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Anthem (PC/XB1/PS4, EA/BioWare, Fall 2018) announced, full reveal at Microsoft conf
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texhnolyze
Banned
I see. So one year after Destiny 2. People who are bored or have left the game would jump to Anthem. Not a bad strategy.
According to the last article I read tit an fall 1 sold 10million copies. I assumed bundles played a big roll in those sales but could be wrong. Assuming that npd doesn't track the bundle game sales bc it's a digital code it really doesn't matter anyway. Titan fall 2 was released with bad timing(bf1 release) when both consoles also already had plenty of shooter's . The first game released early in the gen cycle when gamers are thirsty for new ip and games to play. Yes the market it released in was smaller, it was also not flooded with quality online shooters. There are too many variables to be able to just say MS exclusivity is responsible for titan fall success. If you use your logic EA would never release a new ip on multiple platforms again and just sign deals. Do you see this being the future?
Muscle Wizard
Banned
It worked well for the Division.
Smokey_Run
Member
I'm wondering if Bioware and EA are truly committed to the investment this game is going to take. It caught Bungie and Activision off guard when they launched Destiny with just how much it was going to take to keep up with the churn of creating content. Is Bioware and EA prepared to double down and potentially pull in multiple studios and 1,000+ employees to keep up with it like Bungie and Activision or are we looking at a Division situation? That's my chief concern in all of this as someone who really latched onto Destiny.
texhnolyze
Banned
Not sure if sarcasm. But yeah, The Division did sell a ton.
After the initial launch, whether the players stay or not is all up to them though.
Pretty letdown that the game is a Destiny type thing. I loved the concept but I'm more into in-person multiplayer or story heavy single player...eh. Like nothing wrong with that type of game - not gonna pretend there's anything wrong with it. Just not what I'm personally into.
Just bummed out because I'm a sucker for the "humanity trapped inside walls also monsters outside" thing and would have LOVED a huge single player RPG with it.
Just bummed out because I'm a sucker for the "humanity trapped inside walls also monsters outside" thing and would have LOVED a huge single player RPG with it.
'Tit an Fall' is a very different kind of game
Ninja Scooter
Member
seems weird to be declaring that a game that was barely even revealed is your game of the show that hasn't even started yet.
Liliana Eileen
Member
Bundles included digital copies, so I believe you assumed wrong.
I don't understand how it "doesn't matter anyway" when your original argument was that it was bundled. Therefore it mattered at the premise but not anymore?
You seem to be trying real hard to depreciate the importance of the massive marketing blitz extravaganza TF1 had, and I'm not sure why. Or why I'm even responding to you. It has nothing to do with logic; Titanfall was released exclusively for many reasons which Respawn have stated and even wrote a letter about. The successful marketing was just a byproduct and now we have, as you said, over 10mil copies sold.
This is starting to get annoying and we are starting to derail the thread so I'm leaving it at that. If you wish to discuss this further feel free to PM me.
Liliana Eileen
Member
But The Division sold very well, no? Or is this sarcasm I'm not getting?
Anyway, I'm happy Destiny will be getting a run for it's money. So many lies were fed to us with the first game and it didn't matter because of how well it sold. Hope to see more competition which is better for us in the long haul.
orangecoke
Member
Yes I mean a mistake on our side (EA/BioWare) in the description.
Cheers, thanks for the clarification. Best to just rip that band-aid off. Best of luck tomorrow.
rocketskates
Member
Uh you haven't even seen anything else yet.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
I hate to break it to you, e3 hasn't started yet and we've seen no gameplay.
Great decision from a managing standpoint, now it gives them even more of an excuse to reuse Mass Effect assets.
A Serious Man
Member
Do we know what this is yet? My guess, based on nothing more than the trailer and a screenshot, is a Diablo-type game with massive open environments (possibly even procedurely genererated) instead of dungeons.
GHG
Member
E3 hasn't even started yet... Never mind the fact that we've only seen a teaser trailer for this.
If you happen to know the full E3 catalog for the other conferences spill the beans. We're all ears.
Super Havoc
Banned
All good, I've been on these boards (or reading them a long time)
Glad you liked it.
I feel exposed now that my profile actually shows I'm the Marketing guy up there!
Yeah, despite the usual heavy doses of sad cynicism the internet provides, I like what I've seen from the visuals and what I assume is some Attack on Titan-esque like world with gamers piloting these mechs.
I'm more than excited to find out what the game is all about tomorrow.
half a moon
Banned
"Celebrating 10 million! Thanks to everyone, we love you all!" most likely doesn't mean 10 million sold. If it did 60% would probably be used sales.
Anyways, it's the highest selling 3rd party exclusive on either the xb one or ps4. That's definitely an accomplishment.
But they're trying to compete with Division/Destiny and their numbers.Saying Titanfall 2 sold less than Titanfall doesn't really mean that much. Titanfall spent about two years with a small active user base after the initial hype and there just wasn't enough interest in it when Titanfall 2 came around even with a single player.
Anyways, hopefully Anthem is better than Divsion and Destiny (both aren't really for me) and hopefully MS has cool games up its sleeve.
Anyways, it's the highest selling 3rd party exclusive on either the xb one or ps4. That's definitely an accomplishment.
But they're trying to compete with Division/Destiny and their numbers.Saying Titanfall 2 sold less than Titanfall doesn't really mean that much. Titanfall spent about two years with a small active user base after the initial hype and there just wasn't enough interest in it when Titanfall 2 came around even with a single player.
Anyways, hopefully Anthem is better than Divsion and Destiny (both aren't really for me) and hopefully MS has cool games up its sleeve.
Mr. Phellps
Member
Didn't get as hyped as I thought I would from the announcement. Hopefully the reveal tomorrow fixes that!
fatherKratos
Neo Member
Looks exciting, getting Pacific Rim vibes from it, looking forward to the gameplay reveal.
If we ever got one, it would only be because EA was trying to inject life into Biowares bloated corpse, cashing in on nostalgia.
Besides these days I am pretty sure Jade Empire would get heavily criticized for cultural appropriation, perhaps rightly so.
down 2 orth
Member
Since Destiny couldn't keep up with its own epic space opera premise and the execs decided to fill the game's creative gaps with humor, I'm glad another company will have a go. Seriously, fuck Destiny.
Anthem is a god damn terrible name. I saw the trailer this morning and I couldn't remember the name for the life of me. I kept wanting to call it Ardent for some reason.
I'm not sure how I feel about what little of the premise we've seen but the recent trope of "THERE'S BAD SHIT BEYOND THE WALLS" is getting a little old.
I'm not sure how I feel about what little of the premise we've seen but the recent trope of "THERE'S BAD SHIT BEYOND THE WALLS" is getting a little old.
Jaguar Victory
Member
I love the exo-suit design. Hopefully it has RPG elements where you can get better gear over time.
I like the idea of a Destiny-like game. The question is how much different will it be as IMO there are several spots where they can improve over D1 (something which D2 failed based on impressions so far). For one, designs already look a lot more coherent to me.
Do we know if this will be a tps or an fps? (I would prefer the latter, but given it's bioware, the former is more likely)
Do we know if this will be a tps or an fps? (I would prefer the latter, but given it's bioware, the former is more likely)
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I'm pretty sure it'll be more RPG.
Some of the biggest games ever have single word, non-descriptive titles. Halo. Destiny. Civilization.
Anthem could have a lot more meaning once we experience the story. People thought "Horizon Zero Dawn" was just a bunch of words when they first heard it.
old manatee
Banned
Anthem is a cool name.
I agree. It immediately brings to mind the idea of nationhood, which could be representative of the bubble cities that humans live in. It could also have vague religious connotations (liturgical anthems) similar to the way Halo used terminology like Halo, Covenant, Ark, Truth and Reconciliation, and even John-117.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
It's 2019 though. Maybe their fy2019 is late 2018 but idk.
antennaehead
Member
Wait, it's Fall 2018 now? Hype deflated.
Bits N Pieces
Member
That was a pretty hype teaser, looking forward to seeing more of it tonight!
Seeing as it's a Destiny killer/clone, that line is probably deliberate.
Oh, so it is an online MP game? Not for me and I wish they put that other Bioware team on projects like that (the one that made the SW online stuff).
Really, really dissapointing for me, there are plenty of large online MP games out there, but large singleplayer focused RPG's like Bioware makes them are not frequent.
Really, really dissapointing for me, there are plenty of large online MP games out there, but large singleplayer focused RPG's like Bioware makes them are not frequent.