Gonna try this again after a chippy tea.

And everyone who’s got vip access can use this address to issue 3 codes - I think.

https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/anthem/anthem-demos/refer-a-friend

I was really disappointed with the tank (colossus) at first. It seemed pretty much as squishy as the other classes and the special attacks were kinda boring - really regretted not picking Storm. Then, after some practice, I kinda twigged how it worked.

The colossus doesn’t have a permanent shield, instead it can lower and raise the shield with the circle button. When dropped, it recharges super quick, so it functions kinda like Reindhart from Overwatch without the shield being big enough to cover team members. You can run and fly with the shield up and crash directly into people, plus there is a shield bash. So, it’s all about disrupting attacks, drawing fire then taking cover, dropping shield, and then popping out again with shield up.

I still wasn’t a fan until I got a flamethrower attachment, which has made it much more fun. Now I can get in close and take hits, before dropping shield and setting enemies on fire.

Unfortunately the biggest issue I have with the game is this:

If you can actually login
If you can get the game to not make your body and voice disappear.
If you get past the infinite mission loading screen.
If you don’t get horrendous lag and rubber banding.
If the music and sound doesn’t completely cut out.
If the game doesn’t crash.
If you can navigate the awful, awful menus.
If all of these things go your way and you actually get a stable, low lag, fully functional mission...what are you left with?

A 6 out of 10 looter shooter with 8 out of 10 mobility options and a worrying potential for micro transactions out the wazoo. It’s not a terrible game, but it’s not particularly great either, and the moment to moment combat is just so unspectacular. It could be different on launch sure, but as a demo this is a monumental failure and, if anything, the massive technical issues have hidden the game’s biggest failing - it’s actually quite dull.

Hmm... Had another quick go and watched a nephew play it with a controller. I still think it looks pretty and plays nicely when you get in on my PC. Didn't notice any particular frame rate issues though? The ol' HAL9000 took it in its' stride seemingly. 
I also got in cleanly for the first time this morning. Excessively long load but then all 4 of us started a mission from the very start and everything.. perhaps they are fixing it up to some extent?

I did also manage to fall through the world in Tarsis as the main launch platform thingy where your Javelin is hadn't loaded in and left a big the empty crater instead.. fell through the world and saw a quite nice skybox. 
Some dev guy has tweeted that the reason you can't run in Tarsis in this build is because the streaming is buggered and I can believe it.. It's since been fixed in later builds and so you should be able to leg it about at least. Apparently. 

There certainly seems to be enough there for me to keep the pre order for now. I'll try the open demo next week and see if the load crashes or the stability is better. 

I hope in the final game the actual load times are shortened as well. I might free up some SSD space for it then to see if that'll give it a kick up the jacksie.

Diluted Dante wrote:

I also went with the colossus. Ill have to try that out, as I also thought it was fucking shit. For a tank, seemingly dying quicker than as the Ranger was shit.

Red trash mobs are your friend. Flamethrower and walk into them, you’ll pick up health drops as they die and keep your health up. I keep a sniper rifle for big targets, and flamethrower for mobs. You can also get mods (or components, or whatever) which give some massive health boosts, which might help if you’re dying too quick. So yeah, the tank can be tanky, but you gotta learn the quirks.

That's about where I am with it. Keeping peepers peeled for any discounts. Fuck £40 on it though.

I might bite too, aye, despite being underwhelmed. It will certainly have content and pound per hour value should be good. Ultimately, I’ll probably make my choice after Division 2 reviews drop, given that Div 2 is my preference thus far.

Yes. 
I'd say that is a decent summary of the situation. 


I've done a few missions and I'm about to do some freeplay.
It's ok. 
Combat isn't great, enemies are weaksauce design wise and very odd sizes. 
Flying is good but then the cooldown ruins the fun.  
The Voice acting is extremely good and if it had a little more oomph about it i'd get it, but as it is, it's a nah.

The flying cooldown could do with being extended.
Apparently flying over water helps cool down in flight.

Popping your Ult resets it too.

I think some classes are more suited to the air, the Storm class barely uses any energy while hovering, and it also boosts your shield. Floating death.

I'm sure there will be stuff for the Interceptor that means a melee kill will automatically cool down your flight bar too, that class is designed around quick hit and run stuff, it'll be a bit daft if you can only get yourself into bother without being able to get straight back out.

Just noticed that cool down thing in freeplay, skim water and go near waterfalls and it either doesn't increase or resets the cooldown. 
Had a go of freeplay, it's a defo nah.

I'll probably get wrong off someone for quitting that video after three seconds, but tough shit I suppose.

Actually, having seen the vibes in this game, and failed to load in, I just decided fuck it and cancelled my preorder. Life's too short for this kind of bullshit.

I quite like this, but yeah, Bioware games are history.
Another EA victim.

Minnesänger wrote:

Armitage_Shankburn wrote:

Actually, having seen the vibes in this game, and failed to load in, I just decided fuck it and cancelled my preorder. Life's too short for this kind of bullshit.

Division 2, Gonz.

Already promised Curtis I'd buy that buddy