Anthem

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3707 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,263 out of 3707
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  1. cdthomas12
    Feb 24, 2019
    9
    The game has some buggy issues but other than that, this game is exactly what I have been looking for. I love the grind and then seeing your grind pay off. The story, and actually interacting with the social events was well done and entertaining. I'm stoked for new content as any customer should be. I truly cannot understand how people are saying is completely unplayable, how EA is afterThe game has some buggy issues but other than that, this game is exactly what I have been looking for. I love the grind and then seeing your grind pay off. The story, and actually interacting with the social events was well done and entertaining. I'm stoked for new content as any customer should be. I truly cannot understand how people are saying is completely unplayable, how EA is after your wallet again (must not be actually playing the game), or just saying it's terrible and not saying why. Everybody is a critic, so people who do enjoy this game, leave your two cents so glass half empty folk don't ruin this for everyone.… Expand
  2. Jarkeld
    Feb 24, 2019
    8
    While yes it seems a little bit incomplete, and seems rushed on some features, I had a good time. Happy to see good faces (contrary to Andromeda) at the end having fun with is what gaming is supposed to be all about.
  3. DreamerNeon
    Feb 24, 2019
    1
    An absolutely shallow mess that somehow left the studio. I got it through Premier, so those 15€ hurt a little less, especially because I got to play Darksiders 3, but I can't imagine the disappointment of someone who got it for 60€ or more. From being disconnected every minute while in the hub, being disconnected at the reward screen and losing all the loot, being disconnected in the hubAn absolutely shallow mess that somehow left the studio. I got it through Premier, so those 15€ hurt a little less, especially because I got to play Darksiders 3, but I can't imagine the disappointment of someone who got it for 60€ or more. From being disconnected every minute while in the hub, being disconnected at the reward screen and losing all the loot, being disconnected in the hub without even making it to the Javelin after Day 1 patch, to not being able to launch the game AT ALL after the second patch. Origin counter says I've played the game for 20 hours, at least 10 of those were looking at loading screens, the gameplay itself is as basic as it gets and you've seen everything after you finish the first mission. The mission variety doesn't exist, the same as the enemy variety. Combat consists of shooting your gun while waiting for cooldowns. The movement itself feels nice and fluid, but after witnessing all of the garbled mess the game is, the only thing moving were my bowels.
    The most common in favor arguments seems to be that we should wait for updates and give it a chance; I'm on a subscription here, I already paid 15€ to not be able to play it, and from what I've heard they're planning to release new content IN ACTS, meaning you're withholding new content from a game THAT HAS NONE already in order to artificially prolong the subscription module. People are also comparing this to Warframe, and if we hammered down on Warframe at it's initial state it would never have gotten where it is. I've played Warframe from closed beta, besides it was FREE the whole time, and I can confidently say that Warframe had more to do in its 4th month of development, compared to this apparently being in development for 6+ years.
    All in all, I think people would give this game less sh*t if they just pulled it off the market and came back in a year with everything in it included that was supposed to be there in the first place.    … Expand
  4. Kasyx
    Feb 24, 2019
    8
    After completing the storyline and moving onto what's currently the endgame content, I'm perfectly happy with my purchase. I went into the game expecting to have something solidly playable, fun, and good for co-op. On that rubric, the game far exceeded expectations. The gunplay is solid and mixing/matching abilities is loads of fun. Every Javelin is useful too.

    While I wouldn't consider    After completing the storyline and moving onto what's currently the endgame content, I'm perfectly happy with my purchase. I went into the game expecting to have something solidly playable, fun, and good for co-op. On that rubric, the game far exceeded expectations. The gunplay is solid and mixing/matching abilities is loads of fun. Every Javelin is useful too.

    While I wouldn't consider the game perfect, I think it's exactly where I could reasonably expect a Large Multiplayer Role-playing Shooter (LMRPS) to be this far after release.    … Expand
  5. Mefistomanna
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    Anthem is not ready for market everyone told them but EA put out anther unfinished game.
  6. noskcile
    Feb 24, 2019
    4
    i played this game and im level 15 and im getting really bored already, i like the gameplay but everything looks the same. same looking missions. it is like inspiration has been sucked out of the devs for mission creativity. i wanted to really enjoy this game but the loading screens and the repeat, generic looking weapons that you can't tell which one is which, and the bad loot... omg ii played this game and im level 15 and im getting really bored already, i like the gameplay but everything looks the same. same looking missions. it is like inspiration has been sucked out of the devs for mission creativity. i wanted to really enjoy this game but the loading screens and the repeat, generic looking weapons that you can't tell which one is which, and the bad loot... omg i could go on and on. i am so disappointed. i can't trust anything E.A. advertise like the way they changed the world, how it looked how beast interact that gave me a monster hunter feeling in their first gameplay. this is clearly an unfinished rushed out the door game. this **** is completely disrespectful.… Expand
  7. osmak66
    Feb 24, 2019
    10
    Game is pretty fun, and grinding for loot feels fulfilling. Looking forward to more content patches and more importantly some improvements to performance.
  8. Aropredator
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    Worst game ever, after downloading a ****ing 52GB of data and additional 6GB of supposedly 'day 1 patch', game keep crashing to desktop, even after reinstall the game and hardware driver. No I wont reinstall Windows because other game working fine.
  9. koyettsu
    Feb 24, 2019
    7
    I hate to say it but a number of the negative reviews are from people that haven't actually played Anthem. I don't doubt they played the beta, but they didn't play the actual game on release and make reference to issues that are not in the final release of the game. Such is our day in age, everyone jumps on the bandwagon to rip something apart regardless of the actual quality of theI hate to say it but a number of the negative reviews are from people that haven't actually played Anthem. I don't doubt they played the beta, but they didn't play the actual game on release and make reference to issues that are not in the final release of the game. Such is our day in age, everyone jumps on the bandwagon to rip something apart regardless of the actual quality of the game. There are issues in Anthem, but the game is not worthy of 2 or 4.

    Graphics: The game looks fantastic, I have it on PC via the EA subscription I have along with I picked up Anthem for my PS4 to play with my friends. PC looks a bit better and IMO plays a bit better, but the PS4 version looks pretty damn good as well. Faces of people look nice, the motion capture looks quite realistic but there are some issues with eyes, nowhere near the last Mass Effect but still not 100% right.

    Sound: The sound is fantastic, lightning bolts sound incredible especially if you have a nice surround sound system. There are some issues with music though, on PS4 I noticed there was music in town and it fit quite well, but weirdly on PC I have no music in town, so the town ends up feeling really strange and empty. Another area that seems strange to me is the after mission summary, something about the sound there just doesn't seem right and needs some work. Outside of that the rest of the music and sound is great, same goes with the voice acting, voices are done well by a competent team.

    Gameplay: This is the area where the game shines, flying around in your javelin is incredible. There are times where the gameplay is so damn good you are stunned no one else thought of this system before. You will fly to a mission, drop in with an air attack, you slam into an enemy on the ground, whip out your gun and start mowing down enemies all around you. As they turn back to open fire on you, your shield becomes nearly exhausted, you take off and fly to a position where you are relatively safe to catch your breath. All while dropping bombs, elemental attacks, super abilities and heavenly judgement upon your enemies in glorious fashion. It is damn good! The flying is the best I have seen in any game I have ever played in my 30+ years of gaming. This is truly where the game shines and what makes you keep going back for more!!

    Game Quality: The game has some bugs left within it, while most of the bugs have been ironed out, a few still remain. This isn't a Bethesda game, aka a buggy mess, but it does need a little bit of work here and there fixing everything, no more then most well vetted out releases though. I experienced 1 loading freeze while in a mission out of the dozens of missions I have thus far completed. Since the last two patches, the bugs are down to next to never happening and that was done just in time for launch.

    Story: The story I have seen thus far is actually good, I am about 30 hours into the game and what I have seen has intrigued me making me want to play more. The stories you do as side quests are also interesting, they are right in line with you being a free lancer. You are hired to go do odd jobs to help people, find this or that, in a dangerous world. As the story ramps up with the plot twists, I think it has been done quite well, although the story could have kicked in a bit earlier to hook people into the game.

    Missions: Here is where I think the game needs some polish and why I would rate the game a 7.0. While I enjoy playing missions, they are kind of like destiny, short and a bit repetitive. There is a mission fairly early in the game where you have to open these tombs, this quest is really out of place and should be redone IMO. You are playing missions, get quest, go out, kill stuff, mission over and suddenly suddenly your next mission requires you to go into free play. You find one of the tombs you need to find, you go to open it and you are not worthy.. becuse you didn't complete a list of random tasks you were never told about. i.e. kill x enemies with head shots, kill x enemies with fist punch, complete x world missions, etc. You essentially hit a wall and need to go grind in a game that grinding previously was not needed. Once you complete this mission, it is back to the regular game/story with no grind needed.. its weird. That quest-line should really be tweaked, I don't see any issues with challenging people to do stuff like that, but that seems more like a weekly quest vs. a quest that is necessary to continue on with the game. Like destiny, you are going to be running out, doing a mission that will take you less than 10 minutes coming back to down, repeating that process. I wish Bioware had put a lot more time into the quests to make them unique instead of a lot of rinse and repeat style quests.

    Bottom Line: The game is good, if they continue adding content/stuff to do this will easily stand the test of time. I would recommend it, even at the $60 price tag.    … Expand
  10. xDexter89
    Feb 24, 2019
    1
    Nothing like advertised. No content. No proper story. No proper nothing. People are gonna ditch this game and bioware is gonna get ruined by EA.
  11. mrdollar
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    It is a pure cash grab game, no depth, poor story writing, insane loading screen frequency, very poor loot system, boring and very stupid quests like kill 10 with this gun, then kill 10 with another gun to progress main story lol, almost Andomeda like characters facials. There is no more Bioware only lazy, incompetent, forced diversity "developers"...
  12. Yozky
    Feb 24, 2019
    10
    I like this game. Not perfect, far away from it, but I played Destiny, I think the story will repeat
  13. Roodak
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    Hey! It's not all bad when it comes to this so called game. At least it's very easy to uninstall and ask for a full refund. Way to go EA - You killing another great games developer with your micro transaction BS and rush to release unfinished product.
    People! Fellow Gamers! Do NOW buy this game for more than 5$ at it's current state.
    Horrible!
  14. EveronT
    Feb 24, 2019
    10
    А мне лично игра очень даже понравилась. Идите к черту и не портите рейтинг у игры. Бомжи, которые даже 3х тыщ пожертвовать не могут разработчикам на развитие проекта. Мне жаль вас
  15. Crazycanuck
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    Boring , repetitive. Story progression is suddenly locked behind a grind that is clearly thrown into the game to extend what is a very short main story and the story is a generic bad guy tries to take over the world .Weapons are almost exactly the same just higher damage but almost zero imagination put into the design. Modifiers on stats but no stats screen to see your own stats. and OMGBoring , repetitive. Story progression is suddenly locked behind a grind that is clearly thrown into the game to extend what is a very short main story and the story is a generic bad guy tries to take over the world .Weapons are almost exactly the same just higher damage but almost zero imagination put into the design. Modifiers on stats but no stats screen to see your own stats. and OMG the loading screens.. you. Loading screens literally lasting longer then the mission you are loading into. Angry Joe review. 5:20 loading screen to play a 4:23 mission. Crashes and disconnects.

    DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.    … Expand
  16. cbird
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    The game is not finished, leave it be for 6-9 months then maybe it is worth while.
  17. silverdragonaut
    Feb 24, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Positive:
    - Gameplay (Gunshooting, Flying, Fighting)
    - Graphics

    Negative:
    - Story (I dont know, why im fighting or for what - its hard to follow the story)
    - Weapons
    - Looting

    Overall its a good game, but not worth the price... lame story , weapons are boring and the looting system needs a Update    … Expand
  18. AnnaVargas
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    So this is 6 years of development. Boring and grindy. Story is super weak. Gunplay looks like andromeda+warframe. There is simply no stats menu lol. End game is a joke. 3 repetitive strongholds. Loot are useless in most cases. Rip bioware, thanks to EA. don't buy it and dont support EA with your money. Also loading screens are annoying.
  19. heinziii
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    The hope was great, the E3 trailer seemed to announce the next big thing but unfortunately we got only a very very very boring soup that is no longer good than to hack it from your hard drive ... thanks for nothing
  20. Catchy
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    The fighting is fun, graphics is good, but all the rest is bad. Loot design is the worst I've ever seen, lack of content in loot, all the items in a category is the same, and you cant even look at the loot right away. Would not recommend this game.
  21. indarkness
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    Offering Coop mode is one thing. Games entirely online is another quite different. That's not even a game. This kind of punishment was, not so long ago, offered as an addendum - a bonus - of a main game.
    Games without history, without soul, whose sole purpose is only to create a map for people to get caught up in between them
  22. LwiatkozCintry
    Feb 24, 2019
    8
    Its ok.
    Thanks for fixes bioware, be better them bungie.
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  23. BradBear
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    I'm just disappointed, I was so excited for this game after 2017 E3. After the graphics downgrade, never-ending loading screens and boring missions and loot. I'm just sad, Bioware need's to just stick to single player RPG's
  24. Imperius147
    Feb 24, 2019
    1
    pros:
    - graphic but.....

    cons:
    - loading screen
    - graphic downgrade
    - copy paste NPC ME:andromeda body and face animations
    - boring story and missions,,,this is from bioware writers?rly? where are quality side quests form Dragon Age and Mass Effect?
    - stupid AI
    EA DESTROY NEXT DEVELOPER STUDIO
    R.I.P.
    Westwood Studios
    Pandemic Studios
    DreamWorks
    Maxis
    Visceral
    Bioware
  25. woldemar
    Feb 24, 2019
    8
    Очень интересная игра, не понимаю почему люди так не заслуженно понижают оценку игре. Да бывают вылеты иногда, но это не повод так "опускать" игру.
  26. Brandondwn
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    It’s literally the most boring looter shooter ever made. It’s 2019 and that is insane. You don’t even truly get loot till after ghe campaign and then it’s a grind for no real reason. Bad game is bad
  27. Deathmo
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    Everything is said over and over.
    The Game is really bad.
    I was so exited about the game.
    BioWare meant something in the past.
    Now I'am not so sure anymore.
  28. awolcz
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    I really wanted the game to succeed. And I still want the game to succeed. But current state of the game is tragical. There are too many technical issues and also boring and uniform loot, same missions mechanics all over again and all the bosses in game are just titans. Anthem currently lacks variability. It feels rushed. I'm really disappointed.
  29. ciorga
    Feb 24, 2019
    7
    The gunplay isn't as good as in case of Destiny 2. The actual flight mechanics are rly nice. Graphics are simply stunning. Nice game but could have been so much better.
  30. r3dl4nce
    Feb 24, 2019
    9
    Bioware's last game is a totally new IP. It features a wonderful world, Bastion, left unfinished by its creators, and a lot of events did happen in the past of this world. As a freelancer we can take contracts to explore this beautiful and ruined world to recover items, solve problems and obviously fight the various enemies, be them animals, metamorphics, Domain (the enemy faction) forcesBioware's last game is a totally new IP. It features a wonderful world, Bastion, left unfinished by its creators, and a lot of events did happen in the past of this world. As a freelancer we can take contracts to explore this beautiful and ruined world to recover items, solve problems and obviously fight the various enemies, be them animals, metamorphics, Domain (the enemy faction) forces or even bigger monsters. We explore the world in a totally customizable Javelin, an hi tech mechanical armor that can fly, run, shoot and have powerful skills.
    The game have some defects, but it's pro are great:
    it's fun
    it has a great Bioware-style storyline
    you can fly
    four javelins with great aesthetics and skill customization
    a beautiful world to explore (PC, Ultra settings, it's wonderful)
    again, it's a ton of fun    … Expand
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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#4 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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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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