Anthem

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Top Critic Average

13%

Critics Recommend

Eurogamer
No Recommendation
PC Gamer
55 / 100
IGN
6.5 / 10
GamesRadar+
2.5 / 5
Game Informer
7 / 10
GameSpot
6 / 10
Giant Bomb
2 / 5
Hardcore Gamer
2.5 / 5
Creators: Electronic Arts, BioWare
Release Date: Feb 22, 2019 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5

Anthem Review Summary

WeakCritic Consensus

Repetitive Gameplay

Boring Loot and Endgame

Dull Narrative

Flying in Anthem's beautiful world is an exhilarating experience. Unfortunately, that's about all there is to it. Between repetitive gameplay, unsatisfying endgame, and a dull narrative, Anthem fails to deliver what "looter shooter" fans have come to expect.


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Anthem Launch Trailer

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This Is Anthem | Gameplay Series, Part 2: Endgame

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This Is Anthem | Gameplay Series, Part 1: Story, Progression, and Customization


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Critic Reviews for Anthem

Eurogamer

No Recommendation / Blank
Eurogamer

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

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

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IGN

6.5 / 10.0
IGN

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 a tediously repetitive grind.

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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 of emptiness and repetition.

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

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

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

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Anthem is a game based on a fantastic idea.

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Industry Coverage

Anthem Producer Wants to Reboot the Game

Anthem Producer Wants to Reboot the Game

A producer who has previously worked on the development of Anthem wants to reboot BioWare's controversial multiplayer action role-playing game.

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OpenCritic Weekly Podcast - February 12th, 2020

OpenCritic Weekly Podcast - February 12th, 2020

It's been another hectic week in the world of gaming, with news on E3 2021, the future of BioWare's Anthem, cyberattacks at CD Projekt and more highlighting this week's show.

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Anthem Overhaul Is Coming as BioWare Aims to Save the Game

Anthem Overhaul Is Coming as BioWare Aims to Save the Game

BioWare's much-rumored Anthem overhaul is real and it starts now, the studio revealed in a lengthy blog post.

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BioWare Reportedly Looking to Reboot Anthem

BioWare Reportedly Looking to Reboot Anthem

Reports have surfaced stating that developer BioWare is looking to reboot Anthem

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