We need a FFXIV style resurrection. I honestly believe that might work, though it all depends on EA.
Yeah pretty much.
We need a FFXIV style resurrection. I honestly believe that might work, though it all depends on EA.
What the hell. Isn't it like one set of armor and one gun?
Edit: oh god, it's real
https://youtu.be/ivGNly4umo8?t=2105
Please let this happen.just need a "you fly faster looking at the ground" for the circle of life to be complete
No, bioware did
After Andromeda, I'm not sure how one can hold on to that belief.At this point, given that Bioware has shown in the past that they have known how to make a functioning product, I'm more inclined to believe the fault lies at EA's feet for pretty much everything wrong with this game
Nah, there's too much staff to let go without affecting EA's bottom line.
I don't know. At this point I'm starting to wonder whether Bioware's reputation is being damaged by association with EA, or whether EA's reputation (what little it has left) is being damaged by association with Bioware.
I love(d) BW, don't get me wrong, but what they did with Anthem is some shameful shit - and I'm not talking about bugs and loading screens, but the absolutely uninspired content, the minimal viable product they shat out.
Looking at what Massive did with simple core gameplay loop in The Division 2, how much varied and entertaining shit they bundled on top of it, how is the best Anthem could come up with "stand here until an arbitrary bar fills" and "shoot these dudes spawning from thin air until they stop spawning"?
After Andromeda, I'm not sure how one can hold on to that belief.
What was that in?just need a "you fly faster looking at the ground" for the circle of life to be complete
Haha, they probably shouldn't do this, because it really does make it appear like they want the players to beta test their game, haha.
At this point, given that Bioware has shown in the past that they have known how to make a functioning product, I'm more inclined to believe the fault lies at EA's feet for pretty much everything wrong with this game
Nah, you don't shut down a studio after one dud (unless it's like, the Andromeda studio but that was its own weird thing...)
I mean, they certainly did in so far that the game was clearly not ready and this post-launch disaster all but guaranteed.
That doesn't mean that the game's development wasn't a huge mess in and of itself and Bioware is likely to blame for that. But still, EA pushed for a release of a game that probably needed another year in the least. Or, which I find very hard to believe, Bioware was actually fine with releasing in its state somehow...
Yeah, everything about Anthem feels like a game that changed direction at least once during development and given what it seems to have changed into appears to be trend-chasing that definitely points towards it being an EA interference issue but I doubt we'll ever really know.I can't lay blame for the messy developement of this game at Bioware's feet because I don't know how many times EA put their entire hand into the soup, or from how early on in developement they started doing that.
Sure, but by the exact same logic laying the blame at EA's feet is equally silly, and the only reason someone would do so is because that's what they want to be true.I can't lay blame for the messy developement of this game at Bioware's feet because I don't know how many times EA put their entire hand into the soup, or from how early on in developement they started doing that.
Not when you take into account that Bioware have a history of knowing how to make functional products. Balancing that with EA's history of excessive interference in the cooking of the soup makes it reasonable to place the blame on them.Sure, but by the exact same logic laying the blame at EA's feet is equally silly
We need a FFXIV style resurrection. I honestly believe that might work, though it all depends on EA.
Tbf they did also make Dragon Age 2.Not when you take into account that Bioware have a history of knowing how to make functional products. Balancing that with EA's history of excessive interference in the cooking of the soup makes it reasonable to place the blame on them.
They have a history of making functional products... in a different genre.Not when you take into account that Bioware have a history of knowing how to make functional products. Balancing that with EA's history of excessive interference in the cooking of the soup makes it reasonable to place the blame on them.
And it probably wasn't their decision to chase this genre. It was probably EA's. They have a history of not caring about the strengths of a development team and forcing their hand this way. It's part of why EA has killed so many of the studios they purchased. Erego...They have a history of making functional products... in a different genre.
That's the wierd part tho.. the stuff they got right is the new stuff, the stuff like story and RPG math its like they forgot what those things even areThey have a history of making functional products... in a different genre.
It's hard to make story with a gameplay structure like Anthem's. It's not that they forgot. Story and gameplay are forever in a complicated dance and gameplay structure can irrevocably fuck over story in ways even experienced storytellers can't account for.That's the wierd part tho.. the stuff they got right is the new stuff, the stuff like story and RPG math its like they forgot what those things even are
This was probably Bioware's desperate cry for helpIt's funny because in an interview they compared Anthem's story to FFXIV's.
it was always going to be a Destiny-styled gameYeah, everything about Anthem feels like a game that changed direction at least once during development and given what it seems to have changed into appears to be trend-chasing that definitely points towards it being an EA interference issue but I doubt we'll ever really know.
I mean, that's just baseless speculation that actively goes against what BioWare themselves are saying.And it probably wasn't their decision to chase this genre. It was probably EA's. They have a history of not caring about the strengths of a development team and forcing their hand this way. It's part of why EA has killed so many of the studios they purchased. Erego...
Really regret purchasing the digital version. I should ask MS for a refund.
The subreddit is on fire with complaints with new posts. Holy shit...
People shit on it because it played like crap and recycled content repeatedly to make up for how little was in the game. I agree, in context of how it was developed it's relatively impressive but that doesn't make it a better end product.DA2 was an excellent game that had less than a year of development time. Which is even crazier given the scope of its ambition. It gets really tiring seeing people shit on it like it's an incarnation of Big Rigs.
I also read on the reddit that the lead producer Ben Irving on a livestream called the Legion of Dawn armor pack one of the most "generous offerings in video game history." This game is just comedy through and through.