Anthem

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 730 Ratings

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  1. Nimzabaat
    Mar 12, 2019
    7
    Anthem is the worst Bioware game so far. That being said, it is still a fun game with beautiful graphics and an interesting world. The javelins are not exactly one trick ponies but you unlock all of the abilities very early and then it's just increasing numbers. There are some baffling design decisions such as only being able to free play with four players. I found that unless you haveAnthem is the worst Bioware game so far. That being said, it is still a fun game with beautiful graphics and an interesting world. The javelins are not exactly one trick ponies but you unlock all of the abilities very early and then it's just increasing numbers. There are some baffling design decisions such as only being able to free play with four players. I found that unless you have exactly three friends to play with, you end up scattered all over the map. Also, the first person sections versus third person sections feel very disconnected.… Expand
  2. Roldaddy
    Feb 22, 2019
    7
    It's a good game. Not a great game. The graphics are meh, the story is meh, the game play is above meh and the overall presentation is good. Not as good as Andromeda.
  3. AlexStar6
    Feb 22, 2019
    7
    Technically there's nothing wrong with Anthem... The core gameplay is smooth, the graphics are nice... and the sound is quality.

    If I had to come up with an analogy of what playing Athem is like... it's like going out for a night on the town with someone you don't knows friends. Sure you can hit all the nice places, have the nice food, do the fun things... but all the while something    Technically there's nothing wrong with Anthem... The core gameplay is smooth, the graphics are nice... and the sound is quality.

    If I had to come up with an analogy of what playing Athem is like... it's like going out for a night on the town with someone you don't knows friends. Sure you can hit all the nice places, have the nice food, do the fun things... but all the while something feels like it's missing. That's what's holding Anthem back, it's a collection of very great ideas, some of which are executed fantastically.. but it feels hollow... somehow incomplete.

    Anthem is a AAA game, from production to gameplay to writing to acting... But the experience doesn't feel right...    … Expand
  4. Xbox_Alive
    Feb 26, 2019
    7
    From the moment I started Anthem, the game I was captivated by the incredible visuals and the accompanying sound design means immersion is off the charts. The story has a great deal of depth within it and this depth meant that I very rarely got bored with the story during my time with the game. I found the world in which the game took place in to be very unique and the enemies you have toFrom the moment I started Anthem, the game I was captivated by the incredible visuals and the accompanying sound design means immersion is off the charts. The story has a great deal of depth within it and this depth meant that I very rarely got bored with the story during my time with the game. I found the world in which the game took place in to be very unique and the enemies you have to face during your journey are also unique as well. Flying and traversing was very fluid and satisfying and the controls worked really well remaining tight and responsive at all times. When played with friends the gameplay truly shines and defeating the very balanced AI in a group always gives you a great sense of achievement. Technically the game still suffers with a few hiccups on occasion and these can be a little annoying from time to time. In terms of content I would definitely like to see more because I can see it getting a little repetitive after a short while. At E3 there were a number of game’s that really caught my interest along with many others and Anthem was at the top of most of our lists. So, I was eager to get time with this game, and while it isn’t the perfect experience, and in some ways I did want a little more. Anthem provides gameplay that’s not only thrilling but also fun as well. I’m pleased to say that both the visuals and sound design are fantastic delivering immersive action in all areas, despite reminding me a great deal of Destiny and the grind associated with it. The presentation side of the game also makes the story stand out considerably and this meant that I very rarely lost interest in the story. In terms of the gameplay the flying and combat elements feel very fluid and satisfying and the world in which you can use these different elements in is very unique. You will however have to deal with a few technical issues along the way though and some of these issues were irritating. I was also a little disappointed with the amount of content available but thankfully I was able to overlook that thanks to the glorious and fulfilled action when playing with friends. Even though it has a few imperfections I still think Anthem is going to be a game that continues to grow as we see patches and future content (DLC), because the core idea is very good and with a few improvements it will be a much better game overall.… Expand
  5. ViniciusLobato
    Nov 26, 2019
    7
    Potencial enorme, mas fracassaram em aplica-lo ao jogo. Fora a imensa quantidade de bugs
  6. Trailguide23
    Feb 25, 2019
    7
    I am giving Anthem a 7 almost 8. The game in general is "good". There are some thing that are great: Flying, combat, score and graphics. Average: Main Story is short (yes I am aware more story content coming), the grind is about as expected nothing good or bad just is, it has a lot of nostalgic with the pve strongholds and gear grinds(almost like SWTOR and yes maybe EQ2), the mmoI am giving Anthem a 7 almost 8. The game in general is "good". There are some thing that are great: Flying, combat, score and graphics. Average: Main Story is short (yes I am aware more story content coming), the grind is about as expected nothing good or bad just is, it has a lot of nostalgic with the pve strongholds and gear grinds(almost like SWTOR and yes maybe EQ2), the mmo element with a team is bland, no real need to talk to anyone unless they need directions in a stronghold most quiet mmo I have ever seen. The bad: yes, load times, the funky first person / third person viewing from exploring to the fort, never really felt like I got into the NPC's. A few had neat stories but that was about it. Unlike other bioware games where you like them and want to get to know them. Main story way to short, seriously.

    Over all, it's a "good" game though and would recommend it to someone.    … Expand
  7. Midway7Monster
    Sep 11, 2019
    7
    This is 9/11/19- Yes the initial release was lacking. Bioware is slowly adding content to this game and making the forge accessible with the hold of a button was a time saver. Load times are considerably shorter as well! I always felt the controls and feel of the weapons and explosions felt great and were always great. Give Anthem another play through if you haven't touched it in awhile.
  8. beastmode2449
    Nov 3, 2020
    6
    It is like Destiny but better. I actually really love this game, and I hope it stays at it! They don't update it enough.
  9. jcanfis
    Feb 22, 2019
    6
    All these sparks of great ideas are constantly interrupted by bad design decisions and bugs. It looks like all the components of the game were developped seperately and never tested together.

    Open World design: 10/10 The game has a beautifull 3D world. Fort Tarsis and SP component: 2/10 Dialogues are a pain. No fast travel no red hering guing you. UI Design: 2/10 Sorry so many    All these sparks of great ideas are constantly interrupted by bad design decisions and bugs. It looks like all the components of the game were developped seperately and never tested together.

    Open World design: 10/10
    The game has a beautifull 3D world.

    Fort Tarsis and SP component: 2/10
    Dialogues are a pain. No fast travel no red hering guing you.

    UI Design: 2/10
    Sorry so many terrible decisions. It does not work. Long Travel ways. Cortex is a pain. Menu design is chaotic

    Music 9/10
    Sound 6/10

    Combat System: 9/10
    This is the main reason i do return. Feels great

    Game design 3/10
    Something does not work here. Sorry

    Total 6/10
    It will be pretty hard to fix the flaws. Most of them are long term issues and bad design decisions.    … Expand
  10. GamerJosh0137
    Feb 27, 2019
    6
    This review is probably the most heart breaking one I have written. First, Anthem is not a terrible game. It is definitely over stated but true, the foundation is there. It's just that right now it exists solely to give you the experience of flying around in an Iron Man suit. I will admit, even that gets a bit boring after a while. It does however feel great bursting in the with yourThis review is probably the most heart breaking one I have written. First, Anthem is not a terrible game. It is definitely over stated but true, the foundation is there. It's just that right now it exists solely to give you the experience of flying around in an Iron Man suit. I will admit, even that gets a bit boring after a while. It does however feel great bursting in the with your suit and soaring over a beautiful landscape. I have read articles that hypothesize that during Anthem's development, part of the game was scrapped and re-worked. I don't know how true that is but it sure does feel like it. Anthem doesn't know whether it want's to give you a compelling narrative or immersive gameplay, and it ends up doing neither particularly well. Maybe if Bioware's name wasn't on it, Anthem would have done a lot better but I gotta be honest I expected WAY better than this from BioWare even after the Andromeda debacle. Though Anthem may be worth picking up in a year or two I cant really recommend it at this point. Right now it's just a reminder that the BioWare I knew and loved is far removed from it's legendary status. I hope I'm wrong.… Expand
  11. Moonship85
    Mar 17, 2019
    6
    "More than 90 Awards" EA , "best Action Game" , EA? Where in the hell live u EA? This game is so boring and the loot....wait...all the same weapons just with differnt numbers on it? The cash shop...wait...just 2 armour pieces to buy? What the f. How can u say its the best Action Game when everything in the game is buggy,broken or frustrating me while i am experiecing loading screens and"More than 90 Awards" EA , "best Action Game" , EA? Where in the hell live u EA? This game is so boring and the loot....wait...all the same weapons just with differnt numbers on it? The cash shop...wait...just 2 armour pieces to buy? What the f. How can u say its the best Action Game when everything in the game is buggy,broken or frustrating me while i am experiecing loading screens and lame graphics in the hub. The story is trash. While flying and shooting makes fun the entirely rest of the game is trash. Funfactor 3/5… Expand
  12. SyntaxZero
    Feb 25, 2019
    6
    This is a review in progress as I am only two days into this game. Let me preface this by saying if you are on the fence then yes it is worth a purchase in my opinion. I'm certain I'll get more than 30 hours out of this game which is my basis on spending the money on a game up front. If you enjoyed Mass Effect's combat style then you will probably like Anthem's combat. The story, yes notThis is a review in progress as I am only two days into this game. Let me preface this by saying if you are on the fence then yes it is worth a purchase in my opinion. I'm certain I'll get more than 30 hours out of this game which is my basis on spending the money on a game up front. If you enjoyed Mass Effect's combat style then you will probably like Anthem's combat. The story, yes not compelling but it's not really supposed to be in this style of shared experience game. Don't expect a rich story or deep characters, expect fun content and good visuals. My rating of a six is based largely on the fact that I found this game to be next to unplayable on Xbox One. I upgraded to an Xbox One X and the experience is much better. I full expect there to be some future support for Anthem, the 'games as a service' model has worked very well for Ubi and I think we will see EA on that bandwagon as well with this title.… Expand
  13. shadykillas69
    Feb 25, 2019
    6
    The game is ok but has it's technical issues namely any server issue seems to cause the game to crash back to the home screen. There are also a ton of loading screen like to even customize your load out... it just feels bad. I have not yet reached endgame yet but it feels like build diversity is very shallow. The story isn't bad I guess but I hear it's no "bioware" level story. What theyThe game is ok but has it's technical issues namely any server issue seems to cause the game to crash back to the home screen. There are also a ton of loading screen like to even customize your load out... it just feels bad. I have not yet reached endgame yet but it feels like build diversity is very shallow. The story isn't bad I guess but I hear it's no "bioware" level story. What they do with the game moving forward will be what makes or breaks it.… Expand
  14. IR1SHfighter
    Feb 26, 2019
    6
    I've enjoyed the game style. I feel that the story is lacking. Bioware has really declined in their writing. I feel like it's mostly because of EA forcing the rushed release. You can see by Bioware's development roadmap the game is probably only 1/4 of the way finished. Sad that publishers are ruining games. I'm giving it a 6/10 hoping that it gets better.
  15. roaminggamer
    Mar 3, 2019
    6
    This game is only worthy of a 6/10 at the moment.

    For most games that is okay and acceptable, but for a game that I had high anticipation for since its announcement last year, Anthem was disappointing due to terribly executed elements like lack of informational tooltips that explained some of the mechanics, such as retrieving your challenge rewards or how to perform combos, and a    This game is only worthy of a 6/10 at the moment.

    For most games that is okay and acceptable, but for a game that I had high anticipation for since its announcement last year, Anthem was disappointing due to terribly executed elements like lack of informational tooltips that explained some of the mechanics, such as retrieving your challenge rewards or how to perform combos, and a myriad of bugs that include incompletable missions, failed quick plays and very long loading screens. On top of this, EA's influence over this game is very obvious, with the nonchalant placements of purchasable, with real or in-game currency, cosmetic items, purchasable materials for craftables, and the in-game special item known as shards, which are normally obtained through special end-game missions and can be bought using real money.

    In addition, sometimes the long-loading screen would not complete and stay on the loading screen.

    This leads to a need to quit the game and restart the game. On top of these frustrations, successful quickplay missions since the update that rolled out recently (February 1 or 2), have introduced a new bug where it says that your internet connection has been interrupted or lost, resulting in an infinite "search for new host". This again, means that you have to close the game and start it again.

    Moving into the game, the city Tarsis is gorgeous but left much more to be desired. It is free-roam but you are locked to the corridors and spaces that Anthem want you to be in. For example, navigating to your Anthem, you are locked to what could be an immensely immersive and astounding experience especially with the market stalls that are there. It's linear and after the first time going through, you'll quickly get tired of it, as your game will most likely have to restart and you'll load into the default location where you have to walk up a set of stairs and then down the linear path towards your Anthem. Although there are additional areas to explore, they are empty and lack any reason to be there at all.

    I couldn't help but be nostalgic about Skyhold from Dragon Age: Inquisition. But through nostalgia, I realised that there is too much familiarity with past games within Anthem. Specifically, the special effects, the linearity and locked-to-a-certain-path environment, and some game play were heavily reminiscent of Inquisition. Especially with the Storm Javelin and its effects. There were times where the shooting felt like Mass Effect.

    They are recycled effects.

    The in-game store is an ongoing problem as they will offer unique materials and animations which you can buy with coins. It appears that this changes the dynamic of the game and if you want a more unique Anthem, you are almost manipulated into buying packs or items that allow you to make it a little more unique. The loot is pretty locked and the weaponry is recycled items that just scale with your level and add a different special effect here and there.

    However.

    You put all the bugs, all the disappointments, the annoying fact that you are left to figure things on your own, the lack of cosmetic upgrades and the annoying EA styled store, it is hard to absolutely hate the game, and you can't help but enjoy the game when it actually works.

    The game play mechanics allow for a solid and exciting grounds for firefights, which happen every time there is an encounter on the hard difficulty. If you are to play this game, make sure you only play on Hard. Having to be wary of your health and shields while carefully strafing or flying away from the devastating burst of shots or hits on you during those firefights, adds an element that you won't get in the normal mode. However, I would recommend Normal mode when you're starting out and gearing up.

    Flying around is one of the most fun I've had in a game. I think this mechanic is one of the few that Anthem got spot on. Being able to control the flight into a hover and being able to launch into flight at the top of a button is an amazing experience, one that I was looking for in a lot of the games that I've played that were a sci-fi style genre, such as Mass Effect.

    Overall, the game has an abundance of issues, such as the obvious influence from EA over this game with the store, the somewhat poor likability of the NPC's due to dry conversations with little personality, and the lack of likability from the player character as well, and the almost-game-breaking bugs that have made me curse the companies involved with this game and that I can't believe I paid full price for this game. Put the negatives aside (again, a lot), when your game works as intended, you love every little bit of it as it gets almost every aspect right and you keep wanting to play and play...

    Until the mission ends and a system message comes up that says your connection has been lost so it's helping you look for and migrate to a new host. And then you have to start everything again. And again.

    And again.    … Expand
  16. XDashRipRockX
    Mar 22, 2019
    6
    Anthem is fun for children and those who are super casual. Flying is fun and neat to visually see. The different classes make it a bit interesting.

    Anthem was made for the big boy crowd however - the crowd that wants a challenge and deeper fights. For this one reason Anthem will not overcome much of the negativity. Personally for me, the loading times Alone is the reason why the    Anthem is fun for children and those who are super casual. Flying is fun and neat to visually see. The different classes make it a bit interesting.

    Anthem was made for the big boy crowd however - the crowd that wants a challenge and deeper fights. For this one reason Anthem will not overcome much of the negativity.

    Personally for me, the loading times Alone is the reason why the scores is a 6.

    You could literally ponder the worlds greatest philosophies or worry about what you got to do in your real life day - While the loading takes a Good while. Recently updated made this only quicker to view your mission tabs from anywhere in the hub yet still anytime you venture out will be tempted to do something else while the load screen goes on... totally kills any immersion - period.

    The loads alone kill it, the game looks great and the developers Will fix the fun factor in the missions and content - but you’ll just have to wait for it ... every load screen.    … Expand
  17. Raging
    Jun 18, 2019
    6
    Gameplay: Anthem is a very fun looter-shooter. Personally, my favorite javelin is the Colossal, but they are all awesome in their own ways. The gameplay is fun and flying is smooth. You can feel some intense moments when playing, especially when you're fighting Titans and some of the other bosses. The missions are fun though some can seem unnecessary at times.
    NPCs: The NPCs they want you    Gameplay: Anthem is a very fun looter-shooter. Personally, my favorite javelin is the Colossal, but they are all awesome in their own ways. The gameplay is fun and flying is smooth. You can feel some intense moments when playing, especially when you're fighting Titans and some of the other bosses. The missions are fun though some can seem unnecessary at times.
    NPCs: The NPCs they want you to feel for and have emotions towards aren't that interesting and I can't feel any attachment to them or really care what anybody has to say. after you're introduced to a few of them it just seems like a chore to talk to NPCs more than you have too. You'll find yourself only wanting to talk to quest givers within a few hours.
    PS... While it is lacking some content like more in-depth customization, it is pretty fun. I'm looking forward to seeing what Bioware has to offer in the future.    … Expand
  18. PolarizedOrange
    Nov 25, 2020
    6
    This game gets a mixed review for me, let me explain. Although this game was a bit of a flop, I kind of enjoyed it, the graphics are nice, the terrain is nice, and the stuff looks nice, however, the game is filled with bugs galore. I had some bugs when doing some missions, I attempted to finish a level but got hit with a invisible wall and had to restart the game. There isn't much endgameThis game gets a mixed review for me, let me explain. Although this game was a bit of a flop, I kind of enjoyed it, the graphics are nice, the terrain is nice, and the stuff looks nice, however, the game is filled with bugs galore. I had some bugs when doing some missions, I attempted to finish a level but got hit with a invisible wall and had to restart the game. There isn't much endgame content to do and yeah... Honestly, they should've just delayed the game a few years, and did some testing before launching it.… Expand
  19. ApofisTR
    Oct 9, 2021
    6
    Çok iyi, özgün bir oyun olabilecekken başarısız bir oyuna dönüştürülmüş. Grafikler, oyun mekanikleri mükemmel ama hepsi bu kadar...
  20. Balint20
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Anthem is a brand New bioware Ip Mutch like mass effect őr dragon age anthem is ok
  21. Redfordsto
    Feb 28, 2019
    5
    Anthem has an expansive and beautiful environment. One I just wish could be explored without significant difficulty. There is a lot here to be excited about: exciting combat (initially), a seemingly rich lore, and the promise of a BioWare story. But Anthem suffers from the same recent identity crisis that ME:A and DA2. In fact, the similarities are striking. Much like DA2, the story is onAnthem has an expansive and beautiful environment. One I just wish could be explored without significant difficulty. There is a lot here to be excited about: exciting combat (initially), a seemingly rich lore, and the promise of a BioWare story. But Anthem suffers from the same recent identity crisis that ME:A and DA2. In fact, the similarities are striking. Much like DA2, the story is on rails and lacks much of the emotional investment and expansive effects of you choices that players have come to expect from BioWare. Much like DA2, there are three major shifts in effect on your world to give the illusion that choice matters. Further, combat seems to be the major focus. But as you rise to Grandmaster leveled tasks, tedium takes over and mechanics dissolve as your enemies sponge your abilities. All this would make a title average and is mere commentary on the shift a once amazing studio. But what really kills Anthem is the lack of playability. Free play is hampered by your random placement in the world far from allies. The stat system is convoluted and adjustments to weapons seems to have minimal effects. Crafting is... why is there crafting? It’s useless as it is. And simply changing your load out to experiment to find the best combination of weapons and skills is an exercise in madness that takes an hour rather than a few minutes due to the need to leave the environment just to look at the drops you recieve. Thankfully, I didn’t see or experience the plethora of glitches day 1 players did. But 22 hours in, I’m honestly bored of doing the same “guard this” and “fetch that” actions over and over. In earnest, Anthem has the bones of a great BioWare game with the concept and design. But the desire to steal players away from games like Destiny and The Division forced BioWare away from where it shines. Gone are the characters we wish to spend more time with in dlc or over to hate for a grind that’s ultimately unfulfilling.… Expand
  22. whitewi666
    Apr 29, 2019
    5
    Let me start by saying I didn’t want to buy Anthem before I played EA Access trail for 5-6 hours and boy it was fun. Xbox X Visuals and effects are glorious as well as sound. I am glad they added nice story and mission interaction so it doesn’t feel soulless like Destiny one was. Now Day One patch broke HDR (they r working on the fix) and loading times are really start to piss me off. ILet me start by saying I didn’t want to buy Anthem before I played EA Access trail for 5-6 hours and boy it was fun. Xbox X Visuals and effects are glorious as well as sound. I am glad they added nice story and mission interaction so it doesn’t feel soulless like Destiny one was. Now Day One patch broke HDR (they r working on the fix) and loading times are really start to piss me off. I also experience hard locks when talkin to one preticular character and few connections drops but nothing game breaking. It is not 0-3 score for sure ignore the haters and trolls. Flying is mega fun, customizing your mech too, shooting and kicking your enemies is very satisfying. Auto matchmaking for all activities is the big plus for me too. All I can say is if you are mech fan you won’t be disappointed! And even if you are not it still tons of fun. And I don’t even like EA as company so that must tell you something. Okey back to Bastion to uncover the secrets of the relics and creators ;) To arms Freelancers!
    P.S.
    It gets boring after while, not enough stuff to do and Strongholds are boredom. EA drops the ball once again. Score adjusted accordingly    … Expand
  23. TheWaffle
    Dec 25, 2020
    5
    Paid $7 for this on the Xbox store, and that feels about the right price. It's not exactly a Destiny clone, but it's pretty close. This weird hybrid MMO looter-shooter model just doesn't work for me. MMOs sacrifice compelling story and immersion for a more dynamic gameplay experience, but unlike WoW where your party composition dramatically changes how you approach a problem, inPaid $7 for this on the Xbox store, and that feels about the right price. It's not exactly a Destiny clone, but it's pretty close. This weird hybrid MMO looter-shooter model just doesn't work for me. MMOs sacrifice compelling story and immersion for a more dynamic gameplay experience, but unlike WoW where your party composition dramatically changes how you approach a problem, in Destiny/Anthem it's just slightly different particle effects around each character. Either make an open-world MMO or don't, instanced CO-OP missions are just the worst elements of both 3PS and MMOs.

    Too much is lost in the process of going from a single-player campaign like Titanfall 2 into something like Anthem. You lose all of the heart of a single-player game, and don't gain much in gameplay. Flying around is nifty for about two minutes, until you realize it's still just about ADS and circling enemies over and over.    … Expand
  24. Volitile88
    Feb 23, 2019
    5
    it's okay, i guess. Playing on hard with friends is about the only time i find it possible to have a bit of fun only due to the fact enemies will almost one hit my interceptor. Its a pretty game even on console and i've played it on my pc at ultra but other than just looking nice and the movement of flying around, shooting and prepping enemies for combos being pretty good points. I loveit's okay, i guess. Playing on hard with friends is about the only time i find it possible to have a bit of fun only due to the fact enemies will almost one hit my interceptor. Its a pretty game even on console and i've played it on my pc at ultra but other than just looking nice and the movement of flying around, shooting and prepping enemies for combos being pretty good points. I love bioware i loved playing mass effect 1, 2 & 3 as well as dragon age origins and DA inquisition the story of these characters that you come to love, like or hate. One of many things that annoy me while playing is no matter how hard i try, i just don't care about the characters or the story no matter how cool i find the idea of the javelins, the anthem of creation etc but also most of the characters seem emotionless, one cutscene was the annoying as **** owen talking about his parents pretty much abandoning him as a child and his tone of voice has anger and sadness but his face just looks like he is talking about the weather or he will raise his eyebrow and look surprised.

    As stated above i played on pc (solo) and kinda hated playing this game on my own i had friends on xbox one get the game so i got it as well thinking like with destiny 1 and 2 playing with friends make improve my expeirience. It didn't. The game is a buggy mess and the day 7 patch did not help with loading or the bugs i have encountered. I want to like this game but my god it is hard, i am a sucker for mechs and mech suits etc but anthem is just not a great game. Thankfully there is no season pass **** so maybe ill continue playing it next year if or when they drop some more content for it.    … Expand
  25. DreadPurpose
    Feb 22, 2019
    5
    The story; which Bioware used to be known for in the Mass Effect, Jade Empire, and let's not forget the amazing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, one of the best RPG's and THE best Star Wars game ever, in my opinion; well the story is cookie cutter, fan-fiction quality crap. Completely forgettable except for the parts I'll remember for the rest of the weekend for all the wrongThe story; which Bioware used to be known for in the Mass Effect, Jade Empire, and let's not forget the amazing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, one of the best RPG's and THE best Star Wars game ever, in my opinion; well the story is cookie cutter, fan-fiction quality crap. Completely forgettable except for the parts I'll remember for the rest of the weekend for all the wrong reasons. How EA has managed to take a once proud and reliable game developer and turn them into this machine that puts out unfinished, dull, technical messes is a sad commentary on the industry. Bioware truly sold their soul to the devil when they sold out to Electronic Arts.

    An unfinished alpha build (and that's generous, it's probably more like a beta build) released too soon and sold as a a complete game for a full $60 price. No more. Game companies, get it together or look for other careers. Automatic score of 5 because it's unfinished, unpolished, broken in places, and just plain boring in others.    … Expand
  26. Armywild
    Apr 8, 2019
    5
    Gamertag Afonspartan,+ 50hrs jugadas, 10 años miembro xbox,
    Negativos: Mi opinion de este juego en general solo merece criticas en algunos aspectos, un 5 de calificacion en la calidad de los servidores(desconexiones muy seguidas), tiempos de carga muy lentos, similares a RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2, Se vuelve muy repetitivo despues de un par de hrs de juego(como cualquier juego de esta    Gamertag Afonspartan,+ 50hrs jugadas, 10 años miembro xbox,
    Negativos: Mi opinion de este juego en general solo merece criticas en algunos aspectos, un 5 de calificacion en la calidad de los servidores(desconexiones muy seguidas), tiempos de carga muy lentos, similares a RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2, Se vuelve muy repetitivo despues de un par de hrs de juego(como cualquier juego de esta categoria). Las misiones muy cortas aunque se vuelven desafiantes en la mayor dificultad.
    Pros: hay venta de materiales,skin y movimientos, que se pueden comprar CRISTALES de venta por dinero real, pero se pueden comprar con monedas que se ganan durante las misiones, asi que la progresion es lenta pero real, subes de nivel adquiriendo armas de mejor valor. El apartado tecnico y visual es una joya, ambirntado en escenarios ideales para combates, solucionando lo anterior es un juego muy prometedor, merece la pena? Para mi es mejor esperar a los proximos parches y si solucionan lo demas, pues a comprarlo    … Expand
  27. BananaX1
    Feb 23, 2019
    5
    El juego es gráficamente impresionante, pero es pobre en físicas, después de un tiempo se torna aburrido porque no tiene algo adictivo, algo que te motive a jugar. Y por ultimo, lo peor del juego es lo de tener que estar las 24 horas conectado a Internet. (En Xbox one X va a 4k, y se ve de lujo, pero ese merito es mas de la increíble potencia de la consola).

    La historia del Anthem    El juego es gráficamente impresionante, pero es pobre en físicas, después de un tiempo se torna aburrido porque no tiene algo adictivo, algo que te motive a jugar. Y por ultimo, lo peor del juego es lo de tener que estar las 24 horas conectado a Internet. (En Xbox one X va a 4k, y se ve de lujo, pero ese merito es mas de la increíble potencia de la consola).

    La historia del Anthem (viniendo de hacer Mass Effect ) parece una historia hecha por un fan, es una historia que después de unas semanas te vas a olvidar de ella.    … Expand
  28. Brok1
    Feb 22, 2019
    5
    Entre os jogos do gênero, Anthem é sem duvida o pior. é surreal como exista tanto fanboy da ea até hj. O jogo é terrível ?? não, mas e abaixo do nível de jogos de hj. EA já ta batendo na porta pra matar a bioware. Uma pena, deixou de ser original só pra copiar, e ainda assim copiou mal.
  29. centrevez45
    Feb 22, 2019
    5
    this schlock of an video game is best playing on an friday night with an few
    drinking buddies playing the mediocrity of video games for an knock about
    fun and games like this isn't to be taken seriously even flying whilst under
    the influence of alcohol is an dangerous mix but the saturday night live
    humour will have you laughing to no end .
  30. George_Boston
    Feb 28, 2019
    5
    A beautiful boring world, aesthetically breathtaking but without soul. If already with the Dragon Age Inquisition and Mass Effect Andromeda we began to glimpse the creative crisis of Bioware, the result of Anthem is clear : a good storyline is missing, just as epic moments are missing. Gameplay is not bad but it is chaotic and makes any sketch of strategy impossible. Ruolistic aspect isA beautiful boring world, aesthetically breathtaking but without soul. If already with the Dragon Age Inquisition and Mass Effect Andromeda we began to glimpse the creative crisis of Bioware, the result of Anthem is clear : a good storyline is missing, just as epic moments are missing. Gameplay is not bad but it is chaotic and makes any sketch of strategy impossible. Ruolistic aspect is absent, and all that remains is a decent shooter with excellent graphic.… Expand
  31. epicwinpt
    Mar 27, 2020
    5
    This game had potential. It was mismanaged and rushed and the lack of content and real focus shows. The gameplay itself is basically Mass Effect Andromeda.. with flying. Andromeda being the game that was sacrificed so that EA could have a looter-shooter.
    There is no point going on much further with this review. The grind is slow and gives you minimal reason to keep going. There is nowhere    This game had potential. It was mismanaged and rushed and the lack of content and real focus shows. The gameplay itself is basically Mass Effect Andromeda.. with flying. Andromeda being the game that was sacrificed so that EA could have a looter-shooter.
    There is no point going on much further with this review. The grind is slow and gives you minimal reason to keep going. There is nowhere near enough content and Bioware should just get back to putting their full focus into single story gaming.    … Expand
  32. Njk64876
    Mar 28, 2020
    5
    Ok this game is mildly execessive yes the controls suck and the stoy is ingaging lake a pile of **** but biowear really did try to make this a good game so i think if the game in in developent for 2 more years i think we could a really good game but we ended up with any ok piece of ****
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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.
  36. 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
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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!
  44. 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.
  45. 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
  46. 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 .
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 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.
  52. 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
  53. 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.
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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.
  58. Tbrown5
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    this game is someone worst then andromeda, it looks great however everything about the game sucks, what a disappointment
  59. 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
  60. 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...
  61. 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
  62. 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.
  63. Yendys
    Jun 15, 2019
    1
    $60 was a lot of money for a plastic case wothout any redeeming use. Lesson learned.
  64. 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.
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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.
  69. 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.
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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.
  73. 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
  74. kaan0101
    Sep 14, 2019
    1
    optimization is very bad . crash, crash , crash
    play game torture


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  75. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    1
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anthem
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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!
  79. 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.
  80. Prizem
    Mar 2, 2019
    0
    Looks nothing like the E3 demo. Gameplay is boring, and character models look so basic and boring.
  81. 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
  82. 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.
  83. 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.
  84. 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
  85. 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.
  86. 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.
  87. devilchao0
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    This game really sucked, just an absolute disappointment. I'm gonna try to get a refund.
  88. Gabe03
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    The worst video game I've played, bugs, repetitive, downgraded, empty, without sense, etc, etc, etc,.
  89. 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.
  90. 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
  91. 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"
  92. 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.
  93. 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
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. 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
  98. Nickcm
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    Cannot get past main menu, disconnects from servers. will be returning game for refund.
  99. 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.
  100. spookydook
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    Anticipated a 5 star cuisine - What was received was an egg sandwich.

    Bring back Mass Effect Bioware !!
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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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