Anthem E3 vs Retail | Direct Comparison

Direct visual comparison of Anthem's E3 2017 reveal and the final retail product
#Anthem #E3 #Comparison

[@spunkflunk]

Retail version looks like a video game, e3 version looks like a playable cutscene

[@uguysarewatchingyoutube4026]

Yes, I was also thinking the same

[@Daemon1995_]

in conclusion, they lied

[@micahcook2408]

Also why advertise an open world game when your developers haven’t even finished the open world capabilities? It’s the same thing with cyberpunk or horrible movies lmaooo STOP FALSE ADVERTISING.

[@arwikanplays1326]

well they want a single player with multiplayer option at first but then EA ask it to be live service like Destiny and forcing the team to use frostbite engine CMIIW. I do still hoping anthem 2.0.happen and make this game great.

[@The80sWolf_]

@@micahcook2408 " Also why advertise an open world game when your developers haven’t even finished the open world capabilities? It’s the same thing with cyberpunk or horrible movies lmaooo STOP FALSE ADVERTISING. " Still people buy, buy, buy, consume, consume, comsume....

[@SomeThingElseYT]

and EA continues to lose the trust of the players

[@dnyce909]

With all these asshats still buying EA games.... I'm not so sure about that...

[@allbutcomedytv4350]

You'd think people would figure out they're liars by now

[@bljenewein]

when your next video?

[@ckkiller0297]

Well EA's not going anywhere so get used to it

[@theflamebringer]

woah didn’t expect you here

[@strkid00]

girls intsa pics: e3 2017 girl in person: retail version

[@nuggetcollector3716]

Fahad M why no replies m8 😤😢

[@strkid00]

@@nuggetcollector3716 start em up :p

[@nuggetcollector3716]

Fahad M just adding comments

[@nuggetcollector3716]

dif

[@nuggetcollector3716]

Fahad M nchfhebrkifbf

[@potaterjim]

I remember when I got sick of pre-rendered cutscenes and cinematic trailers. I said then: "Never trust a trailer that isn't gameplay. They're using it to mask their boring gameplay and low-end graphics. But with a gameplay trailer, you know exactly what you're getting!" Oh how naive I was.

[@nopesorry6907]

companies just adapted... all they had to do was call the pre-rendered cutsenes "gameplay" didnt even cost them a penny.and they went straight back to rippin off everybody

[@Acemaster2010]

@@nopesorry6907 They should call it "Character Controlled Scene"

[@maggie6327]

Gamers : What happened to the Anthem graphics? EA : You wanna know? Gamers : Yes please EA : *bUy ThE DLC tO FiNd oUt*

[@antarticstorm7991]

Gamers: *sad trombone*

[@dux3644]

Maybe they couldn't get stable fps

[@fredcmmrtnz5136]

Jaja nice one

[@NobuNobuSimp]

*Get it in a pack after 300 times of opening them*

[@jayden2758]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mrdemon2968]

Thanks. I will definitely be getting the E3 version then!

[@milesbrown4396]

Guys should we tell him

[@groundbreaker648]

@@milesbrown4396 Better not to. Let him buy it

[@potatto8534]

I dont know if ur joking or not

[@superkamiguru7985]

He's obviously joking.

[@meskeliluk7191]

if you ever found one just send me a copy of it.

[@mattattaka600]

Fun fact actual development on the game actually started like a month after the e3... yea they didn’t actually have a game at that point

[@prateekpanwar646]

It seemed like

[@mattattaka600]

Prateek Panwar no it legit was

[@FrederikoCMR]

@@mattattaka600 Yes, I know that they have different teams, one only to create the clips and cinematics. The other one to reuse the props if possible and try to follow it with a lot of pressure behind it. Sometimes they create the cinematic using the same engine, and sometimes not. Most of the cinematic props are just static and for one gameplay script only, some things in order to get a playable version, has to be changed. For instance, the beautiful background was just a static detailed "image" and not the dynamic "developed" version of it. Please don't tell anyone I told you this, otherwise my friend will get in trouble.

[@banned2911]

Frederiko Cesar everyone knows this your friend wont get in trouble

[@Jay-uc9ql]

Didn’t they work on this game for like 6 years

[@zheil2977]

2016 - No man's sky 2018 - Fallout 76 2019 - Anthem

[@memelord2715]

Well... No mab's sky was made by 19 people... What do You expect? It's a good game but it's really boring...

[@pavels1490]

@@memelord2715 N0 Man's sky Devs been working in the shadows all this entire time /Pushing massive updates, N0w its feels like a game. Dev do care. But a lot of time pass so it kinda died.

[@fatezero8662]

@@pavels1490 Too bad they didn't go with the Destiny 2 route and made it free to play with fair micro transaction and great expansion dlc. I'm playing it right now and never expected it to be amazing with lots of content.

[@torque9058]

at least the nms devs cared for us gamers lmao.

[@FrizzleLamb]

2017 - Mass Effect: Andromeda

[@manuelsilva1580]

Reminds me of shopping for games back in the 80s where you'd have all this fancy box artwork for an 8 bit shitty game.

[@angelo.402]

They drew fancy box art so people could see what they wanted the game to look like, but were limited by hardware limitations

[@manuelsilva1580]

@@angelo.402 It was all about using our imagination back then. Those plain red LED pips in the electronic football handhelds were supposed to be the football players, with a ball that looked just like the players!

[@MillenniumEarl014]

You need creative box art to sell games back then.

[@supercooled]

@@angelo.402 It's essentially the same sales pitch hitherto. Marketing is rarely ever honest and genuine.

[@personalpc7439]

Damn I loved the artwork on the boxes... stirred my imagination... yes the games were matchsticks...

[@YEAHMAP]

The final game looks awesome but I would still call this false advertisement.

[@kikosawa]

It looks shitty. Especially in town. But I've never believed this game could be good.

[@parsashirali8957]

YEAHMAP being too positive there pal

[@rewoXofficial]

EA = ElectronicAssholes

[@banquetmeal663]

Looks like its mainly a filter change.

[@banquetmeal663]

@@kikosawa it's actuallt pretty fun theres just a lack of endgame content. Give it time, it has promising raid potential

[@maxlumley3772]

This had so much potential

[@dragondude8235]

What makes you say that

[@DEODUBZ]

@@dragondude8235 because it did

[@dragondude8235]

@@DEODUBZ oh

[@XxTrickFlowxX]

A lot of new games with sooo much potential but everyone’s keeps fumbling their work. Smh.

[@nickleach8589]

Ik I liked the idea for the game so much I thought it was the coolest thing to come out in a while I was willing to forgive the bugs and stuff as long as they kept adding content and storyline but the more they tried to fix it the worse it got I really wish they could have fixed it

[@maverick4655]

Ubisoft: I see you have copied my style.

[@donaldolivier6786]

At least their games are kinda good

[@10yearsinthejoint363]

@@donaldolivier6786 kinda fun

[@Templar07]

Ubisofts games are really good! They are putting effort

[@10yearsinthejoint363]

@@Templar07 lol

[@nannerdunlocke1231]

@@Templar07 BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA

[@PatrickdaStarr]

There needs to be some laws put into place for these greedy game companies lying to consumers like this.

[@MysticNinjaSoul]

I agree

[@kylevickers4978]

Or you could do what I do. Don't trust them from the start, wait until a month after release and see how the game actually looks. There will be plenty of videos made on the game at that point. That way you don't waste money on a game you know nothing about aside from an E3 trailer.

[@forrestsherm7626]

Came here to say this

[@Sh4un1r1k]

With all the time to make these assets for the trailer and then to be removed from the game. Sounds like a waste of money and resources that could have been put to use crafting the game. All that work just to entice players.

[@gokermitsewerside358]

False advertisement is illegal isnt it?

[@3minsOfChaos]

Well you can't spell STEAL without EA!

[@abstractalexx9031]

Viz IsOn xD

[@telightpryramid767]

Steel

[@Tommy-zj2yl]

@@telightpryramid767 oh dear.........

[@antarticstorm7991]

@@telightpryramid767 idiot its steal 🤣

[@qwertypnk9401]

haha xD

[@mthacks4297]

had they shown the actual game which doesn't look bad at all,all the criticism wouldn't have existed

[@joaquimgianini1234]

Nah the game is still full of bugs and Microtransactions

[@michaellorah9051]

You kidding me? What game? There isn't much of a game there at all to showcase. Anthem is literally an empty shell of a game.

[@Pigmcginnyrig]

They hadn’t even started development yet when the reveal trailer was shown off

[@tehutehu451]

nah. no one cares what they show in E3 or even how the game looks in general. if the game was fun, people would play it but its not. but i do agree that as downgraded as the graphics are, the game STILL looks incredible. ANTHEM is probably in TOP 5 best looking games even in 2021.

[@No-cg9kj]

@@tehutehu451 I just started playing Thursday and I've already logged over 93 hours. It's plenty fun.

[@JOJO-hh8ll]

2:51He sounded so sad😢

[@thiagod5931]

i want to give him a hug

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

Ubisoft: No one’s better at downgrading than us. EA: Hold my beer.

[@Silverado-pq6xe]

BSJ IN YO HOUSE Than*

[@cagethekyle6493]

Ubi has actually been getting a lot better. Look at the ac oddysey reveal. Its exactly the same as real gameplay. Im starting to gain faith in ubisoft again.

[@darreltran1426]

@@cagethekyle6493 I will never forget how hard watch dogs was downgraded

[@cagethekyle6493]

@@darreltran1426 Ya i get that one a lot. I was one of the few who actually enjoyed watch dogs despite the downgrade.

[@Danercast]

THAN*

[@GhostSlay3r]

I love how they said that Anthems graphics wouldn't get downgraded, but here we are...

[@-1nterruption-960]

I know it's like they think people are blind

[@Deadlock2233400101]

woah its almost like the e3 footage is pre rendered cgi compared to the actual game, crazy right??

[@jacobhinton6178]

Vincent woah, its like they didn't promise that those graphics were real gameplay and promised that it wouldn't be downgraded, weird right?

[@l-shadow1775]

Yah downgrades can happen cause theyre using a high tech computer with very high HD realistic graphic settings some downgrades will be ok but a large downgrade is worse

[@KaiserAfini]

Yep, AAA publishers love using false advertisement to build hype

[@fishernate1]

Now we know the e3 version was a rendered scene with literally no game play at all.

[@K0xm4N]

Yeah, E3 demos are just tech demos for E3 to hype audience :(.

[@madrid_seu]

they didn't just downgrade lighting, particles etc. they somehow post-natally aborted the art design

[@nopesorry6907]

they started making the game after the so called "gameplay" was revealed at e3. When the trailer was released they had nothing and rushed to creat something similar to the trailer at the end with no time left.

[@stealth1548]

The E3 demo explicitly claimed "in-game, real-time" footage. The gaming industry needs regulation that holds publishers accountable for delivering their stated technical claims to consumers. Otherwise, they are essentially false advertising.

[@RepliesMuted]

have you never seen a trailer for a game before????? if you look at the small paragraph/line that appears in the beginning of the video it always says "all footage shown is subject to change" or something along those lines, so downgrades and other shit like this is expected at this point.

[@MrBaracu]

Copy paste much.

[@iphonemaster001]

It's called consumerism, and it's against all kinds of manipulative marketing. But its nowhere to be seen not only for games but for other products.. Ea and other companies must know some kind of a loop hole, I don't get how they get away with this

[@scottblues2332]

Regulation is lame, people will simply decide whether or not to give money to companies that pull this bullshit. Free market 👍🏻

[@MartinCorso]

Like "No man´s sky"´s SCAM. Pathetic.

[@facundomoralesdiorio3802]

"This was taken from actual gameplay footage" what a lie.

[@3nim3nimabl3]

I mean, the e3 demo was gameplay

[@bitslay]

That was taken from actual gameplay. Just not the gameplay they released

[@gamertechkid1490]

gameplay from PC dev build

[@alexalexftw]

@@gamertechkid1490 do you think its the pc that made it look good on e3?

[@Ale-kc9pq]

That's a rendered video.

[@bali3817]

Every now and then I come back to this video to remember what could’ve been.

[@burgermuncher8985]

Harpreet Bali simp

[@jayswifty25]

Burger Muncher …do you know what that word even means?

[@negie78000]

I love how we're in an age where 'pre-alphas' (complete misnomer) looks better than retail 'finished products.'

[@Defa_Noob]

In Bioware's defense...yeah I'm not actually going to defend them

[@MundoVideolog]

Actually, we can. BioWare is under EA's evil claws that NEEDS to get profit over quality.

[@sailorboy3241]

@@MundoVideolog nope no pass this time, they put the "b team" on andromeda and worked on this game for years prior and it's somehow worse than andromeda lmao. Bioware is dead

[@wombat8812]

BioWare is as good as gone once this game fails to meet sales expectations.

[@MundoVideolog]

@@sailorboy3241 Well... can't argue with that...

[@MasterRoyalSnow]

It's not even EA's fault let's be real. They cracked.

[@D25Bev]

Remember people. Bioware stated this was running in real-time on console & would not be downgraded at all. They literally said that. Sick of this false advertising.

[@carpetclimber4027]

That's borderline fraud.

[@dee_the_bee3772]

Bioware has no might to say something like that because it is Electronic Arts wich owns the Games. If EA says: Downgrade for a broader Systems, Bioware has to do it because Bioware is property of EA, EA pays the Money for everything Bioware creates, they pay even the Workers. They get paid for making GAMES for EA.

[@OnCoGoD]

Should be or possibly is illegal to false advertise like this

[@OnCoGoD]

Should be or possibly is illegal to false advertise like this

[@D25Bev]

Nohbdy just Google it dude, articles are all still there

[@Conanbroman]

The technical name for this is called a "bullshot". Bioware used it as a visual reference to make the game on, may have never been playable at all. Even Bioware employees were supprised by it and said something to the effect of 'ohhh, so this is the game we are making' according to that Kotaku article.

[@mugenshinryu7573]

i feel like watching a MCdonalds commercial

[@ozar6528]

Today its more important to create a Hype about a game than to make a good game

[@tsumehcados5086]

Spiderman ps4 did both!

[@panzielynsky2922]

Lol why is there 76 likes? Xd

[@pablo_joker4559]

Chapeu Sir True Story

[@anthonykey9706]

Sadly that's becoming true

[@TyrDrum]

Good graphics don't equal a good game. Looks like the downgrade was a design decision to preserve gameplay; too many visual effects like particles, smoke, flora, and depth of field can interrupt gameplay.

[@jell_ree]

You see that mountain, No, you cant go there.

[@2veki]

YOU SEE THAT MOUNTAIN! YOU CAN CLIMB IT! *Tod Howard intensifies*

[@lilkillervamps]

Beautiful

[@warmesuppe]

@@2veki It just works

[@danfrancis314]

Downgrades

[@manuelramos360]

Give them a bit. They’ll let you do it if you pay $40 or something

[@OneEyed8135]

E3: The one we deserved Retail: The one we got

[@Presidentofthepresident]

The graphics are still great, but the game itself is boring as hell. I’ve played a lot of missions but currently have no clue how close I am to the end, cause they all feel the exact same and the story is extremely confusing and forgettable

[@stevewildeagle965]

E3 version made me buy it Retail version made me stop playing.

[@wolftales5203]

You bought an EA game, thats on you bud 🤣

[@justinjacobe]

Looks like they’ve spent more money on faking the game than making the actual game. haha.

[@___Robin___]

@@Raidon108 they could always lower the shadows on consoles, run at 720p, use minimum settings for folliage and so on.

[@justanon956]

please o please cd Projekt Red don't do it

[@murdurburd9422]

@@Raidon108 It's EA. They 100% intended to do that. The trailer hooks you in, the game you buy needs to hook you for a few hours so you exceed the playtime limit for a full refund and then you drop the game after a week when you realize you've done everything there is to do and wait for DLC lineups that are at least 20 dollars. (Most) Triple A studios sell you unfinished products with impressive release trailers to bait you then never finish the game unless it's for an extra charge.

[@JonathonTheAsshole]

Welcome to the modern AAA gaming industry.

[@theprocrastinator6813]

@@murdurburd9422 im starting to be more content with AA games than AAA ones

[@COHOFSohamSengupta]

You can actually download the E3 graphics pack dlc at 200 dollars

[@tastebutter2753]

but after you have bought it, you need to pay for season pass to play it. The season pass costs 400 dollars

[@theessencev5743]

However if you want to be able to get access to those features you must pay an extra 600

[@nareshjames6235]

That unless you pay 999$ to get those features

[@cantrustme6295]

That is unless you become an exclusive super selective pledge member which only cost your soul and undying devotion to Satan with that the fees are waived

[@kunalgupta432]

This comment chain cannot get any weirder

[@basicfuton]

Fun fact, when the E3 demo came out, the team working on Anthem had just finished pre-production, so technically there was no game version that existed. The entire demo was essentially a cutscene, and the team was showing what they WANTED to produce, not what they were producing. Super well made vid, but one was gameplay, one was not.

[@ryanicalgames7870]

Mom, can we get Anthem? We have Anthem at home. The Anthem at home:

[@yasmin090607]

The anthem we actually got at home

[@SMC_Dev]

Plays Russian anthem

[@alexlearoyd8668]

Destiny 2: New Light

[@gxrssll]

Dont forget this game took 5 - 6 years to make. Wtf were they doing?

[@Anarchy522XD]

Partying with the development budget. 1 year to release got their shit together and dropped a bs rip off of the original. That's what they were doing.

[@jgamer2228]

Stealing your money

[@BlastEpics]

you should say it took 5-6 years of faking the game

[@user-pt3df8ch9n]

Smoking weed

[@gxrssll]

@@jgamer2228 I didn't pay a cent

[@conbotstudios]

Visual downgrades are literally the least of this game's problems.

[@Ukojizai]

True, I think the short main story and repetitive missions even worse. Hope they fix it with future updates and DLCs just like Bungie did with Destiny 2: Forsaken.

[@swanolia584]

@@Ukojizai Bungie didn't fixed shit, Forsaken was nice to play for like 4-5 hours, then it's the same shit all over again

[@CamoflaugeDinosaue]

was thinking the same thing. Even with downgrades, it's still higher detail and better lighting than most games these days. Frostbite engine is especially good with volumetric lighting and handling lots and lots of particle effects, so most games coming out of it have a pretty "cinematic" feel to them (although sometimes it's too much and obscures vision). The gameplay however is pure trash once the novelty wears off.

[@jonathandixon7518]

@@swanolia584 Kinda funny when I've actually spent hundreds MORE hours because of Forsaken, and I dont even own the annual pass

[@65firered]

@honda driverMW2 with Halo armor actually sounds like a cool game.

[@in2it85]

*Imagine spending 2500$ for a gaming rig, to play a Lie.* *omegaLuL*

[@TeddyKrimsony]

2500$? a rig like that now costs 4000$

[@guyfrompoland1358]

I love how they made animation of equipping the jawelin it really shows that it's a battle suit and not like mech

[@Tongyo42]

It doesnt matter if the game looks good. It is crystal clear how much effort they put into overselling the graphic aspect of the game with the sole purpose to draw attention. E3's presentation was not footage of a game under development - it was a big CGI advertisement for a game that would never reach such standards. That's why it is false advertisement. It's about time EA died down.

[@bobwardson4412]

i wasnt at e3 so i dont know but did they ever say this was actual ingame footage? because using cinematic trailers for video games is pretty common and i wont consider them false advertising.

[@manwithamask2680]

Bob Wardson yes at beginning of the clip it says this was captured in game in real time.

[@warmachine40k]

Yeah I had one look at it and was like another fucking post processed trailer. Tired of these mother of fuckers.

[@Erilis000]

and people got outraged by Insomniac lowering the quality of water puddles and reduction of specular lighting on the character model. They called Insomniac liars. I think we need to be more judicious about what we call lying (BioWare/EA) versus an what's actually just game optimization (Insomniac/Sony).

[@RejectedManiac]

@@bobwardson4412 Why would they say it was cinematic trailers for areas of the game that are clearly playable?

[@Ahytys]

Let me tell you, graphics are the least of this game's problems...

[@lukeerative]

Ahytys true half the missions don’t even work so rip my 80$

[@lacielaskari]

Yeah. I played for like 5 hours and encountered this bug when you can't open loot chests. It has happened to me two times already. Good thing i got this game free with my gpu but i would prefer if they would gave me nothing instead of this frustrating mess of a product.

[@tehfoxxy9630]

This video is talking about the graphics... lets hope Joseph Anderson makes a video about this game...

[@TheZeeman1982]

Oh man thats disappointing

[@user-ej9bt6vb9h]

Yes and ppl in the comments act like it is the main problem. Even with the E3 graphics, they will still complain about the game being ass.

[@wereyouaking]

Still a great game that runs amazingly well. We didn't need to be lied to, the end product was still great.

[@raven4k998]

that's Ea for you if you can't make the game in 6 months cut it back rofl

[@emmanuelquarshie2467]

man thats some indepth comparison you have done. amazing

[@zarzunker2451]

Are we all really surprised?? They always do this. With every game. Each time. All the time.

[@AlecazamAlecazam]

At least it isn't as bad as watchdogs was in comparison. Still noticable though.

[@IncoRabbit]

You’re talking about Ubisoft.

[@Westy90_]

Not all the time. Its mainly AAA that does this

[@lionpeach8130]

ikr

[@pepeedge5601]

@@IncoRabbit Even Ubisoft stopped with this bullshit. No it does not happen with every game. Watch_Dogs 2, Wildlands, Odyssey and Origins looks just as good as in the E3 Demo (sometimes even better). Doom looked better after release. RDR2 looked the same, Divinity Original 2 and I could go on forever. Just because it was common practice and some still do it does not mean that we should turn a blind eye. F*ck all of those do it.

[@OrangeFlame1]

Ubisoft: makes impressive downgrades EA: Hold my beer

[@pcat_5644]

Ea downgrades aren't that bad as that of ubi

[@naimrohimi6577]

@@pcat_5644 to be fair most EA's game concepts are mostly not even that good, Ubisoft still better than EA in my opinion at least

[@mrbrandtastic5473]

Orange Flame EA: hold my cocaine.

[@cubancucumber]

Ubisoft have actually stopped downgrading their games. One step in the right direction.

[@OrangeFlame1]

@@cubancucumber and a much more to the bad.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

For anyone that still doesn't know the E3 demo was all fake. It was all a CGI video that some of the devs came up with for E3, the game was barely playable and it had no flying. Patrick Soderlund an EA executive saw the video and told Bioware to add flying to the game. The entire development of this game was insane.

[@buckaroobanzai4062]

The mechanic lady looked like she belonged in Mass effect Andromeda

[@lolertwtew]

Oof

[@guitarman4eva]

well it is bioware

[@autisticscreeching7076]

From what I've facial animation for NPCs in plot in quest are better than Andromeda a little too much actually to the point of being too expressive So bioware could shake off my face is tired.

[@UacnDinoo]

At least they made facial animations and face designs better this time.

[@xIIM40A3IIx]

Buckaroo Banzai same voice actress

[@frixos0073]

aka: EA lied about the final product. Is anyone really that surprised?

[@renndork1016]

frixos 007 Small correction: EA and BioWare lied. We can’t pretend they’re faultless any more.

[@philipanderson7581]

No more money for EA

[@doggohamster7550]

Ea would never lie am shaking

[@ZeusTheGodSoA]

Not surprised... Just depressed.

[@DWN-024ShadowMan]

I am. I mean, I never thought about getting this game but when I saw the E3 trailer I was like " damn!, This game looks good!. I just can't believe how they lied to the players man, it makes me sad.

[@jordyboy321]

I said to my mates when the first trailer was announced that this game will 1. Not look like this in retail and 2. be trash. They said "nah gonna be great"...

[@R0BCRAM]

Probably been said already, but it is what is commonly known in the industry as a "target render". This is to show the concept of the game without the actual game. Then during development they try and match it as best they can after getting investment. They really should either not show these publicly or state in big letters that it's a target render.

[@zepedaj88]

this is like every hamburger commercial. looks amazing on advertisement, but actual product looks way less presentable

[@light5bolt217]

Juan Zep yeah like all the hamburgers you actually get have like mushed up buns and are soggy and loaded with fat

[@karremania]

However, its still the full hamburger, still all the ingredients, nothing has been removed, merely 'fluffied' up.

[@drhank33y]

Reminds me of that movie scene from Falling Down

[@jeffdpnerd4]

Juan Zep and yet it still taste good

[@edwardhernandez6668]

Actually, at Jack in the box, if you ask as shown, they'll make you a new one.

[@max03tube]

It looks like they remove the soul from the game

[@MundoVideolog]

That is so deep and so real

[@axle1717]

That's because they did.

[@-1nterruption-960]

Hilarious comment and so true. The characters and environments look like they're crying out for help. There's no life in them 😂😂😂

[@LocksAndChains]

That's what EA does.

[@marsh6676]

haha...ok define soul on a game...please...enlightened us gamers here....

[@christianlowman2698]

This game really could've been something special.

[@FireUpThePyroMania]

Thank you for making this!

[@C0T0HA]

Now look up 2016's Doom E3 vs Retail. Crazy bastards at id actually IMPROVED how the game looks.

[@JayF2912]

WAIT... THATS ILLEGAL

[@Dev-nr4dw]

Actually most of the time, games have improved graphics. Just because EA or Ubisoft games downgrade doesn't mean every game does that. You people should just stop circlejerking.

[@C0T0HA]

​@@Dev-nr4dw I believe most devs downgrade. For the most part it's a natural process because first they get the tech to really push the picture but as optimization rolls in corners have to be cut. Problem with Ubi downgrades is that they're a norm by now, yet the demo visuals are used in marketing which is borderline false advertising. EA's downgrades aren't that bad usually, and most Frostbite games look as good or almost as good as they're initially presented.

[@thomasbriscoe7439]

The sweet sweet smell of bullshit in the air, we know for fact games have to be downgraded as they are created at a higher standard than most machines can handle due to using specialist graphics powerhouse machines that crap on your I7 @@Dev-nr4dw

[@Exia2004]

and runs smooth even at 4k

[@crudboy12]

None of that "in game, real time footage" was running real time. Its all pre rendered without a doubt. This type of practice badly needs to be outlawed.

[@gaynarchist]

While I agree it did give a false impression of what the game would look like tons of games do this.

[@amedicabg]

Dante Marchetti Thats why it should be outlawed

[@ThreeDaysOfDan]

it is OUTLAWED its called false advertising but gamers are a bunch of retards . unless it says " in game footage" then its not in game footage.

[@elijw2955]

@@ThreeDaysOfDan just about to say that

[@StarfireRebirthCM]

There *was* a disclaimer saying real time footage or something, *on top of EA's statement that there would be no downgrade from the E3 trailer* . Downright false advertising.

[@rafadrenalin9900]

Anthem in 2020 is not even close to 50% of what they shown on the e3 demo

[@Tenor.B]

This game had so much potential

[@ObamaTookMyCat]

Anyone remember when the BF3 reveal trailer came out, the first sight of you getting out of the LAV on the first mission to a beautiful landscape, and it ACTUALLY STAYED THE SAME in the final release?

[@fabi_85]

This is why I still play BF3. Still a good game, still has an active community, and STILL IS EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECTED WHEN I BOUGHT IT.

[@aaronrou5335]

@@fabi_85 did not know this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SilverCinder1]

BF3 showed actual mission gameplay in some trailers. The anthem trailer was deffinatly all CGI and not in game footage

[@myenglishisbadpleasecorrec5446]

Anyone remember Far Cry 3?

[@gamertriggered4396]

Well I like Call of Duty Mw3 more than Bf3

[@MrBlast14]

Looking at the retail alone the game still looks pretty great but throwing the E3 footage in along side it it really brings it way down

[@Raimazuki]

It really doesn't look great

[@takaishi2844]

Raimazuki your just being petty honestly the game looks amazing

[@camil-jr]

Raimazuki uh... what?

[@goatwarrior3570]

@@Raimazuki Sorry to tell you, but the game is actually beautiful. The only way the hatebaiters can even diss on the graphics is by comparing the actual game to a 2 year old E3 demonstration.

[@FloozyMcDoozy694]

@@goatwarrior3570 IT'S 2 YEARS OLD? so you're telling me they had better graphics 2 years ago? I thought things were supposed to get better with time not worse.

[@obiron2099]

What's crazy is that the game still looked amazing. Yes the e3 demo was even better. But the retail version still had great looks

[@AzorAhai1209]

It's great that there are youtubers like you to open our eyes so that video game developers stop cheating people with fake demos that are never met.

[@cloudwaves1648]

It's obvious that the E3 demo wasn't even an actual game. Just a prerendered sequence.

[@guitaroso]

yea - god knows why companies still do this shit

[@salvalla]

I think it was actually a demo but powered by a powerful PC

[@harrisonolix4016]

Salvador Valladolid that doesn’t make sense at all cause if it was it wouldn’t add more npcs and detailed animation

[@shishaceo5204]

They said it was in-game in-real time.

[@pumajlr]

Yes, it was pretty obvious even then when i watched live. But people still can't quite accept that. Its crazy.

[@I360FXI]

This year at E3 if you see a game and think "Wow looks like I'll have to upgrade my PC for this." Save yourself some cash and just don't...

[@bobdabanana]

Unless its titanfall 3

[@ianbyrne465]

Or most games that EA is far far away from

[@eathansx]

they show case if on a PC from the engine with the controller that is why it looks so good they then have to downgrade to accommodate for console fps also its not looking to much different its just less bloom

[@rbnsky]

@@bobdabanana true, tho we are most likely not going to see that...

[@I360FXI]

Ralius Yes I have. When you sleep.

[@LucasCis92]

I can't wait for your Direct Comparison for Cyberpunk 2077 when released! Awesome video like always.

[@gentlemen.7621]

I remember being hyped and pressing the “Pre-order” button after the reveal, only to be sorely disappointed.

[@bryanramosacosta5129]

gentlemen. I have like less than i day played and I bought the legion of dawn edition. Almost cry everytime I remember this

[@phisograph]

This is exactly why I only pre order games from companies who have a good track record. I'm never pre ordering a game from Ubisoft or Ea

[@gentlemen.7621]

Yep, the last preorder I placed was for Just Cause 4, which was pretty good, but left much more to be desired, so I’ve decided to not preorder another game.

[@KNOTLYRICAL]

I pre-ordered fallen order and the last of us part 2, best decisions I made, next is cyberpunk 2077 and the avengers

[@dejanturk9876]

and that my friend is why i always wait for the game to come out and then go to yt to see the actual gameplay...

[@UFC-NFL]

the solution is to stop buying games at launch and wait for price reductions..this might turn companies to make quality games

[@TheMillionDollarDropout]

Been doing this for years now since I realized I was being duped at about 15 years old. I'm 20 now... Smh Obviously it's not enough, there's still too many people pre ordering blindly.

[@tatercatstudios1763]

Good point

[@solaarsslave]

No, the only solution is to boycott and to bankrupt EA

[@Bradleo.]

this game flopped hard though, i dont know anyone that actually bought this game, especially with apex dropping around the same time

[@thegaminglecher2865]

Mikael Maharaj the only people that actually bitch about the games are those who’ve rarely buy the games.

[@Snuusnuu69]

How is this not considered false advertising? It's already illegal, and that's exactly what they are doing.

[@TimBarnesPolygonPerformance]

In a number of countries this should breach the "Fair trading Act"...I don't get why video game producers seem to be exempt from a number of laws...

[@VaniyaSei]

@@TimBarnesPolygonPerformance I mean just recently loot boxes are considered bad just until now even though it existed for years

[@tjesseneff7937]

You dont really get how games are made do you? The entire point of a vertical slice is to convey an intent, not a final product. The reality is you can cram all that stuff in to small space (watch the CP2077 demo) but once you want to make an entire world like that is simply too expensive to (performance cost not $$$).

[@Snuusnuu69]

@@tjesseneff7937 I don't think this excuses the false advertising claim. If developers know that the "vertical slice" is not an actual representation of what the game will be, then they shouldnt act like it is. It is still false advertising imo. They know the final product is not going to be anywhere near what the advertisement is showing.

[@ProjectMoff]

Maybe a reveal at a game conference is not classified as advertising.

[@direravenext3815]

I never ever ever get my expectations up or have them high when watching e3 comparisons to release. They almost never are exactly the same. Let’s me enjoy games more. Absolutely love this game and wish it had more content.

[@markdioneeb8997]

E3 Gameplay : 🔥❤️😱❤️🔥 Retail: 👁️👄👁️

[@dankerbell]

i'll never forget how awesome anthem looked in e3 2017 and how excited i was until we got *this*

[@sillkthashocker]

the trailer gave such a next level gaming vibe I remember that

[@gudhaxer41343]

Lmao u still got excited for an EA game?? Lul

[@Malick-ix9io]

The same happened to me with Ace Combat 7.

[@anakinskywalker2707]

@@willnicholson18 nah,thats not even guaranteed you'll get a good game.just look at tlou part 2,they screwed it up so bad.

[@laser_detxx]

Tru. Me too

[@theohallenius8882]

It's called "bait and switch" and EA are notorious for this.

[@marlonholland955]

This isn't a bait and switch actually

[@theohallenius8882]

@@marlonholland955 How else would you call it, when E3 trailer is clearly not run on a consumer grade hardware. I understand that these cuts are made in favor of better performance, but they took down what maybe made the trailer so exciting, how NPCs approach you, how rich the city is, etc.

[@marlonholland955]

@@theohallenius8882 Bait and switch involves advertising one item to get the customers to buy another item. Usually involves a sale or low prices.

[@dadjake]

@@theohallenius8882 yeah, not everyone is like EA, and has a stack of servers or a $10,000 PC to run a demo like that. They probably did it to reach a broader audience.

[@VaniyaSei]

@@marlonholland955 Yeah like Bethesda studios with their nylon bag...

[@naufaladi.youtube]

maybe this is unpopular opinion but retail still looks amazing to me

[@Presidentofthepresident]

Oh, retail still looks great. But the game itself is boring

[@Presidentofthepresident]

And because it crashes every 2 seconds it’s literally unplayable

[@artua7461]

it wasn't Bioware's fault, EA made this "demo" and said aight have fun making all this guys you have 2 years, work with it.

[@alexanderjurjens]

Nothing was removed or downgraded, because nothing was in the game in the first place. There was no game when they released the trailers. The trailers were CGI.

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

As far as consumer care, the trailer was advertised as literally the gameplay footage when it was announced, therefor when something as much as a single hair does not exist in the final retail compared to how it was again "advertised" it would be a downgrade from the original gameplay trailer footage The trailer sold the game, the trailer was supposed to be the game, when it turned out to be an actual fictional work it IS a downgrade to the consumers point of view, it's messed up since nobody had an idea what the game was not even the devs, yet the consumer saw that trailer and thought they had a good idea on what it was supposed to be since "THIS is what's going on so far in anthem", hence why they bought it from the first place In other words, "False Advertisement" no matter which way you look at it

[@caesaralrefai3932]

yea that true

[@CamoflaugeDinosaue]

well, it's CGI whether its gameplay footage or not.... however you are right. Frostbite has tools that allow devs to record gameplay within the engine, swap out the models for higher resolution ones, populate the environment with more details that real time renderers can't handle, blow up the volumetric lighting, and simply batch render it with a GPU/CPU renderer. I knew the second I saw the "gameplay" that it was not real time rendering.

[@supernova9930]

No it was titled official gameplay trailer so yes it was deception

[@t-crap5240]

@@supernova9930 It was already confirmed by former employees of BioWare who left the company before it went down, this gameplay was pure CGI, not even the game existed, since the development of this began in early 2018

[@slavko5666]

Tbh because of this shit, E3 doesn't mean anything anymore.

[@TheAntiYuu]

Nah we got DMCV

[@ayan.rodrigo]

Well, it has annoucements

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

No. The mic drop announcements are still worth it

[@unlisted9494]

E3 is the best drinking game of the year, bar none.

[@slavko5666]

@@unlisted9494 Not a lot of people survive the drinking game for obvious reasons.

[@skeletor4436]

It would be cool if in the retail as you unlock more javelins the other stations get filled up by your other javelins that way you don't have to go back to the forge and change the javelin

[@kingofmonsters14]

wow. and people complained about a lack of puddles in Spider-Man? i'd say missing people, architecture, and scenery are a bigger downgrade.

[@haydoriobro2441]

But they expected something from spiderman whilst everyone knew this was going to be shit

[@parthmehra8630]

Missing scenery and architecture?the game is dynamic dude

[@michaelpowell3081]

The game is fantastic. Your a moron if you think a game you see at E3 will look the same as the retail version

[@aldoblack5982]

@@michaelpowell3081 "Your a moron if you think a game you see at E3 will look the same as the retail version" First. It's YOU'RE. How the hell do people mistake YOUR with YOU'RE. It is not that hard. And second. Are you serious?????? For years, since the first E3, if you see a game on E3, it is supposed to be like that when it releases or better. Historically. This trend started with Watch Dogs. Every time I see these comments, I think that you people are born after 2000 and had no idea the PS2 era or earlier. The game at E3 is an advertisement. It's like Apple or some other company telling you they will release a phone with 6Gb RAM, 64GB storage, and when you buy it, it had 2GB RAM and 16Gb of storage.

[@Rberg1105]

Expectations are everything. And Spider-Man had more than just puddles downgraded. But ya, largely I agree with you.

[@joemurray]

When I watched the E3 trailer I thought wow this is next gen. Imao look how that turned out.

[@hugsoverdrugs6730]

eh i have started to not believe anything that i see at E3 anymore

[@andrejjjj2008]

Before and After the elections )

[@nidclxvi]

But it looks better than anything else out.... It's gorgeous

[@Awesom04K]

I knew from the first minute on. Watch dogs all over again. Bullshot alert.

[@MatanicFabrications]

For real bro. I thought anthem was going to be the next huge open world rpg type game when it first revealed... crazy how fast time flies just to be left with disappointment... it’s a trend with EA to see rushed games be pushed out and sold

[@frozencryst]

This is similar to commercials VS reality.

[@devonpowell8313]

What bugged me the most was the sky box not letting me climb/fly on top of the surrounding mountains… I think it would’ve added more to the gameplay

[@AyubKhan-rk1oo]

And here I thought Ubisoft was the king of downgrading LMAO

[@Leverag]

Ubisoft will downgrade but still make the game better in a bunch of other ways. EA is the king of surface-level bells and whistles to draw you in for 5 minutes while the actual game is total shite.

[@tonyfuck]

@@Leverag I needed this comment, too true.

[@Dev-nr4dw]

Ubisoft is actually improving. Look at Watchdogs 2,Farcry 5,AC Origins

[@kenz2756]

I kinda like Ubisoft for now.

[@aadkliklaminaat1553]

@@Dev-nr4dw fc5 looks better. But the game itself.. is well gay

[@veltain]

It’s sort of becoming a norm to downgrade games at launch and it’s frustrating. This looks nothing like the E3 demo lol.

[@Asghaad]

yes because developers are at first making the think on PCs with PC level of graphical fidelity in mind, then they get to optimization phase and have to cut everything down to make the game run on consoles ... and of course we cant have overwhelmingly better visuals on PC so they are forced to keep the cutdown version on PC too ... its disgusting and pretty much the norm where consoles take precedence over much more capable PCs ...

[@sarcasm-83]

I'm starting to understand people who say they don't watch game events like that... I've always enjoyed watching them, but it's starting to seem pointless when so many of the presentations are so filled with bullshit these days. For once it would be great to see this in reverse, where a game is actually vastly improved in 2 years for its release

[@BigMisterApple]

Don't buy it, simple, just download. Either they'll learn or they go bankrupt, win win in my book.

[@veltain]

Yuri Rusher I think you’ve misread what I wrote.

[@MistaNoodle]

Arvin Who is even excited about E3 anymore? They unveil an impressive game and then most of the time its a let down at Launch

[@sleepy_luma]

I honestly forgot anthem existed until this video came up recommended 2 years later

[@patrickmedina456]

I was so sad when I was told the game was so disappointing. It’s not even the graphics that make it bad, because they are very good if not great. But it was the lack of response, and lack of openness from the developers on future updates and dlcs. But all those cons no longer matter because they now know or at least saying they just now know that the game was bad and rushed, so they are actually restarting the game. I am so exited to get the new updated game!

[@Mathis.2k]

the longer i watch, the more depressed i get... but great video

[@samuelsg27]

Agreed

[@DR3S1NGH]

Nah the more I watch the more I laugh.

[@3_1_3rd_gaming]

Im in so much pain everytime i play the game. Looking directly at a lie. 😞

[@ichisirus]

The truth hurts, man 😣 But it's not surprising due its happened time and time again 🤔

[@zavierjefferson7849]

The fact that I wanted the game from the way it looked from the release had me hooked but I refuse to give up on the game even though I think even loot process would’ve looked way better from the missions being completed

[@aswin5792]

EA needs to understand that Just having a great E3 demo won't make the game sell!!

[@haskamoosic9371]

Sadly it does though because people continue to buy their scammy games

[@vegan-vrking9565]

💯💯💯💯💯💯🤷🏾‍♂️

[@vegan-vrking9565]

@@haskamoosic9371 damn that's kinda true tooo tho lmfaooooo

[@natethegreat1912]

Lol game still fye 😂🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Glitch0Angel]

The game sold my dude and people love it. I love the game since theres no pay to win :)

[@Someguythatlikespizza]

I hope they do things right if they decide to make an Anthem for next gen. because the concept seems pretty cool. Honestly a Witcher 3-like RPG but with mech suits and futuristic themes would be absolutely epic.

[@gablim74]

Good reminder if I should re download and see their updates

[@RichD2024]

Thanks for the comparison. We all should know by now to never trust E3 demos

[@Tsuka-bn8hq]

Except from Rockstar...

[@Malkovith2]

To never trust EA

[@thismarxtheendforjoo2298]

You’re right, almost every game looks better at E3 than at launch. People acting like they based their game buy decision on a trailer from 2 years ago is a little dumb IMO. I played the FREE demo and watched several gameplay videos and still decided to buy day one , not disappointed in the slightest.

[@513vader]

I agree but still then if not believe the lie the, hurt hard knowing it’s an unfinished game

[@solaarsslave]

*EA

[@placenitis]

It's like they lost the game so remade it from scratch as quickly as possible

[@Beksultan001]

LoL, accurate af

[@SanilJadhav711]

Just like my Physics project

[@austinwilson7373]

I dunno, Destiny 1 did that, and it somehow still exists

[@Erilis000]

I love this theory

[@crustybathtub2109]

Remade it from scratch on scratch

[@eureka0521]

Near the beginning, looks like they had a really cool vision involving lots of cloth to give the game a unique vibe then just completely ditched the idea at some point during development

[@deeps.]

I've been playing it these past few days, it's honestly not that bad. I'm enjoying it, Anthem 2.0 would've been a big help

[@arkturus425]

Same. I just finished the story missions today actually. Now to burn through the side quests for hours lol

[@caffina5882]

EA and Ubisoft are the best at cheating customers with graphics

[@gumbbbyyy]

Yup, never pre-order the game now. But The Division 2 atleast didn't have crazy graphics in the E3 Demo like Anthem did, so atleast Ubisoft learnt something from their previous game

[@RevSalt]

Honestly after playing the Beta for the Division 2 I was honestly surprised how accurate it was in comparison to the E3 gameplay they showed us, a few changes graphically here and there sure but the gameplay, the settings and map exploration itself is almost identical, may just be my opinion but the beta honestly blew me away

[@martinmargold243]

my word bro

[@floot3139]

Yeah ubi doesn't really downgrade graphics now and if they did it's not a big change

[@migwella9086]

Ubisoft have learnt from watch dogs 1

[@captainwin6333]

It's like an online dating site when you see some hot babe in the picture only it turns out in real life she's 57 years old and has had 7 kids.

[@WaffleHouseHD]

this is oddly specific, is there something you want to talk about?

[@lifeandpie6147]

Key word, "had."

[@bearddragon_]

Caren pls no

[@Bollibompa]

Too much of an exaggeration making it not even funny.

[@Eniramos619]

Captain Win she wears padding and has never shaved

[@Infamous_wu13]

petition to release the E3 cut

[@stare4539]

fr

[@mysticprophecy5395]

Damn, Anthem was 2 years ago? I completely forgot about this game

[@themainproject]

EA : Look at me Dad!!! Ubisoft : That's my son!

[@lootracoon5874]

theMainProject ubisoft is good tho

[@towsif_8_128]

@Metallicaleb is, but not *was*

[@chickendust7709]

Nah EA is the dad😂

[@ericsilver9401]

@@lootracoon5874 ubisoft is notorious for lying in their trailers

[@mauz791]

@@DaWaed Ubisoft isn't amazing

[@starkmark42]

Anthem 2 Looks Good (Left One)

[@TheAazah]

I see what you did there!

[@itsoracle]

Aaron joel no shit

[@joshkhurana6848]

@@TheAazah Everyone does...sherlock

[@Gallzatron]

comgrats, you're a prick

[@frzlunar4845]

Anthem 2 ??? U must be joking we don't have 2 or sequel in our book.. we call it "DLC" which mean u must buy it for the same game with adding more little detail...