Interesting timing…

  • moakley@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I never understood the hate. The gameplay was incredible.

    The biggest complaints pretty much boiled down to it not having literal infinite replayability. Like, you have to give it a minute.

    I played Destiny at launch, and Anthem at launch was better.

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      7 hours ago

      There was quite a bit of trendy EA-hate. Some of the criticisms were well deserved though. The game was plagued with severe technical issues at launch: the multiplayer was especially busted.

      Also the open world map feels much too small when compared to similar games. I remember the disappoint I felt when I realized “oh this is not the first zone, this is THE zone”.

      Regardless, I also played Destiny (2) ; while I have to admit it is a better product, I enjoyed Anthem more.

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        5 hours ago

        To be fair, the playable space in Anthem was in three dimensions. Meanwhile Destiny’s maps are deceptively small, using tunnels that wind in on themselves and non-explorable space to feel larger.

        Yeah, more zones would have been good, but none of that compares to having some of the tightest combat and traversal gameplay I’ve ever experienced.