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Anthem devs propose new skill trees, artifacts and a Destiny-style UIBut who’s still paying attention?
But who’s still paying attention?
Oh dang, they’re really giving thisAnthemcomeback a proper shot aren’t they? 3 months after welast checked in with BioWare’s beleaguered loot ‘em up, the studio has returned with a fresh look at the game’s revamped UI, along with a new approach towards character skills and robot-suit loadouts aimed at fixing the base game’s seemingly-limited build options.
Writing on theBioWare blog, studio director Christian Dailey dives into a number of ideas the team are playing with in regards to Javelins (yer big robots), builds, and skill trees. Apparently, a key piece of feedback around the game’s launch was that Anthem didn’t offer “satisfying Javelin Builds”, which has pushed the team to completely revamp the way they approach your RPG battlesuits.
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You might’ve noticed a new word there, mind. In place of components, which Dailey admits were kinda naff, Artifacts have been proposed as more substantial, exciting kind of drop for more dramatically mixing up your Javelin. “Each Javelin type would have a distinct Artifact catering towards its class fantasy,” Dailey explains. “For instance, your Ranger’s rocket pod would be upgraded into the Skyfell Launcher Artifact, a pair of back-mounted pods that transform into powerful rocket launchers.
It all sounds quite nifty, for sure. But then, poor customisation wasn’t exactly Anthem’s worst problem, and it’s still hard to picture the world where the failed loot shooter makes a comeback. Even BioWare apologist Alice B lamented that the game’s constant finicky interruptions kept leading to “mounting, hair-tearing, exhausting, defeating frustration” in herAnthem reviewback in the day.
The small team at BioWare Austin have been quietly plugging away at this reworkfor some time now, only surfacing every so often to reassure that yes, the Anthem job is still going. With such a seemingly impossible task, I can only wish them the best of luck.
