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Sure, it’s lacking in content and not nearly as successful or alluring as Fortnite, but that’s because Anthem itself is sort of dull and lacking in content.
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I assumed that Anthem was a Destiny clone because that was its closest relative in terms of gameplay, but if you look at the storefront it looks an awful lot like Fortnite. Seeing it all laid bare, it feels a bit like someone explaining the design of a hand grenade. I’m horrified and disgusted by the intent of the device, but I can’t help but be impressed at the skill and ingenuity of the execution.Īfter watching the video, the design of Anthem suddenly makes a lot more sense. The first part of the video is an obvious April Fool joke where Olson pretends he’s pivoting his channel to making Fortnite content, but then he settles in and begins dissecting the various systems used to manipulate the player into spending money. I know you come to this site for text and not video, but if you’ve got twenty minutes to spare then the following video by Dan Olson is definitely worth a watch: But company culture is more important than share ownership, and Epic is enthusiastically embracing the habits and mindset of Tencent. I assumed that it wasn’t a big deal, since they “only” owned 40% of Epic. When I first heard about the merger / partnership / whatever, I wasn’t really worried. Tencent bought a 40% stake in Epic back in 2013, and having that much of the company owned by an outside force is certainly a potential problem. One thing I didn’t touch on in the column is the relationship between Epic Games and the money-harvesting creeps at Tencent. I’m fine with hating on EGS, but can we please not hold them to a higher standard than Steam? This is earning EGS a lot of anger, but most of the anger is over stuff that Steam has been doing for years. My column this week is about how the Epic Games Store is gobbling up exclusives.