Anthem (PS4)

Anthem Review – PS4

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.

"...Anthem transforms BioWare's strengths into weaknesses, and only some decent character moments, impressive visuals, and fun combat salvage the experience." © 2019 Electronic Arts, BioWare. All rights reserved.

Anthem PS4 demo impressions

Anthem's VIP demo show-cased it's visual treats and world-building chops, but also a lot of lingering, potential technical issues that might dampen the experience. at launch.

Anthem Review – A Squandered Opportunity

While it was teased only a few years ago, Anthem's been in the oven quite some time, so to speak. The highly anticipated looter shooter is finally out, but not without its share of issues.

Anthem (PlayStation 4) Review

Since EA absorbed it into its growing Katamari of game studios, Bioware has lost its identity. From the disaster that was Mass Effect 3 's ending, to the disappointment that was Mass Effect Andromeda , EA's heavy hand has been felt all around, as it has with each of the other studios it has...

Anthem review

The truth is, we never felt compelled to play Anthem. In the sea of competing titles released in just the last few weeks alone, it falls short on almost everything, and there's rarely the temptation to stay up too late to have One More Go, finish off one more mission, or whizz about, idly collecting more stuff. It's weird because, again, it's not a bad game, and whilst we're in the grips of it - tackling a Stronghold, perhaps - it's not boring, either. But beyond the Javelins and pottering about in The Forge, obsessively tweaking your loadouts to boost your level, nothing in Anthem stands out. We're not sure what BioWare can do to inject a little more colour into the game's bland, underwhelming world (and it's possibly already too late to do so). It's not even that the studio - famed, quite rightly, as it is for its astonishing single-player stories and complex, compulsive world-building - doesn't have the chops to pull it all off. It simply feels like in its desperation to tick all the boxes and appeal to all players, Anthem, as mechanically solid as it is, has become nothing for no-one.

Anthem review review

Anthem Review

Can Bioware's latest match the pedigree of their past, or is it destined for failure

Anthem review

Anthem is an immensely fun game wrapped up in a dull story and a repetitive end-game. It will no doubt get better as time goes on, but this isn’t a great starting point.

Anthem Review | An unfulfilled destiny

This Anthem review contains my experiences with the game after 40 hours of gameplay and following extensive testing of the day one patch. I have blasted through every story and side mission, while also diving deep into the endgame.