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Anthem Demo Impressions Thread

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Xiaoki

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JareBear said:
The alpha impression thread was much more positive than this so far, which confuses me
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Thats because the Closed Alpha was closed. You didnt have a ton of people and even more freeloaders rushing the servers.

Every single time this happens people go all Chicken Little, sky is falling, end of the world.

I guess in situations like this when people desperately want to play that new game they forget that servers are real physical things. The internet isnt magic.
 
VertigoOA

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Worst online connection issues I’ve experienced at launch was street fighter v (I couldn’t even login for what seemed like days). Best? Destiny 2.

I don’t stress that stuff much. I expect it every time honestly
 
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waylo

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I've got no issues with the servers. I do however have issues with the horrendous flying controls on mouse and keyboard, the abysmal performance (50 FPS the majority of the time in a 1070 with all low settings?), and the incredibly boring gameplay.
 
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waylo said:
I've got no issues with the servers. I do however have issues with the horrendous flying controls on mouse and keyboard, the abysmal performance (50 FPS the majority of the time in a 1070 with all low settings?), and the incredibly boring gameplay.
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I have no performance issues but I agree that flying with mouse needs work
 
#miller

#miller

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JareBear said:
I have no performance issues but I agree that flying with mouse needs work
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They stated that it is already patched in a later version of the game that is not the demo.. Weird, but well.. hopefully it is really fixed in the full version!
 
nowhat

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JareBear said:
Mid range i7 and a 1070ti and haven’t gotten a dip below 60fps on 1080p/ultra in free roam. Feels very smooth and responsive as before

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Won’t let me exit free roam. Had to exit to main menu
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I have to admit I laughed out loud (like, an actual "lol" instead of just a retort).

"Free roam runs great!"

"...wait, I'm unable to not free roam"
 
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wutnau said:
I have to admit I laughed out loud (like, an actual "lol" instead of just a retort).

"Free roam runs great!"

"...wait, I'm unable to not free roam"
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Yeah, it was a laughable turn of events.

Arrested Development level irony. We just missed the narrator in the background

lol, oh boy. I’m back at waiting to login. 👎👎
 
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psn

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Origin is completely down now, great. Jeezle weez, this is getting ridiculous. Who is in charge for all these effed up launches?
 
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psn said:
Who is in charge for all these effed up launches?
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This guy

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Fuz

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Not trying the demo, I have a question for who is playhing right now on PC... any way to center the camera?
 
Grinchy

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I jumped around on a few different streamers playing this earlier. It's too early to have any concrete opinions (especially since I haven't played it myself) but it sure doesn't really look like my kind of game.

Aside from the network, performance, and control issues every person I watched was complaining about, the game itself just doesn't seem to look fun to play. The small areas look graphically really nice, but then the open world sections remind me of like Uncharted 1 or something. There's just a blandness to it that doesn't look current.
 
SkinnerSw33t

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BioWare said demo doesn't reflect full KB/M refinements, which kind of sucks.

But I'm OK with it as is. I was in the minority on this with the beta, but the added settings let me deal with my one big issue (horizontal and vertical sensitivity being different.)
 
Ascend

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If it's like this today, how will it be this weekend? EA servers will likely blow up and take the company with it (yeah right, we wish lol). In any case, I will try to get on this weekend, and give my feedback later. It doesn't seem good as of now...

AMD released drivers optimized for the Anthem demo apparently, so, if you happen to have an AMD card, it might be worth upgrading your drivers before trying the demo.
 
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SkinnerSw33t said:
BioWare said demo doesn't reflect full KB/M refinements, which kind of sucks.

But I'm OK with it as is. I was in the minority on this with the beta, but the added settings let me deal with my one big issue (horizontal and vertical sensitivity being different.)
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For me it’s just a matter of feeling kind of “floaty.” It’s almost like the mouse rudder has a “deadzone,” if you will, where I have to move farther than I should to change direction on screen when compared to my DS4.

Could be user error, a problem on my end.

M+K controls on foot/shooting feel great for sure
 
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kraspkibble

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ea will fuck up fifa....Y'KNOW a title that comes out every freaking year.

what hope in hell do they have with a new IP?
 
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So when I was in free roam I ran into other players who seemed pretty leveled up already. Just going off the numbers next to our names in the social menu which I assume is like power level.

I guess it’s luck of the draw as far as who has been able to play consistently?
 
SkinnerSw33t

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JareBear said:
For me it’s just a matter of feeling kind of “floaty.” It’s almost like the mouse rudder has a “deadzone,” if you will, where I have to move farther than I should to change direction on screen when compared to my DS4.

Could be user error, a problem on my end.

M+K controls on foot/shooting feel great for sure
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I can't think of the name of it and I'm locked out of the game right now...

But they added what seemed like a deadzone-ish setting. Precision something? I haven't actually messed with it. Did you try it?
 
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SkinnerSw33t said:
I can't think of the name of it and I'm locked out of the game right now...

But they added what seemed like a deadzone-ish setting. Precision something? I haven't actually messed with it. Did you try it?
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No, but I will. I just logged back in and am liking playing on this new mechanical keyboard I just bought yesterday, so I want to give M/K a chance.

I’ll look into it, and also as you said they stated it’s been tweaked for release anyway
 
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Loading up the first mission now, on Normal, going solo to see how it scales group vs. solo

It was nighttime in the city when I logged in this time.

Weird that the town is just as demanding on my hardware as firefights
 
SkinnerSw33t

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I can definitely see controller being better for flying at the end of the day, but no way I'm switching back and forth.

I do it for games like Far Cry and GTA, but the switching is too quick in this game for that.
 
Raven117

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Obviously the town traversal was a little slow and I didn't get a full mission in due to loading issues, but you know what? Fuck it. I dig it. Bring it on Bioware, lets see what you can do

(And while I don;t expect a ton from they story, if you can't outdo Bungie on the Lore, then...well... I don't know what to say)
 
mcz117chief

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Grinchy said:
I jumped around on a few different streamers playing this earlier. It's too early to have any concrete opinions (especially since I haven't played it myself) but it sure doesn't really look like my kind of game.

Aside from the network, performance, and control issues every person I watched was complaining about, the game itself just doesn't seem to look fun to play. The small areas look graphically really nice, but then the open world sections remind me of like Uncharted 1 or something. There's just a blandness to it that doesn't look current.
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I got the same feeling. It looks like an assembly-line game. No passion or energy is in it.
 
zenspider

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Impressions don't sound so good - is that the rough consensus?

With EA going all in on YouTubers (and this is not a public demo?) I'm only trusting GAF for impressions.
 
mcz117chief

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zenspider said:
Impressions don't sound so good - is that the rough consensus?

With EA going all in on YouTubers (and this is not a public demo?) I'm only trusting GAF for impressions.
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Have you seen some gameplay? It looks so bland and soulless, no passion, no love, just shoot-bang, get stuff, repeat forever.
 
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orangecoke

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Lots of folks have been able to play - any more gameplay impressions to share?

Also, despite my profile I don’t work there anymore.
 
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Ogbert

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It's a hard pass for me.

On PC with a 2070. It's not performing great but I imagine that will get ironed out.

Gunplay is ok but, really, Destiny does it better. I dunno. If you like Mechs, give it a go, but it feels like a completely average game.

EDIT: I don't want to sound too negative. The flying is interesting and gives the game the possibility to feel significantly different to D2, if they implement it correctly.
 
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Kagey K

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I still haven’t been able to get back in since earlier. The connecting to servers message disappears and then I just sit at the title screen.

So annoying.
 
mcz117chief

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zenspider said:
I was on media blackout after the reveal, and doubled down when YouTube started pushing EA's ShillTubers on my feed.
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You got any of them EA ShillTubers? I would love to watch someone tell me how amazing this game is in every aspect or some other EA games for that matter. So far I have seen, at best, mixed reviews.
 
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Ragnaroz

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Tried the demo for a bit and I'm getting bottlenecked hard by my CPU in this game. GPU usage never goes over 60-ish percents but the CPU is locked at 100% all the time and is causing framerate drops no matter the settings.
 
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Ragnaroz

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JareBear said:
What’s your CPU? Just curious
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i5 6600. Not the best, I know, but this is the first time my GTX 1080 wasn't able to pick up the slack. I'm only playing on 1080p so I was expecting it to be enough for at least a while longer but I guess it's time for an upgrade.
 
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Just finished the first mission on normal difficulty, playing solo. It’s definitely viable but not for me. One you got to mobs with shields it got a little tedious. Didn’t seem to land much loot at all

Mid range i7 and 1070 ti, I seem to average about 65 FPS. Jumps beteeen 58 and 80. Never lower than 58 so far.

Edit: 1080p/ultra

This isn’t the most impressive demo I’ve experienced, so far.

Gonna start grouping up moving forward
 
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