Germ's Gaming says: "No matter how good Anthem is or becomes, it seems to me that the internet will still hate it because it's EA and it's not the Bioware they expected or remember.
At the very least, I was able to enjoy the time I played very much. "
Former BioWare executive Mark Darrah says "be a human being, have some empathy."
Fans don't know who is actually to blame.
Darrah throws up a hypothetical that someone might not like how an actor delivered a line. Sure, it could well be down to the actor, but it also might be down to who was directing them, how the writer asked their work to be delivered, or maybe that was the only take they got.
This line from the video though
"Maybe the CEO of the entire company really wanted his nephew to be hired as a script consultant and this guy with literally zero experience was coming in and pushing for mandatory changes"
Like others have said that seems far too specific to just be an example...
If only there was a single problem with this game, it was a train wreck waiting to crash and burn.
Personally, i think we should always blame and criticize the management (especially top management; like with EA - every screw up should be blamed on Andrew Wilson and his goons). They're the ones with the power, the ones who have the last say in the matter - whatever is the plot details, gameplay, microtransactions, budget and «It's ok that it's buggy and crashes constantly, release the game ASAP, we'll fix it later».
Harrasement is not ok in my book, although, nowadays, many people paint every type of criticism (whatever warranted or not) as harrasement. Which is a very narrowminded and waters down actual harrasement problems. But, i guess, it makes it easier to ignore everything bad you see aimed towards yourself.
I would also like to add, that this topic is a double-edged sword, some developers are being mean to their customers, calling them names or any sort of -isms, that happens. In that case, don't be surprised, that, when you're «firing shots», customers are «shooting back» at you.
The multiplayer action RPG shipped a whopping 2 million copies in its first week alone.
A nice piece of proof-as if anymore was needed-that a game isn't automatically a success if it sells "millions of copies."
I don't know if it's still possible, but if it still works, PLAY IT. It's a fantastic RPG on it's own, incredible graphics and story, well worth the Bioware name, i don't know how bad it was on release, but when i played years later it was a great single player RPG well worth playing.
That’s good, but also worth pointing out that after maybe 3 months on sale, this game was selling for about a tenner. Reminds me a bit of Days Gone, good sales overall but only after huge discounts so unlikely to make large profit
GF365: "Among all the well-received and beloved video games, there are some that are horrendous. Here are our picks for the worst big budget games released since 2010."
Anthem; I'd forgotten that game existed. I remember thinking the trailer was BS though; turns out I was right.
"Worst big budget games" and immediately lists Genshin Impact, a game that has $4 billion in revenue.
I havent played Genshin Impact and Mafia 3 was alright. The rest though I kind of agree with.
I loved the 1st Kane and Lynch and I could not understand how the 2nd game was as bad as it was.
False. People hate it because it is a loot shooter with uninspired, junk loot, a crap story (this is only chapter 1), bugs and terrible scaling.
This game is bad and both Bioware and EA should feel bad for releasing it in such a state .
I bought the game and got to master work level. The game is good but with the broken loot system and some bugs that compromises gameplay they need to iron out these issues and people will come back. The graphics are good the gameplay is solid. I had a lot of fun playing the game but I don’t play it anymore do to the issues it has. But once these issues gets fixed I’ll be back playing more with my friends. For the time being I’m loving the Division 2
Game was released far too early it needed 6-8 months at least.
Dang, totally forgot to add this to the description.
"Through the tragedy of Anthem's development, the developers were able to launch a decent game. One that I have no problem calling "awesome", or "great", and even "amazing." With all of the comparisons out there to other games, Anthem is special."