I played ANTHEM In 2022 so you don't have to...

For a renowned RPG studio like BioWare to break off from the games they typically produce to chase the live service trends could only end one way. In fact, it's a game I never played beyond its beta because I saw the train wreck coming from a mile away. Today, I sit down for the first time to see what Anthem is all about. This comes almost two years after the game had been shutdown and now I'm firing it up in 2022 to see what it's all about so you don't have to.

#Anthem #BioWare #Xbox

[mash]

Actually have fond memories of Anthem. Was coming off a twenty five year drug addiction, and it was the game that helped pass the time. Who knew?

[jasonarnold]

The graphics, flying around and the gun fight game play was fantastic. But my god everything else was so bad.

[statesminds]

Honestly Anthem looked cool in some aspects and having the Mass Effect trilogy team it should have been great. One of biggest disappointments for me.

[DrillnKill]

Unpopular opinion aside, I loved my time with Anthem. The story and gameplay, character models and conversations, graphics and sound design. I really enjoyed all of that. It just had ZERO endgame

[EastyyBlogspot]

Worse part was the the concept was such a good one, but they had wasted so much of the time they had (which i believe was about 5-6 years with a actual 18 months of development time towards the end)

[jack]

I think the flight packs were originally going to be in Andromeda, but got scared back to jump packs so that the flight was put into anthem.

[singleplayer]

Anthem had so much potential, the gameplay was great, the open world really felt different, the mayor lack of content is what killed it. Anthem's gameplay is perfect for an Iron Man game.

[BrotherKnowledge.]

I got almost 500 hours out of this game. I enjoyed myself enough to get my money's worth out of it, so I was good. (Still disappointed that they didn't take the steps necessary to improve on the game, though. Metric shit-ton of potential completely wasted. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[paulmiller]

Loved the flight controls and the game world, map looked good. Unfortunately that's where it ends.. Such a shame.. I do still like to have a fly around every now then still..

[G_Studios]

I played it when it came out. It had massive potential but was met with Money signs and that killed it, my opinion.

[blackbeardbarkbark]

Anthem. The game that killed my excitement for any bioware game going forward. Before this, they basically could do no wrong for me.

[SkiesTurnedGrey]

"Fun to explore" is highly subjective. I really enjoyed exploring the world of Anthem. The scale of it was really impressive, verticality and all. Some fantastic vistas. There was enough in the open world to do, flying was intended to be a mechanism to get from point a to point b, but even for something that fills a basic function, it was very well done.
That aside, it was really unfortunate that they didn't flesh out the story and end game more...it left something to be desired. That goes without mentioning the broken loot system, which they eventually did _sort of_ fix, but by that point it was too late, people lost interest.

[HunterWolf_V]

See I enjoyed anthem. I thought the combat was fun and it was a good experience. I was looking forward to what the game was going to become. I was so pissed when the just pulled the plug. This game really did have potential I think with just a little love

[AntiSocialismo]

The flying mechanic and movement of the javelins are underrated, because its really good. However you guys know what happened

[Aves_]

I really enjoyed this game. Its a shame how it ended up

[Raidblade]

Nobody will change my mind about this game..i absolutely love it and still play it And its still very active and alive ..and yes it does have things to improve on like loot systems etc..but its still fun

[jond.]

Matty, I thought you weren't going to be working everyday like this but now your back dropping videos everyday

[DeusNyx]

Anthem was abandoned,
ME: Andromeda was abandoned,
ME:LE was abandoned,
Bioware really do have a bit of a nasty habit.

[DanielZeal]

23:26 The sheer confusion in his voice when he realized he did something cool 😂😂 Tells me everything I need to know about this game.

[DeadUponAll]

Damn I kinda want to play it again, you made it seem so fun