#anthem talks

Because Warriors deserves all the love, and so do these wonderful stories! By no means is this an exhaustive list, just some of my favorites. Feel free to add to it! :3

Bittersweet by WolfWarden @wolfwarden - One-shot. Includes references to A Place to Call Home by Tuxedo_Elf @tuxedoelf. Warriors is determined to not get attached to Wind. Guess how that goes? Some angst, some hurt/comfort, some cuteness. Truly bittersweet.

Brushing Away the Sickness by TallyAce @tallyacestories - One-shot. Warriors and Legend travel to a town for a supply run, but get stuck there when Wars has to recover from an illness. A marvelous sickfic.

Contrition Stirs on Sleepless Nights by Gintrinsic @gintrinsic-writing - One-shot. Legend’s an insomniac, Wars suffers from night terrors. Bonding ensues. Outstanding character study of Warriors from Legend’s POV.

Down to the Letter by EstaJay @ej-fanfics - Multi-chapter, incomplete. Part 1 of a series. AU in which Warriors was a postman before he was a soldier. Charming story with comedy, angst, and mystery. Plus, all the boys end up wearing the postman’s outfit at one point.

Fiducia by balimaria @balimaria - Multi-chapter, complete. A revelation makes the Links question Warriors’ loyalty. Angst galore.

Fluent by quirkle @quirkle2 - One-shot. This is a Legend-centric fic, but it’s Warriors’ POV and it’s just really good, okay? Angst, hurt/comfort, and fluff rolled into one.

Iconoclasm by CrimsonRavioli - One-shot, complete. The boys end up at the Temple of Souls. Warriors is not too happy about it.

Idiot by Din_Harlow - One-shot. A blow to the head gives Warriors amnesia. Oops. The boys try to help. Angst.

Marigolds by theScrap_Witch @thescrapwitch - One-shot. Time’s POV. The story of Time and Warriors’ relationship across the eras. Have tissues handy for this one.

Nine Lives (ch. 6) by Ageofavalon - One-shot collection. A very popular fic, but I’d be remiss not to mention it. The Yiga accidentally capture Warriors instead of Wild and decide it’s a great opportunity to get intel on the Champion, by any means necessary.

Not A Hero by Idhren15 @idhrencookieelf - Multi-chapter, complete. An AU in which the War Across Eras ends a little differently… Angst, angst, and more angst! An angst buffet!

Obsession by Roaming_Numerals - Multi-chapter, complete. The Links end up in Warriors’ Hyrule, and at first it’s great. Then they all get captured by Cia, and it’s not as great.

Out of Place and Underdressed by SemiSolace - Multi-chapter, incomplete. Warriors needs to pick three Links to attend a fancy gala with him, and this proves quite a challenge. Comedy gold.

War in His Own Mind by Mimiwritesfic @cowbn - One-shot. An incident on the battlefield reminds Warriors of his unfortunate stint as the Great Fairy’s captive. Angst, plus sweet moments with Time and Sky.

(in order of who cries most often to least often)

wind - cries easily. he’s an emotional, expressive kid, plus has all those wacky pubescent hormones screwing with mood regulation. sees crying as a normal thing, so he’s not ashamed of it

sky - sensitive, so he cries semi-frequently, but usually it’s because he feels moved rather than upset. the type to cry at beautiful things. will also cry when he’s angry at himself

wild - prefers to cry quietly and privately, but isn’t that uncomfortable doing it in front of others. he cried a lot when he first woke from the shrine. views crying as a healthy outlet

hyrule - cries an average amount (whatever that is). in the moment, will cry in front of others, but later on will apologize for being a burden

four - cried a lot as a kid, but life has hardened him. gets embarrassed about crying in front of others. prefers to keep personal problems to himself

warriors - never cries around others. he trained himself to never appear vulnerable in front of his soldiers. he cries when he needs to, but it’s infrequent

legend - should cry more but refuses to, until his emotions finally overwhelm him and he devolves into a sobbing mess. also cries when he’s super frustrated

twilight - it takes a lot to make him cry. doesn’t like to do it in front of others because he doesn’t want them to worry

New picrew game, anyone? :o

To me, the pressure to shut up about everything wrong about Anthem to “support the devs” is not a good thing because: 1. Anthem being sold as it is part of a wider gaming industry problem where they rush to deliver an unfinished product full of glaring issues and expects everyone to be okay with it because it's a "service" when they could have delivered a much better product if they had waited before launching. If no one comments on it it's only going to get worse with devs also suffering from this since players don't get to experience the quality version devs actually want players to play. 2. Not warning people and spreading misinformation like "Anthem is 100% fun, there are only very small issues and people who speak out about them are nitpicking" is not okay to me because 60 dollars is a fucking lot to some people and before spending it they should know what they're getting. The issues aren't small. They're kinda big. People have a right to know. And if you're complaining that so many people are talking about them, that should tell you a lot about the nature, number and importance of said issues.

Does it mean it's impossible to have fun with the game? No. The game can be really fun!!! Gosh, it has so much potential. But a critical review can acknowledge that. It's all about balance and respect. Does it mean the issues will remain? It's possible they won't and any fair critical person will applaud the devs when they will be resolved.

In the meantime, if a product is being sold in such a poor state like Anthem is right now, it’s only fair to tell people about them so they know what they can expect from it. Critical reviews don't have to be mean, against the devs or trying to ruin a company. 

-poorly optimized: it's not just me, every review i've seen mentions that it's a major issue.

-too many loading screens and a bad UI: you need to go through a lot of loading screens just to do the one thing you want to do. and the UI is not intuitive at all (the map, quests, ...).

-terrible AI: seriously. it's shockingly bad.

-poor communication between squad members : during a mission a simple task like fetch something and put it back somewhere too us 10 min because one player had the thing in question, didn't know what to do with it, and we couldn't advance at all until they finally accomplished the task. and when the AI puts the thing back to fetch it again... the player went back and took it before i could and it took us another 5 min before they finally had an epiphany and we could get out. Push to talk wasn't working and no chat made it impossible to communicate.

-bad dialogues sometimes: some are good, but some are just terrible and not really the quality one expects from Bioware. They use bad pretexts to share lore in dialogue. They must know how it looks like because one character at some point asks the Freelancer why they don't know basic info and even wonders if they have amnesia.

-poor quests in the middle of the main storyline: you gotta get x amount of materials, repair x javelins, etc etc to enter 4 freaking tombs to advance in the main storyline, and the worst part is I was in freeplay and had all my materials. I left freeplay and I’m back to zero. Why?! You get no help too, there isn't a location or indication on the map. 

-all weapons look the same. loots will get better apparently but it’s still kinda meh.