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
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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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