No, the truth is, it's not as good nor as bad as people say. The question of how good it is, how fun it is to play, is something that is only answered in the minds of human beings. The goodness or badness has no objective reality.
If one person, like the reviewer above, thinks a game is good it's subjective, right? Just his opinion. And the same would be true if a person dislikes a game. So if you collect a number of opinions together they do not become a fact, they remain opinions.
The length of the load times are facts. They can be measured and independently verified. But the degree to which they bother someone is subjective.
To draw a comparison, we can measure the fact that Bloodborne has framepacing issues. It's objective. It can be measured and independently verified. But the degree to which the framepacing bothers people varies. Should it take off a point, three points, a half point, or none? It's going to depend on the person.
As for repetitiveness, all games are repetitive to a certain degree. How repetitive is Anthem in terms of enemy variety, gameplay variety and environments compared to other games? Has this been measured or quantified? And even if it has, people's subjective reaction to the repetitiveness is still going to vary a lot.
When it comes to how much content a game should have there simply is no standard. I've bought games that only gave me an 8 hour campaign, but I've bought other games like The Witcher 3 that took me hundreds of hours to complete. Should shorter games be automatically docked points since they don't provide the amount of content other games do? Should longer games automatically get extra points for having more content? Doesn't what really matter is whether you are enjoying yourself and whether it is worth it to YOU? Anthem's campaign lasts from between 20 to 30 hours, which isn't a short game by any means anyway.
My interest isn't really in defending Anthem specifically. I've barely played my friend's PC copy. Not enough to have any strong opinions about the game. This happens to be an important issue for the gaming community as a whole. In fact, it's an important thing for the world overall. So many of the problems and general chaos in the world have always been caused by people who think their subjective opinions do represent objective facts and who therefore feel justified to attempt to force it on others.
Yeah I can say that to any game ever made and will ever be made. no matter how much the game sucks there will always be someone who will enjoy it but that does not make it a good game.
It seems the trendy thing right now is to like games that are mediocre in order to stand out. As if they had any kind of stake being the only gamers with horrible taste to like a mediocre game.
Likewise, there will always be some people who dislike a game, but that doesn't make it a bad game. Whether a game is good or bad is something that is decided in the mind of each individual that plays it. It's subjective. It doesn't become an objective fact just because a lot of people think it, or even if a majority think it. Besides, who has taken a poll of every single gamer alive who has played a game to find out what the true majority think? Not that it would change anything. But we're only talking about a subset of gamers in most cases to begin with.
No, opinions about art and entertainment are always subjective.
Questions like "what is the molecular makeup of water?" have an objective, factual answer. Questions about how fun an activity is have only subjective answers. Learn the difference.
I'm elitist? You're the one trying to shove your opinion down other people's throat.
Videogames are art, in my opinion. But whether they are art or merely entertainment one's opinions about how good they are is subjective.
Even the critic reviews for the most part don't say it is a "bad game". Most of the scores have been in the average range. But here you are trying to force your opinion that it's a bad game on everyone else.
Hey lets go against the grain to stand out no matter how much we bs people! Gimmie clicks oooooh im special!
Anyone who is objective and looks at this game and what they sold people on release day can look at this writer and website and write it off as worthless. RIP Bioware. I would take my time on DA4 cuz after that you're done. Hate to say it too because I was a HUGE Bioware fan.
I might try anthem like I tried Destiny, but I honestly think these games belong in the next generation where they can do something special with them involving a group in mind. However, from where I stand Anthem comes from a good place, a group of people in a tight flight of fight situation pouting their hearts into an ambitious project againgst EA. Good luck to them.
More variety than The Division 1 had. With way more mobility. Which makes it 100x better. They just have some stuff to flesh out and end game content to add. Otherwise it’s actually really enjoyable.
damage control is huge what i can see. game is shit, it is a fact and no articles can change that. just ea and bioware partial could change that, but they are not very interested in that, i bet, because they are lazy, they don't want to do anything but want to get paid in full. that's how they roll.
Thing is people seem to be unwilling to actually acknowledge that the core gameplay is good. The games story is average, level variation is minimal, and is lacking in content but it's entirely possible for people to overlook that if the core gameplay is actually worth your time.
What I think we're really seeing is a denial from people criticizing the game and being unwilling to acknowledge that this game has even some value. If the game is so bad its beyond redemption then please by all means back that claim up by telling me how the gameplay isn't any good.
No. It's because gamers are tired of mediocre big budget CRAP! And EA refuse to listen. They refuse to learn. So we hate them! Rightfully! And Bethesda too! Fuck 'em! But along comes guys like you, with your wallets wide open like gaping a**holes. And so EA remains right on top of the throne of mediocrity.
I said to tell me why the gameplay sucks and it seems you're the first to fail. Congratulations!
"But along comes guys like you, with your wallets wide open like gaping a**holes. And so EA remains right on top of the throne of mediocrity."
You're saying this at a time when everyones jumping on Apex Legends. Meanwhile I'm here and haven't touched a single BR game, lol. It's cool though because I'm looking forward to Sea of Solitude and Jedi Fallen Order. You keep crying on the interwebs <3
So many defence articles. I’ve never seen a game get so defended lol so many thought this game will kill destiny and division lool I knew from reveal this game wouldn’t be better. The shooting looked boring then and here we are same ole shit.
You're right it's not bad its pathetic. Anyone who think Anthem reps 6yrs of dev time you're an idiot. This game is an example of what companies like EA are going to do to games if people don't stop buying this garbage.
See, this highlights the subjective nature of opinions about videogames. You bring up how long it was in development as something that matters, whereas for me it doesn't factor in at all. I judge each game for what it is, not for what it could've, should've, would've been. I don't care if it took 8 years or 1 year to make, it's not going to influence my opinion about a game.
Here's another example. People keep mentioning a "lack of content", but this is entirely based on subjective expectations. Various sites have reported Anthem's campaign took them between 20 and 30 hours to complete, which is longer than it took me to beat Uncharted 4 and many other well known games. And that's just the main campaign as it stands now. There simply are no objective, consistent standards by which games are judged.
The game isn't bad nor is it great. It's servicable at best. Gameplay is great, graphics are amazing,and the looting is pretty standard. But everything else just feels subpar especially something from Bioware who we all know are capable of so much more. To me the game is a disappointment. I hate the stupid, "The game will get better as it goes along" excuse people and developers keep using nowadays. The game should be good or great Day 1, not into the future.
Pretty bad, whatever these other people tell you.
Yeah I can say that to any game ever made and will ever be made. no matter how much the game sucks there will always be someone who will enjoy it but that does not make it a good game.
Hey lets go against the grain to stand out no matter how much we bs people! Gimmie clicks oooooh im special!
Anyone who is objective and looks at this game and what they sold people on release day can look at this writer and website and write it off as worthless. RIP Bioware. I would take my time on DA4 cuz after that you're done. Hate to say it too because I was a HUGE Bioware fan.
I might try anthem like I tried Destiny, but I honestly think these games belong in the next generation where they can do something special with them involving a group in mind. However, from where I stand Anthem comes from a good place, a group of people in a tight flight of fight situation pouting their hearts into an ambitious project againgst EA. Good luck to them.
More variety than The Division 1 had. With way more mobility. Which makes it 100x better. They just have some stuff to flesh out and end game content to add. Otherwise it’s actually really enjoyable.