Anthem

 PlayStation 4
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3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1416 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 356 out of 1416
  2. Mixed: 134 out of 1416
  3. Negative: 926 out of 1416
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  1. egstewa2
    Mar 10, 2019
    0
    Not worth $60 dollars. There are so many other games that are worth your time.
  2. alexohmygod
    Mar 12, 2019
    0
    I just want to say that I haven't created an account to complain about No Man's Sky, I haven't created an account to complain about Mass Effect Andromeda and I haven't created an account to complain any about the myriads of bad games I've played so far. But I did take the time to complain about Anthem, it's just pure garbage, flying for 30 second increments is just not worth much when theI just want to say that I haven't created an account to complain about No Man's Sky, I haven't created an account to complain about Mass Effect Andromeda and I haven't created an account to complain any about the myriads of bad games I've played so far. But I did take the time to complain about Anthem, it's just pure garbage, flying for 30 second increments is just not worth much when the game is so broken.… Expand
  3. evolveFPV
    Mar 15, 2019
    0
    Stay away from this game if you want the game industry to change for the better.
  4. Indurin
    Mar 19, 2019
    0
    This is pure EA garbage. I bought an unfinished game at full price. I made same mistake when I bought Star Wars Battlefield II, I will never buy anything from EA
  5. TheLastAgent81
    Mar 22, 2019
    0
    This game is so boring that even if its free it wont help. No soul, very bad creativity . You can have more fun when you play transformers or Superman if you want to fly .
  6. zeldaguy100
    Mar 29, 2019
    0
    I'd rather play Lego Indiana Jones 2 and watch the Angry birds movie while my dog licks my booty hole than play the horrid game. Please kill me, this is not a joke.
  7. AnthemSuksBawlz
    Apr 3, 2019
    0
    FYI I made this account specifically to review this game and give it a ZERO.

    I pre-ordered Anthem and even bought a copy for my best friend because of the early E3 trailer and later "actual gameplay" trailer. Well let me tell you, those videos were outright LIES that are illegal under US law. The game: - Can't even be played at most times due to server instability issues -    FYI I made this account specifically to review this game and give it a ZERO.

    I pre-ordered Anthem and even bought a copy for my best friend because of the early E3 trailer and later "actual gameplay" trailer. Well let me tell you, those videos were outright LIES that are illegal under US law.

    The game:

    - Can't even be played at most times due to server instability issues
    - Forces you to hit a loading screen for practically everything you want to do
    - There are still constant Pilot Error Data bugs which prevent you from even getting into the one single instanced town in the game (where you start from on login)
    - The combat is a joke since combat is based on scaling (ie a lvl1 player joining their friend will do more DPS with a lvl1 gun than someone with a full MasterWork loadout)
    - Is horribly designed from the ground up
    - Lacks any true end-game and BioWare's 90-day Games As Service model puts the first event a full 3 months after launch which effectively kills the game in terms of the majority of players
    - Is a looter shooter..... WITH NO LOOT. The Devs refuse to make the loot rain despite receiving a THOROUGH post by Diablo 3's director who revamped D3's loot with 2.0
    - The crafting system is now unusable since the harvest nodes you farm to get crafting material with were nerfed into oblivion and harvesting is now a waste of time

    I could go on and on about how terrible this game is, but the gist is that Anthem is a buggy mess that has far too many issues connecting to it's own servers for even a single-player instanced walk around Tarsis.

    Do NOT spend your money on Anthem. And I HIGHLY recommend not buying any more BioWare or EA games ever again unless you want to be looked at as a cash cow meant to be strung along to pay for low-effort DLC, loot boxes, and low-effort cosmetics that aren't even what the players want.    … Expand
  8. Woodlax
    Apr 15, 2019
    0
    This game is just horrible, no buts about it. Story is awful. Characters are basic AF. Loot? Super broken, adding more gear just makes you weaker (check reddit). Shooting? Your starting weapon is the best gun in the game (again, check reddit). Good look for a looter/shooter BioWare. I was less pissed when No Man's Sky turned out to be a total farce. If it took 7 years gets you thisThis game is just horrible, no buts about it. Story is awful. Characters are basic AF. Loot? Super broken, adding more gear just makes you weaker (check reddit). Shooting? Your starting weapon is the best gun in the game (again, check reddit). Good look for a looter/shooter BioWare. I was less pissed when No Man's Sky turned out to be a total farce. If it took 7 years gets you this piece of crap it should only take another 7 or 8 for them to finish. Super happy to be a $60 live beta guinea pig. Never buying another BioWare game.… Expand
  9. shootingstars99
    Aug 13, 2019
    0
    Have you ever wanted to trade your PS4 in for a paperweight? Now you don't have to, just buy Anthem and let the game brick your console! Only $59.99! You buy now!
  10. 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
  11. Somahjin
    May 16, 2019
    0
    claqué votre jeu de merde, allez vous faire foutre, vous avez donné le cancer a mon frere.
  12. EIIsworth
    Feb 25, 2021
    0
    I paid the full price when it launched to ENJOY the following points in minutes:
    - 60 mins flying like Iron Man
    - 30 mins of finding out the variety of story and quests - 60 mins of dialogues So after 2 1/2 hours I saw enough of this game. Update: Anthem Next is gone and so are the promised fixes and improvements. I actually paid them to give me TRASH. WOW! I'll never preorder an    I paid the full price when it launched to ENJOY the following points in minutes:
    - 60 mins flying like Iron Man
    - 30 mins of finding out the variety of story and quests
    - 60 mins of dialogues

    So after 2 1/2 hours I saw enough of this game.

    Update: Anthem Next is gone and so are the promised fixes and improvements. I actually paid them to give me TRASH. WOW! I'll never preorder an EA and BioWare Game again     … Expand
  13. 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 .
  14. 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
  15. ActualReviewer2
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Terrbible, EA quality at it's best. Release a game, make promises, deliver on NONE of them. EA style.
  16. AndreLinoge
    Sep 18, 2019
    0
    Я загрузил игру по подписке EA и знаете я не понимаю как такая огромная, богатейшая корпорация как EA и ранее уважаемая Bioware могли выпустит продукт такого уровня. Это же не играбельно!!!! Ща два дня игра вылетала раз 5 и выдавала ошибки связи несчётное количество раз. Как, ну как такое может быть. Подписку я оформил ради того чтобы попробовать именно эту игру и заплатил я какие то 300Я загрузил игру по подписке EA и знаете я не понимаю как такая огромная, богатейшая корпорация как EA и ранее уважаемая Bioware могли выпустит продукт такого уровня. Это же не играбельно!!!! Ща два дня игра вылетала раз 5 и выдавала ошибки связи несчётное количество раз. Как, ну как такое может быть. Подписку я оформил ради того чтобы попробовать именно эту игру и заплатил я какие то 300 руб, но мне их жалко. Эта игра ни стоит ни копейки. Это не просто провал, это плевок в лицо всему игровому сообществу.… Expand
  17. rmcf13
    Oct 30, 2019
    0
    A $60 AAA game that requires PS plus subscription to launch. Repetitive gameplay
  18. lchshd
    Nov 10, 2019
    0
    Wanna see something real funny? Go on Reddit to the r/AnthemTheGame or r/LowSodiumAnthem subreddits and prepare to laugh your ass off as people do the most amazing mental gymnastics you'll ever see.

    "Huh? Bioware finally came out with the half-assed content they were supposed to 3 months ago? Why that means they still care about this game! Because you know, releasing content multiple    Wanna see something real funny? Go on Reddit to the r/AnthemTheGame or r/LowSodiumAnthem subreddits and prepare to laugh your ass off as people do the most amazing mental gymnastics you'll ever see.

    "Huh? Bioware finally came out with the half-assed content they were supposed to 3 months ago? Why that means they still care about this game! Because you know, releasing content multiple months late in such an anticlimactic way somehow means this game's obviously going to have a FFXIV-like reboot!"

    "What's that? The developers decided to not post here anymore right after release? Why, it's because of the haters constantly bashing the game and the company! Certainly not because Bioware acted like little **** the moment people pointed out how the literal hundreds of flaws that makes the game not even worth $20! If you haters would've just sat there and ate your bowl of **** like the rest of us fans you wouldn't be so angry!"

    "What's this? Various people including the leads of Anthem have left Bioware during development and after release? Good riddance! Who needs people that have been with the company for almost 20 years & know what they're doing? Out with the old, in with the...oh, the positions of the people that left are still empty after all this time? Don't worry about filling them in! They'll figure it out somehow! They have Bioware Magic on their side after all!"

    "Really? You decided to cancel the planned bonus content that was supposed to come out and instead to replace them with seasonal events that are literally just lazy reskins of the thing that came out 3 months too late & the same base content that was in the game since launch? Why that's an amazing idea! That way I can grind and grind for hundreds of hours on the literal same maps doing menial tasks that are made insanely long just to pad out the playtime! Can't wait to have missions where I have to kill 1000 enemies, then 2500 enemies and then 5000 enemies that ultimately serves no purpose whatsoever because Bioware is that desperate to have people play their game for more than an hour before realizing that they're just wasting time!"

    "Oh, and please don't mention all of the bugs, glitches, game crashes and disconnection problems the game has had since day 1. That triggers me because I can't justify those, which makes me realize that the game I spend 20 hours a day on isn't perfect."

    I honestly haven't seen a gaming fanbase this idiotic, desperate & pathetic since Evolve's. Fitting for a game that's also on its' way to becoming dead like Evolve.    … Expand
  19. Serg13
    Dec 23, 2019
    0
    It is a waste of money and time, no improvements, just a piece of crap. Never ever will buy the games of this cheap **** company. Shame.
  20. SteamingWade
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    This game has so much potential! It clearly fell victim to a company that only cares about digging gold out of their users, that’s when I ask myself, how can people be so forgiving with big ones like EA after all their **** politics, and so critical with indie developers.
  21. SANGUINNEX
    Aug 2, 2020
    0
    esse jogo quase queimou meu ps4 , cheio de bugs e travado. Online dele está parecendo jogo recem lançado "jogo morto"
  22. kayrakaanonline
    Aug 17, 2020
    0
    Anthem is painful. Everything is so slow, so buggy, frame rate is horrible and the gameplay is not fun. Story is horrible, there are no characters and the matchmaking is broken. Dont come closer. Leave this game and never return.
  23. ANTIANTHEM
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    Anthem rappresenta la decadenza assoluta di una software house sviluppatrice di videogiochi. Gioco letteralmente penoso, ingiocabile, buggato e a tratti frustrante, ripetitivo e nauseante. Esperienza pessima per chi, come me, lo ha acquistato al day one. 70 euro buttati via, sarebbe stato meglio spenderli in veleno. NON ACQUISTATELO PER NULLA AL MONDO. NEANCHE GRATIS.
  24. Lolfighter
    Jul 21, 2022
    0
    Dont Listen to these untruthful positive comments. This game is so bad that if there was a opposite thing of GOTY( Worst game of the year or something) it could already won this fairly easily. That these Positive user ratings either be the devs bots or some EAtards diehards fan backing up for them. Typical EA releasing **** AAA games that only get waste of money and hates. Why even try orDont Listen to these untruthful positive comments. This game is so bad that if there was a opposite thing of GOTY( Worst game of the year or something) it could already won this fairly easily. That these Positive user ratings either be the devs bots or some EAtards diehards fan backing up for them. Typical EA releasing **** AAA games that only get waste of money and hates. Why even try or do it without any thinking about the negative consequenses of it?… Expand
  25. ShumOne
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    I will never forget and obviously never forgive. This game was basically a world scale scam and EA should have been sued.
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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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