Anthem - VIP Demo Announced

The Anthem VIP demo will be available on January 25, 2019 on all platforms (PS4, Xbox One, PC), and those who join in the super early access can also expect an in-game item that celebrates "their trailblazing spirit." Those who'd rather wait, the open demo can be experienced on February 1, 2019, and will be open to all without any pre-orders.

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khaight said:

I don't think these guys understand the purpose of a demo. It's supposed to be a way for people who have not bought the game to get a hands-on sense of what it is like. A 'demo' restricted to people who already bought the game isn't really a demo, it's early access.

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Stingray said:

https://www.ea.com/games/anthem/news/anthem-vip-demo

This isn't just called a "Demo", it's called a "VIP Demo", which I suppose means a Demo but only for VIPs. (Which, in this case, is people who pre-ordered?) That seems fair enough to me, I don't think there's a beef to be had with that terminology.

A week later, the "Open Demo" opens that anyone can participate in.

That said, not sure why this game is even being still covered here, at least to this degree. It's no RPG.

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Reiga said:

I tired the alpha this weekend and it is a DISASTER, I'm breaking the NDA because pleople needs to know it, crashes a LOT, but a hell lot, but nonsense crashes, once you can't open it for a directx error, try again and you can, to later crash when you try to fly…. or get a directx error when you chage the options, and quests are repetitive, most boring tutorial in my life

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Reiga said:

Now I am on a PC but yesterday when I repleid to another post about anthem I was on the phone and it is annoying to write long texts.

I tired the alpha this weekend and it is a DISASTER, I'm breaking the NDA because pleople needs to know it, crashes a LOT, but a hell lot, but nonsense crashes, once you can't open it for a directx error, try again and you can, to later crash when you try to fly…. or get a directx error when you chage the options, and quests are repetitive, most boring tutorial in my life

And no rpg, it is as much an rpg as destiny is, even melee and grenades are skills and have a cooldown

I can't tell about the story because ALL cutscenes crashed 5 seconds after staritng, so I had to skip all of them…

Feel free ask, but you won't get any good comment from me

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joxer said:

Not sure if you broke NDA. It's an early build thus of course it'll be buggy and crash a lot.

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Stingray said:

It's really not all that early though. Game is due to be out in 10 weeks, and between now and then is Christmas/New Years which means a lot less than 10 weeks actual work time.

Maybe it'll be delayed again, I can't see BioWare signing up for a Fallout 76 style disaster. Unless EA forces them, I guess.

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Couchpotato said:

Hope they do release a buggy game so I laugh at another PR disaster from EA.

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Stingray said:

Hell yeah, if Anthem gives us even a fraction of the entertainment that the Fallout 76 disaster did, then that's gonna be something to be thankful for.

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BoboTheMighty said:

What did you mean by " confined" world..like Dragon Age: trees/artificial barriers?

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joxer said:

Not sure if you broke NDA. It's an early build thus of course it'll be buggy and crash a lot. And we already knew it's Destiny clone from articles and vids so stating it's repetitive chorefest is nothing new. If you were saying quests aren't meaningless but exciting and fun, well that would be something unexpected and as such a definite NDA breach.

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Stingray said:

It's really not all that early though. Game is due to be out in 10 weeks, and between now and then is Christmas/New Years which means a lot less than 10 weeks actual work time.

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