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Anthem gameplay trailer. [EA/Bioware, PC/XB1/PS4, Fall 2018]
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Always-honest
Banned
I'm guessing there is an option for that. Like in many games these days.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
will have mouse+kb support, no aim assists and unlocked framerate, right???
Art Vandilay
Member
I can't get enough of this game. I've watched the trailer a few times now, but I need more footage. Give me raids and dungeons/strikes. So much potential with this concept.
As an example, Division has areas with both. Some are solo, some are open to roaming others. In solo areas, other players can appear if you invite them to your group, making it coop.
It's a very nice setup as you can take your time early on, except past a certain point you can't really progress solo anymore and so a good chunk of the end game and story is not soloable.
Unreal Champ
Banned
Is this an always online game? Can you play single player offline?
In Service
Member
No firm news although they recognize the importance of single player stuff - whatever that means!
Mass Effect Andromeda is beautiful
dragonelite
Member
Will this support cross play with consoles and pc?
Frostbite engine... My magic eight ball said "Signs Point To Yes."
anothertech
Member
Ya the guy said let's see what this looks 'like' on xbonx, and the footage blurb said 'realtimegame footage' but said nothing about xbonx, so I'm betting pc footage with 'close specs' meaning way more powerful CPU being used.
That said, this is being made with pc in mind, no reason it shouldn't look like what was shown
That said, this is being made with pc in mind, no reason it shouldn't look like what was shown
Ryo Hazuki
Member
Has there been any developer interviews about this game on any of the E3 panels or is there any scheduled to happen?
MosquitoSmasher
Member
This is being compared to Watch Dogs and all that, but don't forget Ubi never claimed it was running on a certain console at the time. Here the EA guys says it and a bit of text in the video too. This is a difference. Of course downgrades can always happen, but comparing it to WD.....nah.
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My bad, i really thought some text in the video said running on Xbox One X. So it was the EA guy that said it.
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My bad, i really thought some text in the video said running on Xbox One X. So it was the EA guy that said it.
Nah, this is much less impressive then the 2012 Watchdogs demo. That was insane.
Anthem still looks good though.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
All they said was running in realtime. Was probably a high end pc.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
I was sold the moment they started flying.. I eat stuff like that up. Ranger class I think it was reminded me straight up of iron man. I'm so in
I would buy this game Day 1 if there is Single Player, otherwise I'll pass.
Whompa02
Member
Footage was on a PC. Game looks cool. I just hope it's not all PVE. I also hope it has a story worth telling and actual consequences to my actions. I imagine this will be hard to achieve but hopefully they can handle it.
Also seeing this compared to Mass Effect Andromeda is pretty sad.
Also seeing this compared to Mass Effect Andromeda is pretty sad.
Frostbite engine trailers have been fairly faithful to final product.
Even Mass Effect Andromeda's trailer was correspondingly underwhelming.
Sword Of Doom
Member
I'm excited about this game but I feel like EA can't help themselves and will fuck this up somehow.
Frostbite is pretty good though.
Frostbite is pretty good though.
That was a gameplay demo running on the 1X.
texhnolyze
Banned
I still remember Andromeda's first gameplay reveal which was just Sarah jumping around and scanning stuff (that was also the Pro's showcase iirc). Final product still looks exactly like that.
duhmetree
Member
A scripted, linear slice of gameplay of what could be, on a PC
I'd have a hard time believing that's a functional XBX version running a shared open world. Maybe I'm wrong... I'd love to be wrong
SmoothRunningGun
Member
It doesn't say that. Just that it's real time. It's probably PC.
The guy presenting it says that it runs on an xbox one x.
But yeah, maybe this demo looks like that. No way the final game with a big world will look like that
nelsonroyale
Member
Graphically this is much, much more impressive than the Watchdogs 2012 'gameplay'.
Death Penalty
Member
This was my big wow moment too. Instantly catapulted this game to day one for me. I think I even saw a suit that leans closer to "mage". Hype!
This was a vertical slice, not actual 'gameplay'
Christocolus
Member
Anthem was the game of the show for me. Best looking game I've ever seen. Definitely getting an Xbx1X for this and RDR2.
What in the world are you guys going on about? Everything from when they start flying is real gameplay. When they come out of the water and start randomly engaging the enemy is gameplay, not a 'vertical slice' or whatever the fuck that is.
I think by vertical slice people mean carefully curated E3 demo.
It's not like the player could feasibly go and do anything, this was a scripted build.
In any case, I expect the gameplay shown to all be possible in the final game so no worry there.
nelsonroyale
Member
...This is clearly a choreographed sequence...it was far too polished considering it is a long way from release. Not saying the game won't look like that, but this seemed like a vertical slice...I would need to see a live gameplay demo to convince me otherwise...
WhateverItTakes
Banned
If you think them coming across a creature ripping another apart, getting shot at above the water so they have to dive, and that dimensional rift or whatever weren't placed there for this demo, you haven't been doing this long enough. Even had two chests with a weapon and crafting materials each to tease that.
Is it weird from me that I want Anthem to be more like Borderlands than Destiny. Just give me a big open world map without loading times. A good story with alot of sidequest. 4 Player coop with awesome and plenty of loot. And let me customize my suits like for example in The Surge. Combine that with insane visuals and I am happy.
It seems to follow Division's structure. Pseudo open-world with shard-like shared system plus a sanctuary hub rather than D1's per mission map.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_slice
Basically a "vertical slice" is a demo designed to showcase a little bit of every part of a project, and is used to give people an idea of how the whole thing will fit together when it is completed.
As an example, imagine if you're building an RPG with a hundred quests. A vertical slice of that game would, for example, be a single quest from beginning to end, with all major gameplay systems working.
The criticism is that "vertical slices" -- as shown at events like E3 -- can be unrepresentative of the final product, as the small scope allows extreme polishing and rigid scripting to be used to make a game look much better than it will be in the finished product.
OléGunner;240686988 said:
Except almost all AAA games have scripted and script triggers built into the games, regardless of how linear or open world they are. This could just be the beginning of a mission.
Preorder beta also qualifies as vertical slice. Splitting hairs over this definition doesn't help the discussion whether the visuals are feasible on final product 😗
Christocolus
Member
Vertical Slice or not. I'm down day one.
I can already tell getting what "vertical slice" means to you will be hard.
Nobody is denying that all this isn't plausible in the game.
All we mean is this was a carefully crafted and highly polished demo to show the game in best possible light.
Every big AAA E3 demo does this, I'm not sure what you can't seem to understand.
anothertech
Member
It's also been the case that Frostbite games looked and performed better in the final product. So there's that too
Melchiah
Member
After watching the trailer, and Mass Effect Andromeda's initial showing, I'm very sceptical about the game looking like that when it's released. Let alone Kotaku's article about Frostbite engine's issues with animation, among other things. I'd be more than happy to be proven wrong, but at the moment I'm not getting my hopes up about being able to actually play the game with that visual fidelity.
nextgeneration
Member
I'm skeptical as well, but I'd love to be proven wrong. There've been too many titles that have ended up getting downgraded after their initial showings at E3.
DevilDog
Member
Has a frostbite game ever been downgraded apart from BF3?