Anthem

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  1. 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
  2. Acrofilo
    Feb 25, 2019
    1
    0 because this stupid trend of releasing unfinished and unpolished games under the excuse they're a "live service" HAS to stop.
  3. DarkDoom
    Feb 27, 2019
    1
    Скучная, однообразная гриндилка. Нудятина прячится за хорошим графоном. Своих денег явно не стоит. EA душит свои подразделения короткими сроками, и результат на лицо.
  4. 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
  5. Lluch
    Mar 2, 2019
    1
    El juego es bastante pobre en casi todos los aspectos, evidentemente es en los gráficos donde destaca, es un juego llamativo, y agradable para los ojos, a pesar del downgrade que ha sufrido desde el E3...pero bueno, era de esperar, como casi todos sabíamos. El principal problema del juego es el contenido, o mejor dicho la escasa cantidad de contenido...digna de mención es la NOEl juego es bastante pobre en casi todos los aspectos, evidentemente es en los gráficos donde destaca, es un juego llamativo, y agradable para los ojos, a pesar del downgrade que ha sufrido desde el E3...pero bueno, era de esperar, como casi todos sabíamos. El principal problema del juego es el contenido, o mejor dicho la escasa cantidad de contenido...digna de mención es la NO inteligencia de los enemigos, lo repetitivo que se hace enseguida con sus 4 tipos de misiones...nada recomendable...de lo que habría podido ser a lo que se ha quedado.… Expand
  6. Daikenkini
    Mar 7, 2019
    0
    I would argue that Anthem is a scam - like, even if they do address the issues in the future. It will never be the game they advertised. The customer votes with every dollar he spends. Please do not vote for scam artists to be our generation's most successful game developer. And yes, the game really is that bad as to be deserving of a true 0/10.
  7. Neotis
    Feb 26, 2019
    3
    Beautiful and colorful javelins, with the same beautiful bugs that need to be fixed.
    Lmao again EA need more money.
  8. Blotted
    Feb 27, 2019
    3
    No matter how much I hate EA and their whole "Games as a service" practice that they do, I decided to use my 15$ and get a month of EA premier and give Anthem a try even though I knew there was a good chance it was going to be bad. Well......
    The game looks naturally looks amazing with abilities of current gen rendering engine so thats just a given and something I wont score fore. The    No matter how much I hate EA and their whole "Games as a service" practice that they do, I decided to use my 15$ and get a month of EA premier and give Anthem a try even though I knew there was a good chance it was going to be bad. Well......
    The game looks naturally looks amazing with abilities of current gen rendering engine so thats just a given and something I wont score fore. The modeling for the assets and content was okay but not above average.
    Cons:
    The story telling is lazy and soulless.
    LOADING LOADING LOADING Every 5-10 minutes.
    Match Making is terrible
    Loot system is broken and pure trash
    GRIND GRIND GRIND
    Pros:
    Combat

    BIOWARE took 6 years to make a game that most AAA Devs could **** out in a couple years with a proof of concept and be very close to the amount of content this piece of trash is. I have no idea why a game lacking so much content took 6 years with hundreds of employees. Its a new record I think. No amount of added content would fix this game.

    STAY FAR AWAY and go play Warframe which is 100 times better.    … Expand
  9. JeebsFX
    Feb 27, 2019
    3
    The game has more bugs than any beta I've played if it was not for the half decent gameplay/graphics/story I'd give this game 0, it's a game as a service with virtually no end game, my experience thus far...

    The endgame in anthem, freeplay kill an ancient titan on gm2 get 2 blues, put all my consumables on and join a stronghold start at 2nd chest, legendary contracts collect shaper    The game has more bugs than any beta I've played if it was not for the half decent gameplay/graphics/story I'd give this game 0, it's a game as a service with virtually no end game, my experience thus far...

    The endgame in anthem, freeplay kill an ancient titan on gm2 get 2 blues, put all my consumables on and join a stronghold start at 2nd chest, legendary contracts collect shaper fragments (the same thing I done In the story a million times).

    The endgame will lose anthem much of it's playerbase it gets old very fast.

    Getting to endgame, I probably spent hours staring at a loading screen crashed multiple times, lost audio & connection to servers, with my friends CPU running at 100% burn in temps having to take breaks, I could go on and on man but the core gameplay is fun that's the only reason I kept going and why I'm not giving this a 0.

    This was was not ready for launch its in an unacceptable state missing many core features a game like this should have, the game has potential but paying full price for a half baked game is getting old and people are getting fed up with it.    … Expand
  10. xcrime
    Feb 28, 2019
    0
    Worst game in studio history. Identical locations, identical mobs, identical missions and not an interesting story are complemented by a huge amount of technical problems. Most of the time takes a meaningless grind. The game is monotonous and meaningless.
  11. Can_atasoy
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    ben şahsen oyunlara ön yargıyla yaklaşan biriyim örnek lol her zaman ön yargıyla yaklaşan biri oldum ama bir gün bir ön yargımı kırdım ve lole bir şans tanımaya karar verdim ve ne yalan söyliyim hiçte kötü bir oyun değil aksine her zaman arkadaşlarınızla oynayıp eğlenebileceğiniz ve her karakterin kendine has yeteneklerinin olması benim hayli ilgimi çekmişti ve bu oyun bundan sonra hiçben şahsen oyunlara ön yargıyla yaklaşan biriyim örnek lol her zaman ön yargıyla yaklaşan biri oldum ama bir gün bir ön yargımı kırdım ve lole bir şans tanımaya karar verdim ve ne yalan söyliyim hiçte kötü bir oyun değil aksine her zaman arkadaşlarınızla oynayıp eğlenebileceğiniz ve her karakterin kendine has yeteneklerinin olması benim hayli ilgimi çekmişti ve bu oyun bundan sonra hiç bir oyuna çıkmadan yada oynamdan önce ön yargıyla yaklaşmamam gerektiğin öğretmişti ama şimdi gelelim konumuza(e3 2017 duyurulan ve daha ilk oynanış videosuyla ilgimi baya çeken nadir bir oyundu anthem ve belkemeye başladım ve sefer ön yargıyla yaklaşmıycakım oyun çıkınca deniycektim ve çıktı oynadım keşke hiç çıkmasaydı be bilader oyunu PS4 pro da deneme şansı buldum ve şunu demeliyim ki EA bioware yapacağınız oyuna sokayım lan yeter amk yoruldum abi ben bu firmanın oyunları gömmekten yoruldum abi her sene biraz umudum dahada azlıyor EA fena sıçtı abi demodaki gösterilen oyunla bu oyun değil uzaktan yakından alakası yok zamanında watch dogs a kötü demiştim ama sözümü geri alıyorum watch dogs bu oyunun yanında melek kalır lan bu oyun dünyası için bir hakaret ağzına kadar bug server sıkıntıları optimizasyon faciası rezil kontroller sistemsel hatalar açık dünya olmayan bir haritayı açık dünya olarak yuturmaları saçma silah eklentileri parayı verenin öne çıktığı ne kadar yeteneki olursan ol ne kadar iyi oynarsan oyna parana yoksa yeteneğin bir işe yaramaz ve yükleme ekranı evet bütün zamanım yükleme ekranlarında geçti ve daha sayamadığım saymaya kalkasam herhalde 1 günümü filan alır ne diyim abi yani EA bioware başını yaktı adamlara zorla bunu yaptırdı ve çıkan sonuç bir moloz yığını tamamıyla para üzerine kurulu bir yapım zamanında dead space de olduğu gibi EA aç gözlülüğü yüzünden buda bioware için bir çöküş noktası oldu EA artık öyle bir sıçtıki vidanjör bile temizlemeye yetmiyor ve son olarak ben sabırlı insanım yükleme ekranları bana koymaz diyorsanız o zaman bir bakın onun dışında tam bir vasat… Expand
  12. violette0809
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    Releasing an unfinished game is totally unforgivable. UI is designed incredibly stupid. Loot system is a disaster. Not to mention tons of bug. Reading their bug fixing patch is like reading a novel. This game is a joke. LOL
  13. williy51
    Apr 28, 2019
    0
    After close to 200 hours of this game its not worth it. If you own it and have invested time in it like me and many others by all means play it. But anyone looking to get this make a hard pass. This is no where near a complete game and won't be for some time. Yea its fun and unique and cool but how many times in a row are you willing to watch Ironman. You kill random mobs, medium monsters,After close to 200 hours of this game its not worth it. If you own it and have invested time in it like me and many others by all means play it. But anyone looking to get this make a hard pass. This is no where near a complete game and won't be for some time. Yea its fun and unique and cool but how many times in a row are you willing to watch Ironman. You kill random mobs, medium monsters, bigger monsters, and gaint monsters or shot and pick up things over and over and over with no point. This game had so much potential with the ability to create and reshape the world however they wanted to. Instead after like 20 hours of nothing but story you will have done every unique in the game. They keep promising new and better content but the game is still broken at its core. People can try to defend this game all they want but look at what we have. This game launched with unnamed animals and the weapons that didn't work think about that for a minute. They at no point played every masterwork to even see if they functioned. This is and unacceptable state for a $80 AAA game. It maybe good one day but I'm not to hopeful it will make it. After my Origin premiere expires I will like not ply again.… Expand
  14. GuBBeR
    Mar 31, 2019
    0
    Waited over a year for this **** A great idea totally **** destroyed. Imagine putting a crackhead to build a house, this is what you get. As soon as you hit lvl 30. You have already played every **** thing in the game. 25% of the missions are bugged, so you get stuck 70% in. The spells are bugged so suddenly they stop working... The item system is BEYOND horrible. Just picked up theWaited over a year for this **** A great idea totally **** destroyed. Imagine putting a crackhead to build a house, this is what you get. As soon as you hit lvl 30. You have already played every **** thing in the game. 25% of the missions are bugged, so you get stuck 70% in. The spells are bugged so suddenly they stop working... The item system is BEYOND horrible. Just picked up the division 2, and after 2 hours, i already see more content, have more fun, and a WAY better item/loot system. **** YOU EA… Expand
  15. AnthemSuksBawlz
    Apr 3, 2019
    0
    FYI I made this account specifically to review this game and give it a ZERO.

    I pre-ordered Anthem and even bought a copy for my best friend because of the early E3 trailer and later "actual gameplay" trailer. Well let me tell you, those videos were outright LIES that are illegal under US law. The game: - Can't even be played at most times due to server instability issues -    FYI I made this account specifically to review this game and give it a ZERO.

    I pre-ordered Anthem and even bought a copy for my best friend because of the early E3 trailer and later "actual gameplay" trailer. Well let me tell you, those videos were outright LIES that are illegal under US law.

    The game:

    - Can't even be played at most times due to server instability issues
    - Forces you to hit a loading screen for practically everything you want to do
    - There are still constant Pilot Error Data bugs which prevent you from even getting into the one single instanced town in the game (where you start from on login)
    - The combat is a joke since combat is based on scaling (ie a lvl1 player joining their friend will do more DPS with a lvl1 gun than someone with a full MasterWork loadout)
    - Is horribly designed from the ground up
    - Lacks any true end-game and BioWare's 90-day Games As Service model puts the first event a full 3 months after launch which effectively kills the game in terms of the majority of players
    - Is a looter shooter..... WITH NO LOOT. The Devs refuse to make the loot rain despite receiving a THOROUGH post by Diablo 3's director who revamped D3's loot with 2.0
    - The crafting system is now unusable since the harvest nodes you farm to get crafting material with were nerfed into oblivion and harvesting is now a waste of time

    I could go on and on about how terrible this game is, but the gist is that Anthem is a buggy mess that has far too many issues connecting to it's own servers for even a single-player instanced walk around Tarsis.

    Do NOT spend your money on Anthem. And I HIGHLY recommend not buying any more BioWare or EA games ever again unless you want to be looked at as a cash cow meant to be strung along to pay for low-effort DLC, loot boxes, and low-effort cosmetics that aren't even what the players want.    … Expand
  16. VirarNeeda
    Mar 16, 2019
    0
    It's Destiny 2 except you can fly around (sometimes).
    This is not a compliment.
  17. shadus1977
    Feb 27, 2019
    2
    TL;DR Summary- "A beautiful game, with horrible performance issues, lack of content for a live loot shooter (even at day 1), and plagued with bugs across all platforms that ruin what could otherwise be a good experience. I recommend waiting a year to see if it gets fixed, this is EA and they're known backing out poor performing products and this will be one."

    The good-- - Graphics,    TL;DR Summary- "A beautiful game, with horrible performance issues, lack of content for a live loot shooter (even at day 1), and plagued with bugs across all platforms that ruin what could otherwise be a good experience. I recommend waiting a year to see if it gets fixed, this is EA and they're known backing out poor performing products and this will be one."

    The good--
    - Graphics, they're pretty, if you have a video card that can handle them.

    - The javelins, lets be honest we all wanna be ironman and the controls make you feel like you are.

    - The world, its interesting, there's lots of lore, even if the story is a bit lacking.

    - the music is awesome, scores fit the scenes

    The bad--
    - The story, its... uh... weak at best. No spoilers, but... the current story at launch is unremarkable in any way.

    - The performance, its dismal. Even on top end hardware it tends to dip into the 50s and 40s, for a loot shooter, that's "not ok"... and while the graphics are great, they also lack detail to some degree when you slow down and really look.

    - Loading... Please wait. Mission starts, you got joined to existing mission, you've got 25s to get to team... oh you can see them... 5s left closer almost to them.... then it teleports you... with another loading screen. The mission end has a loading screen, after the mission ends it has a loading screen, between forge and town there is another loading screen, between mission and town there is a loading screen, I know why no one has ever assaulted fort tarsis and took it... they got stuck in a loading screen loop and the defenders just picked them off.

    - The loot... is perhaps the worst loot I've seen in any loot based game... ever. It's lackluster and uninteresting at best. BL, BL2, D1, D2, even games as old as diablo 1 had better loot. Hell, common drops in wow were more interesting to be honest. Did I mention they forgot to include the legendary support items, and for some classes after day 1 patch, even top level epic (36) don't drop anymore! Bonus.

    - End game, and yeap, I'm there. Been there for a week. Content... grinding out days and days and days of strongholds and freeplay... to get a legendary piece of gear... that you probably won't use. I'm currently my 20th GM2 stronghold without anything better than a masterwork dropping... and its still dropping crap I'd not have used at day 1 level 30 on a regular basis. Even the masterwork stuff I get (and god I've had a ton of it) is mostly junk. You end up trying to get 1% better this or that and the masterworked named items... just aren't very good for the most part. The disparity between a "decent" masterwork/legendary and a "junk" one is so big that only a few weapons are usable... rest you can just scrap, they're worthless.

    - Everything looks the same. Everything. Everywhere. It's pretty, but quite literally all the same.

    - Repetitive content. Choice of 3 strong holds, gm2 (3 is absurdly hard... i could solo kill 2/3 strong hold bosses on GM3, the mechanics are that uninteresting and predictable, but... it would literally take 6 hours due to them being bullet/ability sponges to such a huge degree, literally the only difference that matters between gm1-gm2-gm3... is hp. GM3 takes so long to kill things even if the drop rate was multiplied by 10 it would be too slow. Beyond the strongholds which are exceptionally repetitive, there are basically only 4 mission types "protect the point", "bring the popped off bits to the machine", "bring the lights to the ferrofluid speaker magnet", and "rescue people and kill the stuff"... and its that blatant with its presentation.

    - The ai is perhaps the worst ive ever seen. bar none.

    - most of the guns don't have actual bullets you fire, they hit. period. no way to dodge (unlike all other loot shooters for the most part.) There are exceptions, but largely its not terribly compelling and limits how much better you can get effectively.

    - fort tarsis is so slow its miserable... even running (which is almost normal walking speed for a human rather than ponderously slow crawling.)

    - Bugs... prior to day 1 patch, other than the loading screens, it was the largest problem. It's STILL a big problem though, there are a multitude of bugs from simple things like entire team wiping means bosses won't show up to not being able to res people to sound suddenly stopping working to video glitches to controls ceasing to work to cut scenes not showing, to mechanical things like being able re-open same chest every-time team wipes (and that was so abused you couldn't join a GM1-3 group for 48h that wasn't people exploiting it.)    … Expand
  18. A_Gouveia
    Feb 27, 2019
    2
    Um jogo linear, muito repetitivo, parece que o game foi dividido em varias partes, teve um downgrade tremendo, tudo que não se deve fazer num game a EA está fazendo.
  19. xcxvy
    May 24, 2019
    1
    After playing Kotor and the Mass Effect trilogy, Anthem is a massive disappointment, lack of content, there are loading screens everywhere :(
  20. Fynbo
    Mar 12, 2019
    0
    An utter failure, I am sad to say. No end game. Endless bugs. Horrible decisions all around. Nowhere near release ready.
  21. Genis94
    Jul 15, 2019
    0
    As someone who got Anthem for free with a new GPU, I still cannot recommend it at the price tag of $0, let alone retail cost. Anthem is a broken game littered with all manner of technical issues, bogged down by a lackluster story, and features no real endgame content to justify the grind or repeated time investment. If you're looking for a multiplayer online game with open world, shooting,As someone who got Anthem for free with a new GPU, I still cannot recommend it at the price tag of $0, let alone retail cost. Anthem is a broken game littered with all manner of technical issues, bogged down by a lackluster story, and features no real endgame content to justify the grind or repeated time investment. If you're looking for a multiplayer online game with open world, shooting, and all sorts of cool powers, Warframe exists.… Expand
  22. 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
  23. 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?
  24. Guillermosal12
    Mar 13, 2019
    2
    The game has good visuals and some good mechanics. I love Flying through the map in missions. But, the story is bland and boring. Everything turns out repetitive. I experience a few FPS drops and many bugs. I have 6hs played in the game. I do not recommend it, Destiny 2 it´s better than this piece of ****
  25. 33vincent333
    Mar 3, 2019
    2
    positives: graphic
    negatives: performance, stupid npcs, bad story, poor gameplay

    (-) No competivie mode, area is not really changin, up to 3 min loading screens, fighting against dumb npcs is boring,
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. CASeoul
    Jul 1, 2019
    0
    Everything bad about EA and Bioware, but cranked up to an 11.
    Refund would be nice, but will probably never happen.
  29. TheAncientOne
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    EA's customer support is absolute and utter garbage.
    Getting support for this game is impossible.

    The game itself is not horrible but the company publishing and
    controlling it is a pile of absolute trash.

    Do not waste your money on EA games !!!
  30. honest_rev7
    Sep 24, 2020
    1
    Boring trash.

    Characters talk AT you. They seem like charicatures of better Bioware games.

    That first person interface is odd.

    Fort Tarsis is empty. Lore is not a story. I didn't hate it. I played it, and then just forgot about it.

    Don't spend your money on this.
  31. Iudex20
    Jul 31, 2020
    0
    Stop supporting garbage games and garbage devs like this. Original Bioware is long gone
  32. Jorgenn
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    Liez before and after launch , they said game will be supported for yearz but last game update was feb.2020 . Stole our money #biofail never again gtfo
  33. bushivlad
    Feb 25, 2019
    0
    I'm tired of seeing games created just to make money. Ea is outrageous, a monster to make money and has nothing to do with the art of video games. It has ruined its own intellectual property!
  34. Shellphie
    Feb 26, 2019
    0
    Mass Effect Andromeda 2.0
    The same start, the same amount of PR, the same number of bugs, and as a result, again we have an inactivated product that will be sold as a full, complete game.
  35. MotoWolf
    Feb 25, 2019
    0
    The game is terribly boring and tedious. The plot and dialogue, nor any. Shoot boring, no variety of abilities, three for each suit. Two shops selling the same things. Where is the promised variety of tasks? Fortresses? Everything happens on the same topic. Andromeda was far more interesting. Sutdy BioWare is dead. EA is killing the studios and their franchises.. 010...
  36. DarokPhoenix
    Mar 21, 2019
    0
    They got so much money from us and gave us so little for it. A shame. Players all over the world, do not let them rip you off! The bath in the money and mock you now with apologies. Please do not buy such games anymore and set a sign.
  37. AnthemSucks
    Mar 20, 2019
    0
    loots system sucks, hours of grind to get the same items including legendary which leads to waste of time even at g3
  38. xeromanu
    Mar 2, 2019
    1
    There is NO 'HATE'. only 'FACT' & 'CRITICISM'
    childish fanboys have to admit it.
    nice graphics... thats all.
    but, a lot of system problems, bugs, boring quests, meaningless gears.
    I can't believe bioware spent 6!!!! 6 years on this handsome garbage.
  39. lynannouilh
    Mar 2, 2019
    0
    Thanks for killing one of my most beloved game studio (aka Bioware). They now join Westwood, Maxis in the graveyard of Electronic Arts. I don't buy any game from this studio since ME: Andromeda & Star Wars Battlefront II, I'll keep it that way.

    BTW: I tried the game at a friends, it's sucked...
  40. Derax
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    I cant really say anything positive. Gameplay is good but the story is weird. Nothing compares to Bioware from back in the day. Try to avoid.
  41. 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.
  42. sublimate
    Mar 24, 2019
    0
    F*ck your multiplayer. F*ck your non-story driven games. F*ck your blatant attempts to milk gamers for cash by passing absolute CRAP devoid of any actual meaning as games. These games you are all hellbent on serving us are a disgrace to your legacy. Also, keep your F*cken politics to yourselves, we don't wan't that **** We just want more single player open world action rpgs.
  43. Efesys
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    Played on access.
    Cool graphics.
    What a fashion to throw out a stump, raw and so not fully completed that already senior. And for the full price, here we have a release, we did everything and you are our beta testers paid. Don’t have to be in the planned games either, and do not start about cosmetics, ALL IN THE GAME SHOULD BE YOU AVAILABLE, for the achievements or activities of any    Played on access.
    Cool graphics.
    What a fashion to throw out a stump, raw and so not fully completed that already senior. And for the full price, here we have a release, we did everything and you are our beta testers paid.
    Don’t have to be in the planned games either, and do not start about cosmetics, ALL IN THE GAME SHOULD BE YOU AVAILABLE, for the achievements or activities of any target you paid full price. I do not recommend staying such an attitude towards the players, and even then we will receive Folaut 76 and such spitting in the face.
    It doesn’t matter when they fix it up there and what they will do in a year or two to suck your money out of the store, after eating another such spit in a couple of years you will drown.    … Expand
  44. Jakemg2000
    Mar 7, 2019
    0
    The shark tale game for pc is way better then this game everything about it is better then this piece of crap for a game this is why I shouldn't buy EA games as all they do is **** everything up
  45. Endaas
    Feb 28, 2019
    0
    Just lags, bugs, no fun.
    R.I.P. Bioware, PapEA is taking you for a walk soon...
  46. Witchmin
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    Don't buy it. Seriously, game had 3 patches that fixed absolutely nothing but nerfed loot without telling us. Also my game drops to 1 fps, yes ONE. I know that sounds stupid and you think "maybe your PC is too weak". Well I'm running RTX 2070 and 4790K with 12GB RAM. This is absolutely pathetic and unacceptable.
  47. Tixxi
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    Я думал что графика будет как в E3 но EA меня обманули, да контента очень мало
  48. sipti
    Mar 8, 2019
    0
    The idea of this game is really nice but the game have a lot of bbug and continiusly crash and freeze. for now is an early acess maybbe in a few month can be a beta but i think that the budget for this game was 30% development and 70% pubblicity.
  49. JAGUAR10
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    Why is gaming the only industry where you do not get a completed product?? This is becoming totally unacceptable!!! Would you buy a car but have to wait a month to get the tires? Would you buy a computer but have to wait a month to get the keyboard? NO and NO!! All this "but wait for the patches, etc. is not acceptable. Was hoping Bioware would get their S**T together after MEWhy is gaming the only industry where you do not get a completed product?? This is becoming totally unacceptable!!! Would you buy a car but have to wait a month to get the tires? Would you buy a computer but have to wait a month to get the keyboard? NO and NO!! All this "but wait for the patches, etc. is not acceptable. Was hoping Bioware would get their S**T together after ME Andromeda but NO!! EA is to blame using the Frostbite engine and not letting Bioware do what they were good at. Single player RPG's with a great story and interesting characters. All this games as a service is crap!!… Expand
  50. 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.
  51. KidRob
    Feb 26, 2019
    0
    Nobody is calling software developers and publishers out for the blatant fraud they are guilty of and nowhere is this more evident than in EA/Bioware's "Anthem". At E3 2017, Bioware showcased actual "in game" content footage and presented that to the audience and the public at large as proof of what this game features. NONE of that actual footage is found in the released game.Nobody is calling software developers and publishers out for the blatant fraud they are guilty of and nowhere is this more evident than in EA/Bioware's "Anthem". At E3 2017, Bioware showcased actual "in game" content footage and presented that to the audience and the public at large as proof of what this game features. NONE of that actual footage is found in the released game. EA/Bioware had demonstrated a clear example of defrauding the public, yet nobody seems to have the courage to call it that. Why? Why is it that the software entertainment industry is allowed to defraud the public. If this kind of behavior was perpetrated in the BUSINESS software industry, EA/Bioware would be sued out of existence for deceptive marketing and outright fraud. Anthem gets a GIANT ZERO from this game critic, and for the record, I've been playing video games since the release of "Pong" in July of 1975.… Expand
  52. Idare
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    The only fun thing about this game are the reviews pointing out all of the failures of this poor application.
  53. Joe_Friday
    Feb 26, 2019
    0
    I refuse to believe that this grindy micro-transaction Destiny clone was actually made by the developers who created Mass Effect. I'll call it now - Anthem will be Free-to-Play before the end of the year. People won't pay for this lackluster game, the developers will have to pray that they sell enough loot boxes.
  54. Eliitti
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    Waste of your time and money there are better options out there such as Warframe and Destiny 2.
  55. Sanadoon
    Apr 2, 2019
    2
    Very disappointed. I'd give the game a higher score, but it is a full priced "triple A game". There are better coop experiences available from less expensive games, especially on PC. (Deep Rock Galactic, Vermintide 2, Killing Floor 2,) to name a few. Heck, even Sea of Thieves lets you actually play more!

    Graphics are great, and if you play a 10 hour demo you will have your fill and    Very disappointed. I'd give the game a higher score, but it is a full priced "triple A game". There are better coop experiences available from less expensive games, especially on PC. (Deep Rock Galactic, Vermintide 2, Killing Floor 2,) to name a few. Heck, even Sea of Thieves lets you actually play more!

    Graphics are great, and if you play a 10 hour demo you will have your fill and seen everything you've needed to see. If you value your time and money, pick something else worth playing that also values it.

    Unless you like looking at static loading screens (even if you have a SSD). If you do, then this is your game.    … Expand
  56. VallejoMach
    Feb 27, 2019
    3
    Boring, generic, uninspired, dull and lacking in creative vision...and then there's the technical issues.

    If you play this game for the first 4 or 5 hours then you might easily be mistaken into being impressed. Visually there is much that is quite stunning, at least superficially, but beyond the smoke and mirrors what finally unveils itself to the player is a shallow, vapid and    Boring, generic, uninspired, dull and lacking in creative vision...and then there's the technical issues.

    If you play this game for the first 4 or 5 hours then you might easily be mistaken into being impressed. Visually there is much that is quite stunning, at least superficially, but beyond the smoke and mirrors what finally unveils itself to the player is a shallow, vapid and extraordinarily tedious experience. Customization is weak and limited, weapons are generic and gunplay is functional at best and lacks the power-fantasy feeling that other looter games provide. Then there are the loading screens, bad UI with menus and menus and loading between even basic features as swapping equipment. The central hub is lifeless and tedious to navigate and not a patch on what was shown in earlier gameplay footage and has been severely downgraded.

    Missions are generic and have little variance. The story is, quite frankly, laughable and despite what Casey Hudson said about players able to make choices in the game none of them matter. All dialogue options are bland and have zero consequence on the outcome. The loot is actually terrible and does not create any sense of excitement or generate any enthusiasm to continue the pursuit of new gear in the way that looter-shooters must achieve. After 70 hours or so you may easily find that you do NOT even have enough credits or pieces to craft a single masterwork and the desire to continue pounding away on the extremely limited endgame content dissipates as a result.

    The game is not finished. There can be no argument otherwise and the fact of the matter is that this has become a practice from publishers that simply cannot be allowed to continue. Releasing bare bones shells of games with a 'roadmap' and a promise to fix it eventually is simply unacceptable. Let us not forget that you are paying FULL price for almost nothing at all...it is not as though they release a quarter of a game and ask you for a quarter of the money. Currently the game deserves no more than a 3/10. It is functional for the most part and parts of it do look very nice but there's nothing there to keep you interested and even if content is added at a later date this game will struggle to recover from it's empty, soulless start.    … Expand
  57. Sonorpearl
    Feb 25, 2019
    0
    Anthem is the most gorgeous loading simulator...
    After every mission, you have to wait way too long.
  58. aMeisterlampe14
    Feb 25, 2019
    1
    They flying,graphics and base mechanics are fun and well done. The rest ist pretty much a disaster. I dont understanbd how you can pay 60€ for a Game that is in a Beta-State. If you want to play the "Endgame Mission where you have to do Quickplay MIssions for, you will learn pretty quickly that most of the MIssions you are joing bugging out. This is just one of many other things thatThey flying,graphics and base mechanics are fun and well done. The rest ist pretty much a disaster. I dont understanbd how you can pay 60€ for a Game that is in a Beta-State. If you want to play the "Endgame Mission where you have to do Quickplay MIssions for, you will learn pretty quickly that most of the MIssions you are joing bugging out. This is just one of many other things that doesn't work with this game. It can be an okay to good game if the price would be right.

    I can just suggest to wait at least 6 more Months and if EA didn't closed this Game by then... go ahead and spent your hard earned money on it.    … Expand
  59. Zephyrghost
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    the first 48 hours of binge-playing Anthem, was fun as the verticality presented in the game gives players a new sense of satisfaction and gameplay. But, honestly, when I kept on playing, it's just a repetitive, lazy mish-mash that is just plain boring. Missions are broken down into 2 things: defend a spot, or collect **** That's it. The campaign's ending was a huge killer to the narrativethe first 48 hours of binge-playing Anthem, was fun as the verticality presented in the game gives players a new sense of satisfaction and gameplay. But, honestly, when I kept on playing, it's just a repetitive, lazy mish-mash that is just plain boring. Missions are broken down into 2 things: defend a spot, or collect **** That's it. The campaign's ending was a huge killer to the narrative and is such a letdown. Everything about its gameplay is BORING and utterly repetitive. Once you get past the "honeymoon stage", you realise that the game is just made up of NOTHING.

    At the town, known as "Fort Tarsis", I ended up just trying to quickly escape that horrid place as it is lifeless, soulless, and its just something you want to avoid.

    Loading times are intolerable and dreadful, and almost every area you visit, there's a load screen.

    I gave Bioware so much promise, and I had so much anticipation. It saddens me that my children will never be able to experience the games of yesteryear that gave my generation so much joy.

    Thanks EA for yet ruining another brilliant company.    … Expand
  60. coltheiter
    Feb 26, 2019
    3
    Lack of content, the quest presented at E3 does not exist in the game, very repetitive. Describing in other words... is like a Ferrari without the engine to get out of the garage
  61. GoboLebowsky
    Feb 26, 2019
    1
    A pinnacle in mediocrity.
    And bad design philosophy.
    And bad video game making.
    A pinnacle in bad.
  62. Johnsilvermight
    Feb 26, 2019
    1
    Bought this game for the great game showcase at e3 and found out it was nothing like it. Missions are repetitive and the loot is one of the most boring loot in any looter shooter. Even my friends have stopped playing so here i am alone in a game where there in nothing more to do after you are done with main story and end game content.
  63. Espee
    Feb 27, 2019
    3
    I'm giving it a 3 as only 30% of the game is enjoyable. The rest is utter garbage.
  64. atmac
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    Do Not Buy!!!! I'm a fan of fps, open-world and online games, so I figured I'd give Anthem a shot. Amazingly, I couldn't get past the first, warm-up mission. I gave it four tries, and was booted out four time, citing loss of the online connection. (I'm on a ps4, and play Destiny 2 and GTA 5 Online, with only an extremely rare significant connection failure.) Each time Anthem booted me out,Do Not Buy!!!! I'm a fan of fps, open-world and online games, so I figured I'd give Anthem a shot. Amazingly, I couldn't get past the first, warm-up mission. I gave it four tries, and was booted out four time, citing loss of the online connection. (I'm on a ps4, and play Destiny 2 and GTA 5 Online, with only an extremely rare significant connection failure.) Each time Anthem booted me out, it returned me all the way back to the game set-up/initialization, after a significant loading time. This is absolutely hopeless. It's amazing to me that they would put out a product that is so unimaginably poor. The game is completely unplayable. Unfortunately, I had pre-purchased it, before all these actual-user reviews had started stacking up. If you read this, please heed the warning!… Expand
  65. Bonebreaker
    Mar 2, 2019
    2
    Honestly i cant understand how anyone can pay the full price for this game. Sure it looks nice but allready the open Beta showed how boring this game will become after a few hours. Did they realy think they could motivate enough players to stay in a game with so little content when there are competitors like Destiny, the new Division 2 or even Warframe (witch is free2play) for pc?

    I    Honestly i cant understand how anyone can pay the full price for this game. Sure it looks nice but allready the open Beta showed how boring this game will become after a few hours. Did they realy think they could motivate enough players to stay in a game with so little content when there are competitors like Destiny, the new Division 2 or even Warframe (witch is free2play) for pc?

    I realy like Bioware, but come on 6 years of development (if its true) for this? This has to be a joke even Fallout 76 can keep players longer busy than this game.    … Expand
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. CptFantabulous
    Feb 28, 2019
    2
    Played the game on the ten-hour free play and I was pretty disappointed by the game.

    -It can barely crawl above 40FPS on an i7/1070 rig no matter what settings I change. Which would be fine except I cannot lock the framerate to thirty so it is at least smooth -The cutscenes feel like a FMV game with NPCs wildly gesticulating into the camera whilst I stand in stony silence or add the    Played the game on the ten-hour free play and I was pretty disappointed by the game.

    -It can barely crawl above 40FPS on an i7/1070 rig no matter what settings I change. Which would be fine except I cannot lock the framerate to thirty so it is at least smooth
    -The cutscenes feel like a FMV game with NPCs wildly gesticulating into the camera whilst I stand in stony silence or add the odd one line remark.
    -The combat is 100% ok, nothing more nothing less.
    -It is buggy as hell, mission markers not updating being the most common problem I ran into
    -I'm not normally the kind of person to care about "downgrading" between trailers and the game but this game has one of the most blatant examples around. The hub went from the tight bustling place shown in the trailers to a mostly empty shell.

    Basically, when you have games like Monster Hunter: World that do everything this game does a million times better there is no reason to pick this game up for any amount of money or even waste your internet on downloading it.    … Expand
  70. 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
  71. EXO8964
    Mar 1, 2019
    2
    This is my first my shooter-looter in terms of committing myself to a grinding game aside from MMO.

    While Anthem does feature some strong entertaining features that make it somewhat enjoyable to play, it is heavily outweighed by all its current issues. As someone who played from the Alpha up the official launch, much remains to be resolved. I've sent them personally a message that it    This is my first my shooter-looter in terms of committing myself to a grinding game aside from MMO.

    While Anthem does feature some strong entertaining features that make it somewhat enjoyable to play, it is heavily outweighed by all its current issues. As someone who played from the Alpha up the official launch, much remains to be resolved. I've sent them personally a message that it would be better to delay a game till its polished rather than rushing a release filled with bugs.

    Regarding the story, it feels so cheesy and generic that there isn't any sense of accomplishment once you finish it. The promises of our choices having consequences in the game was simply a lie which is surprising for BW as they are known for bringing in some of the best rpg stories out there as someone who played more than once the trilogy of Mass Effect.

    The graphics might look nice and great in this day and age but it is by war the worst optimized game which doesn't make use of your current computer hardware even with the latest parts. The E3 2017 demo still remains one of the most spectacular trailer I've ever seen. It's simply a bummer that the game was heavily downgraded up to its current state. From my understanding, a lot happened since then and new people joined into the development and made changes to it.

    The loot itself is a mess, the fact that they need the feedback from players to understand something so obvious makes me worry about what was going on during the development. There is no mini-map, no way to checkpoint on a map nor a text-chat.

    While their communication has been premium, the same problems have been expressed since the Alpha and are still present in this current version of the game which was also promised to be way better and have a lot of fixes but it just keeps having more problems whenever they add new patches. Only time will tell if Anthem will survive all this chaos.

    As someone who spent over 89 hours into the game, I'm starting to feel burned out as there is nothing rewarding about the grinding either. The rewards are simply vinyl which doesn't justify the high amount of grinding for it plus we're missing a bunch of gear variety pieces and emotes which they planned to sell via the vendor with coins and shards which is a bummer.

    I definitely do not recommend this game in its current state but it could be a fun ride for some of you out there. However, if you are a veteran gamer, be prepared to experience some of the worst and best-looking game ever made by BW.    … Expand
  72. nror
    Mar 1, 2019
    2
    I've never felt compelled to write a bad review for a game before, but there are just so so many staggeringly awful design decisions in this game.

    You've probably heard a lot of bad press about this game coming in and you're wondering if it's as bad as they say. It isn't. It's much, much worse. Gameplay is a disjointed mess, with the actual game broken up by a mandatory first-person    I've never felt compelled to write a bad review for a game before, but there are just so so many staggeringly awful design decisions in this game.

    You've probably heard a lot of bad press about this game coming in and you're wondering if it's as bad as they say. It isn't. It's much, much worse.

    Gameplay is a disjointed mess, with the actual game broken up by a mandatory first-person segment where you move at the speed of smell inside a too-large city to pick up quests and have pointless conversations. You can't spend any significant amount of time in your suit without having to return to this hub, which is hands-down one of the worst elements of the game. To get in or out of this area you have to sit through multiple loading screens that take roughly half a minute or more on even the best hardware.

    The suits and the movement mechanics -one of the only parts of this game to receive plaudits- are hampered by a frustrating overheat mechanic that prevents you from flying for more than a few seconds without crashing even outside of combat.

    You can't manage your inventory or customize your suit without sitting through two loading screens, one to get into the interface and one to get out of it. Both again 30 seconds or more.

    The suit gameplay itself has the potential to be fun but the enemies are dumb and there's little variety or challenge.

    The game feels at best half finished, if that.

    It will take monumental changes at a level that I don't think Bioware or EA will be willing to make in order for this game to be worth playing. At a minimum that will mean:

    -Doing away with Fort Tarsis or switching to a third-person view for these segments, speeding up your movement inside, and removing loading screens.

    -Removing the heat mechanic outside of combat entirely or making it a buff for those who elect to manage it rather than a constant frustration for those that don't.

    -Making it so that you can manage inventory and customize your suit without having to sit through 2-4 loading screens.

    Why is it unlikely these changes will be implemented? Because if you take away all the frustrating penalty mechanics and busywork to get missions or customize your suit it becomes much more apparent how little content there is in the game and how all of it is very one dimensional and sameish.

    Stay well away. This game needs at least another year of dev time.    … Expand
  73. 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!
  74. qqvip
    Mar 2, 2019
    1
    Game is so boring, everything in this game is repetitive. Loading screen time is a joke in this game. The only positive is graphic and facial animations. This is a unfinish video game. What a shame Bioware.
  75. FabioBiza
    Mar 17, 2019
    1
    A complete waste of precious time and money. The game has tons of bugs, glitches and the endgame is terrible! It fells like i'm playing a early acess or alpha game, it's a shame for BIOWARE and EA. Dont, i repeat, DONT BUY THIS GAME !
  76. Alora
    Mar 22, 2019
    2
    This game looks beautiful. The enjoyment stops there as you begin to realize it's a broken mess where the devs have made the loot so terrible to grind for that even a classic loot fiend (D1, D2, WoW, and others) like myself cannot find any enjoyment in the grind. If there were less bugs the game would be ok but many missions are unplayable and session ending bugs can be found every singleThis game looks beautiful. The enjoyment stops there as you begin to realize it's a broken mess where the devs have made the loot so terrible to grind for that even a classic loot fiend (D1, D2, WoW, and others) like myself cannot find any enjoyment in the grind. If there were less bugs the game would be ok but many missions are unplayable and session ending bugs can be found every single play session, multiple times. Truly a disgusting waste of potential.… Expand
  77. bongocat
    Mar 30, 2019
    1
    Anthem is one of the worst games I have ever had the chance to play in my entire life. As a fellow BioWare fan (since 2013), Anthem was an absolute disappointment. This game is not worth $60. Using the excuse that certain issues will be fixed in the future doesn't make sense at all given that the game was six years in development, and BioWare's been making games for 20 years. Everything inAnthem is one of the worst games I have ever had the chance to play in my entire life. As a fellow BioWare fan (since 2013), Anthem was an absolute disappointment. This game is not worth $60. Using the excuse that certain issues will be fixed in the future doesn't make sense at all given that the game was six years in development, and BioWare's been making games for 20 years. Everything in this game is poorly executed, the combat is dry, the enemies are bullet sponges, the characters are bland with no sort of character development or meaningful choices, the level design is also poorly designed, areas are made specifically to anticipate combat, and the story itself is your usual bad guy is bad, kill him, save the world, everyone's happy. There's no valuable meaning in this game. It's absolute garbage. Don't buy it.… Expand
  78. Sthrall
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    To those whose saying all the problems will be addressed in the future
    remember that you purchased a "finished" game that should be running at "optimized" performance
    not to wait in the loading screen until you get old and then get disconnected

    that mentality is just like giving food to greedy company like EA to push unfinished game to consumer throat and get away with it
  79. Amayami
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    For everyone who defends this game saying "All the problems will be fixed in the future" ...Why can't a fully priced AAA game be released in a better condition? Apex didn't had as many issues as this game at release and it's free-to-play

    Bioware had 6 years to develop this...what was Bioware doing during that time? It has potential and can be entertaining during the first couple of    For everyone who defends this game saying "All the problems will be fixed in the future" ...Why can't a fully priced AAA game be released in a better condition? Apex didn't had as many issues as this game at release and it's free-to-play

    Bioware had 6 years to develop this...what was Bioware doing during that time?

    It has potential and can be entertaining during the first couple of hours, but you realize of its problems since the beginning: buggy, more loading screens than gameplay, laughable IA, microtransactions, lack of content and variety, disappointing story by Bioware's standards, the most unimaginative grind wall to progress in the "plot",.. and more importantly Mass effect died for this.    … Expand
  80. Diav
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    *Update*

    I've updated my original review of this game from a 5 to a 0, due to the numerous game breaking bugs. As things stand today, this game is not worth investing any time in, and that's coming from someone who got it for free. EA knows this thing is a turd. They have to, there is no way they could not. Don't expect major fixes to be forthcoming, this will probably be the last    *Update*

    I've updated my original review of this game from a 5 to a 0, due to the numerous game breaking bugs. As things stand today, this game is not worth investing any time in, and that's coming from someone who got it for free.

    EA knows this thing is a turd. They have to, there is no way they could not. Don't expect major fixes to be forthcoming, this will probably be the last game Bioware makes.

    --------------------------------------
    Currently, the average user score for Anthem on PC sits at 4.2 Chalk one up for crowdsourcing, because that's just about what it deserves. Anthem is not a disaster the way some are saying, nor is it a triumph. It's a thoroughly mediocre game; beautiful and fast, but also extremely shallow with terrible design decisions throughout.

    The lack of social space in the game is the real head scratcher. It makes the entire world feel dead, or at least more dead than it already would. Fort Tarsis has the look of an area that was lifted right out of a 90s adventure game. People are moving around, but if you watch them, they aren't going anywhere, just following a simple script to move back and forth between two points. NPCs tell you they are leaving, then continue standing right where they are.

    For some reason you can see other players in the Launch Bay, but not Tarsis. This is never explained, but even if it were it makes no difference, because you can't interact with the other players anyway.

    The open world is beautiful, and strange. And dead. It's as if Bioware spent all their dev resources on level designers and graphic artists, with no one left to design an actual game.

    Right now, this game is worse than Destiny 2, or even The Division. It's probably on par with where D2 started, and a little bit better than the disaster The Division was on launch. And that's the silver lining; if Bioware commits the resources, the bones are there to make a good game, just like both those games did, after countless patches and dev hours.

    Will EA give them the time to fix it, and do they know how? Guess we'll see.    … Expand
  81. UtanUtan
    Feb 25, 2019
    0
    very bland and boring game, art concepts and world are kinda nice for eye-candy, gameplay si where is truly dies, it's a recycled meta that's been proving grindy and frustrating on top of boring, non inspiring story and a usual "roadmap to the future" just proves how much of a ripoff this game is, feel sorry for bioware, great work art team tho
  82. scaryfast
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    Long loading screens...short team tethering constantly pulls you into loading screens because you are "outside the battle area" The advertised walkers in the E3 demo shown don't do anything and there is no point to this rip off of a game. Not engaging... pretty to look at but not impressed. 2018-2019 save for Red Dead 2 has been a **** show for game releases....what has happened ? don'tLong loading screens...short team tethering constantly pulls you into loading screens because you are "outside the battle area" The advertised walkers in the E3 demo shown don't do anything and there is no point to this rip off of a game. Not engaging... pretty to look at but not impressed. 2018-2019 save for Red Dead 2 has been a **** show for game releases....what has happened ? don't buy this game… Expand
  83. SYMP4THY
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    From E3 trailer to release I was excited for this game, but now ... now I am just so disappointed.

    Yes, graphics, flying and the open world are amazing, breathtaking. But the city is lifeless, without some spark of amazingness, and those game quality issues ... For $60 AAA game in 6 of development it's NOT worth of excuses. Game cut into pieces for milking money from customers and    From E3 trailer to release I was excited for this game, but now ... now I am just so disappointed.

    Yes, graphics, flying and the open world are amazing, breathtaking.
    But the city is lifeless, without some spark of amazingness, and those game quality issues ...

    For $60 AAA game in 6 of development it's NOT worth of excuses. Game cut into pieces for milking money from customers and the lack of content is angering me.

    No I am not recommending this game !    … Expand
  84. Babylon6
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    If you always wanted to get a Mass Effect game, minus a good story, minus interesting characters, minus the feeling you're actually having any meaningful impact on the Universe, then Anthem is the game you're been waiting for. Plus staring at LOADING screens. ENJOY ...or pray somebody makes a decent Space Opera sometime again.
  85. Ionflux
    Feb 28, 2019
    0
    Bad game is bad. EA should be ashamed of themselves and should be shut down.
  86. GERULAS
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    Nobody likes this game and the few good reviews from here, are from the studio employees who worked on this total crap BS of a game.
  87. Elex
    May 24, 2019
    0
    Nice Roadmap you got there, hope it doesnt completely derail ..oh it already has..cool
  88. CashGame
    Mar 15, 2019
    0
    Not a lot of content, buggy, frequent load screens - the game needs another year until ready for the release.
  89. typhaon
    Feb 28, 2019
    2
    Is this the end of Bioware? Bland. Generic. Utterly lacking in creative vision. Result feels like something an AI would build if it were told to mimic a 'loot shooter.' Gameplay/loot/loading issues abound. Amount of content is about what you'd expect from an early alpha build. One struggles to imagine how it took 5+ years to get to this point.
  90. luiseduardobm
    Feb 28, 2019
    2
    Formated my PC and tried every possible fix to play this game. Im beyond the suggested specs and the game is completely unplayable STUTTERING 2 seconds then running for 1 second and stuttering 2 seconds again in cycle. completely unplayable. Game runs fine inside the city at 60 FPS.
    They released 2 patches in 6 days and NONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT PERFORMANCE or BUG FIXES.
    I think nerfing the    Formated my PC and tried every possible fix to play this game. Im beyond the suggested specs and the game is completely unplayable STUTTERING 2 seconds then running for 1 second and stuttering 2 seconds again in cycle. completely unplayable. Game runs fine inside the city at 60 FPS.
    They released 2 patches in 6 days and NONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT PERFORMANCE or BUG FIXES.
    I think nerfing the loot tables or changing npc behavior is more important for them.
    Dont buy it, you can be scammed like me.    … Expand
  91. Potatologic
    Mar 14, 2019
    0
    **** piece of **** game pops up its advertisments everywhere and its annoying, i do not give a **** about this steaming pile of **** it needs to stop spamming ads everywhere.
  92. MastaDyemon
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    Ну что пацаны, говно-дрочильни от EA продолжаются! А вы что ожидали? Игру для души? Расслабитесь все давно продано, теперь только игры-сервис по выкачиванию бабла.
  93. spyvspyaeon
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    The "game" does not deliver what EA promissed a year ago. They gave a mega hype in the shooter looter community to deliver the buggiest game I ever played. Also there's no reason for a PC that meets the minimum spec and not be abble to haddle with the damn CPU usage, the game reach 100% just because yes.

    Can be Beautiful, but extremely pour in content, AI and missions. As far as could    The "game" does not deliver what EA promissed a year ago. They gave a mega hype in the shooter looter community to deliver the buggiest game I ever played. Also there's no reason for a PC that meets the minimum spec and not be abble to haddle with the damn CPU usage, the game reach 100% just because yes.

    Can be Beautiful, but extremely pour in content, AI and missions. As far as could try before my water cooler freaks out running this crap in 720p windowed uninstalled and requested a refund because it looks like THEY DESERVE no money in this.

    Fix the game first, release after...... it's not only me just see the metacritics review 4.4

    What the hell are this people doing??? EA does not even say something.... oh ok it's a patern.
    EA NEVER MORE IN MY LIFE. JEzzz.

    I'm not a "hate" nor even closer, but I leave you with a question. Do u buy a car to receive the wheels 1 year later? Think about it. As same as Pay for a game that waste your time with loading screens and a serious bad performance in a midle specs PC.

    This is my experience and my review, if u like the game and works for you, I am glad and I am happy with that. For me and all, this is my final word.    … Expand
  94. droproctor
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    A beatifull world, that is void of contnent, the quests are repetitive, increase in dificulty is done not by introducing new enemies or improving their tactics, but by infalting their numbers. This game might be "good" in a year, but as of now, it's a glorified concept demo
  95. Febfourteen
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    As of today, whoever went to Heart of Rage farming infinite chests already had full of masterwork loot, I see no reason to do any dungs in the future.
  96. Madara25
    Jun 24, 2019
    0
    Это самая унылая игра подобного жанра из всех, что я видел. На минуточку, я играл в Варфрейм, Судьбу, Дивизию, но это полный шлак. 3,5к за предзаказ возвращать никто не хочет от чего еще больше портится представление об этой игре. в Мободрочь ради мободроча, ибо иных развлечений тут нет. И то теперь порезали систему лута, чтобы можно было получать топ шмотки лишь с данжей и все. ТупоЭто самая унылая игра подобного жанра из всех, что я видел. На минуточку, я играл в Варфрейм, Судьбу, Дивизию, но это полный шлак. 3,5к за предзаказ возвращать никто не хочет от чего еще больше портится представление об этой игре. в Мободрочь ради мободроча, ибо иных развлечений тут нет. И то теперь порезали систему лута, чтобы можно было получать топ шмотки лишь с данжей и все. Тупо гриндя одно и то же. Контента нет абсолютно. Игра проходится за 10-12 часов, после чего наступает время под названием "займи себя сам". Мне вот абсолютно комфортно убивать мобов в Сложном режиме и смысла идти в ГМ1-3 нет абсолютно. Ибо просто не за чем повышать себе сложно. Ничего кроме увеличения хп и урона нет. Тупо болванчики для битья. Невозможно унылый гринд. Я надеюсь нынешних Биоваров закроют за такую халтуру. От прежней студии не осталось ничего… Expand
  97. 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
  98. artemho
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    20h in game and have fun so far. I didn't notice any gamebreaking bugs. Fights on high difficulties are awesome. The story is OK. Game is highly replayable.
  99. kurokki
    Feb 28, 2019
    0
    I wish I had something different to say than all the other negative reviews but by now if you have read a few you more or less know the problems (no point in repeating it). The pathetic defense of "the game will be good one day" just doesn't cut it for me. Far too many good games out there to be bothered waiting for them to one day *maybe* fix the problems.
  100. 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
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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#4 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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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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