Anthem 2.0 In Development as “Long-Term Redesign”

BioWare is looking to reinvent the gameplay loop, will it turn itself around like FFXIV?

Anthem 2.0 in development

<p>Well&comma; it seems like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LegacyKillaHD&sol;status&sol;1183889824614440960">LegacyKillaHD&&num;8217&semi;s leak<&sol;a> was actually true after all&period; Who would&&num;8217&semi;ve thought&quest;&excl; Unexpectedly&comma; when <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ea-set-to-release-anthem-in-march-2019&sol;">Anthem<&sol;a> was considered to be &&num;8216&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;forbes&period;com&sol;sites&sol;paultassi&sol;2019&sol;11&sol;01&sol;what-appears-to-be-the-last-guy-running-anthem-just-left-bioware&sol;&num;7a48360e6f2d">dead for good<&sol;a>&&num;8216&semi;&semi; BioWare came out of the woodwork to announce that gamers will be treated to Anthem 2&period;0&period; This re-release of the game will come with a complete gameplay overhaul and improvements to make the game better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At least that&&num;8217&semi;s what game director Casey Hudson said in a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;bioware&period;com&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;10&sol;anthem-update-february-10&sol;">Blog Post<&sol;a> that talks about this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Over the last year&comma; the team has worked hard to improve stability&comma; performance and general quality of life while delivering three seasons of new content and features&period; We have also heard your feedback that Anthem needs a more satisfying loot experience&semi; better long-term progression&semi; and a more fulfilling end game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; we recognize that there’s still more fundamental work to be done to bring out the full potential of the experience&comma; and it will require a more substantial reinvention than an update or expansion&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-152331" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;11062339&sol;ANTHEM&lowbar;ICETIDE&lowbar;STORM&lowbar;09-1024x576-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Bioware announces Anthem 2&period;0" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"576" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Anthem 2&period;0 in Development<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Anthem 2&period;0 will reinvent the core gameplay loop with clear goals&comma; motivating challenges and progression with meaningful rewards&period; All the while&comma; the game will maintain the fun of flying and fighting in a vast science-fantasy setting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>To do that&comma; we’ll be doing something we’d like to have done more of the first time around – giving a focused team the time to test and iterate&comma; focusing on gameplay first&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the meantime&comma; we will continue to run the current version of Anthem&comma; but move away from full seasons as the team works towards the future of Anthem&period; We’ll keep the game going with events&comma; store refreshes&comma; and revisiting past seasonal and cataclysm content – starting with our anniversary towards the end of the month&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Events&comma; store refreshes&comma; and revisits of past seasonal and Cataclysm content will continue towards the end of the month&period; So&comma; players will have some stuff to play around with while the overhaul is in development&period; Let&&num;8217&semi;s hope that this marks the turnaround moment for Anthem much like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;no-mans-sky-to-hit-xbox-one-multiplayer-announced&sol;">No Man&&num;8217&semi;s Sky<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;final-fantasy-xiv-realm-reborn-trailer&sol;">Final Fantasy XIV<&sol;a> have done in the past&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about Anthem 2&period;0&quest; Do you own the game on PC&comma; Xbox One&comma; or PS4&quest; Do you think BioWare will be able to deliver on its promises&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period; Want to know what we think&quest; Check out our <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;anthem-review&sol;">review of the game<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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