‘Anthem’ Still Broken, EA Says 24 Hours After Reporting it Fixed

About 24 hours after assuring fans that the main issues impacting the VIP demo for “Anthem” were resolved, Electronic Arts is now saying that it is continuing to work to fix those same …

[Gaming4Life1981]

Yea I get stuck on the loading screen and I really wanted to play this game.

[Pantz]

It was more of a beta than a demo it seems. Still I had fun with it. Couldn't log on the first day. Day 2 and 3 got stuck on the loading screen multiple times. I really liked it though. Hopefully this helps them fix some things before the full release.

[tar_tar07]

I can get on but when I die, I never respawn. I have to be honest and eat some words. When I played it, it was actually pretty fun. The best part was flying. But man it’s buggy! Hopefully it gets worked out

[sprinterboy]

Get to try it out nxt week and I'm interested for sure but after watching angry Joe today play it I noticed some of the big bosses don't really move, like they stay in one spot? Is that normal? As that would be a big no no for me. I guess I'll find out nxt week.

[kevnb]

I kind of figured it would be like that, to do a game like this properly you need more dev time than ea would give.

[Eldyraen]

Only big bosses I didn’t see move were the titans or whatever (stone golem guys). The other bosses moved but to designated areas before fighting again. Something like the Fallen Walker tanks, but don’t stand still the whole time—closest comparison really.

All others move to some degree but they need to have scripts where they don’t stand in the open for as long as some do (hover Elites—they move but are easy to popshot because once they hover it’s basically a turret for the duration until they move again—even with shields).

It’s easy to just make videos of when enemies stand still though, you just cut out all of them actually moving and edit for complaint purposes. That said, the ai isn’t perfect especially as they will switch targets (the running in circle bits,or enemies bump into each other like collision issues). Some of it was Taunting skill based too (they mention it in the video).

It’s basically Mass Effect Andromeda gameplay (best part of that game though), mixed with Destiny and given Ironman suits. If it doesn’t sound interesting than naturally you won’t like it.

“Grimoire” lore is literally the same way they used additional Lore in every Mass effect (Codex). You’ll find out basics in game however, but this “demo” is basically just throwing you in mid-game and doesn’t revolve heavily around the main quest (feels like a friendly character side quest in a sense—like a Companion mission betweenness main storyline basically).

[JeffGUNZ]

I didn't get any Destiny vibe from it at all. It played just like ME Andromeda with a jet pack. One thing that drove me nuts is that I am not able to pick up an item and open it in real time. You have to either exit expedition or finish the mission before seeing what you got. You also can't swap gear or weapons unless you are in the forge which is frustrating to me. I mean things like this would probably be updated when the game is live and feedback is coming in, but I don't like not being able to change on the fly depending on the encounter. The game was pretty fun, but it wasn't addicting, I really was hoping it would be. Perhaps all the issues with this demo, meaning the bugs/connection issues, hindered that.

[Eldyraen]

Destiny bit is mostly the online basics: it is largely a social coop based game. They’ve said the story is ”soloable” but you probably need to watch your difficulty as they can throw a lot at you at times. A lot of general “mmoShooter” standard things in other words.

[jznrpg]

Chained bosses are lame

[KillBill]

For sure that King Kong thing moved. It was fun taking it out on my own. Of course my fun was taitnted with all the bugs that made most of the demo time a waste.

[PhantomS42]

Not a good sign with less than a month until release =/

[rdgneoz3]

One reason why it's good for companies to test out online games with a huge amount of people before release. Fix all the bugs with connections before the game comes out.

[PhantomS42]

Of course but there are so many problems that were even stated being in the closed test last month that clearly haven't been fixed. The game is clearly not ready for release and Bioware/EA are shipping it next month which is not going to be good for the game or Bioware.

[JeffGUNZ]

True, but this released clearly as a demo, not a beta. Demos are typically a clear representation of the final product. If this is it, yikes.

[windblowsagain]

E.A IS BROKEN.

[shammgod]

Haha haha. F*** you EA!!!!

[neutralgamer1992]

Wait 9-12 months before buying and you will get the more polished experience with all the community feedback and more content

games like this, destiny or division there is one common they all have had Rocky launches and needed time to really fix the issues

[Avernus]

Problems that were fixed: Login screen, rubberbanding, demo codes not going out / not working.

Problems still in the game: Infinite loadscreen, random boots to menu due to server error, general bugs and optimization issues.

It's a 6 week old build. Towards the end of a development cycle, 6 weeks is a lot of work, so I expect a lot of current bugs, are already fixed. Network errors is something they didn't test properly they admitted.

[JeffGUNZ]

One bug that frustrated me was despawning enemies. I would be fighting a bunch of enemies and then all of the sudden they all vanish in thin air haha.

[Casepb]

"a second javelin not unlocking when you reach level 12"

That's not the bug. The issue is that you are permanently locked into level 11, you will never reach 12 no matter how much you grind. I even get the pop up stating I can unlock a new javelin, but there is no possible way to do it.

[AK91]

EA does it again.

[jznrpg]

I bet this game will be fun for a month or so then the grind wil set in like every other game like this . I may buy it st a discount someday but it’s not fun to wait all day to play for an hour. My son wasn’t to happy about it . I’ll wait and see

[jjb1981]

The game is broken.

[Tzuno]

anthem is a flop, will die fast.