[Maark Abbott]

 The Swampfather, on 11 March 2018 - 02:41 AM, said:

Dammit I'm really bummed by this one. Drew has left Bio Ware again. This game is in trouble and that's a damn shame.

https://m.youtube.co...h?v=t1rctpPyV9Q

You don't need writers for multiplayer DLC hell games.

[Obdigore]

"Loses"?

He left. He was hired to write, he wrote what he thought was appropriate, and left.

Here is his actual blog post statement:
http://drewkarpyshyn.com/c/?p=1068

[Obdigore]

So its clear that you don't understand how the gaming industry works.

While I'm not saying Anthem is going to be good, I'm saying writers helping write then going to different projects, in fact lots of people that work on games work for a couple years to get through, then their contracts are up, and they try and find different work.

This doesn't mean the game/studio/whatever is dying. It means shitty ass youtubers that also don't know anything about how those industries work make videos like this.

[Mentalist]

Also, "Bioware" is something really amorphous within EA these days. EA went through a phase where they re-named almost every studio they owned "Bioware something" to cash in on the brand.

The original, "core" Bioware (without the Dr's) is Bioware Edmonton. Bioware LA is (iirc), former Victory Games, who were RTS people that did the last few Command & Conquer games and we're supposedly making the (canceled) C&C Generals 2.

Bioware Montreal is a subsidiary studio (pretty much every big publisher has a studio in Montreal, b/c favorable tax practices, I believe).

I don't remember off the top of my head where the Visceral people ended up when that studio was shut down last year when EA canceled their Star Wars project.

I have 0 interest in Anthem, since I don't do any type of multi-player. On the other hand, EA sports is a juggernaut that means EA will never die, even if they milk the games Dice makes into oblivion. So it'll be very curious to see if EA manages to get itself out of its current creative rut when it comes to single-player games that I like, or if they'll continue to spiral somewhere on the periphery of my attention.

[Maark Abbott]

 Obdigore, on 15 March 2018 - 02:23 PM, said:

So its clear that you don't understand how the Gamindustri works.

There are four nations, each with a CPU who fight each other for Shares, many moe anthropomorphisms happen, a community arises around it and lewds follow.

Am I about right?

[Cause]

 Maark Abbott, on 16 March 2018 - 06:28 AM, said:

 Obdigore, on 15 March 2018 - 02:23 PM, said:

So its clear that you don't understand how the Gamindustri works.

There are four nations, each with a CPU who fight each other for Shares, many moe anthropomorphisms happen, a community arises around it and lewds follow.

Am I about right?

I was really hoping this was avatar parody.

The four nations lived in harmony but than the micro-transaction nation attacked.

[Gothos]

100% boycotting this title due to the mess that was Andromeda. They wrecked my beloved IP and left it to die and I am childishly salty about it, and this was announced right about the time they stated that they're shutting down any further work on Andromeda (which might actually be a good thing, keeps me from getting my hopes up again!).

I know I'm not adding anything to the discussion, I just wanted to share.

[Aptorian]

Hey, you do you. If you aren't happy with a meal or the service at a restaurant you don't have to apologize for not eating there again.

Then again on the other hand I tend to look at games on a case by case basis. Years go by between projects, directors and studio leads are replaced, management changes their vision for the future of the company, etc. One bad game or even a string of them won't make me boycot anything. Games are entertainment, I don't take them overly serious in that way.

[Aptorian]

Tangentially related, it seems Dragon Age was postponed/put on ice while EA/Bioware doubles down on Anthem:

https://www.resetera...ton-crew.31324/

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Mike Laidlaw (Dragon Age's Creative Director) confirmed the BioWare staff reassignments in his GDC panel when he was talking a bit about where the series was heading.

USGamer said:

Ultimately, Laidlaw felt it was time to leave BioWare behind regardless of Dragon Age's loose threads. "I wanted to try a new challenge, and I knew that [the staff reassignments] would change the date," he says. "I was going to have a very small skeleton crew, and I'm lucky because Patrick Weekes is an exceptional lead writer, Daniel Kading is an exceptional lead designer. There were two very veteran designers who could hold a vision, and it was going to move down to a very small team.

"I thought if I'm ever gonna go, this is the least disruptive time for me to leave. So I would be stunned if whatever plan I had remained completely unchanged."

Source: https://www.usgamer....-possible-story

That's a shame. I really enjoyed Inquisition and was looking forward to seeing them build on that games strengths.

[Mentalist]

I am not happy, but it does give me more time to get caught up in the series.

Looks like for the next 2 years EA is giving me no reason to give them money. That's probably a good thing.

[Gothos]

I was half expecting that. Another beloved franchise on the chopping block for some reason. Inquisition already had a lot of problems, I'm still hopeful that they won't abandon or completely cock up the series - I'm way too interested in the Maker/Blight lore to just shrug this off

[Mentalist]

http://www.eurogamer...biowares-anthem

Here's a release date (window), BK.

Expect to see more @ E3

[Aptorian]

 Briar King, on 09 May 2018 - 03:47 PM, said:

 Mentalist, on 09 May 2018 - 10:59 AM, said:

http://www.eurogamer...biowares-anthem

Here's a release date (window), BK.

Expect to see more @ E3

Nice. Can’t wait to see something different.

Prepare for unforeseen consequences.

[Khellendros]

I agree that that extended play made it look a lot better than what was shown at E3, which makes it all the more confusing as to why they didn't show this.

The way the abilities synergise and the fact that there seem to be proper differences between the classes (and sub-classes, like the approach of the two Colossi on the team) is encouraging (unlike in Destiny). The explosions and effects were also all suitably bombastic and cool.

So yeah, cautious optimism.

[Mentalist]

Since I'd only be playing it solo, I envision this to be worth buying @ an Origin sale for 15 CAD.

Game Informer posted a Q&A with the project lead, and he said the game's core loop is comparable to Diablo, but with all the traditional "Bioware bits" still kind of there, to be expereinced outside of combat.

I'm kinda mildly interested, but probably a few years down the line.

[Maark Abbott]

Pass here. Diablo style? Pass so hard the other side just got a throw-in.

[Mentalist]

 Briar King, on 24 July 2018 - 05:14 PM, said:

I don’t think it’s Diablo style though I haven’t played that. I think that’s an overhead POV. This will be over the shoulder 3rd person.

The loot mechanics are what the dev was referring to-the gameplay loop is supposed to be like an action RPG.

The comparison to Diablo is understandable since Borderlands (which inspired Destiny, which inspired Anthem) started out as "Diablo with guns".

[Maark Abbott]

If it's like Borderlands but a bit more serious, fine.

But I haven't got faith that it's not going to be a shallow lootbox hell because that's what EA does nowadays.

[Malankazooie]

I'm really not all that excited or hyped for this. Looks like it's implementing decision/consequence trees. Doubt it has any meaningful impact on the campaign. We'll see I guess.

[Mentalist]

Bioware dev breaking down the VGA trailer, explaining some key narrative points.