The monetisation was the least of their problem. The lack of endgame, their first Maelstrom event being super disappointing and the weapon scaling being so fucked that the level 1 grey weapon had a better DPS than a maxed legendary weapon killed the game far more than a few skins being slightly overpriced
Ah, I seem to be misremembering then. I recalled their being a big snafu about how Anthem was monetized at launch, but I guess I was mistaken. Perhaps a little bias from EA being EA. Thank you for the correction.
The funny thing is, people were practically begging for skins or anything but there was nothing. The shop was there and they had like a couple paint jobs or whatever, but I never even knew if you could buy the currency or if you got it somehow else. And then the true shittiness of the game started hitting people and I guess they never had the chance to update the store, at least for the month my EA sub lasted.
Yeah, I do remember that there was just... Nothing to do. Nothing to work towards. The concept and gameplay loop was there, but because of the terrible balance and wonk ass decisions for pacing, it wound up feeling hollow.
Weird part is, that's all top layer stuff. It's far easier to balance numbers and make cosmetics than it is to create a solid core for a game...
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u/wakito64 7h ago
The monetisation was the least of their problem. The lack of endgame, their first Maelstrom event being super disappointing and the weapon scaling being so fucked that the level 1 grey weapon had a better DPS than a maxed legendary weapon killed the game far more than a few skins being slightly overpriced