After THQ Nordic's 8chan event, everything that came out around sexual abuse allegations, and Blizzard finding themselves in the conversation about political oppression, I would be really disappointed if hottest mess just goes to something like Anthem or the continued debacle of Fallout 76.
I was already quite disappointed that labour issues did take it last year, which seemed like a real inflexion point for wider awareness of conditions in the industry.
But then as others here have said, does that become a different category? How would you even talk about ranking stories of sexual assault vs associating with child pornography vs aiding totalitarianism?
At the same time, it would feel dishonest not to talk about them. I think an unranked top three or five or even just a general discussion with no winner would be the only way to go.
Anthem is now available to play for Origin Access Premier members. I'm not sure exactly who gets what across console and PC versions of the EA subscription but the game is now playable.
I played the weekend demos when they were available and I've now played about 90 minutes of the full game. From my time with it so far, I have been enjoying it a lot. The environments looks really nice, the flying is still really cool and the gear progression looks like it will be fun to work through (though that is more informed from my time with the demo). I guess my concern would be to see if the gameplay holds up over the course of a campaign. Time will tell.
For now I just want to keep playing through the missions, and see what else the game does. It seems pretty solid to me so far. Also the walking speed in the hub area seems improved, thankfully.
Well I finally had the chance to catch one of the 'beta' sessions. Played for the two hours it was up and had a good time. Fell back into the familiar Bethesda routine of just exploring and grabbing junk. I've only been able to play one hour before this but in my three hours so far I've still not ran into another player. I left the starting area and immediately went in the opposite direction of the tutorial quests so that might have something to do with it, but it really does seem like you can spend a decent stretch of time without seeing people. The music is great and the quests I have found so far seem pretty interesting. I'm looking forward to playing more on Thursday.
If you're going to be a chem addict, make sure you also get the perk that makes chems last longer! Using Psycho in Fallout 4 is a great thing.
You're not really locked into any character choice in Fallout 4 as you can always put your level up point into a SPECIAL stat, so you can always get the perks you want eventually.
There are perks that increase the damage of suppressed weapons and I think daggers too, if you want to go that route. I never played a stealth character in 4 because I did that a lot in their previous games. I actually had a good time as a melee character running around with a sledge hammer.
I'll be playing when the PC 'beta' hits next week. Overall I'm pretty confident that I will enjoy it from what I've seen so far. I think the environments look really nice and that their changes to the perk system are smart. I'm also very interested in how they support it long term. It sounds like the newish BGS Austin studio is going to be dedicated to it. I definitely see it as something I will put a lot of time into.
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