Bioware's Anthem

JediFragger · 28 Jan 2019 at 12:06

Rossi~ said:
EA gonna EA.

Seems like EA would pretty much destroy any studio's reputation/quality over time :eek:

Bioware used to be so damn good too

Omaeka · 28 Jan 2019 at 14:07

What is it with EA and burning through studios chasing max profits with no care for longevity. Imagine if Bioware was given the creative freedom to create DA:O quality over and over for years to come, much better profits in the longterm, but no just chew through studios wanting maximum short term. smh

Part of me is glad, eventually they will burn through every studio and IP they own, retreat to mobile and crappy sports game renumbering.

uncle_rufus · 28 Jan 2019 at 14:13

Omaeka said:
Imagine if Bioware was given the creative freedom to create DA:O quality over and over for years to come, much better profits in the longterm, but no just chew through studios wanting maximum short term. smh

Or take the Battlefront engine and let Bioware use it to make a new KOTOR game (and don't interfere with it to the point of ruining it!!!)

tracertong · 28 Jan 2019 at 22:25

Omaeka · 28 Jan 2019 at 22:36

uncle_rufus said:
Or take the Battlefront engine and let Bioware use it to make a new KOTOR game (and don't interfere with it to the point of ruining it!!!)

EA don't have the heart. Besides a new KOTOR now would just destroy the series legacy when you're opening lootboxes for skills and powers.

ltron · 28 Jan 2019 at 23:38

Omaeka said:
What is it with EA and burning through studios chasing max profits with no care for longevity. Imagine if Bioware was given the creative freedom to create DA:O quality over and over for years to come, much better profits in the longterm, but no just chew through studios wanting maximum short term. smh

Part of me is glad, eventually they will burn through every studio and IP they own, retreat to mobile and crappy sports game renumbering.

I'm not sure the 'Bioware' of today is composed of the same people as the one of yesteryear.

Gerard · 28 Jan 2019 at 23:45

Omaeka said:
What is it with EA and burning through studios chasing max profits with no care for longevity. Imagine if Bioware was given the creative freedom to create DA:O quality over and over for years to come, much better profits in the longterm, but no just chew through studios wanting maximum short term. smh

Part of me is glad, eventually they will burn through every studio and IP they own, retreat to mobile and crappy sports game renumbering.

EA just seem to buy studios and for the most part they want their investment back asap and to hell with anything long term, only a few exceptions like Battlefield.

V F · 29 Jan 2019 at 08:59

ltron said:
I'm not sure the 'Bioware' of today is composed of the same people as the one of yesteryear.

Just like id software. As Quake Champions is in a dire place right now because of the same problems.

labbby · 29 Jan 2019 at 10:27

This is crazy. Friday night i was seriously angry about Anthem. The UI was driving me insane.

I wasn't going to bother playing it over the rest of the weekend but i decided to give it another to..

Im kind of hooked. What i love about it is how each Javelin feels different and brings new things to the table. Also the mods can totally change how you play each javelin.

I really hope EA give Bioware time to fix the issues and give this game some polish.

There is a good game in here somewhere.

ToTheMax · 29 Jan 2019 at 10:48

Watched a few streams over the weekend, game looks promising but the technical issues and some game features (eg no chat, no FOV sliders) need a lot of polishing.

VincentHanna · 29 Jan 2019 at 11:16

V F said:
Just like id software. As Quake Champions is in a dire place right now because of the same problems.

DOOM (2016) was great though and DOOM 2: Eternal looks really good as well.

ic1male · 29 Jan 2019 at 11:19

VincentHanna said:
DOOM 2: Eternal looks really good as well.

Just as long as it's not exclusive to Bethesda's launcher...

But don't get me ranting about that.

NoobCannon · 29 Jan 2019 at 11:43

VincentHanna said:
DOOM (2016) was great though and DOOM 2: Eternal looks really good as well.

I think theyve consolised it with the dash and the silly grapling hook thing.

labbby · 29 Jan 2019 at 12:06

ToTheMax said:
Watched a few streams over the weekend, game looks promising but the technical issues and some game features (eg no chat, no FOV sliders) need a lot of polishing.

Apparently the FOV slidder should have been in the demo but they forgot to put it in.

With regards to no text chat. There is an interesting theory going on on the Anthem forums about it being down to FCC legislation regarding accessability for blind/visually impaired people. It came into affect at the start of 2019. Apparently it will mean most games coming out from now on won't have text chat in them until they can get a text to speech program running in the game.

I was thinking about doing a thread on it, its the first ive heard of it but ive read the FCC legislation on it. It's a strange one.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/as...a-for-accessibility-or-else-face-fines.91004/

NoobCannon · 29 Jan 2019 at 12:29

labbby said:
Apparently the FOV slidder should have been in the demo but they forgot to put it in.

With regards to no text chat. There is an interesting theory going on on the Anthem forums about it being down to FCC legislation regarding accessability for blind/visually impaired people. It came into affect at the start of 2019. Apparently it will mean most games coming out from now on won't have text chat in them until they can get a text to speech program running in the game.

I was thinking about doing a thread on it, its the first ive heard of it but ive read the FCC legislation on it. It's a strange one.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/as...a-for-accessibility-or-else-face-fines.91004/

Thats just plain stupid. How can you play an fps with no vision

labbby · 29 Jan 2019 at 12:43

NoobCannon said:
Thats just plain stupid. How can you play an fps with no vision

Yeah its nuts. I'm still reading about it, im not sure if im missing something or not.

I was talking to someone on the Anthem forums that is deaf, they also have a bad speech impediment but they love to game. Only problem is they don't like using VOIP because some make fun of them and they find it hard to communicate. They totally rely on text chat to communicate whilst gaming.

So if this legislation is to assist blind/visually impaired people its totally screwing over gamers that have speech impediments,deaf and/or mute.

I guess once devs introduce programs that can translate text chat into speech it will all balance out but wow what an bottom about face way of doing it.

Also explains why pretty much every AAA game that has been coming out over the last year has had colour blindness support.

Sorry went a bit off topic there.

Nasher · 29 Jan 2019 at 12:45

Bioware hasn't really been Bioware for a long time now. The talent left ages ago. It's all just generic EA.

labbby · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:06

In better news Bioware will allow us to run in fort tarsis.

A victory for gamers right here

Glanza · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:12

labbby said:
In better news Bioware will allow us to run in fort tarsis.

A victory for gamers right here

Good it was such a stupid design choice to make it that slow.

V F · 29 Jan 2019 at 18:03

VincentHanna said:
DOOM (2016) was great though and DOOM 2: Eternal looks really good as well.

Yeah but single player was great. Everyone else I've read for years hated the multiplayer part.