The demo of Anthem is tonight. Players are excited to see what awaits them. Our author Schuhmann says: I have concerns, but I hope that Anthem will be really good. Just like always before a new online game.
Tonight is the night, and we will get a preview of Anthem: the demo is starting.
Okay, the release is still a while away, but for many, tonight will decide whether they find a new home in Anthem or wait for the next big thing.
For me, two impulses are fighting against each other as usual while I wait for the demo of Anthem to start.
This is what my head says: It says, “You know how it is with new online games.”
They always have technical problems. Tonight, the server will surely crash first, then there will be bugs and lag. And what you are playing, is only a small portion – the finished game will be completely different.
Even if everything goes well, the first months in a game are always so hard. There is too little content, the balance is off, then you’re in the endgame, and somehow the excitement is gone.
Every new studio – no matter how big it is – struggles to transition to a live game and is working hard at it. Have you forgotten how terrible The Elder Scrolls Online was in the first days or Bless – that’s only been three-quarters of a year ago?
The game will never be as great as you imagine it to be, and you should know by now after x years how online games work. They only really get good in the second year.
My heart says: Awesome, the first time in a new game. Those are the moments you will remember for years to come.
Your first time in Dark Age of Camelot was ages ago, but you still remember exactly how you played the beta back then – those were the most intense memories you have of the game now.
And it was the same with WoW later on. You met new people, spent a lot of time with them, and you still remember how blown away you were the first time you were really in a raid.
The beginning is simply the best. It’s the time you will remember for a long time: Every experience is intense and offers something new.
Also, Anthem is different. The trailers look fantastic, the developer swears that it’s the project of his life and this time everything will be better.
And you can be a Colossus – which is basically the Hulkbuster!
It would be great if Anthem works out. That would solve so many content problems. Then you could play that when Destiny gets boring and return to Destiny when there’s a content lull in Anthem.
Then the head responds: You told yourself that before WildStar.
And then I stop listening to my head. It’s just a real killjoy.
How do you feel before the start of the demo tonight?
