Anthem

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 730 Ratings

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  1. ryudoshi
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    Loading screen simulator, no endgame, incredibly buggy, very archaic mechanics with gearing and changing gear, boring and repetitive, entire game feels like a sidequest, NPC are badly designed and the story is a joke, do I really need to go on? Worst game of the decade.
  2. locsphere
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really wanted to like this game. Let’s go over where I like it. The story seems good and I like the cut scenes and characters. But this post apocalyptic style of story telling where something really bad happened and there’s these Freelancers. It’s just been over saturated. Anthem is no different then the traveler and the freelancers are essentially guardians. And I do t know what this legacy and legend talk is but who cares? I want to play a game and bringing those up just seems like marketing used since ME3. And the post apocalyptic stuff is so over played. Destiny, Division, now Anthem. I mean come on. Conversation trees are just a binary option with no substance and we know they can do better. The suites are neat idea and the flight is awesome, It looks great. The customization of colors is on point. I am just not a fan of the chicken legs. Personal preference. Not a biggy. However, if you spent time on warframe or Destiny there seems to be a mix of these styles. I don’t see why a suit needs a cape or why firearms need to be covered in cloth or rags. Now finally the game itself. I am constantly getting disconnected. The suits overheat way too fast and I mean way too fast. The game is constantly crashing and during the load up of missions I have overlays of the animation where I suite up next to another render of my suites crotch. I am so sick and tired of falling for this EA trap of having this unfinished they’ll patch it later nonsense. The game seems barren and the enemies I’ve been facing? I just want to play the crab people song from South Park. It’s really too bad they ruined Mass Effect. Can you imagine if they made an MMO for that? They could have even introduced this flying system. It would have been sweet. But they burned that to the ground. Now we have this new story that copies Destiny, Warframe, and a post apocalyptic setting with some mysterious anthem. The only thing this game has going for it is it actually has a story with cut scenes and substance unlike Destiny. But outside of that, it’s another game that feels like it’s jnfinished or stripped and they’re going to take youbover the coals via DLC. I’m not a fan.… Expand
  3. Burnouts3s3
    Feb 22, 2019
    4
    It's too little, too late.

    Bioware attempts to get into the loot and shoot genre only to have too little content and not enough quality control. -Only 3 Strongholds/Raids -In-game store for cosmetic items -Lack of optimization when flying around -Fort Tarsis being so small it makes Dragon Age 2's Kirkwall seem large by comparison -Lack of Roleplaying and dialogue options found in    It's too little, too late.

    Bioware attempts to get into the loot and shoot genre only to have too little content and not enough quality control.
    -Only 3 Strongholds/Raids
    -In-game store for cosmetic items
    -Lack of optimization when flying around
    -Fort Tarsis being so small it makes Dragon Age 2's Kirkwall seem large by comparison
    -Lack of Roleplaying and dialogue options found in other Bioware games
    -Story mode so lacking they padded it out with grindy missions.

    While customizing one of the 4 Javelins is entertaining for a little while, there's not enough there to justify a $60 purchase.

    If you have Origin Premiere, go ahead, but wait for a patch and more content before diving in.    … Expand
  4. Reed618
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    Unfortunately the patch did nothing to improve performance or loading screens.
    Launching with less content than most single player games and padding that content out with the god awful tombs quest this is easily the biggest disappointment in years.
  5. Mooncalfian
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    One thing that won't be "fixed in future": the ABYSMAL story and characters.

    Listen, bugs don't bother me much. SJWs don't bother me at all. Loot problems and gameplay problems only bother me a little. What I care about in a **** BIOWARE game: story, characters, lore, choices, consequences. And these things are awful in Anthem. Absolutely awful. If you're complaining about bugs    One thing that won't be "fixed in future": the ABYSMAL story and characters.

    Listen, bugs don't bother me much. SJWs don't bother me at all. Loot problems and gameplay problems only bother me a little. What I care about in a **** BIOWARE game: story, characters, lore, choices, consequences. And these things are awful in Anthem. Absolutely awful.

    If you're complaining about bugs you're sending the wrong message. Youre saying that story matters less than bugs, in a Bioware game. It doesn't.

    If you liked KOTOR or Jade Empire or Mass Effect 2 or Dragon Age, don't buy this. I knew it would be like this, the very second they announced they were going online with it.    … Expand
  6. Mogwai76
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    The experience I had with Anthem is simply shocking. It's as if someone looked at Destiny and said "We should make a game like that", but completely failed to understand what made Destiny great to play.

    There are only 2 positive things about Anthem: it looks gorgeous and flying feels right. Everything else is way below par. Shooting is aweful, first time user experience is simply    The experience I had with Anthem is simply shocking. It's as if someone looked at Destiny and said "We should make a game like that", but completely failed to understand what made Destiny great to play.

    There are only 2 positive things about Anthem: it looks gorgeous and flying feels right.

    Everything else is way below par. Shooting is aweful, first time user experience is simply atrocious. Loading screens are insane. The hub is dull and movement is reduced - it feels nothing like the hub in Destiny.

    The UI is a mess. it feels ancient, from the 90s, with no lessons learned by recent game releases. It's cumbersome, un-intuitive and confusing.

    All in all this game is just a mess. Avoid full price purchase, wait for game pass or similar    … Expand
  7. chocapic
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    Uno de los mayores downgrades en la historia de los videojuegos, y EA lo ha rematado con sus políticas de mierda, como las loot boxes, por ejemplo. Por parte de bioware, no lo han hecho bien, pero tampoco muy mal, el juego en sí no es malo, pero está lejos de ser bueno. Misiones repetitivas, online nauseabundo metido con pinzas, 0 diversión, gráficamente no impresiona lo más mínimo (aUno de los mayores downgrades en la historia de los videojuegos, y EA lo ha rematado con sus políticas de mierda, como las loot boxes, por ejemplo. Por parte de bioware, no lo han hecho bien, pero tampoco muy mal, el juego en sí no es malo, pero está lejos de ser bueno. Misiones repetitivas, online nauseabundo metido con pinzas, 0 diversión, gráficamente no impresiona lo más mínimo (a parte del downgrade bestial, claro), optimización mediocre, pantallas de carga infinitas... Juego de 5/10, pero EA se merece todo lo malo que le pase y todos los 0 posibles.… Expand
  8. Wrybot
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    Pros: fantastic graphics.

    Cons: the lack story, let alone a compelling one; the repetitive environment; the endless long looong loading screens; and the lackluster combat.
  9. 80sChild
    Mar 7, 2019
    0
    Massively disappointing. 4 player co-op open world looter shooter that's full of bugs, lacks content, has zero traces of Biowares storytelling, no waypoint system and has severe tethering issues in its open world.

    Looks nothing, absolutely nothing like the E3 demo and there aren't any story moments remotely like what they showed. Also, you can't see your loot when you acquire it (even    Massively disappointing. 4 player co-op open world looter shooter that's full of bugs, lacks content, has zero traces of Biowares storytelling, no waypoint system and has severe tethering issues in its open world.

    Looks nothing, absolutely nothing like the E3 demo and there aren't any story moments remotely like what they showed. Also, you can't see your loot when you acquire it (even though that was a thing in the E3 demo). Story is on par with Destiny 2 and from any other dev this would be forgivable but this is Bioware. Honestly, this makes the story of Mass Effect Andromeda more appealing by far.

    Why is everything so tiny? The trees are small, the buildings are small, the enemies are small, the mech things look too small to hold people even the environment looks severely scaled down to "miniature" levels. The scope is nowhere near what was shown. Someone at Bioware needs to learn about proper 3D scaling

    Core gameplay loop is fun, at least for a while. Enemies are tiny on screen and difficult to distinguish from each other and can range from brainless hordes or one-shot auto cannons with legs. Shooting is good, abilities are great but there's no variation in the weapon design at all. All you get is better versions of what you already have. A lot of the loot is garbage tier, simply there to pad out the illusion that there's "loot" in the game.

    Post patch there's still issues (its a modded version of the Andromeda engine, of course its janky). Glitches galore and loading screens everywhere and often. You'll spend most of your time looking at these loading screens. There's only one (somewhat small) zone/map and it all looks the same. No desert area, no snow area, literally nothing different in terms of environmental design. World is empty and lifeless. Fort Tarsis is worse, nothing like the bustling hub from the reveal trailer.

    The death of the last boss just cannot be excused. "Anti-climactic" isn't a strong enough word. The demise of the final boss has about as much impact and visual flair as watching a Tonka truck gently glide into an action figure. I had to pull up the scene on YouTube so I could rewind it a few times and make sure I wasn't imagining things. You thought Ghaul was bad? Archon from ME:A? The Monitor is a new low for gaming villains. I cannot believe this game came from Bioware.

    I could go on, but why? It's an unfinished game. It was not ready for prime time. It's as wide as an ocean and not even as deep as a puddle. Bioware had 6 years to make this game. 6 years. There is no reality where this game on day one is representative of 6 years of work. This was your last chance Bioware and you failed. Six. Years. What happened? Where's the content? I'll tell you: It's being drip fed as "improvements" and "add ons" or "DLC" ripped straight from Bungies play book.    … Expand
  10. devilchao0
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    This game really sucked, just an absolute disappointment. I'm gonna try to get a refund.
  11. Deathpunch85
    Feb 23, 2019
    2
    I will give this Xbox One review as a what it feels like on a regular Xbox One, not the Xbox One X since I do not have one. That being said, I also own the game on PC and I will regurgitate this review with a PC review as well. I will also say that having a decent PC gives me a solid benchmark to compare this game on separate platforms. (GTX 1080, AMD Ryzen 7 1700X, 16 GB ram and NVM SSDI will give this Xbox One review as a what it feels like on a regular Xbox One, not the Xbox One X since I do not have one. That being said, I also own the game on PC and I will regurgitate this review with a PC review as well. I will also say that having a decent PC gives me a solid benchmark to compare this game on separate platforms. (GTX 1080, AMD Ryzen 7 1700X, 16 GB ram and NVM SSD support with a 144hz 27in monitor)

    I will start with the hardware performance. The Xbox version does not give you a very smooth rendered version of the game and the textures and resolution are rough around the edges, this definitely affect the ability to be immersed in the world and also affects the ability to shoot targets without a good zoom factor. It has a "butter over too much toast" feel, like it was made for next-gen. I felt this way about Red Dead Redemption 2, where i saw minor details in the graphics start to fail. The PC version on ultra settings is incredible, graphics wise.

    Now onto the game its self. The story is not compelling as you find a lack of a convincing villain. There is no build-up for the backstory when the Dominion are introduced. Remember Saren in Mass Effect? He was the villain we could all understand right off the bat. He was the best of the SPECTRE, he betrayed his cause, he was given a character that felt, spoke, and reasoned, and he was a lead/foreshadow to the Reaper threat, the ultimate bad guys. All we know about Dr. Harkin is that he led the dominion before the Heart of Rage, looked like a creepy clown out of costume, and probably died. Up front, that is my main gripe about Anthem's story line. This is the first way it is like the first Destiny game. The second way is the lore. The Anthem (similar to the Traveler) is a fulcrum of creation technology that factions fight to control. The Freelancers (Guardians) are essentially mercenary loyalists living in what appears to be the last stronghold for the good guys, running around with limited organization or control. They tend to ally with the Sentinels, which aren't explained well off the bat. You quickly realize, like in Destiny, you aren't really a faction but a group of people that have common goals. Furthermore, we don't know who is in charge, but because we accept contracts to get things done, one can only conclude its rich people. This doesn't add up to a good plot because the protagonist has conflicting motivators and the means of saving the world must rely on people paying him to do so. Destiny had a much better foundation with this. Guardians were intrinsically motivated because if the Traveler died, they died, if the Traveler died, humanity died. They existed and fought to protect the people, that was their motivation. Freelancers fight for money with a competing motivator to save people. This is a GREAT concept in an RPG shooter because you can choose your path and write your own story. Unfortunately, those choices are severely limited here and Anthem leaves us feeling like Bioware refused to commit fully to RPG shooter.

    Gameplay. The gameplay felt a little off. First, the flight mechanics were suppose to set this game apart. However, they really just become your sparrow from Destiny. Oh, and they overheat, which makes no sense at all. The people can make a high tech robot suit but can't figureout how to cool off a flying object a fraction of the size of airplanes, something we have mastered in real life. This leaves me having to dive to cool while flying and do a kind of up-down path to maintain temperature. Annoying. In the beginning, you can't fly and shoot or attack at the same time, you can only hover and shoot, which is bad because you have no cover. It's essentially useless and after the first few minutes leaves you feeling disappointed. The shooter mechanics have a very Mass Effect feel and there is a problem with that. This game is trying to achieve a "Destiny" like effect. Low story content, addicting loot structure. It fails the same way The Division failed, in my opinion. Without being close up in first person, you cannot see your gun very well. This makes it difficult to feel like one gun is different from the next. Destiny made us feel like every gun was special, like a new puppy. I always felt like Mass Effect shooter mechanics were simplified but i didn't mind because of the RPG factor. Now I mind. Next, there is the way bad guys move. They don't seem to have any real grace or complexity. They feel stiff. Furthermore, its hard to tell if I am fighting bad guys, or wild animals at the beginning.

    Ok, the good things. The game's graphics are breathtaking on PC. The gameplay feels fluid with keyboard and mouse. It almost makes up for the rest of the game being mediocre. This makes me wonder how much Bioware spent testing on consoles. The Javelin (mechsuits) are pretty cool and the customization factor makes you feel like a mech warrior without the clunkiness of a Mech Warrior.    … Expand
  12. Bone-Thugs
    Feb 23, 2019
    0
    Boring and repetitive. every map looks the same. the loading screens are ridiculous. also the 4 tomb thing to progress is straight terrible that made me quit and then the story is short and expect to do the same content a bunch of times on higher skill levels
  13. ExiledHunter93
    Feb 22, 2019
    3
    Played it on Thursday for 15 hours sold it on release date. Combat was good, but everything else is kinda meh, Loading times are like 2 mins long and you get several during missions if entering different areas. If people like it though then fair enough good for you. I won't spoil your fun. Just understand people who are disappointed with EA and this game.

    The good - Visuals - Combat    Played it on Thursday for 15 hours sold it on release date. Combat was good, but everything else is kinda meh, Loading times are like 2 mins long and you get several during missions if entering different areas. If people like it though then fair enough good for you. I won't spoil your fun. Just understand people who are disappointed with EA and this game.

    The good

    - Visuals
    - Combat
    - Skills/Abilities

    The Bad

    - Loading times 2 mins long
    - Story
    - Loot
    - Framerate goes iffy during intense combat

    Overwall the game from playing for a long period feels mediocre and bland. The good points are just a small thing compared to how bad the game is as a whole from my experience with it.    … Expand
  14. Gabe03
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    The worst video game I've played, bugs, repetitive, downgraded, empty, without sense, etc, etc, etc,.
  15. fixeditguy
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    Im an older gamer (38) Ive played a lot of stuff in my time.

    Lately ive been bored and looking for something to scratch that gaming itch. As Battle Royales arent my thing... Anthem seemed like what I was looking for. I admit... since Friday its been a struggle sometimes. Literally staring at my computer WILLING IT to load faster.. always being the last one in on a mission and flying    Im an older gamer (38) Ive played a lot of stuff in my time.

    Lately ive been bored and looking for something to scratch that gaming itch. As Battle Royales arent my thing... Anthem seemed like what I was looking for.

    I admit... since Friday its been a struggle sometimes. Literally staring at my computer WILLING IT to load faster.. always being the last one in on a mission and flying and tethering and flying... and tethering...

    So color me skeptical when you said "we will patch this we will fix it"

    I just played a legendary contract.

    I loaded in in ... a third? a fourth? of the time I used to (HDD not SSD)

    My team were there on the platform with me! Loaded in with me!

    I proceed to go... and enjoy...

    Something feels different immediately, some of the combat wonkyness and jitters are gone. My colossus (because Thiccboy is life) feels... more... Colossal..

    I can shield and pick up my downed teamies...

    the melee jitters that I felt before are gone, its so much smoother.

    THE LOADING... THE LOADING IS BETTER.. SO MUCH BETTER OH GODS THE LOADING! 15-20 seconds from end expedition into the forge. Forge loads almost instantly! Fort Tarsis loads 15 seconds now? maybe?

    I mean.. wow...

    If you can do this in 4 days... then people NEED to give you props that you rightfully deserve.

    I believe in you, the game isnt perfect, but the issues you fixed this fast shows what youre capable of and I believe youll fix the other stuff straightaway.

    Im along for the ride Bioware - Thank you for making something I truly enjoy and for all the sleepless nights you guys at the office put in over the last few days to get it to the point its at now.    … Expand
  16. zanster27
    Feb 23, 2019
    0
    sorry but this review much like the game is not finished yet come back in a few months for a free update to the review and the game. if Bioware still exists
  17. El3ment4l
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I'm f*cking shocked how different the game always looks after they show it first on E3. Numbers are flying when you shoot..graphics only half what was showed or promised....performance constantly below 30 fps on Xbox One X..didn't even feel satisfied while killing enemies...too much effects on screen etc. 20 minutes demo and uninstalled forever.
  18. Zer0TheHer0
    Feb 23, 2019
    0
    Put the damn character in the center of the screen. why the hell is on the side? it's super annoying. Put the character in the center of the screen!
  19. Maverickneo
    Apr 20, 2019
    3
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Lucky for me I got my money back. The gameplay is great. Flight controls are great. Graphics are great. Everything else is terrible. Game is incomplete. Loot system is terrible. Loot drop rates are the worst out of all looter shooters. Game has little to no content.
  20. justmkomsk
    Aug 6, 2019
    0
    I believed in Bioware. I pretty love Mass Effect 1-3, Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age Inquisition.
    But this is... overwhelmingly, surprisingly bad. These are awesome games with awesome narrative, music, gameplay, visuals.
    But this is... Ultra Pro-feminist game with boring shooting, boring world, boring quests, boring hub-location and nice visuals. Male characters are weak, female    I believed in Bioware. I pretty love Mass Effect 1-3, Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age Inquisition.
    But this is... overwhelmingly, surprisingly bad. These are awesome games with awesome narrative, music, gameplay, visuals.
    But this is... Ultra Pro-feminist game with boring shooting, boring world, boring quests, boring hub-location and nice visuals.
    Male characters are weak, female characters are ugly. Is that future we deserve to see?    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. Kizertas
    Jul 24, 2019
    3
    Anthem SUCKS!
    I can't believe I Pre-ordered it!
    The game has tons of bugs, A bad story and NO endgame!
    It only does 3 things right, The flying, The music and the graphics!
  23. velo84
    Aug 4, 2019
    0
    A concept that had such potential - squandered by a rush to get it out the door. If this game had another YEAR of ACTUAL development - it might have been something. The combat felt right, the world building was pretty cool, the art was fantastic.

    But what it had in potential, it had 100x more problems. Long loading screens, empty free play world, Loading screens, lack of gameplay    A concept that had such potential - squandered by a rush to get it out the door. If this game had another YEAR of ACTUAL development - it might have been something. The combat felt right, the world building was pretty cool, the art was fantastic.

    But what it had in potential, it had 100x more problems. Long loading screens, empty free play world, Loading screens, lack of gameplay loop, loading screens, bugs, loading screens, only 3 (now 4) endgame strikes, loading screens, lack of loot, loading screens, meaningless stats, loading screens, abandoned road map, loading screens, frequent disconnects, loading screens, expensive MTC, loading screens, NPC's that won't shut up, loading screens.

    If you can get this game for $5-10 USD, go for it - but it won't be anything you come back to.    … Expand
  24. ActualReviewer2
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Terrbible, EA quality at it's best. Release a game, make promises, deliver on NONE of them. EA style.
  25. mjwburt
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    Waited for this game for some time and, in true EA fashion, the dropped the ball by assiging a team that makes story-based single player RPGs deliver a janky, thrown-together, poorly-optimised, poorly QA'd mess. What an immense disappointment. $80 of my money I'll never get back. Avoid
  26. GabFire
    Aug 9, 2020
    2
    Um dos piores jogos já feitos por uma grande produtora, típico da EA Games querer enfiar isso no consumidor e depois dizer que foi culpa da Bioware, já passou da hora dessa empresa lixo tomar vergonha na cara e começar a produzir jogos de verdade e não FIFAs.
  27. vaulttec
    Feb 26, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Now that the game is getting no more updates, I will review the (not) finished Anthem.

    To no ones surprise, the release of this game was a mess, it was an empty open world, ridden by bugs.
    The Story is boring, and almost non existent, and it honestly is a shame, because in the open world of Anthem, there is potential for a great story, and considering that this is BioWare, the people who made Mass Effect and Dragon Age, the story is a big disappointment. Not to mention, that you will have to sit through countless loading screens while playing Anthem. The Crafting System of the game sucks, because it goes beyond human logic, and requires much more items for a legendary version of a weapon than for the epic one. And since we are talking about loot, the loot in anthem still sucks, because it gives absolutely no reason to grind for better versions of the weapon, since it almost improves nothing.
    The Endgame, which is supposed to give better loot and tougher enemies, is non existent, and sometimes you can beat a boss on hard in 2 minutes with a squad, and sometimes it takes 20 minutes.
    The Menu also is a goddamn mess, with menus being inside of menus inside of menus, which also makes it difficult to find your friends who are also playing the game. With having no main story, it all feels lifeless and boring and is in total an uninteresting and forgettable story. Some NPCs have good lip synchronization, while others have absolutely awful. And of course, still, bugs galore.
    Where Anthem shines is its Flight,Graphics and Gameplay.
    Flying over the world is a glorious experience, combined with some amazing Graphics. And, besides the absolute disaster which is the loot, I have no complaints about the gameplay itself, its solid.

    Well, in Overall, the game is a 3/10 alone and a 5/10 with friends. Yet the lifeless story and the boredom of it are things which are ruining the experience,whoever you are playing with. This game has potential, it always had, and if Anthem NEXT would improve on the Mistakes of Anthem, it would have been a worthy redesign which would be worth coming back to, yet sadly these are all piping dreams.
    While I think BioWare should of course not screw up and focus on ME Legendary Edition and Dragon Age 4, Anthem is still unfinished and a slap to the face to everyone who paid 10$+ for this. It remains a dead game, and BioWares biggest failure to date.    … Expand
  28. Tbrown5
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    this game is someone worst then andromeda, it looks great however everything about the game sucks, what a disappointment
  29. Borat
    Mar 3, 2019
    1
    Do not buy this game. Honestly.

    The game is a boring mess. You'll waste 4 or 5 hours before you realize the story isn't going anywhere, your loot consists of lame guns that you have to leave missions to use, you'll watch more loading screens than actually playing (no, seriously) and the enemies..... Wow, the same enimies over and over and over.....

    Please do not support this kind of garbage.
  30. sublimate
    Mar 24, 2019
    0
    F*ck your multiplayer. F*ck your non-story driven games. F*ck your blatant attempts to milk gamers for cash by passing absolute CRAP devoid of any actual meaning as games. These games you are all hellbent on serving us are a disgrace to your legacy. Also, keep your F*cken politics to yourselves, we don't wan't that **** We just want more single player open world action rpgs.
  31. bongocat
    Mar 30, 2019
    1
    Anthem is one of the worst games I have ever had the chance to play in my entire life. As a fellow BioWare fan (since 2013), Anthem was an absolute disappointment. This game is not worth $60. Using the excuse that certain issues will be fixed in the future doesn't make sense at all given that the game was six years in development, and BioWare's been making games for 20 years. Everything inAnthem is one of the worst games I have ever had the chance to play in my entire life. As a fellow BioWare fan (since 2013), Anthem was an absolute disappointment. This game is not worth $60. Using the excuse that certain issues will be fixed in the future doesn't make sense at all given that the game was six years in development, and BioWare's been making games for 20 years. Everything in this game is poorly executed, the combat is dry, the enemies are bullet sponges, the characters are bland with no sort of character development or meaningful choices, the level design is also poorly designed, areas are made specifically to anticipate combat, and the story itself is your usual bad guy is bad, kill him, save the world, everyone's happy. There's no valuable meaning in this game. It's absolute garbage. Don't buy it.… Expand
  32. NeuroShock
    Mar 7, 2019
    1
    The game is crashing, and destroying gaming council.

    The story is crap.

    The guns all suck and for a looter there is nothing to loot.
  33. NyteX
    Mar 6, 2019
    0
    Let me start by saying that I went into this game with an open mind despite what reviewers were saying. I really really wanted to like this game. I've been playing it for over a week straight. It was cool to fly around an open world, land, shoot enemies, complete various objectives, etc. The story is kinda forgettable. The main hub/fort is vibrant but also kinda lacking at the same time.Let me start by saying that I went into this game with an open mind despite what reviewers were saying. I really really wanted to like this game. I've been playing it for over a week straight. It was cool to fly around an open world, land, shoot enemies, complete various objectives, etc. The story is kinda forgettable. The main hub/fort is vibrant but also kinda lacking at the same time. Comparing what was released to what was shown a few times at E3 is really disturbing. It looks and plays nothing like that. That "gameplay" trailer was a complete lie.

    This game has bugs.....LOTS OF THEM. Bugs ranging from the sound completely going out, to mission objectives that never appear causing an entire mission to have to be quit and redone, to constant crashes to the games title screen, crashes to Xbox home, and times when the game just completely freezes. This game in all honesty is a godforsaken mess. What the hell happened Bioware? Oh yeah, thats right, EA happened.

    Lets also talk about the loot system and drop rate. It is for the most part broken and complete garbage. Playing on Grandmaster 1 will still drop some common items laughably and 99% of what you get ranges from Uncommon to Epic. Very rarely and I mean VERY VERY rarely you may get a Masterwork item (Better than Epics). Which comes to the reason I am here reviewing this game and ceasing any more play time with this horrendous piece of trash. Tonight, after pouring hours and hours playing and doing missions and strongholds......Finally, a LEGENDARY dropped. MY FIRST ONE IN ABOUT 60-70 hours. These things never ever drop, I mean never. The planets must have been aligned for me to actually get one. I finished up Freeplay, which is where I got it, quit the expedition. While its loading guess what happens, CRASH TO XBOX HOME. Everything I had just done and received.....GONE. The game doesn't save until the end of a mission. In a buggy disgusting mess like this, you dumb as **** developers put the save at the very end!? I was in complete shock and could not believe it. I also think the game is partly rigged to do that when you get good drops so you have to grind this garbage forever with no reward.

    Do yourselves a favor people, avoid this game and stay very far. Don't accept it as a gift and don't even take it for free. We should be getting paid by Bioware and EA for play testing and putting up with this no-where-near-finished shell of a "game". Instead we paid top dollar for pure crap. I haven't bought EA games in a long time and gave this a chance. You screwed me EA, you screwed us all. Done with EA and Bioware, never spending a dime on their half-assed games again. Hope both go bankrupt.    … Expand
  34. Leindo
    Mar 1, 2019
    2
    Highly anticipated since its reveal at E3 I was drawn to the appealing aspect of Mecha flight, fight and the delicious details surrounding the graphics and immerse depth of game play promised. I went full speed ahead and purchased the Legion Of Dawn edition of the game in expectations that I would get exclusive in game content; a banner, some armor, shaders and a weapon. I was overlyHighly anticipated since its reveal at E3 I was drawn to the appealing aspect of Mecha flight, fight and the delicious details surrounding the graphics and immerse depth of game play promised. I went full speed ahead and purchased the Legion Of Dawn edition of the game in expectations that I would get exclusive in game content; a banner, some armor, shaders and a weapon. I was overly disappointed in the lack of use for the banner, the lack-luster of the LOD shader and how quickly (1 hour) I tossed the Legendary weapon aside for a common one (grey).

    Overall the graphics are great, minus the many many cuts, removals and drawbacks from the many game play reveals on the hype-train. The story is more or less, not needed; UNLESS you are a lore hunter and want to delve into the side stories, monologue and "interactive" conversations with NPCs throughout this 1st part of the game.

    That's right I said 1st part of the game, I'm looking forward to the rest.

    The replay-ability of the game is based on the many numerous fighting styles you can learn and master throughout each mission rewarding randomly generated equipment, sometimes closely related to your Javelin. Javelin's are very different which is appreciated. I often see game comparisons online, in chat and in reviews; however how can you really compare a game based on its structure? The story is drastically different and refreshing, however the bad part is the fever pitch in how you begin and how "to be continued" happens.

    I remain skeptical on the "Free content" that is going to tie up loose ends and continually be offered. I've been told this promise before. However because of the reply-ability however monotonous it is, although still fun, I will more than likely drop whatever price they list later in the Xbox Store for the future DLCs and content, purely so I can have a sense of completeness from my experience, versus being left on a cliff hanger as many gamers like me are.

    and before you push aside this review like many others as "another no-lifer playing the game too hard" I am clearly not.

    Hard truth - Do not buy, rent.

    Cons:
    server disconnections, long boring loading screens, careless matchmaking algorithm, clumsy in game interfacing and interactions with objects, RNG lootbased system, lack of economic system (coins are useless), walk speed in fort tarsis, LOD edition items (fail)

    Pros: Graphics, Story, Challenges, Teamplay potential.

    If possible I will update this review later on.    … Expand
  35. Bhoytie
    Mar 5, 2019
    1
    The fact that this game took 6 years to develop blows my mind. The only thing it has going for it is the gameplay. But immediately that is limited by the crappy, and lazy structure of the game. Flying is the best part of the game, yet more than half of the missions force you to sit in a circle to fill a percentage while enemies appear out of thin air in front of you. It constantly screamsThe fact that this game took 6 years to develop blows my mind. The only thing it has going for it is the gameplay. But immediately that is limited by the crappy, and lazy structure of the game. Flying is the best part of the game, yet more than half of the missions force you to sit in a circle to fill a percentage while enemies appear out of thin air in front of you. It constantly screams laziness.

    The game is full of bugs, at times making it unplayable, or at the very least extremely frustrating.

    Loading screens for EVERYTHING.

    A game that was in development for 6 years should be polished, and well thought out. This game clearly had no player testing. Just to name a few quality of life issues: no waypoints on the map, locating teammates during free play is a joke, there is no stat page, you move like a snail at the fort, you can’t see or equip loot until you get back to the fort, which requires multiple loading screens first, the world feels empty until enemies apparate out of thin air, there is almost no endgame (only 3 strongholds which are recycled content), there is no point to get past grandmaster 1 difficulty because the loot doesn’t increase. I could go on.

    And to top it all off this is a loot based game, yet the loot is completely unrewarding. Half of the loot is bugged or doesn’t even work right in the end game.    … Expand
  36. rusyn
    Mar 19, 2019
    2
    Novel idea, terrible execution. The times this game feels great to play are far outnumbered by the times it feels like a chore. It shouldn't be priced at more than $20 in this buggy, incomplete and unfulfilling state.
  37. CyberRobotnix
    Mar 4, 2019
    0
    Bioware, after installing the new patch of your game, whenever I would boot and play the game it would crash my entire system and one day my entire system wouldn't work anymore because your pseudomalware broke it beyond repair, you owe me $400.
  38. Prizem
    Mar 2, 2019
    0
    Looks nothing like the E3 demo. Gameplay is boring, and character models look so basic and boring.
  39. Meth-Weasel
    Mar 11, 2019
    0
    TO READ THIS REVIEW= LOADING SCREEN
    *Clap* *Clap* *Clap* Bioware has done it with this one. This won't get better. This is is a beautiful failure that defies logic or reasoning (Unless you're EA and want to do everything short of scam players). So, here's a few positives:
    1. Gameplay is fun-ish? 2. See point 1. It is absolutely staggering to try and understand what Bioware was thinking    TO READ THIS REVIEW= LOADING SCREEN
    *Clap* *Clap* *Clap* Bioware has done it with this one. This won't get better. This is is a beautiful failure that defies logic or reasoning (Unless you're EA and want to do everything short of scam players). So, here's a few positives:
    1. Gameplay is fun-ish?
    2. See point 1.
    It is absolutely staggering to try and understand what Bioware was thinking with this game. EAs handling pervades the game like watching a kid that didn't get vaccinated for Polio, you know it's only going to get worse after the diagnosis. Do not buy this game. This is EAs bull**** because the video game industry is so unregulated i'm waiting for the Russian Oligarchs to take it over. If you buy it, if you spend your money on their microtransactions, then they will just keep doing it, ruining more games, and probably in a few years kill off the console gaming industry as a whole.

    I will note a further positive to Anthem, after playing this game, I am no longer pro-life. Because this game with it's 10 year plan is metaphorically a fetus with down syndrome.    … Expand
  40. As5Hat
    Mar 3, 2019
    1
    It gets a +1 for graphics. Bad story, no original game play, was hyped way too much with excessive advertising and misleading videos, they banned people for playing the game within its boundaries (google it, many people got banned for farming....Farming?!?!?!), the game is so empty it hurts, the same like 3 enemy types over and over, rinse and repeat repetitive tactics....man this listIt gets a +1 for graphics. Bad story, no original game play, was hyped way too much with excessive advertising and misleading videos, they banned people for playing the game within its boundaries (google it, many people got banned for farming....Farming?!?!?!), the game is so empty it hurts, the same like 3 enemy types over and over, rinse and repeat repetitive tactics....man this list just goes on i could literally keep naming horrible game design. Shame on you bio and EA, fo' shame. This is 2019 and its is extremely obvious what makes a good game now. i really hope they just let this game die and don't make any DLC. just say sorry and abandon it and give everyone refunds. If this game came out maybe 6-7 years ago it wouldn't have been so bad i think. but it didn't, and look where we are. Get your act together Bioware and make another dragon age or Good mass effect. Stick to what you do well if it's tried and true. Not one like ME Andromeda though...… Expand
  41. 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
  42. TheEngine_Oscar
    Apr 3, 2019
    2
    I *really* wanted to like this game. After 40h it has had some neat moments, but in the end it is simply too janky for the very thin amount of content to be any fun. I was willing to accept that you have to play the same one or two missions over and over to collect enough endgame loot in order to try and survive the highest difficulty; but when I finally got a decent run, defeated theI *really* wanted to like this game. After 40h it has had some neat moments, but in the end it is simply too janky for the very thin amount of content to be any fun. I was willing to accept that you have to play the same one or two missions over and over to collect enough endgame loot in order to try and survive the highest difficulty; but when I finally got a decent run, defeated the final boss and picked up 5 exciting new pieces, the stupid game crashed loading the victory screen and kicked me to the main menu because there had been some connection error. When I got back in, it acted like I hadn't even played that mission. Poof. No loot for you.

    It looks really good, I guess. It's fun to zip around like Iron Man and launch missiles at monsters, sure. Of course, you have to stop flying every 30s or you'll crash when your thrusters overheat. I guess they wanted you to have to stop and look around or something? Sometimes you can fly under a waterfall or into a lake and get another 30s without having to land a wait awhile though. Get ready to live for those moments.

    Also, can we agree that there's a difference between challenging gameplay and wildly lopsided numerical contests? Turn the difficulty up to "maybe you'll get one or two nice drops" and watch your previously effective war machine suddenly rendered almost instantly kill-able by virtually every badguy on the map, while even the lightest of enemies can soak up 3 magazines from your favorite assault rifle with a smile. You're supposed to use your suits other abilities to create damage multipliers called "combos", but good luck with that when you've got two or three aggros. Once you've suffered through enough of that for your buddies to hate you for all the time they spent reviving your busted ass, be ready to have your precious winnings utterly forgotten about by the duct-taped hackery holding the whole damn thing together.

    Easily the thing I hate the most is that it's simply inexcusable to have ruined what could have been such a great thing with technical problems. It's like taking delivery of your new Porsche only to find the leather is attached with Elmer's glue and they lubed the transmission with peanut butter.

    I gave this game a chance because it seemed like a really neat concept and a way to fill the loot-shooter shaped hole in my life left by the Borderlands drought. Do yourself a favor and don't be like me. Wait for the real thing.    … Expand
  43. cal123Baz123
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    Simply put its boring. Waste of money, not what I paid for. Could of been so much better.
  44. Killjoe
    Mar 4, 2019
    0
    I made an account just so I could help and downvote this trash fire of a game. Literally nothing “plays” well and the mechanics jankily swing between too lose or tight. The combat, movement(and yes the flying is included in this....it’s just not good people), the cringey dialogue, and even the games title are awful. The concept of releasing a skeleton of a video game just to sell dlc andI made an account just so I could help and downvote this trash fire of a game. Literally nothing “plays” well and the mechanics jankily swing between too lose or tight. The combat, movement(and yes the flying is included in this....it’s just not good people), the cringey dialogue, and even the games title are awful. The concept of releasing a skeleton of a video game just to sell dlc and yearly passes must be stopped. Don’t buy this game and destroy all copies of it you find!!!!… Expand
  45. L1GHTN1N2STR1K3
    Mar 5, 2019
    1
    I have to say this. People who are saying this game isnt bad are getting hella views because the majority of gamers are not tackling more positively instead of negatively in which this game deserves. However even EA game changers are getting exposed just as bad as EA who paid them. Mass Effect Andromeda was my first Boware game.The first hour of the game was soooo boring. If you havntI have to say this. People who are saying this game isnt bad are getting hella views because the majority of gamers are not tackling more positively instead of negatively in which this game deserves. However even EA game changers are getting exposed just as bad as EA who paid them. Mass Effect Andromeda was my first Boware game.The first hour of the game was soooo boring. If you havnt played Gears Of War, Destiny,Warframe, Octopath Traveler on the switch then you should play this game. The only reason why its easy for me to play this game because its basically octopath traveler but with more mobility, realism, and futurism thats it. What Anthem was inspired by decided to basically steal similar grindy missions like other boring games. I knew this generation console was going to be more about graphics than the actual game itself. This is 6 years of trash and inspired by other disaster games even though its graphically better but thats it. I guess ill stay stuck to overwatch. I dont want to bash anthem but I thought this was the year I can get off overwatch, destiny2,Call of Duty,Fortnite,Forza but due to anthem and many other let downs Im sadly to say I sold my console. How do you expect me to play games with major patch issues but yet you decide to make microtransaction purchases. Im disgusted with this and the Entire developers of gaming. This game speaks for the next generation console as well. I hope EA,BIOWARE,ACTIVISION,BETHESDA,heck even UBISOFT changes a lot by then. Due to faulty production I do not want my xbox one x to crash therefore I do not want to trade in this game so people can get bricked. I really want to finish this game but due to too many glitches and annoying gameplay I dont see how people are giving this a 6 7 8 9 10. In fact theyre ignoring it because the iron man suit if thats not depressing then I dont know what else is. FIX YOUR GAME PLEASE. Im on switch and pc games like sims and planet coaster until the next gen console.… Expand
  46. Artox
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    Купил игру для Xbox one x и зашел в игру всего 3 раза,все остальное время прия входе в игру,а это два дня!!!!!!, я смотрел как меня выкидывает на начальный экран с какой-нибудь ошибкой. Игра просто категорически не хочет запускаться. Крайне свинское отношение. Bioware RiP. "7"Купил игру для Xbox one x и зашел в игру всего 3 раза,все остальное время прия входе в игру,а это два дня!!!!!!, я смотрел как меня выкидывает на начальный экран с какой-нибудь ошибкой. Игра просто категорически не хочет запускаться. Крайне свинское отношение. Bioware RiP. "7"
  47. Drayden
    Mar 15, 2019
    3
    Pros: It's pretty

    Cons: Stability is awful, as the game crashes crashes a few times an hour. Performance is meh, even on the One X. The damage numbers in the game don't matter due to scaling. None of the systems in game work as they should.
  48. Cul
    Mar 19, 2019
    0
    Should be Laws against releasing games in this state. Its wrong to take our money for a product that clearly doesn't work. Using the Gaming community as QA seems to be the going trend these days
  49. Alfre221
    Mar 12, 2019
    1
    Beware of this game and the analyses that are here several are fake, example ( EVERYEYE.IT ) the analysis is from another game (DEVIL MAY CRY 5 ) . Update one day after saying this they have deleted the account . Cuidado con este juego y los analisis que estan aqui varios son falsos ,ejemplo ( EVERYEYE.IT ) el analisis es de otro juego de ( DEVIL MAY CRY 5 ) no puedo creer a esteBeware of this game and the analyses that are here several are fake, example ( EVERYEYE.IT ) the analysis is from another game (DEVIL MAY CRY 5 ) . Update one day after saying this they have deleted the account . Cuidado con este juego y los analisis que estan aqui varios son falsos ,ejemplo ( EVERYEYE.IT ) el analisis es de otro juego de ( DEVIL MAY CRY 5 ) no puedo creer a este nivel que ha llegado de agarrar analisis de otros juegos y ponerlos aqui en este. El juego es tan malo que ya robar y hace cuentas falsas para poner en positivos ,el juego le faltan contenido, tiene muchos problemas tecnicos y muy repetitivo en las misiones .Actualizacion un dia despues de decir esto ellos ha borrado la cuenta ,por lo bueno hay un video de esto con un youtube JinoGamerHC.… Expand
  50. Liari
    Mar 22, 2019
    1
    A boring game of technical low quality with an uninspired story. The one positive aspect of the game is a beautifully rendered world, which is nicely interrupted by a lot of loading screens.
  51. soulkirou
    Feb 25, 2019
    1
    As a AAA game with premiere build this game is crap. Emptiness everywhere, lacking of content, lack of good loot, lack of story, cheap tricks. Wait until this game will be 50% off. Then you will be able to play it and have fun.
  52. Gamemonster
    Feb 28, 2019
    1
    Why on earth did Bioware not include a 1080p60 or 1440p60 performance mode on X1X and pro?
    This game feels like an outdated last gen title. When do devs understand that 25-30fps is unplayable garbage?
    What's the point of having a pristine 4K image running like trash and blur it with ugly motion blur...
  53. secondtonunn
    Feb 27, 2019
    1
    Beautiful environment and good flight mechanics. Gameplay is terrible and poorly thought out. Loot is underwhelming, the story is bad, and the game just isn't that fun to play.
  54. Sciencehero
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    There is currently a game breaking bug affecting thousands of users across all three platforms. The bug prevents a user from playing beyond the tutorial.

    There is /no/ working workaround for this bug.

    Do not purchase this game until it's been patched into a more stable state.
  55. Mixedfeeling
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    It was really boring. Constantly felt like getting up to do something else. Boss fights suck and the story is dull. This game has no reward
  56. Nickcm
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    Cannot get past main menu, disconnects from servers. will be returning game for refund.
  57. spookydook
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    Anticipated a 5 star cuisine - What was received was an egg sandwich.

    Bring back Mass Effect Bioware !!
  58. CowboyCanada
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    Theres SO many issues in this game and its really sad considering how beautiful it looks and how fun the abilities/combat can be at moments and the most important thing to note here is that all the many problems cannot be just fixed with patches as the entire game would need to be remade to really fix it all..

    First of all there's still tons of game breaking bugs where you'll just get    Theres SO many issues in this game and its really sad considering how beautiful it looks and how fun the abilities/combat can be at moments and the most important thing to note here is that all the many problems cannot be just fixed with patches as the entire game would need to be remade to really fix it all..

    First of all there's still tons of game breaking bugs where you'll just get stuck in 20 minute loading screens where you have to restart the game or certain menus completely freeze up or you'll fall underneath the map and can no longer play and must quit and restart the entire mission.. But what worries me is how BORING and repetitive the missions are.. every mission combat fight is done on the ground! They didnt take advantage of all the open sky and all the flying javolins that could have some epic sky fights! The bosses are recycled over again making you fight them multiple times instead of giving you something new. After you beat the game there isn't a single memorable moment in the boss fights or the boring story mode which mainly involves fetch quests and waves of enemies. The loot also gives you nothing exciting forcing you to buy microtransactions    … Expand
  59. Fallenlords
    Feb 27, 2019
    1
    Nice Iron Man simulator. But the game is so 'not there' it is unreal. Characters lack any real depth, and considering this is a Bioware game I expected more. I wanted Mass Effect Andromeda to be a misstep, a bad day at the office ... but I think that is the sort of standard we can now expect from them. And there are so many annoying things in the game. You can't weapon swap in theNice Iron Man simulator. But the game is so 'not there' it is unreal. Characters lack any real depth, and considering this is a Bioware game I expected more. I wanted Mass Effect Andromeda to be a misstep, a bad day at the office ... but I think that is the sort of standard we can now expect from them. And there are so many annoying things in the game. You can't weapon swap in the field. Loot drops and rarity issues. Can not recommend at all.… Expand
  60. Tn_Dev
    Mar 13, 2019
    3
    This game is just a mess. There's no way around it. Everything from the AI, to something simple like the UI was completely butchered. The loot and shoot genre has had all eyes on it since the release of Borderlands 2 and we've seen conflicting things from the genre, some good, some bad, some messy. This is just messy. The open world is beautiful, yet somehow still generic and bland, it'sThis game is just a mess. There's no way around it. Everything from the AI, to something simple like the UI was completely butchered. The loot and shoot genre has had all eyes on it since the release of Borderlands 2 and we've seen conflicting things from the genre, some good, some bad, some messy. This is just messy. The open world is beautiful, yet somehow still generic and bland, it's also baren. There are a few interesting things like beasties roaming around and some **** chests but that's about it. The story is uninspired and debatably worse than Destiny's, the Voice acting is uninteresting and the most important part, THE LOOT is just the same few guns repeated over and over. Don't waste your time with this. Please don't. The division 2 is much better.… Expand
  61. SvenLorenz
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    A complete waste of time for everybody involved, both Bioware and the players. If you want to play a bad version of Destiny, go and play Destiny. I just hope that this failure doesn't kill Bioware and they can get back to making Dragon Age and Mass Effect games.
  62. Ois
    Feb 25, 2019
    0
    This game is dreadful the story is boring and repetitive get mission go point A kill enemies go point B kill again defending something or collect something just rinse and repeat story is uninspiring characters are even boring walking in Fort Tarsis is slow and painful your character seems pointless especially in 1st person another great developer in Bioware destroyed by its parent greedyThis game is dreadful the story is boring and repetitive get mission go point A kill enemies go point B kill again defending something or collect something just rinse and repeat story is uninspiring characters are even boring walking in Fort Tarsis is slow and painful your character seems pointless especially in 1st person another great developer in Bioware destroyed by its parent greedy owner company EA… Expand
  63. scrubadubhugs
    Jan 1, 2022
    0
    Pitiful garbage with nothing to recommend it. If you liked this game you do not like video games, this is a package sold on lies that delivers absolutely nothing worth wasting the time to play. Stop supporting this kind of cheap trash.
  64. DausenMoore
    Jan 30, 2023
    2
    Anthem is probably the worst AAA game I've ever played. It either should have been canceled or delayed 2-3 years because it was nowhere near ready for release. Not to mention the massive downgrade.
  65. Yendys
    Jun 15, 2019
    1
    $60 was a lot of money for a plastic case wothout any redeeming use. Lesson learned.
  66. kaspars222
    Oct 28, 2019
    0
    When I first saw E3 2017 gameplay game looked amazing, skip to the 2019 and it is NOTHING like it was promised to be, on top of that E3 gameplay was FAKE game wasn't even in pre production at the time, so they basically built the game around the demo.
  67. EIIsworth
    Apr 21, 2020
    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.
  68. Dunxy
    Jun 2, 2019
    3
    Buggy,incomplete half baked game full of broken promises.A polished turd if ever there has been one, a looter shooter without the LOOT...
    I think even a 3 is generous but i wont lower myself to the levels of the haters who rate much better games 0 just because they don't like it and probably haven't even played it.
    I don't hate Anthem at all, i really enjoyed it right up until end game    Buggy,incomplete half baked game full of broken promises.A polished turd if ever there has been one, a looter shooter without the LOOT...
    I think even a 3 is generous but i wont lower myself to the levels of the haters who rate much better games 0 just because they don't like it and probably haven't even played it.
    I don't hate Anthem at all, i really enjoyed it right up until end game when there is simply NOTHING to do but endless runs of HOR at gm1 difficulty, the loot scales so poorly with difficulty that nobody bothers doing gm2 or 3 and when your at 700+ power gm1 is soloable! I have around 80 hours playtime and in the last 20 i did not receive a single worthwhile drop,a complete joke! The devs totally ignore repeated cries from the community(when there was one) to fix the loot,infact they went out of their way to not fix the loot by fixing a "bug" that had increased drops to a respectable rate.It appears there is only one table of roll for all items, so you may get a buff for say an assault rifle rolling onto a sniper rifle! So to actually get a set with decent rolls will take a stupid amount of time, probably even still unreasonable with a better drop rate but as it is now its just awful!
    Now the roadmap has been totally removed from view,like it never existed! Wonder how many prior reviews will change? Most knew it was just pretend,player base has dwindled to the point that more people are playing xbox360 games than this,its dropped out of the top 50 played games on xbox, considering bf1 is still in there and ony has a few thousand players its safe to assume Anthem has considerably less, probably a mere 1500 on xbox id say,matchmaking has become a real problem for the handful of people still left.They have tried to save it somewhat by rushing this thing through they are trying to pass of as the "cataclysm" that was on the roadmap,thing is that its nothing at all like what they described the cataclysms to be! Instead it appears to be nothing more than a separate stronghold/s that they had in the works already that they simply whacked a filter on and added some wind in a desperate attempt to try and keep the community but it is far too little far too late and the fact that its obviously nothing at all what was shown at e3 is probbably more damaging than releasing nothing.I didn't pay for this game,it was bundled with a console,had i however i would have gotten a refund ages ago, false advertising and broken promises %100.Anyone who paid for this trash should be fighting hard to get a refund, its never going to be even %25 of what they promised.The pretty graphics and decent flying mechanics are not enough by themselves.Even if it didn't have stupidly long loading scenes and crashes galore, it still wouldn't be worth buying.It honestly feels like a f2p game and i wont be at all surprised if that's what ends up happening to it.If it doesn't go f2p,expect the servers to be turned of within 12months, no way EA will keep hosting servers for the maybe 2 or 3 people who will still be playing it at that stage.    … Expand
  69. kaan0101
    Sep 14, 2019
    1
    optimization is very bad . crash, crash , crash
    play game torture


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  70. Nerevarinho
    Dec 28, 2020
    3
    Starts pretty interesting, until it slams the first "collect 12 orbs" fetchquest in your face, revealing the true nature of the game, then it remains such a trashmob-fetchquest-shooter. And this still almost 2 years after release.
  71. turkayngravay
    Jan 7, 2020
    2
    Anthem may have been the most disappointing game I've played in the past 10 years. The concept of this game is great, the combat is at times fun, and the suits look cool. That's about all i can say that works in this game. This is the most repetitive, tedious, and broken game released in 2019. Walking - and only walking because its all thats allowed - in the main hub while going fromAnthem may have been the most disappointing game I've played in the past 10 years. The concept of this game is great, the combat is at times fun, and the suits look cool. That's about all i can say that works in this game. This is the most repetitive, tedious, and broken game released in 2019. Walking - and only walking because its all thats allowed - in the main hub while going from quest giver to quest giver to hear a confusing story about a problem facing all of humanity that only you can solve, only to be thrown into a cookie cutter shooting range somewhere on the large but uncreative world is all that you'll experience during this game. The difficulty is solely based on how much health the enemies have, but the actual combat stay exactly the same. Every single mission is exactly the same, with minimal changes in scenery. Load times are absolutely insane. Story is bland, and just ad-libbed sci fi nonsense that does not do a good job of immersing the user in the world at all. I'm giving this game a 2/10 simply for the 20 mins of fun that I had initially.… Expand
  72. SenorKoquonfaes
    Nov 27, 2019
    0
    Anthem represents everything that is wrong with the triple-A games industry: Monetization above all else, grindy, repetitive gameplay, terrible loot/rewards for players, lacklustre endgame content, a fake E3 gameplay trailer and releasing a broken, barely tested game with a "we'll patch it later" mentality.

    The game supposedly spent 6 years in development, however the majority of the    Anthem represents everything that is wrong with the triple-A games industry: Monetization above all else, grindy, repetitive gameplay, terrible loot/rewards for players, lacklustre endgame content, a fake E3 gameplay trailer and releasing a broken, barely tested game with a "we'll patch it later" mentality.

    The game supposedly spent 6 years in development, however the majority of the game only came together in the last 18 months or so and it's clear by the state of which it was released in. BioWare are absolutely inept. They had no creative vision for this game, no abilities to make key decisions for this game's direction and frankly, barely any experience building a looter shooter.

    The whole "10 year plan" and "Destiny killer" claims are turning out to be nothing more than memes! I'd be shocked if Anthem survives for another 2 years, forget 10 years.

    Seriously, screw BioWare and screw EA.    … Expand
  73. Ryan999999
    Dec 27, 2019
    0
    Absolutely the most overhyped game I’ve ever played and absolutely the worst launch in history never worked right and then once it does it has no personality I have never genuinely hated a video game till anthem came out I want my money back there about 20 hrs of content and you keep thinking can’t wait till the end game till I get to the good stuff never happens it’s awful andromeda wasAbsolutely the most overhyped game I’ve ever played and absolutely the worst launch in history never worked right and then once it does it has no personality I have never genuinely hated a video game till anthem came out I want my money back there about 20 hrs of content and you keep thinking can’t wait till the end game till I get to the good stuff never happens it’s awful andromeda was way better and most people consider that a fail also screw ea I jumped through so many hoops because I was pumped for this game only got to play for an hr for 20 bucks ! Wow thanks for nothing you should refund your players if you ever expect anyone to by another BioWare game again !… Expand
  74. PoppaOneshot
    Apr 26, 2020
    4
    I love BioWare Edmonton with a passion from all their other previous games but this... Is sad.... Endgame sucks, customizing is bland... Not many prices to choose from, story is stupidly-short... Sure, the game is pretty an flying is awesome... BioWare you can do better
  75. DzmitryBoston
    Aug 5, 2020
    4
    I really think it is would be a good enough game even considering the missions kind of repetitive. It's kind of like 3rd person only Destiny game. But the game was never finished. Shame. Roadblocks are super annoying.
  76. EdgarMttz
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Anthem es un juego de aspecto hermoso y mediocre que necesita un cambio de imagen importante antes de que pueda durar años, no es un mal juego, pero no lo suficientemente bueno como para destacarse de otros, mejores, aparte que sus pantallas de carga son j*didamente eternas.
  77. skippiskip
    Apr 19, 2021
    3
    When I bought this game, I knew that people were saying that this game had little content. I bought this to find out if I think that this game is really worth the criticism. Well...it was. My FIRST four player raid or whatever it is called would have server problems after completing the mission, but it would not save my progress. I have done it three times, and it is horrible. The story ofWhen I bought this game, I knew that people were saying that this game had little content. I bought this to find out if I think that this game is really worth the criticism. Well...it was. My FIRST four player raid or whatever it is called would have server problems after completing the mission, but it would not save my progress. I have done it three times, and it is horrible. The story of the game I have not finished because for some reason no NPC wants to talk to me anymore and give me new content. I'm sure it's been patched by now, but I haven't touched the game in months. Everything on my YouTube channel of this game is all that I've played for the story and other missions. Other than the server problems, I didn't notice glitches. Loading is a huge problem. The "social hub" often loads after entering an area, dropping in NPC's and shops seconds after entering the market. Some might call this loading screen simulator, and you'd be right because I've spent two or more minutes most of the time in loading screens. The time played does not justify the loading screens. It does not matter what you're loading, it loads SLOWLY. Probably the biggest redeeming feature about this game is flying. I'd say that this game is worth the $10 that many pawn shops sell this game for if you want something that makes you feel like Iron Man with a gun. Player controls feel good. Enemies are bullet sponges if they are a miniboss or an actual boss. I personally don't mind the pointless decisions made in the social hub, but I know that others do.… Expand
  78. C4S44
    Jan 3, 2021
    3
    Çok büyük bir hevesle indirmeme rağmen bu kadar kötü olmasını beklemiyordum. Destiny kalitesinin bile çok altında. Meka kullanmak ve grafikler harici çok kötü .
  79. DrYamy
    Apr 8, 2021
    2
    A year ago, I bought Hbox One S and installed Anthem with a gamepass.
    There were long downloads of the game network, crashes, bugs. I uninstalled the game. A year passed, I thought the game had been improved, and I bought today the disc at a sale store.
    Xbox Installed the game, downloaded the update, i starting game and what do I see? A picture with music on the TV screen, and the    A year ago, I bought Hbox One S and installed Anthem with a gamepass.
    There were long downloads of the game network, crashes, bugs. I uninstalled the game. A year passed, I thought the game had been improved, and I bought today the disc at a sale store.
    Xbox Installed the game, downloaded the update, i starting game and what do I see?
    A picture with music on the TV screen, and the inscription "connect to network services" for an hour!
    For what I give the money ? To enjoy the game, or to infinitely look at "connecting to online services"?
    Anthem is the worst game not even worth the buying for 80% sale.    … Expand
  80. cole7850
    Jan 11, 2022
    0
    This game just isn't good at all. It is extremely bad. Full of bugs and glitches that should have been fixed. They never ere and never will be. TERRIBLE GAME. DO NOT BUY
  81. Salt_addict
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    I feel a 0 for anthem is still somehow to high. its like treading in **** after the dog bit you. Then rubbing the **** in your eyes and playing destiny. All of the bad parts of destiny and none of the excitement of getting an exotic your friends so desperately want. "Look at my Gally". "Bro why do you have pink eye?". Ladies and Gentlemen....... Anthem.
  82. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    1
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anthem

Awards & Rankings

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#7 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2019
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#4 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2019

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65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Apr 9, 2019
    60
    In comparison with even the base Destiny 2 – let alone that game expanded by all its excellent DLC – Anthem feels not so much unfinished as barely started. It contains some good ideas which it fails to develop, and some of its basic pillars, such as the insistence on fourplayer co-op, somehow convey the impression of being tacked on rather than fundamental. And even with the huge early patch, it’s still glitchy – we had to play three quarters of a 45-minute Stronghold without sound, for example, which was disconcerting.
  2. New York Daily News
    Mar 18, 2019
    60
    As a multiplayer game, the combat here is fun, but heading back to Fort Tarsis to grab the next quest becomes a chore; I found myself fast-forwarding as much dialogue as possible so I could get back into battle. There are likable characters in Anthem if you pay attention, and Bioware’s depth of story does shine if you’re interested. You won’t always be interested, though.
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  3. Gamers' Temple
    Mar 18, 2019
    65
    A game with a lot of potential that was released before it was ready.
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