Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4)
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:39 am
I can't believe it hasn't already been left to die. Why they didn't just cut their losses after launch, I don't know.
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Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4)
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:05 pm
Every GAAS trying to get that Destiny/Fortnite money has failed. How long does that Avengers game realistically have left?
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4)
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:22 pm
Years. Hopefully 
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4)
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:26 pm
Hasn't that already been dropped?
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4)
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:05 pm
It's been 2 years now, take the thing off life support and focus on future projects.
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4)
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:26 pm
Anthem Update
by Author -Christian Dailey - Posted on February 24, 2021
Friends,
In the spirit of transparency and closure we wanted to share that we’ve made the difficult decision to stop our new development work on Anthem (aka Anthem NEXT). We will, however, continue to keep the Anthem live service running as it exists today.
Since Anthem’s launch, the team has been working hard to continually improve the game, releasing multiple updates that brought with them a variety of improvements and introduced new content to play. Towards the end of 2019 we expanded on that effort and started working on a more fundamental restructure of the game.
During the development we’ve provided updates revealing some of the team’s work through blog posts and conversations with you on social media and it’s been inspiring for us to see the positive reactions and feedback. I’ve been incredibly proud of the work the team has been doing, and excited to see and play each new build of the experience.
2020 was a year unlike any other however and while we continue to make progress against all our game projects at BioWare, working from home during the pandemic has had an impact on our productivity and not everything we had planned as a studio before COVID-19 can be accomplished without putting undue stress on our teams.
I know this will be disappointing to the community of Anthem players who have been excited to see the improvements we’ve been working on. It’s also disappointing for the team who were doing brilliant work. And for me personally, Anthem is what brought me to BioWare, and the last two years have been some of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my career.
Game development is hard. Decisions like these are not easy. Moving forward, we need to laser focus our efforts as a studio and strengthen the next Dragon Age, and Mass Effect titles while continuing to provide quality updates to Star Wars: The Old Republic.
To the Anthem community, thank you for your passion and creativity. Your feedback and suggestions most certainly help shape the team’s direction, and on a personal note, your kindness and encouragement were much needed last year.
Please stay safe and be kind to each other. Strong alone, stronger together.
Christian
https://blog.bioware.com/2021/02/24/anthem-update/
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:48 pm
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:49 pm
And nothing of value was lost.
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:50 pm
Met wrote:And nothing of value was lost.
Yeah there was. Played it?
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:57 pm
Buffalo wrote:Met wrote:And nothing of value was lost.
Yeah there was. Played it?
Yeah. Was gooseberry fool.
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:20 pm
Disgusting behaviour from EA. The selling of an unfinished game, the promise of making it better and then that's it, done. Got to feel sorry for the streamers and players who got into it and supported the game believing that they would be rewarded with a finished product.
I played the beta, the flying looked great and the combat was fine, it just needed to remove the hub world, allow for proper customisation and builds and then have a lot of interesting monsters and bosses to fight.
Once dragons age comes out and bombs then that's the end for Bioware. It'll be another game with a road map and support for a decade, loot boxes, season passes and forced multiplayer.
I played the beta, the flying looked great and the combat was fine, it just needed to remove the hub world, allow for proper customisation and builds and then have a lot of interesting monsters and bosses to fight.
Once dragons age comes out and bombs then that's the end for Bioware. It'll be another game with a road map and support for a decade, loot boxes, season passes and forced multiplayer.
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:28 pm
BioWare is little more than a name now, with the majority of devs there having had nothing to do with the old glory day games.
I've little hope for DA4.
I've little hope for DA4.
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:26 pm
Feel sorry for the folks who paid £50 for this at launch. I got a copy still sealed, glad I only paid £3 for it.
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:14 pm
People who paid £50 at launch and played it got better value than paying £3 and not playing it.
I know I’ve said it before but I thoroughly enjoyed the main storyline and many of the side quests. I got it free in a bundle deal, but I wouldn’t have objected if I’d paid for it.
As it can be obtained so cheaply now, people should still give it a go, with limited expectations. Especially if you’ve got someone to co-op with. When I played it, it was still fairly well populated, so teaming up with randoms was easy and effective.
Now that I know it’s not going to be expanded, I might go back and finish off some loose ends.
I know I’ve said it before but I thoroughly enjoyed the main storyline and many of the side quests. I got it free in a bundle deal, but I wouldn’t have objected if I’d paid for it.
As it can be obtained so cheaply now, people should still give it a go, with limited expectations. Especially if you’ve got someone to co-op with. When I played it, it was still fairly well populated, so teaming up with randoms was easy and effective.
Now that I know it’s not going to be expanded, I might go back and finish off some loose ends.
Re: Anthem (XB1/PC/PS4) - Anthem NEXT cancelled
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:04 pm
I suppose the only silver lining here is that the people who were working on this can now help on Dragon Age.