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. d4ntes
    Aug 20, 2023
    6
    This is prime example of wasted potential. It took them one year to just fix the game (but not everything was fixed), and then it died. But I got to say, what is in there, is still fun and playable. Missions are fine, freeplay is even better, story is acceptable but character are annoying, almost everyone is smartass. There are good rpg elements, some nice builds to discover, so overallThis is prime example of wasted potential. It took them one year to just fix the game (but not everything was fixed), and then it died. But I got to say, what is in there, is still fun and playable. Missions are fine, freeplay is even better, story is acceptable but character are annoying, almost everyone is smartass. There are good rpg elements, some nice builds to discover, so overall it's a fine game, but it could have been so much better. Graphics and overall presentation is really good, even on PS4, but there are some fps drops and sound glitches, that was never fixed.… Expand
  2. 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.
  3. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.
  4. Allercon
    Feb 25, 2019
    6
    Lets getting something out of the way first. The demo we all played was terrible, and the ranger class was pretty lacklustre and boring but the final released version of the game is completely different in comparison - graphically and in execution.
    I'm really struggling to understand how some reviewers are saying the story is confusing and vague.
    If you take a few seconds to read the    Lets getting something out of the way first. The demo we all played was terrible, and the ranger class was pretty lacklustre and boring but the final released version of the game is completely different in comparison - graphically and in execution.
    I'm really struggling to understand how some reviewers are saying the story is confusing and vague.
    If you take a few seconds to read the codex, it fills in any gaps you think are there.
    Bioware nails the characters, and the story is clear as day. It is told via codex, numerous cutscenes and constantly via the banter between you and our cypher, and through the vast number of fleshed out NPC's.
    Within the first 20 minutes the story hurls you into a clear narrative with fast paced action, and it continues to build from then on.
    It feels that reviewers are throwing Bioware under the bus, much like IGN did with Borderlands VR.
    I admit that the demo was terrible, and Bioware shouldn't have released an early build. I feel that many have reviewed it based on that, or are just wanting Bioware to fail for some childish reason.

    Fort Tarsis feels like a living and breathing hub. Ignore what reviewers have said about it getting in the way of action. They seem to forget that the much loved Mass Effect did the exact same thing with the various ports you'd visit.
    Whilst the forge gearing system can feel counterintuitive, it does makes sense. You equip yourself before heading out into battle. You character isn't going to be carrying 40 weapons to cycle through - so read your mission briefing and equip yourself accordingly. That's just common sense.
    Something just doesn't feel right with the way this game has been handled by the community.
    I started using the Interceptor, as its been lambasted as being the "worst". It ended-up being awesome and fun to play as, but I had to learn how to approach battles differently than I did with the Ranger. It felt completely different to me and when I unlocked the Storm, it felt like a whole new class (as it should), which made me reapproach my playstyle again to match its abilities and strengths.
    This is an incredible game, and I am loving the characters and feel connected to its world much like I did with Mass Effect 1-2, and Dragon Age. The gameplay mechanics are solid and levels well designed.
    If you are comparing it to Destiny for some reason, then you're wasting your time. It's completely different. Just go and play Destiny for that experience than comparing the two at every corner.
    Bioware has given us a beautiful and chaotic world with compelling characters.
    I'd highly recommend this title, and take caution when reading reviews from prominent websites.
    Pros - gameplay, graphics, music, sound, characters, class differences
    cons - teething issues with connectivity (experienced once in 20 hours of gameplay), load times (resolved) - now only takes a few seconds on PS4 Pro.    … Expand
  5. Harthik69
    Jul 9, 2023
    8
    Very Good game. Can spend some time to play and exeprience it again. Download and give it a try again in future
  6. raphsb
    Apr 25, 2023
    1
    Ridiculous and lazy game that forces you to do online missions to continue the story. A shame made by EA.
  7. Jaidenbrkl1
    Mar 27, 2023
    7
    Is Anthem worth $3? Yes! Is it worth $60? NO! Because when the game came out, this version is a buggy, GLITCHY mess! Listen. The game is completely different to Destiny and it’s made by Mass Effect developer BioWare and it damaged their reputation as a great developer for EA. I am SO glad that EA has moved on to better games like Dead Space and Wild Hearts.
  8. Doomguy82
    Jan 18, 2023
    1
    This game is dead. Really **** boring. Don't like it at all. Shouldn't exist
  9. Lacyel
    Dec 6, 2022
    5
    O jogo e excelente merecia mais suporte, muito inovador, espero que um dia retorne com o suporte.
  10. 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
  11. HuevoAlce
    Jun 27, 2022
    4
    Yikes. This was another blunder by Bioware. Very little content and mundane gameplay.
  12. Cjtumc
    Jun 6, 2022
    5
    was very disappointed and way overhyped. the trailer at first was so cool if only........
  13. Chempion1
    Apr 25, 2022
    7
    Anthem игра, которую я лично вообще не ждал, особенно после убогой ME: Andromeda от той же студии. Она вышла, и я её сразу же купил.....через год!
    И понял, что поступил очень правильно. Так как ранние отзывы ругали её за сырость и корявость. У многих игра многократно вылетала даже на PS4. Через год патчи всё починили, в игру стало приятно играть, ну лично мне.
    Не починили только загрузки    Anthem игра, которую я лично вообще не ждал, особенно после убогой ME: Andromeda от той же студии. Она вышла, и я её сразу же купил.....через год!
    И понял, что поступил очень правильно. Так как ранние отзывы ругали её за сырость и корявость. У многих игра многократно вылетала даже на PS4. Через год патчи всё починили, в игру стало приятно играть, ну лично мне.
    Не починили только загрузки между уровней, они иногда очень долгие до 80 секунд. Может раньше были дольше, не знаю.
    Так же хочу упомянуть один, на мой взгляд, очень хамский поступок. Не знаю EA или самой BioWare. Игра продавалась, по крайней мере, в начале за 3990 руб, но для запуска требуется обязательно PS Plus (минимум 499 рублей). То есть с тебя требуют цену как за игру ААА класса, но платить надо ещё и за онлайн (обязательно) как в какой-нибудь фритуплейной игре. Ну не хамство ли? Тем более, почти всю игру можно пройти в одиночку, что я и сделал.
    Теперь о хорошем.
    Мне игра, в принципе, понравилась. Очень понравилось летать, что скажу я очень странно. Во всех играх, которые я видел полеты на самолетах, джавилинах и прочем реактивном транспорте это проклятие игры которое надо выстрадать, что бы её пройти! Всё время во что-то врезаешься, теряешься в пространстве. Здесь же всё работает!
    Отмечу сюжет, он достаточно хороший для кооперативной игры. Проблема в том, что подаётся он очень странно. Скажу сразу часов 5 в начале игры придется потерпеть и повыполнять тупые задания. Ровно до уровня, где надо посетить четыре гробницы легионеров. Это самый тупой и долгий уровень, на него я убил 4 часа игры. Хотел уже забросить игру, но неожиданно этот уровень прошелся (кто играл или будет играть поймет). И тут пошла движуха, сюжет полился, страсти закипели.
    Я думаю большинство отзывов с оценками от "0" до "3" связано именно с этим уровнем, люди не смогли его пройти, и засрали игру.
    Лицевая анимация мне тоже понравилась, особенно сравнивая с Andromeda.
    Шутерная часть тоже на высоте, стрелять интересно.
    Ещё хочу сказать о прокачке, она очень похожа на систему The Division и это здорово! Игра вообще структурно очень похожа на The Division.
    Враги. Ну, что враги как враги. Их не очень много разновидностей, к сожалению. Но есть и боссы.
    Графон на высоте. Frostbite 3 работает как надо. Единственное, иногда не прорисовываются маркеры заданий и карта сбоит.
    Но самое главное это конечно джавилины. Их четыре и открыть, если постараться, можно все. У меня получилось только два. У каждого своё оружие, свои плюсы и минусы.
    Кстати говоря, хотя Anthem делала BioWare состоящая в основном из женщин. Никакого феминизма в игре я не заметил.
    Советую пройти игру именно сейчас. Купить её можно сейчас рублей за 500 ну и PS Plus. Все, ну почти все, косяки устранены. Вылетов нет, игра проходится приятно. Был один раз разрыв с сетью, но это ерунда.    … Expand
  14. PhillusMaximus
    Apr 14, 2022
    1
    By far the most overhyped game of the decade. What you saw in the trailers was everything that was in the game. Not a bit more.
    **** story, no content at all, hundreds of bugs, bad gameplay. Graphics are the only part worth a point.
  15. Pwin67
    Feb 7, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Anthem has been one of the best games I have played in a while. It reminds me of another game, in a suit and fighting on desolate planet. The story is very exciting to be able to play alone or with a group. The graphics are very good and help carry the ow of the storyline.… Expand
  16. 1TACH1_UCH1HA
    Dec 10, 2021
    1
    Un juego con temática interesante y un tema en el que se inspiraron para la creación de juego de interés para una cierta parte de los fanáticos de los juegos, lastimosamente con unos errores que dan a conocer que el proyecto fue abandonado desde el principio una pérdida de lo que hubiera sido un gran videojuego.
  17. LilTopi
    Sep 14, 2021
    6
    It's an okay game, could have been a really good one if it fulfilled it's complete potential. It also got a lot more hate than it deserved, they really nailed the movement mechanics in this game and the story was descent. Just wish they could have "copied" a bit of destiny's open "always multiplayer" formula to keep the game world more alive. It didn't when the max capacity of each regionIt's an okay game, could have been a really good one if it fulfilled it's complete potential. It also got a lot more hate than it deserved, they really nailed the movement mechanics in this game and the story was descent. Just wish they could have "copied" a bit of destiny's open "always multiplayer" formula to keep the game world more alive. It didn't when the max capacity of each region had 4 players, should rather be 30. End game content at launch was also really shallow.… Expand
  18. Hackslashshoot
    Jul 16, 2021
    8
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  19. ucjv300
    Jul 18, 2021
    5
    A game with potential but unfortunately wasted. If they made a decent update maybe they could save this game.
  20. AlbYSaN
    Jun 26, 2021
    1
    This could be one of my favourite game ever and instead it was been a shame.
    Promised updates never arrived, lack of content and remake stopped.
    For the rest (graphics, gameplay, etc.) magnificent game.
  21. VoxxFoxx
    Jun 26, 2021
    6
    As the weekend passed and Anthem was released global we saw a variety of things from the long awaited EA BioWare 2019 flagship title. Many of which were terribly disappointing; to say the least.

    I think that however distasteful as it may be, the best thing to do is start with the bad. At least that way there will be the proverbial silver lining at the end; which thankfully there is.    As the weekend passed and Anthem was released global we saw a variety of things from the long awaited EA BioWare 2019 flagship title. Many of which were terribly disappointing; to say the least.

    I think that however distasteful as it may be, the best thing to do is start with the bad. At least that way there will be the proverbial silver lining at the end; which thankfully there is. Well; slightly.

    With ridiculous loading screen times that, literally left room for some important tea and bathroom breaks, and more crashes than my Dad’s 8 year old desktop pc it can easily be labelled as a rocky start. With that said, it also raises questions about how much testing of the final product was done prior to release or if these issues were a result of the post-beta changes.

    Other less serious issues included extremely short game ending times after a final boss defeats and lack of loot. Hanging on screens between instances, and many other niggling annoyances.

    It really begs the question of what they were thinking when they decided to release the game at this stage, and with knowledge of the post-beta changes they’d made. However, this can be partially forgiven as recent comments from the Anthem camp have said they thought it could have benefited from a little more time. So they know things have gone a bit array and are looking to change them.

    Thankfully, it seems that BioWare are learning from the failings of their competitors and were all over them like a dog on a bone churning out patch 1.03 in an attempt to fix many of the pressing issues; then whatever it didn’t fix, or seemingly made worse, they tried tackling in the quickly succeeding patch 1.04.

    On the other side of the coin there were quite a few good points that have been noted by a vast number of players, which I have to agree with. Anthem, by far, has some of the most impressive environments gamers have seen thus far. Also, In spite of the lack of general storyline, the game is very much enjoyable to play and with some fine tuning could very well turn into a great game; even a brilliant one.

    I think one of the main things that everyone, including myself, noted from this weekend‘s gaming was that, in spite of the over exaggerated claims otherwise, this was nowhere near as bad as the Fallout 76 disaster. And another thing is that EA BioWare have been especially quick to, and progressively, respond to players issues and feedback. We'll see how it goes, but for now It's a middle of the road rating from me. Good ideas, great look; bad execution.    … Expand
  22. ahmet9119
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    you want online connection but you have the worst servers in the world. i can't play this stupid game just because you want online connection. Why? What is wrong with you? I CAN NOT CONNECT TO YOUR GODDAMN SERVERS. I paid for your game and i can't play it. FIX YOUR GAME!
  23. AYESRYU
    May 8, 2021
    7
    Right now the gameplay is great,buy the Game needs more missions and new menu for loot and ítems
  24. Maou00
    Apr 21, 2021
    7
    A ver hay que aclarar que el juego no es malo, lo que si esta mal es lo repetitivo, una campaña un poco vacía, la falta de enemigos y cosas que se pueden farmear.
  25. PSGaming
    Mar 6, 2021
    8
    I don't know why it is having so much hate this game.I played it now for 30+ hrs and i enjoying it.It is having aome technical issues on the base PS4,but besides that it is fun shooter.The story is also interesting with plot twists.I think it deserves better score but that's only me thinking that.
  26. Xiricon
    Mar 1, 2021
    0
    I am a self serving loot whore, I like games as a service, ones that aren't Anthem.
    You might be able to pay me to play this flaming garbage heap, if the pay was good enough.
    But I can't say that I won't have the recruiters on call for better opportunities.
  27. Patayte
    Feb 26, 2021
    2
    Bu oyun yapılabilecek en boktan micro ödeme içeren oyun tamamen EA sayesinde batan saçma sapan ve para koparmak için tasarlandığı inanılmaz belli bir oyun gerçekten para israfı
  28. 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
  29. Xadrian
    Feb 24, 2021
    1
    I had purchased this game on launch based on videos highlighting promised content. An ongoing world with frequent updates. After completing the game story it was clear the gameplay loop was dull. The content updates never materialized. It was a hollow ship for paid DLC.

    There were promises that there would be updates, but they never came. This game is now officially dead. As    I had purchased this game on launch based on videos highlighting promised content. An ongoing world with frequent updates. After completing the game story it was clear the gameplay loop was dull. The content updates never materialized. It was a hollow ship for paid DLC.

    There were promises that there would be updates, but they never came.

    This game is now officially dead. As Bioware will not be updating the game further, and allow it to die a slow death on the heels of promises they would continue to support the game.

    Do not waste your money.    … Expand
  30. Ilikegamez
    Feb 18, 2021
    10
    Lots of fun, needs more content. Can’t let a game like this go to waste. Anthem 2.0 will be even more amazing!
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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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