EA E3 press conference starts now

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I didn't watch it, but I'm guessing it was filled with shitty boring games, predatory practices, anti-consumer shit dressed up as player services and a general feelings of contempt for the customers as daring to pretend to be anything more than ATM lambs.

Here's Maximillian Dood's abridged version of it:

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Random thoughts at this point:

-God damn it, Anthem looks so...generic.

To be a snarky guy.

And people said the Fantasy genre is all generic of Tolkien's work

That game looked like 343 era Halo and Titanfall had mongoloid baby. Its amazing how they made Mass Effect look distinct enough from other Sci Fi in the first place.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

EA is really backtracking hard on Lootboxes. It's actually pretty funny. And god dammit, I really want Anthem to be good!

I actually want it to fail, but not to spite EA or BW. I would like this obsession with games-as-a-service to stop. They won't stop, I know they won't, but the heart wants what the heart wants.

Also f**k EA. Ah dammit, I almost made it to the post button.

That game looked like 343 era Halo and Titanfall had mongoloid baby.

Don't know if you ever saw a game called Firefall. It was an MMO that had about 1-2 controversy-free years, before doing a SWG and, by all accounts, doing its hardest to screw everything up, repeatedly thereafter. Well the core premise was that players had exosuits, different suits were like classes with different abilities, capabilities, stats and armaments. Flying/jets were a thing. Now I never played it properly, but I did research it since I stumbled on it and wanted to, but by the time I found it it was basically terminal on life-support.

What's the point of my preamble? Well the first thing I thought when I saw the Anthem announcement was..."That's Firefall." Open worldy, jetpacks, exosuits. But without Mark Kern involved it might stand a chance of not sucking. But then it has EA producing, so it will suck.

 

[Captain Marvelous_v1legacy]

I really want Anthem to be good!

I am sorry dude but this game just looks increadibly generic. Everything just looks stock and been there, done that.

Yeah, the gameplay looks slow/boring and the story seems to be generic, fantasy schlock. But the game looks beautiful, flying around in a mech suit is still cool. Maybe EA/Bioware are just doing a shit job of presenting it. I mean, I hope that's the case.

 

[Zeraki]

Its amazing how they made Mass Effect look distinct enough from other Sci Fi in the first place.

Until they got to Andromeda and it no longer looked, sounded or felt anything like Mass Effect. If it weren't for the Mass Effect aliens I would've thought it was a completely different franchise.

 

[Hawki]

To be a snarky guy.

And people said the Fantasy genre is all generic of Tolkien's work

That game looked like 343 era Halo and Titanfall had mongoloid baby. Its amazing how they made Mass Effect look distinct enough from other Sci Fi in the first place.

Thing is, based on what we know of Anthem's lore, it has more in common with fantasy than sci-fi. And before you protest, I'll point out that the presence of advanced technology doesn't autoamtically make something sci-fi.

 

[Lufia Erim]

Random thoughts at this point:

-God damn it, Anthem looks so...generic.

To be a snarky guy.

And people said the Fantasy genre is all generic of Tolkien's work

Western fantasy. Thankfully we got Eastern games with imagination , even if most of the games are of questionable taste, at least they try.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Ooof, what a snoozefest. Not even joking, I fell asleep. Was a good nap tho.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Isn't it called EA Play now? Like it is its own event, not part of E3.

Anyway, BFV looks better, Anthem I didn't even hear anything about, and lookie-here we have a new Star Wars Jedi game. I think it was called SW Jedi: Fallen Order? I'm always game for Star Wars but then they have such an excellent track record...

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I just watched the Anthem gameplay, Jesus H Christ did they turn off half the audio? What a sad presentation.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

EA at E3 in a nutshell

 

[ZeD [taken 0]]

EA at E3 in a nutshell

https://i.imgur.com/8coXxRJ.jpg

Well those airlifts either contain only cosmetic items, which they've said they're gonna sell for cash since the announcement.
Or they're a one-time bonus you'll get for free later on as well, but not available for purchase post-release.

Doubt they'd be straight-up lying about not being able to pay for non-cosmetics.