Everyone is quick to label BioWare's Anthem as another Destiny-style game. Is that accurate? Or is there more than meets the eye in this new title?
BioWare's multiplayer shooter Anthem was terminated this week because EA no longer wanted to maintain servers for people to play the game on, and without them, no one can play the game. But the former executive producer of Anthem has revealed that BioWare had technology working, close to the game's release, that would enable us to host our own servers to play the game on.
I'd be fine just playing it as a localhost and dumb as rocks AI bots. Just give me the choice.
BioWare and EA had previously said the game would be accessible to those who owned it until it shuts down on January 12.
Time flies (like a Javelin suit): there are only 10 days left to play BioWare's ill-fated multiplayer game Anthem before the servers are switched off, presumably forever.
In my opinion, Anthem was a good IP that was worthy of a no man's sky or cyberpunk 2077 treatment.
To this day, their sub reddit is active and I was able to get into a game quickly a few weeks ago when I booted it up.
It is a shame EA and Bioware didn't want to give the game the overhaul it needed to turn it into a competent looter shooter.
I wholeheartedly agree. If ANY game deserved to get the rework/relaunch it deserved it was this one. More than literally any other. Even over FFXIV, No Mans Sky etc.
I just finished this up a couple days ago. Although it's a bit repetitive and the story is meh, the game feels great to play. Even if you can only hop on the game for a couple hours before it shuts down, I think it's worth it.
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They can spend billions to buy or get bought but they can’t spend a fraction of that to fix or overhaul a game that could have been truly special, smh.
I'd say it's more of Warframe meets Star Citizen meets No Man's Sky than Destiny.
Bioware has a lot to catch up on for me to be a customer again after the whole thing with Mass Effect Andromeda. And before people start arguing "You didn't play the new ME:A" yes I did on a friends account (before making any final decisions on purchasing) and I wasn't impressed at all. I played 1-3, and tested the new one, and decided not to buy it. Rather than go on a rant about what I didn't like, I'll say there's certain factors I like in 1 and 2 that 3 and 4 was missing.
AAA is starved of creativity. Nothing new here. Just tried and true, old and safe, methods of grabbing some cash.
I feel like this is a Destiny-like game for people who got burned by Destiny and never went back. Similarly, it's also a chance for a more rpg style game with similar styles.
I think The Division is better than Destiny.