Category: Anthem

Recently Belghast posted on giving up the chase for the ‘Forever Game’. It didn’t really occur to me at the time of Bel’s post, but it has occurred to me since with my return to Monster Hunter: World. While the...

Five Game Challenge Day 19: What do I want from Anthem Next?

by Naithin | Nov 19, 2019 | Anthem | 4

Since the news that Anthem may yet still have some life, in the form of an Anthem 2.0 / Anthem Next, I’ve taken a bit of a stroll down memory lane. I took another look at my review. I read my thoughts on the loot generation improvements done...

Five Game Challenge Day 17: Anthem Not Dead After All?

by Naithin | Nov 17, 2019 | Anthem | 2

Funny how these things work out. It was just a few days ago in comments I was saying how much of a dud Anthem had turned out to be. That hope was extinguished for any sort of redemption. Senior Leads associated with the project were jumping like...

Anthem off the Games List

by Naithin | Apr 9, 2019 | Anthem, Blog, Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Other Games, Tomb Raider | 2

I resisted moving Anthem off the side-panel ‘Games of Interest’ block even after declaring my time done with it in the immediate future. I resisted in large part because I was still interested to see how it would unfold from here. How...

Time to Loot Journal: March 2019

by Naithin | Apr 1, 2019 | Anthem, Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Gaming, Journal, Other Games, The Division 2 | 0

March was a trying month, with the Christchurch terrorist attack claiming 50 lives in the end. I struggled for a short time in even knowing how to continue posting here afterward. Not to acknowledge it would by far have been the greater crime, but...

Making it Official: Anthem on Hold

by Naithin | Mar 12, 2019 | Anthem | 1

Warning: Some elements of the negativity drive might be spinning up in this one. In case it wasn’t clear — I’ve put Anthem to one side for the moment. This started out in a fairly happy and OK space. The revised expectations I put...

Improvements to Anthem Loot Incoming

by Naithin | Mar 1, 2019 | Anthem | 3

Ben Irving has now detailed what the loot improvements coming today or tomorrow are. They’re a really positive start that should make getting a Masterwork or Legendary more rewarding, if not necessarily more frequent. Loot Change Highlights...

Coming Games of Interest — March 2019 Onward

by Naithin | Feb 25, 2019 | Anthem, Blog, Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Gaming, Other Games | 5

There is a lot coming out over the next little while that I’m quite interested to play. Normally, I’d just take things as they come. Really ‘seat-of-my-pants’ it. I still might. But I can feel the end of my tether fast...

Heart of Rage: Tips for The Monitor

by Naithin | Feb 24, 2019 | Anthem | 2

Learning the Scelos fight last night taught me something about Anthem. It’s difficulty shares some parallels to WoW. Anything below Grandmaster and the mechanics can be preeeetty much ignored (or at least not fully understood) just like in...

Scar Temple: Tips for Scelos

by Naithin | Feb 23, 2019 | Anthem | 0

Went into Scelos fight tonight on Grandmaster 1 after previously only having done Scar Temple on hard. To start with, Scelos was an exercise in frustration. “Oh for Fart’s Sake,” or perhaps something, um, similar, was heard over...

Anthem Changes — Beyond the Patch

by Naithin | Feb 22, 2019 | Anthem | 2

The February 22nd Day 1 Day -1? patch came out yesterday, in advance of the launch for all comers today. It has a wide array of changes and fixes, with the official list of changes from BioWare here. It seems an incredibly positive list overall,...

Anthem Review: An Early Access Title in AAA Clothes

by Naithin | Feb 21, 2019 | Anthem | 2

Make no mistake, Anthem is an Early Access title. The publisher approved term here is ‘Game as a Service’ (GaaS) and sure, it’s that too. But if you’re buying Anthem now, you’re likely buying into the promise of what...

Confronting Confirmation Bias and Echo Chambers

by Naithin | Feb 19, 2019 | Anthem, Gaming | 2

Anthem is the catalyst for this post, but the discussion could certainly be taken more broadly. Also, I want to make it very clear that I’m not excluding myself from this. No-one is free of bias, the best one can do is try to be aware of...

Anthem Early Access is Live — Experience So Far

by Naithin | Feb 16, 2019 | Anthem | 2

Actually it has been live for about 14 hours now. Of which I’ve been able to spend a good number playing. It has been glorious. Don’t ask me for a review or anything terribly coherent right now, as I have no doubt that the honeymoon...