Anthem

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3707 Ratings

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  1. Elmund
    May 19, 2019
    0
    Absolutely cr*p and soulless , failed miserably. Game has no direction & EA have done it again
  2. yuckf0o
    Feb 22, 2019
    10
    This game is absolutely not as bad as most reviews make it appear. (It's maybe more a 7 or 8 than a 10 but I had to counter the random and unreasonable 0 and 1 reviews).
    i have now something like 30 hours in the game and here are my honest pro and contras:
    Contra: - Loading is quite long and a too often (even though not that extremely bad on ssd) - Yes there are some bugs in the game    This game is absolutely not as bad as most reviews make it appear. (It's maybe more a 7 or 8 than a 10 but I had to counter the random and unreasonable 0 and 1 reviews).
    i have now something like 30 hours in the game and here are my honest pro and contras:

    Contra:
    - Loading is quite long and a too often (even though not that extremely bad on ssd)
    - Yes there are some bugs in the game and also sometimes some really annoying ones which won't let you finish some missions or so. On the other hand those are not happening as often as "haters" say atleast not for me. I had less than 10 server/connection issues or critical bugs that needed you to redo a whole mission in 30 hours. I don't think this is worse than any other game freshly released today and most of it can be probably fixed within the first couply weeks.
    - The story may not be a masterpiece or will receive any academy awards BUT is still better produced and staged than the story of most other games in the genre (like division or destiny) in my opinion
    - Yes there could be more diverse content in the game like more weapons and more different mission or enemies. But if the game really gets regular new content as promised this will get better and better. (And compared to that the other games in the genre like division or destiny also startet with very few things to do, very generic generated missions or doing the same ones over and over or have very few enemy types and had to first get content via dlcs, content patches or add ons)
    - That you always have to leave the open world for new missions is no doubt annoying (especially regarding the long loading)

    Pro:
    - Even though I had this also on the negative side and I could be better but I think the mission design is still quite fun and very challenging on higher difficulties especiallies the strongholds (the dungeon kind of mission) are well made. Overall this can at least compete or is even better than what I have seen in many most other rpg type of games.
    - Kind of the same goes for the story it is still not that bad and compared to other game in the direct genre even quite good
    - The game has for sure one the the most beautiful looking and designed world out there. The graphics are amazing and at least on my system runs perfectly smooth on ultra and 3440×1440p
    - Also I like the sound and soundtrack of the game
    - The ingame store system is one of the fairest stores out the when it comes to real money. First you can buy everything in the store for ingame money (and not even for too much) so the real money is completely optional. Second the stuff you can buy is only cosmetic so it has no impact on gameplay whatsoever.
    - And the really big strength (and what I think is also the most important in a team based grind shooter game): The action combat and movement are for sure one of the most fun I expereienced in games!

    So as a conclusion if you like looter shooter, you will have some fun with game, at least enough to be worth the invest (you can also try it for one month for less with origin access). If you like the genre but your not to sure wait for some updates or discount.
    One thing I can say for sure this is not a completely bad game by any means even though If by far not perfect in it's current state. But this has has an absolutly amazing base and potential to work. And only a couple content patches and improvements could quite easily make this one of the best games out there, at least for that genre.    … Expand
  3. kerihobo
    Feb 22, 2019
    10
    Can't understand the low rating, the game is awesome. Flying feels fun, javelin customization is awesome, missions offer enough challenge, the abilities feel really fun, the story is cool, voice acting's real decent with some AAA voice actors too.
  4. Kotozavr
    Feb 22, 2019
    9
    Ok, this game has a lot of bugs and other tech problems, but it`s a new world, just a beginning of a new story and it will have their funs. I saw Destiny 1 at launch - it was much more worst, until TTK it was unplayable at all. D2 launch was terrible, reuse of old story and nothing new except grind. Warframe on launch and 1-2 years later was empty and very simple...
    I love this game, and    Ok, this game has a lot of bugs and other tech problems, but it`s a new world, just a beginning of a new story and it will have their funs. I saw Destiny 1 at launch - it was much more worst, until TTK it was unplayable at all. D2 launch was terrible, reuse of old story and nothing new except grind. Warframe on launch and 1-2 years later was empty and very simple...
    I love this game, and believe that it`s future will be bright. They just hurry with launch, perhaps 2-3 months later...    … Expand
  5. hitsugayia
    Feb 22, 2019
    10
    This game is epic, i don't understand why all player say bad critic, Story was interesting, with a big lore.
    ... yes, game have bug but patch fix really good, loading screen slow ? go bye SSD guys and a better PC...
    + : Lore, Javelin, Combo, variety of build for javelin, nervous gameplay,
    - : Bug, repetitivity (but the game start so let it time)

    Need wait march for next content and update
  6. 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.
  7. RocketHorse
    Mar 4, 2019
    4
    Sadly, Anthem not only falls short of delivering the bustling market and vast world of its early trailer, it also fails to be a game that is good at much of anything.

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

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

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

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

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

    Anthem isn't just half baked, it's not even fully concepted. None of the aspects of the game mesh well, there are fundamental design choices that need to be undone, and nothing in the game shines as top of its class. For a game to come out AFTER destiny/warframe/the division, and be worse than all three, is a shockingly inept move from a studio that used to spin gold.    … Expand
  8. 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.
  9. Fanonymous
    Mar 19, 2019
    3
    Anthem has been such a let down. It's a game that just tried to be too many things at once. I think the biggest problem is that it took what was Bioware's strength, a single player game, and tried to make it into a multiplayer co-op RPG loot shooter ala Borderlands. Along with a microtransaction game ala Free2Play. And finally an Open world exploration game ala most MMO or Single PlayerAnthem has been such a let down. It's a game that just tried to be too many things at once. I think the biggest problem is that it took what was Bioware's strength, a single player game, and tried to make it into a multiplayer co-op RPG loot shooter ala Borderlands. Along with a microtransaction game ala Free2Play. And finally an Open world exploration game ala most MMO or Single Player Open World games. All rolled up into one ugly ball of confusion.

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

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

    Bioware has insisted that the changes from the 2017 and even 2018 play examples at E3 were necessary to make the game playable. But in every instance, they took features away. Rather than under promising and over delivering they did the exact opposite. Demoing a gorgeous open world full of dynamic creatures and places you would want to see and interact with. Instead, we get a beautifully rendered, but barely living world that leaves us asking what went wrong.    … Expand
  10. grimlock73
    Mar 2, 2019
    3
    BioWare died for this so that EA CEO can have 300% more salary. Because 30+ millions is not enough and want more. I am glad BioWare is dead and other studios too. Maybe they’ll learn something. I am also glad that they laid off most of their employees.
  11. AJ_kvpy
    Mar 3, 2019
    3
    This Game is just bad and doesn't feel like it took 6 years to make. At this point I really feel that Mass effect Andromeda was better than this. Except for flying, there's hardly any pros so I am just listing down the cons -

    - Not enough content - Pretty but dead world - Story is weird and you just lose track of it at some point - No mission variety, go here kill that....rinse and    This Game is just bad and doesn't feel like it took 6 years to make. At this point I really feel that Mass effect Andromeda was better than this. Except for flying, there's hardly any pros so I am just listing down the cons -

    - Not enough content
    - Pretty but dead world
    - Story is weird and you just lose track of it at some point
    - No mission variety, go here kill that....rinse and repeat
    - Fort Tarsis is the worst hub that i have ever seen in my life
    - Loading Screens in 2k19?? Really? have these people seen the witcher or RED dead 2 or GTA?
    - Hardly any cosmetics - all Javelins look the same... only colors are different
    - No variation in Gun design - learn something from borderlands

    Overall... I dont recommend buying this game. Bioware have lost their touch. Thanks EA for ruining another studio.    … Expand
  12. 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.
  13. chronicrenegade
    Apr 6, 2019
    0
    This game had so much potential, but it was squandered by a studio in crisis. EA and BioWare's brutal work environments contributed to a game that feels unfinished. While beautiful and fun to use the flying mechanics, Anthem lacks a compelling story or characters. The loot is NOT consistent with diminishing returns, and the game cannot be played alone (if you want to have fun). Overall theThis game had so much potential, but it was squandered by a studio in crisis. EA and BioWare's brutal work environments contributed to a game that feels unfinished. While beautiful and fun to use the flying mechanics, Anthem lacks a compelling story or characters. The loot is NOT consistent with diminishing returns, and the game cannot be played alone (if you want to have fun). Overall the game is wrought with bugs and patches for those bugs that only serve to make the game worse. BioWare and EA have 100% lost my faith and I will never pre-order a game from them again. Lest it be shipped unfinished.

    TL;DR The Division 2 will become a benchmark for the looter shooter genre, and Anthem will be a story of caution and dismay. Do yourself a favor and uninstall this garbage game.    … Expand
  14. beto22
    Mar 2, 2019
    0
    Anthem is not ready for market everyone told them but EA put out anther unfinished game. Theres potential here but its not the cash cow EA are looking for in this current state so there probally sack Bioware and abort this game. Quality seems impossible for EA when greed is the the driving force.
  15. suzer
    Apr 6, 2019
    0
    I feel like they stole my money. Probably the worst game i've played last 2 years.
  16. an3k
    Mar 15, 2019
    0
    The only good thing in this game are enemy encounters - but only if you don't suffer from one of the many bugs. The problem is that there are plenty of other games out there that deliver the same "wow, that was so close but looked amazing" feeling.
    The downgrade from E3 trailers and other marketing content is massive and doesn't just apply onto graphics but also gameplay. For example    The only good thing in this game are enemy encounters - but only if you don't suffer from one of the many bugs. The problem is that there are plenty of other games out there that deliver the same "wow, that was so close but looked amazing" feeling.
    The downgrade from E3 trailers and other marketing content is massive and doesn't just apply onto graphics but also gameplay. For example instead of having "no loading screens" you constantly have them. There is no "flow" because as soon as you're into it the mission you've done is over and you're forced to your Fort again.
    If they'd relabel Anthem to "Loading Screen Simulator" it would win the "GotY" award.    … Expand
  17. ShazamKnight
    Apr 9, 2019
    3
    The game is beautiful, the flying is fun, and the combat itself is enjoyable for the most part, but I find it hard to classify what kind of game this is. It's a looter shooter without any exciting loot, and a shallow loot pool, it's an RPG with an incoherent mess of a story, and it's crafting system is shallow. And boy do I hope you like loading screens, because they are long andThe game is beautiful, the flying is fun, and the combat itself is enjoyable for the most part, but I find it hard to classify what kind of game this is. It's a looter shooter without any exciting loot, and a shallow loot pool, it's an RPG with an incoherent mess of a story, and it's crafting system is shallow. And boy do I hope you like loading screens, because they are long and plentiful, it's hard to even get into any kind of a groove before another 30 second cut scene interrupts your playing. This game was definitely rushed like they had no idea what they were doing for years then all of a sudden they had a deadline and they threw this game together with random assets and called said "job well done!"
    This had so much potential but in it's current state, it's a $60 Beta test we are paying for to help them fix. Sad, this game had potential and we're left with another Destiny grind fest with little content and even less story.    … Expand
  18. 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)
  19. 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
  20. Glew
    Mar 18, 2019
    3
    The flying and combat mechanics are excellent. Everything else about the game is absolutely horrendous. Game breaking bugs occur every few minutes whether it's someone getting disconnected, hard crashing, getting stuck behind a wall, losing audio, ect. Without the option to reserve the session slot, or que privately, this means the whole party has to back out and endure multiple loadThe flying and combat mechanics are excellent. Everything else about the game is absolutely horrendous. Game breaking bugs occur every few minutes whether it's someone getting disconnected, hard crashing, getting stuck behind a wall, losing audio, ect. Without the option to reserve the session slot, or que privately, this means the whole party has to back out and endure multiple load screens to retrieve their team mate. Quickplay simply doesn't work. Stronghold bosses don't reward very good loot, and so most players leave before the boss, meaning 95% of the time you que a stronghold you get dropped onto a boss and miss out on all the loot and the fun of doing the actual content. Loot drop rates are wildly affected by several mysterious factors such as group item level, %luck stat on gear, and whatever loot tables are active on the given day, and it changes every week seemingly for the worst. The developers are anything but transparent when it comes to how the games systems work and more than likely it's because the developers don't know how they work. When the game doesn't crash and you're actually able to play it, the combat is very fun! When loot doesn't drop that fun starts to wear thin. When loot does finally drop and it's completely useless garbage that fun turns to rage and disappointment. The severe lack of content, unpolished interface, and cookie-cutter story are not enough to carry this game. It's a fantastic tech demo, but it is truly a terrible game.

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

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

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

    The positives: the world looks beautiful if a bit empty and static compared to what was shown to us in trailers during development. Character facial animation is good. Voices are ok for some and cringy for others. Flying and combat feel good together. The foundations for a good game are there as movement and combat are important. The problem is that it's just those things and considering the difficulties of working with the Frostbite engine, who knows if and when the rest of the things the game lacks to make a good game will actually come out.    … Expand
  22. jkarlsen
    Apr 5, 2019
    4
    Anthem seems -- even over a month after its release -- nowhere a finished game. It's a game that looks and sounds fantastic, but when it comes to gameplay it's entirely too shallow both in content and mechanics. Anthem has plenty of good ideas, but they're buried by features that are both poorly designed and whose intents don't work well together. Further, every post-launch update hasAnthem seems -- even over a month after its release -- nowhere a finished game. It's a game that looks and sounds fantastic, but when it comes to gameplay it's entirely too shallow both in content and mechanics. Anthem has plenty of good ideas, but they're buried by features that are both poorly designed and whose intents don't work well together. Further, every post-launch update has introduced major unintended bugs, and there doesn't seem to be a clear understand on the developer's part on what the actual problems are, let alone how to fix them.

    It's a shame, because some very talented people have obviously worked very hard to develop Anthem, but this game needed at least another year of development, and a more focused core idea to build on. With other pioneering games in the genre having had such high-profile problems, it's puzzling to see BioWare and EA not only repeat those same mistakes years later, but do worse on every front.    … Expand
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. Miniqiqi
    Apr 4, 2019
    3
    I am a simple person, when I play a game and constantly see loading screen, I downvote it.
  26. leonpikov
    May 8, 2019
    0
    The game could have really had something, unfortunately totally abandoned by its leading team. Feel sorry for the developers that worked so hard on this game for it to be rushed and pushed out in unplayable state that it is in. Now the new fixes break older functions and the publisher refuses to listen to its community. After what they showed us at E3 and what actually came out, thisThe game could have really had something, unfortunately totally abandoned by its leading team. Feel sorry for the developers that worked so hard on this game for it to be rushed and pushed out in unplayable state that it is in. Now the new fixes break older functions and the publisher refuses to listen to its community. After what they showed us at E3 and what actually came out, this should be marked as a fraud. Glad i was able to save money by only playing it through Prime. If you have fully bought the game i would strongly advise to get your money back if you are having the same problems i am.… Expand
  27. Theformidable
    May 17, 2019
    5
    Anthem is a very pleasant game to look at and the combat for the game is very enjoyable with all the different skills for each class.
    The game's story is very bland, predictable and doesn't really draw you in enough to pay attention sadly.
    Where i think the game truly suffers in its in lack of end game content. Once you reach the max level the only new content open to you is a difficulty    Anthem is a very pleasant game to look at and the combat for the game is very enjoyable with all the different skills for each class.
    The game's story is very bland, predictable and doesn't really draw you in enough to pay attention sadly.
    Where i think the game truly suffers in its in lack of end game content. Once you reach the max level the only new content open to you is a difficulty option to raids you've already done, nothing new.
    Anthem could've been amazing with its graphics and fun combat but the game feels very unfinished, feels like you're paying $60 for a Beta version of the game.    … Expand
  28. tavirarandom
    Feb 18, 2021
    10
    Spent in Anthem 2k+ hrs. Excellent core of the game. Best flying you can find in games. Good characters, main and side both. Despite of lesser number of activities in the game, me and many other players can easy find what to do during really long time. Some people say that they consumed all content during 20-30 hours...haha, making a good build of one suit can easily take about 1-2k hrs :)Spent in Anthem 2k+ hrs. Excellent core of the game. Best flying you can find in games. Good characters, main and side both. Despite of lesser number of activities in the game, me and many other players can easy find what to do during really long time. Some people say that they consumed all content during 20-30 hours...haha, making a good build of one suit can easily take about 1-2k hrs :) Obviously Anthem has some bad sides. Technical issues (not for everyone), weakest social interaction between players in game. But you always have a greatest game community, you can easily get help, just ask your question. Sure devs tell us almost nothing, but really many people are inspired by Anthem because Anthem is the best game ever.… Expand
  29. JRSVengeance
    Feb 18, 2021
    10
    Have been playing Anthem since the Beta. The game as it currently exists does not suffer from many of the complaints that you will see here from around launch and the subsequent several months. Gameplay is a blast. Flight and combat are amazing. And it's an absolutely gorgeous game. The RNG behind loot is still a little frustrating, but acquiring loot is so much easier now than it wasHave been playing Anthem since the Beta. The game as it currently exists does not suffer from many of the complaints that you will see here from around launch and the subsequent several months. Gameplay is a blast. Flight and combat are amazing. And it's an absolutely gorgeous game. The RNG behind loot is still a little frustrating, but acquiring loot is so much easier now than it was in the beginning. People are able to reach max level with quality builds in a couple of weeks, but to get to true top tier still takes hundreds or thousands of hours. Biggest issue is lack of content, but the vitriol from the launch and the inability of some trolls to let it go has caused them to focus on a complete rework. If the game had launched in the state it is currently in, we would be talking about a Game of the Year. Just hoping they get around to giving us the promised re-work so that I will have more things to do when I log in.… Expand
  30. 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
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Awards & Rankings

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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#4 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
59

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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