Anthem

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3707 Ratings

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  1. Guillermosal12
    Mar 13, 2019
    2
    The game has good visuals and some good mechanics. I love Flying through the map in missions. But, the story is bland and boring. Everything turns out repetitive. I experience a few FPS drops and many bugs. I have 6hs played in the game. I do not recommend it, Destiny 2 it´s better than this piece of ****
  2. Pyranna87
    Mar 4, 2019
    2
    Unfinished, buggy mess that repeats the mistakes of every live service to come before it. There is no excuse for releasing this kind of mess and charging full price. Anthem is a beacon of incompetence.

    The people that say "but all the content and bugs will be fixed in the future" are part of the problem.
  3. AdvengerTime
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Anthem has everything wrong with it that modern gaming, games as a service and looter shooters could possibly have wrong with it. unfinished and buggy, not fit for release yet. full price is supposed to be for full games that work at launch. the game overall is boring, gunplay sucks, copies all of the bad looter shooters, the map all looks the same, loading screens up the rear, repetitive,Anthem has everything wrong with it that modern gaming, games as a service and looter shooters could possibly have wrong with it. unfinished and buggy, not fit for release yet. full price is supposed to be for full games that work at launch. the game overall is boring, gunplay sucks, copies all of the bad looter shooters, the map all looks the same, loading screens up the rear, repetitive, snore level story, loot sucks, monetization sucks. Anthem is BioWare's worst game and that's saying a lot because Mass Effect Andromeda… Expand
  4. Efesys
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    Played on access.
    Cool graphics.
    What a fashion to throw out a stump, raw and so not fully completed that already senior. And for the full price, here we have a release, we did everything and you are our beta testers paid. Don’t have to be in the planned games either, and do not start about cosmetics, ALL IN THE GAME SHOULD BE YOU AVAILABLE, for the achievements or activities of any    Played on access.
    Cool graphics.
    What a fashion to throw out a stump, raw and so not fully completed that already senior. And for the full price, here we have a release, we did everything and you are our beta testers paid.
    Don’t have to be in the planned games either, and do not start about cosmetics, ALL IN THE GAME SHOULD BE YOU AVAILABLE, for the achievements or activities of any target you paid full price. I do not recommend staying such an attitude towards the players, and even then we will receive Folaut 76 and such spitting in the face.
    It doesn’t matter when they fix it up there and what they will do in a year or two to suck your money out of the store, after eating another such spit in a couple of years you will drown.    … Expand
  5. QQshka
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Убогий сюжет, никакой злодей, скучные миссии. Отсутствие эедейма. Нахрена вообще нужна эта игра? Что она может предложить в конкуренции с дестини, дивижен и варфрейм? Ну первые 2 часа прикольно летать и бегать в джевелинах. Ну за это можно накинуть парочку баллов.Убогий сюжет, никакой злодей, скучные миссии. Отсутствие эедейма. Нахрена вообще нужна эта игра? Что она может предложить в конкуренции с дестини, дивижен и варфрейм? Ну первые 2 часа прикольно летать и бегать в джевелинах. Ну за это можно накинуть парочку баллов.
  6. Calcifur
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    This game is just a massive disappointment. It's boring, repetitive, open world is empty, endgame is almost non existent, mission structure is boring. Story is below average, lackluster RPG mechanics, really wanted to like it but it's a terrible game.
  7. Harag
    Mar 9, 2019
    2
    The original review i did was positive 9/10. This was made when there was actually loot in the looter shooter. thats no longer the case. Its pretty clear that the leadership on this game has no idea what they have in their hands and are quickly destroying it.
  8. Modfor
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Hace mucho tiempo no tenia la sensación de haber botado el dinero con un juego, pero apareció ANTHEM. Gráficamente es un deleite visual, no es el mejores de la generación en este aspecto pero si hace parte de los mejores. Pero la jugabilidad es una total basura, repetitivo, sin alma, frió y sin sensación de progreso. Es una Destiny con trajes de iroman. Una lastima.
  9. Dogeform
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    Poorly optimized, repetitive and boring gameplay loop, weapon sponge enemies with poor AI, cosmetic microtransactions in a full priced triple-A game make this game not worth your time or money unless it goes free to play.
  10. sunni1010
    Apr 5, 2019
    2
    I have only 10 hours play time after all these weeks, and told my self I will give it a chance to at least 30 hours of play, to see if its good in my opinion. Every time i try and click start game my brain does not let me. Anthem plants a bug in brain saying 'don not touch this s****. Developers need fix this
  11. WaY_CuP
    Mar 2, 2019
    2
    Review is written to balance 10/10 EA bots. Fight with this abuse of system... Game is faceless, just another copy of "RPG-FPS". At least we have not bad graphics and review from N.Drozdov (+1 point to score)
  12. Marakasi
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    The game plays as generic and repeative MMO game, where you can invite your friends or find some randoms. Some could await the game like some Mass Effect-like game, but it didn't happened.
  13. RaidenMK3
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    boring and non-optimized, with a good computer - at settings below the average 40-50 fps + constant ejection from the game or the sound disappears. like well, it turned out as always. very sorry for those who bought at full price. (16 hrs in game)
  14. AlexKidd
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Boring missions, HUGE loading times and microtransactions in a full priced game. RIP Bioware.
  15. Jan_Jansen
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    The game is completely raw and empty! It is awfully boring! Boring to explore the world, boring to do quests and boring to shoot! It is difficult to find at least something that isn't boring! This is not a tripleA project, not now and is not worth its$50! The maximum price of the game in this form can not exceed$20. Thank you for listening.
  16. Adefender
    Nov 20, 2020
    2
    This game took 6 years to make. SIX YEARS. It was hyped up so hard, the interviews were so confidient.... and what did we get?

    - Broken games, with countless bugs - Really bad console port: horrible ui, horrible swimming and flying which should be perfect because its one of the main aspects of the game - A million loading screen - it's literally a loading simulator, you get loading    This game took 6 years to make. SIX YEARS. It was hyped up so hard, the interviews were so confidient.... and what did we get?

    - Broken games, with countless bugs
    - Really bad console port: horrible ui, horrible swimming and flying which should be perfect because its one of the main aspects of the game
    - A million loading screen - it's literally a loading simulator, you get loading screens after 4-5 min gametime everytime, open world, huh?
    - Bad gear system
    - Awful little and bad endgame content, there are 3 strongholds from which 1 of is basically a story quest replay, the stronholds are so badly balanced and designed it's phisical pain
    - Downgrades and awful optimization / performance

    I could go on for ages, but this game doesn't even worth the time it takes to sort all of the problems out...
    The only pro's it has is the gameplay, which is fluid and sometimes fun, but that's all that is good about this game.
    It was hyped, we had hope but it turned out it was for nothing. It's horrible in many aspects, I got bored of the game before release. It was a 3 day game. I didn't have high expections, I wanted like 100 fun hours out of the game and I would've been good. I tought that nothing will be as bad of a scam as Destiny 2 at launch. I was wrong.... at least Destiny was fun for a week, this game is "fun" for max 3 days.

    Sad.    … Expand
  17. EPumpkin
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    It's pretty, but it's boring, repetitive and has horrible writing and dialogue. The amount of content in this game is laughable, the loot is boring and they have only 4 types of weapon that repeat each other with diferent colors. The world is pretty but it's dull and empty. And it's full of bugs and server problems. This game was not ready to be released. The loading screens are painfullyIt's pretty, but it's boring, repetitive and has horrible writing and dialogue. The amount of content in this game is laughable, the loot is boring and they have only 4 types of weapon that repeat each other with diferent colors. The world is pretty but it's dull and empty. And it's full of bugs and server problems. This game was not ready to be released. The loading screens are painfully long and makes a simple thing like changing gear to be a nightmare. Maybe they'll fix the game in the future, but now it's simply a piece of ****. I can not believe that Bioware made such an unfinished game like that. It reminds me of Dragon Age 2.… Expand
  18. casperthechamp
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Disappointed. Boring loot, repetitive mission structure, loot game is significantly inferior to D2 Forsaken with minimal end game and recycled missions from the Campaign.
  19. Cardifrench
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I can't play this game on my TV because EA's Frostbite, Dolby Vision and new Oled TVs supporting Dolby Vision Don't match and I get a black screen. An issue known by Bioware since 2017 and Mass Effect and they did Nothing in 2 years.
    So I was upset but still gave it a try on a pc monitor, the prologue worked fine and then I kept having crashing issue returning to Windows.
    In order to be    I can't play this game on my TV because EA's Frostbite, Dolby Vision and new Oled TVs supporting Dolby Vision Don't match and I get a black screen. An issue known by Bioware since 2017 and Mass Effect and they did Nothing in 2 years.
    So I was upset but still gave it a try on a pc monitor, the prologue worked fine and then I kept having crashing issue returning to Windows.
    In order to be able to play this game I had to switch language to French. I can only play this game in freaking french or it won't even load in English. What the heck is wrong with you Bioware ?

    This is pretty much how you will experience Anthem: 10 hours in front of your software trying to make it work or waiting for it to load for 3 hours of actual playing time.

    The worst part is that I enjoy the gameplay which is pretty much copied on Mass Effect Andromeda that I loved.

    But the bugs, the crashes, being forced to play the french version, the lack of any story and the fact that I spent 70 dollars to support the studio that abandonned us Andromeda fans to create this joke of a game gave me arguably the worst gaming experience of my life and I've been playing for 25 years now…

    Still, even though I can't enjoy it on an Oled screen, the game is beautiful, smooth and very promising and could be a good game in a year or two when it should actually have been released.
    Hence the 2 points I give it.
    It could even be a great game if Bioware were to offer us an only-solo DLC of no more than 5 to 6 hours exploring the lore of Anthem...    … Expand
  20. IMPULZ
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I don't get it. Despite all of the hate I was optimistic. I thought this game had potential. I thought it could be fun.

    Boy, was I wrong. The gameplay is is just pathetic. It's boring, bland and completely uninteresting. The gunplay itself is okay but the quests are so, so dull and predictable. In the first few missions of the game all you do is go somewhere, kill enemies, find    I don't get it. Despite all of the hate I was optimistic. I thought this game had potential. I thought it could be fun.

    Boy, was I wrong. The gameplay is is just pathetic. It's boring, bland and completely uninteresting. The gunplay itself is okay but the quests are so, so dull and predictable. In the first few missions of the game all you do is go somewhere, kill enemies, find something, stand in a circle, kill enemies for a minute, repeat, then leave. You do this over and over again until after just a few hours you're bored out of your mind. I feel like I've done these exact things in a hundred other games already many, many times.

    As far as the story is concerned, don't bother. It's cringeworthy and extremely generic. The characters are annoying and cliché. The voice acting is horrible to the point where I ended up just skipping the dialogue all together.

    The only positive thing about this game I can think of are the graphics. They're beautiful; among the best graphics I've ever seen. But this also comes with a downside unfortunately. The performance on most rigs is utter **** and the game is very poorly optimized.

    I can't express in words how disappointed I am. It's so sad to see EA destroy video games and their developers again and again because of their disgusting business practices. I hope one day people will finally stop supporting this disgrace of a company before it's too late.    … Expand
  21. DrStrangeGloves
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    At it's best it's boring at it's worst it's a broken incomprehensible mess in virtually every way it is a worse version of the free to play game Warframe. The flying is the only redeeming part of this game and even that is soiled by the terrible overheating mechanic that adds nothing to the game. Gunplay is bad and not in the charming way some games like Rust can have. Clearly, the focusAt it's best it's boring at it's worst it's a broken incomprehensible mess in virtually every way it is a worse version of the free to play game Warframe. The flying is the only redeeming part of this game and even that is soiled by the terrible overheating mechanic that adds nothing to the game. Gunplay is bad and not in the charming way some games like Rust can have. Clearly, the focus was supposed to be on the abilities but they all fail to impress. If you about gunplay get The Division 2 or Destiny 2.… Expand
  22. Anonymouse21
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    First up I want to state that I am actually a fan of EA *ducks for count*. I own and enjoy a number of their games which makes it all the more painful to write about how terrible Anthem is.

    Many people have mentioned the loading times, horrible central hub, awful design decisions and a storyline that is more bland than a dried up piece of bread, so I'll simply state the main reason I    First up I want to state that I am actually a fan of EA *ducks for count*. I own and enjoy a number of their games which makes it all the more painful to write about how terrible Anthem is.

    Many people have mentioned the loading times, horrible central hub, awful design decisions and a storyline that is more bland than a dried up piece of bread, so I'll simply state the main reason I don't like it - it is the most soulless and boring game I've played in my 28 years as a gamer.

    I really really wanted to like this game, and I'll admit it is a very beautiful game, but the world is empty and lifeless, the quests are literally the most generic quests you could ever make, and the combat, which is meant to be the focus of the game, is so mind numbingly repetitive and boring I literally almost fell asleep while standing on what felt like the 100th "defense" point killing wave after wave of generic enemies.

    I really hope this game can be salvaged, but seeing as so many of the issues in the game are caused by design decisions buried deep in the core of it, I can't see it happening without a complete rebuild of the entire game.

    In my opinion skip this completely, save your money and buy something that is actually fun.

    Edit: There are a lot of unrealistic user reviews for both the positive and negative currently, so if you're unsure who to trust then go read the reviews done by the professional reviewers who have no bias and are reporting on the game as it is currently.    … Expand
  23. Happzy
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    This game has been in development almost longer than Destiny and it is unfinished. Endless loading screens. Right when you get out of one you are immediately met by another one. Boring story. This game has the most mundane and plain story. Comparing this games story to past Bioware creations such as SWKOTOR and Mass Effect is immeasurable. The story just cannot compare to past productsThis game has been in development almost longer than Destiny and it is unfinished. Endless loading screens. Right when you get out of one you are immediately met by another one. Boring story. This game has the most mundane and plain story. Comparing this games story to past Bioware creations such as SWKOTOR and Mass Effect is immeasurable. The story just cannot compare to past products this company has created.… Expand
  24. OldGamingMan
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I didn't like this game. It has been in development for 7 yrs. and it still has so many issues still. I wanted this game to be good but it just falls short in so many areas even to make it an OK game. I hope they fix the issues and I may give it another try 6 Months to a Year if the issues are fixed.
  25. rccesar
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Não comprem jogo extremamente caro e enjoativo,não entrega oque promete no trailer sem falar do down-grade, O Anthem não está pronto para o mercado, todos contaram, mas a EA lançou um jogo inacabado.
  26. kolol55
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Looks ok, flying is noice but lacks of content. Combat is boring after few hours. In general nice idea for a game, but needs more time to be polished.Mtx is a huge no no. downgrade from E3 trailer. im glad i refund this game. Bought Divinity original sin 2. Worth it.
  27. os12
    Feb 26, 2019
    2
    As pretty as it is, it is fun to fly around like Iron man. But there is much to be desired in this CHEAP Destiny Knock-off. A kindergartner could have cut up pieces of paper and glued em back together better than this game is cut-up and glued back together
  28. CommissarWolf
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    Lots of fake accounts coming on here to give 10s so I had to get in here and counter balance. Game play loops are boring, the characters are uninteresting, the story makes you watch the best parts as cut scenes instead of partaking in them, main character is generic, the gun play is uninspired with many bullet sponges to shoot, and most of the javelins are interesting, but needed more toLots of fake accounts coming on here to give 10s so I had to get in here and counter balance. Game play loops are boring, the characters are uninteresting, the story makes you watch the best parts as cut scenes instead of partaking in them, main character is generic, the gun play is uninspired with many bullet sponges to shoot, and most of the javelins are interesting, but needed more to make them actually stand out more. The flying is really cool, making you wonder why there weren't air battles. The game legitimately looks incredible, but that is the only thing it has going for it. Also Fort Tarsis is so drab and feels dead as the NPCs rarely produce any sound or feel like they are there at all.… Expand
  29. Gasch
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    What an abysmal showing. My standards are low when it comes to triple-A games, and this doesn't meet a single one of them.

    The good: -The environments and character models look good (no, seriously, that's the only positive) The bad: -They somehow made flying and shooting guns/grenades/rockets/lightning boring and frustrating -I have Anthem on an M2 NVME hard-drive and the loading    What an abysmal showing. My standards are low when it comes to triple-A games, and this doesn't meet a single one of them.

    The good:
    -The environments and character models look good
    (no, seriously, that's the only positive)

    The bad:
    -They somehow made flying and shooting guns/grenades/rockets/lightning boring and frustrating
    -I have Anthem on an M2 NVME hard-drive and the loading screens still average 2-3 minutes
    -Said loading screens are absolutely everywhere
    -Seriously, it's unacceptable to have a loading screen going into and coming out of your equipment screen
    -The mission hub is lifeless, and characters are all 1-dimensional stereotypes
    -You have 0 input on the story
    -3 different types of missions
    -Enemies appear out of nowhere, and often disappear right in front of you
    -Even itemization is lacking; You get maybe 2-3 variations on each gadget or extra weapon, with only about 7-8 variations on main weapons, and beyond that they're just rarity and level tiered
    -The environments are utterly unvaried; they consist of valley and cave, and nothing more

    I really wanted to like this game to justify my Origin Premier subscription, but each new day I though about playing became worse. I would think "I should give it a chance. Maybe it gets to be fun." Even while trying hard to force myself to play, I just couldn't. It's a barely functional disaster, devoid of enjoyment and rife with frustration. It's a complete waste of time. The fact that this little content took 6 years to produce is beyond shameful.    … Expand
  30. Faro007
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I've spent around 30 hours in the game and I'm having a hard time understanding the shallowness after 6+ years in development. How is this possible? It feels like they've used those years to kill the creativity of the developers.
    The lack of endgame, diversity of enemy NPC's and weapons overshadows everything that is potentially good about Anthem - I don't even want to talk about the    I've spent around 30 hours in the game and I'm having a hard time understanding the shallowness after 6+ years in development. How is this possible? It feels like they've used those years to kill the creativity of the developers.
    The lack of endgame, diversity of enemy NPC's and weapons overshadows everything that is potentially good about Anthem - I don't even want to talk about the technical issues. The sad thing about this is that they have the audacity to sell this game in this state. This game will kill destiny 2 remaining player base.    … Expand
  31. PowSmackBlam
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    It’s heartbreaking to watch the fast demise of a once great studio. With the Frostbyte engine, impressive visuals are there. But underneath that lipstick is a rotting incomplete cash-grab with no heart or soul. High prices for in-game purchases in a $60 game that already lacks content is an insult.

    This game is more a chore than fun and I will not be buying a Bioware title on day one    It’s heartbreaking to watch the fast demise of a once great studio. With the Frostbyte engine, impressive visuals are there. But underneath that lipstick is a rotting incomplete cash-grab with no heart or soul. High prices for in-game purchases in a $60 game that already lacks content is an insult.

    This game is more a chore than fun and I will not be buying a Bioware title on day one next time around.    … Expand
  32. gamakazil
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    For a game that was allegedly in development for over 6 years, it is technical disaster. Bugs, loading screens, terrible UI and inventory - it is unforgivable for AAA game. And what hurts most - studio well known, admired and loved for unforgettable and great single player games with vibrant, rich and sprawling world and characters developed completely bland and forgettable looter shooter.For a game that was allegedly in development for over 6 years, it is technical disaster. Bugs, loading screens, terrible UI and inventory - it is unforgivable for AAA game. And what hurts most - studio well known, admired and loved for unforgettable and great single player games with vibrant, rich and sprawling world and characters developed completely bland and forgettable looter shooter. Mass Effect franchise was put to death and Dragon Age was put in the backseat for this? For cheap Destiny and Warframe clone? Well played EA and well played Bioware, hope it was worth it.… Expand
  33. qwrkup
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    Allo oui c'est pour jouer ...
    Voila, Anthem est sortie il y a 2 jours et je crois que je l'ai fini (en 2h didactitiel inclus).
    Et je me suis beaucoup plus amusé sur Goat Simulator. Pour résumer : Ok il est beau, mais niveau histoire j'ai eu le droit à 2 missions puis plus rien. J'ai parlé à tout ceux à qui je pouvais parler et ... on ne me propose plus aucune mission. Donc si c'est ça    Allo oui c'est pour jouer ...
    Voila, Anthem est sortie il y a 2 jours et je crois que je l'ai fini (en 2h didactitiel inclus).
    Et je me suis beaucoup plus amusé sur Goat Simulator.
    Pour résumer : Ok il est beau, mais niveau histoire j'ai eu le droit à 2 missions puis plus rien.
    J'ai parlé à tout ceux à qui je pouvais parler et ... on ne me propose plus aucune mission.
    Donc si c'est ça le jeux ... ça n'a aucun interret.
    j'ai eu quoi ... 3 missions, 4 cinématiques, j'ai appris qu'il y avait eu une bataille et ... fin de l'histoire ...
    Sérieusement ? 50Go à télécharger pour ça ? même la démo avait plus à racompter !
    En plus le niveau de difficulté est un peu abusé. Dès la première mission je me prends des vagues d'ennemies de plusieurs dizaines ... HELLO LE JEUX je suis niveau 1 et seul contre 30 ennemis ... je sais que mes armes me permettent de les tuer en 3 ou 4 tires ... mais pendant que je flingue ceux qui sont devant j'apprécierais beaucoup de ne pas me faire descendre par derrière. Obligé de jouer en facile sinon impossible de finir la première mission ... et encore je dis ça ... je l'ai fini et la trame principale s'arrête là ... génial ... donc voila, j'ai jouer 2 heures, je ne me suis pas du tout amusé, et j'ai désinstallé le jeux.
    Autre chose que je trouve totalement absurde, on me demande de choisir mon apparence ... sauf que "dans" le fort je suis à la première personne (et je suis une personne agée de 80 ans qui se traîne des pieds dès qu'elle vas quelques part) et on ne voit jamais ma tête. C'était ... vraiment indispensable de changer d'apparence ?
    Et sinon pour l'expérience de jeux, faut ... "tirer sur des monstres, plus ou moins tout le temps les mêmes, qui arrivent par vague" ... voila ... donc bon, je laisse tombé le multi (ça ne m'intéresse pas du tout, et le farming en boucle non plus. C'est vraiment pas mon kiff de recommencé 50 fois la même chose). Du coup la seule chose qui aurait pu m'intéresser, c'est le mode solo (les missions en privé) avec la trame principale ... et au bout de 2h (didacticiel inclus), j'ai parler à tout le monde dans le fort, et la liste des missions est vide ... que dale, plus rien à faire, le jeu ne me propose absolument plus rien pour suivre la trame principal. Voila, 2h de jeux et la trame principal prend fin. Je n'ai aucune idée de la manière de faire "continuer" la trame principale, alors je laisse tombé.
    Si c'est tout ce que le jeux a à m'offrir... kayThanksBy je l'ai désinstallé    … Expand
  34. TBB
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Anthem really makes the player feel like squirrel girl
    best game ever 9.1 out of 10.9    … Expand
  35. joewat64
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    This game has been a huge disappointment. I was looking forward to this game for two years, When I played the demo I thought its just a demo. I honestly thought the launch would be better. Was I ever wrong. There are still bugs even after the day one patch. The game is BORING and leaves you feeling like there is something missing. This game is also NOT for solo players. You must have aThis game has been a huge disappointment. I was looking forward to this game for two years, When I played the demo I thought its just a demo. I honestly thought the launch would be better. Was I ever wrong. There are still bugs even after the day one patch. The game is BORING and leaves you feeling like there is something missing. This game is also NOT for solo players. You must have a group. If you try to do any high end content in this game solo you'll rage quit within minutes. Maybe they will get it back on track.....who knows. I'm going back to Destiny. Later… Expand
  36. Clumsyform
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    Mass Effect 76 features a good soundtrack and visuals, let down by frequent loading screens, excessive grind, valueless loot, a pale shadow of a story, only two Javelin customisation options unlockable in-game, dumb enemy AI removing any tactical appreciation of the stunning terrain and of course bugs at launch.

    This is an obvious cash-grab, a shell of a game, unfinished yet charging    Mass Effect 76 features a good soundtrack and visuals, let down by frequent loading screens, excessive grind, valueless loot, a pale shadow of a story, only two Javelin customisation options unlockable in-game, dumb enemy AI removing any tactical appreciation of the stunning terrain and of course bugs at launch.

    This is an obvious cash-grab, a shell of a game, unfinished yet charging you full-price plus overpriced micro-transactions. What EA has done to Bioware is unforgivable. Warframe is a free alternative with a wealth of unlockable content and open worlds without loading screens, I'll be playing that.    … Expand
  37. Butane9000
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    Bioware fails again, likely due to EA trying to please it's investors.

    Note: I did not pay for my copy of the game. A friend whose been hyped for this bought it for me as a gift and I'm honestly considering giving him his money back so it doesn't go to waste. The combat feedback loop is repetitive, unimaginative, and grindtastic. Weapons don't do enough damage to beefier enemies and    Bioware fails again, likely due to EA trying to please it's investors.

    Note: I did not pay for my copy of the game. A friend whose been hyped for this bought it for me as a gift and I'm honestly considering giving him his money back so it doesn't go to waste.

    The combat feedback loop is repetitive, unimaginative, and grindtastic. Weapons don't do enough damage to beefier enemies and drag out combat. Abilties are supposed to combo but there's no guide or info on how to make them do so which requires players figuring it out. If a player has to figure out how to use a mechanic of the game then the developer has failed.

    Content is severely limited. There only so much you can do in Anthem and it all boils to the same thing over and over (and not in a gratifying way). To think that future content that realistically should've been included at launch will be added as "paid DLC".

    Story: Lies. End of story. Go to the trailers in Metacritic and watch the "Our World, My story" trailer. It's all lies and wasn't executed at all. Notable Bioware story telling is nowhere in this game. All dialogue options boil down to answers 1 and 2 and have absolutely no impact on your story. Things that you do while playing the game have no impact on your story like the trailer says it will. This is by far the biggest travesty of Anthem and I suspect a false advertising lawsuit will be coming shortly against Bioware and EA.

    Characters: First Bioware games have always been about player choice and there isn't any in Anthem besides choose a face for your player character you will never see and is entirely inconsequential. The characters you meet are unimaginative and honestly unlikable. If your going to be forced to talk to individuals to get quests and advance the story you've got to want to hear what they have to say. However there's not really any NPC that I actively want to engage with. Whats worse is the in-game/real money micro-transaction store NPCs are in game solely to try and sell players on buying cosmetics. In final, unlike other Bioware games you can't do anything with these characters besides talk to them and that's severely disappointing.

    Microtransactions: This is at least where Bioware and EA didn't lie. Everything is purely cosmetic and can be purchased for real money or in game currency. While the in game currency cost is high (tens of thousands) In two days of playing I've earned 10,000 in game currency so it's not so bad. What it lacks is variety and anything of interest. It's also in poor taste that things that were unlocked by default in the VIP and Open trial weekends are now locked behind a paywall.

    Bugs: So the VIP and open "demo" weekends were filled with a variety of largely game breaking bugs that have made it into regular release. Why Bioware didn't host a open or closed beta is beyond me. Many of these things could've been caught long in advance. I can only surmise this was because Bioware knew the state of the game and knew they (EA) wouldn't recover from it's premature exposure showing all it's glaring flaws and lies. So they forced a premature release bugs and incomplete resulting in poor reviews.

    Ambiance: Fort Tarsis was shown during trailers to be this bustling city with lots going on. In reality it's a boring uneventful waste of time. People realized this quickly in the demo weekends being forced to walk through it at a crawl. To fix this Bioware added running but it didn't address the core problem of being a completely drab experience so they created a "launch bay" public area where everyones in their suits. Which is itself an admittance that the Fort Tarsis experience Bioware touted is simply unrepairable.

    User Interface: No way to see public events in free roam so now way to gather players together. No way to communicate with other players by text. Overly complicated UI in all aspects. Destiny-like story in lore cards not active gameplay.

    Animations: The biggest flaw I've seen animation wise has to be facial animations on characters. The best word that I can use to describe it is cringeworthy. They're just bad.

    Honestly, can Anthem be fixed? Possibly on some of the issues (combat, content) but not story. Luckily as a multiplayer "looter-shooter" story isn't as consequential. Will they fix it in time before the player base drops it for the sad shell of a joke it is? Unlikely.

    Pros:
    Unique "ironman" style game play that hasn't been done very well before.

    Cons:
    Complete lack of engaging story and likable characters Bioware is known for.
    False Advertising in trailers.
    Unsatisfying combat
    Unsatisfying content
    Lack of usable User Interface
    Unimaginative and Unlikable characters (both friend and foe)
    Wasted and not fleshed out story
    Gear isn't significant or unique and type limited.

    is this worth $60? Absolutely not.

    Sorry for the wall of text, didn't realize Metacritic can't format paragraphs.    … Expand
  38. rykou1701
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    This game has truly potential to become a great game, however, the lack of What to do, and no feeling of being rewarded due to lack of good loot, Problems with connections, Loading screens which you will stay more at this than actually playing, makes this game a Stressful option to spent your weekends.

    Dont recommend anyone to buy it.
  39. Goldenmonkey
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    The game itself is fun, fly around and kill the enemy, every task with other players. But honestly, it is not polished well enough, Too many bugs, the unfinished game will affect the experience, it is sounprofessional.
  40. MattewIsHere
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    Even from the demo, the game didn't really spark my interest. Flying around for several minutes before fighting some bugs to then fly to somewhere else just isn't fun. The abilities of the "javelins" are really uninspired and the combat is just boring, with the most interesting part of it (the combo system) not really being explained and the only way I figured out the combo system wasEven from the demo, the game didn't really spark my interest. Flying around for several minutes before fighting some bugs to then fly to somewhere else just isn't fun. The abilities of the "javelins" are really uninspired and the combat is just boring, with the most interesting part of it (the combo system) not really being explained and the only way I figured out the combo system was through experimentation. The matchmaking would often crash and the game just felt like it became way to clusterf@#$y. The only positives I have for this game are that it looks pretty, and I generally enjoyed making my suits look pretty. Besides that, the game is really braindead. When I played my first BioWare game (Mass Effect 2), I was blown away by how good the narrative was. This game pretty much shatters what I always thought BioWare stood for: strong narrative-driven games. Maybe they'll make another interesting singleplayer game in the future, but I have no interest in Anthem.… Expand
  41. Zephyrghost
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    the first 48 hours of binge-playing Anthem, was fun as the verticality presented in the game gives players a new sense of satisfaction and gameplay. But, honestly, when I kept on playing, it's just a repetitive, lazy mish-mash that is just plain boring. Missions are broken down into 2 things: defend a spot, or collect **** That's it. The campaign's ending was a huge killer to the narrativethe first 48 hours of binge-playing Anthem, was fun as the verticality presented in the game gives players a new sense of satisfaction and gameplay. But, honestly, when I kept on playing, it's just a repetitive, lazy mish-mash that is just plain boring. Missions are broken down into 2 things: defend a spot, or collect **** That's it. The campaign's ending was a huge killer to the narrative and is such a letdown. Everything about its gameplay is BORING and utterly repetitive. Once you get past the "honeymoon stage", you realise that the game is just made up of NOTHING.

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

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

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

    Thanks EA for yet ruining another brilliant company.    … Expand
  42. TychoMcCormack
    Feb 26, 2019
    2
    A six year development cycle for a substandard looter-shooter that lacks anything even remotely compelling.

    The fact that the game is radically inferior to its E3 presentation demo is just the cherry on the cake.

    Avoid like you would the plague.
  43. THESHAGMAN
    Mar 3, 2019
    2
    I'll start by saying, ANTHEM IS ONE OF THE MOST BORING AND GENERIC GAMES I HAVE EVER PLAYED. This review will not contain spoilers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    This game stands as a testament by EA to show that they will ruin all they own. Bioware was once a praised developer but EA, just like many other studios, have had the soul sucked out of them. Anthem was good in concept and could have been an amazing single player RPG, but EA forced the live service ideology on them. Ruining any chance it had for success. The game also is clearly not finished shown by the poor polish and overall lack of content. Unless you 100% believe you will like this game DO NOT BUY IT!    … Expand
  44. winterious
    Feb 26, 2019
    2
    This game is the worst Grinding multiplayer game ever. Even Destiny 2 is much more funny. Anthem's game engine is actually pretty good. Especially flying in "OPEN" world and looking the scene was my favourite activity in game. Never mind, there are too many things to write here but actually not worth it. Don't bother to buy it.
  45. jussikol
    Feb 26, 2019
    2
    We are in a time where companies repeatedly put out unfinished products and roll out things that should have been in the game from the release. I'm over it. I didn't pay $80 to finish the game in 12 hours and have nothing left to do. This is the problem that we keep letting companies get away with. Let Anthem die the death it deserves and that will truly show these people that that's notWe are in a time where companies repeatedly put out unfinished products and roll out things that should have been in the game from the release. I'm over it. I didn't pay $80 to finish the game in 12 hours and have nothing left to do. This is the problem that we keep letting companies get away with. Let Anthem die the death it deserves and that will truly show these people that that's not how this works. The game was unplayable for me on PC after a patch that was supped to fix some of the bugs. Kill this game and bury it. Maybe someone will learn.… Expand
  46. CptFantabulous
    Feb 28, 2019
    2
    Played the game on the ten-hour free play and I was pretty disappointed by the game.

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

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

    Basically, when you have games like Monster Hunter: World that do everything this game does a million times better there is no reason to pick this game up for any amount of money or even waste your internet on downloading it.    … Expand
  47. typhaon
    Feb 28, 2019
    2
    Is this the end of Bioware? Bland. Generic. Utterly lacking in creative vision. Result feels like something an AI would build if it were told to mimic a 'loot shooter.' Gameplay/loot/loading issues abound. Amount of content is about what you'd expect from an early alpha build. One struggles to imagine how it took 5+ years to get to this point.
  48. luiseduardobm
    Feb 28, 2019
    2
    Formated my PC and tried every possible fix to play this game. Im beyond the suggested specs and the game is completely unplayable STUTTERING 2 seconds then running for 1 second and stuttering 2 seconds again in cycle. completely unplayable. Game runs fine inside the city at 60 FPS.
    They released 2 patches in 6 days and NONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT PERFORMANCE or BUG FIXES.
    I think nerfing the    Formated my PC and tried every possible fix to play this game. Im beyond the suggested specs and the game is completely unplayable STUTTERING 2 seconds then running for 1 second and stuttering 2 seconds again in cycle. completely unplayable. Game runs fine inside the city at 60 FPS.
    They released 2 patches in 6 days and NONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT PERFORMANCE or BUG FIXES.
    I think nerfing the loot tables or changing npc behavior is more important for them.
    Dont buy it, you can be scammed like me.    … Expand
  49. leeming88
    Mar 10, 2019
    2
    The game not an open world as GTA quite a lot of loading, Storytelling is **** whatever choice you make the story still same. The suits not really special on each play style almost the same and the gameplay is mostly the same. Shoot Loot Repeat.
  50. EXO8964
    Mar 1, 2019
    2
    This is my first my shooter-looter in terms of committing myself to a grinding game aside from MMO.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The game feels at best half finished, if that.

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

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

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

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

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

    Stay well away. This game needs at least another year of dev time.    … Expand
  52. Pyroth
    Mar 2, 2019
    2
    This is one of the worst games I've ever played. It does have good graphics and flying around is fun, but the loot table is horrendous. The missions are boring, and are pretty much just the same old horde mode bs. I found the story a boring mess and I wasn't able to care about any of the characters. Overall, save your money and play Warframe or Destiny 2 both of which do the loot shooterThis is one of the worst games I've ever played. It does have good graphics and flying around is fun, but the loot table is horrendous. The missions are boring, and are pretty much just the same old horde mode bs. I found the story a boring mess and I wasn't able to care about any of the characters. Overall, save your money and play Warframe or Destiny 2 both of which do the loot shooter thing better.… Expand
  53. Davinicus
    Mar 6, 2019
    2
    Really wanted to like it but man it is broken, worse it has no real content or end game. I have stuck with it since early beta testing (that was not a demo) but 66+ hours in I still have constant disconnects, broken contract missions (amazingly bad considering how few there are and yet still broken!).

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

    There is no end game content, there are 3 strongholds, one of which you have already been playing heavily to unlock the main missions (again why are there so many just grindy roadblocks?), one of which is actually the last story mission, so one actual new stronghold.    … Expand
  54. 33vincent333
    Mar 3, 2019
    2
    positives: graphic
    negatives: performance, stupid npcs, bad story, poor gameplay

    (-) No competivie mode, area is not really changin, up to 3 min loading screens, fighting against dumb npcs is boring,
  55. Mahe0
    Mar 4, 2019
    2
    It's strange how I enjoy" Earth Defense Force 4.1" more compared to this game called "Anthem".
    The enemy AI and moveset is too simple and lackluster, and more thoughts need to be put to the gameplay, UI, battle, loots, midgame, battle, loots, endgame, loots, endgame, battle, endgame, endgame, endgame...
    It's not mistake, i mention some factor multiple times. For all players: Is not    It's strange how I enjoy" Earth Defense Force 4.1" more compared to this game called "Anthem".
    The enemy AI and moveset is too simple and lackluster, and more thoughts need to be put to the gameplay, UI, battle, loots, midgame, battle, loots, endgame, loots, endgame, battle, endgame, endgame, endgame...
    It's not mistake, i mention some factor multiple times.

    For all players:
    Is not worth $60, wait for free to play or big discount. Or wait until dev release the content it was meant to have. Meanwhile, you guys can seriously try EDF 4.1 and find enjoyment (and gameplay depth) over there.    … Expand
  56. Dmitri247
    Mar 5, 2019
    2
    This game is an insult to the gaming community.
    You can go watch serious youtube gamers explain exactly what's wrong with it (and there's a lot)
    People who give it a 7-10 score are either paid to do so, or 10 year olds playing their first game.
    The flight mechanic is nice
  57. PartialN
    Mar 5, 2019
    2
    Basically just gears of war. No character investment and no strategic thinking. Feels like an unfinished product.
  58. Gronf
    Mar 10, 2019
    2
    just created ac accout here to leave a review for this game. i gave it a chance but it gets worse and worse: there is no content; the story is so boring that i find myself whaching youtube videos while playing and muting the conversations. and the support is a joke, since the last patch (09.03.) the game crashes in every mission even when i play alone. its a horrible game even worse thanjust created ac accout here to leave a review for this game. i gave it a chance but it gets worse and worse: there is no content; the story is so boring that i find myself whaching youtube videos while playing and muting the conversations. and the support is a joke, since the last patch (09.03.) the game crashes in every mission even when i play alone. its a horrible game even worse than me-andomeda which i dindt believe to be possible. if it was possible i would like my money back. the only thing it achieved is that im installing warframe right now. havent played it before but lets see.… Expand
  59. FerlockV
    Mar 11, 2019
    2
    Where to start... Together with Metro Exodus the release of the anthem trailer back in 2017 E3 was the reason I decided to get a PC and have been waiting for this title to release for three years. Why I start the review saying this is because I think that the bad impression me and many others have about this game is not only because of how bad the game actually is but also because of howWhere to start... Together with Metro Exodus the release of the anthem trailer back in 2017 E3 was the reason I decided to get a PC and have been waiting for this title to release for three years. Why I start the review saying this is because I think that the bad impression me and many others have about this game is not only because of how bad the game actually is but also because of how good it looked in those trailers back then. When I saw that scene where the character gets in the suite and jumps down the cliff and start flying through the beautiful map made me think that I was in front of one of the best single payer campaigns of all time because I imagined myself flying through the map freely discovering caves and new lands with npcs that give you missions. This game lacks everything that’s was going to make it good in the beginning, it is boring to the point that maybe you will get tired in less then a day of play, you will be doing the same stuff over and over again through the whole game in very similar places. Even if you like arcade kind of games Anthem will be too much for you and being so arcade is another reason for the game being the less immersive of 2019. While playing anthem you will not care at all about who your character is or where he/she is going because the story is weak and so superficial that you wont care. Loading screens are an absolute nightmare, I tried the game (full release, non beta) in a M2 drive and loading screens were atrocious not because loading screens take too long (some do) but because they are everywhere breaking again the whole immersion of the game. It is a game that forces multiplayer when it shouldn’t and requires a constant connection to the internet.
    There is a chance that you get exalted in the beginning while you are learning the mechanics and you fly for the first time (flying its cool) and maybe you will get excited but don’t worry because the game will take care of that excitement just give it 30 minutes more and you will see.    … Expand
  60. jardon
    Mar 14, 2019
    2
    Got this despite seeing the bad reviews and thinking it cannot be that bad.... Well boy was I wrong - the game play is some what OK when you can actually play it the game has no proper plot and is a complete Destiny rip off .

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

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

    I wish i never wasted my hard earned money or time on this terrible game! PLEASE save your money.    … Expand
  61. biloko
    Mar 16, 2019
    2
    Good mechanics and gameplay but other than that Anthem is clearly an unfinished game at alpha stage at best. There are so many basics features missing, so many game breaking bugs (alpha stage). At the moment nothing can save this game except the game mechanics and gameplay.
  62. Alora
    Mar 22, 2019
    2
    This game looks beautiful. The enjoyment stops there as you begin to realize it's a broken mess where the devs have made the loot so terrible to grind for that even a classic loot fiend (D1, D2, WoW, and others) like myself cannot find any enjoyment in the grind. If there were less bugs the game would be ok but many missions are unplayable and session ending bugs can be found every singleThis game looks beautiful. The enjoyment stops there as you begin to realize it's a broken mess where the devs have made the loot so terrible to grind for that even a classic loot fiend (D1, D2, WoW, and others) like myself cannot find any enjoyment in the grind. If there were less bugs the game would be ok but many missions are unplayable and session ending bugs can be found every single play session, multiple times. Truly a disgusting waste of potential.… Expand
  63. serf_mistika
    Apr 12, 2019
    2
    Waste of your time and money. Don't buy it.
    Even with this horrible start, the game still has no new content, no changes, nothing. RIP anthem
  64. colossusmain
    May 3, 2019
    2
    Game could be fun for a while but it's like a pretty but extremely dumb gf.
    UI for PC is terrible and almost everything but the environments screams minimum effort.
    Crafting is useless. Loot is done in the worst, most lazy way. Enemy AI and the amount of different enemies is pathetic. Anthem lacks many expected features and basic qol features. I got the game despite the bug    Game could be fun for a while but it's like a pretty but extremely dumb gf.
    UI for PC is terrible and almost everything but the environments screams minimum effort.
    Crafting is useless.
    Loot is done in the worst, most lazy way.
    Enemy AI and the amount of different enemies is pathetic.

    Anthem lacks many expected features and basic qol features.

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

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

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

    With the current rate of bug fixes and new content/improvements they'll need at least a year and a half to fix the game and maybe another couple of years to add any meaningful progression and content... if EA doesn't pull the plug first.    … Expand
  65. Paschon
    Sep 16, 2019
    2
    After the horrible release i gave this game a second chance today.

    There hasen't been changed anything. Bioware literlly learned nothing of the whole big **** about this game. Month after release this game has still no content and still is full of bugs. This game released with 2 strongholds and a few missions that were repeating all over the place. In all that month bioware managed    After the horrible release i gave this game a second chance today.

    There hasen't been changed anything. Bioware literlly learned nothing of the whole big **** about this game.

    Month after release this game has still no content and still is full of bugs. This game released with 2 strongholds and a few missions that were repeating all over the place. In all that month bioware managed to release ONE single stronghold to the game.

    I wanted to start the new mission thats came with the event and i couldn't. It did not start. They NPC was bugged out and did nothing when i was trying to talk to him.

    The result was UNINSTALL.

    I hope this is the death for Bioware.    … Expand
  66. ryman221
    Apr 20, 2020
    2
    2.5 out of 10 - Very Bad game. Honestly the worst AAA game I've ever played, permanent scar on Bioware's legacy.

    Scoring Scale: 1 - (AWFUL) Among the worst games ever made. The developer should be ashamed. 2 - (VERY BAD) These games are so bad they're insulting. 3 - (BAD) Just bad. Game suffers from a wealth of problems in all areas, very few redeeming qualities. 4 - (MEDIOCRE) A    2.5 out of 10 - Very Bad game. Honestly the worst AAA game I've ever played, permanent scar on Bioware's legacy.

    Scoring Scale:
    1 - (AWFUL) Among the worst games ever made. The developer should be ashamed.
    2 - (VERY BAD) These games are so bad they're insulting.
    3 - (BAD) Just bad. Game suffers from a wealth of problems in all areas, very few redeeming qualities.
    4 - (MEDIOCRE) A game that has its fair share of serious problems with a few glimmers of quality sprinkled throughout. More than anything it's forgettable.
    5 - (OKAY) For every positive this game has there is just as many negatives. You may be able to find enjoyment in these games however you will likely be met with equal amounts frustration and disappointment.
    6 - (GOOD) There is a decent amount of fun to be had in these games albeit with a few noticeable drawbacks. Worth checking out at some point especially if on sale.
    7 - (GREAT) A game that has some flaws but all in all is a great game worth every penny of its purchase price.
    8 - (AMAZING) Game of the year contender only allowing for some minor flaws.
    9 - (SUPERB) One of if not the best game released that year, truly special.
    10 - (NEAR PERFECT) One of the best games ever made.    … Expand
  67. WhiteWolf995
    Jul 1, 2020
    2
    I bought Anthem Delux Edition 6 months ago and tried to play on my Older laptop with 2GB Graphics and i5 7th gen CPU, it did not work properly. There was lot of lag, stuttering and freezing. Later when I bought new laptop with 6GB 1660ti and i7 9th gen CPU and I thought I will give it another try, may be this time I will get better experience. But I was proven wrong the game is terriblyI bought Anthem Delux Edition 6 months ago and tried to play on my Older laptop with 2GB Graphics and i5 7th gen CPU, it did not work properly. There was lot of lag, stuttering and freezing. Later when I bought new laptop with 6GB 1660ti and i7 9th gen CPU and I thought I will give it another try, may be this time I will get better experience. But I was proven wrong the game is terribly optimised even on lower settings there were lags and one time during a cutscene the entire thing freezed and all I could do was to skip the cutscene. And then on the first mission after you get your first Javelin the matchmaking did not work. I waited for 10-15 mins without getting in to the match becoz there was no one available for matchmaking. At least they could have added a single player option like in Warframe.



    I have read other reviews    … Expand
  68. Dom007
    Mar 28, 2021
    2
    This game lasted long. Two years and it's already dead with no future plans for it.
  69. Vasot
    Mar 1, 2019
    1
    This game is a total mess and complete disaster. It's NOT fun at all don't listen to fanboys that give a 10 score for this thing, almost everything about it is a total chore. Even normal gaming conventions are out the window. No guys, sorry but most of the core issues this game has cannot be fixed unless it goes back to the drawing board. There is nothing that warrants this game above a 5.This game is a total mess and complete disaster. It's NOT fun at all don't listen to fanboys that give a 10 score for this thing, almost everything about it is a total chore. Even normal gaming conventions are out the window. No guys, sorry but most of the core issues this game has cannot be fixed unless it goes back to the drawing board. There is nothing that warrants this game above a 5. From the Javeline (jet pack) that overheats WAY too quickly, to the glitches everywhere in gameplay, to the lack of prompts telling you where to go or what to do, to the HORRIBLE menu system and user interface, to the fact that switching guns you have to HOLD DOWN THE SQUARE button, even though PRESSING THE SQUARE BUTTON is the reload button. There is no excuse for this game to be this bad. Basic gaming protocols are pretty much out the window with this game. I will never again preorder any game from anyone, period. It is incomprehensible to me how a company like EA/Bioware, who are concerned with profits, can't figure out how to put out a good game that has gamers wanting to play it and wanting to buy it... therefore... PROFITS. This game isn't even half finished. This feels like a first Beta release. To those of you saying "awww it's not that bad...." seriously how much crap are you willing to put up with in a game? To highlight a few things that inexcusably suck with Anthem:

    - It is incomprehensible to me that they made it so the Javeline overheats way too fast, so instead of enjoying the views and experiencing pleasure with flying around, it's a total chore where you're constantly distracted by doing things so it doesn't constantly overheat. You inevitably come crashing down way too often.

    - When you do fly around you're also distracted by constantly watching the Javeline heat meter to see if it's overheating which is on the BOTTOM of the screen even though when you're flying around looking at the scenery, it's usually towards the TOP of the screen.

    - Lack of any prompts telling you where to go or what to do. I resort to following my team to figure out where to go because there are ZERO prompts telling you where to go next on your quest. Or if they are there, they're far too obscured. I mean come on... prompts showing you where to go should be EASILY and QUICKLY seen by the user.

    - When you actually do get to a quest spot, there is often nothing telling you what to do so everyone on the team is running around doing nothing... waiting for some prompt or some enemies to spawn in. Again.... WTF??

    - The dialogue is just stupid and often meaningless. During quests, the voices of the characters telling you what to do are so chatty and incessant, you can't figure out what they're saying because of all the other distractions you're concerned with. (See above.)

    - Not being able to change loadouts during gameplay or even see the stats of the new machine gun you just got is a pain. You literally have to go back to the Hub, open a bunch of menus... choose the new gun... launch a mission to check it out, and if you don't like it, too bad, you have to wait til the mission is over then go back to the hub....choose more menus... rinse and repeat. Oh and the LOADING SCREENS....

    - Don't even get me started on how many loading screens are in this game. Honestly this is the worst I've ever seen in any game, hands down. The loading screen issue alone kills this game for me.

    - The menu is an absolute nightmare, a total mess and completely illogical. I do user interface for a living and I'm speechless how bad the menu system is. I'm constantly having to Google where to find stuff.

    The drop down menu itself is on an ANGLE. Human eyes don't go down a menu on angles and we're all used to vertical placement. Oftentimes the down button won't go down the menu either. Being on an angle, this menu layout leaves about 1/6th of the screen in the lower left corner completely unused. There are way too many drop down menus to get to the info you need too.

    - For some stupid reason the developers couldn't be bothered to include basic controller layouts or diagrams showing you how to do anything. I literally had to ask a friend how to switch weapons.

    - No mini map is another inexcusable thing left out of this game.

    There's other stuff but I'm tired of typing out how bad this game is. I am honestly left wondering WTF were they doing for 6 YEARS????    … Expand
  70. PaulCharles
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    Pros: Graphics
    Cons: Everything else
    I played to level 30 and was blown away at the repetitiveness of the whole thing. Every mission is nearly identical, AI is horrid, GM difficulty is just inflated numbers, no chat system, boring loot, no armor, my character looked the same at level 1 as level 30, free play is lame, loading screens are unbearable even with SSD....I could go on for    Pros: Graphics
    Cons: Everything else

    I played to level 30 and was blown away at the repetitiveness of the whole thing. Every mission is nearly identical, AI is horrid, GM difficulty is just inflated numbers, no chat system, boring loot, no armor, my character looked the same at level 1 as level 30, free play is lame, loading screens are unbearable even with SSD....I could go on for a while.

    I'm not sure if anyone at Bioware actually plays games or learns from other developers mistakes? This is the worst AAA game ever released IMO, even worse than F076 which is saying a lot. If you want to see a review of the game that is well thought out and hits every point, watch Skill Up's on youtube.

    I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, ever, even after a year of patches. Too many other games from developers who know how to make good games.    … Expand
  71. HaVoK308
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    I’m amazed people have yet to figure out why their beloved developers have fallen. This is what happens when you stop hiring, promoting, and rewarding based on merit. Skill, talent, work ethic have no place in such industries anymore. Arbitrary diversity, identity politics, and SJW activism have destroyed modern videos games. The result is Anthem.
  72. Lluch
    Mar 2, 2019
    1
    El juego es bastante pobre en casi todos los aspectos, evidentemente es en los gráficos donde destaca, es un juego llamativo, y agradable para los ojos, a pesar del downgrade que ha sufrido desde el E3...pero bueno, era de esperar, como casi todos sabíamos. El principal problema del juego es el contenido, o mejor dicho la escasa cantidad de contenido...digna de mención es la NOEl juego es bastante pobre en casi todos los aspectos, evidentemente es en los gráficos donde destaca, es un juego llamativo, y agradable para los ojos, a pesar del downgrade que ha sufrido desde el E3...pero bueno, era de esperar, como casi todos sabíamos. El principal problema del juego es el contenido, o mejor dicho la escasa cantidad de contenido...digna de mención es la NO inteligencia de los enemigos, lo repetitivo que se hace enseguida con sus 4 tipos de misiones...nada recomendable...de lo que habría podido ser a lo que se ha quedado.… Expand
  73. sidesteal
    Mar 14, 2019
    1
    Do not buy this game at the moment. The condition it was released in is appalling and shocking to say the least. Ben Irving (lead producer SWOTR and now Anthem) signed off on this release in its current state.

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

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

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

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

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

    Ben Irving + Bioware + Dev Team: you should be ashamed of yourselves.    … Expand
  74. psyduck86
    Apr 24, 2019
    1
    Way too flawed - pretty but hardly any substance. It's a shame that they chose to release this in its current state as I feel it needed a lot more polish and content. At the very least more variety would not go amiss. In addition I feel the hub as story thing just doesn't work very well for me.

    In short, nice graphics, good sense of motion but poor long term gameplay and sub-par gunplay.
  75. Vigil
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    On paper, this game sounds like a no-brainer - massive open worlds with verticality and beautiful landscapes, dotted with points of interest to make you wonder what came before you. The execution however, feels like it's duct-taped together. Disjointed mechanics, lack of feedback in combat (especially with guns), poor sound design, poor UI design, poor story, loading screen after loadingOn paper, this game sounds like a no-brainer - massive open worlds with verticality and beautiful landscapes, dotted with points of interest to make you wonder what came before you. The execution however, feels like it's duct-taped together. Disjointed mechanics, lack of feedback in combat (especially with guns), poor sound design, poor UI design, poor story, loading screen after loading screen, lack-lustre loot, negligible end game, atrocious story... it's just all so tiresome. BioWare had so many examples of what to do and what not to do with a looter/shooter and didn't take any of the mistakes other's have made in to account.

    I'd like to be able to say that many of these fundamental design choices can be fixed with patches or time, but I'm just not sure they can be. It's clear that after almost 7 years this is all that the studio is capable of, and it's a damn shame. It could have been amazing, but it's not and I doubt it ever will be.    … Expand
  76. Balguren
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    A weak lacking content that isn't the same looks fof mist areas not much variety buggy greedy cosmetic store yet beautiful graphics except for tye still npc faces as well as very nice controls. Kinda feels like Fallout 76's twin just more beautiful.
  77. JohnnyBNL
    Feb 24, 2019
    1
    Its sad to see such a great studio like Bioware fail. Not because they want to, but because EA pushed them to hard to rush this game out before the end of the quarter to make their investors happy, they (EA) doesn't care about quality products no more, they care about money, its Money First, Quality Second. EA (just like Activision) is a game/studio killer.

    I pray for the future of Mass    Its sad to see such a great studio like Bioware fail. Not because they want to, but because EA pushed them to hard to rush this game out before the end of the quarter to make their investors happy, they (EA) doesn't care about quality products no more, they care about money, its Money First, Quality Second. EA (just like Activision) is a game/studio killer.

    I pray for the future of Mass Effect and Dragon Age.    … Expand
  78. tspjunk
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    Just a terrible game at this point. Maybe a few years later it will be a full game, but right now there is about $10 of worthwhile game play / content. Will EA give BioWare a few years to complete the game or is it RIP BioWare?
  79. tenaro
    Mar 6, 2019
    1
    Первый день интересно, когда пробуешь разные джавелины, а дальше ты понимаешь что тебя наебали, потому что все механики ты уже знаешь, и делать в игре больше нечего, кроме повторения того, что было в демо. Продают откровенное говно, мразиПервый день интересно, когда пробуешь разные джавелины, а дальше ты понимаешь что тебя наебали, потому что все механики ты уже знаешь, и делать в игре больше нечего, кроме повторения того, что было в демо. Продают откровенное говно, мрази
  80. andrey1983ff
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    Это не то, что я ждал от когда-то талантливых разработчиков BIOWARE. Сейчас я только могу сказать - покойтесь с миром. Аминь
  81. Xelluse
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    Loading simulator, with graphics worse than past-gen games from 2014 and with worse performance, world of Anthem is just Andromeda's Havarl (recolored version), tbh, Anthem is Andromeda's downgrade in most of its parts, even animations look like Andromeda, sometimes even worse (at least MEA animations were funny...).
    Do not get me wrong, aesthetics of Anthem is nice, but I can't call this    Loading simulator, with graphics worse than past-gen games from 2014 and with worse performance, world of Anthem is just Andromeda's Havarl (recolored version), tbh, Anthem is Andromeda's downgrade in most of its parts, even animations look like Andromeda, sometimes even worse (at least MEA animations were funny...).
    Do not get me wrong, aesthetics of Anthem is nice, but I can't call this Graphics good, when it looks worse than, for example Crysis 3, BDO or ARK:SE, but perform much worse than any of that game (tbh, even Metro Exodus run way better with better visual settings, than Anthem).
    And visual part of this game is the only somehow eatable aspect in Anthem, gameplay is repetitive and boring, not many toys to play with, enemies are just simple Bullet-sponges and do not have any normal VI/AI (tbh, even CS1.6 bots have more intelligence, than enemies in Anthem), games becomes boring very fast, does not have content to Play-with, also it's a worst optimized game in last decade (I could not even think that it's possible to create game with worse graphics and worse performance than Conan and ARK did... And it's not a joke, games from 2014 look better even on medium settings, than Anthem shows on high, and they perform twice better... Anthem can't even see more than 2 light directions, works on Dx11, not even Dx11.1 and have just 5 meter rendering distance....), also Graphics is the complex of Technical and Visual decisions and it sucks in both.
    It's a very bad game, even Small/Indie Free to Play games bring much better quality or the gameplay/visuals/performance/flexibility/diversity than Anthem did... I mean, that this game is not even worse to be a Free to Play...
    1/10
    Also sound-works is very bad and have lots of game-breaking bugs, Anthem is unfinished mess of nothing, Pay to Play with Free to Play MTX.....    … Expand
  82. Deionarra
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    R.I.P. Bioware, PapEA is taking you for a walk soon...

    How do you release such a subpar, half-baked mess? Loading... Loading... Bug... Bug...

    I give this game 1/10 for the great art the talented artists created. The game design though is a completely busted, unsalvageable heap of garbage on fire.
  83. legi0
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    Probably deserves a better score, but i simply cannot forgive the amount of hype the publishers generataed over the last years. while at the same time the Devs, don't know were they pressured or not released the game in such an unfinished state.
  84. Acrofilo
    Feb 25, 2019
    1
    0 because this stupid trend of releasing unfinished and unpolished games under the excuse they're a "live service" HAS to stop.
  85. Rikkof
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    The game has nice robots and graphics, but to get advantage of the graphics you really need a powerhouse of pc. I play with GTX 1070 and I7 and i still struggle on medium to maintain stable 55 fps!
    The game is broken at it's core, no end game what so ever, no chat tab in a 2019 co-op game, very buggy, boring, bland.
    I will try to get a refund now, this game should not have released like this.
  86. SwayJ
    Mar 5, 2019
    1
    This is the last time when I buying BioWare games! I can’t play 1,5 hours with crushes, keyboard bugs, sound disable and stuff like that. Flying fun first hour then it’s just boring short way between loadscreens. I try to refund after 3 hours of playing but they refuse it. That was a last stop, EA and Bioware. Keep your unworkable games to yourself, you see my money for the last time.
  87. Topfpflanze
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    8 hours playtime, virtually no interaction, no story, endlessly repeating missions.
  88. unit_1
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    Boring and missing content. Worse than vanilla Destiny one. I won't pay for a second month to play it. Maybe wait an year or two.
  89. sauce001
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    This game is boring, repetitive and full of micro-transactions. I give it 1 point because of amazing graphic (which was downgraded...)

    Sorry EA, your greed messed it up again....
  90. DiegoCastro
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    Lo más entretenido del juego es el combate, luego de ello, no tiene mucho de especial. Asimismo, demasiados bugs, es una pena pero este juego solo merece ser comprado por lo menos a mitad de precio.
  91. marcantoineg
    Sep 14, 2019
    1
    Anthem is everything a game shouldn't be. Expensive base game. Filled with **** microtransactions. No balance or testing. Graphics downgrade. False advertisement. Future content cancelled. Repetitive gameplay. Boring story. I could go on and on. The game's already dead anyway.
  92. praisethesun11
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    7 hours in and dear lord I am bored. I'm glad I didn't pay the full $60 for this incomplete mess.
  93. Tronan_fex
    Mar 11, 2019
    1
    I was very excited for this game i love looter shooters. I have 2000 hours in Destiny series and aboput 750 hours in The Division. The flying in this game was fun, and the movement initially felt great, but its flaws very soon became apparent.. There are countless bugs and technical issues, A mission takes about 10min to complete and theres around 4 loading screens to get into a missionI was very excited for this game i love looter shooters. I have 2000 hours in Destiny series and aboput 750 hours in The Division. The flying in this game was fun, and the movement initially felt great, but its flaws very soon became apparent.. There are countless bugs and technical issues, A mission takes about 10min to complete and theres around 4 loading screens to get into a mission and each loading screen takes 2-3min to get through... Its absolutely ridiculous! On top of that theres no content in the game either, and wont be for many months judging by their road map. After you complete the story (which leaves you at around lvl 25 if you take ur time) you will then have to grind the same 3 strongholds to get to level 30 to unlock Grand Master and once there, you will grind the same 3 strongholds AGAIN to get to 500+ power... 6 years of development there is no excuse to have this little content with this many bugs and architecturally flawed systems. DO NOT buy this game. Not for at least a year, when it might be worth your time and money.… Expand
  94. BigBadButtermil
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    They have one ace in their hand. The gameplay feels superb. But the rest ist absolutely bad. From bad ui design(pain in the ass organizing gear) over countless loading screens to a sheer unbelievable amount of bugs. just seconds before writing this i played a mission where the boss room locked right after the first player got in while the rest was outside. Without a mic there is no way toThey have one ace in their hand. The gameplay feels superb. But the rest ist absolutely bad. From bad ui design(pain in the ass organizing gear) over countless loading screens to a sheer unbelievable amount of bugs. just seconds before writing this i played a mission where the boss room locked right after the first player got in while the rest was outside. Without a mic there is no way to communicate as there is no chat. Or Quickplay always puts you into the bugged missions other players are leaving from so you need to waste your time on that.
    Even The Division had less bugs.
    I don't know if they have a playtesting/quality management department but if they do it consits of 1 person only. For a AAA developer the amount of bugs is not acceptable. The only other good thing is i only spent 15 bucks and will stop playing when TD2 comes out.

    This can be a good game, in a year or 2. But not anytime soon.    … Expand
  95. Radoslavus
    Mar 4, 2019
    1
    Two things are beyond my understanding:

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

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

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

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

    Basically again an unfinnished game with a lot of issues.

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

    To be honest this game deserves a 5-6/10, but because it was another promising title destroyed by EA I gave it a 1/10. They deserve that 1 point for the flying mechanics.    … Expand
  96. Palanthemion
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    Who is making decisions at EA?
    ME:Andromeda ressources were reduced because of Anthem... now after 6 years of development Anthem is released as a subpar and unfinished product - same as Andromeda was. I sincerly hope that there will be negative consequences for whoever was in charge.
  97. LuisG1823
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    Bug y problema de crasheos, misiones repetitivas tirando a lo muy generico, jugarlo solo puede ser un aburrimiento despues de unas horas, pero creo que en cooperativo puede que aguanten un poco mas, debio ser retrasado y pulir el juego, pero no y eso perjudico al juego, como siempre EA un cancer total
  98. Daniel_64
    Feb 22, 2019
    1
    The only reason I gave this game a 1 is because in my eyes a 0/10 game is not playable. It’s sad how this is the day in age where half baked games, full of micro transactions are acceptable? I will not support this game whatsoever as this is a clear example of a product with no heart or thought put into it rather than a heart crafted game. Do not buy this game, go play something else likeThe only reason I gave this game a 1 is because in my eyes a 0/10 game is not playable. It’s sad how this is the day in age where half baked games, full of micro transactions are acceptable? I will not support this game whatsoever as this is a clear example of a product with no heart or thought put into it rather than a heart crafted game. Do not buy this game, go play something else like RDR2 or Zelda breath of the wild.… Expand
  99. MastaDyemon
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    Ну что пацаны, говно-дрочильни от EA продолжаются! А вы что ожидали? Игру для души? Расслабитесь все давно продано, теперь только игры-сервис по выкачиванию бабла.
  100. loak
    Mar 2, 2019
    1
    its just a poorly made game. The story isn't what we come to expect from bioware, the enemies are bland, the loot pool is even more bland, the game is fundamentally broken in MANY instances. It's just a bad bad game. Sad to see this happen to one of my once most favorite developers.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 76 Critic Reviews

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