A question about Anthem

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" It's also safe to assume Anthem will be an entirely online experience, forcing those playing solo to still connect to game servers."

what, exactly, does that mean? I play solo, no multiplayer stuff. Will the game I play be subject to unavailability when my cable internet is down or is it just to prevent piracy when first starting up the game after install?

 

[Brian_B]

My guess would be awfully similar to D3 and Destiny. No internet = no game. Even for the solo stuff.

 

[KazeoHin]

My reaction:

 

[Drexion]

It's like The Division, you can play solo but your client will need to connect to their servers to play. It's a GaaS title, avoid if you don't have a stable internet connection.

 

[Q-BZ]

https://hardforum.com/threads/biowares-new-ip-anthem.1936814/

If you take everything compiled since E3 in the last page or so of this thread it's basically coming down to a mix of Destiny, Division, Monster Hunter components...always online...as yet unknown just how much "story/narrative/character/Bioware goodness" actually shows up and can be done in this kind of game setup.

I think because of the nature of what these games are there's only so far they can do story, narrative, and characters. This will not be a "vintage Bioware game" married to those other game concepts. I simply can't see how that can happen.

 

[singe_101]

They're so deep into requiring a connection that they get to pick the weather conditions for players. If there's a storm Tuesday night they want people to share the experience.

 

[Comixbooks]

My reaction:

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