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Slick flying and gunplay collide with infuriating design choices throughout Anthem. But its biggest problem is a lack of soul – this is a cynical,... Read more

It's not quite the endlessly fun online grind-a-thon experience that will have you logging on nightly for months, but instead, Anthem is a fairly competent... Read more

That said, great combat and traversal alone don't do enough to warrant playing Anthem right now. Poorly thought out progression, grating characters, and inconsistent performance... Read more

BioWare will need to build quickly on top of its shimmering jet-fueled foundation to hold people's interest, but folks looking for a new neighborhood to... Read more

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Anthem delivers a fairly solid experience, it has enjoyable elements but does also come across as rather generic. Read more

Anthem's technical shortcomings, dull combat and pretty but messy environments combine poorly with a narrative that uses pointless binary conversation choices, a thoroughly typical, snarky... Read more

When everything clicks, Anthem is great. But it is a game with major flaws, and how much you enjoy it will depend on both your... Read more

Anthem offers near unlimited potential, with certain features, taken separately, representing a marvel in design. Combined together and it proves to have a lot of... Read more

Anthem's disjointed story, boring loot, repetitive missions, and shallow endgame are all disappointing. At least it's pretty. Read more

Anthem offers amazing combat, astounding visuals, and excellent all-around production value, but suffers from baffling design choices and awful writing that hold it back from... Read more

Wait until EA finishes the game, if that ever happens. Read more

BioWare's shooter jets promisingly into battle on a stunning alien world, but what unfolds is patchy Read more

Unfortunately, I feel like fixing this game goes beyond patching glitches, fixing bugs, and then cramming in expansions. Read more

It’s crazy that Bioware did the hard part so well and created a system of combat and movement that I absolutely love, while failing nearly... Read more

As it stands, Anthem needs some work done to it if we want to see its full glory. Read more

Strong alone, stronger together, Anthem is a fantastic action-RPG experience for solo players or groups. Read more

Anthem has energetic combat but it saves too much of what precious little content it has for the endgame, making playing through its mismatched story... Read more

Anthem has a few good ideas, but it struggles under the weight of its own gameplay mechanics and some truly baffling design decisions. Read more

Right now, though, Anthem is in a bad state –- and no patches or performance improvements are going to be a quick enough fix to... Read more

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Anthem is a frustrating experience. There's a core gameplay idea that's fun, but it's not enough to keep the experience alive in endgame and beyond.... Read more

It would be easy to write off the bewildering state that Anthem is in as the result of video game design by committee. Read more

Despite Anthem’s very noticeable hiccups, there’s enough of a solid groundwork here that I think Anthem can be built off of into something unique. Sadly,... Read more

At this point in time, Anthem feels like a title that needs more work. I want to like it, but damn does it make it... Read more

Beautiful and mechanically robust throughout, but weighed down by repetitive missions, a flabby structure, and a lot of the people you meet in Fort Tarsis.... Read more

Anthem is ultimately severely flawed, and very unfinished. There's half a good game in there, but it doesn't do enough to diminish the overall feeling... Read more

Six months or a year from now, Anthem, like many of the other games before it, may be a wholly improved experience and complete its... Read more

Anthem may look like a slick blend of action and exploration all wrapped up in some shiny armour, but beneath its surface lies a game... Read more

I’d be remiss not to mention that I personally really enjoy looter shooters, way back to Borderlands in 2009, and I actually adore Destiny (fight... Read more

The controls of Anthem are intuitive and engaging. Flying through the world of Bastion is a sight to behold, and coordinating with your team on... Read more

For all its flaws, it has to be said that Anthem is a lot of fun. Some 60 hours in, between both PC and PS4... Read more

Bungie fixed Destiny. Massive fixed The Division. Bioware have all the pieces of the puzzle, but right now Anthem isn’t living up to its potential.... Read more

BioWare's Anthem has good ideas, but most of those ideas don't end up working well together. Read more

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Anthem's fast-paced shooting gameplay is a ton of fun, but it suffers from long loads, repetitive missions, bad filler, and an iffy story. Still, this... Read more

Anthem feels less like an evolution for BioWare and more like a deviation into conformity. Read more

Anthem is not “for me”, yet Anthem is trying desperately to be “for everyone.” It is a slow, sometimes terribly frustrating game with nonetheless incredible... Read more

It’s a shame then that everything surrounding this core feels so disjointed. A story that lacks momentum outside of a few moments, mission design that... Read more

Right now, Anthem is not good. And given what's come out of BioWare in the past and the kinds of lasting, impactful experiences that the... Read more

I want to want to spend more time with it, because there are bits of it I really enjoy. But it needs more than the... Read more

Anthem is like playing in a mud puddle. It's a mess, but it's fun. It features fun third-person shooter combat with likable characters. Unfortunately, the... Read more

Anthem may never get the chance to live up to its potential due to a series of unfortunate game design decisions and issues. The first... Read more

Anthem is a game that tries to be an answer to Destiny’s popularity and even seeks to answer some of the issues people have with... Read more

Anthem has moments that shine out and feel amazing, but you have to push through too much drudgery to reach those moments. Read more

Despite some new ideas and a core gameplay loop that does its best to carry the experience, Anthem is ultimately a bit of a disappointment... Read more

Given time, ANTHEM could slowly start to bloom into a much more cohesive experience, but the worry is that it won't be given a chance.... Read more

Long loading screens and weird design choices that feel out of place in a loot shooter conspire to bring down an otherwise incredibly entertaining sci-fi... Read more

Beautiful, broken, with flashes of brilliance, Anthem is a disorganised mess in search of a reason to be. Read more

The starting moments of Anthem are truly amazing, with breathtaking environments, a promising story, and the ability to take to the sky at will. This... Read more

Though the core gameplay loop of getting better loop will undoubtedly hook players in, Anthem currently doesn't offer enough original content to make the investment... Read more

In short, Anthem is a great game which has had some bad reviews based on what is on offer right now and the fact that... Read more

Anthem is a beautiful car that is an absolute joy to drive, but so far, it only has enough gas to get you a couple... Read more

BioWare’s new loot shooter is fun at times, but ultimately underwhelms with its tedium and lack of depth Read more

Comparison aside, Anthem can be a fairly chilled game to play with friends, despite explosions big enough to fill screens, and this is 100% the... Read more

Anthem impresses on the presentation front and the javelin suits are a blast to play with, but a lack of diversity in the game and... Read more

Anthem tries to be too many things, and ends up losing focus in all aspects of the experience Read more

Anthem is gorgeous to look at and can be fun in places, but for now it feels decidedly half-baked. Read more

Anthem is an MMO-lite looter-shooter with potential sadly unrealized. Most of its design decisions feel woefully underdeveloped, despite how it excels in its frankly addicting... Read more

I have no doubt that Anthem will dramatically improve over time, but right now, this flight should remain grounded. Read more

BioWare's Anthem is as disappointing as it is boring, with the game's biggest fault being that it just gets in the way of its own... Read more

It's not all bad. The combat and the flying are legitimately amazing in Anthem. They're so good that, despite everything else about the game... Read more

Anthem is two core ideas clashing violently, making for an abrasive and dull experience. On top of feeling incomplete and low on content, it struggles... Read more

Bioware's new live service shooter, Anthem, may be off to a rough start, but the core gameplay is still fantastic, and there is definitely hope... Read more

Anthem is a tremendously fun base for a game, but is significantly lacking as a game right now. We know for sure that BioWare is... Read more

Fans that have waited for Anthem will have to wait a bit longer until it's up to speed with a lot of the competition. Long... Read more

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It is frustrating to rate Anthem. The game looks great, plays even better and has an intriguing setting to boot. However, the fragmented world design,... Read more

Anthem is a fun game that has some weird oversights built into it. On the upside, BioWare has been quick to respond to issues and... Read more

The game's bland mélange of competence feels like the deliberate, calculated, focus-tested murder of ideas. Read more

BioWare joins the ranks of developers who have learned the hard way how difficult it is to make a good loot game. Read more

Anthem as a whole is a very ambitious undertaking from a company who hasn't dabbled in the always online co-op shooter genre. I have high... Read more

Anthem is a great game and you can definitely remember a lot of interesting moments. Read more

Anthem is a painfully average RPG from a developer that is capable of so much more. Read more

Anthem offers a solid multiplayer PvE action-shooter experience and exo suit power fantasy dampened by fundamental design problems and loot system inconsistencies. Read more

Perhaps it will get better, but whether the audience is still there when it does is questionable. Cool flying mechanics can only keep the interest... Read more

Bugs, crashes, bad optimization, repetitive objectives, horrible load times and lots more, unfortunately, overshadow the game's great flight and combat system. Read more

Anthem is a game with unmet potential at every turn. The gameplay is fantastic and recreates the '30 seconds of fun' that has made its... Read more

Anthem is the worst game I’ve ever been addicted to. Read more

Anthem is an excellent Iron Man simulator bogged down with poor mission design set in a fascinating world with a lack-luster story. Coupled with a... Read more

We hoped beyond hope that Anthem would show the world just how sci-fi online action role-playing games were done. What we got, however, was far... Read more

Anthem has the potential to be something greater than it is, but BioWare needs to focus on a clear path to get it there. It... Read more

What frustrates me the most about Anthem is that the things that work in the game's favour are really well implemented. It feels like a... Read more

In a matter of weeks Anthem has marveled with its engaging action and technical incompetence. As a power fantasy, the game achieves many co-op thrills... Read more

Overall, Anthem seems to be a solid foundation buried under a mixture of problems. While some bugs are minor, some of them are game-breaking enough... Read more

BioWare really dropped the ball with Anthem. It has a fairly average story, is rife with terrible design and problems, laden with as many bugs... Read more

Anthem is a competent looter-shooter. It is not an overwhelming, hallelujah-inducing entry into BioWare's storied history, but it's fine. I doubt I'll engage with the... Read more

Anthem is pretty to look at but its bad game design, game-breaking bugs and server issues ruin the little it has going for it. Read more

Anthem is a game with a lot of great ideas, but it doesn’t always have what it takes to put those ideas together. It suffers... Read more

There’s a great game somewhere hidden beneath the tombs of Anthem, it’s just not there quite yet. Read more

Here's hoping for a swift fix for the game's most pressing issues, because almost everything that works, works well. With some more polish, Anthem could... Read more

Many of the individual aspects of Anthem work well. The world of Bastion is gorgeous, the graphical fidelity is truly next level, and no game... Read more

The missions are ho-hum, but the combat more than makes up for it and the fact that all four Javelins play so differently is fantastic.... Read more

There's a good game somewhere in Anthem. Somewhere behind the loading screens, asking for meaningful endgame content. Hopefully in the next few months, when BioWare... Read more

Anthem mimes shoot-and-loot games, but doesn't do enough to stand apart from the competition. Plus, bugs and tedious level design mar a potentially entertaining title. Read more

Anthem isn't a terrible game. The core mechanics alone make it something worth at least trying, with the fluid Javelin control movement system and combat... Read more

The world and setting of Anthem are amazing, the gameplay is super fun, but the mission structure and loot system let the game down. Read more

Anthem is not worth the money they’re asking. It just isn’t. It might be someday, the ‘quality of life’ has to be improved significantly because... Read more

I will probably fire up Anthem more than a few times again, if only to experience the joyous nature of plopping down a Colossus in... Read more

My hope is that BioWare, too, will be able to overcome the ways that their game is broken. Since that demo, Anthem has steadily grown... Read more

Anthem manages to offer up moments of fun, with occasionally chaotic action, Javelin gameplay variety and freeform traversal. But an overly convoluted and forgettable story,... Read more

Anthem is a game based on a fantastic idea. Read more

I am sorry to say that Anthem has fallen short in pretty much every way. Read more

BioWare's first foray into the looter-shooter genre absolutely nails high-flying action, but drops the ball in all other aspects. A disappointment at launch, Anthem nevertheless... Read more

If you’re into your looter shooters, then I would highly recommend you giving this game a go. It has a beautiful world to discover, fantastic... Read more

Anthem is one of my favorite games in a long time. Yes, there are some design and technical problems with Anthem but absolutely nothing that... Read more

The future of this legendary developer remains a question for another day, but its followers shouldn’t be so quick to write off this new franchise.... Read more

"Anthem, problems aside, is a solid game, it's beautiful, it's organic and it's one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had with an open world... Read more

Here’s the kicker, though; despite its myriad problems I actually kind of like Anthem. I found myself sinking into its simple gameplay loops. But there... Read more

I didn’t anticipate that Anthem would launch as poorly as it has. I use the word “launch” because I know a majority of the game’s... Read more

I’ll be playing this game for some time to come and will only hope that it gets better by year’s end, because honestly if it... Read more

As it stands, the tougher difficulties, additional loot drops verses the repeated enemies tends to take some of its luster away. We can only recommend... Read more

Anthem is a game that requires patience and time to be fulfilling. It is more about the journey and experience of becoming a legendary Freelancer,... Read more

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Bioware's latest sci-fi epic fails to stick the landing in an already crowded loot shooter genre. Read more

Anthem falls way short of the hype due to repetitive missions and lack of content. Read more

Anthem struggles to deliver an engaging and ongoing experience to return and grind every day. Even if you manage to look above his flaws, like... Read more