Anthem

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3707 Ratings

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  1. an3k
    Mar 15, 2019
    0
    The only good thing in this game are enemy encounters - but only if you don't suffer from one of the many bugs. The problem is that there are plenty of other games out there that deliver the same "wow, that was so close but looked amazing" feeling.
    The downgrade from E3 trailers and other marketing content is massive and doesn't just apply onto graphics but also gameplay. For example    The only good thing in this game are enemy encounters - but only if you don't suffer from one of the many bugs. The problem is that there are plenty of other games out there that deliver the same "wow, that was so close but looked amazing" feeling.
    The downgrade from E3 trailers and other marketing content is massive and doesn't just apply onto graphics but also gameplay. For example instead of having "no loading screens" you constantly have them. There is no "flow" because as soon as you're into it the mission you've done is over and you're forced to your Fort again.
    If they'd relabel Anthem to "Loading Screen Simulator" it would win the "GotY" award.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. WaY_CuP
    Mar 2, 2019
    2
    Review is written to balance 10/10 EA bots. Fight with this abuse of system... Game is faceless, just another copy of "RPG-FPS". At least we have not bad graphics and review from N.Drozdov (+1 point to score)
  4. THESHAGMAN
    Mar 3, 2019
    2
    I'll start by saying, ANTHEM IS ONE OF THE MOST BORING AND GENERIC GAMES I HAVE EVER PLAYED. This review will not contain spoilers.

    Story: - Poorly written - Terribly shallow dialogue options - Uninteresting villains - Very anticlimactic ending One of my biggest problems with the story is that it barely explains a thing. For example one of the first enemies in the game are the    I'll start by saying, ANTHEM IS ONE OF THE MOST BORING AND GENERIC GAMES I HAVE EVER PLAYED. This review will not contain spoilers.

    Story:
    - Poorly written
    - Terribly shallow dialogue options
    - Uninteresting villains
    - Very anticlimactic ending

    One of my biggest problems with the story is that it barely explains a thing. For example one of the first enemies in the game are the scars. They are not explained and are just there because.

    Gameplay:
    + Fairly fun mobility in javelins
    - Boring, simple and repetitive shooting mechanics
    - Terrible menus
    - huge graphical downgrade on the map since E3

    I'd some up the gameplay just like the definition of insanity, its the same thing over and over again and part of me expects it to change, but it doesn't.

    Performance:
    + Runs much better than expected tbh, most likely due to the frostbite engine
    - UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF LONG LOADING SCREENS, i played with a higher ranged PC and still got load times of about a minute or two
    - Terrible servers leading to fairly regular loss of connection back to the menu or to the fort
    - Some mission just straight up don't work, bosses or enemies just wont spawn causing you to have to restart.

    This game stands as a testament by EA to show that they will ruin all they own. Bioware was once a praised developer but EA, just like many other studios, have had the soul sucked out of them. Anthem was good in concept and could have been an amazing single player RPG, but EA forced the live service ideology on them. Ruining any chance it had for success. The game also is clearly not finished shown by the poor polish and overall lack of content. Unless you 100% believe you will like this game DO NOT BUY IT!    … Expand
  5. Glew
    Mar 18, 2019
    3
    The flying and combat mechanics are excellent. Everything else about the game is absolutely horrendous. Game breaking bugs occur every few minutes whether it's someone getting disconnected, hard crashing, getting stuck behind a wall, losing audio, ect. Without the option to reserve the session slot, or que privately, this means the whole party has to back out and endure multiple loadThe flying and combat mechanics are excellent. Everything else about the game is absolutely horrendous. Game breaking bugs occur every few minutes whether it's someone getting disconnected, hard crashing, getting stuck behind a wall, losing audio, ect. Without the option to reserve the session slot, or que privately, this means the whole party has to back out and endure multiple load screens to retrieve their team mate. Quickplay simply doesn't work. Stronghold bosses don't reward very good loot, and so most players leave before the boss, meaning 95% of the time you que a stronghold you get dropped onto a boss and miss out on all the loot and the fun of doing the actual content. Loot drop rates are wildly affected by several mysterious factors such as group item level, %luck stat on gear, and whatever loot tables are active on the given day, and it changes every week seemingly for the worst. The developers are anything but transparent when it comes to how the games systems work and more than likely it's because the developers don't know how they work. When the game doesn't crash and you're actually able to play it, the combat is very fun! When loot doesn't drop that fun starts to wear thin. When loot does finally drop and it's completely useless garbage that fun turns to rage and disappointment. The severe lack of content, unpolished interface, and cookie-cutter story are not enough to carry this game. It's a fantastic tech demo, but it is truly a terrible game.

    TLDR:
    Combat Mechanics - 9.5/10
    Literally everything else - 2/10    … Expand
  6. dseraph
    Apr 4, 2019
    3
    Came to check metacritic out of curiosity and felt compelled to make an account after seeing 10/10 ratings from some users... Please pass me some of whatever they are on lol. I rated this 3/10 using 5/10 as average. I played for one month using Orign Premier since I had concerns. I'm glad I did because I've unsubbed now. Maybe I will take a look at the game again in a year but as of rightCame to check metacritic out of curiosity and felt compelled to make an account after seeing 10/10 ratings from some users... Please pass me some of whatever they are on lol. I rated this 3/10 using 5/10 as average. I played for one month using Orign Premier since I had concerns. I'm glad I did because I've unsubbed now. Maybe I will take a look at the game again in a year but as of right now this patched together troubled game is really not worth the price. I want to give this a 4 but I feel that so many things in this game were poorly thought out that I can't go lighter on it simply because movement and combat is good if lacking complexity.

    -1 for complete lack of endgame content and barebones character/armor customization at launch. I get most games at launch have very limited endgame content in the beginning but nothing this bad. Also there's an insane lack of skins for weapons and skins for a loot based game. There are more skins for Diablo white gear than all the skins in Anthem currently (Diablo comparison because Bioware preferred that comparison, but I expect this problem compared to other games as well).

    -1 for story, story/quest implementation, limited npc/hubzone, menu functionality etc. Story is currently weak but not bad for generally play. I'm a lore guy and the lore doesn't engage me to the degree I would expect from a company who made it's name on amazing single player stories. Story/quest implementation is bad. The lack of a dialogue log of any kind makes the storyline progression so much worse than it has to be. It's a game designed for group play but you have to play single player in order to not miss dialogue and cutscenes because party members that move too quickly force you to skip dialogue that you can't replay (unless you luckily get it again in a quickplay but the same problem exists there). A log would at least help mitigate that but nope. Quests have only two main mechanics (kill, fetch) that gets old fast. Hub and npcs are not engaging enough to make me feel invested in the world. Helpful tooltips or character sheet with accurate stat explanations are nonexistent. It's very clunky to switch suits on the fly from the mission select screen; having to go into the forge each time is annoying.

    The positives: the world looks beautiful if a bit empty and static compared to what was shown to us in trailers during development. Character facial animation is good. Voices are ok for some and cringy for others. Flying and combat feel good together. The foundations for a good game are there as movement and combat are important. The problem is that it's just those things and considering the difficulties of working with the Frostbite engine, who knows if and when the rest of the things the game lacks to make a good game will actually come out.    … Expand
  7. 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
  8. Tronan_fex
    Mar 11, 2019
    1
    I was very excited for this game i love looter shooters. I have 2000 hours in Destiny series and aboput 750 hours in The Division. The flying in this game was fun, and the movement initially felt great, but its flaws very soon became apparent.. There are countless bugs and technical issues, A mission takes about 10min to complete and theres around 4 loading screens to get into a missionI was very excited for this game i love looter shooters. I have 2000 hours in Destiny series and aboput 750 hours in The Division. The flying in this game was fun, and the movement initially felt great, but its flaws very soon became apparent.. There are countless bugs and technical issues, A mission takes about 10min to complete and theres around 4 loading screens to get into a mission and each loading screen takes 2-3min to get through... Its absolutely ridiculous! On top of that theres no content in the game either, and wont be for many months judging by their road map. After you complete the story (which leaves you at around lvl 25 if you take ur time) you will then have to grind the same 3 strongholds to get to level 30 to unlock Grand Master and once there, you will grind the same 3 strongholds AGAIN to get to 500+ power... 6 years of development there is no excuse to have this little content with this many bugs and architecturally flawed systems. DO NOT buy this game. Not for at least a year, when it might be worth your time and money.… Expand
  9. sunni1010
    Apr 5, 2019
    2
    I have only 10 hours play time after all these weeks, and told my self I will give it a chance to at least 30 hours of play, to see if its good in my opinion. Every time i try and click start game my brain does not let me. Anthem plants a bug in brain saying 'don not touch this s****. Developers need fix this
  10. Miniqiqi
    Apr 4, 2019
    3
    I am a simple person, when I play a game and constantly see loading screen, I downvote it.
  11. leonpikov
    May 8, 2019
    0
    The game could have really had something, unfortunately totally abandoned by its leading team. Feel sorry for the developers that worked so hard on this game for it to be rushed and pushed out in unplayable state that it is in. Now the new fixes break older functions and the publisher refuses to listen to its community. After what they showed us at E3 and what actually came out, thisThe game could have really had something, unfortunately totally abandoned by its leading team. Feel sorry for the developers that worked so hard on this game for it to be rushed and pushed out in unplayable state that it is in. Now the new fixes break older functions and the publisher refuses to listen to its community. After what they showed us at E3 and what actually came out, this should be marked as a fraud. Glad i was able to save money by only playing it through Prime. If you have fully bought the game i would strongly advise to get your money back if you are having the same problems i am.… Expand
  12. sidesteal
    Mar 14, 2019
    1
    Do not buy this game at the moment. The condition it was released in is appalling and shocking to say the least. Ben Irving (lead producer SWOTR and now Anthem) signed off on this release in its current state.

    Currently, it's more like an Alpha version at worst and Early Access at best - neither do game consumers a favor. Staggered releases - they distributed a spreadsheet showing    Do not buy this game at the moment. The condition it was released in is appalling and shocking to say the least. Ben Irving (lead producer SWOTR and now Anthem) signed off on this release in its current state.

    Currently, it's more like an Alpha version at worst and Early Access at best - neither do game consumers a favor.

    Staggered releases - they distributed a spreadsheet showing who can play and when. Pay for early access - a trend we hopefully will see the death of. So buggy, so very very buggy.

    Loading screens take forever and you can spend more time in a loading screen than the mission you load into!

    The overall experience is so poor I cannot understand how this would have been a release candidate. We've basically spent money on a game to help them test it out and fix it - real money.

    Ben Irving + Bioware + Dev Team: you should be ashamed of yourselves.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. AhBoop
    Mar 11, 2019
    1
    Had huge hopes for Anthem at launch. Now I just hope I get my 60 dollars back. I wouldn't pay more than 20 bucks for this incomplete trash. Has no company learned from "Sea of thieves" or "No mans sky"? -10/10
  15. jay17
    Mar 13, 2019
    3
    I have sunk almost 100 hours into this game and all I can say is its average at best. There's almost no content at endgame. And the game play becomes boring at around 50 hours in.
  16. 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
  17. jardon
    Mar 14, 2019
    2
    Got this despite seeing the bad reviews and thinking it cannot be that bad.... Well boy was I wrong - the game play is some what OK when you can actually play it the game has no proper plot and is a complete Destiny rip off .

    If Buggy game play /loading constantly and waiting to actually play is your thing then go for it! I wish i never wasted my hard earned money or time on this    Got this despite seeing the bad reviews and thinking it cannot be that bad.... Well boy was I wrong - the game play is some what OK when you can actually play it the game has no proper plot and is a complete Destiny rip off .

    If Buggy game play /loading constantly and waiting to actually play is your thing then go for it!

    I wish i never wasted my hard earned money or time on this terrible game! PLEASE save your money.    … Expand
  18. biloko
    Mar 16, 2019
    2
    Good mechanics and gameplay but other than that Anthem is clearly an unfinished game at alpha stage at best. There are so many basics features missing, so many game breaking bugs (alpha stage). At the moment nothing can save this game except the game mechanics and gameplay.
  19. serf_mistika
    Apr 12, 2019
    2
    Waste of your time and money. Don't buy it.
    Even with this horrible start, the game still has no new content, no changes, nothing. RIP anthem
  20. EIIsworth
    Apr 21, 2020
    0
    I paid the full price when it launched to ENJOY the following points in minutes:
    - 60 mins flying like Iron Man
    - 30 mins of finding out the variety of story and quests
    - 60 mins of dialogues

    So after 2 1/2 hours I saw enough of this game.
  21. ActualReviewer2
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Terrbible, EA quality at it's best. Release a game, make promises, deliver on NONE of them. EA style.
  22. 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
  23. MyklR
    Apr 24, 2019
    2
    Do not buy this game. While the combat is outstanding, the graphics are beautiful and the flying is a blast, everything else in the game is a terrible nightmare of garbage. Seriously, do not waste your money or time on this game. BW just scrapped their 90-day roadmap and there is nothing on the horizon. The loot has been botched since launch and they can't even fix that, in a looterDo not buy this game. While the combat is outstanding, the graphics are beautiful and the flying is a blast, everything else in the game is a terrible nightmare of garbage. Seriously, do not waste your money or time on this game. BW just scrapped their 90-day roadmap and there is nothing on the horizon. The loot has been botched since launch and they can't even fix that, in a looter shooter game.

    It's a complete disaster.    … Expand
  24. marcantoineg
    Sep 14, 2019
    1
    Anthem is everything a game shouldn't be. Expensive base game. Filled with **** microtransactions. No balance or testing. Graphics downgrade. False advertisement. Future content cancelled. Repetitive gameplay. Boring story. I could go on and on. The game's already dead anyway.
  25. Eloyjf
    Feb 12, 2020
    0
    Anthem 2.0
    kkkkkkkkkkkk!
    Next joke from EA games to try to stock your money.
    Anthem is a failed game!
    Poor Bioware, I'm sorry you guys are on a leash for EA, just to get more and more money than making great games.
  26. samstylle
    Nov 25, 2019
    0
    This game it's awfully horrible"trash'and etc... I can't believe it this game can call of a game. The loadings it's eternity of hell . The graphics it's ok though it's not the same of the demo. The worst of all the storyline it's thoroughly a waste of garbish .the the gameplay what a Boring missions
  27. Ealgerino
    Mar 9, 2019
    2
    Yet another unbelievably disappointing game. Bioware, once known for heavily story-based games flooded with choice and RPG greatness, has been reduced to your generic AAA cash-out company. Is this thanks to EA, or management at Bioware, or both? Who knows, all I know is when a main quest, not a side quest, made me run out into freeplay to grind for chests and world events to continue theYet another unbelievably disappointing game. Bioware, once known for heavily story-based games flooded with choice and RPG greatness, has been reduced to your generic AAA cash-out company. Is this thanks to EA, or management at Bioware, or both? Who knows, all I know is when a main quest, not a side quest, made me run out into freeplay to grind for chests and world events to continue the story, the game is immediately dead for me. So many games have proven you don't have to add grind and fetch quests for content, but Bioware hasn't taken the hint in Anthem/… Expand
  28. GurmpyCoolCat
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    Broken game for a long time, the game developers backed out of their year one road map. Limited time event was 2 and a half months late. Head developer quit and moved on. Low game population. Tons of loading screens. I was very hopeful for this one.
  29. joshbreviews
    Feb 14, 2020
    3
    Games like Anthem remind us that executives will absolutely abuse their employees if allowed. The company lovingly refers to their abused employees as "stress casualties". As if that makes it better. All the suffering those people were forced to go through? For what? Nothing. Nothing about this game is good.

    I hate to say this, but it feels like there must be government intervention via    Games like Anthem remind us that executives will absolutely abuse their employees if allowed. The company lovingly refers to their abused employees as "stress casualties". As if that makes it better. All the suffering those people were forced to go through? For what? Nothing. Nothing about this game is good.

    I hate to say this, but it feels like there must be government intervention via legislation to restrict these game companies, because like any company out there, if there is a moral loophole, they will absolutely exploit it, no matter who gets hurt.    … Expand
  30. StanislavKH
    Mar 12, 2019
    1
    as I see all positive reviews from users which have no bugs ? because I can't play anymore in this bugged game, 3 hours of playing: all free missions bugged, few disconnects from servers, I don't want to see loading screens all time instead playing. Bye Anthem. (PS4)
  31. 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
  32. leeming88
    Mar 10, 2019
    2
    The game not an open world as GTA quite a lot of loading, Storytelling is **** whatever choice you make the story still same. The suits not really special on each play style almost the same and the gameplay is mostly the same. Shoot Loot Repeat.
  33. hotlook
    Mar 9, 2019
    1
    i7 4770 60% , rtx 2060 70% 16 gb and **** fps . worts port ever also bad game .
  34. Gronf
    Mar 10, 2019
    2
    just created ac accout here to leave a review for this game. i gave it a chance but it gets worse and worse: there is no content; the story is so boring that i find myself whaching youtube videos while playing and muting the conversations. and the support is a joke, since the last patch (09.03.) the game crashes in every mission even when i play alone. its a horrible game even worse thanjust created ac accout here to leave a review for this game. i gave it a chance but it gets worse and worse: there is no content; the story is so boring that i find myself whaching youtube videos while playing and muting the conversations. and the support is a joke, since the last patch (09.03.) the game crashes in every mission even when i play alone. its a horrible game even worse than me-andomeda which i dindt believe to be possible. if it was possible i would like my money back. the only thing it achieved is that im installing warframe right now. havent played it before but lets see.… Expand
  35. FerlockV
    Mar 11, 2019
    2
    Where to start... Together with Metro Exodus the release of the anthem trailer back in 2017 E3 was the reason I decided to get a PC and have been waiting for this title to release for three years. Why I start the review saying this is because I think that the bad impression me and many others have about this game is not only because of how bad the game actually is but also because of howWhere to start... Together with Metro Exodus the release of the anthem trailer back in 2017 E3 was the reason I decided to get a PC and have been waiting for this title to release for three years. Why I start the review saying this is because I think that the bad impression me and many others have about this game is not only because of how bad the game actually is but also because of how good it looked in those trailers back then. When I saw that scene where the character gets in the suite and jumps down the cliff and start flying through the beautiful map made me think that I was in front of one of the best single payer campaigns of all time because I imagined myself flying through the map freely discovering caves and new lands with npcs that give you missions. This game lacks everything that’s was going to make it good in the beginning, it is boring to the point that maybe you will get tired in less then a day of play, you will be doing the same stuff over and over again through the whole game in very similar places. Even if you like arcade kind of games Anthem will be too much for you and being so arcade is another reason for the game being the less immersive of 2019. While playing anthem you will not care at all about who your character is or where he/she is going because the story is weak and so superficial that you wont care. Loading screens are an absolute nightmare, I tried the game (full release, non beta) in a M2 drive and loading screens were atrocious not because loading screens take too long (some do) but because they are everywhere breaking again the whole immersion of the game. It is a game that forces multiplayer when it shouldn’t and requires a constant connection to the internet.
    There is a chance that you get exalted in the beginning while you are learning the mechanics and you fly for the first time (flying its cool) and maybe you will get excited but don’t worry because the game will take care of that excitement just give it 30 minutes more and you will see.    … Expand
  36. 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
  37. Anfer
    Mar 13, 2019
    1
    Игра помойка помянем bioware игры сервисы это не для этой канторы, не одного плюса одни минусы
  38. CCK_EMPIRE
    Mar 15, 2019
    1
    Great idea but simply boring and hollow end game experience. The inability to change weapons during game play, static picture for loading screens, no stats to see your build for synergies. Repetitive contracts missions (not the fun type of repetitive) No armor drops in game. Stupid store where you need to buy everything instead of having them as drops on higher difficulty levels. Story isGreat idea but simply boring and hollow end game experience. The inability to change weapons during game play, static picture for loading screens, no stats to see your build for synergies. Repetitive contracts missions (not the fun type of repetitive) No armor drops in game. Stupid store where you need to buy everything instead of having them as drops on higher difficulty levels. Story is half baked and pointless conversation choices.… Expand
  39. Toleot
    May 27, 2019
    1
    Cool graphics! And 3 months after launched, that "Error loading pilot data, please try again" still keep on coming. And there's no more player to play with. Awesome isn't it?
  40. jrista
    Apr 21, 2019
    1
    After looking forward to Anthem, this game ended up being a total flop. I paid for Origin Access to get in on the game a week early, and after the initial "Ooh, Javelins are cool!" experience faded, the game just fell apart. Bugs galore, some of them so fundamentally breaking that they felt the need to rush out a patch so fast that the patch broke as much as it fixed.

    Ultra thin    After looking forward to Anthem, this game ended up being a total flop. I paid for Origin Access to get in on the game a week early, and after the initial "Ooh, Javelins are cool!" experience faded, the game just fell apart. Bugs galore, some of them so fundamentally breaking that they felt the need to rush out a patch so fast that the patch broke as much as it fixed.

    Ultra thin gameplay, no content, meaningless content, confusing gear, with a split-mentality between in-town gameplay vs. open world & missions. I played anthem for around 30 hours before I finally couldn't take any more. There is simply nothing there beyond the mindless and ultra mind numbing, excessively repetitive gameplay loop. The gameplay itself, fun for about 10 minutes, becomes a horrendous slog thereafter. I am no stranger to repetitive game loops...all games are usually built around a simple core gameplay loop. I've played other looter shooters that, while repetitive, somehow bring out an entertaining, progressive feel that you can play for hours without actually feeling the repetition. Anthem, sadly, feels like nothing but absolute, unmitigated, RAW repetition. There is nothing that really keeps it entertaining...it's just a mindless slog.

    Loot, which is fundamental to a looter shooter, is about as lackluster, just downright pathetic, as I've ever seen for a GaaS game. Loot ranks and statistics hardly ever make sense, with "Legendary" rank or purple items often having stats worse than green and blue items. Statistics on each item often make little sense, sometimes even counteract each other. RNG at it's utter worst.

    From a graphics standpoint. It was the glistening graphics from the original Anthem E3 video that originally hooked me. They were incredible...and the graphics combined with the promise of a real-time, seamless, evolving world with real weather, random event encounters, and loot you could pick up and use immediately (vs. the system now, where you pick up loot and don't even know what you have until the mission ends, let alone are able to use immediately), I was utterly roped in. The graphics of the actual released game are a shadow of what was demonstrated in the original video. I can only imagine that the original version of Anthem was built on Unreal Engine, as would have been appropriate, and then later switched over to EA's pathetic Frostbite engine. The graphics, pretty at a moderate distance, break down at greater distance and close up. The realistic depth of the original E3 video, the dynamic world and environment and weather, are simply not there. Everything is the same, everywhere you co, so much the same that you even get lost in the open world...there are no recognizable landmarks, no unique aspects of the world, to tell you where you are or help you navigate. As mindnumbingly boring as the gameplay.

    I really wanted to like Anthem, and really wish there was more here...but ultimately the game was launched as a failure. Whether it remains a failure over time...only time will tell. I do not trust EA to do anything more than try to wring out every penny possible from the poor saps who keep playing it, while never actually resolving the fundamental issues the game has. Issues so fundamental I honestly wonder if they can be "fixed" without having to replace the entire core engine of the game.

    Greatest gaming disappointment of 2019... IMO, even greater than Fallout 76 (which was indeed a disaster of roughly equal proportions, but I guess I wasn't quite as invested in Fallout 76 as I was in Anthem...)    … Expand
  41. yesitsthatbad
    Apr 23, 2019
    1
    This game is content-barren and a buggy mess. Do not buy this game. It's been out almost 3 months and there have been zero changes. Devs abandoned game.
  42. colossusmain
    May 3, 2019
    2
    Game could be fun for a while but it's like a pretty but extremely dumb gf.
    UI for PC is terrible and almost everything but the environments screams minimum effort.
    Crafting is useless. Loot is done in the worst, most lazy way. Enemy AI and the amount of different enemies is pathetic. Anthem lacks many expected features and basic qol features. I got the game despite the bug    Game could be fun for a while but it's like a pretty but extremely dumb gf.
    UI for PC is terrible and almost everything but the environments screams minimum effort.
    Crafting is useless.
    Loot is done in the worst, most lazy way.
    Enemy AI and the amount of different enemies is pathetic.

    Anthem lacks many expected features and basic qol features.

    I got the game despite the bug riddled launch because I was hyped for the roadmap features they announced on their website - turns out the road map was a lie, the "new" events that they promised were just reused missions in a rotation. Cortex Locked event turns out to be "Kill 100 beasts"... Sad. Events were a joke and the new features like guilds and mastery system were postponed indefinitely at the last possible moment.

    The developer is arrogant and treats the community poorly, the game lacks any meaningful progression.

    If you are thinking about getting the game wait for massive discounts or play it with Origins subscription, 1 month should be more than enough for you to get bored with the game.

    With the current rate of bug fixes and new content/improvements they'll need at least a year and a half to fix the game and maybe another couple of years to add any meaningful progression and content... if EA doesn't pull the plug first.    … Expand
  43. JustStorm
    Sep 23, 2019
    0
    Due to network errors, it is impossible to play this **** I have never written reviews here, but this game will infuriate even the calmest person. it’s impossible to complete a single mission, it’s impossible to enter the game for 30 minutes, and even if you come in, it can be thrown out after 30 seconds.
  44. aaron2005
    Sep 29, 2019
    0
    That always online stuff is just awful BS. I have some connectivity issues through my LAN. However, I was just starting to playing and was throw in a loading screen. While I am talking in the citadel someone smashed a loading screen in my face. 30 Secs of loading, just to throw me back to the very first game menu. I don't want to play with others peoples, I don't want to know about theirThat always online stuff is just awful BS. I have some connectivity issues through my LAN. However, I was just starting to playing and was throw in a loading screen. While I am talking in the citadel someone smashed a loading screen in my face. 30 Secs of loading, just to throw me back to the very first game menu. I don't want to play with others peoples, I don't want to know about their existence and specially I don't want to be thrown out of the game on places where I never ever meet any other person. Waited kinda long to that getting it to origin vault. Yeah, miss me with that BS, I will play something else without that always ON Sht.… Expand
  45. LaughingViper
    Mar 4, 2019
    0
    TLDR: Bioware/EA caught cutting 80 percent of some types of content to release/resell it later

    Say what you choose about Anthem, I'm not going to attack people who enjoy it. The reason this DESERVES a LESS THAN ZERO score is the fact that Bioware and EA made a (more than now anyways) somewhat complete game, but then cut 80 PERCENT OF THE GAMES COSMETIC AND WEAPON BASED CONTENT to    TLDR: Bioware/EA caught cutting 80 percent of some types of content to release/resell it later

    Say what you choose about Anthem, I'm not going to attack people who enjoy it.

    The reason this DESERVES a LESS THAN ZERO score is the fact that Bioware and EA made a (more than now anyways) somewhat complete game, but then cut 80 PERCENT OF THE GAMES COSMETIC AND WEAPON BASED CONTENT to re-release it and sell it to you later.

    Never before has a game (not even EA) cut this much content from a game for the sole purpose of selling it back to you or adding it later to trick players into thinking they are creating and releasing new content.    … Expand
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. joanjett
    Mar 5, 2019
    0
    Help us CD Projekt Red your our only hope!................................Well that pretty much does it for Bioware.
    But to be honest the real Bioware died years ago. RIP Bioware.
  49. Wigwam
    Mar 3, 2019
    0
    I dont review games often but as someone who is an avid gamer and loves shooters, scifi, team based objective games I figured I had a responsibility.

    This game SHOULD have been a slam dunk for someone like me. It was an utter disappointment. There is a reason the community is livid about it. Heres the problems and Ill give my winning positives. Negatives: Poor/Lacking Content. lack    I dont review games often but as someone who is an avid gamer and loves shooters, scifi, team based objective games I figured I had a responsibility.

    This game SHOULD have been a slam dunk for someone like me. It was an utter disappointment. There is a reason the community is livid about it. Heres the problems and Ill give my winning positives.

    Negatives:
    Poor/Lacking Content.
    lack of in game direction
    poor execution of community
    many audio glitches
    grind feels empty

    Positive:
    graphics
    Game mechanics    … Expand
  50. Dmitri247
    Mar 5, 2019
    2
    This game is an insult to the gaming community.
    You can go watch serious youtube gamers explain exactly what's wrong with it (and there's a lot)
    People who give it a 7-10 score are either paid to do so, or 10 year olds playing their first game.
    The flight mechanic is nice
  51. Brockheezy
    Mar 4, 2019
    1
    It's astonishing that this game was dropped in this condition after 6 years of dev time. My gaming brothers and sisters - live service games cannot be allowed to also be minimum viable games. Just because they plan on updating it in the future does not give permission to ruin the experience for all the early buyers and then hemorrhage your player based by the time you fix the damn thing.It's astonishing that this game was dropped in this condition after 6 years of dev time. My gaming brothers and sisters - live service games cannot be allowed to also be minimum viable games. Just because they plan on updating it in the future does not give permission to ruin the experience for all the early buyers and then hemorrhage your player based by the time you fix the damn thing. Look at Destiny 2, which has not recovered from its initial offerings. This game is bad and EA/Bioware should feel bad.… Expand
  52. Davinicus
    Mar 6, 2019
    2
    Really wanted to like it but man it is broken, worse it has no real content or end game. I have stuck with it since early beta testing (that was not a demo) but 66+ hours in I still have constant disconnects, broken contract missions (amazingly bad considering how few there are and yet still broken!).

    There is no end game content, there are 3 strongholds, one of which you have already    Really wanted to like it but man it is broken, worse it has no real content or end game. I have stuck with it since early beta testing (that was not a demo) but 66+ hours in I still have constant disconnects, broken contract missions (amazingly bad considering how few there are and yet still broken!).

    There is no end game content, there are 3 strongholds, one of which you have already been playing heavily to unlock the main missions (again why are there so many just grindy roadblocks?), one of which is actually the last story mission, so one actual new stronghold.    … Expand
  53. NoReason
    Mar 3, 2019
    3
    This game will die 15 of march if we won't get huge patch repairing all the broken things, including loot system, quick-play mission and pointless levels of difficulty. Why? Because anyone that was smart enough bought the game with origin premier access on February 15.

    You can finish the game in about 14 hours and farm for the items for another 20. After that there's nothing to do.
  54. sTeaLthrcn
    Mar 27, 2019
    0
    There is one thing to do in three ways. New updates and patches break more than they fix or add. This is a total mess of bad development and poor leadership in a company. I will never look at another game EA is involved with. They need to close their doors.
  55. pavel8585
    Jun 6, 2019
    0
    - Story is boring
    - combat gets old fast
    - Dead player base ( cannot match make!! )
    - Cancelled Roadmap! ( game goes to nowhere )
    - GM2 , GM3 unplayable - 99% of ppl dont have gear to play this
    - Bugs
    -Glitches
    -If you think that Fallaout 76 was bad this game is mutch worse
  56. belgrim
    Mar 9, 2019
    0
    Don't listen to any of the BS 9-10 star reviews. This game is a nightmare. It has an infinite amount of bugs, terrible design decisions, and lacks content. It is unfinished. Don't allow these companies to keep pulling the "launch now, finish later" tactic. It is unacceptable. Do not buy.
  57. BigTing
    Mar 11, 2019
    0
    Its sad that I have to give Anthem this review score, because I genuinely like the game and enjoy the core gameplay loop. The problem is everything in between. I have never seen a AAA game that was launched as unpolished and as unfinished as this.
    Plus now they seriously **** up the loot in this game. Is is unbelievably frustrating playing GM3 Contracts and getting 1 Masterwork. I have    Its sad that I have to give Anthem this review score, because I genuinely like the game and enjoy the core gameplay loop. The problem is everything in between. I have never seen a AAA game that was launched as unpolished and as unfinished as this.
    Plus now they seriously **** up the loot in this game. Is is unbelievably frustrating playing GM3 Contracts and getting 1 Masterwork. I have 50hrs+ in this game and have 1 Legendary....This is horse **** and a waste of everybodys time. I am afraid that they are doing this to bolster play time and content.

    I literally would rather masturbate with sandpaper than play a minute more of this garbage game.

    **** you BioWare for wasting my time    … Expand
  58. YeetLordYuki
    Mar 11, 2019
    0
    Summon the loot!
    I love the core gameplay loop and the aesthetics of Anthem. I have beem playing since the first demo and jave played every Bioware Game since Mass Effect.
    However, no game ever has disrespected my time as Anthem has. Never have I played a more unrewarding game. I know this may sound hard, but could you guys please stop drinking so much Soy Milk and please stop sucking    Summon the loot!
    I love the core gameplay loop and the aesthetics of Anthem. I have beem playing since the first demo and jave played every Bioware Game since Mass Effect.
    However, no game ever has disrespected my time as Anthem has. Never have I played a more unrewarding game.
    I know this may sound hard, but could you guys please stop drinking so much Soy Milk and please stop sucking up to Anita Sarkeesian and focus on fixing the game!
    #MakeAnthemGreatAgain
    Regards
    A soon to be Ex Fan    … Expand
  59. MonsieurJallong
    Mar 19, 2019
    0
    La verità è che non è necessario essere un Game Designer per accorgersi delle criticità e delle "pozzanghere di merda" che costellano il gioco. Il gameplay è solido, divertente e appagante e l'ambientazione è da togliere il fiato; soprattutto con la possibilità di esplorarla con il proprio Strale anche in verticalità, nonostante il mondo di gioco appaia senza vita al pari di unaLa verità è che non è necessario essere un Game Designer per accorgersi delle criticità e delle "pozzanghere di merda" che costellano il gioco. Il gameplay è solido, divertente e appagante e l'ambientazione è da togliere il fiato; soprattutto con la possibilità di esplorarla con il proprio Strale anche in verticalità, nonostante il mondo di gioco appaia senza vita al pari di una raffigurazione pittorica di natura morta; bella, si, ma senza vita. La trama e la lore tutto sommato sono interessanti ed incuriosiscono, nonostante il modo con cui viene presentato il tutto al giocatore sia fin troppo artificioso e le missioni siano TUTTE identiche ed estremamente noiose. Ma uno Shooter Looter che per farmi equipaggiare e testare armi & Co. mi costringe a finire la missione, ritornare in fucina, tediarmi (frantumarmi i coglioni) con 4-5 schermate di caricamento e matchmaking è pura follia. Ma vogliamo parlare dei crash continui (gioco su pc) dovuti alle più disparate motivazioni? Imbarazzante. E le schermate di caricamento ovunque, persistenti ed onnipresenti all'interno del gioco? Senza contare bug e glitch "selvatici" che saltano fuori quando meno te lo aspetti che nemmeno Zubat in una fottuta caverna. Vorrei inoltre che gli sviluppatori mi spiegassero l'utilità della mappa: non si può utilizzare alcun tipo di marker, né vi è segnato alcunché; nessun evento, nessuna indicazione, niente di niente. Forse con l'acquisto del gioco avrei dovuto pensare a procurarmi anche bussola e sestante? Infine vorrei chiedere dove sono i contenuti di endgame. Sembra quasi che non si siano presi nemmeno la briga di finirlo questo prodotto. Ci hanno venduto un gioco a prezzo pieno in cui delle meccaniche sono state pensate male, sviluppate peggio e nate morte ed alcuni aspetti tecnici del gioco sono degni delle prime fasi di una beta se non di un'alpha.
    CONCLUSIONE: Bene, ma non benissimo.    … Expand
  60. strikken
    Apr 11, 2019
    0
    Anthem is a massive failure on every level. The UI, play loop, lack of end game, weapon designs ( or lack thereof ), and overall game design are utterly trash. The biggest problem with the game though has nothing to do with playing through it. It has everything to do with BioWare's failure of leadership, vision, and willingness to change course to create a great title. Chop the head offAnthem is a massive failure on every level. The UI, play loop, lack of end game, weapon designs ( or lack thereof ), and overall game design are utterly trash. The biggest problem with the game though has nothing to do with playing through it. It has everything to do with BioWare's failure of leadership, vision, and willingness to change course to create a great title. Chop the head off this bloated cow of a studio fallen from greatness and start over at the top with strong visionary leaders ( who also agree that Frostbite is trash ), and maybe this studio can climb back to greatness. This game, however... It's already way too late for Anthem. DOA. RIP.… Expand
  61. Kalrion
    Apr 14, 2019
    0
    It's a purely awful game. EA is on it again, I had my trust in Bioware but I'm only worrying about Dragon Age now... The game is quite repetitive and full of micro-transactions. It's just a big dissapointment.
  62. familyguy
    Mar 4, 2019
    0
    If you have PS4 stay away from this game . It will break your console . Good job Bioware You official worst than Bethesda
  63. 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
  64. Radoslavus
    Mar 4, 2019
    1
    Two things are beyond my understanding:

    1) How can people defend such weak game that in my opinion is another cashgrab insult sold for 60 bucks? 2) Why do people still buy games from EA, after what they have done for the past years? What did Bioware had: - almost 7 years od development (they started in 2012) - know how - decent budget - EA's assurance that this time it will be    Two things are beyond my understanding:

    1) How can people defend such weak game that in my opinion is another cashgrab insult sold for 60 bucks?
    2) Why do people still buy games from EA, after what they have done for the past years?

    What did Bioware had:
    - almost 7 years od development (they started in 2012)
    - know how
    - decent budget
    - EA's assurance that this time it will be different

    And we received a game with:
    - great flying mechanics
    - downgraded graphics. Quite nice but without variety (ME: Andromeda had it done way better)
    - weak story, or mediocare at best (yes it's a looter/shooter, but story was somewhat prioritized)
    - very weak optimalization (fps drops with good PC's, eternity long loading screens)
    - bugs/crashes
    - dull missions without variety
    - brainless AI
    - basically no interesting drops in a looter/shooter
    - previous gen gameplay menu with loading screens
    - nothing to do at end game
    - shooting "feeling" mediocare at best
    - microtransactions

    Basically again an unfinnished game with a lot of issues.

    So what happend with common sense and logical thinking? It's EA. Everybody should know by now how it will end, with EVERY title they will ever produce. And don't get me started with: "But Bioware was working on Anthem" Bioware is long dead, only the name remains, nothing more.

    To be honest this game deserves a 5-6/10, but because it was another promising title destroyed by EA I gave it a 1/10. They deserve that 1 point for the flying mechanics.    … Expand
  65. 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
  66. D4v1d
    Mar 15, 2019
    0
    The most buggy AAA game ever created. I have 20 years gaming and have never experienced gamebreaking bugs like in this seudo AAA game.

    I even canceled my Origin sub because I cant support anymore EA and his tyranny. Thanks for destroying my beloved Bioware.
  67. 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
  68. Anansiy
    Mar 12, 2019
    0
    I expected more from this game. BioWare started hiring developers by their gender, skin color and they got their own. They decided to play this game and they will get their own. If you look at Mass Effect: Andromeda, where feminist worked on the appearance of the character, but in ANTHEM fat **** (feminist) has already worked on the script of the game. BioWare, you decide to play in theI expected more from this game. BioWare started hiring developers by their gender, skin color and they got their own. They decided to play this game and they will get their own. If you look at Mass Effect: Andromeda, where feminist worked on the appearance of the character, but in ANTHEM fat **** (feminist) has already worked on the script of the game. BioWare, you decide to play in the gender war well get the result.… Expand
  69. Pyroth
    Mar 2, 2019
    2
    This is one of the worst games I've ever played. It does have good graphics and flying around is fun, but the loot table is horrendous. The missions are boring, and are pretty much just the same old horde mode bs. I found the story a boring mess and I wasn't able to care about any of the characters. Overall, save your money and play Warframe or Destiny 2 both of which do the loot shooterThis is one of the worst games I've ever played. It does have good graphics and flying around is fun, but the loot table is horrendous. The missions are boring, and are pretty much just the same old horde mode bs. I found the story a boring mess and I wasn't able to care about any of the characters. Overall, save your money and play Warframe or Destiny 2 both of which do the loot shooter thing better.… Expand
  70. PartialN
    Mar 5, 2019
    2
    Basically just gears of war. No character investment and no strategic thinking. Feels like an unfinished product.
  71. dexon
    May 5, 2019
    0
    f..king Liers, after that show in e3 with that fake mission . and what i see in the game i never ever buy bioware game never! you are dead company bioware it over ...
  72. Young_Nacho
    Mar 7, 2019
    2
    Whatever you do, stay far away from this. Don’t buy into the whole “Live service” thing. It’s just an excuse to sell you an unfinished product at launch, and then fix it later. When Bioware eventually gets shut down by EA, they will have no one to blame but themselves. Mass Effect Andromeda sucked, but at least that game knew it was an RPG, it was just a very bad one. Anthem wants to beWhatever you do, stay far away from this. Don’t buy into the whole “Live service” thing. It’s just an excuse to sell you an unfinished product at launch, and then fix it later. When Bioware eventually gets shut down by EA, they will have no one to blame but themselves. Mass Effect Andromeda sucked, but at least that game knew it was an RPG, it was just a very bad one. Anthem wants to be destiny, but over the course of 6 whole years, these developers couldn’t seem to figure out any of what makes destiny enjoyable, and they sure as hell didn’t figure out how to make anthem enjoyable. This is a laughable excuse for a game. 6 YEARS and they couldn’t figure out how to design a mission. 6 Years and they couldn't’ come up with a better name for everything. 6 years and they couldn’t write a compelling story. 6 years and they couldn’t add sound effects to fort tarsus. 6 Years and they couldn’t design more than 1 style of weapon. 6 years of dev time, and the final mission has the exact same gameplay/mission design as the first few missions. It’s shameful.… Expand
  73. Qualia
    Mar 8, 2019
    1
    A grandiose testament to the power of depraved management, inadequate developers, and morally bankrupt yet high-horsed ideologues to destroy years of work and decades of legacy
  74. Moufongo
    Mar 11, 2019
    1
    This is a joke of a game; honestly feels like a $60 free to play open beta, there's not enough content and it's plagued with bugs all over..... Wondering what happened to Bioware?? EA
  75. loak
    Mar 2, 2019
    1
    its just a poorly made game. The story isn't what we come to expect from bioware, the enemies are bland, the loot pool is even more bland, the game is fundamentally broken in MANY instances. It's just a bad bad game. Sad to see this happen to one of my once most favorite developers.
  76. FurioSSx
    Feb 25, 2019
    1
    Great gameplay , awesome graphics and that`s it .

    Story line is ok`ish , but endgame and loot is broken and not fun to play at all.

    I`ve just wasted 60$ thats all.
  77. 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
  78. anarion321
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    Bioware was famous for it's incredible, inmersive storytelling. This game has tons of lore, but the story doesn't deliver. Get repetitive, micro transactions, infinite load screens, few content after 6 years of development.....
  79. xOnexEyedxWolfx
    Feb 27, 2019
    1
    Im giving 1 out of 10 because 90 percent of this game is looks. and 10 percent gameplay. Rediculous loading screens. please for the sake of the economy don't buy this game for 60 dollars. the ceos of ea are the MOST overpayed people of last year. why? because we keep feeding into their lies. bioware had a great vision but sadly, it got eaed! Ea has got to be the worst company as of nowIm giving 1 out of 10 because 90 percent of this game is looks. and 10 percent gameplay. Rediculous loading screens. please for the sake of the economy don't buy this game for 60 dollars. the ceos of ea are the MOST overpayed people of last year. why? because we keep feeding into their lies. bioware had a great vision but sadly, it got eaed! Ea has got to be the worst company as of now for gaming. I cannot believe they even still exist after this. gone are the days of good games. they give the minimum value product and that's it. we shouldn't stand for unfinished games. until we all boycott ea this will continue. if you enjoy the game good for you. I am not having fun at all. the loading literally is longer than the gameplay. what were they thinking? I could see maybe picking this up in 2020 for 10 bucks or maybe 20. mass effect andromeda is better than this! that being said remember what they showed at e3 compared to the crap we got? how is this even legal? I cannot believe the ceo of ea hasn't apologized for this absolute disgrace of a game. Angry Joe and his team made a beautiful review on this game you should check it out before you decide on wasting your money. might as well throw 60 bucks in the toilet! we as a community cant keep letting these companies do this and get away with it! Divison 2 will be way better than this. spend your money on that before this crap. if you like the art style and flying just download warframe its free and a much much better game than this. after reading this heed my warning. or dump 60 bucks in the trash. yes this game will get better in a year. but that's not fair to you on day one! try to tough it out until divison 2 drops. I promise you wont be disappointed. and don't forget angry joes reviews on this game.… Expand
  80. Zygardias
    Mar 1, 2019
    3
    Looks nice, even on low settings, ish, and the few cutscenes I went through looked nice. Gameplay mechanics are solid. That's where the nice stuff ends. When you see BioWare, you get the game for a good story. While I feel that because this game is chopped up to an extreme so that its story will expand with time, its current state is garbage. Facial animations aren't bad, but just not upLooks nice, even on low settings, ish, and the few cutscenes I went through looked nice. Gameplay mechanics are solid. That's where the nice stuff ends. When you see BioWare, you get the game for a good story. While I feel that because this game is chopped up to an extreme so that its story will expand with time, its current state is garbage. Facial animations aren't bad, but just not up to par. For a new IP, you have to build a bit more understanding than what you've given us. Also, please don't ever make a release date fiasco like this one. Will I hop back in in a year? Maybe, but it's current state is just nyeh. One last thing, the recommended list? Lies in my case. I have a 1060, 8 gigs and a Ryzen 3 and it just isn't smooth, and doesn't help with the already long loading screens. Play something else.… Expand
  81. rojilolz
    Mar 2, 2019
    3
    So i tried to not believe in all those negative reviews and comment about this game because theres alot others said they dont understand all those negative reviews. So with that, i bought the game today... play it 4hours i must say that im quite sad and mad for paying quite alot for a game that kept on dc and latency issue, my character move by it self for a few second, some times its wontSo i tried to not believe in all those negative reviews and comment about this game because theres alot others said they dont understand all those negative reviews. So with that, i bought the game today... play it 4hours i must say that im quite sad and mad for paying quite alot for a game that kept on dc and latency issue, my character move by it self for a few second, some times its wont move a few second.. and worse it bring me back at main screen saying network connection problem. Some defender might say my internet is the problem and what not. i have a 100mbs internet speed and ur telling me this game needs a 1gbs internet speed? what?... i can play other game like monster hunter world, dota2,csgo,pubg,apex legends without even having any connection issues. 4hour gameplay and im not satisfied not because of gameplay, but because i cant event play the game fully with the servers keeps being like this not to mention theres plenty of bug i came across and i can let that slide...but not having to play the game fully without having network issues is sucks. now i believe the review and metacritic given to this game.… Expand
  82. Grow
    Mar 2, 2019
    1
    Great visuals, great game play. Feels like you're riding a fast cool looking car driving smoothly and then you hit a speed bump and another speed bump and another and anothe, at its current state there is just too many annoying little issues, these issues just pile up and ends up ruining the entire experience.
  83. h3ll1
    Mar 2, 2019
    3
    Literally unplayable game is still in alpha/beta state
    70 hours into the game and 3 out of 4 of my character have the “One Shot” health bug. Fallout 76 had me playing 200 hours until I was fed up. And now Anthem is already fed up with me. If this was an exploit, they would have fixed it within a day. 3/10 can’t play the game anymore pls fix.
  84. leachim47
    Mar 2, 2019
    0
    Well, I wish I could say something about the gameplay, but my time in the game is short. The game is very buggy, it frankly just wasn't ready to be released and needed more time in the oven. On day one of release the game ran well, but kept crashing so I couldn't finish the tutorial. Which, I figured hey day one so sure things happen. After the day one patch, my fps proceeded to dip intoWell, I wish I could say something about the gameplay, but my time in the game is short. The game is very buggy, it frankly just wasn't ready to be released and needed more time in the oven. On day one of release the game ran well, but kept crashing so I couldn't finish the tutorial. Which, I figured hey day one so sure things happen. After the day one patch, my fps proceeded to dip into the 10's. I have 16 gb of ram a i5 7600k and a rtx 2070. more than capable of running this game. I did put the game on a new drive with a brand new install of windows, which still fixed nothing.

    After another patch, I did get it running on all low, but at least I could play. I queue into the first mission, but the mission kept getting stuck at certain points never finishing and I'd have to join a new party. This happened for a couple of days.

    It was so bugged, I didn't get to complete the first mission. I will change my score once I can play the game adequately but for now a 0/10 is justified, it's unplayable. Which is unacceptable.    … Expand
  85. ForeverNothing
    Mar 2, 2019
    0
    This game is the exact reason I'm done buying into hype. I actually am glad. My $60 did NOT go to waste. I paid for a very valuable lesson. A final nail-in-a-coffin reminder that I will never buy another game based on a trailer. I was looking forward to immersing myself into the world shown in the E3 2017 trailer. A world full of lush beauty, violent creatures, intense weather, personalThis game is the exact reason I'm done buying into hype. I actually am glad. My $60 did NOT go to waste. I paid for a very valuable lesson. A final nail-in-a-coffin reminder that I will never buy another game based on a trailer. I was looking forward to immersing myself into the world shown in the E3 2017 trailer. A world full of lush beauty, violent creatures, intense weather, personal relationships (ya know... remember the old BioWare?) and at the very least a world that felt alive. Somewhere along the 6 year development cycle, EA probably halted everything in the wake of Destiny's success, and someone high up decided to make this a looter shooter, instead... I was duped by EA and BioWare into believing that mash-up maybe could've taken us back to a better time in gaming, mixed with new gaming techniques to enjoy expansive worlds with our friends.... What we got was a half-baked game that has no clue what it was trying to be. If you think they're "working on fixes" then you've already missed the point... also, those fixes aren't coming, anyway. What an utter disgrace. Biggest let down in gaming I've experienced so far. Waking up after the very short honeymoon period of having fun shooting things was sobering to say the least. I have more fun watching the E3 2017 trailer on loop than I do actually playing this game. Hopefully one day soon, triple A gaming will just completely crumble and be replaced by AI where we can all be our own Javelins. Until then.... don't spend $$$ on hype anymore...… Expand
  86. MArlevaur
    Mar 3, 2019
    0
    well awsome graphics , nice mechanics but they destroyit with the cancer of dlc. so pay for a empty game and you get more levels more history buying dlc but this was not suppose to be in game already when they release it? i play all the story line is boring as hell the only good stuff is the world beside that is no good.
  87. xninjablade45d
    Mar 3, 2019
    3
    I stop playing after about five hours because it could not hold my interest.
  88. tenaro
    Mar 6, 2019
    1
    Первый день интересно, когда пробуешь разные джавелины, а дальше ты понимаешь что тебя наебали, потому что все механики ты уже знаешь, и делать в игре больше нечего, кроме повторения того, что было в демо. Продают откровенное говно, мразиПервый день интересно, когда пробуешь разные джавелины, а дальше ты понимаешь что тебя наебали, потому что все механики ты уже знаешь, и делать в игре больше нечего, кроме повторения того, что было в демо. Продают откровенное говно, мрази
  89. 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
  90. 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!
  91. Mahe0
    Mar 4, 2019
    2
    It's strange how I enjoy" Earth Defense Force 4.1" more compared to this game called "Anthem".
    The enemy AI and moveset is too simple and lackluster, and more thoughts need to be put to the gameplay, UI, battle, loots, midgame, battle, loots, endgame, loots, endgame, battle, endgame, endgame, endgame...
    It's not mistake, i mention some factor multiple times. For all players: Is not    It's strange how I enjoy" Earth Defense Force 4.1" more compared to this game called "Anthem".
    The enemy AI and moveset is too simple and lackluster, and more thoughts need to be put to the gameplay, UI, battle, loots, midgame, battle, loots, endgame, loots, endgame, battle, endgame, endgame, endgame...
    It's not mistake, i mention some factor multiple times.

    For all players:
    Is not worth $60, wait for free to play or big discount. Or wait until dev release the content it was meant to have. Meanwhile, you guys can seriously try EDF 4.1 and find enjoyment (and gameplay depth) over there.    … Expand
  92. RiaskoFF
    Mar 5, 2019
    0
    It is a very very very boring game. But flying is fun, yes. It would be fine if it was an early access free to play game on which they would build something playable and enjoyable... but now and for such amount of money? No dude.
  93. TgIsBack
    Mar 5, 2019
    0
    One of the worst games ever released.
    Oh Bioware how far you have fallen.
    Basically no story, incredibly bad voice acting, no variety in missions and the missions that do exist are like really poorly designed side missions. On top of this it is barren when it comes to content and you can see everything there is to see in a few days. Stay away, or come back and get it for free in a few    One of the worst games ever released.
    Oh Bioware how far you have fallen.
    Basically no story, incredibly bad voice acting, no variety in missions and the missions that do exist are like really poorly designed side missions. On top of this it is barren when it comes to content and you can see everything there is to see in a few days. Stay away, or come back and get it for free in a few months if the servers are still running then (which I doubt).    … Expand
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. TheRealWitblitz
    Mar 29, 2019
    0
    It's a piece of **** It's a piece of **** It's a piece of **** It's a piece of ****
  97. SarifJKane
    Mar 8, 2019
    0
    Gameplay = Loading screens thats it, shame.
    First priority game like this is Gameplay which is really good, but loadings are **** ruined everything
    I can explain why, because that f*** Frostbite Engine does not suit to everything EA made, its was for Battlefield only supposed to do. Crytek made Engine for it., EA used for Crysis and must using for most games because with that Engine even    Gameplay = Loading screens thats it, shame.
    First priority game like this is Gameplay which is really good, but loadings are **** ruined everything
    I can explain why, because that f*** Frostbite Engine does not suit to everything EA made, its was for Battlefield only supposed to do. Crytek made Engine for it., EA used for Crysis and must using for most games because with that Engine even FPS drops lower 30 still comfortably playing.
    Anyway Anthem good game I recommended to play if you not respect you life you time speed for it))))    … Expand
  98. julienlopesii
    Mar 7, 2019
    0
    Another game ruined by EA
    Don't waste your money on this. The game is still a beta but cost the price of an AAA game.
  99. dromethegod
    Mar 16, 2019
    0
    Complete waste of time. The one reason I even buy games from companies like Bioware is for their storyline. But this! This is the worst game I have ever played in my life. I'd rather play a noob indie game developer first game than to play Anthem.

    It's sad to see what Bioware is becoming.
  100. GenericJoe
    Mar 31, 2019
    0
    Honestly, this game has no excuse for the state it is in. besides perhaps the general state of the (AAA) games industry as a whole. Overall i think i would give Anthem a 3/10 but for some reason there is a slew of 10/10 reviews so i feel the need to make this zero to attempt to counteract that absurdity.
    With massive improvements to the systems i could see this clawing its way to being    Honestly, this game has no excuse for the state it is in. besides perhaps the general state of the (AAA) games industry as a whole. Overall i think i would give Anthem a 3/10 but for some reason there is a slew of 10/10 reviews so i feel the need to make this zero to attempt to counteract that absurdity.
    With massive improvements to the systems i could see this clawing its way to being worthy of a 7/10 i highly doubt it will do better.    … Expand
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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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