail is weird. As far as I can tell, that description is basically all we've got. And I'm leery of multiplayer games at the best of times, especially with the whole lootbox crap going on.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.It's funny cause they just showed one random mission out of context when they could have shown us or offered an explanation on how the mechanics work. We don't really know the gun types or how skills function, or what's really different between the javelins aside from the easy to see one's heavy & one's faster.
Plus the gunplay from that video looks kinda slow & clunky especially when you fire while hovering. Like there in a suit of advanced armor that offers flight yet they lack the mobility that a game like Vanguish for example provided.
It's why the comparison to Borderlands falls flat cause Borderlands has really fast-paced gunplay plus an ensemble of quirky & funny cast, powers, & guns which Anthem seems to all lack.
edited 9th Jun '18 3:43:16 PM by slimcoder
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."And a hub where the majority the story takes place... you can play solo but there are no ai companions...
If this was single player but with drop in coop is be much more interested. Throw some quality need characters in there and a romance and boom. Who knows maybe you can do that back at base..
But we need to see more. This was flashy Destiny stuff.
I'm just really worried that this WILL NOT have any of the RPG staples we're used to in Bioware games and might actually be Bioware's first linear plot (probably with 'Its linear so no romances and no LGBT' in there somewhere) and they're not showing anything other than gameplay because they either realize people will be upset or they just honestly don't have much of anything TO show if its a certain level of linear.
That's the only logical explanation I can think of by now as to why they'd go an E3 without showing anything else.
And, it probably would have been better to announce that earlier than than now. Because I can be sure people will be mad about that if its true. Bioware has a big RPG and LGBT fanbase for a reason. But it would have been better to get that out of the way early on so you aren't stringing the fanbase along at all and so that there just isn't this sudden shocking reveal 2 months or on the day of launch that, 'oh wait, this isn't the game I thought it was'.
edited 9th Jun '18 4:37:51 PM by InkDagger
That's my fear too.
Bioware is the only place I can consistently get LGBT characters in video games. I get shouted out of places like AC Fandom if I go around asking if Odyssey could engage with even historically accurate homosexuality. Gay characters just don't exist unless they're women (Last of Us, Life is Strange, etc).
If they go under and disappear, I don't know where that shunts me to in gaming. Where else would I go? The Indie scene where you tend to scrape the bottom of the barrel with godawful games, but hey, gay people exist?
I want Bioware to survive to do DA 4. I loved the Dragon Age series and I want to see the next game. But I'm worried Bioware will either crumble under Anthem or do ok but EA will step in further.
Do we even know if its an RPG at this point???
edited 9th Jun '18 5:04:38 PM by InkDagger
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I think I can definitely say there's not going to be historically accurate male homosexuality in Odyssey while historians are under the belief pederasty was pervasive in ancient Greece. I doubt there's an AAA studio that exists which is willing to portray that.
Addendum: Apparently, I'm quite wrong as Brotherhood actually portrayed one already.
edited 9th Jun '18 5:25:52 PM by VutherA
WHEN was that ever in Brotherhood??? Then again, I guess its the one game I haven't played yet.
And, yeah, while Paiedertia was a thing and pervasive in Greek culture (And can be a bit squicky to our modern sensibilities), there was also encouraged homosexuality between soldiers and that was INCREDIBLY everywhere. Warrior-Lovers were sometimes treated the same was wives would be and there are a couple of greek myths including them, such as Achilles in the Illiad. It was encouraged because they believed such strong bonds would result in an insatiable desire to protect their lovers in battle but also to impress them with their carnage and battle prowess.
Some things I've found lurking around the reddit:
- No PVP! (On launch at least)
- Loot is not shared.
- There will be dialogue trees and paths in the game similar to a traditional Bioware game but options would be simplified.
- You can change javelins suits before missions. There's no reason to create a new character, as said by Mark in the video.
- There's an ending to the game, an ending to the path you chose.
- After the tutorial, you are allowed to freely explore every part of the world but there will be dangerous places to avoid right off the start. Nothing will stop you other than yourself.
- You can play coop right away as soon as you finish the tutorial.
- The enemies/aliens are all hostile.
- You can only play as a human in this game.
- The player is also fully voiced.
The 'options will be simplified' screams of red flag to me. Bethesda tried to do that in Fallout and that DID NOT work out.
edited 9th Jun '18 6:48:10 PM by InkDagger
Its the inevitable cycle of companies owned by EA, as Jim Sterling, TB, and a few others have noted before
Buy stduio. Give them autonomy,
assure fans nothing will change
slowly take over control of creative direction of company until their games resemble every other EA owned franchise
Games inevitably get less and less sale and enthusiasm
studio is closed for underperforming while EA shrugs, claims there was nothing they can do
Buy new company,. repeat
And fuck you to the fans that get something specific out of Bioware.
I honestly don't know where I'll go if Bioware closes. I'll probably cry a lot. I desperately want Anthem to be good even if I hate the finished product if it means it'll save Bioware. Bioware is legit one of the only game studios that goes 'Yeah, gay people exist'.
I don't know where I end up if they are gone.
The big companies feel they need to appeal to as many people as possible, and they also feel that straight people (the majority) won't want to play as gay people. Lesbians sometimes get a pass because men have a well-documented fondness for lesbians, but not always. Bioware was usually considered the exception (whether rightly or wrongly) because their PC is always fully customizable. You don't want to play a gay person, you don't have to.
I haven't seen much pushback from the fans, but then I don't hang out in the EA dudebro sports/shooter fandom that everyone is always trying to appeal to (because they have seemingly unlimited time and money).
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Tell me about it.
I remember when Remember Me was in development and the character had a boyfriend/husband and there was push back against not just having a black female lead, but that she had PDA moments with her husband. "Gamers will feel uncomfortable with their character kissing a man. They're not gay".
Nevermind that the interaction on screen is heterosexual anyway...
Gamers can be stupid. And its sad because I fundementally feel that you cannot empathize and or feel something for people you do not interact with on a regular basis. Video Games are a great medium to really challenge people and force audiences to not just watch a character but walk in their shoes for several hours. You could do some really interesting things with gameplay and settings in video games that no other medium will allow.
In AC: Liberation, you place as a mixed woman of color. She puts on a big fancy dress and no one really pays attention to her, but she can't run or fight in that outfit. Everyone assumes she's just a very tan white woman. But, when she puts on her slave disguise, she can fight and get places without people paying attention to her (they assume she's a slave and doing her work), but men on the street with jeer, yell, and throw rocks. Compared to the rest of the series where you mostly play as higher class white men, there's a very interesting and fundementally different experience here.
But challenging is hard to do when easy comfort is a easier and more profitable sell. I kind of think the only way we'll probably see more challenging experiences is if Video Game award start to have more pretiege like the Oscars do where a game might do ok, but its fine if they clean house at award season.
edited 9th Jun '18 8:08:16 PM by InkDagger
InkDagger, I'm reading that Leonardo has a pupil 28-years younger than him
who are very heavily implied to be in a romantic relationship.
edited 9th Jun '18 8:15:58 PM by VutherA
