Anthem

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  1. 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
  2. scosaw
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    Yet another unfinished game I'm expected to pay up-front for. Stop telling me everything will be fixed later! I bought this game today, not in 6 months or however long it'll take to "fix" it. Maybe if Bioware stopped shipping incomplete trash to beat some arbitrary publisher deadline, their reputation wouldn't be in the toilet.

    Rated this a 3 because it looks nice. That's it. Game    Yet another unfinished game I'm expected to pay up-front for. Stop telling me everything will be fixed later! I bought this game today, not in 6 months or however long it'll take to "fix" it. Maybe if Bioware stopped shipping incomplete trash to beat some arbitrary publisher deadline, their reputation wouldn't be in the toilet.

    Rated this a 3 because it looks nice. That's it. Game play consists of tired and terrible "hold this point against enemy waves!" or "bring x number of shiny things to this shiny thing!" missions over and over. Guns are all generic sounding and feeling, abilities are just there to spam out with little thought to how to effectively set up combos. Would have been nice to see some clear guidance on how the combo system is supposed to work.

    The Bioware storytelling is a mere shadow of old, with lore and exposition shoehorned into the awful (slow!)walking-simulator that is the games main "hub", Ft. Tarsis. Boring characters, boring exposition, inconsequential choices in dialogue trees. But at least the game looks nice, and flying is fun, whee!

    Oh, and you better believe the microtransactions are fully fleshed out, get those coins so you can upgrade your suit's appearance! It's truly like they needed a "game" to build around their money-grubbing appearance engine. 8 bucks for a javelin skin? Nope, nope, nope.

    Terrible, terrible game, not good for Bioware, not even good as an indie game.    … Expand
  3. cbird
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    The game is not finished, leave it be for 6-9 months then maybe it is worth while.
  4. Ykisl
    Feb 26, 2019
    3
    The best part of the game is the graphics and some gameplay. The rest of the game is boring and of the same type. Again Electronic Arts hurried with the release.
  5. Dralym
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    Just 1 point because it worked yesterday but not today...
    This game is clearly not finished...
  6. CallenAmakuni
    Jun 5, 2019
    3
    The first part of the review is a Post-release impression. For a more recent (and truthfully honest) opinion, there's an UPDATE tab at the end.

    Anthem is a frustrating experience. Because it does a lot of things wrong (basic features included), but what it does right it does so magnificently. Personally, it is undoubtedly the most fun I've had on a video-game in a very long time. But    The first part of the review is a Post-release impression. For a more recent (and truthfully honest) opinion, there's an UPDATE tab at the end.

    Anthem is a frustrating experience. Because it does a lot of things wrong (basic features included), but what it does right it does so magnificently.

    Personally, it is undoubtedly the most fun I've had on a video-game in a very long time. But unfortunately, giving my opinion here on whether to BUY this game or not requires a certain degree of objectivity.

    BioWare, I say this as a long time fan of yours: please get your **** together. You can't expect the same treatment if your game releases in the same state half-a-decade-old games released in. You are the last to enter the market, you are supposed to be the best. And you are not.

    At least not right now. Anyway.

    Pros:

    - The game is stunningly beautiful and runs (almost) smoothly. A few bugs here and there, but most were corrected by the Day 1 patch. The world looks good, the characters look good (I'm particularly fond of my Shelancer), the Javelins look awesome, be it their metallic textures or the more refined meshes. Good stuff.
    - That Gameplay. Capital G because that's how it freaking had to be done. I can't emphasise enough how much they nailed this aspect. Flying, shooting, making stuff blow up feels satisfying, and each Javelin feels unique and rewarding. You guys can be proud of this.
    -Actual customization. My Javelin is unique. I know that because no sane person would associate the colors I chose. But thanks to that, I'm 100% sure it's unique. Happy to have the opportunity.
    -The music. Listen to "Valor". Thank me later.

    Cons:

    -The story. This is a BioWare game, and I can very clearly state that it has a story equivalent to any standard 2010s FPS. See the average summer action blockbuster? Add in one or two potentially interesting characters, and you have Anthem's campaign. Choices ? What ?Where ? Everybody's going to experience the same thing. Not bad per se, but easily the least convincing story told by the master storytellers.
    -Content. Three dungeons and the same three repeatable contracts at Lvl 30. Yeah, not a lot.
    -Some strange choices. No stat page ? In a stat based game? Also, why doesn't the suiting cinematic happen during loading screens ? A lot of the decisions they made are this confusing.
    -Loot RNG and drop rates. So umm, either remove the random aspect of those inscriptions (which can give you a 0% bonus on a Masterwork or Legendary item at the moment) or let us have a lot of them so that we have more chance to draw something usable. Investing time isn't rewarding when all the loot you get is worse than what you already have in the endgame.

    Anthem isn't a bad game. It certainly isn't as bad as Fallout 76 like the congregated score suggests. It has its (incredibly exhilirating) moments. I spent 35 hours on it since its official launch, and I think that's enough of a return of investment, espcially knowing that I will still play it for a long time. But it feels like it needed a little while longer in the oven. It looks like the devs care about this game though, which is very encouraging. That is why I believe I'll wait for the next updates and come back in a few months to update this review.

    However, and more importantly, I'll borrow a sentence from my ME Andromeda review that heavily saddens me: this just isn't what we've come to expect from a BioWare game.

    UPDATE: Okay, this is now ridiculous. I take it down a few notches because BioWare is seemingly incapable of taking responsibility for its f-ups. That Roadmap ? Not respected. Communication? Absent. Content? What a joke.

    Updates breaking the game even more than it was before ? How did you manage that?

    You had the foundations to build a decent game from where you stood, but I'm sorry, this is a failure. One of the biggest I've ever had the misfortune to witness. And it's BioWare. Sigh.

    Scrap everything. Change how you work, your view of videogames and your methods.

    Never thought I'd say this, but let Dragon Age 4 at least go up to Mass Effect Andromeda's quality if you really can't do better. Let this thing rot and let's never talk about it. Ever. Again.    … Expand
  7. 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
  8. CowboySimulator
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    I played during the open demo weekend. I thought that the graphic looked great, but I hated the game play. Also, in my first mission, my team was useless. I had to do the whole puzzle by my self. Unless I have friends also buying this game, than I will not.
  9. Zorada
    Feb 26, 2019
    3
    The ONLY thing that is good about this game is the graphics and that is very sad to say. No need to go into detail as there are many here that have already done 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. Shaun_M
    Feb 26, 2019
    3
    Anthem gives you a taste of fun and cool things and then does everything it can to not let you do those things. It's cool to fly around but you can only do it for brief periods and at endgame if you're in the air you're dead. Gun play and abilities are cool and feel good but the enemy movement and aim lock make it such a chore to fight them that you can't really use your full potential toAnthem gives you a taste of fun and cool things and then does everything it can to not let you do those things. It's cool to fly around but you can only do it for brief periods and at endgame if you're in the air you're dead. Gun play and abilities are cool and feel good but the enemy movement and aim lock make it such a chore to fight them that you can't really use your full potential to fight. Loot is horrible at all difficulties and is dolled out infrequently so the time invested in activities are not rewarding at all. The bugs in this game are astounding and I can't believe this game has been in development for 6 years. This game is a travesty and I can't believe that Bioware put something of this poor quality out on the market.… Expand
  12. Treethrow
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Anthem is a new IP from BioWare and their shot into the "looter shooter" genre. Unfortunately, Anthem is more of a misfire than anything else.

    Anthem has gorgeous environments and fun combat. However, those strengths are buried deeply by frustrating technical issues, baffling design choices, uninspired loot, repetitive missions, lackluster story, and uninteresting NPCs that blend    Anthem is a new IP from BioWare and their shot into the "looter shooter" genre. Unfortunately, Anthem is more of a misfire than anything else.

    Anthem has gorgeous environments and fun combat. However, those strengths are buried deeply by frustrating technical issues, baffling design choices, uninspired loot, repetitive missions, lackluster story, and uninteresting NPCs that blend together to make the experience feel more like a slog rather than anything enjoyable.

    BioWare may be able to salvage this game and turn it into something worth playing with updates and expansions overtime. However, in its current state, I do not recommend purchasing this game.    … Expand
  13. Hagryke
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Muchisimos bugs, pantallas de carga larguisimas, a las 20 horas ya lo notas repetititvo y el contenido es super escaso. Por no hablar de los dialogos y las historia que telita.
    Esto juego valdra la pena cuando cueste 20 € y le haya metido 20 parches, y otros 20 dlc.
    No recomiendo para nada comprar este juego de salida, a menos que seas bobo.
  14. zipzap
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    I was looking forward to playing Anthem because I am a huge fan of looting games. Unfortunately it's a big disappointment. The engine is not suited for that type of game, the AI is blatantly dumb, the whole loot concept is terrible (no pickups while finding loot - you only see it at the END OF THE MISSION wtf?) and let's not even talk about the whole loading screen issue or lack ofI was looking forward to playing Anthem because I am a huge fan of looting games. Unfortunately it's a big disappointment. The engine is not suited for that type of game, the AI is blatantly dumb, the whole loot concept is terrible (no pickups while finding loot - you only see it at the END OF THE MISSION wtf?) and let's not even talk about the whole loading screen issue or lack of engaging story. People claiming things will be patched later cannot convince me as you simply cant fix all of these core problems with simple content patches. I do not recommend this game right now.… Expand
  15. Lanov
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Looks and plays like a pale copy of the Warframe without any interesting ideas.
  16. Anon_
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    What a waste of talent. This game is repetitive as hell. It has pretty graphics but that's everything it has to offer.
  17. Zabolon
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    This game seems like beta for full price and i feel deceived . The game is pretty fun, but it lacks of content badly. Also, there are LOTS of bugs and the game, randomly, works badly on really good PCs. I'ii give it a try in a year , for 10 usd price or smth, but for now it is ofc a refund.
  18. Beoir
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Its Destiny with Iron Man type flying. Call me in 5 years when something original comes out.
  19. Swump
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Wow! Even after the delay, the train-wreck was still inevitable.

    Right, let's start with the positives. The world is beautiful, environments and their tiny details are simply stunning. Javelin customization is also fairly deep, allowing you to also edit finer details such as finishes and fabrics. Gameplay can be fun at first, and each Javelin has enough variety to offer something    Wow! Even after the delay, the train-wreck was still inevitable.

    Right, let's start with the positives. The world is beautiful, environments and their tiny details are simply stunning. Javelin customization is also fairly deep, allowing you to also edit finer details such as finishes and fabrics. Gameplay can be fun at first, and each Javelin has enough variety to offer something different. Unfortunately praise ends there, everything else is incredibly underwhelming.

    I complemented the environments, but we NEVER do anything interesting in them. You find a horde of enemies, clear them out, and move onto the next point. Enemies are also scattered without any thought, wasting the opportunity to take advantage of the space they're in. It's a real shame because instead of interacting with something the artists obviously spent so much time on, you just fly by and ignore it most of the time.

    Now gameplay isn't that bad, though some Javelin's are obviously better than others. Storm seems to be the most popular one I've seen, and I'm guilty myself of being on that bandwagon. Blowing stuff up is really satisfying, until you realize 10+ hours in this is all you do. The whole experience is just a massive grind, and the atrocious loading times don't help. Even at higher difficulties, they don't offer much to spice up gameplay.

    People are clinging onto the story as a positive element, seriously? Even next to the likes of Destiny ONE, it's the most generic and uninspired plot I've seen in awhile. It's very difficult to care about the world or characters which inhabit it, everything is just so... soulless. That's one of Anthem's biggest problems, it has no identity of its own. It's just another big budget game which will most likely be forgotten 10 years from now.

    As for those repeating, "This is day 1, it's still early they'll fix it later!" remember Mass Effect: Andromeda? They did one patch, and abandoned the product because everyone saw it as a joke. It should be common knowledge by now that a strong launch is EVERYTHING, and right now the product we got doesn't even feel like a complete game.    … Expand
  20. dannyjoe08
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    I have never had more fun playing such a horrible game. The appeal of flying around like iron man is a ton of fun but, that isn't enough to hide the plethora of problems with this game. The story is so bland and forgettable. There are 2 mission types: defend this area or go gather glowing things and bring them to a certain spot. Don't even get me started on the constant loading screens. AtI have never had more fun playing such a horrible game. The appeal of flying around like iron man is a ton of fun but, that isn't enough to hide the plethora of problems with this game. The story is so bland and forgettable. There are 2 mission types: defend this area or go gather glowing things and bring them to a certain spot. Don't even get me started on the constant loading screens. At least the game is fun to play with friends. I want to think that the game will change towards the end and get better but I know that I'm just lying to myself. Anthem is not worth 60 dollars. Hell, EA doesn't just want 60 bucks. They want you to buy emotes, skins, crafting materials, and whatever else they can figure out how to monetize. If you have 15 bucks for a month of EA access, then go ahead and try it out. I'm sure you'll quickly find out how shallow this game is.… Expand
  21. bensonwin
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    The world is beautiful, the combat is fun and the javelin is cool, just for a couple of hours. After a few repetitive missions and not very interesting story, i can say the game doesn't worth its 60$ price tag. End game content is also very lacking, bugs and loading screen are all over the place. Maybe this is gonna be the bioware's last game.
  22. DrSeckzytime
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Post patch. Terrible load times on fast SSDs let alone HDDs, and there are load screens everywhere. Quest and convo system is terrible. Story is uncharacteristically boring, I broke my ESC key. Game is shallow as a puddle. Weapons are boring, despite solid gunplay/ability use. Hub city is boring, and tedious backtracking convos with horrific travel speed is terrible. It's like BiowarePost patch. Terrible load times on fast SSDs let alone HDDs, and there are load screens everywhere. Quest and convo system is terrible. Story is uncharacteristically boring, I broke my ESC key. Game is shallow as a puddle. Weapons are boring, despite solid gunplay/ability use. Hub city is boring, and tedious backtracking convos with horrific travel speed is terrible. It's like Bioware wanted to torture their users in the city. Frostbite engine needs a rebuild/iteration.

    Game is aggressively mediocre, at best, worth $10-15 tops. RIP Bioware.    … Expand
  23. Nolium
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Great mobility, decent graphics, fun. But, after 3 days you run out of content. After finishing main story (it is very short), you start grinding reputation and items. Bugs! Buggy as hell, incredible. Broken missions (there is only about 5-6 different missions really), constant loading, ... Even worse, after every patch after first "demo", I had more problems with a game. WoefullyGreat mobility, decent graphics, fun. But, after 3 days you run out of content. After finishing main story (it is very short), you start grinding reputation and items. Bugs! Buggy as hell, incredible. Broken missions (there is only about 5-6 different missions really), constant loading, ... Even worse, after every patch after first "demo", I had more problems with a game. Woefully unfinished game, needs a year to have enough content to justify the price. Game is alpha quality, not even beta.… Expand
  24. LPerro
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Anthem looked very promising before its release, something that most games share with each other when a big publisher is in charge of the marketing. However, the mostly transparent and very down-to-the-community approach that the devs took by being very active on twitter, reddit and on their livestreams build up at least hope, that Bioware would've found back to their former glory.

    And    Anthem looked very promising before its release, something that most games share with each other when a big publisher is in charge of the marketing. However, the mostly transparent and very down-to-the-community approach that the devs took by being very active on twitter, reddit and on their livestreams build up at least hope, that Bioware would've found back to their former glory.

    And at its core, Anthem is a really strong game. The gunplay is solid, the different Javelins with their unique abilities have a good flow to them (despite some balancing issues) and the flying is not just a gimmick but something to factor in on every encounter. When there is one thing, where the game lives up to its expectations, it is the javelin design and the combat system surrounding it.

    However, the good core of the combat is overshadowed by technical issues and a repetitive gameplay that rarely motivates you to spend time in the 'so called' endgame.

    Technical Issues / Performance:
    First up: If you don't own an SSD, don't play Anthem. The game has loading screens for everything, including the Forge (which is there you change your items/javelin build) and it will take between 40-90 seconds (depending on the activity) to leave the loading screen. Sometimes, you even get a loading screen on top of a loading screen because the rest of your team already headed forward and the game forcibly pulls you to the rest of your team, which results in another loading screen.

    There is a a sheer abundance of glitches and bugs that accompany the performance of the game which makes playing Anthem an ongoing gamble if you can actually play a mission or stronghold at all or if you have to reload everything, sometimes multiple times. It is fair to say that the state in which Anthem launched, is a complete embarrasment to their QA team or whoever is responsible for that mess that is in a worse technical state than the demo.

    Gameplay:
    The gameplay of Anthem knows only three specific types of game encounters:
    > Point Defense
    > Fetch numbers of item A and bring it to ooint B
    > Kill stuff until your mission updates

    Those three pillars of mission design repeat themselves over and over, even within the storyline, where Bioware could have gone nuts with all the cool stuff their storyline had to offer, if it had been properly executed. The game doesn't try to hide the three game mechanics from you and it doesn't try to mask it. Instead you kill the same 2-3 types of enemies of enemies over and over again, fetch the same items (not even those change, there are like 2-3 presets for them as well) until you get one unique bossfight at the end of the storyline and thats literally it.

    The strongholds, which are supposed to be the endgame activity, have, despite a plethora of technical issues (which caused Bioware to deactivate quickplay for them temporarily) a good design despite the third one, which is just the last story mission tagged as a Stronghold.

    Storyline:
    Bioware is known for their good and deep story in their games and in some interviews, they also acknowledged, that story would be a centerpiece of Anthem as well. However, the story itself was bland and uninspired and felt much more like an introduction to something bigger that we have yet to see. Sometimes there are bits where your character interacts with his dialogue partner, mostly during lenghty dialogue cutscenes and in those moments, you can really see that Bioware still got what it takes to tell a good story. Those cutscenes really sucked me in but where far too rare in order to make the otherwise bland story special.

    The world of Anthem is so rich with interesting characters and unique features, however compared to their previous games, Anthem fails to tell an interesting storyline. In fact, the main campaign isn't even in line with their leveling curve and I finished the main storyline at around level 19 of 30 and had to grind 11 levels in strongholds, missions and contracts until I was able to experience the endgame.

    Endgame:
    Anthems endgame is currently pretty much non-existent. If you had to call some part of the game "endgame", it would be unlocking the Grandmaster difficulties and playing the same three strongholds over and over in order to achieve legendary and masterwork items. And in fact, I think that would keep people at least entertained until their content patch in march hits. The numerous technical issues and horrendous loading times however, do a perfect job of blocking you from enjoying that form of content.

    Verdict:
    Anthem has a strong base, but lacks in nearly every part despite its core gameplay, which is at least solid. You will only enjoy this game, if you somehow don't experience all the technical issues others are experiencing and if you fall in love with the gameworld. In any other case, I'd advise skipping this title. I think myself lucky that I only paid 15 Euros for EA premier access for this game.    … Expand
  25. orbitpro
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Honestly this could have been fun, my biggest issue is the enemies refusing to fight back. It's just too easy. Not only that My friends and I experienced way too many bugs in a small amount of time. On the plus side the graphics look awesome but graphics ain't going to save this game.
  26. arlox
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    My thoughts in bullet points after about 15 hours:

    Visually impressive. However: PC performance is sub-par. Outrageously excessive loading screens. Badly designed UIs and menus. Large number of bugs, crashes and similar issues. Good core gameplay -- most abilities feel good, combos are satisfying, flying is fun. However: Gameplay hub is terrible to navigate. Gunplay feels bland.    My thoughts in bullet points after about 15 hours:

    Visually impressive. However: PC performance is sub-par. Outrageously excessive loading screens. Badly designed UIs and menus. Large number of bugs, crashes and similar issues.

    Good core gameplay -- most abilities feel good, combos are satisfying, flying is fun. However: Gameplay hub is terrible to navigate. Gunplay feels bland. Extremely repetitive mission design. Very little gameplay objective and enemy variety. Very little weapon and gear variety. Little meaningful character progression. Gear is badly balanced and often bugged. Almost no suit customization outside of the dye system.

    Soundtrack is great, world is interesting. However: Story is beyond generic, the villain gets three minutes of screentime and does generic bad guy things. Barely any interesting characters. Dialogue is a slog, often feels unnatural and over-acted. Dialogue choices are meaningless.

    I can't think of much good to say. Besides visuals and flying, it really does not excel at anything, I feel. On the other side, the list of issues is long. It feels unfinished and heartless. At the time, I have no interesting in playing any further than halfway through the story -- at this point I've long seen all the enemies, all the gameplay objectives, used all weapons and gear and seen the entire map. Everything beyond that is pure repetition and chasing higher numbers. Which, ironically, you can't effectively play around, since there is no stats page.

    Disappointing.    … Expand
  27. BarelyLewd
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Game crashed my p.c, not once BUT TWICE, the second time the game actually corrupted my HDD, I eventually was able to play the game on a friends p.c, was not too impressed game looks good, but that's the only positive i can think of, load times are horrible, keep getting bugs including stuck in load screen, the story is meh, the characters are meh, and the voice acting and game play is subGame crashed my p.c, not once BUT TWICE, the second time the game actually corrupted my HDD, I eventually was able to play the game on a friends p.c, was not too impressed game looks good, but that's the only positive i can think of, load times are horrible, keep getting bugs including stuck in load screen, the story is meh, the characters are meh, and the voice acting and game play is sub par at best, somehow this game plays similar to Destiny, but worse, do not recommend without fixing major bug fixes, maybe when the game goes on sale I would recommend but as of now not worth it, and completely unplayable for me, got my refund from steam, gonna buy a better game.… Expand
  28. scotto8082
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    In its current state its lucky to get a 3. While physically appealing, the game is shallow, it took me 3 hours to do everything the game had to offer, after that its the same content repeating. The game has about 3 enemy types. Ground creatures that run at you, aerial creatures/ranged creatures just static attack you and finally the humanoids who all look identical, and act awfully.

    I    In its current state its lucky to get a 3. While physically appealing, the game is shallow, it took me 3 hours to do everything the game had to offer, after that its the same content repeating. The game has about 3 enemy types. Ground creatures that run at you, aerial creatures/ranged creatures just static attack you and finally the humanoids who all look identical, and act awfully.

    I gave this game a fair go, I thought, it can't be as bad as everyone makes it out to be, it is. Wait for a sale, Wait for a year's worth of content to be released.

    I have a great PC and I crashed 4 times in about 3 hours, having to repeat the same boring intro content. So bad, What a waste of potential and talented developers who are just getting steamrolled by the money hungry higher-ups. I had to make a Metacritic account just so i could warn others.    … Expand
  29. avgjoeh
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    One of the most annoying things are the leechers that you cant do anything about and the inability to communicate with your team, 1995 would laugh in your face if they knew there would be a social game in 2019 with no chat functionality. That aside the gameplay is pretty boring since not doing combos is basically a timewaste. The story, dialog, hub and everything else is just there toOne of the most annoying things are the leechers that you cant do anything about and the inability to communicate with your team, 1995 would laugh in your face if they knew there would be a social game in 2019 with no chat functionality. That aside the gameplay is pretty boring since not doing combos is basically a timewaste. The story, dialog, hub and everything else is just there to annoy you, most uninteresting **** ever… Expand
  30. 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.
  31. avatara
    Feb 9, 2020
    3
    It's year after start and still problems with connection, so nobody even try to solve it.
    I can play all game except Anthem, did network recommendation (clear origin cash open ports flush DNS etc. twice) , ask for help in tech.issue forums - who cares ?
  32. Nothsa1234
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    Athem is a game that has a great concept, but sadly lacks in execution.

    Anthem is visually stunning and has a great artstyle. From the reflections and shadows, to the dynamic and connected landscapes, the game is beautiful. The design of the world is also great, with a lot of thought clearly put into it. The only problem with all of this is that this is where the good parts end. The    Athem is a game that has a great concept, but sadly lacks in execution.

    Anthem is visually stunning and has a great artstyle. From the reflections and shadows, to the dynamic and connected landscapes, the game is beautiful. The design of the world is also great, with a lot of thought clearly put into it. The only problem with all of this is that this is where the good parts end.

    The most talked about issue is EA's games as a service model, which is a disgrace. The shady launch times do also not help when the game isn't even up to a standard other companies would consider releasing it at. This games as a service and lack of quality is linked and will be seen in the way that despite launching poorly, EA will draw you back to the game after you're done with it by advertising new content that should've been in the base game, which, is extremely short. In addition to the problems with the lack of content, much of it in the game is locked behind microtransactions.

    Finally, as mentioned before, the quality in general is insufficient, which extends beyond the bugs. The areas in the game feel as if they were designed for more and long to have something more than a bulletsoaker or 2 for every 5 minutes youve flown around (alright the flying is pretty cool). In addition the team at Bioware clearly haven't put much effort into animation which can be seen in the way that the movements loop and often don't make a lot of sense (mostly talking about NPCs here).

    In conclusion, Anthem is a great idea, but has been executed terribly.    … Expand
  33. ghost80808
    Mar 25, 2019
    3
    So, many years of development are done, and Anthem is finally here. Was it worth the wait?....The short answer, NO!

    Worse still, is that this is the game that killed the excellent Mass Effect series. For those that don't know, Mass Effect Andromeda, the fourth game in the series and first of it's own story arch, was bumped to Bioware's B team for development, so that their A team could    So, many years of development are done, and Anthem is finally here. Was it worth the wait?....The short answer, NO!

    Worse still, is that this is the game that killed the excellent Mass Effect series. For those that don't know, Mass Effect Andromeda, the fourth game in the series and first of it's own story arch, was bumped to Bioware's B team for development, so that their A team could focus on Anthem. This resulted in a lackluster ME Andromeda, that ultimately ended the ME universe before the story was even finished.
    It really wasn't worth it. Essentially Bio/EA murdered one of their strongest properties, all so they could jump on the multiplayer bandwagon. They jumped, missed the step, clung to the side of that wagon for half a mile, before falling off and being mangled by the wheels!

    Anthem is boring.....VERY boring. We the players were also lied to, or at least misled a lot during the pre-release sneak peak phase of development. I'm sure we all remember seeing one of the pre release videos, showing pilots chat as they mounted into their Javelin suits, before seamlessly jumping off a cliff edge and flying into battle. Later we see one player find a cool new mortar, which he immediately equips and uses to devastating effect. "woohoo" I thought. This game looks awesome! This is what Destiny should have been!

    What we got....Loading screens......LOT'S of loading screens. Not only loading screens, but really LOOOOONG loading screens.

    Fort Tarsis, contrary to the pre-release hype, is a very separate LITTLE world. Leaving it requires jarring loading screens that take forever. Really, Tarsis is just a glorified menu screen where you select missions which you then load into. A menu screen that requires lot's of very slow walking from A to B to access different menus. This really kills the sense of an open world that seemed promised in the earlier trailers. It's also very small and dull. Lacking in vibrant life and sound.

    This brings me nicely to the open world itself (once you finally load into it) It is sadly, also fairly boring. It looks amazing to be fair to the art department. They did an amazing job, but it is limited and very "samey". Likewise it is underpopulated and the enemies feel very repetitive.

    The gun-play and combat mechanics all feel quite nice, as does the movement, but ultimately it's nothing new or exciting. Sure flying around like Iron Man is great, but it doesn't make a game on it's own and the novelty wears off fast.
    The weapon drops also are dull. Mostly you will find the same few guns with pointless stat variations, and contrary to the trailers, you cannot just equip something new you find. You must return to Fort Boring...sorry, Tarsis in order to find out what dropped and to make any inventory changes. Which of course means more immersion breaking LONG load times.

    There are also bugs, lot's of bugs. From broken collision, to total CTD. It's all a bit of a mess. You'd expect this from a rushed title, but this game has been in development for a very long time. I could even forgive the bugs to some degree, if the game had a ton of content that took up all that development time, but it just doesn't. It all feels empty.
    This leads me to believe that either the whole project was mismanaged and lazily crafted, or they stripped the base game to it's bare bones so they could sell us the actual content in DLC form later on.

    Ultimately I kind of hate this game. Not only did it hammer the coffin lid down my favourite game franchise, but it's also just a bad, repetitive, grindy game.

    I know that EA titles often get a bad rap, purely because people hate EA, but this really isn't the case here. I've not played many EA games or had any issues with their games that I have played. I just really genuinely dislike this game. It's the biggest gaming disappointment I've had in years. possibly ever.

    I won't be following Anthem any further.

    Edit. Sadly some members of the community don't seem to understand how reviews work, or are artificially inflating reviews.
    Saying "this game isn't perfect" Then scoring it a perfect 10/10 doesn't make any sense. And saying things like "I personally think this game is only a 5 or 6, but others are mean, so I gave it 10" is just plain idiotic and you are admitting that you are falsifying a review!
    You will also see people claiming that the game is getting bad press because people don't like EA. TRUST ME, it's because it is a very poor game. Don't be suckered in. If it weren't for idiots and fan boys, the score would be even lower.    … Expand
  34. Hjatli
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    Imagine being immersed in the rich universes of KOTOR and Mass Effect, games where your decisions mattered, characters and your relationships with them had depth and they were more than just mannequins and quest-givers. Imagine most of the problems you had with Andromeda but extended into a full game. Well, not a full game, Anthem isn't even a quarter of a game in it's current state atImagine being immersed in the rich universes of KOTOR and Mass Effect, games where your decisions mattered, characters and your relationships with them had depth and they were more than just mannequins and quest-givers. Imagine most of the problems you had with Andromeda but extended into a full game. Well, not a full game, Anthem isn't even a quarter of a game in it's current state at time of release. What content there is is spread far too thinly. Go play Warframe, it's free, everything is attainable in-game for a fair amount of effort with some microtransactions present, and it provides a superior experience to this cheap, dumb but pretty money-grab.… Expand
  35. GlobalDutchy
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    The majority of gamers are probably the non vocal more casual gamers that buy these games because of the fancy covers and nicely directed trailers and exactly those gamers should be protected from publishers and developers that create games like Anthem.
    The core pillars of any game should be non other then passion, fun, replay-ability, and of course a working finalized product.
    EA's and    The majority of gamers are probably the non vocal more casual gamers that buy these games because of the fancy covers and nicely directed trailers and exactly those gamers should be protected from publishers and developers that create games like Anthem.
    The core pillars of any game should be non other then passion, fun, replay-ability, and of course a working finalized product.
    EA's and Biowares Anthem are non of those. You could always discuss "fun" but the pillars of this game are visual effects, customization and monetization. Is it the new standard to launch broken unfinished games? Is it okay to false advertise and overhype shallow products like these?
    I feel no passion, no creativity and no love for the gamer with this release.
    It is a looter shooter with non interesting loot in a very forgettable planet with repetitive missions and activities, shooting different races that feel no different at all, with terrible AI controlled enemies that are bullet sponge type bosses. Anthem had 7 years of work and Bioware had the opportunity to look at games like borderlands, destiny, division, mass effect, etc to make this game better and at least working.
    I think in the end it's a nice looking game where the focus is put exactly on that alone. A very poor product in technical and creative sense.    … Expand
  36. DrNando
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    So I don't hate the game, it's just that I don't find it that enjoyable; take Destiny: I would return to that game as quickly as possible and play for longer stretches of time, Mass Effect (another Bioware game) I would start a game and never put it down till I finished it.

    With Anthem? I get neither of those feelings. I don't feel the urge to go an finish the game, and when I start it    So I don't hate the game, it's just that I don't find it that enjoyable; take Destiny: I would return to that game as quickly as possible and play for longer stretches of time, Mass Effect (another Bioware game) I would start a game and never put it down till I finished it.

    With Anthem? I get neither of those feelings. I don't feel the urge to go an finish the game, and when I start it I only play for maybe 30min to an hour because I just don't feel compelled to actually play it. It feels very empty and unsatisfactory.

    They ditched Mass Effect to focus all resources on Anthem... I do not see that focus anywhere.

    I would not recommend the game to anyone.    … Expand
  37. m1asmatic
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    So this is 6 years of development. Boring and grindy. Story is super weak. Gunplay looks like andromeda+warframe. There is simply no stats menu lol. End game is a joke. 3 repetitive strongholds. Loot are useless in most cases. Rip bioware, thanks to EA. don't buy it and dont support EA with your money. Also loading screens are annoying. It could be a good game but this is a joke for 60$.
  38. Deathmo
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    Everything is said over and over.
    The Game is really bad.
    I was so exited about the game.
    BioWare meant something in the past.
    Now I'am not so sure anymore.
  39. AnnaVargas
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    So this is 6 years of development. Boring and grindy. Story is super weak. Gunplay looks like andromeda+warframe. There is simply no stats menu lol. End game is a joke. 3 repetitive strongholds. Loot are useless in most cases. Rip bioware, thanks to EA. don't buy it and dont support EA with your money. Also loading screens are annoying.
  40. 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.
  41. GIATN316
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    This is the pinnacle of EA mess. Seriously when was the last game that they hyped up and was there "big game" that was a hit? 7 years of development for the most boring story, coming from BIOWARE.

    Lets remember that Bioware is dead, its not the same Bioware we love, its just a shell for EA now.
  42. TinyWolf
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    A fantastic looking game with NO substance. AE has managed, yet again, to force a development studio to release an unfinished product that is not fun to play at all on the count of the really long loading screens that happen way too frequently.

    The finished game does not look anything like the E3 Demo from 2017. Once you start playing things feel very same and grindy and frustrating as    A fantastic looking game with NO substance. AE has managed, yet again, to force a development studio to release an unfinished product that is not fun to play at all on the count of the really long loading screens that happen way too frequently.

    The finished game does not look anything like the E3 Demo from 2017. Once you start playing things feel very same and grindy and frustrating as rewards do not feel rewarding.

    I feel sorry for the development teams that have put their heart and sweat into this product but have been forced to make cuts to meet the tight deadline.

    EA needs to release that unfinished games are bad for it's image and has yet again put me off buying another game from EA.

    Is there any hope in this gaming industry anymore?    … Expand
  43. SoulofLemon
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    Forgettable story, repetitive missions, constant technical problems, horrible and broken loot drag otherwise decent game down from what could have been 8/10.
    Do not buy. But if you must, at least wait a year or two for a deep sale.
  44. whiper
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    Stale, bland and boring.
    RIB BioWare, corporate greed has got the best of you... Hallowed are the Ori!
  45. 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
  46. Uroloke
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego tiene numerosos problemas que supongo que con el tiempo arreglaran, pero tiene problemas de base bastante gordos como la historia insustancial y llena de clichés, el loot lo da de una manera que de misión a misión puedes cambiar todo tu equipo no dándole ningún valor, unas quest secundarias que son puro relleno sin ningún tipo de fundamento....
    Pero el problemas mas gordo para mi es a l llegar a 30, te da una misión que tienes que farmear y farmear hasta aburrirse y que ademas de los random contratos solo tienes 3 Baluartes para hacer una y otra vez (Uno de ellos es el de la "Araña" (Que tenemos desde lvl 10, la misión final es otro y el tercero.
    En conclusión, podría haber sido un pedazo de juego en mayúsculas pero se queda solo en una buena idea mal planteada.    … Expand
  47. blu5hit
    Feb 26, 2019
    3
    Just pleas stop development and start again u cant add core elements to the game just start from scrach and use elements from this one u can eaven call it Anthem 1 v2.0, when the game is so bugged at start and missing core elements, and the misleading adevertise from E3 please dont do this dont go dow the black hole that was NOMANSKY pls this has the potential to be a 10/10 game but startJust pleas stop development and start again u cant add core elements to the game just start from scrach and use elements from this one u can eaven call it Anthem 1 v2.0, when the game is so bugged at start and missing core elements, and the misleading adevertise from E3 please dont do this dont go dow the black hole that was NOMANSKY pls this has the potential to be a 10/10 game but start again please, butt for now the game stands at 3/10… Expand
  48. VenZallow
    Feb 26, 2019
    3
    Could it be worse, it could be so much better. It's like they played Destiny at it's launch thought yeah, we can do that, and proceeded to make an almost carbon copy. It does look amazing, ill give it that. The flight mechanic is an interesting idea, however it's like your travelling at about nine mph. To summarize, you'll spend the ages in loading screens, story is weak, enemies areCould it be worse, it could be so much better. It's like they played Destiny at it's launch thought yeah, we can do that, and proceeded to make an almost carbon copy. It does look amazing, ill give it that. The flight mechanic is an interesting idea, however it's like your travelling at about nine mph. To summarize, you'll spend the ages in loading screens, story is weak, enemies are generic and get dull quite quickly. Anthem is the worst type of computer game, boring. If you do want to play a good looking BioWare game that's deep, engaging and rewarding to play, go get Mass Effect, download texture mods and play that as it far more enjoyable than this crap.… Expand
  49. 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
  50. Espee
    Feb 27, 2019
    3
    I'm giving it a 3 as only 30% of the game is enjoyable. The rest is utter garbage.
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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.
  56. 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.
  57. xninjablade45d
    Mar 3, 2019
    3
    I stop playing after about five hours because it could not hold my interest.
  58. 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.
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. Modax19
    Sep 29, 2020
    3
    I started playing Anthem in 2020 after it became available on the EA Play basic subscription. I played it for 8 hours before uninstalling. Anthem is boring, tedious, and occasionally extremely frustrating. The matchmaking process is slow and the loading screens are long. Matchmaking seems to pair you up with players when you would rather play alone and fails to find any players to helpI started playing Anthem in 2020 after it became available on the EA Play basic subscription. I played it for 8 hours before uninstalling. Anthem is boring, tedious, and occasionally extremely frustrating. The matchmaking process is slow and the loading screens are long. Matchmaking seems to pair you up with players when you would rather play alone and fails to find any players to help you when you would like some help from a squad. The difficulty varies from stupidly easy (in main quest missions) to stupidly hard (if you begin the wrong side mission) The worst part of this difficulty discrepancy is that the enemies you are facing all look alike. I didn't get any enjoyment out of finding new loot or defeating tough enemies. The whole experience was joyless.… Expand
  62. pasquozzo
    Nov 10, 2020
    3
    questo giocon non è come visto nei trailer e oltre ad avere una storia penosa e incoerente a mio parere non si salva neanche il lato grafico, che tanto mi aveva fatto sperare, con cali di fps anche nelle semplici cinematiche iniziali per poi pero essere fluido (e io ho una 1660) .
    l'unica cosa che si salva sono i combattimenti abbastanza divertenti e non ripetitivi
  63. Mando44646
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    only 10-15 hours of "story"? And this is a BioWare game being sold for $60? Where's the rest of the game?
  64. Catchy
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    The fighting is fun, graphics is good, but all the rest is bad. Loot design is the worst I've ever seen, lack of content in loot, all the items in a category is the same, and you cant even look at the loot right away. Would not recommend this game.
  65. Crazycanuck
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    Boring , repetitive. Story progression is suddenly locked behind a grind that is clearly thrown into the game to extend what is a very short main story and the story is a generic bad guy tries to take over the world .Weapons are almost exactly the same just higher damage but almost zero imagination put into the design. Modifiers on stats but no stats screen to see your own stats. and OMGBoring , repetitive. Story progression is suddenly locked behind a grind that is clearly thrown into the game to extend what is a very short main story and the story is a generic bad guy tries to take over the world .Weapons are almost exactly the same just higher damage but almost zero imagination put into the design. Modifiers on stats but no stats screen to see your own stats. and OMG the loading screens.. you. Loading screens literally lasting longer then the mission you are loading into. Angry Joe review. 5:20 loading screen to play a 4:23 mission. Crashes and disconnects.

    DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.    … Expand
  66. JamieMadrox85
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    Well i hate to say it but i predicted this game would be bad before it came out and i was right.

    Luckily i didn't buy it and instead got Origin Access premier for 15$. This game is a broken buggy mess. The characters are all annoying and you have to go spend 20-30 minutes talking to people after every mission unless you skip all the dialog which i started doing pretty quickly because    Well i hate to say it but i predicted this game would be bad before it came out and i was right.

    Luckily i didn't buy it and instead got Origin Access premier for 15$. This game is a broken buggy mess. The characters are all annoying and you have to go spend 20-30 minutes talking to people after every mission unless you skip all the dialog which i started doing pretty quickly because the characters are so unlikable and the story is so generic and boring.

    The mission structure is unbearably repetitive and if you're lucky the mission will bug and you'll get to do it all over again. (Which has happened to me at least 6 times in my 24 hours playing it) The game will seem fun for the first couple of hours but trust me this a game that is NOT worth your time. And no i'm not going to be one of those people that say "well maybe it will be good when they patch it and update it" yeah maybe it will be but people seriously need to stop letting developers/publishers get away with this. 10 years ago this was NOT a thing because if the game wasn't finished it just didn't sell.

    Its been quite a while since i've played a game like this that i wanted to like (because the game looks really good running on ultra settings on my pc) but i can't, the gun play doesn't feel great, the abilities of the javelin of your choosing are more fun to use but get old quickly. Oh and i almost forgot to mention the incredibly bad load times and there are loading screens galore in this game. Even after the patch that made it better it still takes too long (on my solid state drive). I still haven't finished the story yet but i hear that the end game content is virtually non-existent.

    I fully expect Bioware to be closed soon by EA after this disaster.    … Expand
  67. KesslerCOIL
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Anthem was a game I was initially pumped for. A narrative looter shooter made by Bioware? hell yeah, sign me up!
    But when I finally got my hands on it in the demo, I was met with disappointment. I could see the seams of the game immediately, with heavy downgrades to the hub but with worse performance than was shown in the past and characters coming off as "NPCs" in that they dont really    Anthem was a game I was initially pumped for. A narrative looter shooter made by Bioware? hell yeah, sign me up!
    But when I finally got my hands on it in the demo, I was met with disappointment. I could see the seams of the game immediately, with heavy downgrades to the hub but with worse performance than was shown in the past and characters coming off as "NPCs" in that they dont really seem to care what you say and always like whatever you do.
    Combat was "ok", but gunplay felt extremely unsatisfying both in terms of the feel of firing rounds into an enemy and how little damage they do for how insanely spongy enemies are.

    Come round to launch day, I was hopeful that perhaps the combat opened up more, that it would evolve in the final game and that my woes about the story and characters would be proven wrong... sadly, it was more of the same.
    A rushed, cliche of a story that was somehow so boring and uninspired that I would forget details moments after being told them.
    Characters constantly try to crack crappy jokes for no good reason like it's a bad sitcom, never really showing you real traits that you can attach yourself to and actually like.
    Combat is the same as in the demo, just more of the same with guns doing very little damage and it gets even worse in the higher difficulties where you get literally 1shot and can barely scratch an enemy with masterwork gear.

    The only good things I can take away from the game are it's movement system and deep cosmetic customization. Disappointing.

    2/10 - Deeply flawed on a level that just patching and updating cant fix.    … Expand
  68. Enerla
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    I remember two cases when Bioware released a game that focuses on online cooperative gameplay for smaller parties. In both cases, people spoke about weaker than usual writing and explained the game feels like a techdemo even with a decent basic game mechanism. The second such game I remember is Anthem, and the first one was Neverwinter Nights. And that nice old jewel we have found aI remember two cases when Bioware released a game that focuses on online cooperative gameplay for smaller parties. In both cases, people spoke about weaker than usual writing and explained the game feels like a techdemo even with a decent basic game mechanism. The second such game I remember is Anthem, and the first one was Neverwinter Nights. And that nice old jewel we have found a legendary game. The similarities don't end with the focus on cooperative gameplay and initial reception. Both games were backed by a promise of long term refinement and support. And we can also say we can find a similar level of writing and story in both games.

    I am sure many NWN fans already started laughing as they expect the comment. You have dull stories in Neverwinter Nights because anyone, even a total newbie can create stories in that game. Too bad in Anthem we get the same excellence in the only story the game has... straight from BioWare.

    I both cases you can say: Heeey, nice graphics for its time, but a bit too repetitive. Yeah... NWN, a legendary game had this issue too. But if I want to make this comparison fair, I had to admit NWN was tile-based for a reason. Boring copy+paste in an open world game only lead to gamers feeling lost. And even in that ages old game, we can see our charactet often (not just heavy armor), have plenty of customization options (in toolset) but there we can also see the portrait of our characters.

    And at that time you had an option to stop playing in the middle of the mission and continue later without losing a lot of progress.

    Anthem is special because you can't save for the whole mission. And if you run out of time you might have to start the mission again next time. You have an hour in the afternoon, and an hour in the evening? That is pretty average. 3 times walking through the whole fort because you can't start at your javelin, 3 matchmaking phases, 3 times attempting to load the map on long loading screens, 2 disconnects and loading the fort and news at each and every disconnect?

    You lost a few minutes. It shouldn't be a problem. Unless noone joins your "public expedition", so you have lag, disconnects while you have to solo the content designed for 4 people. So you run out of time, and at next attempt you might run out of time again. Frustration is present, progress isn't. It is hard to remember any other game that was half as bad as Anthem here.

    If you expect to fly alone an offline singleplayer mode, with savegames inside missions (but out of combat situations) would solve this issue.

    Hey even not showing news repeatedly, not starting in the basement after disconnect, no delays before starting the mission again would help. So there are easy to fix issues that cause a lot of problems for players. And players lose time from the time window before events that change the world and spoil many important parts of the story. So if you want to enjoy the story in a logical order without many bad spoilers and nonsense you are in tough luck.

    Others might say there is nothing original in Anthem, but this kind of issue is pretty new. After all, if you remember how I have compared a few things to a Bioware classic, I have to say, even newbie module builders wouldn't create this big mess, not even with Script Wizard.

    You know what are my 2 favorite things about Anthem? You can't start freeplay as a private game, you are forced to play with 3 people who might be on the other side of the map. So when you are stuck at an event that is designed for 4 people you can't invite friends because the game is already full. Best enjoyed with friends, right?

    Bioware decided that if we rarely see small parts of the face of our character, but otherwise only the javelin is possible that will help immersion because of 1st person perspective. I am sure we all had immersion in previous Bioware titles. But when you can't feel attached to the character due to a broken story, technical issues and actually not seeing him/her that is a showstopper here.

    Too bad this decision means that in a game where between the event loot and cosmetic updates are the goal, we can't have cosmetic updates for the character, only for the armor, which will make things far less interesting. But due to low possibile variety of loot they had to keep amount of loot pretty low, so most outlaws or dominion soldiers, or... come without any gear you can salvage from them.

    Scavengers who salvage everything might not have useful salvage in their caches. Why? Because both crafting system, loot system and customization system is dumbed down and stupid. It means the game is rotten through the core.

    The only good things are: EA willing to take a risk, financing coop gameplay, etc. No DLCs. So with their games as a service business model, we can expect more experimenting. So Origin Access: Premier and its effects are a plus. And that is about the end of it.    … Expand
  69. Rudal
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    A $60 game with microtransactions and most you do in it is stare at loading screens.
    After a week Bioware released so called Day One patch that somewhat shortened the loading times but that still didn't address the issue where you have to go through loading screen whenever you want to do anything in the game.
    Game in general looks nice and shooting is nice. Flying would be nice if not    A $60 game with microtransactions and most you do in it is stare at loading screens.
    After a week Bioware released so called Day One patch that somewhat shortened the loading times but that still didn't address the issue where you have to go through loading screen whenever you want to do anything in the game.

    Game in general looks nice and shooting is nice. Flying would be nice if not loading screens and quick overheat that forces you to the ground in some areas.
    Combat is nice at first but after couple of hours where you fight the same enemies over and over again it just becomes tedious and boring. Loot is lame and not interesting.

    Menus, menus everywhere, button clicks and button holds to the point that it's just retarded.
    Developer's laziness on this field is beyond me and I really wish they would stop forcing console like menus on to PC. Stop, it!

    Basically, wait for a year. The game might be in a better state than it is right now and you will probably pay way less.    … Expand
  70. ulukaj
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    In current state it is an absolute trash. Its an outrage to demand money for such product especially considering miles better Apex is ftp.
  71. Mooncalfian
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    One thing that won't be "fixed in future": the ABYSMAL story and characters.

    Listen, bugs don't bother me much. SJWs don't bother me at all. Loot problems and gameplay problems only bother me a little. What I care about in a **** BIOWARE game: story, characters, lore, choices, consequences. And these things are awful in Anthem. Absolutely awful. If you're complaining about bugs    One thing that won't be "fixed in future": the ABYSMAL story and characters.

    Listen, bugs don't bother me much. SJWs don't bother me at all. Loot problems and gameplay problems only bother me a little. What I care about in a **** BIOWARE game: story, characters, lore, choices, consequences. And these things are awful in Anthem. Absolutely awful.

    If you're complaining about bugs you're sending the wrong message. Youre saying that story matters less than bugs, in a Bioware game. It doesn't.

    If you liked KOTOR or Jade Empire or Mass Effect 2 or Dragon Age, don't buy this. I knew it would be like this, the very second they announced they were going online with it.    … Expand
  72. NeverLast
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    a failure game , unfinished as they promised that will be , story is nonsense without logic , loots of bugs , errors , boring as hell because repetitive quest , side quest total crap " look at the older mmorpg wich they have a loot a sidequest and at least with meaning . item drop very wrong , they said no loot boxes but in fact that it is , some players and i have encounter boxes who dropa failure game , unfinished as they promised that will be , story is nonsense without logic , loots of bugs , errors , boring as hell because repetitive quest , side quest total crap " look at the older mmorpg wich they have a loot a sidequest and at least with meaning . item drop very wrong , they said no loot boxes but in fact that it is , some players and i have encounter boxes who drop loot . not worth my money with these unfinish crap… Expand
  73. indarkness
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    Offering Coop mode is one thing. Games entirely online is another quite different. That's not even a game. This kind of punishment was, not so long ago, offered as an addendum - a bonus - of a main game.
    Games without history, without soul, whose sole purpose is only to create a map for people to get caught up in between them
  74. Gamer-critic
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    Anthem is a poor try at Looter-shooter genre by BioWare, a studio loved by so many players back in 2008-2012 and now desperately trying to survive and not end up being closed by EA. And unfortunately, they failed.

    Anthem is broken, broken in so many ways it hurts to even talk about: gunplay is weak and unenjoyable, character progression is lacking and boring, enemies are stupid and too    Anthem is a poor try at Looter-shooter genre by BioWare, a studio loved by so many players back in 2008-2012 and now desperately trying to survive and not end up being closed by EA. And unfortunately, they failed.

    Anthem is broken, broken in so many ways it hurts to even talk about: gunplay is weak and unenjoyable, character progression is lacking and boring, enemies are stupid and too easy, loot is also boring and there is not even that much to loot, the content just doesn't exist, no random events, no quests (those to progress the main story don't count, as they are basically there to prolong the campaign).

    Everything that make Looter-shooter A Looter-shooter is fundamentally broken and lacking in every way possible, and even something that you'd think BioWare will actually do better, the story and characters are also terrible, plot is a typical B-movie about evil dude who wants to do evil things, characters are there to annoy you, they don't progress the plot, they don't give you any missions, they talk about nonsense and do nothing apart from that.

    And even when you think that things couldn't go any worse than they already are, you realize that more than 90% of the time you spent on the game, consists of LOADING SCREENS. I haven't seen any triple-A game so buggy and poorly optimized than this one (except for Mass Effect: Andromeda, of course. What a joke you are, BioWare).

    Just for you to understand, to enter the game you should suffer through the first loading screen, then you spawn in the Main Hub where you can talk to vendors and go enter your Javelin to actually start playing, which requires another loading screen, then you choose your weapons and mods and go to mission list which requires ANOTHER loading screen, and after that you choose a mission and the game sends you TO ANOTHER LOADING SCREEN, and only after that you can actually start shooting bad guys. When you finished you quit the mission and BOOM, another loading screen to show you what you've earned, and OH BOY ANOTHER LOADING SCREEN TO LOAD THE MAIN HUB AGAIN. And to play the game you need to repeat that EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
    And I'm not even mentioning constant crashes and disconnects from your friends that BioWare didn't fix since closed "VIP" beta.

    I spent 30 hours in this game, I don't know how but I made it through this horrible experience and now I can be 100% sure to say, that BioWare is doomed. You can bet that after a while they will abandon this game, like they did with ME:A, and shortly after EA will close them. And this really does hurt me, because I loved BioWare, I loved all Mass Effects and all Dragon Ages (even the second one, yep) prior to 2012. And now we can see how BioWare is slowly and painfully dying.

    This is so sad.
    It truly is.
    F.    … Expand
  75. sgy0003
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    $60 for a cheesy and boring story, NPC archetypes we've seen countless times before, repetitive gameplay, boring open world design, and constant loading screen.

    You tell me if all these sound "worth" $60. I am seriously worried about the future of Bioware
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. luzarius
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    Anita Sarkeesian's brand of sex negative third wave feminism has hit this game extremely hard.

    The Witcher series had beautiful, sexy & charismatic women (Triss, Yennefer, Ciri) in addition to normal, plain & average looking women. [character art] - Anthem has the ugliest women NPC's I've ever seen in a game. There isn't even one sexy woman in the entire game. The character art    Anita Sarkeesian's brand of sex negative third wave feminism has hit this game extremely hard.

    The Witcher series had beautiful, sexy & charismatic women (Triss, Yennefer, Ciri) in addition to normal, plain & average looking women.

    [character art] - Anthem has the ugliest women NPC's I've ever seen in a game. There isn't even one sexy woman in the entire game. The character art direction is so bad that it completely destroyed any fantastical escapism. The NPC's look like people I'd see at Walmart and Walmart is the last thing I want to be thinking of when playing an escapist video game.

    [story] - The story is very mediocre and is brought down by the casual idle conversations you have with the random NPC's. Those casual convos don't have any impact on the story, it's just "hey, how you doing buddy? You good? I'm good, cool, cya." After a while you begin to dread talking to the NPC's because the conversation goes no where most of the time. In other Bioware games every conversation tend to contribute to something meaningful, but in Anthem it doesn't.

    Your character is extremely emotional, cranky and complains all the time. He acts like an emotional soy boy constantly and it's VERY annoying. You can't play as a bad ass and instead you're constantly kissing everyone's butt, I hate it. I hate Tarsis and want to see it burn to the ground. I WISH I COULD SIDE WITH THE DOMINION. I bet all the hot women have sided with the Dominion and Tarsis is just filled with rejects & social outcasts.

    [gameplay] The combat is fun. The best part of the game is being outside of Tarsis. I hate Tarsis so much. The characters look so god damn ugly I just dread going there. Okay, combat. Combat is fun, but it has the potential to get repetitive very quickly. After about two weeks I'll be bored of this game. So if $60.00 is worth two weeks of play time, go for it, but I'd wait until the game is $5.00 like Battlefront II.

    [microtransactions] - I never buy stuff through micro transactions.

    [graphics] - The frostbite engine is nothing short of amazing. The graphics are outstanding.

    [environmental art & armor art] - The art direction for the environment's are beautiful & captivating. The javelins & weapons have beautiful art.

    [tarsis bar] - The city of Tarsis has a bar. The bar is filled with the ugliest women i've ever seen and there's no good bar music. In every Bioware game the night club and bars always had good music, but this is the worst bar I've ever seen in the history of Bioware games.

    [brothel] - THE GAME HAS NO BROTHEL, WTF?! There should be a brothel with tons of hot & sexy tarsis babes showing off the frostbite engines physics. Physics you ask? YES, BREAST & BUTT PHYSICS.    … Expand
  79. 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
  80. Azeriel
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Oh good lord...where do I even start.

    If this was indeed made by Bioware A team, it simply solidifies my believe that Bioware is dead and EA just slapped their name as a marketing tactic. Bland story, tedious grind, buggy pile mess of **** Seriously, if you don't care about any story whatsoever (which was the first I ever said about Bioware game), get it. The flashing light might    Oh good lord...where do I even start.

    If this was indeed made by Bioware A team, it simply solidifies my believe that Bioware is dead and EA just slapped their name as a marketing tactic. Bland story, tedious grind, buggy pile mess of ****

    Seriously, if you don't care about any story whatsoever (which was the first I ever said about Bioware game), get it. The flashing light might keep your simple mind entertained for a bit.

    A huge pile of **** dressed with flashy lights and explosion is still a huge pile of ****

    And Mass Effect died for this...    … Expand
  81. Noir9090
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I gotta give it to the devs/EA that they do know how to hype their game. The downside is they failed hard in living up to the hype. This game will not revolutionize anything, it barely does anything even well.

    The story, writing and missions are flat out boring and bad. Enemies are disappointing at best. You could've at least tried to make enemy feel like real threat at higher    I gotta give it to the devs/EA that they do know how to hype their game. The downside is they failed hard in living up to the hype. This game will not revolutionize anything, it barely does anything even well.

    The story, writing and missions are flat out boring and bad. Enemies are disappointing at best. You could've at least tried to make enemy feel like real threat at higher difficulties instead of just making them more of a bullet sponges that are anything but fun. The flight portion is actually pretty fun at times. I can only imagine how cool the flight would be in first person but ultimately it's the only good part of the game. The bottom line is both Destiny and Borderlands do the loot shooter way better. I guess if you were diehard destiny fan who's burned out and looking for poor destiny wannabe I would maybe recommend this to them. For everybody else I'd just say move on and find something else to play or you will regret buying this game.    … Expand
  82. Juniorsp
    Nov 4, 2020
    2
    Se jogou Destiny, The Division e Ghost Recon com seus amigos, provavelmente vai gostar deste aqui tambem, o problema é que a felicidade dura pouco, e em poucas horas de jogo vai ver que tudo é repetitivo e sem graça.
  83. Gyfaux
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    A buggy mess. Server errors. Connection problems. Freezing screens. Audio drops outs. Terrible campaign. Worthless NPC interactions that force you to walk for minutes to one side of a map then to the other, then back again, ad infinitum. Loading screens upon loading screens. Settings getting reset to default randomly. Man the list is endless. I give this game a 10/10 for music and visuals,A buggy mess. Server errors. Connection problems. Freezing screens. Audio drops outs. Terrible campaign. Worthless NPC interactions that force you to walk for minutes to one side of a map then to the other, then back again, ad infinitum. Loading screens upon loading screens. Settings getting reset to default randomly. Man the list is endless. I give this game a 10/10 for music and visuals, and a 0/10 for everything else. The weight of that makes it a 2.… Expand
  84. downliner
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    If you want to spend more time loading a game than playing it then you are in for a treat because Anthem may well have the longest loading times in gaming history! And if one long wait is not enough then fear not because EA has you covered with multiple loading screens each one getting longer than the last! You'll be in loading simulator heaven.

    It's a real shame because while the game    If you want to spend more time loading a game than playing it then you are in for a treat because Anthem may well have the longest loading times in gaming history! And if one long wait is not enough then fear not because EA has you covered with multiple loading screens each one getting longer than the last! You'll be in loading simulator heaven.

    It's a real shame because while the game does look beautiful its just too buggy and what made EA release this in its current state only a week before quietly pushing out far superior Apex Legends is anybodys guess but to be a manager in EA you don't have to be intelligent, just greedy!

    This is certainly not a Bioware game we know and it shows because the story is awful but then the world is littered with lore. The problem is you will spend more time reading that lore than playing the game and the cutscenes tell you very little. This is the same dev that made Andromeda right? And that was BioWare Montreal which is a very small division. Well that shows.

    So on top of a terrible launch they have the audacity to charge full price for this heap of junk. No one can deny it looks great but haven't we learned yet that graphics just do not make a game if it doesn't have a strong element of gameplay and that urge to want to return and EA completely missed the target yet again.

    Maybe it will get better, maybe it won't but one things for sure. It's just not ready yet.

    The reason this did not get a 1 from me is because you can see they really made an effort on the graphics side so they get points for that.    … Expand
  85. Mods789
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I'm big fan of BioWare games, and I am very disappointed by Anthem.
    The gameplay is certainly excellent, the lore is rather well provided and the OST very good but everything else is missed, the characters are very unattractive for the most part, the scenario is basic as possible, the end-game content is very poor, the game is very poorly optimized (I rarely exceed 60 fps in ultra in    I'm big fan of BioWare games, and I am very disappointed by Anthem.
    The gameplay is certainly excellent, the lore is rather well provided and the OST very good but everything else is missed, the characters are very unattractive for the most part, the scenario is basic as possible, the end-game content is very poor, the game is very poorly optimized (I rarely exceed 60 fps in ultra in 1080p with an RTX 2070, a Ryzen 5 2600X and 16 GB of ram) with multiple loading times (whether to equip, launch a mission, access a cave during the mission, you will ALWAYS have a loading time, an SSD is essential)
    In short, not everything is to be thrown away in this game but it clearly deserves its notes, hoping that BioWare will get its fingers out of its ass for Dragon Age 4.    … Expand
  86. GutiOut
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Nice graphics, nothing else to say. Boring as hell. Repetitive, looks like a demo.
  87. 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
  88. EerieDemonble
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Anthem is everything that's wrong with AAA gaming today.

    - boring, generic, and uninspired story and characters - check - soulsucking grinding instead of interesting gameplay - check - releasing the game in buggy and unfinished state - check - overpriced microtransactions in full price game - check - barely any content at launch - check 6 years in development... and Mass Effect    Anthem is everything that's wrong with AAA gaming today.

    - boring, generic, and uninspired story and characters - check
    - soulsucking grinding instead of interesting gameplay - check
    - releasing the game in buggy and unfinished state - check
    - overpriced microtransactions in full price game - check
    - barely any content at launch - check

    6 years in development... and Mass Effect universe was ditched for this?!
    Upcoming Dragon Age game will put final nail in Biowares coffin and it will become just another developer shutdown by EA.    … Expand
  89. ArgusLVI
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I was really looking forward to Anthem, honestly. However, Bioware have **** out one of the worst excuses of a game I have ever seen. The lore was there, the concept was present, and yet, the game completely falls flat. Super basic and wonky combat, a cliche story, a sever lack of endgame content, and a endless series of bugs is all you will find here. And the loading screens?! **** theI was really looking forward to Anthem, honestly. However, Bioware have **** out one of the worst excuses of a game I have ever seen. The lore was there, the concept was present, and yet, the game completely falls flat. Super basic and wonky combat, a cliche story, a sever lack of endgame content, and a endless series of bugs is all you will find here. And the loading screens?! **** the loading screens, this is 2004 tier game design.

    What the **** honestly.    … Expand
  90. 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
  91. 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
  92. whitewulf789
    Feb 26, 2019
    2
    I really wanted a win for Bioware, Truely. But sadly I feel it is too late. For people who say that they're gonna fix the bugs and add new content later, I say bullocks. There was a time where huge games were allowed to be released with a bunch of bugs and we were okay with this but today this is unacceptable! If there were more to the game I could say fine but I can't. if this game wasI really wanted a win for Bioware, Truely. But sadly I feel it is too late. For people who say that they're gonna fix the bugs and add new content later, I say bullocks. There was a time where huge games were allowed to be released with a bunch of bugs and we were okay with this but today this is unacceptable! If there were more to the game I could say fine but I can't. if this game was free it would be praised, I would praise it since I know they'll fix the game. But no, this isn't warframe! I paid 250 Reais which is equal to 1/4 of my salary for this game! What do I get? A game that is gorgeous to look at and yet has no personality, where it gives me the ability to fly but then shoves loading screens and dull stiff combat in my face. "Customization" that word is a joke in this game since I have to pay for most cosmetics "bUt It dOeSn'T aFfEcT gAmEpLaY" Yes it does. I gotta look at the game don't I? If I had a 50 more cosmetics I would care less. The lackluster story is below bare minimum with a bunch of characters that are so uninteresting tryin to make jokes it makes amateur night at a crap night club seem like a blast. Could it get better, of course it can. But put more value into your money, this shouldn't be a full priced game, it either should be a free game or still be in late alpha. I bought this game to truely prove to myself that EA is cancer. I was right. They eat everyone's soul and they're in the process of eatting their own soul. Now go play ANYTHING else that was released this month. 2 out of 10 for graphics and flying.… Expand
  93. 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.
  94. davidas101
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I wouldn't recommend this game to ANYONE, just another factory issued, live service, half finished, rushed out cash in. Beautiful environment which seems to be copy and pasted across a huge open map, with little to no variety in the environment. Boring, repetitive missions that will drain all soul, vitality, and joy from you, with a 10 min loading screen every 10 mins to add insult toI wouldn't recommend this game to ANYONE, just another factory issued, live service, half finished, rushed out cash in. Beautiful environment which seems to be copy and pasted across a huge open map, with little to no variety in the environment. Boring, repetitive missions that will drain all soul, vitality, and joy from you, with a 10 min loading screen every 10 mins to add insult to injury. AVOID… Expand
  95. Idahoan
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    Pros:
    -Pleasing graphics, particle effects, etc
    -Combat mechanics work well, particularly squad combo mechanics -Animation is superb Cons: -For a game which claimed to capture two things: great story-lines, and customizeable loot driven progression. It FAILED both -The background lore and story setting is AMAZING, but is entirely undelivered on by any of the current quests. I was    Pros:
    -Pleasing graphics, particle effects, etc
    -Combat mechanics work well, particularly squad combo mechanics
    -Animation is superb

    Cons:
    -For a game which claimed to capture two things: great story-lines, and customizeable loot driven progression. It FAILED both
    -The background lore and story setting is AMAZING, but is entirely undelivered on by any of the current quests. I was dumbfounded by how shallow the delivered story was given the incredible wealth of background lore they gave. It is nothing close to herioc
    -The loot system is shallow, obtrusive, and insulting. If you want anything interesting, "GIVE US MORE MONEY". 90% of the items you receive are trash and fail to have any useful statistics
    -The UI (on the PC) is garbage. You can dig through piles of menus and find nothing. It is bloated and clunky beyond belief.
    - The sound breaks 50% of the time I load a new screen, which is OFTEN.
    -Loading screens are abysmal. With the installation on a SSD, I spend nearly equal times in the loading screens and playing a mission.
    -More on loading. The "home" area is split between 3 different areas. WHY? And WHY are there loading screens between them.

    Everything about this game just feels wrong. They had fantastic combat, a great background story and lore, great graphics and animation, and then flopped the execution. This BARELY deserves a 2.    … Expand
  96. HannibalMortis
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    So to begin with this game is nothing like "actual in-game footage" shown in E3 trailer. Everyone knew that was pre-rendered, but that doesn't make a lie any better.
    New games today keep looking better and better, but for some reason, they keep leaving optimization and bug fixes to after release date. Anthem is one of these games with multiple serious bugs, optimization problems,    So to begin with this game is nothing like "actual in-game footage" shown in E3 trailer. Everyone knew that was pre-rendered, but that doesn't make a lie any better.
    New games today keep looking better and better, but for some reason, they keep leaving optimization and bug fixes to after release date. Anthem is one of these games with multiple serious bugs, optimization problems, connectivity issues, constant crashing, lack of content, a small map with just a couple unique places and another loading screen after another,

    My first day felt like I was being pushed to go and shop items in Vanity Store constantly. What is hilarious is that there isn't even much to buy in there. $10 skins for a game which costs $60 is just one of the disgusting things in this game. Some Bioware loyalists keep defending this by saying "you can buy them with in-game credits". Yes, you can by grinding around 5-20 hours for them. None of these armor parts are lootable or be gained as a reward from missions. Is game basically is just a looter-shooter, then why there is no great loot to be gained anywhere? Weapons are just the same with a different name and colors. None of them has anything unique to them and other loot like parts are just to build stronger versions of these weapons and other invisible mods to your Javelin.

    The world of Anthem looked great in the E3 trailer. It really did and I was excited to get in there. I just didn't expect the whole map to be more of the same seen in the trailer with a huuuge downgrade. In the trailer we see these animal running around, birds flying in flocks, those big walker things walking around while one gets destroyed with amazing fireworks. You know a beautiful dynamic world like many other games are starting to have now. None of that is in the actual game we got. Bird respawn mid-air front of your eyes and does only have one flight pattern which is forward and honestly, they don't look great even from a long distance. Those walkers are just lifeless unanimated objects and even those beautiful fireworks are gone.

    Actual flight distance has been also downgraded. Now we need cooling around half the time that Javelin did in the E3 trailer. Overall flying is the best thing in this game and for that, I'm giving 2 out of 10 and not 1 out of 10.

    Briefly, this game has a lot of great ideas, but terrible execution.    … Expand
  97. Pasabor
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Unfinished, boring, uninspired.

    Bioware used to be known for their well written stories and dialogue. Now i will only remember them for creating the worst gaming experience ive ever had to endure. Literally nothing works in this game, it runs like garbage and every bit of gameplay gets interrupted with absurd loading times. Want to explore Freeroam? Loading Screen. Want to visit Fort    Unfinished, boring, uninspired.

    Bioware used to be known for their well written stories and dialogue. Now i will only remember them for creating the worst gaming experience ive ever had to endure.
    Literally nothing works in this game, it runs like garbage and every bit of gameplay gets interrupted with absurd loading times. Want to explore Freeroam? Loading Screen. Want to visit Fort Tarsis? Loading Screen. Want to explore a cave? Loading screen. Change Loot? You understand me.
    Nothing really works and is buggy as hell, weapon affixes do not make any sense, every second quest you start is not working.
    But its technical failures are not its biggest problems: The story is uninspired and poorly written. When its not super cringy, its boring. Its a looter shooter without loot. There are 10 unique weapon models and 4 armor skins per javelin, with two skins being locked behind a paywall. Thats it.
    There is one map with only one biome - grass and ruins, so everything looks the same. I was super hyped for this game: "Looter Shooter with a bioware story, where you can fly like iron man? Awesome!" - that were my initial thoughts when the first reveal trailer was released. (Btw, that trailer alone is enough reason to hate bioware, as they were blatantly lying to their customers, since the actual game does not come close to the game they showcased there.) But when the game came out, i was so bored that i went to bed after a two hour long torture.
    Everything feels like the game was started from scratch 6 months ago, not 6 years ago.    … Expand
  98. z0nyy
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    It was playable before the day one patch came out. It had a very bad performance, tons of bugs, glitches and exploits. The day one patch should be a performance update and also fix a lot of bugs. The result was a total disaster. The performance was worse than before, more bugs came across and the first thing was to disable a mode because of issues? That's okay. Better than leaving itIt was playable before the day one patch came out. It had a very bad performance, tons of bugs, glitches and exploits. The day one patch should be a performance update and also fix a lot of bugs. The result was a total disaster. The performance was worse than before, more bugs came across and the first thing was to disable a mode because of issues? That's okay. Better than leaving it online but so many bugs on release? Sorry. That's a no go. I'm tired of unfinished games on release. Game is just a 2. Visuals are okay. A lots of unused opportunities, like better items will change the look of your javelin, so you can clearly see that a player is high geared or not.. it offers not enaugh depth. I know It's going to be a service game and "a lot more will come", but hey.. in the first way this is a full price 60-70$ game, with service or with out.. THIS state right now is unbelievable. The price seems not to be for quality.… Expand
  99. gonace
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    This game feels like a big sandbox without any toys, you have sand but nothing to play with, you can, of course, buy toys of some sorts, or dig deeper into the sandbox and see if you find something, you may expect to dig mile after mile but to find nothing interesting.

    The narrative is so plain and boring that you end up trying to figure out if anyone really played the game before its    This game feels like a big sandbox without any toys, you have sand but nothing to play with, you can, of course, buy toys of some sorts, or dig deeper into the sandbox and see if you find something, you may expect to dig mile after mile but to find nothing interesting.

    The narrative is so plain and boring that you end up trying to figure out if anyone really played the game before its release.

    And in the end, it's just a plain and simple shooter-looter with no real challenge.    … Expand
  100. WalterSkywalker
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    This game should be named Loading Screen The Game.
    Do noy buy. Just go and play Destiny 2 at least its cheaper.
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  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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