Anthem

 PlayStation 4
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3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1416 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 356 out of 1416
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  3. Negative: 926 out of 1416
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  1. Skyline_RJ
    Jul 16, 2019
    2
    This game was released absolutely broken. It doesn´t deserve any kind of gameplay evaluation. Will take a long time to EA, Bioware or whatever they get envolved to see my money again.
  2. pacific1
    Jun 25, 2019
    1
    Bought this game June 2019, I played through the whole campaign and all of the strongholds. Missions all feel largely the same and uncreative. Graphics are decent but not mind blowing even on xbox one x. I would say that the game crashed back to the opening screen approximately 50% of the time after mission end leading to even longer load times to get back in than they already are. TheBought this game June 2019, I played through the whole campaign and all of the strongholds. Missions all feel largely the same and uncreative. Graphics are decent but not mind blowing even on xbox one x. I would say that the game crashed back to the opening screen approximately 50% of the time after mission end leading to even longer load times to get back in than they already are. The story is uninteresting generic sci-fi loaded with overt and subliminal SJW propaganda (like most EA games) which you may or may not enjoy. I never felt the desire to customize my character at all after the initial build. The guns are generic as well, I found the LMG to be the only useful one. The character voice acting is good but it's hard to care about any of it and the choices made in the conversations do not seem to greatly impact anything. It is unclear what the motivation is to continue playing this after the credits role. It was a chore just to get that far.… Expand
  3. CmdrLaserstrahl
    Jun 23, 2019
    2
    So short summary:
    - Graphics, just state of the art not more (seen better on PS4)
    - A lot of bugs and crashes (still not fixed!) - The iron-man like fly is very funny and is very cool - Loading time is okay when you have an SSD installed in PS4, otherwise it is a joke - Fighting/Shooting compared to Destiny 2 feels not so well - Menus straight out of hell Currently I’d recommend    So short summary:
    - Graphics, just state of the art not more (seen better on PS4)
    - A lot of bugs and crashes (still not fixed!)
    - The iron-man like fly is very funny and is very cool
    - Loading time is okay when you have an SSD installed in PS4, otherwise it is a joke
    - Fighting/Shooting compared to Destiny 2 feels not so well
    - Menus straight out of hell

    Currently I’d recommend to spend your money for one of the many other coop shooter.

    First of all, I was about to just skip Anthem, because of the bad critics. However, a friend came up with the idea to play it as squad of 4, team of friends. We played other looter shooter or coop games in general in our 4 men static party. So we bought Anthem for 20 Bucks on PS4. So we were about “just let’s have some fun.”.
    And we tried to have it, but the point is that the game is still not finished, it is full of bugs and unstable. There was nearly no session where not one of us had a game crash or stuck in loading screen. Sometimes one of us was not able to join the squad. It happens several times that the “connection to server was lost” during some kind of boss fight. Funny thing, it happened 3 times at the same boss.
    We don’t care for the story, looter shooter… the game tries to tell an epic story, but it isn’t at all. It is annoying to run from npc to npc in town just to get ready for the next mission. They should replace the town for a text-based menu.
    Menu, next point. I don’t like the menu in this game. It is too bulky, slow, never had issues with menus in games, but this is just annoying.
    We played it for about 30 hours. And we stopped for another, real AAA Looter Shooter.    … Expand
  4. Joker_14_pt
    Jun 18, 2019
    1
    Este jogo é horrível personagens horríveis má jogabilidade e completamente horrível
  5. sean420
    Jun 13, 2019
    0
    I have played many looter shooters. Division 1/2 Destiny 1/2 and some Diablos. So hearing about a new looter shooter by bioware got me HYPED. I discussed it with friends, subscribed to many youtube channels about it, and well pre ordering it.

    On the day of February 22nd I got home from school and immediately started playing. Then well the first loading screen took 5 minutes. I was    I have played many looter shooters. Division 1/2 Destiny 1/2 and some Diablos. So hearing about a new looter shooter by bioware got me HYPED. I discussed it with friends, subscribed to many youtube channels about it, and well pre ordering it.

    On the day of February 22nd I got home from school and immediately started playing. Then well the first loading screen took 5 minutes. I was annoyed but thought "They'll fix that" so I started playing. Well I was shocked. It was terrible but I kept playing thinking that the end game will be amazing because hey that's the case with many games. But well guess what it wasn't. Through about 4 weeks I slowly racked up about 40 hours into the game and then I just quite. I had a lot of loot and none of it was interesting so I got really bored. I write this review now because of cataclysms. Thinking they would like raids from destiny. And they weren't. They were terrible dumb mindless modes of just killing adds. DON'T BUY ANTHEM!!!!    … Expand
  6. SWERY_51
    Jun 9, 2019
    2
    Anthem is the perfect mix between... a mediocre Destiny and an awful Warframe. I think it is simply the biggest disappointment ever in my entire gamer's life. Congrats.

    Pros :
    + Graphics are nice most of the time
    + Animations and lip-sync are good
    + Gameplay is smooth

    Cons :
    - Everything else!
  7. Br_AgSs
    Jun 6, 2019
    3
    This game could've been a top tier Third-Person Shooter, except, it isent. The gameplay is bad. the only "good" thing on the gameplay is the flying mode, but the rest is stupid. Its an incomplete game, bad combat mechanics and SEVERAL bugs, the frame is terrible and the story is lame. Onlne is useless. They really shoud've used more of the flying.
  8. Martinakara
    Jun 4, 2019
    3
    Eu daria uma nota mais alta se eu ao menos conseguisse jogar. Os servidores de Anthem são uma piada, impossível jogar por 1 hora direto sem ser derrubado. A EA está cavando sua própria cova.
  9. swirlsie
    Jun 4, 2019
    0
    Nothing in this game works, 100% false advertising on most, if not all, promised features. Gameplay video's from promotions like E3 do not even look remotely similar to the end result. Loot is a big mess, and actually doesnt work. you can use the level 1 gun and gear and have the same dps as your your epic character...

    This game is not finished, not done, and not worth anyones time.    Nothing in this game works, 100% false advertising on most, if not all, promised features. Gameplay video's from promotions like E3 do not even look remotely similar to the end result. Loot is a big mess, and actually doesnt work. you can use the level 1 gun and gear and have the same dps as your your epic character...

    This game is not finished, not done, and not worth anyones time. check reddit.    … Expand
  10. Seletman
    Jun 2, 2019
    3
    Anthem has good gameplay with a nice mix-up of firearms and specific skills for each class, has a good map size and great vertical mobility with the flying system. The big problem is when you have a looter-shooter that is not rewarding and has no loot. Not because it's difficult to get the best gear in the game, but because there is no loot. The game feels incomplete in every way possible.Anthem has good gameplay with a nice mix-up of firearms and specific skills for each class, has a good map size and great vertical mobility with the flying system. The big problem is when you have a looter-shooter that is not rewarding and has no loot. Not because it's difficult to get the best gear in the game, but because there is no loot. The game feels incomplete in every way possible. The low variety of maps, the low variety of skills and gear, and of course, the content. It's an amazing game for you to play for a couple of hours or even days, but after some time you easily realize that there's nothing else for you there and you are obligated to do the same thing expecting something different until you finally realize there is nothing different. That's all the game is. Disappointing.… Expand
  11. YoungOnWatch
    May 27, 2019
    0
    Anthem is not a finished game when it was released. From the game crashing my PS4 (which also makes you lose all of the loot you accumulated in the game) to frame rate drops that looks like slow motion pictures in a big boss fight. The numerous amount of loading screens that takes way too long and ruins the pace of play in the game. And Fort Tarsis feeling like you are walking in aAnthem is not a finished game when it was released. From the game crashing my PS4 (which also makes you lose all of the loot you accumulated in the game) to frame rate drops that looks like slow motion pictures in a big boss fight. The numerous amount of loading screens that takes way too long and ruins the pace of play in the game. And Fort Tarsis feeling like you are walking in a graveyard. This is not the same game that we've seen when they introduced this new IP back at E3 three years ago.

    Now this game does have potential and can become a really good game with gamers have full customization with their javelins, which you can't really find in AAA games anymore. And the roadmap for the game showing exciting events coming up for the next three months. But, if you are reading this review to decide if you are going to buy this game, i would say wait three months to see what BioWare has done to improve the quality of life and playability of Anthem. I say that because right now this game is not the AAA game we were expecting and its also not worth 60+ dollars with all the issues and headaches that comes when trying to experience that game and make you regret spending that amount of money for a half-cooked game. Now, maybe my experience will change over time with Anthem, but right now, this is my opinion of the game.    … Expand
  12. RandomNerd
    May 25, 2019
    0
    boring campaign Bugs paradise very lame rewards found in loot boxes
    Online services where down most of the time.
    the game crashes most of the time it clearly is a pathetic attempt at destiny 2 but with robotic armor
    it is clearly a rushed release .
  13. tonyfred898
    May 19, 2019
    1
    BioWare is the reason I’m in gaming... mass effect 1,2,3 Dragon age trilogy, Kotr! But this game is so broken and bad i uninstalled it from my PS4 pro! I even played through Andromeda twice and that was trash! BioWare i understand you want to try different ideas, but you aren’t good at games as a service, go back to what made you great and stop trying to be Bungie, Blizzard, UbisoftBioWare is the reason I’m in gaming... mass effect 1,2,3 Dragon age trilogy, Kotr! But this game is so broken and bad i uninstalled it from my PS4 pro! I even played through Andromeda twice and that was trash! BioWare i understand you want to try different ideas, but you aren’t good at games as a service, go back to what made you great and stop trying to be Bungie, Blizzard, Ubisoft they are pros at this... you are not!… Expand
  14. Medicate
    May 19, 2019
    1
    And now we see at fallout 76... Ooops, Anthem, I play this game 18 hours and this is the culmination of the fall a Bioware studio. R.i.P. I Hope Dragon Age 4 will be multiplayer-online-grind-microtransation-sjw-frostbite trash like Andromeda or Anthem. becouse no other way.
  15. Skywise1987
    May 18, 2019
    10
    Amazing game, people tend to forget the ROLE PLAYING aspect of these Games, I'm having a blast, the game looks beautiful, plays beautifully, people today are extremely impatient, I will say pre ordering something like this is foolish, always wait at least a few months after release this is hardly the first Game to need some extra time and people apparently cannot learn from past games,Amazing game, people tend to forget the ROLE PLAYING aspect of these Games, I'm having a blast, the game looks beautiful, plays beautifully, people today are extremely impatient, I will say pre ordering something like this is foolish, always wait at least a few months after release this is hardly the first Game to need some extra time and people apparently cannot learn from past games, you can't expect review bombing a game to fix the game. Once again I highly recommend, beautiful world beautiful combat beautiful systems, can't wait for the future.… Expand
  16. Theangrypasta
    May 17, 2019
    3
    It's just totally mediocre. I played for around 7 hours and stopped. There's just nothing here.
  17. norse
    May 16, 2019
    7
    I'd say it's better than destiny - graphics and storyline as well as game mechanics are more fun.

    That said, it's not Bioware RPG and it has it's annoying moments. Mind you, I played only after the first set of patches released.
  18. Somahjin
    May 16, 2019
    0
    claqué votre jeu de merde, allez vous faire foutre, vous avez donné le cancer a mon frere.
  19. Jtapio
    May 12, 2019
    1
    After seeing Anthem presented at E3, I was sold. Bought the digital version. Played three missions without excitement and noticed that I had encountered a situation where suddenly I couldn't carry on with storyline. Well I decided to end my storyline with Anthem and deleted the game. First time I even would want a refund of this gaming experience. So many expectations and promises not fulfilled.
  20. nosgothz
    May 11, 2019
    0
    Una autentica basura y un timo un juego que no esta acabado y que han vendido como si fuera oro, una autentica estafa al jugador y una verguenza para EA compañia que cae en picado x su avaricia y su mala praxis. Ni se os ocurra comprarlo ! os va a entretener unas horas, y despues es todo el rato igual ademas de ser una lucha constante contra sus infinitos bugs algunos tan indecentes comoUna autentica basura y un timo un juego que no esta acabado y que han vendido como si fuera oro, una autentica estafa al jugador y una verguenza para EA compañia que cae en picado x su avaricia y su mala praxis. Ni se os ocurra comprarlo ! os va a entretener unas horas, y despues es todo el rato igual ademas de ser una lucha constante contra sus infinitos bugs algunos tan indecentes como no poder proseguir en la aventura y tener que abandonar constantemente las misiones... Un juego no acabado se merece un 0 y esa es la nota que le doy... una pena porque una compañia medio decente hubiera sacado mucho partido a este juego.… Expand
  21. Ouas
    May 8, 2019
    6
    By no means is this a perfect game. This has many issues, I mean like so many problems wrong with it. People complaints about this game are warranted for the most part, for people saying that it is repetitive may not have played a ARPG before. That is pretty much what we do in those types of games to get loot. The loot has issues, if they could fix that and fix crashes of the game thenBy no means is this a perfect game. This has many issues, I mean like so many problems wrong with it. People complaints about this game are warranted for the most part, for people saying that it is repetitive may not have played a ARPG before. That is pretty much what we do in those types of games to get loot. The loot has issues, if they could fix that and fix crashes of the game then this game could be a solid 8 out of 10 for me. I loved Too Human and it had a similar problem. Promises that were made but never delivered, but I respect Bioware for still trying even with all this backlash. I mean they can't win. I haven't had this much fun in a game in awhile, but it has it problems. I still believe they will get it all worked out.… Expand
  22. Baggy11
    May 8, 2019
    0
    7 years in the making..... 7 years doing nothing productive! What a load of crap! What a load of crap!What a load of crap!What a load of crap!What a load of crap!What a load of crap!What a load of crap!
  23. artimis
    May 4, 2019
    0
    This game is a complete mess.
    -game crashs
    -server errors -bricking consoles -broken loot -clunky ui -repetitive missions -end game is a joke - no customization -story is a joke -falsely advertised at e3 -getting stuck -frame rate drops -boring map Only good things is flying and graphics. This game was clearly rushed as a "live service" and needed more time. I dont even    This game is a complete mess.
    -game crashs
    -server errors
    -bricking consoles
    -broken loot
    -clunky ui
    -repetitive missions
    -end game is a joke
    - no customization
    -story is a joke
    -falsely advertised at e3
    -getting stuck
    -frame rate drops
    -boring map
    Only good things is flying and graphics.

    This game was clearly rushed as a "live service" and needed more time. I dont even know what to say about bioware but i give up

    -    … Expand
  24. Volsyden
    Apr 29, 2019
    3
    i gave this a 3 due to the fact this game does look pretty. but overall pretty boring, most companies that are in a hurry to make money often screw it up and try to add in game purchases. i will never buy another game from EA, bio-ware, etc. due to the heavy weight on my wallet and unfinished products. sad really, this game could have been great but add corporate greed in the title andi gave this a 3 due to the fact this game does look pretty. but overall pretty boring, most companies that are in a hurry to make money often screw it up and try to add in game purchases. i will never buy another game from EA, bio-ware, etc. due to the heavy weight on my wallet and unfinished products. sad really, this game could have been great but add corporate greed in the title and this is what you get.... keep it up and there will be no more players buying your monetized crappy games.… Expand
  25. Madmojo
    Apr 29, 2019
    2
    I can;t add anything else that already hasn't been said. I paid $80 for an incomplete game that took me a few hours to get through the content (If you don;t count the huge amounts of time sunk into the loading screen and crashes etc..)
  26. TheFrog
    Apr 27, 2019
    4
    Ok, so I was initially impressed by the admittedly very good forest-with-overgrown-ruins design of the play area. I picked up a mech and gradually learned how to use it at its best. Dropped better weapons that allowed me to take on more powerful enemies. After a while everything became routine, every mission is essentially the same. Oh, you drop a new weapon that is the same as theOk, so I was initially impressed by the admittedly very good forest-with-overgrown-ruins design of the play area. I picked up a mech and gradually learned how to use it at its best. Dropped better weapons that allowed me to take on more powerful enemies. After a while everything became routine, every mission is essentially the same. Oh, you drop a new weapon that is the same as the previous one but has better numbers and better random buffs. Same with mech enhancements.
    I spent months playing Warframe, which is just as grindy, but it offered so many different things to aim for that it kept me hooked. Here you'll probably have fun during the campaign, especially if you play with friends, but after that there is literally nothing. The missions are always the same, and more powerful enemies are simply the same enemies with higher stats. I didn't last one month.    … Expand
  27. Liaramancer
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    12 hours into the game and the only thing Anthem succeeds at is being a Destiny clone that's worse than Destiny. The gameplay is repetitive, there's is no story and the characters vary from bland to just plain annoying.
  28. k3llist
    Apr 25, 2019
    6
    Why is it so boring? The game has huge potential and it will flourish in the future, I'm sure, but now playing it's incredibly boring.
  29. cappy2895
    Apr 24, 2019
    3
    The game has potential, I love the flying, mechanics and the world itself but for a looter shooter this lacks in any valuble loot, armor, skins and meaningful endgame. The volume of bugs and loading screens is painful. I have given a lower score than i would have because the lack of communication or clarity from bioware and any form of apology has veen visibly absent. They thought thatThe game has potential, I love the flying, mechanics and the world itself but for a looter shooter this lacks in any valuble loot, armor, skins and meaningful endgame. The volume of bugs and loading screens is painful. I have given a lower score than i would have because the lack of communication or clarity from bioware and any form of apology has veen visibly absent. They thought that with 1 or 2 years of development they could release an unfinished game and still get our money.… Expand
  30. artardmoshea
    Apr 22, 2019
    5
    This game feels unfinished both from a technical standpoint and content wise.

    When it's working there is some fun to be had, but between the server disconnects, frequent and long loading screens, and actual game crashes, you spend a lot of time trying to get to the enjoyable parts of this game. 2 things this game does very well: The music is very good. The characters are great,    This game feels unfinished both from a technical standpoint and content wise.

    When it's working there is some fun to be had, but between the server disconnects, frequent and long loading screens, and actual game crashes, you spend a lot of time trying to get to the enjoyable parts of this game.

    2 things this game does very well:

    The music is very good.

    The characters are great, well acted, and interesting.

    The story is a real let down, it feels unfinished anti-climatic, dull.

    The flying feels great, but it's extremely limited flight time is a real irritation for no apparent reason.

    The combat/ abilities are good, each javelin feels unique and useful.

    The loot is boring, doesn't seem to matter much, an absolute death knell for this kind of game, how do you screw that up? Definitely something they can fix though.

    The voice chat is very poor and doesn't seem like anyone even tries to use it anymore, there is no written chat, this game feels very much like you are playing alone, not a good thing for this kind of game, this game is hurt by it's poorly functioning online features and offers no benefit in return. Bad bad bad.

    I can see this game turning into something great once it's finished, but it's certainly not there yet.    … Expand
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54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 28
  3. Negative: 6 out of 28
  1. VGC
    May 2, 2019
    40
    There’s an intriguing game buried somewhere in Anthem, lying broken beneath its loot and structural frustrations like chunks of fossilised dinosaur bone.
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  2. Vgames
    Mar 16, 2019
    45
    Even if I ignore all the bugs, glitches and disconnects I had, Anthem is still, by and large, a mediocre game. The lackluster story, loot system and gameplay make this game one to pass on. At least in its current state.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Mar 14, 2019
    50
    Though it’s one of best-looking titles on PS4, Anthem’s uninspired action and obsession with grindy tasks mean BioWare’s mechs aren’t on song. [Issue#160, p.83]
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