You’d be forgiven for pondering that BioWare are leaving Anthem to slowly rot, contemplating Fort Tarsis is stuffed with bones, and there was little in the way in which of recent content material exterior of the latest Halloween occasion, Season of Skulls. But a brand new hearsay now means that BioWare are planning a revival. Much greater than the upcoming Christmas occasion, Icetide, and extra akin to “a game-changing expansion like Destiny’s critically acclaimed Taken King,” sources near BioWare have described the replace as Anthem 2.zero or Anthem Next. A report from Kotaku claims that the replace will utterly overhaul the game, bringing it extra in keeping with participant needs.
Mat Piscatella of Kotaku has defined that this replace remains to be very a lot conceptual, and BioWare aren’t even certain what it can appear like for the time being. Apparently the builders are nonetheless understanding the main points, like how Anthem Next will probably be distributed maybe in a sequence of updates just like No Man’s Sky Next and Beyond, or bigger yearly expansions.
The report states, “they’re even considering releasing Anthem Next as a brand new game,” which I don’t assume is a good suggestion as a result of present Anthem gamers have but to really feel that they’ve performed the game they have been bought. Piscatella added that he believes it’s unlikely that BioWare will cost present gamers full-price for the replace.
With Anthem Next being this in-progress, and but to be confirmed, there aren’t too many particular particulars about what BioWare are altering. Piscatella explains that there are plans for the replace to “overhaul the loot, the quests, the social aspects of the game, the difficulty, the progression system, and the world map.”
One supply advised Piscatella, “we’re also looking at breaking up the need to go back to [Fort Tarsis] after every mission” – a change that might keep away from the sometimes-twenty-minute detour that’s the bane of each participant’s life when grinding for loot. Another is the game’s map, an enormous open house made up of smaller inter-connected areas, which sources declare could also be reworked into separate areas, making it simpler to implement updates and repair bugs.
As you’d count on, EA, Anthem’s writer, have declined to touch upon this hearsay for the second, however actually they’ve been utterly palms off with the game because the preliminary backlash from gamers when it launched.
This hearsay, mixed with the hint of a Dragon Age 4 announcement subsequent month, may redeem BioWare within the eyes of followers. It definitely would in mine.
