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Cataclysm on Anthem-Testserver/Livestream tomorrow
| Quote: | Speaking of the Cataclysm, you’re probably wondering when it is going to release. Rather than rush it out the door, we want to take time and get feedback from you and make changes based on what we hear. In order to do that we are releasing a Public Test Server (PTS) on PC, which will allow you to see the content as it is being developed and gives you the ability to provide feedback. While this won’t immediately solve all of the current issues, we want to continue to hear from you as we make improvements to Anthem – and the PTS is a great way to do that.
We’ll be diving deeper into these topics (and others) as well as giving a first look at the Cataclysm tomorrow on a livestream at 3pm Central Time over on TWITCH or MIXER. We do hope you’ll join us as we take this step towards a better Anthem. |
New update out as well: https://www.ea.com/games/anthem/news/update-120
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Jun 2019 10:02 Post subject: |
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Anthem’s New Roadmap Is To Delete Its Roadmap, Which Is Probably For The Best
| Quote: | (..)Anthem has a new plan now. No more roadmap. Not really, anyway. After this past week’s update about the state of the game and the upcoming Cataclysm, they adjusted their roadmap page again, which recently read that the Cataclysm started in May, but now it seems likely it won’t arrive until July, at least, after a PTS testing period.
The page still says it’s a “roadmap,” but it is now devoid of any actual dates, or even months, and does not list any specific future content on the way, not even the Cataclysm or new loot that was discussed on stream. |
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Jun 2019 10:09 Post subject: |
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What's EA's roadmap to server shutdown, that's the real question.
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Jun 2019 10:35 Post subject: |
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| Bendi wrote: | Anthem’s New Roadmap Is To Delete Its Roadmap, Which Is Probably For The Best
| Quote: | (..)Anthem has a new plan now. No more roadmap. Not really, anyway. After this past week’s update about the state of the game and the upcoming Cataclysm, they adjusted their roadmap page again, which recently read that the Cataclysm started in May, but now it seems likely it won’t arrive until July, at least, after a PTS testing period.
The page still says it’s a “roadmap,” but it is now devoid of any actual dates, or even months, and does not list any specific future content on the way, not even the Cataclysm or new loot that was discussed on stream. |
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Glad i didnt buy this crap game. Holy shit how i wish those sacks of shit to be strung up for making people waste their money like this.
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Jun 2019 14:25 Post subject: |
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| DCB wrote: | | What's EA's roadmap to server shutdown, that's the real question. |
I'd say they give the game some smaller patches and perhaps a sale or going F2P for restructuring if player count drops below sustainable levels (There are other looter games, those are popular and sustain the player and developer so competition is pretty fierce after all.) but if that doesn't work then this is probably going to end pretty quickly compared to something like Ubisoft doubling down on feedback and suggestions and managing to turn things around for some of their games.
Titanfall Apex we'll see how that goes though as a smaller scope and probably less costly game it might be able to make it for EA and well Battlefield and sports games nowadays with Sims 4 still kicking heh.
For Bioware itself they'll likely get to make Dragon Age 4 but if that also doesn't work then I don't know if they'll be around more or well Bioware in studio name at least since it seems a lot of the key talent already left.
Things could pick up but after two large failures with Andromeda and Anthem here in particular I think EA might not be too impressed so they might already have plans for Dragon Age 4 and changes to budget or scope depending on how things are financially with other projects requiring less and earning EA more.
They probably *need* to stop sticking with Frostbite and retooling it for roles it was never intended for and studios familiar with other engines and workflows and just swallow the cost of a multi-project and platform licensed engine such as Unreal even if Dice and Battlefield probably has done some work to simplify using Frostbite but I would imagine Dice of Sweden having a bit of a bigger importance to EA and doing their thing and not helping other studios adapt to using the engine although I don't know there's a lot of stories around how that worked with Androma and Anthem and also Inquisition earlier.
EDIT: Well Bioware might downplay it or have some press announcement but I am fairly sure neither Andromeda nor Anthem lived up, unsure about Inquisition though it is known a few story arcs and potential DLC for Andromeda were quietly dropped and for Anthem the above roadmap and quiet instead of being open and transparent about development is very telling.
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Jun 2019 18:40 Post subject: |
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No more roadmaps, just a slow miserable death. Bioware's arc in a nutshell 
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Jun 2019 18:48 Post subject: |
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Damn... even FO76 has a roadmap 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Jun 2019 19:25 Post subject: |
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Good, now bury it with FO76.
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Jun 2019 23:09 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 06:40 Post subject: |
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It's a shame they fucked the game so bad, speaking of environment the game looks good, it's really nice to look at it, but it's fucking mechanics and the stupid loot and progress fucking sucks.
It had potential.
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 19:36 Post subject: |
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| xExtreme wrote: | It's a shame they fucked the game so bad, speaking of environment the game looks good, it's really nice to look at it, but it's fucking mechanics and the stupid loot and progress fucking sucks.
It had potential. |
True, the game had potential.
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 20:43 Post subject: |
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It reads like the game only had visuals. 
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 00:19 Post subject: |
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But guys. This might be a good thing. Now they've wasted a lot of money just by trying to copy loot shooter and desperately riding the wave (if there is any). Development was fucked up and rushed out the door and it bit them in the ass. Good for EA, good for Bioware. EA as usual might totally misunderstand and make faulty judgements like they usually do and think Biowere should stick to the gameplay they're used to.
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 06:17 Post subject: |
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The problem wasn't the style of gameplay, the genre of the game, or the engine (despite all the hysterics about it). It was management. You can't make a game like Anthem basically from scratch in under 18 months, which is more or less what they did. And going back to the "gameplay they're used to" isn't going to help, because DA Inquisition had exactly the same development problems. They just managed to stumble over the line in a slightly more functional state than Anthem or Andromeda. Bioware's problem is cultural, and it won't matter what sort of game they make, the result will be the same unless there are some fundamental organisational changes. But that is never going to happen. They will release DA4, it will be the same story, and EA will finally put them out of their misery.
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 08:48 Post subject: |
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| DCB wrote: | | The problem wasn't the style of gameplay, the genre of the game, or the engine (despite all the hysterics about it). It was management. You can't make a game like Anthem basically from scratch in under 18 months, which is more or less what they did. And going back to the "gameplay they're used to" isn't going to help, because DA Inquisition had exactly the same development problems. They just managed to stumble over the line in a slightly more functional state than Anthem or Andromeda. Bioware's problem is cultural, and it won't matter what sort of game they make, the result will be the same unless there are some fundamental organisational changes. But that is never going to happen. They will release DA4, it will be the same story, and EA will finally put them out of their misery. |
But... but... it's the kind of game patrick cyborglund wanted (according to the kotaku leaks), that has to count for something, right?
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 09:20 Post subject: |
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No, he wanted them to add flying back to the game, the only thing "fun" in the game, lol.
Just imagine this game... with walking...
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 11:03 Post subject: |
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| DCB wrote: | | Bioware's problem is cultural [...] |
That cultural DNA is 100% handled by the management team. And a good manager / management team can handle any type of culture, as it can be anytime transformed / renewed.
All those pink haired undecided employees that serve under BioWare / EA are the only type of people that can handle and sync to the company's 'grand' visions. And I personally don't even blame or judge them. They are simply... serving.
Change the heads that manage the company and you've got yourself something completely different. |
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