Jester David
Hero
The OP's attitude is a bit of a trigger for me...
In part because it's so spectacularly unoriginal.
The hate for Anthem is an amazing example of the Internet Hivemind. Groupthink intersecting with a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Everyone was hating on Anthem from the announcement trailer. And in the weeks before the open demo/ public beta stress test. And, unsurprisingly, during the stress test. And now, shocker of shockers, at release. It was "cool" to hate Anthem because it was "cool" to hate EA and to want to see BioWare fail.
Why?
Several reasons.
First is the elephant in the room. The small overly vocal minority that didn't like the ending of Mass Effect 3. Despite only 42% of players actually having finished the game. 58% of gamers never saw that ending except in YouTube videos. Even if three-quarters of the people who beat the game hated the ending (and it was probably less than that), that's still only 30% of the people who bought the game. But it was probably far less.
Vocal minority.
Then there's Andromeda. Despite being BioWare in name only. It wasn't good, so people came down hard on the studio.
There's also the GamerGate factor BioWare has strong female characters and a high percentage of queer characters. And rejects the idea that all female characters in the game need to be there as sexual objects of affection for male players. There's a lot of hate aimed at BioWare for that. Because hating that's what incels do.
It suddenly because cool to hate BioWare and want to see it fall. Because people like that. They like to watch things crumble. People fail. As someone once said:
The response to Anthem is just a whole bunch of unoriginal followers tripping over themselves to repeat what they heard online and echo someone else's opinion.
I bought the game mostly as a reaction to the sheep-like response to the game. To make-up my own mind.
I'm only a couple hours into Anthem and so far it's okay. Not a masterpiece, but it's fun. I'm enjoying it. It's a solid B-. A 65% at worst. It's enough fun that I want to keep playing.
But the worst part is that it's so self defeating. Stupidly self defeating.
So much hate is aimed at EA and the big AAA studios for only doing sequels, forced multiplayer, PvP and no story, and loot boxes. But Anthem is new IP, has largely optional multiplayer, is PvE only with a decent story, and there's no loot boxes. Heck, there's barely any microtransactions, and you it's cosmetic vs P2W and you can grind to get it with in-game currency. Meanwhile, the P2W loot box heavy PvP Apex Legends doesn't get a blip from the same haters despite being everything they hate, less original, and in a more crowded game genre.
If Anthem fails... what the holy eff kinds of games do you think they're going to make?!?
In part because it's so spectacularly unoriginal.
The hate for Anthem is an amazing example of the Internet Hivemind. Groupthink intersecting with a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Everyone was hating on Anthem from the announcement trailer. And in the weeks before the open demo/ public beta stress test. And, unsurprisingly, during the stress test. And now, shocker of shockers, at release. It was "cool" to hate Anthem because it was "cool" to hate EA and to want to see BioWare fail.
Why?
Several reasons.
First is the elephant in the room. The small overly vocal minority that didn't like the ending of Mass Effect 3. Despite only 42% of players actually having finished the game. 58% of gamers never saw that ending except in YouTube videos. Even if three-quarters of the people who beat the game hated the ending (and it was probably less than that), that's still only 30% of the people who bought the game. But it was probably far less.
Vocal minority.
Then there's Andromeda. Despite being BioWare in name only. It wasn't good, so people came down hard on the studio.
There's also the GamerGate factor BioWare has strong female characters and a high percentage of queer characters. And rejects the idea that all female characters in the game need to be there as sexual objects of affection for male players. There's a lot of hate aimed at BioWare for that. Because hating that's what incels do.
It suddenly because cool to hate BioWare and want to see it fall. Because people like that. They like to watch things crumble. People fail. As someone once said:
Because BioWare was so popular, so beloved, people want to see it fall now.The one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually, they will hate you.
The response to Anthem is just a whole bunch of unoriginal followers tripping over themselves to repeat what they heard online and echo someone else's opinion.
I bought the game mostly as a reaction to the sheep-like response to the game. To make-up my own mind.
I'm only a couple hours into Anthem and so far it's okay. Not a masterpiece, but it's fun. I'm enjoying it. It's a solid B-. A 65% at worst. It's enough fun that I want to keep playing.
But the worst part is that it's so self defeating. Stupidly self defeating.
So much hate is aimed at EA and the big AAA studios for only doing sequels, forced multiplayer, PvP and no story, and loot boxes. But Anthem is new IP, has largely optional multiplayer, is PvE only with a decent story, and there's no loot boxes. Heck, there's barely any microtransactions, and you it's cosmetic vs P2W and you can grind to get it with in-game currency. Meanwhile, the P2W loot box heavy PvP Apex Legends doesn't get a blip from the same haters despite being everything they hate, less original, and in a more crowded game genre.
If Anthem fails... what the holy eff kinds of games do you think they're going to make?!?
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