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    PCMR Wins Again? - WARNING - Playing Anthem Can Lead To Boredom & Console Destruction!!!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hmscott, Mar 6, 2019.

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    WARNING - Playing Anthem Can Lead To Boredom & Console Destruction!!!
    Laymen Gaming
    Published on Mar 4, 2019
    Lamon Solo Gamon today fam
    Reporting on how Anthem may bore and you hurt your ps4 at the same time!!!
    Article- https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/03/ant...


    Anthem Defect is Critically Crashing and Bricking Players' Consoles
    YongYea
    Published on Mar 4, 2019
    SOURCE 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGam...
    SOURCE 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGam...
    SOURCE 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGam...
    SOURCE 4: https://youtu.be/-P5eoIf46JQ?t=3259


    Anthem Bricking Consoles. THQ AMA Disaster. Doa 6 Dead On Arrival.
    boogie2988
    Published on Mar 5, 2019
    In this video we take a look at doa 6 and its 'dead on arrival' state and its 92 dollar season pass. we talk about THQ Nordic's weird AMA and we talk about how Anthem is currently BRICKING some ps4's, and how sony is giving refunds for the game.


    Anthem Players Find Fix for PS4's Not Turning Back On After Game Hard Crashes
    YongYea
    Published on Mar 5, 2019
    SOURCE: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGam...
     
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    Anthem Love for Everyone. :)

    Bioware Bans The Only Streamer Still Playing Anthem!
    Laymen Gaming
    Published on Mar 3, 2019
    Lamon Gamon episode 69- Banned streamer.
     
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    I was just thinking about this game if it's maybe worth giving it a shot. I keep reading posts about how ppl regret getting scared off by bad reviews and how they ended up liking the game, but then again, there's the bad reviews... and now this. Exploding consoles and banning streamers who basically are doing a good thing for the game. Why would they ban the streamer? (sorry if it's explained in the video above, @work, can't watch).
     
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    Game "bugs" that if used allow users to "double" inventory on items, and so people pick the valuable / rare items to double, and so it goes the developers get upset and start looking for said "gamers" by checking inventory counts.

    This guy that's played essentially non-stop since the game released has 900 hours online + multiple accounts so he can store what he finds - lots of bullets in this case - and due to the way they search for high counts of items see his xfers back and forth between accounts as additional items - so he appears to have 100k's of items when he actually only has 10k's of items.

    And, they pop him - ban him, only to find out he's just a really enthusiastic player that's spent so many hours online he really does have 10k's of items + multiplied by the way he keeps xfers between accounts (legally) he trips their counter traps.

    IDK how it's worked out, I haven't kept up. :)
     
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    The game is worth trying if you just do the Origin Premier, pay $15, play through, and quit.

    You'll see it has lots of potential, but is ultimately disastrous. A short, boring, uninspired story is the highlight of the game. It has less content than Destiny 1 (ONE) Day 1, by like... a huge gap. It has really fun gameplay that somehow becomes extremely stale. The end game is awful and devoid of content. The loot that is to be chased is boring and the game doesn't do much to reward you for your time. Play through quickly, play the missions and ignore the pointless town dialog that needlessly expands the overall play time with zero payoff.

    I cancelled Origin Access and uninstalled the game. I played the Alpha and VIP demo and was hyped. Completely let down and totally burned on loot games for a bit.
     
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    Thanks! Sadly this is the description I keep bumping into almost everywhere. I'll pass on it for now and keep an open mind in the future.

    Going to keep myself entertained with Metro for a while and keep looking for something else for when I need a break from monsters :)
     
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