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We're getting a bit lost in the weeds talking about specs.

The important thing that I took from this is there is already a level of polish that usually doesn't present itself until late in a game's development cycle. I'm still holding out hope for a 2019 release.

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I don't think the main character is a member of the Spartan military.

1. Cyberpunk 2077

2. Ghost of Tsushima

3. Last of Us 2

4. Death Stranding

The Noclip video really improved my outlook on the potential of Fallout 76. It might not be as enticing as a new single player RPG, but I've been starving for co-op games to play with friends so I'm totally down for the new direction if they can pull it off well. I definitely recommend the video to everyone though:

@thepanzini: Excellent point, I agree with you that there are some indications that the game will have a bumpy landing. However, I'm oddly encouraged by a lack of PvP. That means they are focusing on co-op PvE, which is much closer in spirit to their single player RPG heritage.

I'm still holding out hope that a lack of information on the story isn't a bad thing. They did have Drew Karpyshyn working on the story, and I have to assume Bioware realize the pressure is on after Andromeda. In all honesty, Anthem will probably be a game I buy on sale months after release and have a fun couple of weeks with friends. It would be nice if it turns out amazing, but I'm just expecting something competent.

It's feels kinda lonely to be cautiously optimistic about a video game these days.

Obviously Bioware doesn't deserve the level of trust they used to, but I just don't get the mentality of assuming the worst and talking about how bad you "know" it will be. I'm not trying to be confrontational, I just can't put myself in that mindset at all. What's so enjoyable about making hard line qualitative statements about a game that isn't released? Even if you're proven correct in time, does that make being so sour worth it?

I'm not even high on the game, my attitude towards it is "wait and see". But even that neutral stance feels like I am pro-Anthem given the rest of the comments here.

I went in to yesterday excited for Bethesda's conference and ambivalent towards Microsoft's, and I came away with the exact opposite impression.

MS nailed it. There were multiple awesome surprises. Bethesda had some stuff that interests me, but I was hoping they would have more to say about Elder Scrolls or Starfield. I feel like they really needed something of substance from either of those 2 games to offset the risk of Fallout 76, but all we got were generic ass videos that did little more than acknowledge their existence.

@avantegardener: Excellent point, I suppose I would be extremely critical in that position now that I think about it.

I wonder why Mr. Gibson chose the path of the salty gatekeeper over excitement that the genre he helped create has a big new thing that everyone is excited about.

Anyway, super cool to have a new video after 5 years. I love that they kept it bright and sunny; what a confident move. That tells me "yeah we have the neon nights down".