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I actually liked Anthem, and I wish it would have gotten more support to fix some of the problems. I think it had way more potential than some other GAAS that have come out recently. (cough Suicide Squad cough)
The worst part about it for me was the really bad net code. Enemies would teleport around, shots wouldn't register or register too late. And their relative damage system didn't seem to work properly most of the time. It made the combat feel bad, but you could tell that the combat that was there would have felt amazing had the net code been refined a bit.
There were other smaller problems too, but nothing that couldn't have been addressed in patches. It really is a shame EA gave up on the game.
If you liked anthem, might I suggest the mother of all robot ninja shooter games, Warframe?
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've tried Warframe several times and I just can't get into it. The combat and movement feel too floaty to me, and I'm not a fan of the artificial wait times for getting or crafting gear. Story is also important to me to some degree, and there wasn't really anything in the way in interesting characters or plot hooks in what I played. I know a lot of people like the game, but I don't think it's for me.
I will agree the crafting system is incredibly unintuitive even before you get into the more obscure aspects like helminth or archon shards, but there is some story if you really want to dig for it. Honestly I was pretty firmly a casual player until I got to the chains of harrow and from there I was hooked. It's not a constant thing for me, but a couple months out of the year I like to check back in and see what's new. The movement and combat are big sellers for me though. I find myself reverting to/wanting the warframe movement system in pretty much every other game I play after lol
Yeah. The movement is what I've seen unanimously praised by people that like the game. I dunno, it's been several years and several major patches/expansions since I've tried the game. Maybe I'll give it another shot eventually. It's F2P, so might as well try it every once in a while to see if it clicks.
Those have been my main issues too.
I also just feel no sense of “identity” with such vague constructs of armor at war. Are they human? Are our enemies human? Does anyone have a face?