Anthem

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  1. ArkonBlade
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    Played this for 6 hours on my friends Origin account because I already saw this coming. Playing it just confirmed it. The game is a hollow shell and while the shell looks very nice. every thing with in it is empty. The combat though isn't to bad, unfortunitly you will be fighting waves of braindead AI who either rush you or just stand there with there thumb up there butt.

    Then you have    Played this for 6 hours on my friends Origin account because I already saw this coming. Playing it just confirmed it. The game is a hollow shell and while the shell looks very nice. every thing with in it is empty. The combat though isn't to bad, unfortunitly you will be fighting waves of braindead AI who either rush you or just stand there with there thumb up there butt.

    Then you have the load times and oh dear god are they bad. even with a SSD you will be waiting almost a minute and my friend had a HDD and he said he was waiting a few minutes and that might be tolerable if there wasn't a TON of loading moments.

    Performance is complete crap. It's not optimized well and stutters on my rig and I have a I7 6700k , 980 TI and 16GB Ram. I have no problem maxing any game out still with that set up and things running smoothly unless the game optimized like crap.

    The story sucks, The NPC's in this game are annoying as all hell. The story is coma inducing and you just want to skip it and go back to the repetitive gameplay instead. which by the way all you do is go to point A kill some enemies go to point b kill more enemies then point C fight boss and repeat. There is a open world mode witch is dull as hell. The loot is also boring. I never felt excited getting any thing unlike say borderlands 1 and 2.

    The world is also very empty. while it looks really nice graphically there is just nothing there. This game feels like its a Early access game. Like it could be some thing good in the future like in maybe 1.5-2 years or more. As it is now I personally wouldn't pay more then $5 for it and it will probably be $30 in a month and since it has MTX I wouldn't be surprised if it went F2P with in a year. I would not pay $60 for this for any reason.    … Expand
  2. Kaizer
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    This game is not very good, it's not very bad too, it's just meh. It has some fun moments but they are few and far between. A lot of boring and mindless grind for the sake of grind.
    Anthem would be ok game for a F2P, but for a $60 - absolutely not worth it.
  3. batson456
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    This hurts me to review so badly, because generally, I do enjoy the game. There are parts of this game that are phenomenal. The sound design for your javelin is awesome, and it is always so much fun to just take off. The Iron Man simulation is real with this game. The combo system is somewhat interesting, and the gunplay is acceptable, if not a little underwhelming.

    However, the game is    This hurts me to review so badly, because generally, I do enjoy the game. There are parts of this game that are phenomenal. The sound design for your javelin is awesome, and it is always so much fun to just take off. The Iron Man simulation is real with this game. The combo system is somewhat interesting, and the gunplay is acceptable, if not a little underwhelming.

    However, the game is just plain broken. Some of the design decisions are baffling, and the story is average at best. Some of the dialogue is great, but a majority of it is pretty cringe inducing. Worst of all, no matter what I try to do, even after the day one patch, the game just runs so terribly that I can't believe it shipped in this state. I don't have the best PC, but this is the first game I have ever encountered where my PC just can't even come close to handling it. I have constant frame rate drops from 60 fps to 1-3, every 10-30 seconds. It is unbearable. I've tried every tip and setting possible, and run on low settings, and it makes no different. Worst part is I can run on high/ultra and have the same fps as on low, which leads me to believe it probably isn't my PC.

    Just can't recommend the game in this state, and it is a shame. It may someday be great, but it definitely is not right now. Even when I can play it without hiccups, which is rare, especially after the latest update, there just is not enough meat on the bones to overcome the negative aspects. With that said, I still do enjoy playing and will continue to login from time to time hoping for some improvements.    … Expand
  4. Stuvok
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    A failure that didn't learn from years and years of watching it's competitors struggle. Some good idea's that ended up in a inadequate slog through extremely limited content. Mission variation and enemy variation are the worst of any game in this genre. In 6 months maybe it'll be base Destiny 2 and in a year or so after it gets a massive free DLC maybe it will be acceptable. TheA failure that didn't learn from years and years of watching it's competitors struggle. Some good idea's that ended up in a inadequate slog through extremely limited content. Mission variation and enemy variation are the worst of any game in this genre. In 6 months maybe it'll be base Destiny 2 and in a year or so after it gets a massive free DLC maybe it will be acceptable. The biggest question is with such a terrible start.... will EA support the game and continue the free DLC idea? What if Bioware doesn't survive? We all heard this game was a last shot for Bioware and it was all studios on deck to try and save the company.… Expand
  5. Norman_cullen
    Apr 1, 2019
    4
    The game is overall beautiful, and the flying is fun, however, it was launched probably a year or two before it was realy. Theres NO end game AT ALL. When you hit max level, you get a new instance, and thats it.
    Loot drops are a huge issue because even though you are flying a particular javelin, you pick up loot for the most sought after rarities (masterwork and legendary) for ALL of the    The game is overall beautiful, and the flying is fun, however, it was launched probably a year or two before it was realy. Theres NO end game AT ALL. When you hit max level, you get a new instance, and thats it.
    Loot drops are a huge issue because even though you are flying a particular javelin, you pick up loot for the most sought after rarities (masterwork and legendary) for ALL of the javelins you own. So if you get a legendary drop (that can take upwards of two or more days to drop cause RNG is a pain) and it might not even be for the suit youre currently flying.

    The only reason the drop rate issue is an issue at all is because that's literally the end game. There is no new content to unlock once you get a certain gear score, the achievements for getting all of one gear score dont seem to work (Im at masterwork and I looked and all those challenges are not completed), theres no actual in game REASON to continue playing the game once you hit 30. OTHER than to grind the same three instances and run the same few missions youve already run in the hopes of getting good enough drops to get to GM1 where you get all the loot, where you grind the same three instances and run the same few missions youve already run in the hopes of getting good enough drops to get to GM2. Then you get to grind the same three instances and run the same few missions youve already run in the hopes of getting good enough drops to get to GM3, but at a much harder difficulty, but for seemingly the same weighted loot as in GM1. THEN you get to get into GM3 where you get to grind the same three instances and run the same few missions youve already run... to get the best gear.... for why exactly?

    In short, dont buy this game for at least a year or two, or as the fanbois say on the forums/Reddit, "Give them time to fix it".    … Expand
  6. NaaR
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    This isn't a good game. Don't buy.

    The good: + Combat is decent, when it works. + Flying with a controller, movement is good. The bad: - Bullet sponges everywhere at higher difficulty. - Bad UI and menues. Its really gamebreakingly bad when you want to change gear. - Fort Tarsus is a slow mess. Uninspiring and uninteresting and the quests given are boring. - Load times are just    This isn't a good game. Don't buy.

    The good:
    + Combat is decent, when it works.
    + Flying with a controller, movement is good.

    The bad:
    - Bullet sponges everywhere at higher difficulty.
    - Bad UI and menues. Its really gamebreakingly bad when you want to change gear.
    - Fort Tarsus is a slow mess. Uninspiring and uninteresting and the quests given are boring.
    - Load times are just to long which makes every area, every decision a drag and annoyance.
    - Bugs and crashes everywhere which is extra annoying because of the load times.
    - Non-existant end game content. So you make through the drag of a story, chores of quests only to find no good end game content.

    Summary
    = The game is a chore and boring for the most parts. 3 / 10    … Expand
  7. Tubey
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    A lot of games are hard to review - Anthem isn't one of them. It is easy to identify the strengths it has - excellent graphical fidelity and wonderful flight mechanics - and even easier to identify the many, many flaws.

    The narrative is a botched attempt at a traditional Bioware story, shoved inside a looter shooter. It fails dramatically pretty much immediately after the first    A lot of games are hard to review - Anthem isn't one of them. It is easy to identify the strengths it has - excellent graphical fidelity and wonderful flight mechanics - and even easier to identify the many, many flaws.

    The narrative is a botched attempt at a traditional Bioware story, shoved inside a looter shooter. It fails dramatically pretty much immediately after the first cutscene. It's not that the voice acting is bad - because it really isn't - but the presentation of it means you don't care what is happening, ever.

    This isn't helped by banal environments, which consists of forest ruin after forest ruin, non-stop, over and over again, interrupted by massive loading times. The game looks beautiful, but is boring to look at after an hour or so - that seems like a contradiction, but there's only so long you can look at the same pretty picture before you want to look at something different. Anthem provides no visual diversity.

    As everyone suspected before launch, this is Destiny Lite. The core combat is the familiar bullet-sponge looter shooter the market is now flooded with, but Anthem is a terrible example of it because, again, the gameplay loop lacks diversity. You do the same thing, over and over again, and when the flight mechanics stop being fun, the whole game stops being fun.

    I know people will say there's 'potential' here, but honestly this is a full price, AAA game that should be a lot better than this on release. We shouldn't be paying to be glorified Beta testers for DLC down the line.

    Ultimately, Anthem feels like the game Bioware had to make rather than the one they wanted to make. The lack of soul in this title is resoundingly obvious.    … Expand
  8. Grimskar
    Feb 27, 2019
    4
    Anthem is not what we were shown back at E3 2017.
    The game world has been stripped of alot of extra details and environment.
    Fort Tarsis, the major base for all of your character interaction and story telling has been stripped of all life and dynamic design. The characters are bland, the NPC's are basically cardboard cut outs, the models have been completely changed. Theres no dynamic    Anthem is not what we were shown back at E3 2017.
    The game world has been stripped of alot of extra details and environment.
    Fort Tarsis, the major base for all of your character interaction and story telling has been stripped of all life and dynamic design.
    The characters are bland, the NPC's are basically cardboard cut outs, the models have been completely changed.
    Theres no dynamic quest system.
    Theres loading screens every 5 minutes.
    The loot for a looter shooter is so basic and uninteresting. There are no new models for Legendary weapons, just basic re-skins of the same guns you've had from the start.
    The actual story that has been left in the game has clearly been chopped up and re-arranged with characters the game expects you already to know appearing in missions but you've never met them or spoken to that NPC at the fort or in the world. (Sev from the Scar base stronghold).
    All javelin customisation which was clearly seen in the live streams weeks before release has been stripped out and removed (possibly for later re-sale as micro transactions).
    No actual decision you make in the game has any effect on your character or the quest givers and characters you meet. This was supposed to be one of the major selling points that the initial Anthem marketing videos hammered home as something the game would contain.
    All the marketing videos that were released have essentially lied about the majority of the content that was supposed to be in the game.
    The stats on your gear and guns makes no viable sense, and makes trying to make a worthwhile build for your javelin almost impossible.
    The mission design is extremely basic and padded out.
    The Striders which are spoken about as being such an important part of the Anthem world in the lore have been made completely static, even though they were shown to be mobile and even get attacked by enemy NPC's in a mission / in the world. This never happens in the game. The in-game cinematics even show these Striders being used as assault vehicles, transports, traders and the main vehicle of choice for the Freelancers, if not everyone in Anthem. Why arent they used in a more dynamic way like a mobile spawn point or repair / resupply stations that move around the world?

    Anthem is the basics of a great idea. If the game we received was the same that was shown at E3 2017, we'd be looking at a 10/10. But the game has been completely gutted, and I dont know how you can advertise your video at E3 as "actual in-game footage" and then completely downgrade everything from the animations, to the environment, to the way the game actually flows. A damn shame.    … Expand
  9. aidan0
    Mar 16, 2019
    4
    edit: after patch 3, this gets a 4, too many new bugs...

    it's a 6, not a 0 not a 10. Just a 6. I've seen my share of bugs and load times, but it's manageable. The wait time at the load screen is not the problem, the amount of load screens are the problem. 3 screens to the get to the next misson/contract/change gear or whatever... unacceptable. Story is not great, because you don't    edit: after patch 3, this gets a 4, too many new bugs...

    it's a 6, not a 0 not a 10. Just a 6.
    I've seen my share of bugs and load times, but it's manageable.
    The wait time at the load screen is not the problem, the amount of load screens are the problem.
    3 screens to the get to the next misson/contract/change gear or whatever... unacceptable.

    Story is not great, because you don't get a sense of travel or story flow.
    There is this super critical thing we need to do, oh wait let me do a contract first....
    Just load into the mission and race to the next way point, if you lag behind, you'll be loaded to your group's location. This is bad for story immersion.

    Voice acting and side stories, just NPC speaking, are nice.

    I've played 45 hours and I'm done, there is nothing to do anymore.
    I've only played for 10 days...
    Sure I could gear out another jav, but what's the point...
    Grandmaster 3, hahah, no....
    Free play exploration is all that's left, but why do it at all?
    There is no incentive to do any/all the feats... no cool gear or something.

    You can grind for the in-game currency, you don't have to buy, but there is nothing to buy anyway. I'm sitting on 140.000 coins and I haven't found anything good to spend it on.    … Expand
  10. zerusch
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    first of all i really wanted to love Anthem.
    this is what i experienced after 50 hours. 434 storm.
    pros: - great graphics, even after the obvious downgrades. - feels good to shoot. - great music. cons: - boring story (i don't care about it personally, but i know some of you do) - terrible optimisation (dropping badly with i9-9700k + gtx 1080) - the control is just flat out    first of all i really wanted to love Anthem.
    this is what i experienced after 50 hours. 434 storm.

    pros:
    - great graphics, even after the obvious downgrades.
    - feels good to shoot.
    - great music.

    cons:
    - boring story (i don't care about it personally, but i know some of you do)
    - terrible optimisation (dropping badly with i9-9700k + gtx 1080)
    - the control is just flat out bad. seriously.. anyone in the dev team tried e.g. swimming in this game?
    - the ui is abysmal. almost hard to navigate between menus... where is that ui rework they promised???
    - to track an objective's progress takes about 15-20 seconds to open the correct menu with this lazy console ui.
    - filled with huge amount of bugs. there's not a single play session in which i haven't encountered any bugs.
    since the day 0 patch though, things are looking better. just stacked in the texture.. nvm.
    - end game issues, my biggest concern: what is the point of having better gear? why is there no ranking/leaderboard system? or a diablo greater rift like timed based dungeon/raid?
    there is no incentive to have better gear. or the point of having good gear is that i can farm gm3 a little bit faster? it won't be enough in 2019.
    - many things (primer - detonator skills) are not even explained within the game? do i really have to get every info on reddit? please.
    - everything feels like a cheap console copy, we are treated like peasants but we are the master race. remember this.
    - loading screen simulator on an SSD.
    - gaining exp after max level for nothing… haven't you learned anything?

    after the gossip that this is the last chance for BioWare to prove to EA, i'd be really concerned in Edmonton.    … Expand
  11. jkarlsen
    Apr 5, 2019
    4
    Anthem seems -- even over a month after its release -- nowhere a finished game. It's a game that looks and sounds fantastic, but when it comes to gameplay it's entirely too shallow both in content and mechanics. Anthem has plenty of good ideas, but they're buried by features that are both poorly designed and whose intents don't work well together. Further, every post-launch update hasAnthem seems -- even over a month after its release -- nowhere a finished game. It's a game that looks and sounds fantastic, but when it comes to gameplay it's entirely too shallow both in content and mechanics. Anthem has plenty of good ideas, but they're buried by features that are both poorly designed and whose intents don't work well together. Further, every post-launch update has introduced major unintended bugs, and there doesn't seem to be a clear understand on the developer's part on what the actual problems are, let alone how to fix them.

    It's a shame, because some very talented people have obviously worked very hard to develop Anthem, but this game needed at least another year of development, and a more focused core idea to build on. With other pioneering games in the genre having had such high-profile problems, it's puzzling to see BioWare and EA not only repeat those same mistakes years later, but do worse on every front.    … Expand
  12. maxheadroom
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    All the 10/10 reviews saying "it'll be fixed with patches" & "More content is coming soon" tells you everything you need to know.

    They're charging for it NOW so it should be judged NOW. Personally I think this could be a great game, in about 18 months & 3 DLCs time and im more than happy to wait and pick up the "complete" game then (for half the price)
  13. Rad_Dudesman
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    Another incomplete skeleton of a game. It's functional and looks pretty, but that's about all it has going for it. It's yet another half-baked, repetitive grindfest of a "live service".

    However, I don't doubt that Bioware did all they could with it. The blame should be aimed at EA for taking Bioware out of their element.
  14. Valkyan
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    Game is really nice when you launch it first time.
    You are greeted with a nice city, characters and warframes ... err ... javelins ...
    Sadly after few hours you will discover, that this is just another android game where you click 1000x times and pay 500 gold to have some fun. - Every mission feels exactly the same as other. - Weapon play is really 0/10 ... it feels completely wrong.    Game is really nice when you launch it first time.
    You are greeted with a nice city, characters and warframes ... err ... javelins ...

    Sadly after few hours you will discover, that this is just another android game where you click 1000x times and pay 500 gold to have some fun.
    - Every mission feels exactly the same as other.
    - Weapon play is really 0/10 ... it feels completely wrong. Reload time longer than shooting time? Really?
    - Graphics are terrible, but this is to be expected because of the console market, where this game primary aims.
    - Loading screens everywhere ... just ... everywhere ... and they are so **** long
    - Game cannot be played in solo, so you are forced to play online with **** who afks through the whole mission.

    But i had quite a blast playing this for a few hours. Counting that i have paid only for a origin premier for one month and comparing this to a cinema ticket ... its a solid 4/10 game for a 15 dolar price tag.    … Expand
  15. Sonatix
    Mar 17, 2019
    4
    Nice flights, good combat system, good open world design (graphic design is good, but gameplay is bad). Boring and repetative missions, lack of content, boring and not interesting loot system. For 1 week if you will play couple of hours after work, you will see whole content, after this you will uninstall this game.
    This is another failure of Bioware, I would like to know what they were    Nice flights, good combat system, good open world design (graphic design is good, but gameplay is bad). Boring and repetative missions, lack of content, boring and not interesting loot system. For 1 week if you will play couple of hours after work, you will see whole content, after this you will uninstall this game.
    This is another failure of Bioware, I would like to know what they were hoping for by releasing such an empty and raw product.
    Andromeda was a "mistake", but with Anthem it became clear that the studio had chosen the wrong direction and it was time to change something.    … Expand
  16. kein3lust
    Mar 2, 2019
    4
    - The npc dialogs are boring, just not good at all.
    - Fort tarsis is just a village not a place to explore like i was thinking.
    - Loot system after level 30 are a shame - Loading screens for everything - Transportation party is horrible - Bad customization - Strongholds and some quests just broken - DC all the time, lost good partys because of the disconnection and server error -    - The npc dialogs are boring, just not good at all.
    - Fort tarsis is just a village not a place to explore like i was thinking.
    - Loot system after level 30 are a shame
    - Loading screens for everything
    - Transportation party is horrible
    - Bad customization
    - Strongholds and some quests just broken
    - DC all the time, lost good partys because of the disconnection and server error
    - Freaking incomplete game for a full price!

    Good points
    - Good Graphics
    - Good Scenario
    THATS IT!    … Expand
  17. Mushashi7
    Mar 24, 2019
    4
    Great graphics and fast combat with an ok levelling system.
    But I just have this feeling I miss the rest of the game. This is no Mass Effect or Dragon Age for sure.
    I guess combat focused players will like this. But those of us who likes characters and story?
    Why do I have a feeling this is just another moneymaker?
  18. Maxxian
    Apr 14, 2019
    4
    Completing the main story is where I had the most fun playing this game. However once completed and at max level, this game really shows its issues.

    Freeplay shows how empty the world is as you can fly for minutes before you see anything to shoot Loot drops are awful Gear you do get is boring as is mostly +shields, +armor and +damage. Very little creativity. Harder difficulties are    Completing the main story is where I had the most fun playing this game. However once completed and at max level, this game really shows its issues.

    Freeplay shows how empty the world is as you can fly for minutes before you see anything to shoot
    Loot drops are awful
    Gear you do get is boring as is mostly +shields, +armor and +damage. Very little creativity.
    Harder difficulties are only harder as the enemies become stronger bullet sponges
    Only 3 legendary contracts (missions)
    Only 3 dungeons
    No character display showing your stats
    Four total loading screens for starting/finishing your 10 minute missions
    Patches tend to break more than they fix
    You need to land every 30 seconds to "cool your jets" before you can fly again

    I wanted to love this game but it just lacks so many elements to a loot shooter.    … Expand
  19. CthuluFthagn
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    Game's shallow, bland and lacking content. Awful loot and terrible loading screens. Mediocre story and very many ancient mechanics with tethering being one of the worst. Game's worse than original Destiny at launch what is actually quite an accomplishment.
  20. winzentween
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    Frist off i'd.like to score higher by a few points based on the road map promise... but that's a map of possible things to come, not whats available for serious money on day one.
    So a solid four points until we see significant improvement.
    Also it makes me mad to see 10 star reviews, as much as 0 scores. If you're posting either of these imo you're not helping gaming. What is    Frist off i'd.like to score higher by a few points based on the road map promise... but that's a map of possible things to come, not whats available for serious money on day one.
    So a solid four points until we see significant improvement.
    Also it makes me mad to see 10 star reviews, as much as 0 scores. If you're posting either of these imo you're not helping gaming.

    What is available at launch is ok...it's average...a bit lackluster but not trash... though not as good as say ...destiny 2 on launch (which was far from perfect).

    The single player experience is simply not there yet.
    The multiplayer just doesnt work yet.
    A lot doesnt work yet. I dont know why this is beyond a too early release which is disappointing after 6 years and so nuch hard work and good will on all sides.

    I do find it kind of offensive that the devs publisher would do this to fans. It's like a boat with no life jackets and a small hole and only one engine.
    We're all going in circles and sinking slightly but we know we can't jump out without drowning.
    Not much planning by the crew so we all just have to hope they fix the leak asap.
    No one would call the latter a pleasure cruize and it be unacceptible in other industires....So why should we accept an incomplete broken game? I don't think we should.

    Despite this the game has some fun mechnaics which almost nail the ambitious ideas Anthem claimed it would reach and could reach maybe in a year or so if they listen to fans.
    But right now...Buyer beware. Wait and see.

    I hope my review helps you and if you're enjoying Anthem, good for you!    … Expand
  21. Judaas
    Feb 27, 2019
    4
    This game is a beautiful, repetitive, boring hell. So much fireworks that there should be sunglasses included. I won't mention the lack of coop instruments, useless map, and crappy loot system. If you buy this game,better play it alone because loading screens will kill your fun. I will give it a 4 for a very cool graphics and cool music but this world is dead and boring. Its like playingThis game is a beautiful, repetitive, boring hell. So much fireworks that there should be sunglasses included. I won't mention the lack of coop instruments, useless map, and crappy loot system. If you buy this game,better play it alone because loading screens will kill your fun. I will give it a 4 for a very cool graphics and cool music but this world is dead and boring. Its like playing one one level over nad over again. The Division had more variety. My god I want my money back...… Expand
  22. Burnouts3s3
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    It's too little, too late.

    Bioware attempts to get into the loot and shoot genre only to have too little content and not enough quality control. -Only 3 Strongholds/Raids -In-game store for cosmetic items -Lack of optimization when flying around -Fort Tarsis being so small it makes Dragon Age 2's Kirkwall seem large by comparison -Lack of Roleplaying and dialogue options found in    It's too little, too late.

    Bioware attempts to get into the loot and shoot genre only to have too little content and not enough quality control.
    -Only 3 Strongholds/Raids
    -In-game store for cosmetic items
    -Lack of optimization when flying around
    -Fort Tarsis being so small it makes Dragon Age 2's Kirkwall seem large by comparison
    -Lack of Roleplaying and dialogue options found in other Bioware games
    -Story mode so lacking they padded it out with grindy missions.

    While customizing one of the 4 Javelins is entertaining for a little while, there's not enough there to justify a $60 purchase.

    If you have Origin Premiere, go ahead, but wait for a patch and more content before diving in.    … Expand
  23. dislexicpotato
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    EA continues to prove that marketing is more important to them than quality when it comes to videogames, Anthem is a shallow game which quickly becomes repetitive and boring with horrible loading times. At least it's pretty to look at though?
  24. Thorongil83
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    After a suprisingly mediocre Mass Effect Andromeda i didn't have hight expectations. As soon as first trailer of Anthem dropped, i knew that this game isn't exactly my kind of game - yet i often try new things, just for sake of knowing something fresh and new.
    Anthem is, again, very mediocre game from studio that i was once considered as one of my favourites. Don't know what changed    After a suprisingly mediocre Mass Effect Andromeda i didn't have hight expectations. As soon as first trailer of Anthem dropped, i knew that this game isn't exactly my kind of game - yet i often try new things, just for sake of knowing something fresh and new.
    Anthem is, again, very mediocre game from studio that i was once considered as one of my favourites. Don't know what changed inside the studio. What i know, is that Anthem is very repetitive, shallow, boring to death online experience that does much worse something that was already done better by other studios. And i actually dont mind repetitivness! This game is a shell with many artificial fillers, go-there quests, and fetch quests inside it, instead of any trace of actual content. Can they fix it? Probably... wil they fix it? who knows! For now there is very subjective 4/10 from me.    … Expand
  25. RagingR
    Feb 28, 2019
    4
    It's a sad time. Cookie Cutter from Bioware, never though i'd see the day. 4 for the flying mechanics and some combat features. Otherwise I would give it a -2.
  26. Gizilq
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    Очень плохо.
    1. Игра в которую предполагается играть в коопе с друзьями. И после Миссии, вас закидывает в хаб чтобы посмотреть 5-10 минут катсцен и побродить по хабу и только потом можно снова собраться вместе.
    2. Обязательный гринд для продвижения по сюжету. 3. отсутствие эндгейм контента. Я мог простить такое сделанному за 10 долларов Warframe, которого доделывали в процессе, но не    Очень плохо.
    1. Игра в которую предполагается играть в коопе с друзьями. И после Миссии, вас закидывает в хаб чтобы посмотреть 5-10 минут катсцен и побродить по хабу и только потом можно снова собраться вместе.
    2. Обязательный гринд для продвижения по сюжету.
    3. отсутствие эндгейм контента.
    Я мог простить такое сделанному за 10 долларов Warframe, которого доделывали в процессе, но не ААА игре.
    4/10 за красивые полеты.

    Google translation
    Very bad.
    1. A game that is supposed to be played in a coop with friends. And after the Mission, you are thrown into the hub to watch the cutscene for 5-10 minutes and wander around the hub and only then you can get together again.
    2. Mandatory grind to advance the plot.
    3. No endgame content.
    I could forgive a Warframe, made for 10 dollars, which was completed in the process, but not an AAA game.
    4/10 for beautiful flights.    … Expand
  27. pafciu
    Feb 25, 2019
    4
    Game is nice for just first few hours and then you get bored to death with it. Story is pathetic, loot is pathetic, quests are pathetic, UI is TERRIBLY pathetic, economy is INSULTING bad, crafting is completely USELESS and BROKEN. Loading screens are EXTREMELY painful. Lacking many essential features like in-mission inventory, stat page, squad interaction, chat, etc. Avoid this game untilGame is nice for just first few hours and then you get bored to death with it. Story is pathetic, loot is pathetic, quests are pathetic, UI is TERRIBLY pathetic, economy is INSULTING bad, crafting is completely USELESS and BROKEN. Loading screens are EXTREMELY painful. Lacking many essential features like in-mission inventory, stat page, squad interaction, chat, etc. Avoid this game until patched in half a year.… Expand
  28. Metailurus
    Feb 27, 2019
    4
    The combat in this game is fun, as is the mode of travel in the relatively small open world. The rest of the game unfortunately isn't worth a look, and to top that there is a complete dearth of any form of endgame, with the experience being very repetitive and lacking in depth.

    The "story" is a singularly horrendous experience, with characters pretty much coming across as children in    The combat in this game is fun, as is the mode of travel in the relatively small open world. The rest of the game unfortunately isn't worth a look, and to top that there is a complete dearth of any form of endgame, with the experience being very repetitive and lacking in depth.

    The "story" is a singularly horrendous experience, with characters pretty much coming across as children in the bodies of adults, wasting inordinate lengths of time between missions in an environment that is tedious to navigate around.

    This game does have potential that is ultimately going to be wasted, as the developers are far too proud of the elements of this game that actually ruin it, and haven't put enough effort into content for the parts that are genuinely good.    … Expand
  29. Budito
    Mar 4, 2019
    4
    The base of the game feels great, the gameplay is amazing, but it's the only good thing about the game.
    The AI of the enemies is a disaster, there are only two types of missions, with all that you speak in strong Tarsis is inconsequential and boring.
    The missions are very short, you spend the same time playing that loading maps. EA has rushed taking out this game and that is what is    The base of the game feels great, the gameplay is amazing, but it's the only good thing about the game.
    The AI of the enemies is a disaster, there are only two types of missions, with all that you speak in strong Tarsis is inconsequential and boring.
    The missions are very short, you spend the same time playing that loading maps.
    EA has rushed taking out this game and that is what is going to take him to the grave, they had everything to make a great game and have gotten something mediocre.
    On a visual and playable level it feels like a triple A but the final result is like a: imagine caring for your pony    … Expand
  30. Ellessar
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    I’ve put 20 hours into Anthem. At best, it’s a mediocre copy of Destiny 2. It looks nice and the combat is decent, but the game is incredibly shallow. There are far too many loading screens. The story is an absolute snooze and the characters are uninteresting. There simply isn’t enough to do in this game. Getting missions is a tedious process of being forced to enter into dullI’ve put 20 hours into Anthem. At best, it’s a mediocre copy of Destiny 2. It looks nice and the combat is decent, but the game is incredibly shallow. There are far too many loading screens. The story is an absolute snooze and the characters are uninteresting. There simply isn’t enough to do in this game. Getting missions is a tedious process of being forced to enter into dull conversations with NPCs. I found myself hitting esc to get through seemingly endless amounts of dull conversations just so I could get a generic mission. The game also has a fair amount of bugs and network issues. I’ve gotten random disconnects, the sound cuts out randomly, missions don’t updates on certain steps, and you sometimes get stuck in endless loading screens. I’m sorry this game needs at least another 6 months to a year in development. This game is not worth full price. It’s at best a $10-$15 game.… Expand
  31. Razor1187
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    First mistake I made was playing this game after just finishing the GORGEOUS and super engaging Metro: Exodus.
    Mistake B was expecting this game to be anything more than a cheap Destiny 2 Rip off. Because that is exactly what it is. The only thing I personally like better about Anthem than Destiny 2 is being able to fly. The gunplay and general Javelin mechanics feel barely a step above    First mistake I made was playing this game after just finishing the GORGEOUS and super engaging Metro: Exodus.
    Mistake B was expecting this game to be anything more than a cheap Destiny 2 Rip off. Because that is exactly what it is. The only thing I personally like better about Anthem than Destiny 2 is being able to fly. The gunplay and general Javelin mechanics feel barely a step above WARFRAME in quality, which is absolutely ridiculous and unacceptable.
    I had may expectations very high tbh, for a game with so much potential. Sorry for lazy and shallow review but just isn't worth the energy. I honestly was just not expecting a cheap Destiny 2 money grab..
    RIP BioWare.. another studio slain by the Grim Reaper that is EA
    The only redeeming factor throughout this experience was playing through Origin Premier..    … Expand
  32. DarkFenix
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    Deeply mediocre, that pretty much sums up my sentiments towards Anthem. Every quality the game has is marred by some stupid design decision or half-baked development.

    And there's no excuse, Destiny has been testing the waters in the looter-shooter genre for many years now, we *know* what works and what doesn't, yet EA manage to fail miserably in ways they should know better than. But    Deeply mediocre, that pretty much sums up my sentiments towards Anthem. Every quality the game has is marred by some stupid design decision or half-baked development.

    And there's no excuse, Destiny has been testing the waters in the looter-shooter genre for many years now, we *know* what works and what doesn't, yet EA manage to fail miserably in ways they should know better than.

    But let's not kid ourselves people, this game is nothing more than EA ticking boxes and putting a presence into a genre it doesn't yet have a foothold in. Bioware is long dead, just like Bullfrog, Westwood, and many others. The only thing standing between EA and the total dissolution of the Bioware name is a single resounding failure, I wonder if this is it.    … Expand
  33. musthyzz
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    It's mmmmeh at best. I realllly, reaaaaaaly wanted to like this game, but everything is soooooooo meh. Dull, repetitive, washed graphics (RE2 & Red Dead 2 spoiled me too much, some good particle fx, huge loading times, cluttered UI, generic enemies, meh story and characters (never thought I would say this for a bioware game). We are done here BioWare, and from what I hear about theIt's mmmmeh at best. I realllly, reaaaaaaly wanted to like this game, but everything is soooooooo meh. Dull, repetitive, washed graphics (RE2 & Red Dead 2 spoiled me too much, some good particle fx, huge loading times, cluttered UI, generic enemies, meh story and characters (never thought I would say this for a bioware game). We are done here BioWare, and from what I hear about the direction you want to take the next Dragon Age, I think we are done for good.… Expand
  34. VegasKeVa
    Feb 27, 2019
    4
    What... am I supposed to wait months or a year for a complete game full of interesting content and a story? Sorry, thumbs down.
  35. shteen11
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    This game has no idea what it wants to be. Its looting is terrible, uninspired and there is no visual progression and barely any power progression. After the initial spectacle the combat becomes atrociously boring. The story is average but your character's voice actor is just so damn obnoxious. The UI is shocking and the performance and stability is just bad. Only 4 people allowed in theThis game has no idea what it wants to be. Its looting is terrible, uninspired and there is no visual progression and barely any power progression. After the initial spectacle the combat becomes atrociously boring. The story is average but your character's voice actor is just so damn obnoxious. The UI is shocking and the performance and stability is just bad. Only 4 people allowed in the open world with zero social features? The gameplay is unresponsive and the the enemy mechanics and AI are laughable with no telegraphs! Moreover, hit scan enemy attacks that pull you out of the only redeeming feature of the game- the flight, yes enemy attacks will ground you and its so frustrating.

    In fact that is what this game boils down to: frustration.... and disappointment.

    People keep saying to give it time. No. Nothing will fix the fundamental issues present in this game.
    Do not buy.    … Expand
  36. riken
    May 11, 2019
    4
    Mechanics are done very well, flying and shooting is very satisfying. Graphics are pretty nice too. Skills and items can get all that fighting a little bit fresher, but it is definitely not enough to fill that empty game. Story isn't anything special (at least to the moment where I finished) and walking through your fortress is a disaster. Missions in the main story line at some point getMechanics are done very well, flying and shooting is very satisfying. Graphics are pretty nice too. Skills and items can get all that fighting a little bit fresher, but it is definitely not enough to fill that empty game. Story isn't anything special (at least to the moment where I finished) and walking through your fortress is a disaster. Missions in the main story line at some point get irritating, so I haven't finished it.… Expand
  37. Ulex
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    I've been playing Antehem since it came to ea acces! It's a game with potential but in the current state I can not recommend it to anyone!
    -repetitive missions
    -bugs
    -loading screen
    -weapons are terrible
    -the story is terrible
    -it does not matter what you choose for dialogues
    -the world feels lifeless
    +graphics
  38. Anterra
    Feb 25, 2019
    4
    20 hours in the Game:
    What is nice:
    - Graphics. - Overall dynamic of fights - yes, first 10-20-30 times they really feels nice - Flying... That's all, actually. What is the reason of 4 our of 10 - - Short and boring story, finished in 2 evenings. Srsly? From BIOWARE after ME and DA? - No Characters. At all. Only "talking souless NPC". - Tons of loading screens. Who said opening    20 hours in the Game:
    What is nice:
    - Graphics.
    - Overall dynamic of fights - yes, first 10-20-30 times they really feels nice
    - Flying...
    That's all, actually.

    What is the reason of 4 our of 10 -
    - Short and boring story, finished in 2 evenings. Srsly? From BIOWARE after ME and DA?
    - No Characters. At all. Only "talking souless NPC".
    - Tons of loading screens. Who said opening an "inventory" require Loading screen? Srsly, in 2k19?
    - Bugs and crashes ( Yes, first week, i know, but game was in development for over 6 years!)
    - World doesn't feel.. big. At all. Actually after 3-4 days it feels very small and empty.
    - Absolutely 0 of hi end content. You simply repeat the same 1-2 "dungeons" for 10+ times one by one.    … Expand
  39. Fehler66
    Apr 10, 2019
    4
    Updated 02.04.2019

    + really beautiful world + good coop gameplay (on difficulty GM 2+) + combat mechanic is fun + Animations, Movement system and flying is cool + Audio-visually amazing - lack of endgame features - highly repetitive missions (at the end it is always: fly there, shoot stuff, do something, fly there, shoot stuff, do something, ….) - player HUB is one of the most    Updated 02.04.2019

    + really beautiful world
    + good coop gameplay (on difficulty GM 2+)
    + combat mechanic is fun
    + Animations, Movement system and flying is cool
    + Audio-visually amazing

    - lack of endgame features
    - highly repetitive missions (at the end it is always: fly there, shoot stuff, do something, fly there, shoot stuff, do something, ….)
    - player HUB is one of the most lifeless places I’ve seen in any "MMO"
    - uninspiring loot, weapons looks all the same
    - connection error
    - missing basic features like a chat
    - Audio cutting out (fixed)
    - after 150hours playing ..... just boring    … Expand
  40. ragalok
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    The graphisme are great, mechanic are good. . .

    The rest? Well storie lock behind grind wall, and not so good. Character customization, lock behind a grind wall or pay. Gamplay? only repetitive quest. The universe, outworld is empty, hub is lifless.

    As said by someone: The graphisme, game mechanics, and art is as wide as an ocean, but gamplay, stories and soul as deep as a pudle.
  41. vdell23
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    Outside of the flight mechanics and some breathtaking (although lacking in biodiversity) scenery, this game is a grindy, buggy mess in its current state.

    Shame that after 6 years of development we can't even get a finished or inspired product from the once great Bioware.
  42. UsernameMax14
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    This game had the potential to be one of the greatest experience of this year. Great graphics and mechanic, good looking environment and mecha armors which I LOVE.

    But there is one HUGE problem and it is ea, when those %#$% who are responsible for decisions will stop ruing game after game and will learn that greed and dumb decisions don't lead to success. There is a long list of    This game had the potential to be one of the greatest experience of this year. Great graphics and mechanic, good looking environment and mecha armors which I LOVE.

    But there is one HUGE problem and it is ea, when those %#$% who are responsible for decisions will stop ruing game after game and will learn that greed and dumb decisions don't lead to success.

    There is a long list of problems:
    -A rush release which includes:
    -"Dead" hub.
    -Cheesy and horrible dialogs made for political correctness.
    -A terribly average campaign
    -Boring grinding
    -And boring missions often without sens.
    -Load screens and load screens again
    -If you die, you can't respawn, and you have wait until someone reviews you
    -lack of diversity of surroundings.
    -Awful fast endgame and poor difficulty changes
    -Poor loot system.
    -and go on...

    It is not a game made by BioWare. It is a game made by greedy ea. Which words you translate as a: "I like money!" every time when they talk about game experience, diversity etc. It is all about the maximum profit made by stupid decisions to please shareholders. There is no other explanation of how the game witch HUGE potential is ruined once again for short term benefits and "infinity" growth for shareholders. When they will learn that there is no such thing like infinity growth. Bye, bye BioWare.    … Expand
  43. Ultimagara
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    Played around 30 hours. Overwhelmingly meh. The way I see it, the primary issues with this game are 1) Load screens, which are literally everywhere and obliterates any sense of immersion and 2) Janky combat where you will repeat "how the hell did that hit me" and "goddamn it I got **** one-shot" more times than in any other game you've ever played. Neither of those issues can be fixed withPlayed around 30 hours. Overwhelmingly meh. The way I see it, the primary issues with this game are 1) Load screens, which are literally everywhere and obliterates any sense of immersion and 2) Janky combat where you will repeat "how the hell did that hit me" and "goddamn it I got **** one-shot" more times than in any other game you've ever played. Neither of those issues can be fixed with time. The loading is baked into the game's engine and the combat is a similar story. It could be okay without these issues, but it doesn't do a good enough job of holding your interest overall. Plenty of games (perhaps most) have repetitive gameplay loops, but Anthem's miserably uninspired objectives, pathetic mission design, and, though beautiful, homogeneous environments just can't convince you that you're not just standing in a circle or bringing X object to Y place for hours on end.… Expand
  44. Pecone
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    I have played Anthem closed Alpha and both betas and the early access and I have to say the game is disappointing. It has a solid foundation, however it is a missed opportunity.
    The game has a lot of issues and flaws. It seems unfinished and disjointed. The story for example is mediocre at best, the characters are forgettable, the dialog is excruciatingly dull and boring. This does not    I have played Anthem closed Alpha and both betas and the early access and I have to say the game is disappointing. It has a solid foundation, however it is a missed opportunity.
    The game has a lot of issues and flaws. It seems unfinished and disjointed. The story for example is mediocre at best, the characters are forgettable, the dialog is excruciatingly dull and boring. This does not feel like a Bioware game at all. It is extremely low on content, all the missions are exactly the same, and almost nothing is explained on this game.
    I haven't even finished the story yet and I am bored. The only thing that is good in my opinion is the way the game looks. Everything else is mediocre or worse. The AI is the worst in my opinion - it is braindead. All they do is just run towards you or stay in one spot waiting to be shot...with their backs towards you.
    I was very excited to play the game and it has been ta huge letdown. I cannot recommend buying this game as it is...it feels half way done.
    I am not sure how it is possible that this game has been in development for 6 years. There is absolutely nothing of substance on it. Everything seems to be started and half way abandoned to start something else. Nothing really makes much sense, from the gaming mechanics, to combat, to story and beyond....it looks like 3-4 different studios developed different games and tried to slap them together.
    The loading screens are terribly annoying and are everywhere. The game is a letdown and even the loot sucks and this is supposed to be a looter shooter. The grind is terribly boring and there are only 3 strongholds, one of which was in the demo, and the other is the end of the game. The difficulty is also messed up, rising it only gives the enemies more HP which makes them bullet spounges x1000. It is the laziest way to introduce difficulty. It is just a bad game at the moment. I am not sure that Bioware can save it- the game is deeply flawed and although has a solid base, the rest is terrible.    … Expand
  45. timmeeeyak
    Dec 15, 2020
    4
    I was blinded by the good name and everything bioware meant for me in my head. I've preordered it AND got the origin access premier subscription. Because of this, I now feel kind of ashamed that EA and bioware got the better of me and got me blindly excited for this hollow shell of a game. there's literally nothing exciting about this game after a few hours. the story is shallow at best,I was blinded by the good name and everything bioware meant for me in my head. I've preordered it AND got the origin access premier subscription. Because of this, I now feel kind of ashamed that EA and bioware got the better of me and got me blindly excited for this hollow shell of a game. there's literally nothing exciting about this game after a few hours. the story is shallow at best, gameplay is getting repetitive pretty fast and from a technical standpoint with all the performance issues and loading screens this game is a complete mess. farewell bioware, it's been great.… Expand
  46. KlaudiiCZ
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    + really nice graphics
    + movement is great
    + flying is really cooooool - boring story - repetitive missions - boring characters - everything on map feels the same - everything you do in game feels the same - bad optimization - reaaaally bad loading screens (22/02/2019) My friends love it, but I can't understand what took Bioware 6 years to make this game. I'm glad I got it    + really nice graphics
    + movement is great
    + flying is really cooooool

    - boring story
    - repetitive missions
    - boring characters
    - everything on map feels the same
    - everything you do in game feels the same
    - bad optimization
    - reaaaally bad loading screens (22/02/2019)

    My friends love it, but I can't understand what took Bioware 6 years to make this game.
    I'm glad I got it for free with my new RTX2060 if I spent single cent on this game I'd cry.
    Wouldn't recommend to anyone.    … Expand
  47. ZapTheSheep
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I paid for the Origin Premiere access to play the game for the last week. The flight and combat, while flawed, is somewhat fun. The super repetitive missions are boring (always seems to be go to location 1, kill mob, get clue, go to location 2, kill mob, get clue, go to location 3, kill mob, get final clue, kill boss). There is no end game. Twenty minute mission of three encounters with giant boss at the end. One of these strongholds is just the last story mission ramped up so red bar enemies can one shot you. The story and NPCs are so boringly milktoast that I ESC-skipped through 90%. The tombs challenge/quest was laughably bad. You're ramped up to go kill a ton of enemies in the challenge, go to open the tombs of some of the greatest lancers, and there is nothing to do in there. You interact with sarcophagi to get a codex entry. After 5 days of gameplay, I have seen everything in the game and am bored now. Unfortunately, I don't see how they can fix it. The foundational mechanics of the game are bad. Even a few patches won't fix it.… Expand
  48. SupremeReview
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    My first impression of anthem was and still is with some hope, however EA is still pulling the strings which is really reallly bad..

    that being said, this review is based on the experienced i had on the closed alpha & open beta, and last recent days before i refunded the game. Anthem is a open world game made by Bioware. the world looks breathtaking and flying in the mechsuits is    My first impression of anthem was and still is with some hope, however EA is still pulling the strings which is really reallly bad..

    that being said, this review is based on the experienced i had on the closed alpha & open beta, and last recent days before i refunded the game.

    Anthem is a open world game made by Bioware. the world looks breathtaking and flying in the mechsuits is really fun.... and thats basically it. because its more hollow then you might think, my first impressions were like ''wow what a big world'' and then i hit the invisible wall, the world simply looks big, but its kinda small, gameplay is repetitive, shoot,kill shoot repeat, if you are down then you need to wait untill they see that you are down and get you back up your feet, if you have unhelpfull teammate's... well you are screwed. Then the NPC's, since the game is kinda a copy of mass effect 4 its not really a surprise that its NPC's behave exactly the same way, they are dumb, easy to kill, and with a bit of luck they kill themselfs. since its made by bioware i expected the same level of storytelling as Swtor and mass effect, but for anhtem.... not so, yeah sure it has some story, but it rather lore then true storytelling and they keeps things lowprofile which means by my understanding that they are thinking about making anthem into a series so they can milk that story for the comming years....wait did they did that with destiny? anyway last but not least....performance, i have a 2080ti with a 9900k on my 2560 × 1440 screen. and there where some weird things going on, in the closed alpha i reached a fps of 100- 150isch which is pretty decent, personal i want atleast 100 fps in multiplayer game's and the alpha was running smooth. the beta...not so..... i got framedrops like most of the time to the point i thought there was something wrong with my hardware, after checking other game's running fine i had to come to the conclusion that Bioware made the beta worse then the alpha, and even now they game feel clunky at moment's and knowing EA they might released the beta as the full game and fix it if it makes enough money the first month, after Experiencing the fix for star wars battlefront 2 which should have took place the first month after release... and guess what? it took them over a year to fix it, as a matter of fact, the content that they are adding now is still part of the fix, since it should have been added on the day of release. but that's the tactic of EA now''release a broken game so it save money and time, if it just make's enough ''fix it'' after the first month so people cant get there refund, and then release some ''updates'' to keep you playing for a while and then they simply start with a new cash-grab title and repeat all of the above. my advice is if you really want to give it a try.. wait for a year, maby then the game is ''fixed'' and playable and you save some of your well earned money... but for now its nothing more then a Faulty full released beta with a lack of content,performence and lackluster storytelling.    … Expand
  49. Skywise
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    As someone who typically enjoys the games-as-a-service model, I am getting a bit fatigued by the trend of lackluster releases followed by pleas from the studios to "stick with them and trust that the game will get better." Anthem shouldn't suffer from the mistakes of Destiny 1, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, The Division, or Warframe, but they certainly haven't learned anything from them.As someone who typically enjoys the games-as-a-service model, I am getting a bit fatigued by the trend of lackluster releases followed by pleas from the studios to "stick with them and trust that the game will get better." Anthem shouldn't suffer from the mistakes of Destiny 1, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, The Division, or Warframe, but they certainly haven't learned anything from them. While the core mechanic of the javelins is solid and unique, the gameplay loop is redundant, uninspired, and leaves much to be desired in terms of the quality narrative that Bioware has historically been known for.… Expand
  50. Kites
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    The story is cliche and downright boring, combat is nothing new, weapons are bland and of course, the game is unoptimized garbage that will constantly just stop working while playing or downright kick you for server issues or said optimization issues.
  51. QuangoJones
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    After around 30 hours in-game it's just boring. It's the same limited set of content, again and again. The AI is broken, the only difficulty increases are by making enemies bullet sponges. The weapons sound great but feel terrible. There are glitches, the day one patch broke more than it fixed, and I think around 10 out of my 30ish hours were spent on loading screens. It certainly feltAfter around 30 hours in-game it's just boring. It's the same limited set of content, again and again. The AI is broken, the only difficulty increases are by making enemies bullet sponges. The weapons sound great but feel terrible. There are glitches, the day one patch broke more than it fixed, and I think around 10 out of my 30ish hours were spent on loading screens. It certainly felt that way.

    I can't recommend this trash, I'd wish I'd spent the 60 on platinum to support Warframe.    … Expand
  52. Blaky88
    Feb 23, 2019
    4
    allora Signori , la patch in questione ha risolto molto poco o se non altro avrà risolto solo il problema dei caricamenti o delle bug riguardanti un paio di missioni . PUNTOOO . Il gioco ancora perde l'audio , ti fa iniziare le missioni contratto con delle skin che non ti appartengono per niente con conseguente riavvio della missione, a volte la possibilita di premere X o A ECC. ECC. SIallora Signori , la patch in questione ha risolto molto poco o se non altro avrà risolto solo il problema dei caricamenti o delle bug riguardanti un paio di missioni . PUNTOOO . Il gioco ancora perde l'audio , ti fa iniziare le missioni contratto con delle skin che non ti appartengono per niente con conseguente riavvio della missione, a volte la possibilita di premere X o A ECC. ECC. SI BUGGA , si BUGGA anche la mossa finale questo un po' piu' raramente... cmq ancora molti problemi troppi problemi ....problemi di FRETTA e di INCASSARE SOLDI ....La FEBBRE… Expand
  53. MrPromo
    Apr 28, 2019
    4
    I was fool enough, to pre order this loading simulator. Yeah it has nice graphic, but that is it ! Thats all. And above all of that, I played it something about 40 hours, in February, when it comes out. Since Feb I never played this crap again. But guess what ?! Now (29th April 2019) I gave it a chance and download it again. It started very well actually BUT !! after a few minutes inI was fool enough, to pre order this loading simulator. Yeah it has nice graphic, but that is it ! Thats all. And above all of that, I played it something about 40 hours, in February, when it comes out. Since Feb I never played this crap again. But guess what ?! Now (29th April 2019) I gave it a chance and download it again. It started very well actually BUT !! after a few minutes in freeplay mode connection lost ! YOU GOT TO BE KIDDIN ME ! After two months you give me just a 2 and half minute of gameplay ?! Now I know why Origin does not have Refunds.....-_- DONT BUY THIS "game"… Expand
  54. noskcile
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    i played this game and im level 15 and im getting really bored already, i like the gameplay but everything looks the same. same looking missions. it is like inspiration has been sucked out of the devs for mission creativity. i wanted to really enjoy this game but the loading screens and the repeat, generic looking weapons that you can't tell which one is which, and the bad loot... omg ii played this game and im level 15 and im getting really bored already, i like the gameplay but everything looks the same. same looking missions. it is like inspiration has been sucked out of the devs for mission creativity. i wanted to really enjoy this game but the loading screens and the repeat, generic looking weapons that you can't tell which one is which, and the bad loot... omg i could go on and on. i am so disappointed. i can't trust anything E.A. advertise like the way they changed the world, how it looked how beast interact that gave me a monster hunter feeling in their first gameplay. this is clearly an unfinished rushed out the door game. this **** is completely disrespectful.… Expand
  55. tabbs
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    Played close to 40 hours of the game to see if it ever got better... and it did not. Missions are repetitive with little variation, dungeons are anticlimactic, and the main storyline seems cheesy and uneventful. Its fun at first to figure out what suit you like the most and what abilities you like as well - but once that is over and you feel like the game is extremely lackluster. OverallPlayed close to 40 hours of the game to see if it ever got better... and it did not. Missions are repetitive with little variation, dungeons are anticlimactic, and the main storyline seems cheesy and uneventful. Its fun at first to figure out what suit you like the most and what abilities you like as well - but once that is over and you feel like the game is extremely lackluster. Overall not worth the money.… Expand
  56. WhatsUpDoC
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    I keep seeing positive reviews saying "I don't understand why the game is receiving so much hate..the game just came out, it will get better..." Well the reason why I'm hating is this...I actually found the game fun at first but then I realized that the game just wasn't complete. Now that wouldn't be a problem, necessarily, if it were free to play (a la Warframe). However this game is atI keep seeing positive reviews saying "I don't understand why the game is receiving so much hate..the game just came out, it will get better..." Well the reason why I'm hating is this...I actually found the game fun at first but then I realized that the game just wasn't complete. Now that wouldn't be a problem, necessarily, if it were free to play (a la Warframe). However this game is at AAA pricing and took 5+ years in development and my response to their sentiment is simply No...if a publisher releases a game at full AAA price the game should meet its potential at launch. It's like releasing a Marvel Movie with 60% of the CGI finished and saying ..."It's only JUST being released, {movies} like this u have to give time" after you paid full price for it already...Not acceptable, glad i only paid for the trial. Bad First Impression.… Expand
  57. Doc-Chrisco
    Feb 25, 2019
    4
    I played Anthem by utilizing the Origin premier service. I am convinced this game was developed as a way to sell more subscriptions to this service as I cannot see anyone justifying a 60 USD purchase for this product. I mainly downloaded the game to play with a group of friends. Which is an odd sentence to type when you consider this is a BioWare title a studio known best for its singleI played Anthem by utilizing the Origin premier service. I am convinced this game was developed as a way to sell more subscriptions to this service as I cannot see anyone justifying a 60 USD purchase for this product. I mainly downloaded the game to play with a group of friends. Which is an odd sentence to type when you consider this is a BioWare title a studio known best for its single player RPG experiences. Excluding the SW MMO but even that feels like a single player experience these days. Without rehashing to hard on the things we've all already heard Anthem is a by the numbers looter shooter. I found myself calling out plot twists long before they would occur in the game. This wouldn't be so bad if at one point this title didn't attempt to advertise that the actions of the player would impact the world around them and shape relationships. That was a bold faced lie nothing you do in reference to character interaction will have any form of significant impact on the game. Now you will be able to "impact" the lives of some of the smaller side characters but only minimally and you never really feel the reward or consequence of these actions outside of sound bytes given to you by the NPC's involved. I understand this was never intended to be a story rich experience but even going in with low expectations I found myself disappointed. The player is expected to be wholly invested in the events and characters around you whilst the only way the game truly expands on the concepts you're learning about is through codex entries that are about as engaging to read as some of my college textbooks. All these complaints and let downs without even touching on the fact that should you even try to engross yourself in this world all you're really doing is slowing your friends down who might just want to get on to the next mission but are stuck waiting on you to finish just one more conversation. Now you might think "just let your friends move on and go at your own pace" sure except because of the disastrous load times you'll often find the random squad you joined to complete this mission have long since loaded in and have sped off to the starting area without you which will force you to sit through yet another drab loading screen before you're thrust into the middle of a random battle with no sense as to why you're doing what you're doing. There is of course the option to play in private matches by yourself but then that tasks you with taking on the mission completely alone. You aren't given the option to call on any of the characters you've interacted with inside fort Tarsis to aid you even though many of them can use javelins. Missions are ridiculously easy on standard difficulties so it isn't as if you're suffering with some kind of handicap but it's just another BioWare staple that seems to have been removed solely to push the multiplayer experience. All and all I'd have to say the game though stunning to look at is dreadfully empty and devoid of the flare that made so many of my favorite BioWare titles memorable I would only recommend someone try this game if they are desperate for another bland multiplayer shooter and even then just sub to one month of Origin Premier just be sure to cancel the reoccurring billing so EA doesn't get a dime more of your money then 15 dollars which is about what I would say this game is worth.… Expand
  58. leoh0
    Feb 25, 2019
    4
    so graphic is awesome , the battle is somehow good, but the feedback of shooting feels pool.

    story is hard to understand the story, easy to get bored.

    lot of bugs, awuful qucik matching, and the loading time, just try it, 5mins loading then connect error, great
  59. Zaethiel
    Feb 25, 2019
    4
    People who love the game : "they will fix the problems"
    Every other game with problems: "they will fix the problems"
    You don't release a finalized version of a game with so many problems. It is ridiculous that people give this a 10/10. The gameplay is good. The story is great. The bugs are numerous. The end game is lacking. The loot system sucks and it is a loot driven game. Monster ai    People who love the game : "they will fix the problems"
    Every other game with problems: "they will fix the problems"
    You don't release a finalized version of a game with so many problems. It is ridiculous that people give this a 10/10.
    The gameplay is good. The story is great. The bugs are numerous. The end game is lacking. The loot system sucks and it is a loot driven game. Monster ai is poor. Monster diversity is poor. Gameplay features are lacking. No chat system. No friend system. No ping/mark system.    … Expand
  60. lostcauz707
    Feb 26, 2019
    4
    I made this account just for this review. Repetition, complete deflation of excitement, the most shallow loot pool that's ever existed with generic skins and generic enemies with a flat story just screams Bioware isn't Bioware anymore. These are the people who made Dragon Age Origins, almost without a doubt the most perfected 3rd person RPG experience ever on a story side and ME:2, theI made this account just for this review. Repetition, complete deflation of excitement, the most shallow loot pool that's ever existed with generic skins and generic enemies with a flat story just screams Bioware isn't Bioware anymore. These are the people who made Dragon Age Origins, almost without a doubt the most perfected 3rd person RPG experience ever on a story side and ME:2, the most perfected overall RPG experience possibly ever made before The Witcher 3.

    Evidence of another instance where the company who publishes the game want's the consumer to know what they should want. The backlash by EA and Microsoft telling people that they don't know what they want when we have had a standard set by great games like BL2 back in 2012. Then again they took time away from giving the consumer what they want to spend precious dev time for microtransactions in a full price experience without giving a worthwhile experience.

    If a movie was incomplete on release with a "promise crucial scenes and special effects would be added later" no one would watch the movie on release. Unacceptable in the video game market when the standards are trying to be set by the publisher and not the consumer.

    EA keeps pushing graphics as though they are the headliner to great games while Nintendo makes game of the year worthy titles annually on a handheld. Anthem is a weak experience on ground this company has treaded in before. It's the equivalent of Boyhood the video game. All those years of development, wasted.    … Expand
  61. Addidiivinci
    Feb 26, 2019
    4
    this game have boring and repetitive missions to a poorly balanced end-game difficulty for a looter shooter not good... but the bioware game play a la Mass Effect is still here.. cool combo nice gun play mechanic but the game lack of content and severe bug, server crash, random sound crash, wall and elemental glitch... dont buy wait
  62. zzzszzz
    Feb 27, 2019
    4
    Mine is on PC. I still give it 4 points only because of its beautiful world and cool flying experience, 2 for each. Everything else is a mess. There are bugs and flaws regard to every part of the game, especially the server issue. I used to blame Ubisoft for its unbearable server of The Division, now I think I need to apologize to Ubi. Guess what, I can be logged out of the game anywhereMine is on PC. I still give it 4 points only because of its beautiful world and cool flying experience, 2 for each. Everything else is a mess. There are bugs and flaws regard to every part of the game, especially the server issue. I used to blame Ubisoft for its unbearable server of The Division, now I think I need to apologize to Ubi. Guess what, I can be logged out of the game anywhere anytime for different reasons even if my internet is fast and stable af. I would say it looks like BioWare's team has no experience in making a Role Play Game at all, nice try.

    If you would like to wait for them to fix those issues, you can still buy the game because I think it still has potential, but If you don't have the patience, just give up, The Division 2 is just half a month away.    … Expand
  63. TheDook
    Mar 16, 2019
    4
    I originally rated this higher thinking the game was rough and the issues may be ironed out. That might still be the case, but the game just isn't fun enough to keep playing until they fix it. The gameplay is pretty decent, but there's too little of it. The missions are short, and you have to slowly wander around their dumb town talking to empty NPCs to get the next mission. It just feelsI originally rated this higher thinking the game was rough and the issues may be ironed out. That might still be the case, but the game just isn't fun enough to keep playing until they fix it. The gameplay is pretty decent, but there's too little of it. The missions are short, and you have to slowly wander around their dumb town talking to empty NPCs to get the next mission. It just feels like a chore to get to the good stuff. I hope they make the game better, and maybe I'll try again in 6 months.… Expand
  64. Azohss
    Mar 1, 2019
    4
    este juego tiene un potencial increíble se siento muy bien manejar al personajes disparar o lanzar las habilidades pero es lo único bueno de este ya que recae en todo los demás... bug que pueden estropear tu experiencia por completo , a parte que te obligan a hacer misiones segundarías para poder seguir con las historia haciendo una especie de estrategia para darle mas vida al juego que aleste juego tiene un potencial increíble se siento muy bien manejar al personajes disparar o lanzar las habilidades pero es lo único bueno de este ya que recae en todo los demás... bug que pueden estropear tu experiencia por completo , a parte que te obligan a hacer misiones segundarías para poder seguir con las historia haciendo una especie de estrategia para darle mas vida al juego que al final les sale en tiro por la culata por que lo vuelve muy pesado y repetitivo ....ha y como olvidar la maravillosa tienda que es una completa estafa aparte de la gran falta de contenido que posee este titulo. me da mucha pene por Bioware no se que les a pasado a este compañía que hacia obras maestra como su saga tan reconocida como mass effect que relucía en todos sus aspecto y con una historia preciosa, pero se han dado un bajón increíble de calidad este ultimo tiempo… Expand
  65. Rafazildo
    Mar 1, 2019
    4
    The gameplay is amazing, but the game have a LOT of bugs, u just cant finish some missions, have a LOT of loadings even if want change your weapons... we pay full price for an unfinished game, its not fair!
  66. TheMadmanLabs
    Mar 3, 2019
    4
    4 is a perfect score for this game right now. It can be higher after couple of months but we should rate current state of the game. Not promises.

    First, negatives: * Bugs, bugs everywhere. Game has so many bugs. You won't be able to play 2 hours straight without encountering some. Some of them are really annoying. Like 30m mission you have with your friends and your audio just die    4 is a perfect score for this game right now. It can be higher after couple of months but we should rate current state of the game. Not promises.

    First, negatives:

    * Bugs, bugs everywhere. Game has so many bugs. You won't be able to play 2 hours straight without encountering some. Some of them are really annoying. Like 30m mission you have with your friends and your audio just die out. Complete silence. Normally I would give this game a 5. But amount of bugs I'm encountering made me lower the score to 4
    * Lack of endgame - So this is live service. You suppose to play this game for months. Well good luck with that. You would think that after so many games like this, Bioware would learn from the best and prepare some content? Nope. You have 1 type f mission. You go to the 1 single map (Destiny had like 4 of them) where everything look the same and you kill waves of enemies or some tougher enemy. Game give you multiple missions but in fact - all of the mare the same. Then you have strongholds. 1 is just re-used final mission. 1 is in caves and is boring as hell, boss is just robot you encounter everywhere in the game but with extra shield and that's it. 1 we saw in the demo. One with scorpion king is most fun to play.
    * Total lack of balance - You have something like ultimate ability. Something like game changer. Powerful abilities like in Overwatch that should wreck havoc. Your ultimate ability on high difficulty takes away like I don't know... 2% of enemy HP? you use it all and tougher enemy wont even loose shield so you can drop some of it HP. But guess what - you can have a PISTOL that will do more damage per shot that your ULTIMATE. Game give you 3 GRANDMASTER difficulties. Great right? Complete them for better drop. BUT after doing them several time - you actually get less from them than more. Because it takes much more time to complete them while drop is just slightly better. Early on your abilities rules. After that your guns are just better. Your ultimate become useless. It's a mess.
    * Loot is crap. You have just few abilities. Components and guns. Most guns are just trash. You are only after few of them. You can carry 2 at the same time anyway and you can't switch them during mission so rest is just trash. All guns looks the same. After a while because of low drop and low amount of unique items - you basically gather trash whole game.
    * Boss rewards are trash - so - boss rewards are locked. You can get only 1 masterwork (2nd tier from the top) and never anything better. And ONLY ability. So once you get better item (legendary) then basically there is no point killing the boss. NEVER.
    * Audio is terrible. Most enemies are just silent. You can't locate enemies by audio queues. Audio can just die. And sometimes stuff on screen are silent. Like game can't handle extra audio tracks.

    Now the good things:
    * It's a best iron man simulator ever made
    * Blowing stuff is fun
    * Graphic is good

    Basically Anthem is a good looking, shallow, empty 60-80$ with NO CONTENT, microtransactions and it's full of bugs. Unless you want to play little bit broken iron man simulator I suggest skipping it. Try in May. There will be first big patch with content there. Maybe then game will be worth something.    … Expand
  67. ViperShogun
    Mar 3, 2019
    4
    What an amazing bunch of potential gone to absolute waste. Really needed a lot more time in the cooker, honestly, I think if you revisit this game in a year or two you'll find a great game. But right now it's not ready at all and you should steer clear!
  68. RocketHorse
    Mar 4, 2019
    4
    Sadly, Anthem not only falls short of delivering the bustling market and vast world of its early trailer, it also fails to be a game that is good at much of anything.

    The Good: The Flying in Anthem is amazing, the customization is fun and robust, and the powers you get to use in the field often feel interesting, (if not always rewarding.) The Bad: Shooting is a chore, enemy AI is    Sadly, Anthem not only falls short of delivering the bustling market and vast world of its early trailer, it also fails to be a game that is good at much of anything.

    The Good: The Flying in Anthem is amazing, the customization is fun and robust, and the powers you get to use in the field often feel interesting, (if not always rewarding.)

    The Bad: Shooting is a chore, enemy AI is BAD, and the enemies are often not fun to fight or interact with. The story is strikingly generic, especially for Bioware's standards of excellence. The writing is... ok, but the interaction options with characters are limited and minimal. All of Bioware's strength of storytelling got lost in making this game, for the story itself, to the ways you could define your character.

    The open world has 2-3 types of events that usually revolve around gathering or shooting, and none of it is done well. The enemies in the wild serve no real purpose, and the world itself while beautiful, is also VERY repetitive and same-y. The loot is... generally pretty boring, and the world has no other ways to interact with it, other than shooting and looting.

    The Ugly: Loading times are massive if you're using a non SSD drive, plentiful, and poor utilization means that things like the Forge, (the area you go to pimp out your mech,) are loading screens that shouldn't exist. Loading itself leaves you nothing to do but stare at the same title cards over and over, and yes, if you drift too far away from your group you get pulled into ANOTHER loading screen.

    Anthem isn't just half baked, it's not even fully concepted. None of the aspects of the game mesh well, there are fundamental design choices that need to be undone, and nothing in the game shines as top of its class. For a game to come out AFTER destiny/warframe/the division, and be worse than all three, is a shockingly inept move from a studio that used to spin gold.    … Expand
  69. Arma81
    Mar 12, 2019
    4
    That a AAA studio took 6 years to make this game is concerning. It's as though these people had zero experience with development and were in a complete vacuum separated from the hits like Diablo, Borderlands and Destiny.

    Once one acquires Mastercraft items (1-2 weeks depending on intensity) THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO DO. Bore central. Zero interesting content, and so it all becomes a    That a AAA studio took 6 years to make this game is concerning. It's as though these people had zero experience with development and were in a complete vacuum separated from the hits like Diablo, Borderlands and Destiny.

    Once one acquires Mastercraft items (1-2 weeks depending on intensity) THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO DO. Bore central. Zero interesting content, and so it all becomes a tedious grind to acquire legendary items. Taking a break from this and heading to the Division 2. Who knows if I'll bother to renew my Origin Premiere sub.    … Expand
  70. trustreview
    Mar 13, 2019
    4
    Anthem is definitely not in a playable state, for what i've seen so far i seriously doubt it will be an interesting GaaS looter-shooter. it looks broken in its core : with a massive empty world, Absolutely no challenge and no fun in killing dumb/boring NPCs. The AI is bad and for a AAA game like this one its a big shame, figthing bosses look like fighting huge wall full of health, it tookAnthem is definitely not in a playable state, for what i've seen so far i seriously doubt it will be an interesting GaaS looter-shooter. it looks broken in its core : with a massive empty world, Absolutely no challenge and no fun in killing dumb/boring NPCs. The AI is bad and for a AAA game like this one its a big shame, figthing bosses look like fighting huge wall full of health, it took a lot of time to get them down and its BORING plus not rewarded...

    DOTY (Disappointment Of The Year)    … Expand
  71. SirPyros
    Mar 13, 2019
    4
    I will preface this review by stating that I am a long time Bioware fan. I loved Jade Empire, Mass Effect series and Dragon Age series. I actually enjoyed Mass Effect: Andromeda, in spite of all of its shortcomings. However, no amount of goodwill that Bioware has garnered over the years makes up for the launch debacle with Anthem.

    I played the VIP demo and have been playing the game    I will preface this review by stating that I am a long time Bioware fan. I loved Jade Empire, Mass Effect series and Dragon Age series. I actually enjoyed Mass Effect: Andromeda, in spite of all of its shortcomings. However, no amount of goodwill that Bioware has garnered over the years makes up for the launch debacle with Anthem.

    I played the VIP demo and have been playing the game since the early release for Origin premier subscribers. I trudged through the lackluster story and grindy narrative missions. I really wanted to like this game. The gameplay was fun and the controls tight and responsive. The story's ending leaves room for growth, but it was certainly not Bioware quality.

    The quality of life design in the game is terrible. Loading times were unbearable until I moved it to my SSD drive. On top of that, bugs and glitches abounded. Yet. I was still willing to hope that patches would release fast enough to fix everything that was wrong.

    When I reached the endgame and starting grinding for loot is when the game's disastrous design really came to light. As of this review, there is still no stats page so you can see how much damage your current build should be putting out. This would make a world of difference, as whatever shadowy algorithm calculates a javelin's damage output is so incomprehensible, one has no idea whether new loot would help or not.

    Loot drop rates are abysmal. Many loot types don't even have all qualities implemented yet. Honestly, it feels like Bioware's GaaS model is to use early adopters as beta testers while they figure out how to make the game work. This may have worked 3 years ago before the market was saturated with other looter-shooters. However, today it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth and a feeling of being used.

    Bioware of old, how I loved you, how I miss you...    … Expand
  72. arrehn
    May 12, 2019
    4
    200+hrs in review. Great action graphics/gameplay but fatally flawed and unfinished. Jump into one of 4 unique flying robot suits and enjoy zooming, alien jungle combat in squads of up to 4 players.

    On the down side: Game seems to have a split personality, great efforts were made on the world building/immersive side but then these get increasingly abandoned for blatantly unimmersive    200+hrs in review. Great action graphics/gameplay but fatally flawed and unfinished. Jump into one of 4 unique flying robot suits and enjoy zooming, alien jungle combat in squads of up to 4 players.

    On the down side: Game seems to have a split personality, great efforts were made on the world building/immersive side but then these get increasingly abandoned for blatantly unimmersive gamey aspects/graphics. Endgame gameplay touted as 'the real game' but its unfinished and extremely repetitive. Character progression slows to almost nothing after a while. Crafting suffers from always being a step behind what you can pick up off the ground. Save yourself the money, wait for platform/design to significantly mature. I played this for a long time but it wasn't fun, I was just chasing increasingly empty achievements.    … Expand
  73. Floral
    May 25, 2019
    4
    Game play is very inconsistent. How much health you have entering an activity and how much damage you do is seemingly random and is not tied to in game level or gear stats. This undermines progression as your stats are always fluctuating due to RNG. Same goes for enemy health and damage, none of it is consistent. There is no end game and the loot is laughable. There are only 57 guns total,Game play is very inconsistent. How much health you have entering an activity and how much damage you do is seemingly random and is not tied to in game level or gear stats. This undermines progression as your stats are always fluctuating due to RNG. Same goes for enemy health and damage, none of it is consistent. There is no end game and the loot is laughable. There are only 57 guns total, and only 9 models for all of them. Not one gun has a unique model. Only 3 guns from every gun type are available to the player before level 30. For example, there are only 3 assault rifles till you hit level 30. You will keep getting these guns, though with different rarities (which is redundant because the gun isn't truly "rare" if it can also be obtained at the common level), until you hit level 30, then 4 more assault rifles are available. You will only be able to use 27 guns until you hit level cap (granted that you play each class, as class specific weapons are factored into the 27). Because there is no end game, there is no reason to play after hitting level 30. Additionally, weapon perk randomization means that any gun can have any perk, which makes high-end gear broken sometimes. For example, it is possible to get hip fire spread reduction perks for the sniper, even though in Anthem you can't shoot a sniper unless you are aimed. You can also get perks such as 0% recoil reduction on assault rifles and LMG's, which takes up a perk slot and has no effect.

    Very little care went into this new IP.    … Expand
  74. kartana
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    This is really embarrassing for BioWare. Such an excuse for a story. Characters with no personality. Only three mission types (stand in circle, find orbs and put thing into other thing). Loot is boring and stats are not working. Long loading times and crashes/disconnects. No end game at all, just replay the stuff you did already.
  75. DudeManGuy
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Getting to any of the content is roadblocked by loading screens and hubs, the performance is lackluster, and the meat of the game, the combat, just isn't all that great. I kept getting the feeling that I was missing something. After ten hours of searching for that something, I stopped caring.

    Try it out with EA access, if you must.
  76. Glazier
    Feb 28, 2019
    3
    - No Engame. No Loot. No Cosmetics.
    - No "Bioware Storytelling"
    - Loading screens while waiting for more loading screens.
    - Bugs. Lots of them.

    + Flight is fun.
    + Combat inherited from Andromeda is fun for first ~20hr.
  77. Donkaban
    Mar 1, 2019
    3
    Good picture, good open world landscape, good animations (hello Andromeda!).
    All of GAMEPLAY things is very boring, generic and bad. Where is BioWare, where is Mass Effect roots?
    Generic multiplayer shooter with hmmm.... flying. Choose Division, Destiny, Warframe... not Anthem
  78. PingWing
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    When compared to a free game, in the same setting, I can't help but notice the amount of disappointment this game brings with it.

    We were already aware - before launch - that the "trailer" / gameplay-demo was one big fraud, and that the game didn't look like that - but after playing the game for a bit, I couldn't help but notice another lie. There is no moment of: "Wauw" - not during    When compared to a free game, in the same setting, I can't help but notice the amount of disappointment this game brings with it.

    We were already aware - before launch - that the "trailer" / gameplay-demo was one big fraud, and that the game didn't look like that - but after playing the game for a bit, I couldn't help but notice another lie.
    There is no moment of: "Wauw" - not during combat (which is dull), not during moving from A to B, - and while it looks ok - I was expecting more of a : "Wauw"-factor, which this game does not have.

    The reason I don't rate it a 0 or 1 is because, in some way - it can offer you a bit of joy - as long as you can ignore missions & dialogue, and just want to "Run & gun".    … Expand
  79. Fanonymous
    Mar 19, 2019
    3
    Anthem has been such a let down. It's a game that just tried to be too many things at once. I think the biggest problem is that it took what was Bioware's strength, a single player game, and tried to make it into a multiplayer co-op RPG loot shooter ala Borderlands. Along with a microtransaction game ala Free2Play. And finally an Open world exploration game ala most MMO or Single PlayerAnthem has been such a let down. It's a game that just tried to be too many things at once. I think the biggest problem is that it took what was Bioware's strength, a single player game, and tried to make it into a multiplayer co-op RPG loot shooter ala Borderlands. Along with a microtransaction game ala Free2Play. And finally an Open world exploration game ala most MMO or Single Player Open World games. All rolled up into one ugly ball of confusion.

    The story is too confounding to be figured out in the few cutscenes and interactions, it's clear it was supposed to play out over a much longer period in a Single player style like Mass Effect. It intends for you to discover things in the open world, but instead just becomes a tedious grind of collecting, killing and stumbling onto events that rarely make sense. There is nothing in the open world to cause random groups to play together, but you must be in a group to explore the open world. It's just confusing and arbitrary.

    The NPC's and the city is wooden and un-animated. It feels like a museum rather than a living place. None of the NPC characters are interesting, and they deliver dialog only when required and are otherwise just there to remind you that they exist.

    Bioware has insisted that the changes from the 2017 and even 2018 play examples at E3 were necessary to make the game playable. But in every instance, they took features away. Rather than under promising and over delivering they did the exact opposite. Demoing a gorgeous open world full of dynamic creatures and places you would want to see and interact with. Instead, we get a beautifully rendered, but barely living world that leaves us asking what went wrong.    … Expand
  80. gash46
    Dec 27, 2019
    3
    I just couldn't stand the boring gameplay any more. It's pretty if you have a PC to run it properly, but for a game so empty it should perform better at medium settings. The gameplay is repetitive and dull, and I just couldn't care less about the characters on offer. It just feels like another Destiny 2 and in all the bad ways. I got it for £8 and I still feel like I want my money back.
  81. Vertran187
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Anthem is not ready for market everyone told them but EA put out anther unfinished game. Theres potential here but its not the cash cow EA are looking for in this current state so there probally sack Bioware and abort this game. Quality seems impossible for EA when greed is the the driving force.
  82. nJoe
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    I had high hopes for this game and gave it a shot by way of Origin Premier, but it fell short - so very short. It's like the game can't decide what it is and it's missing so many key features that are important in the genre (Destiny, The Division etc). Hopefully Bioware (and EA) will do something about it, because if they get this game in shape, I'm down in a split-second.
  83. Fuht
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    It's bad, man. Don't make my mistake, don't buy this piece of sh...game. EA trick us again.
  84. Styke
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    The enemies stand there and wait to die and the bullet sponge design is to encourage "combos" with different element types and triggers. There's literally nothing to this game besides graphics, and after level 10 you've literally seen the entire thing. The maps repeat, using a different chunk of the boring and completely pointless "freeplay" map while trying very, very hard to get you toThe enemies stand there and wait to die and the bullet sponge design is to encourage "combos" with different element types and triggers. There's literally nothing to this game besides graphics, and after level 10 you've literally seen the entire thing. The maps repeat, using a different chunk of the boring and completely pointless "freeplay" map while trying very, very hard to get you to care about characters that each have an obvious 'so funny and unique!' quirk. It makes no sense that a multi-million dollar flagship title comes across as rushed, unfinished and downright poorly designed, but these are trying times my friends.… Expand
  85. Veska
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Loading screen simulator. It is another ME: A...Same **** bugs, pornostory and "endgame". If you want playing this type of game, just take Warframe. Better and cheaper.

    Bioware is dead...Thank you, EA:)
  86. garyc
    Mar 5, 2019
    3
    A total failure on all fronts. Here is what anthem is:
    It's a loot based game with boring loot, it's a bioware game with a terrible story, it's the best looking game around but has the most monotonous environments in a modern game, it's a shooter with boring enemies, it's a co-op online game with no community features, it's a cool down rotation gameplay system with no strategy to it, it's    A total failure on all fronts. Here is what anthem is:
    It's a loot based game with boring loot, it's a bioware game with a terrible story, it's the best looking game around but has the most monotonous environments in a modern game, it's a shooter with boring enemies, it's a co-op online game with no community features, it's a cool down rotation gameplay system with no strategy to it, it's a game that could succeed with storing mechanics but has weak mechanics, it's a game that cost extra to play early but is unfinished and buggy, it's standout feature was jetpack flying but that element is artificially constrained, it's a game which will live or die based on its end game but the end game is the most underdeveloped part of the whole thing, it's a game based on grinding but the grind is not compelling and it's a copy of destiny that makes all the same mistakes plus more on top.
    Everything this game could have done to make it good it failed at miserably. It's a gross misunderstanding of what makes a good game and is fundamentally broken not just mechanically and technically but right to the core the entire concept has been implemented in the worst possible ways.    … Expand
  87. spannerrings
    Nov 24, 2019
    3
    + Cool graphic
    + flying is great and fun
    + Gunplay(not gameplay) is still feel good +++ Uninstall is better than playing this **** - Still worst game service ever( always keep dc) (play on free Origin Basic October/November) - Story is meh - worst loading screen - gameplay is repetitive and boring as hell. - unbalanced loot and gameplay session - Unfinished broken product -    + Cool graphic
    + flying is great and fun
    + Gunplay(not gameplay) is still feel good
    +++ Uninstall is better than playing this ****

    - Still worst game service ever( always keep dc) (play on free Origin Basic October/November)
    - Story is meh
    - worst loading screen
    - gameplay is repetitive and boring as hell.
    - unbalanced loot and gameplay session
    - Unfinished broken product
    - bug everywhere
    - Content feel emptiness    … Expand
  88. KillMessiah
    Mar 11, 2019
    3
    One of the worst performing games I've ever seen. Frames constantly tank to 20-30fps even on medium settings on a machine that runs everything else at 60fps on high settings at 1080p. The real kicker is that Bioware themselves said that after the game is released there will never be an emphasis on any future optimization. I will never play their games again for saying that, because it justOne of the worst performing games I've ever seen. Frames constantly tank to 20-30fps even on medium settings on a machine that runs everything else at 60fps on high settings at 1080p. The real kicker is that Bioware themselves said that after the game is released there will never be an emphasis on any future optimization. I will never play their games again for saying that, because it just means they want to only focus on how to maintain a cash flow post-release and continue to nickle and dime customers. The missions are very short and extremely boring. There is no endgame content and no reason to keep playing after you complete the campaign. Everything is slow and plodding, from the layers and layers of menu's that operate so slowly, to walking around in the pointless lifeless city, to the dozens of long and horribly boring conversations that are completely pointless and meaningless, to the actual gameplay itself. I only gave it a 3 because the gunplay and spellcasting is fun and the sounds are great, but not really though when the framerate keeps tanking constantly to 30fps or lower.… Expand
  89. ScienceAdvisor
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Not even worth wasting the time to repeat what all critical reivews have already pointed out. This is so lazy as to question why Bioware exists any longer.
  90. grimlock73
    Mar 2, 2019
    3
    BioWare died for this so that EA CEO can have 300% more salary. Because 30+ millions is not enough and want more. I am glad BioWare is dead and other studios too. Maybe they’ll learn something. I am also glad that they laid off most of their employees.
  91. zeven
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    This game is obviously over advertised. There is only a framework of the game but not much content at all. The story is dull and mission is repetitive and boring.
  92. Hellskellet
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    This game has potential but for me it was impossible du enjoy this game. I have experienced many game breaking bugs, one of them still locks me from progressing in the story to today. The game design is bad, there is one big filler mission that takes much time, that only purpose is to make the playtime longer. Some missions are not thought through and in general Anthem is a prime exampleThis game has potential but for me it was impossible du enjoy this game. I have experienced many game breaking bugs, one of them still locks me from progressing in the story to today. The game design is bad, there is one big filler mission that takes much time, that only purpose is to make the playtime longer. Some missions are not thought through and in general Anthem is a prime example of how not do make a game. I would not recommend this game at this state to anyone.
    Even if the gameplay would be top notch, it still would be unplayable through to gamebreaking bugs. I wouldn't by this game for any amount of money since it just doesn't work.    … Expand
  93. BenSpazz
    Mar 3, 2019
    3
    Lets just say for once that i'm glad I'm a member of origin premier, because at least I only paid $15 for the month instead of $60 for this game. I came in with my vision of Bioware, you know the hundreds of hours of immersive gameplay, character development, intense story telling, replay value... What i got was about 14 hours of mediocrity. The "main"' story is bland and short. it doesn'tLets just say for once that i'm glad I'm a member of origin premier, because at least I only paid $15 for the month instead of $60 for this game. I came in with my vision of Bioware, you know the hundreds of hours of immersive gameplay, character development, intense story telling, replay value... What i got was about 14 hours of mediocrity. The "main"' story is bland and short. it doesn't answer a whole lot of anything, it leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth.

    The game looks fantastic, and the controls are smooth. But other than that i cant say much. I expect a lot more from Bioware. I can go to any game for pretty looks. when i turn to Bioware i want a story i can lose myself in. i cant even say anthem fell short of my expectations for a Bioware story, it wasn't even in the same ballpark.    … Expand
  94. ShazamKnight
    Apr 9, 2019
    3
    The game is beautiful, the flying is fun, and the combat itself is enjoyable for the most part, but I find it hard to classify what kind of game this is. It's a looter shooter without any exciting loot, and a shallow loot pool, it's an RPG with an incoherent mess of a story, and it's crafting system is shallow. And boy do I hope you like loading screens, because they are long andThe game is beautiful, the flying is fun, and the combat itself is enjoyable for the most part, but I find it hard to classify what kind of game this is. It's a looter shooter without any exciting loot, and a shallow loot pool, it's an RPG with an incoherent mess of a story, and it's crafting system is shallow. And boy do I hope you like loading screens, because they are long and plentiful, it's hard to even get into any kind of a groove before another 30 second cut scene interrupts your playing. This game was definitely rushed like they had no idea what they were doing for years then all of a sudden they had a deadline and they threw this game together with random assets and called said "job well done!"
    This had so much potential but in it's current state, it's a $60 Beta test we are paying for to help them fix. Sad, this game had potential and we're left with another Destiny grind fest with little content and even less story.    … Expand
  95. Brandondwn
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    It’s literally the most boring looter shooter ever made. It’s 2019 and that is insane. You don’t even truly get loot till after ghe campaign and then it’s a grind for no real reason. Bad game is bad
  96. Manzor
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    The game is poor. The first few hours is not bad but as a rpg, it's short and not very interesting. The characters aren't interesting. The world is not bad but after a few hours it gets too repetitive. The world looks good but feels empty.

    The combat system reminds me Mass Effect Andromeda too, it's not so unique. It has been improved but not so much as they want you to believe. The    The game is poor. The first few hours is not bad but as a rpg, it's short and not very interesting. The characters aren't interesting. The world is not bad but after a few hours it gets too repetitive. The world looks good but feels empty.

    The combat system reminds me Mass Effect Andromeda too, it's not so unique. It has been improved but not so much as they want you to believe.

    The multiplayer doesn't let me enjoy the world alone, as a lot of battles are tedious as hell if I am playing alone. So I have to play with other people, that have their own pace to play, different from mine. It's kinda cool when we manage to make combos, but combos are themselves nothing special, they are the same as Mass Effect: First, you must change the state of the enemy (maybe freezing him) and then strike him...

    The main villain is nothing special either. Bland, easy to predict... it's not the illusive man, for example. It resembles more... I don't know, Bowser with good talking.

    I don't know, the game is not awful but... it's really lacking. I honestly don't think that anyone should spend its full price. It's a shadow compared to Mass Effect 2 or some of the Dragon Age games.

    Not recommended right now.    … Expand
  97. Eliitti
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    Waste of your time and money there are better options out there such as Warframe and Destiny 2.
  98. kuttasama
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Fanboys are saying people are hating anthem just because of its published by EA... Meanwhile Apex Legend is sitting at an 88 rating on meta right now . Anthem is just a bad game , Apex is a good game and predatory nature can be overlooked because of its F2P model, unlike anthem.
  99. dalamarek
    Feb 26, 2019
    3
    Well, great graphic, enjoyable flying, shooting etc.

    Bad loot, bad game design, bad optimization, bugs, Origin Premier Access subscribers used like beta testers, very repeatable content, game is using only mall portion of potential that the world design has to offer. I hope they manage to get out of this sh.. hole, cause I really like the game. Keeping fingers crossed, but red card    Well, great graphic, enjoyable flying, shooting etc.

    Bad loot, bad game design, bad optimization, bugs, Origin Premier Access subscribers used like beta testers, very repeatable content, game is using only mall portion of potential that the world design has to offer.

    I hope they manage to get out of this sh.. hole, cause I really like the game. Keeping fingers crossed, but red card well deserved.    … Expand
  100. CarnivalCorpse2
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Like most of the looter-shooter games at launch, Anthem is bland, boring, overly repetitive & lacks in contents. Beautiful graphics & a fairly good combat system doesn't help the game from issues lying at its core. Wouldn't advice to touch the game now. Wait for bioware to actually finish making Anthem if you really want to try the game.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 76 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 62 out of 76
  3. Negative: 9 out of 76
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 15, 2019
    69
    After a while, suspicion sets in: perhaps EA doesn’t believe in BioWare anymore, and had them release not only unpolished, but basically unfinished product to cut losses and avoid another total rework. [Issue#237, p.44]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 20, 2019
    56
    If you want to see Anthem’s lush jungle and glistening Javelins, do it right away — this game is losing audience fast, and there’s almost nothing to do after the campaign ends. Or check it out on YouTube to save yourself some nerves and money.
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  3. PlayGround.ru
    Apr 8, 2019
    60
    It's obvious that Anthem didn't have enough development time, but had some great potential. It's a real shame, that everything turned out this way. Even now, the game can bring out positive emotions. Hasty climbers have sudden falls. No matter how ironic this proverb may seem, it's incredibly relevant for Anthem.
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