Anthem Reviews

Anthem is ranked in the 19th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
6 / 10.0
Feb 26, 2019

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 from BioWare

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Mike Harradence
Top Critic
5 / 10
Mar 1, 2019

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

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3 / 5 stars
Feb 25, 2019

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

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6 / 10.0
Mar 1, 2019

Edmonton-based BioWare's first kick at the cooperative online shooter can needs a little more oomph

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Unscored
Feb 25, 2019

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 world map to change a bit, or have seasons, or better social interaction. It needs changes to how it actually works, which is a lot to ask. But the biggest fight I’ve had with Anthem so far is against Anthem.

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80 / 100
Feb 23, 2019

Anthem's rich storytelling and engaging combat lays the foundation for Bioware's newest adventure. While there are plenty of quality of life improvements to be made, Anthem's ambitious approach to the looter-shooter genre is encouraging given the development team's steadfast community engagement. With a roadmap stretching far into the horizon, we'll be flying around the world of Anthem for a long time to come.

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4 / 10
Feb 24, 2019
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Feb 24, 2019

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

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Guardian
Top Critic
Feb 22, 2019

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

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Feb 21, 2019

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 being something truly special.

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ZTGD
Top Critic
4.5 / 10.0
Mar 12, 2019

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

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7 / 10.0
Mar 7, 2019

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 game past unlocking the final javelin, even though there is that tease at the end of further content.

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6.5 / 10.0
Mar 3, 2019

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, overabundance of loading screens and severe lack of content considerably drag down the experience, at least for the time being. Still, this is a live service game after all and the folks at BioWare have the chance to right this ship by adding enough content in the upcoming months, though it won't be easy.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
5 / 10
Mar 3, 2019

For many of us, BioWare RPGs became very special. Now we have Anthem, a product created by the hollow shell of the once great studio in the miserable attempts to jump onto the leaving Destiny train. It is difficult to say what lies ahead for this game and the company that created it, but we have serious concerns.

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Mar 1, 2019

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 being quite bad, I still thought about playing the game during my hours away from it. In a few years, Anthem might be a good experience. Today, it's hard to recommend.

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5 / 10
Feb 26, 2019

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. There's a good game in here somewhere, but only the flashy, satisfying combat stands out amongst a background mess of shockingly bad design decisions and woefully undercooked systems. ANTHEM feels unfinished and, frankly, undeserving of your time when there are much better live titles currently available on PS4. Check back in a year from now, and we might be onto something.

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7 / 10.0
Feb 26, 2019

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 IP from BioWare in over ten years displays moments of grandeur with fun and unique gameplay that unfortunately is undermined by the game's current condition.

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6.6 / 10.0
Feb 23, 2019

Anthem is a hymn to laziness, where a great potential is held back by strong repetitiveness, the absence of some basic features and the artificially increased level of difficulty. Moreover, BioWare and Electronic Arts made an incomplete product, a mere idea of a full game with the promise that each patch will bring us closer to what we might call a final product. Still, is it possible to have fun with a group of friends and spend some pleasant time exploring or fighting? Sure, but the experience will quickly turn into an infinite loop devoid of any goal.

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60 / 100
Feb 22, 2019

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, it falls into the same shortcomings as its predecessors, featuring a minimal endgame and some almost obtuse design choices.

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Feb 22, 2019

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

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