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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7568169" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>The OP's attitude is a bit of a trigger for me...</p><p>In part because it's so spectacularly unoriginal. </p><p></p><p>The hate for <em>Anthem</em> is an amazing example of the Internet Hivemind. Groupthink intersecting with a self-fulfilling prophecy. </p><p>Everyone was hating on <em>Anthem</em> 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 <em>Anthem</em> because it was "cool" to hate EA and to want to see BioWare fail.</p><p></p><p>Why? </p><p>Several reasons. </p><p></p><p>First is the elephant in the room. The small overly vocal minority that didn't like the ending of <em>Mass Effect 3</em>. Despite only <a href="https://gameranx.com/updates/id/8547/article/mass-effect-3-has-completion-rate-of-42-percent/" target="_blank">42% of players</a> 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. </p><p>Vocal minority. </p><p></p><p>Then there's <em>Andromeda</em>. Despite being BioWare in name only. It wasn't good, so people came down hard on the studio. </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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:</p><p></p><p>Because BioWare was so popular, so beloved, people want to see it fall now. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The response to <em>Anthem</em> is just a whole bunch of unoriginal followers tripping over themselves to repeat what they heard online and echo someone else's opinion. </p><p></p><p>I bought the game mostly as a reaction to the sheep-like response to the game. To make-up my own mind. </p><p>I'm only a couple hours into <em>Anthem</em> 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.</p><p></p><p>But the worst part is that it's so self defeating. Stupidly self defeating.</p><p>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 <em>Anthem</em> 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 <u>and</u> you can grind to get it with in-game currency. Meanwhile, the P2W loot box heavy PvP <em>Apex Legends</em> doesn't get a blip from the same haters despite being everything they hate, less original, and in a more crowded game genre.</p><p></p><p>If <em>Anthem</em> fails... what the holy eff kinds of games do you think they're going to make?!?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7568169, member: 37579"] The OP's attitude is a bit of a trigger for me... In part because it's so spectacularly unoriginal. The hate for [I]Anthem[/I] is an amazing example of the Internet Hivemind. Groupthink intersecting with a self-fulfilling prophecy. Everyone was hating on [I]Anthem[/I] 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 [I]Anthem[/I] 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 [I]Mass Effect 3[/I]. Despite only [URL="https://gameranx.com/updates/id/8547/article/mass-effect-3-has-completion-rate-of-42-percent/"]42% of players[/URL] 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 [I]Andromeda[/I]. 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 response to [I]Anthem[/I] 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 [I]Anthem[/I] 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 [I]Anthem[/I] 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 [U]and[/U] you can grind to get it with in-game currency. Meanwhile, the P2W loot box heavy PvP [I]Apex Legends[/I] doesn't get a blip from the same haters despite being everything they hate, less original, and in a more crowded game genre. If [I]Anthem[/I] fails... what the holy eff kinds of games do you think they're going to make?!? [/QUOTE]
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