jisforjosh posted:

I feel Anthem was a fun foundation for a game that was IN DEVELOPMENT, but not as a finished product. However, EA said that they would support Anthem's development for the next 10 years. . . they barely even hit the 2 year mark. Due to false advertising and delivering a technically broken product (remember when some ps4's were getting bricked when the game cause consoles to hard-crash at one point?) would EA be at risk of a Class Action Lawsuit for this or any other reason regarding Anthem?

Masonity posted:

They fixed the bricking issues. Any lawsuit over them would have been closer to the time.

And there's almost certainly some sort of asterix on the ten years development support. And even if not, if a judge ordered them to honour their promise of supporting development for another 8 years, they could just hire one intern to work on new skins, and maybe a new weapon every 3-4 years. Supporting a game's development is too wishy washy a statement to put any real faith in. Hell, just by keeping the server online and updated / working could count as fulfilling any promise. Even if in a year's time said server is a Dell Inspiron laptop also used to prop the server room's broom cupboard door open.

leftist heap posted:

Describing Anthem as having been “supported” for 2 years is immensely generous. They effectively released zero content for it.

ICR posted:

Outriders demo just came out to those who aren’t following along.

Aka the next Anthem 2.0 possibly maybe.

It’s game time.

eonblue174 posted:

Ha! Yeah I see it lol, it'll be even better when I'm further along bc the shell is going to deploy around your torso like a mouth. I haven't played Grim fandango, does Glottis have a unique speaking sound or something? I could have it as a rare deployment sfx

jisforjosh posted:

I feel Anthem was a fun foundation for a game that was IN DEVELOPMENT, but not as a finished product. However, EA said that they would support Anthem's development for the next 10 years. . . they barely even hit the 2 year mark. Due to false advertising and delivering a technically broken product (remember when some ps4's were getting bricked when the game cause consoles to hard-crash at one point?) would EA be at risk of a Class Action Lawsuit for this or any other reason regarding Anthem?

Licarn posted:

The game was fun. All it needed was extra story and some loot tweaks, more weapons. All would have came in regular updates. None of y'all got "beat" by an abusive company. But y'all bitched and cried scared away the entire player base and when there wasn't enough players logged in and not enough players buying cosmetics. The devs rightfully backed off. The toxic way gamers these days bitch and moan, and complain like babies ruined this game. The dumb poo poo everyone complained about got them working on too many things at once even going toward an entire reboot that wasn't even necessarily. What they should have done was ignored y'all's punk asses and continued improving the original version, adding another chapter of story. Y'all did this to yourselves. Next time a game has issues, bring them up, be constructive. Y'all are that meme that shoots the gently caress out of Anthem sitting in a chair and then say "Why would EA do this."

ZeeBoi posted:

Licarn posted:

The game was fun. All it needed was extra story and some loot tweaks, more weapons. All would have came in regular updates. None of y'all got "beat" by an abusive company. But y'all bitched and cried scared away the entire player base and when there wasn't enough players logged in and not enough players buying cosmetics. The devs rightfully backed off. The toxic way gamers these days bitch and moan, and complain like babies ruined this game. The dumb poo poo everyone complained about got them working on too many things at once even going toward an entire reboot that wasn't even necessarily. What they should have done was ignored y'all's punk asses and continued improving the original version, adding another chapter of story. Y'all did this to yourselves. Next time a game has issues, bring them up, be constructive. Y'all are that meme that shoots the gently caress out of Anthem sitting in a chair and then say "Why would EA do this."

Licarn posted:

The game was fun. All it needed was extra story and some loot tweaks, more weapons. All would have came in regular updates. None of y'all got "beat" by an abusive company. But y'all bitched and cried scared away the entire player base and when there wasn't enough players logged in and not enough players buying cosmetics. The devs rightfully backed off. The toxic way gamers these days bitch and moan, and complain like babies ruined this game. The dumb poo poo everyone complained about got them working on too many things at once even going toward an entire reboot that wasn't even necessarily. What they should have done was ignored y'all's punk asses and continued improving the original version, adding another chapter of story. Y'all did this to yourselves. Next time a game has issues, bring them up, be constructive. Y'all are that meme that shoots the gently caress out of Anthem sitting in a chair and then say "Why would EA do this."

Licarn posted:

The game was fun. All it needed was extra story and some loot tweaks, more weapons. All would have came in regular updates. None of y'all got "beat" by an abusive company. But y'all bitched and cried scared away the entire player base and when there wasn't enough players logged in and not enough players buying cosmetics. The devs rightfully backed off. The toxic way gamers these days bitch and moan, and complain like babies ruined this game. The dumb poo poo everyone complained about got them working on too many things at once even going toward an entire reboot that wasn't even necessarily. What they should have done was ignored y'all's punk asses and continued improving the original version, adding another chapter of story. Y'all did this to yourselves. Next time a game has issues, bring them up, be constructive. Y'all are that meme that shoots the gently caress out of Anthem sitting in a chair and then say "Why would EA do this."

Kaysette posted:

Artifact is dead now too lmao https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/583950/view/3047218819080842820

kilus aof posted:

Anthem, Artifact and soon Avengers. The message is clear to video game executives, don't release games starting with A.

Kaysette posted:

Artifact is dead now too lmao https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/583950/view/3047218819080842820

quote:

Here's an overview of our final changes to Artifact Classic:

The game is free for everyone to play.

All players get every card for free. You will no longer be able to buy card packs.

Paid players' existing cards have been converted into special Collector's Edition versions, which will remain marketable. Marketplace integration has been removed from the game.

Paid event tickets have been removed.

Customers who paid for the game will still earn packs of Collector's Edition cards for playing; players who got the game for free will not.

Admiral Joeslop posted:

I know there's an Avengers thread somewhere but I'm not going to find it.

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1367505999595245579

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The current XP “curve” isn’t really a curve at all. In most RPGs, the amount of XP you need to level up increases as you gain levels in a curve, but our system is a straight line

Kaysette posted:

Artifact is dead now too lmao https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/583950/view/3047218819080842820

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I don’t want my money back, I want a sequel

Ever since 2.0 was canceled, I jumped back in and started playing. There is plenty here for a decent single player game, and flying around in the missions is fun. Where I once felt like I got cheated, I now feel like I got my money’s worth. I just want another. I’d pay for Anthem 2. In the future, though, they need to temper expectations. Under promise, over deliver. Doing the opposite led to the downfall of what I think is a really great first entry.

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Dear Bioware, Strong Alone, Strong Together

This is an open letter to Bioware, with hopes that someone from the company will take note.

Dear Bioware,

As one of the 170 thousand Anthem fans in this community that is, as you are very well aware, collectively extremely disappointed by what has transpired with Anthem over the last 2 years.

However I'm not about to flog a dead horse, instead I would like to assume that with the recent passionate support for #IBelieveinAnthem from this community and others, you are fully aware Anthem is not a complete failure, but rather a diamond in the rough.

You can scan through all the posts here to learn why this game is special, but i would like to draw your attention to something small yet powerful that you created.. "Strong Alone, Strong Together".

We've seen your dev blogs sign off with this mantra and I know people in this community and beyond use it with honor. It has become more than just a tagline for a product, and has the potential to be as memorable as "Live Long And Prosperous".... IF you dont let it die.

Give us a sequel. Shape and polish this diamond and we will be Strong Together.

I understand that game development is a business and must, foremost, take financial considerations before all. But you also are a business that constitutes of highly passionate designers, artists, musicians and programmers that has, under duress, created this gem.

Dont let it die, give us a sequel.

Show us that "Strong Alone, Strong Together" was more than just empty words that you spouted to string us along this cataclysmic two years.

Be Strong Alone. Give us a sequel, and we will be Strong Together.

ICR posted:

Stockholm Syndrome is a hell of a drug

ICR posted:

Stockholm Syndrome is a hell of a drug

Moola posted:

what next game are you looking forward to OP?

ICR posted:

Well, I got Outriders as my next excitement and then Back 4 Blood after that!

If you want to know my next sabotage harbinger of death game, I’m all in on Halo Infinite. It’s gonna probably be bad but I can’t say no to Halo.

EorayMel posted:

I know about THE SKULL and it also flying over one goon's head and into the world trade center but does anybody have a meaty summary start to finish on the finer details of exactly how Anthem disassembled itself at 100 miles per hour down an erupting volcano with updates (or lack thereof) or something

E: Just remembered this

ICR posted:

Well, I got Outriders as my next excitement and then Back 4 Blood after that!

If you want to know my next sabotage harbinger of death game, I’m all in on Halo Infinite. It’s gonna probably be bad but I can’t say no to Halo.