Anthem - Boring Trash (Jimpressions)

[@Pit_Wizard]

Imagine if you went on a first date, and it went very poorly. You were thoroughly unimpressed, there was nothing to do or say, and you spent a lot of money. Then, at the end of the date, the other person says turns to you and says "I think that was a pretty good start, but I can tell there's a lot of room for improvement. I guarantee, by the 9th or 10th date, this relationship is going to be great!" That's 'live service' games in a nutshell.

[@311kratos]

More like arranged marriage. You may fall in love in the future, but most likely you won't.

[@WhyBeUgly]

I mean if they were as good looking as Anthem is, your comparison kind of falls apart. Jokes aside, it do be like that.

[@yamadiyoo9658]

Basically live services spawned from triple A game companies seeing indie developers using pateron to develop games that were more incomplete than an early access title but they will update them over time and maybe finish them if you pledge. They saw it and said "We can sell without finishing it with 1k+ staff? Give me dat piiiiie.

[@lelouche25]

Bad analogy, a bad first date isnt always something to judge a person by. But Anthem is indeed disappointing. I hope they fix this game and save it from EA's bullshit.

[@1dayago843]

Anthem is like dating a hot person who due to their religion can't have sex. And they don't tell you that right away. You may have known it all along, but you chose to stay hopeful. OR maybe they told you that from the get go, but your idiot mind hopes that you'll be the exception. Something to get your ego going.

[@qlipothian]

The Monitor is a scary villain name...because it refers to staring at the loading screen.

[@Leelamon]

Loading screen is his power

[@XanthinZarda]

The only Monitor that scares me is a CRT, because those things are dangerous.

[@solidfisher9798]

Ad anti to it's terrifying. The Antimonitor

[@MetaL556]

@@solidfisher9798 Probably the only Monitor to ever be truly afraid of.

[@cl1cka]

@@wartome3196 If only 90% of the reviewers didn't agree with him on that.....Or the 80% of gamers....

[@ClemmyGames]

Nice Mysterio inspired suit!

[@JimSterling]

I wish I could've gotten a better vinyl or something to fully whiten the helmet (eew), but I was pleased enough with the end result.

[@johnhaynes9442]

was literally about to post that.

[@Bugthesda76]

@@JimSterling Beautiful

[@Uncompromising_Mode]

@@JimSterling Im sure if you grinded for another 80 hours you could have made a better one :^)

[@randytyson]

Jim Sterling never gonna turn down a discussion to talk about mysterio aren't you Jim?

[@salvation7362]

"Successful because EA had nothing to do with it" There's your tagline... that shit sells games. But it's free!

[@uros.u.novakovic]

Perfect. I just hit a loading screen in game so I've got enough time to watch this video.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Lmao

[@spartacus4ue]

Nice one dude 😂😂😂

[@joemurray8902]

ahahahahahhahah

[@PepeMetallero]

Imagine EA expecting players to pay extra $5 to load the game faster.

[@mollykalk8240]

No not even close i try to watch videos in loading screens and don't even make it through the intro.

[@HiredGunGames]

I heard a reviewer say "it's boring right now, but they are adding more content in the coming months!" okay why isn't that content in their right now?

[@wargamingrefugee9065]

Because folks are dumb enough to buy the game without the content. Remember, you live in a world in which people buy into time share housing.

[@arlosteiner8382]

Cause something something server costs

[@shanegrayson7068]

That is usually how MMORPGS work, sadly. They release the base type game and then add stuff over the coming month/years. Look at FFXIV for the easiest method of this. Every three months they try and add something new. The difference here, though, is that Anthem is owned by EA, and is dubbed a "LIve Service". Meaning: if it does poorly in the coming months, then expect no content. It's a great way of getting out of that MMORPG loop of needing to use developer resources to create new and meaningful content every 3-4 months. Also, in my humble opinion, if a game journalist/reviewer is going to "review" a Live Service (or any MMO to that matter) game, then that review needs to wait 6 months before making a proper assessment. I don't like EA, and Anthem looks very meh to me, but who knows, maybe in 6 months they fix all the bugs, and add a compelling narrative in for their end game, and whatever else.

[@gelul12]

@Mr Mavvy they put a man on the moon in less time lol

[@oniinu]

there*

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Since Anthem is a failure that means that Bioware's expiration date has been moved up

[@nevezetesazonossag]

They are the next on EA's chopping block... Rest In Pieces

[@iggytheincubus]

I suppose it's for the best. At least EA won't be dragging the corpse of Bioware around

[@ZeroTheSilent]

So for the people who play swtor this is a huge you

[@mythologue]

Criterion -> Ghost -> Bioware -> Dice That's my guess, anyway.

[@Flood520]

They'll get killed off this year I'd wager. Better finish up my leftover quests in Old Republic.

[@erickienitz1490]

"Confused lore with plot" Thank you. I have been waiting for someone to finally say that.

[@smaller_cathedrals]

Exactly. Amen to that.

[@GarryGananas]

Just finished the game about an hour ago, I can confirm I am very confused with the story and it was so very blunt. It didn't explain the main villains at all and I have no idea who that bald guy was, and the story itself was very fucking short

[@KassFireborn]

Dan Olson's (foldingideas) related phrasing is "No Meaning, Only Lore".

[@ManoredRed]

To be fair, the Souls series has tons of lore, almost no plot, and it works. Then again the Souls series never forces you to sit through any dialogue. If you just want to be a knight that runs around stabbing things for no reason, you can.

[@theakkw]

Manored ‘Hollow one..’ ‘Seek..’ ‘Seek..’ LET ME LEVEL UP ALREADY!

[@ManoredRed]

7:25 holy shit, what's the name of this rifle? Epilepsy?

[@lordofgangstas]

Level 50 Legendary Scout Rifle: “Trident of Seizures”

[@MoonLight-zj8iu]

Seizure Striker

[@vohlm]

looking at this game , do you think they have the creativity to even name something ? thats why the game too over 5 years to finish

[@oniinu]

Oh i honestly wasn't sure if i was the only one. I had to stop watching the video and put it on background play.

[@_gungrave_6802]

@@cupsnlantern Should call it Pokemon Gun since that show had an episode that sent hundreds of kids to the hospital in Japan due to the seizures that episode created.

[@doobasaurus]

Bioware couldn't possibly develop a game that will get lower reviews than Mass Effect: Andromeda Anthem: "Hold my cold piss"

[@doobasaurus]

@Lady Wanderer Preach lol

[@NeverLucky1765]

Lady Wanderer unless your like me and absolutely hated the borderlands series I feel cheated.

[@jimmykrabklaw1216]

It's almost like it was a bad idea to split your development on your most prestigious IP to copy what was hot a couple of years ago for a new IP.

[@stanknight9159]

"hold my beer" -> "hold my nuka dark rum" -> "hold my cold piss". This is some party they are having with each other lol.

[@Moethemad70]

the only problem is that Andromeda was developed by Bioware Montreal, and Anthem was developed by Bioware Edmonton since 2012 after mass effect 3

[@wariodude128]

"The story of Anthem is: There is a thing." -Jim F. Sterlingson. February 23, 2019.

[@Smljhndnsmr]

Jim, Fucking, Sterling, and Son, Law Firm

[@bernardoheusi6146]

McGuffin

[@inferndragon]

Story of anthem: Go to a place... Shit goes down... You fail... Get Mcguffins return and beat the boss... Play extra fluff

[@halloire]

Is it wrong that I read this as "Jim F. Skellington"?

[@wariodude128]

@@halloire Not at all. In fact, since he calls skeletons skellingtons I think he would approve.

[@obsidiansands]

You know what Anthem needs? RINGS! You need to have rings that you have to fly through with!

[@davidrowland902]

Not enough people played Anthem! Bioware has been destroyed! LUTHOR WINS

[@fryergurothad]

I think superman 64 was more fun, at least it had some varied gameplay.

[@UsonoHoushi]

Or like with monster hunter where you are encourage to explore area to build an empty map. Makes flying fun. And what sad is that the flying IS fun.

[@GentleGiantAudio]

Superman 64 all over again.

[@mk0246]

Then make the ring game on a timer.. And make the last ring impossible to get to unless you buy a microtransaction speed booster..

[@DaoYeLung]

You wanna know the best "live service " game ever made? Dungeons and Dragons.

[@sagacity1071]

Amen brother

[@wariodude128]

You're not too far off about that, actually. I would counter by saying Warhammer 40k has had more editions, but in terms of things you need to purchase just to get a game up and running, not to mention getting up to four friends together and choosing who will act as DM, nothing else comes even close.

[@sickofitall89]

How about Everquest?

[@sickofitall89]

@@Noqtis HEY ! We hunters have our NEEDS !

[@sickofitall89]

@@Noqtis It's not ? OMG i have been playing this game wrong then !

[@imthedude2351]

A preemptive moment of silence for Bioware

[@DrTheRich]

F

[@shockwave3318]

F

[@RisqueBisquetz]

i've been F-ing since Andromeda.

[@devilmikey00]

DEAD DEVELOPER WALKIN'! DEAD DEVELOPER WALKING HERE! WE GOT A DEAD DEVELOPER WALKIN' HERE!

[@rollrcoastrbacon2725]

I'm The Dude well so long to their future. They will be missed

[@cormoran2303]

"Will you buy Anthem?" Nope No

[@Lycan_Sub_Scribe]

Nay.

[@Rudofaux]

Naa.

[@AimlessSavant]

maybe? I was mildly entertained in the beta. :s

[@bilalkadri2797]

When it's under 30$ sure I liked the combat

[@SasukeTheCursed]

Nein

[@benjaminaustnesnarum3900]

So, it's basically a paid, but bad, version of Warframe with combat from Mass Effect Andromeda?

[@Brakiros]

Basically, and Warframe's mission structure

[@mikeaft3585]

@@Brakiros fuck that shit

[@iHumanist]

Honestly dude, the combat in ME: Andromeda was better.

[@defaulted9485]

@@Brakiros Are Warframe's Mobile Defense, Excavation, Assassination, Cetus Bounty missions are similar with Anthem ? - Yep Are Warframe's Spy, Extermination, Crossfire Extermination, Defection, Defense, Hijack, Interception, Invasions, Rescue, Survival, Void Fissures, Simaris's Synthesis, Sanctuary Onslaught, (who plays The Conclave), Kuva Siphons, Ayatan Treasure Hunt missions are similar with Anthem? - No Edit : Adding insult to injury, do you have coin farm in Anthem like Warframe's The Index : Endurance?

[@Brakiros]

@@defaulted9485 no idea, but Warframe is a lot more content dense they've added a lot of stuff. But the basic stuff that you encounter at the start of the game is pretty much a copy.

[@DeathBringer769]

I think a lot of us sadly saw this coming, lol.

[@eusouocarameuirmao]

"sadly"

[@MrSwitchblade327]

Yup

[@planescaped]

I've been saying for almost a year now that Anthem was going to pull a Battleborn... The interest just wasn't there. It was a game entering a genre that nobody wanted another game in, during a hostile market. People are either playing Destiny or Warframe... who wants to play a new, lesser form of those that's also under EA at a time when their consumer relations are at an all time low? Nobody apparently... fuck EA. The sooner they're dEAd the better the world will be.

[@Emanouche]

It's almost sad, I mean like any other intelligent human being, I totally saw this coming; but, a part of me was still hoping to be proven wrong, and that it might be good. :/ I've been boycotting EA for some time now, and it's not going to end soon.

[@Hornswroggle]

And this kids is why I stick to the Motto of House Bain: "We shall not preorder!"

[@mohammedhassim2697]

RIP our king John ' totalbiscuit' Bain

[@mythgraven]

Man people get salty when you bust out that (incredibly correct) quote.

[@Cirabarnet4]

It is house Biscuit. At least it was when it was on merch.

[@artyomfarris7187]

Our hero, Lord Bain, and his successor, Lady Bain. Couldn't ask for better rulers. WE DO NOT PRE-ORDER!

[@TheFightingGentleman]

Their villain is called the monitor? What's his weapon, an HDMI cable?

[@Supernautiloid]

You can’t beat him until you get the special Vsync Rifle.

[@johannbezuidenhout2976]

His plan is the highest definition of Evil.

[@victormajida]

😂😂 I wonder what would happen if you throw water at him?

[@kategrant2728]

Anti-Monitor is a good villain, ergo Monitor is a bad villain.

[@joshp2542]

If you dont kill him fast enough and his shields recharge then pornhub pops up.

[@bainbonic]

"It's like a Final Fantasy story." *Hey, I take offense to-* "A _latter day_ Final Fantasy story." *...Yeah, that's fine, carry on.*

[@Sonichero151]

I'm curious..... Which era of Final fantasy is the one people unironically like...... Cause the first game's story was generic as fuck.....

[@Marcos-ze7vb]

@@Sonichero151 i think the break point is around ff x? personally and storywise i liked them up until vi but i think people hate from xii onwards. Also about ff i, i think that one just set up the rest with the gameplay and eventually they developed a good story in most of them, but it was another age of gaming so i don't really know

[@aguyhere7945]

@@Marcos-ze7vb XIV is pretty well liked for its story. Well as soon as you get out of ARR content it is anyway.

[@exarkun4084]

We live in a timeline where a BioWare game isn't worth renting. Let that sink in.

[@kristiannn11]

Just let it sink in general

[@SephBK]

We are clearly in the darkest timeline.

[@MasterRoyalSnow]

Tony, it was the only way

[@hepzibah4573]

@GiRayne Andromeda was trash. Patched or not, that thing wasn't worth doing anything with.

[@MrScrawnjuan]

Worth renting maybe. Not buying.

[@garrettcarter5622]

So you customized your player character to look like Mysterio, huh?............Nice.

[@Ckoz2829]

Garrett Carter Oh, Duh! For some reason I was thinking Green Goblin.

[@carpetfluff35]

@@Ckoz2829 Jim loves Mysterio; although I just thought of good old comic book Hulk with his purple trousers.

[@charlieterry8506]

For some reason I thought it was a battle toad

[@ItsAGundam]

Anthem there is a thing & you have to grind to see it, you wont remember it, BUT it will be worth it when you see said thing... BTW buy some skins!

[@harristhesecondcomin]

🎸🎸"IT'S A GUNDAM!!!"🎸🎸

[@RawkL0bster]

Daddy

[@kennethnoisewater4423]

200k subs and no tick, tf dude?

[@nfsfanAndrew]

@@kennethnoisewater4423 inside joke bro :)

[@Genbeat1]

You going to make a javelin gunpla? 😁

[@UsonoHoushi]

The dialogue killed it for me. The way they talk... They sound distant AND what they talk about is clearly just exposition. They don't feel... Natural.

[@ThoA45]

They overreact.At least it's like their stupid trailer right ?

[@joelhodoborgas]

Bioware with their goof writing is driving me away from their games, cringe 100% of the time playing ME:A and I cringe watching scenes from anthem. They became horrible story tellers.

[@dreamerabe]

Bioware's legendary writers are sadly long gone. Unless EA hires them back, Bioware will never be Bioware again.

[@human151]

I don’t find anything wrong with the dialogue. I think it is fairly well voiced.

[@PrimeHunter3195]

@@human151 Im not a fan of the freelancer's voice. They sound too...casual.

[@Cl0udWolf]

Lol he dressed his character like mysterio XD

[@BlissBatch]

Doing that was probably the most fun he had in the game.

[@joeyvandenheuvel1876]

The one from South Park ?

[@arturofernandez4058]

@@joeyvandenheuvel1876 The one from Spiderman This guy: vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spider-man-es/images/0/01/Mysterio2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110910114639&path-prefix=es

[@orochinagis]

Or green goblin if you try hard enough

[@markokyoto7717]

@Honudes Gai I didn't know who it was either. Hate most superhero stuff, find em boring and way too many.

[@ericwood3709]

Games made for shareholders rather than for gamers by people with ideas and passion and creative freedom to take some risks end up as "safe" and boring as big studio films and every other product that is designed analogously.

[@saibamoe]

but it works, as sheep BUY these things like there' no tomorrow :3 call it what you want, but business is business and they made it work

[@ericwood3709]

@@saibamoe Oh, I know. Hollywood still does good business this way as well, no matter how much a minority of people complain. :)

[@dogeyes7261]

Cobac well how many wealthy people are lobbying for schools to have robust art programs? The shareholders cultivate this rush to the bottom-capitalism does in general-and people end up eating what they are fed, because most of us cannot conceive of any alternatives to capitalist commodity production, again, because educational and cultural production are at the beck and call of capitalism. A production model akin to something like crowdfunding developer collectives making what an audience and developer alike would want to create is inconceivable. a production model ends up affecting how people conceive of their world, how they conceive of human nature, and historical possibility. when the goal is profit for philistine shareholders who are investing into an agnostic portfolio to reap dividends, we cannot help but imagine this is the sum total of human historical achievement and a glimpse into a static and ever-true human nature, but it isn’t. We don’t have to settle for the mercenary approach of leveraging IP from franchises to create content. If the means of cultural production were in the hands of producers and consumers we’d all be singing a different tune

[@dreamerabe]

@@dogeyes7261 Aye, comrade!

[@MakoHazard]

So disappointing. I'm sick of games not made to be games but made to be vehicles to milk you for money via microtransactions. No matter how cool a game like this looks, knowing the fact that this is designed to get money out of me rather than provide me a fun, entertaining experience kills any interest. What's worse is this is a blatantly unfinished product. Only in gaming can they release unfinished, broken products and charge full price without getting sued.

[@JuwanBuchanan]

Just stick to Nintendo games or games/publishers that actually makes good games and stay away from the triple A market.

[@viktors_anfimovs]

I just bought ea access premium for 15 bucks. Gonna finish this and darksiders 3 and im done. I like it well enough tho to finish.

[@MakoHazard]

@@JuwanBuchanan Exactly.

[@mollykalk8240]

Your wrong. The store is basically non existent. Apex legends is every bit made to milk your 💰

[@mollykalk8240]

@@MakoHazard there's a ton of microtransactions in monster Hunter world....I am a huge monster Hunter player ....like do you know anything

[@connor1999x]

I hate EA so much Cancelling single player experiences with so much potential just to create more stupid online boring games, they keep that “muh live service game” I really hope they lose the star wars license soon, i can’t stand seeing one of my favorite franchises being massacred like that, i was very damn excited about that SW single player game, i felt it was like some space western game and it looked damn cool, oh but this feckers cancelled the almost finished proyect and closed visceral games just because “muh live sevice games better hurr durr” seriously, i’m so pissed with EA i’m not buying a single game from them ever again

[@thundersoul6795]

Remember, EA cancelled Tiberium(a nearly finished Republic Commando style game set 11 years after the third tiberian) in 2008 under the pretense of it "not living up to EA quality standards"... only to release G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra a year after. _"EA - go mediocre(or worse) or go fuck yourself with this canning notice."_

[@MexiSword]

I'm just kinda done with star wars games. Honestly as a fan their representation of lightsabers is just police sticks that reflects laser beams. You know it's bad when beating a stormtrooper takes five wacks with your green stick.

[@dreamerabe]

@@thundersoul6795 Shit, I remember being so excited for that game. Even though I believe it came from a studio known for PC games, I was still so interested in that title as a console gamer. Likely canceled by EA just because it was a new IP and they were scared it wouldn't make all of the money.

[@dreamerabe]

The good news is it appears our boycotting has been working. Anthem seems to to be another sales disappointment. EA is struggling. Hopefully this forces the shareholders to fire their higher-ups and they're forced to start being more gamer-friendly. Which they haven't been since the first half of the 00s.

[@HereticDuo]

Took you long enough to figure that out. EA = NO BUY.

[@Sticky_White_Stuff]

"wait for the day one patch" the meme of 2019. "wait for the game to release" Fallout 76. the meme of 2018. These games are such a joke.

[@vorkaath1402]

Remember the sonic 06 loading screen meme? Yeah, anthems are more than double the time

[@mrjohnnyk]

You can patch a buggy game but you can't fix a shitty game.

[@LonelyIslandKid09]

Hey BioWare: Lore: Shit that happened in the past. Story: Shit that is happening right now. See, it’s simple.

[@LordDrakonya]

see you've got a problem here already , because you used too many words for EA and Bioware to understand. Just say Past Story = Present Lore Story , then MAYBE just MAYBE they'll understand. oh yeah and give them about …… 20 years , because apparently almost 6 wasn't enough to figure shit out.

[@technopoptart]

that is much too confusing. you are working from the assumption that shit is happening

[@ScorpionAndZangief]

EA: "So you're saying that we can sell the game's story in lootboxes and give the dipshi--I mean, "valued customer" the lore as a preview of what they can have a chance at having if they spend enough money in a way that absolutely has no correlation with gambling whatsoever, right?" BioWare: "No, I was talking about giving the players the whole game when they buy it. Maybe add some DLC after we know the product will be successful. Y'know, to avoid spending too much money if the game doesn't make it back, sorta like how we used to do expansions and sequels a long time ago." EA: "You're impressive! I had no idea you knew how to speak Russian, and I just so happen to have a spot open on my Board of Directors for a translator. Interested?" BioWare: "... ... ... ... ... ... ............." EA: "We can offer a very *competitive* salary. How does... *one million rubles a year sound...comrade?* ;) " BioWare: "First of all that's not a lot of money-- EA: "A LOT OF MONEY?! WHERE?!?!?!" BioWare: "...Moving right along; I think it would be wise to temper our expectations. It is a new property that's going up against a series that's become pretty well-established. Besides, if we're being totally honest with you, it's pretty well-known that most of the talent we had left years ago. Sad to say but at this point we're hacks." EA: "Huh, and I was so sure you were Russian. OH! Speaking of hacking remember what we did to Visceral Games? HAHAHAHAHA, holy fuck was that funny!" BioWare: "...I never appreciated the irony of them getting ripped apart until now." EA: "Irony'? What's that? Is it valuable?" BioWare: *sigh* "I don't think either of us even understand what that even is anymore." EA: "Wait, what? 'Valuable' means it's worth money. Lots of it." BioWare: "..." EA: "What are you, stupid?" Fin.

[@bainbonic]

I love lore, but lore is worthless without present story.

[@aoitamashii]

Lore is also worthless when it's just a doodad attached to a cliff-face as identical as the other 100 similar cliff-faces with random doodads with walls of text on them.

[@indigo_wyvern]

"Anthem is about a thing. That's the story." 10/10 best story ever.

[@Madway]

top 10 video game plots

[@Crazozourus]

There was a good story about the thing, in the movie The Thing.

[@christopherrapczynski204]

It's almost like hiring the woman who complained about sexism in gtav online hackers to be a writer to make your company look cool and diverse is a bad idea. There's been a plague of bad writers in games recently. I was shocked that after amnesias lame story, soma was so incredibly good and well written. Its the only time in memory I can think of that a sequel actually improved the writing noticeably instead of having it dwindle until it gets stupid, ala halo 5, mgsv, dead space 3, telltales walking dead, mass effect 3, etc etc etc. Where the fuck are all the writers? I have so many interesting ideas and concepts that I wish I was a competent enough writer to execute. And all these fucking publishers go with the safest, most non stories as to not offend anyone, or they just lose the story progression like halo 5 and get totally lost. Games are such a great avenue for writing, you are literally the protagonist, I can't believe how little anyone seems to try. Look at a fox in space next to the wii u starfox game that released the same year. Why the fuck wasnt the fox in space guy hired to direct a game? Why is it always the small places that have any chance of creating something compelling?

[@charleslindeman2169]

EA is going to include this score in a desperate attempt to boost their aggregate score.

[@42PalaceOfWisdom42]

No meaning, only lore.

[@MrBrawler16]

It's really bad when Sonic '06 has better loading times than you.

[@Entrancement]

I love that Jim took the time to add the Skeletor Reverb at 6:28 :P

[@JustAndrewIsFine]

You're giving too much credit to Anthem for the combo system, Mass Effect already had that.

[@clarinet800149]

Andrew P and Dragon Age

[@DhiscoStu]

Hell even guild wars 2 has a similar combo system

[@Omnicrom]

I heard combo system and was reminded of FF11. Always good when your new innovation can remind people of an obtuse system from a pre-WoW MMO.

[@RavenDaybreaker]

Mr Mavvy To be fair the flight controls in warframe are pretty shit.

[@inferndragon]

The gameplay just seems like Mass Effect Andromeda with Flying...

[@EatinPaste]

The best thing, *and only thing,* about Anthem? Jim made Mysterio.

[@OmarAlikaj]

I wanted to say something about Jim's character.

[@kanishcktewatia597]

looked more like a green frog to me. but A for effort

[@AndorianBlues]

This is totally unrelated, but I played Baldur’s Gate II for the first time recently. What a great game.

[@simondUK]

That's because Black Isle (Obsidian) made it. Bioware was just the publisher.

[@AndorianBlues]

@@simondUK Baldur's Gate I and II were developed by Bioware. The other Infinity engine games (Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale I and II) were developed by Black Isle. They were all originally published by Interplay.

[@iupzor]

Now go play divinity 2. Its a blast!

[@EmeqPL]

I kow right?

[@Bunnnywise]

Mismanagement. The managers at EA should be fired for making a studio know for its rpgs develop some generic shooter.

[@ludwigziffer6895]

And the best part? Instead of firing the guy who made this decision, it's much more likely they'll close BioWare instead.

[@devilgames2217]

EA need some Ole in them.

[@wabachi]

@@devilgames2217 EA needs to be killed as they did to a shit ton of studios

[@SephBK]

@@mgkpraesi Casey Hudson is still in BW right?

[@haseo1]

Because the plot is the best part of Anthem...

[@evaristegalois6282]

Bioware couldn't possibly develop a game that will get lower reviews than Mass Effect: Andromeda Anthem: "Hold my beer"

[@centhron89]

EA: "Hold my cold piss"

[@thegodhoward8037]

I've been seeing you around alot lately

[@MrRicadams1]

I think Mass Effect Andromeda had something resembling effort put in, misguided that effort was. Anthem looks..."eh". As in rushed-out-the-studio "eh".

[@cryptkeeper08]

I actually liked Andromeda, it just needed more fleshing out before launch and dlc. But they shelved that.

[@superthorc6894]

Evariste Galois hahahaha

[@Maniac3020]

My only interest in Anthem is watching videos bashing it.

[@Pressbutan]

This + Fallout 76 is my brand

[@adambuckingham5231]

You could just ignore them.

[@ShinNisse]

@@adambuckingham5231 But obviously he likes watching them.

[@kevins184]

@@adambuckingham5231 and you could've ignored that comment. I can be a nanny too!

[@aclydefrog7886]

Got news for ya...its fun despite the many many flaws...what that tells me is once it gets tuned up with a few updates...well it's only getting better

[@EleventhFloorBelfry]

"It's like a Final Fantasy game" *Rage builds* "A latter day Final Fantasy game." Oh... Oh okay. *Rage subsides*

[@rem9142]

Eleventh Floor 😆 same and i doubt im as big a fan as others but i still felt a tap inside lol

[@sentientthundertank2079]

VII and VIII are arguably two of the best games ever made..... It's worth getting a bit emotional about.

[@rem9142]

Sentient Thundertank weird i never anyone say that about 8. But the bit i played (from when i bought it months ago) really liked it 👌 also has the calmest intro to a game ive seen

[@sentientthundertank2079]

@@rem9142 8 is fantastic it has the best meta game out of all of them and the story was easily the second best in the series

[@benoitrousseau4137]

It's mostly ff13 and competing jrpgs like Xenosaga that did that nonsense with the made up terms and acronyms and the having to read the codex to know wtf is going on. ff14's storytelling is pretty darn amazing, despite being an mmo it's probably the best FF story since 10 or 7 imho. and although I didn't finish it, ff15 didn't seem too bad either.

[@-Old-School-Gamer]

Is it just me or does the whole world map look exactly the same

[@0105-x7q]

From watching another video that goes a little more in depth, you are not wrong. It is just one map with every area looking the same.

[@lunaangeleclipse9745]

You wouldn't be the only one to think so. All the videos I've seen about anthem say the same thing.

[@deevee5327]

For all their graphical prowess and all the shit EA boasts their engines and games can do, they managed to make a jungle planet look lifeless. How the fuck even.

[@NathanCassidy721]

No, I’ve seen a lot of Anthem videos at this point and they all look the same to point that SkillUp pointed out he couldn’t tell which area he was at when editing his footage.

[@MetaL556]

I watched this footage moments ago and I already can't recall any details beyond "had green and gray, and cliffs". Fucking Serious Sam maps had more detail than that, and most of them was designed to house 100+ enemies comfortably in one area at the same time(not to say they were empty though, as over a decade later I still remember all the cool egyptian statues and even the little ornaments some places had...).

[@tallonhunter3663]

the irony is EA executed the member of the bioware family who was gameplay focused (responsible for ME3's multiplayer and ME:A) two years ago and assigned the narrative heavy branch to a gameplay focused game...

[@tyrus1235]

Indeed! I remember even back in the day how a lot of people were praising ME3's multiplayer as an unexpected gem. And even when ME:A launched and everyone was complaining about the story, animations and so on, one thing most agreed on was that the gameplay was still on point.

[@ddnguyen278]

EA in general is incompetent so no surprise there. It's not surprising Apex Legends being EA most successful new IP because they had nothing to do with it.

[@animorph17]

Thing is, the competent and high skill developers cost more and are willing to demand more money. Thus investors and these hyper capitalist "MONEY ABOVE ALL ELSE!" people are more than willing to cut costs by dropping them, before the cheaper people who will work for shit. And then when they need to the company will just re-hire everyone, and then fire them all again.

[@brasteen1]

Now Loading...

[@reed1645]

Currently on my third server disconnection of the day... nice work Bioware... real nice work

[@brasteen1]

@@reed1645 Bioware is on death row now. Sad for a once great studio.

[@DragoonBB]

Still loading.

[@reed1645]

@@brasteen1 I've played pretty much every bioware game since kotor. After Mass Effect 2 things started to get bad. My expectations were low for Anthem but i'm shocked with what they put out after 6 years. The worst reviewed looter shooter ever made.

[@brasteen1]

@@reed1645 I need to get around to playing kotor 1 and 2 at some point. Too bad EA won't let Bioware remaster them.

[@Lousigpi25]

I love that you basically made Mysterio as your character lol

[@PejicVladimir]

It makes perfect sense that the bad guy's called Monitor, you look all the time in it waiting for a game to load ;)

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Metagame

[@X_Baron]

He's a bad guy. Not efficient, not impressive, certainly not quick. But he's bad.

[@Quasi-stellar_object]

He is LCD monitor.

[@DarkEggplant]

Heyo!

[@perfectlyslicedegg3348]

EA = Extremely Anti-consumer.

[@dyvawn]

Early Access

[@foulXD]

This has nothing to do with "art". They should rename it to something that fits them more...like EW = electronic waste.

[@ShadowAkatora]

What happened to just selling a game, and releasing one version?

Publishers realized how dumb people are and they prioritized monetization over quality games.

[@robintst]

And it's something you pay to own, not pay to access a server that won't be there one day.

[@Shibefu]

Alan Rizkallah World of Warcraft? Final Fantasy 14? MMOs in general hello? This isn’t new.

[@MarrookSE]

@@Shibefu your right and when the servers went down for older games communities started hosting it themselves until publishers came along with cist and desist letters shutting them down forcing players to move on to the next crap of new generation.

[@animalxINSTINCT89]

Capitalism happened...

[@TheRasheedWallace]

I was so bored by the gameplay of Anthem, that I had to change tabs and instead just listen to Jim's criticism of the game, cutting out the visual element of Anthem entirely, because I felt like I was having a cross between a migraine and a panic attack watching Anthem being played... Honestly I'm impressed

[@Jonttupanttu]

Best thing about Anthem that I've seen is Jim Sterling's Mysterio Javelin

[@MarkSkids]

That sounds like an excellent euphemism.

[@MilanousMedia]

Holy shit I DIDN'T PICK UP ON THAT

[@foomp]

I feel the same way. I actually felt a positive feeling towards Anthem after seeing that. I hope it goes away.

[@Bugthesda76]

Athromeda 76.

[@muizzsiddique]

You're missing an n.

[@Bugthesda76]

@@muizzsiddique Really? Hmmm patch incoming.

[@TheKillerDog21]

The unholy grail of dogshit.

[@2veki]

Well played.

[@Karou812]

@@Bugthesda76 When can we expect the grammar bug fix?

[@themancalledben2731]

Multiplayer and guns. The recipe for intriguing simple minds.

[@robintst]

Simple minds deserve a simple descriptor... like "a shit game for twats."

[@NathanCassidy721]

“Simple” =/= “Stupid” or “Loyal” Especially if the game is boring.

[@yozora8848]

@@wartome3196 Another comment from the generic jumpy space astronaut shooter guy. Only sheep enjoy this replica of destiny. It's literally the same thing. Except third person. I don't get how people defend all of these destiny knock offs because Destiny is garbage too

[@jvjd]

Isn't that pretty much every shooter game?? lmao

[@vennril]

@@wartome3196 Gaming's hottest 6/10. Look, it's ok if YOU enjoy it, but you also gotta accept when most others think it's mediocre at best.

[@MrSafer]

i can see it now... "below expectations" "Bioware being shut down"

[@DeadlyYellow]

"This game only scored 73 on metacritic. You needed 74 to receive your bonus."

[@grainnegillespie4585]

@@DeadlyYellow LOL Anthem can only hope to score 73 on metacritic, currently it's at 60

[@Archangelm127]

Bioware has been dead for some time. EA just puppets its corpse sometimes.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Yep. People would suffer a lot less if they'd just accept that. Just being "BioWare" means nothing if all the talent and creative freedom the company once had is long gone.

[@tomazzo8093]

Weak story, weak characters, weak gameplay, weak open world, mindless grind, time-eater mechanics, no heart, no soul, no "pride and accomplishment", in short a typical graphic blender from EA and since DA Inquisition also from BioWare. The studio is working really hard to be closed. The game is sold in few stores for only 39€. Thus, the price decline starts even faster than Fallout 76. But I do not feel sorry for BioWare anymore, having ruined two big brands with their Open World grind garbage. Anthem is just the tombstone on their own grave...

[@MasoTrumoi]

I keep seeing people saying that this and Andromeda made them worried about DA4...all I can think is 'wait, Inquisition didn't make you worried? They outright lied about Orlais. Val Royeaux was a fucking courtyard! It was an even more shit rendition of Skyrim's storyline!"

[@boxtank5288]

Faster than BATTLEFIELD V even! It took a few weeks for that to happen!

[@Ehh.....]

I dont believe thats their decision. When a studio owned by EA starts doing good EA starts regulating what that studio can do and make. As you saw with viceral they had a couple games that did great and blew up, then a third the was drastically different from the first then after that bomb were made to produce a flop they werent at that point used to or know for. Youre seeing the same trend with bioware. I think the same might happen again with respawn. Its like once a company EA doesnt really care much about the regular under the radar studios it has until they make something that gets big and then at that point they shift focus onto that company and drain all the goodness out of them until theyre making shit and are cast off.

[@nathane5287]

@@MasoTrumoi Yeah DA Inquisition was worrying to me, felt like an MMO, large empty worlds with so much grinding and farming and mediocre storytelling. I actually like Dragon Age 2 more, not in a damning way, but it was a more intimate, resonating story for me about the characters being dragged into their horrible situations and how their actions defined them. But it was clear that that Bioware has been declining and declining, at least after ME2, not a sudden decline, which is why you can say things like ME3>MEA and DA2>DAI and Anthem being so far below all of them now.

[@Kokopilau77]

I couldn’t get through Inquisition. It was boring AF. I didn’t give a shit about the story, mission, characters, or people.

[@ComicFanMan]

The bad guy is called the monitor... how poetic since the loading screen keeps you hating the monitor for as long as you have to ‘stare’ at it.🤣

[@johannbezuidenhout2976]

This hurts you.

[@sickofitall89]

Ouch i see what they did there lmao , so to beat the main boss your need to throw your monitor out of the window !

[@ComicFanMan]

sickofitall89 Lmao🤣🤣🤣

[@Lathander81]

Comment is pure Gold

[@bararobberbaron859]

@@Lathander81 Silver. Gold would have been if they'd written 'stare' instead.

[@GrimMorningstar]

The combo system isnt even new, Bioware used that in Mass Effect Andromeda, which this game is basically a reskin of with flight and a worse story. Most of the archtypes in ME:A play like the javelins in this game lol

[@134Waffle]

Really the combo system goes all the way back to Mass Effect 1-3 with biotic destinations and what not.

[@buschkoeter]

@@134Waffle It#s also in Dragon Age. But that doesn't mean it's not a fun system.

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

@@buschkoeter I liked it in dragon age origins at least. Shattering frozen enemies, grease fires, a giant ass maelstrom...so much fun!

[@SeeFoodDie]

Grim Morningstar Yes but the worst implementation of the combo/combat system is in Anthem. Should be the best with all these years of experience but they messed that up too...

[@aoitamashii]

They had to dumb it down to please EA's requirement that the game be designed for the absolute lowest denominator possible. Hence why it runs like garbage with all the load screens: Had to make it playable on stock consoles, which necessitated supplemental cloud servers that are used no matter how beefy your PC.

[@dreammfyre]

I can't be the only one who thought this game was going to be some sort of epic open-world RPG with seamless teaming and a world you just could roam around in if you wanted and find dungeons with cool looking loot. Yet, it's basically just a hub town with a bunch of scripted, instanced(and completely generic) missions? And all the guns look the same? In a loot game? This whole game is a fucking bait n switch.

[@illestmortal]

Ya.. I can wait on this during a sale maybe

[@floxy709]

you cant and u arent, re hash

[@akrybion]

You are a very optimistic person in bleak times.

[@matthewwesley4320]

That's exactly what I thought it would be, but instead they decided to do a genre they have little to know experience in and not really do a great job with it. This feels like a prototype that they can't afford :/

[@MrLugez]

i could see why you'd think that if you forgot about the state of Destiny 1 when it launched.

[@RocketLR]

Im kind of annoyed that people didnt expect this. Its complete trash. There was nothing enticing about this game. Cool graphics that we knew would get nerfed for the final version.

[@ReachStudioPro]

+RocketLR There are too many immature gamers. I've played games for more than 20 years. Many has not and I guess that's the problems nowdays. I instantly saw how boring Anthem would become from its reveal. I literally said out loud to my friends that everything they show of Anthem is a complete lie and false advertisement. It's been done so many times (Ubisoft is a master at false advertisements) so it's a bit baffling how people didn't see this coming. I look at Anthem and go "I've played far superior games than that. Like Lost fucking Planet 1 & 2" fuck, I want a real Lost Planet 3. Fucking western studio ruined Lost Planet.

[@gamemaster6450]

The only that really excited me about the was just flying around the massive world with those cool Jetpacks... but they even found a way to make that boring

[@jgsource552]

RocketLR the worse thing a open world game can turn into is a barren empty world that doesen’t feel lively whatsoever. And they actually managed to create that with anthem smh...

[@mrjohnnyk]

@@ReachStudioPro That's because we are now getting a lot of the gen y aka "Fortnite generation" kids on gaming sites and their lack of experience is making a lot of obviously bad things hyped.

[@sevionus80]

@@jgsource552 Just like The Crew 2, but kids who play the game don't care lol

[@DaThingOnTheDoorstep]

But Jim! You can't judge a game until a year's worth of DLC and patches have come out for it!

[@Voxoid]

Anthem: 60% Loading screens 30% Gut wrenchingly awful dialogue with worthless NPC's in fort Tarsis 10% Fun

[@rickhippiekiller9690]

Voxoid I guess it’s something to do while you are waiting for your piss to go cold.

[@lethalchocobo1886]

Butthurt Ranger is butthurt.

[@danieldyson1660]

100% reason to not remember the game

[@adapalis]

@Anthem Ranger Do they offer a jug to catch your tears in Anthem? Maybe that will come later with the rest of the interesting content they are missing.

[@digikpkm]

10% Grind

[@ACGreviews]

Pretty much this ya.

[@RebornGalaxy]

your channel is trash like this game imo

[@MrDrainBramaged]

@@RebornGalaxy really? I feel like ACG and Jim are the only reviewers worth listening to anymore...

[@toolkills]

How dare you talk like that to ACG. ACG = EASILY the most informative and insightful game reviews on the interwebs ....ur an idiot

[@holyflame2]

PsyGnosiS Looks like someone is a little jealous lmao.

[@worldsgreatestdetective926]

You kept your review pretty straightforward and unbiased. You said wait for a patch or two, now its trash? Many reasons to not like it I won't try and defend, but Im having alot of fun. And this comment makes me want to unsub from you. Thays just how I feel. Have a great day

[@ratchetexperience8379]

This honestly should've been a free to play game.

[@STAN_LOONA]

Even then warframe is still better

[@Kareszkoma]

No thx. Half the free to plays are better on the market.

[@sickofitall89]

Stil wouldn't play it , nor this nor Fallout 76 lol

[@ratchetexperience8379]

@Stale Bagelz why are you stale?

[@Xelluse]

Free to Play will kill it, for now only reason why people will stay and play it is - They already spend money in it, so they want to get something back (you can looks for Marketing Psychology and Price effect on the product use if you want to know more specific things about). Also that's the reason why below MVP Free to Play games die faster, than Pay to Play, so for Free to Play market you need to bring something more, than a hype and graphics, it can be a quality, it can be a new and unique mechanics, it can be a diversive gameplay, often updates, or something more, than just a program to drop and forget... Yes, there always are exceptions, but mostly Free to Play games stay alive for a long run only if they bring something, when Pay to Play games can ignore players and can even ignore to update the game in future (that's the reason why all AAA Paid game-services get updates smaller and slower than Free to Play ones)...

[@RZetlin]

Space ninjas play for free.

[@cosmosofinfinity]

11:09 Actually EA is having the good laugh, because you're still playing Apex Legends.

[@Sonichero151]

And I'm still sad cause I chose Anthem over Apex because I am not the demographic for Apex and never will be

[@seancollins9597]

Every KZbinr during the demo: "I am surprisingly having fun with this game. It isn't bad actually!" Every KZbinr after the 5 launches: "This game sucks. It is so boring" Duh. This game has looked boring and generic since its announcement...

[@weaslepopper]

couldn't agree more. Go to a place,shoot some things,collect some things, wash,rinse,repeat.

[@lootmaster1337]

It's called getting money to pretend to care

[@weaverquest]

Because the gameplay mechanics are actually pretty good. They got the iron man part right better than you can hope for and that's what stayed with everyone during the demo. After the full release and playing through the story though it was confirmed the game is mediocre in every other aspect. Honestly if Bioware just focused on making a quality single player game with these mechanics instead of multiplayer live service game it would have been a winner.

[@16xthedetail76]

It did but all the normies thought it looked cool, it feels horrible when you know better but people don't listen. And even still after anthem has proven itself to be shit, people still defend it because they don't want to believe their $60 was wasted. Its so fucking aggravating.

[@16xthedetail76]

@@wartome3196 Nice bait dickhead. If you're going to troll, at least have good spelling. But i guess you dropped out of school in grade 3.

[@stanettiels7367]

Golden Axe outro. Superb. Thank god for you.

[@whit6375]

Whoops just said the same thing and then saw your comment, giving you a thumbs up!

[@stanettiels7367]

Whit Lol. Brings back some great memories that music. The only thing missing was the sound of kicking the rewards from those shelled creatures. 👍🏻👍🏻.

[@urdnal]

@@stanettiels7367 Shelled creatures? Weren't they like gnomes with sacks on their backs?

[@daniellec6337]

Oh thank you! Trying to place it was killing me

[@GenMVeers]

Thank you! :) Couldn't remember what game it was from :/

[@paladin181]

Now I just want to play Golden Axe again. Thanks Jim!!!

[@LordKohaegan]

That's what the music was from!! I was thinking Star Trail at first but wasn't sure

[@rickydo6572]

I wish SEGA would revive that series. But hey, they announced a Streets of Rage 4...and no one is talking about it :\ so there is -no- hope I guess.

[@RianAndMat]

Thank you! It was driving me crazy trying to figure out what that was from

[@Kris-cw8hj]

You saved me a lifelong headache. Thank you God! The little goblin in the middle of the night!

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Oh I remember that, it was one of those games that was... You know what games not that long ago aspired to be, I think it began with an F and ended with an n.

[@alexandregiaccheri]

Time to play some Golden Axe?

[@cheapskate101]

Time to kick some Gnomes !!!

[@alexandregiaccheri]

@@cheapskate101 hell yeah xD

[@denisloebner4882]

and grab some blue pots :-D

[@BLZ231]

I was trying to figure out what the ending music was from, so thanks.

[@cloudmatt11]

Oh God thank you, I knew I knew that song, but I couldn't place it. Thank you

[@MedievalGenie]

Now here's an "anthem" that nobody will stand for.

[@aderemiporsche]

Unfortunately for EA, Jehovah's Witnesses number more they possibly imagined.

[@leonzelcroa1971]

Good one Also #FuckEA

[@Mysticgamer]

😎 yeaah!

[@HalfDemonInuyasha]

Eh, there are still nutjobs whacked enough who will stand and who will call anyone who doesn't "sons of bitches".

[@YorktownUSA]

Good one.

[@yeahwellthatsjustlikeyouro7466]

EA doesn't deserve that successful game (AL), I don't like, its not my thing and I'll never play it, but it kinda pisses me off that EA is benefiting from its success.

[@tunghipdaica]

the only game that successful was AL that EA didnt get their hanns on it :lul

[@Dobrozz]

They didn't have a say in making it, but they are still the publisher of the game and they still benefit from its success, A LOT

[@3AHoles]

Maybe it will help though. Maybe they'll see the only successful game they had (that's not the mindless zombie gamer driven Madden and FIFA) is Apex. The game they wrote off and let the studio develop by themselves with no micromanagement from EA. Maybe they'll try to let studios make their own game before trying to F it up.

[@lowkey_Ioki]

I play it because it's free. I'll never spend a single penny on it no matter how much I love it because I'll roll over in my grave before I support EA.

[@wolfmantheimpaler]

Don't worry, I think with Anthem failing, EA will dig its claws into Apex soon enough with ridiculous microtransactions and slowing leveling up to a halt

[@Antagnzt]

Completely forgot about this game's existence.

[@Ciki92]

how? its been in news for like a week!

[@aura7403]

@@Ciki92 no it hasn't it was irrelevant since beta

[@snakejohnson4981]

@@aura7403 bruh this game has been relevant in the game journalism sphere for months... this game has had several people make videos since the title card was shown how is it not relevant????lol

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@snakejohnson4981 Because, it's not memorable in a long term manner like most saturday morning cartoons in the 80s.

[@MetaL556]

@@Deliveredmean42 I was wondering about this, and you hit the nail on the head: This game has nothing that sticks out. Samey green-painted terrain, third person gameplay that has been done more than a few times before, so it blends together, some of the most generic enemies I have ever seen in a sci-fi setting... It is THE perfect example of a factory-assembled product. Which is ironic because the game took 6 years to come out.

[@heimdal8]

How could Bioware agree to do this? Why should Bioware Edmonton (known for their story and character driven RPG:s) make a looter shooter while Bioware Montreal (who made the very successfull ME 3 mulriplayer) makes ME:A? Who in their right mind thought that switch-a-roo was a good idea?

[@mdc123-v2v]

Most if not all of the core staff have left from Edmonton.

[@aoitamashii]

@heimdal8 The same people that thought spending 10 years with the exclusive Starwars license and only releasing 2 reskinned Battlefield games in the entire time was a good idea. Also having Bioware, known for the greatest Starwars games of all time, not involved in making any Starwars games the entire contract...

[@RoyalFusilier]

Man, putting all these facts together makes things more and more absurd. Bioware wasn't allowed to touch Star Wars despite producing solid gold with the franchise, but its parts were given the jobs opposite to what they were decent at. I'd call it deliberate sabotage, except EA hardly even needs to be bother with that. The writing has been on the wall since at least Andromeda, if not ME3.

[@Label07]

I'm curious to see if there is a pattern or template being used by the suits at all these "game" companies/publishers. Formula = initial release = shell of a game with passable gameplay loop. Two horribly short greedy expansions that basically do nothing for the narrative/gameplay. Then third expansion that fixes many balance issues, reforges the game (if you will) to community standards to be applauded and held up as the point the game turned into a good product. Destiny did this twice with both its titles, Destiny1 with Taken King (3rd expansion) and Destiny2 with Forsaken (3rd expansion). Coincidence?

[@IceBroncos86]

@LordMacKarl that run on sentence was a thing of beauty. All jokes aside, you hit the head with a nail.

[@DrTheRich]

There is probably some shadow company that only the CEOs of ea, Activision, Ubisoft and Konami know about. Who makes these templates. All these companies have to do is hire some dudes/ladies putting some skin on it.

[@DrTheRich]

You forget the part where they release a new game at the moment that it's fixed that makes the first obsolete and starts the cycle again...

[@RandomGuy17768]

I quit after Destiny "The Taken Customer" was released, saw the foolishness of playing a game that continuously tugs at your wallet.

[@The8347135]

Mysterio :) Nice one

[@MasterfulPeon]

The8347135 I thought it was green goblin at first.

[@shardinhand1243]

iv been very worried how ea will react to this games failing, i dont want to see bioware killed off, they are one of the best in the indestry, and they'll likly be on the ea chopping block for this, i really really dont want to see this happen. it may sound silly but im not sure i could forgive ea if they closed bioware, i have a great deal of fondness for them for the mass effect and dragon age series.

[@vidk1dd96]

I knew the color scheme looked familiar! Part of me thought it was BattleToads but they never wore a purple cape.

[@Soevryn]

I really liked the Golden Axe music at the end.

[@pacifistmob3568]

echo :)

[@pablo23x]

I smiled when I heard the music , I want to smash blue and green suited Dwarf that carries magic orb now :(

[@unclemogi]

I have a earworm for it, now its time to get it stuck in my head once again lol

[@KotCR]

Golden Axe game in the style of Yakuza please. Get on that Sega.

[@MidnightWonko]

Thank you. I couldn't place that song. Looked through the comments to see if anyone else could. Yup.

[@BlueBomberGamerOficial]

maybe EA could look to what happen to Anthem and Apex and learn something.......................................or they will just do a sequel to Apex that will be worst than anything ever made

[@petercampi2840]

EA, learn? Good joke!

[@DreadPirateDuo]

EA will just shudown Respawn for making a good game and ask Bioware to make Apex 2... because EA.

[@greybrother7274]

Just seems like another unfinished game where people had the "privledge" to pay for beta testing.

[@Art0r1a]

The real question is "Will it ever be finished?"

[@desolatorstorm142]

​@@Art0r1a Probably depends on how much money EA has been making off of it. I bet EA will can it if the initial sales aren't up to their standards instead of updating it to make it worth playing. Honestly, I think they have a solid base to build the game, but that's all they have, and it's buggy. If it does have expansions that make it worth playing (Destiny style), then at least I'd buy the game, and the game only without having to buy a bad season pass and a good season pass to get the content that makes the game worth full price.

[@MiorAkif]

@@wartome3196 skillup, who has played and reviewed multiple looter shooters (warframe, destiny, borderlands) called this game shit. But please, go on about how its getting shit on because of "no gays". Smh I've heard what the food critic had to say, and its exactly the same thing the car dealer said.

[@HaosOnline]

@@wartome3196 see thats where your wrong he even said he wnated this game to succeed due to being amde by bioware. Also he is making another review on the endgame and so far its mot looking good

[@mattgrundy27]

It's a lazy mix of the shit parts of Destiny and Superman 64. Can't imagine why its boring......

[@KaptenAmurika]

Aww man, I spent nineteen years forgetting about Superman 64. Why'd you have to go and remind me?

[@imnotchikao6317]

KaptenAmurika Oh god, no! It’s all coming back.

[@megamangos7408]

I was wondering why I didn't like the slow flight speed! The Superman 64 comparison is spot on. Just Comparing the two, S64 is FASTER in terms of flight speed.

[@nomadfallout]

superman 64, your'e heartless dude

[@LordDrakonya]

@@imnotchikao6317 FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@SodapopKevin]

Anthem is about... $60 more than Warframe and nowhere near as entertaining.

[@Owlero]

What makes Warframe more entertaining?

[@SodapopKevin]

​@@Owlero Combat is extremely satisfying, there are a ton of classes (38 different frames, 1 unique passive and at least 4 unique activated powers on each frame, most of which can be viable in most high level content), hundreds of different and some truly unique weapons, an extremely fair F2P (everything can be obtained without spending money, and premium currency can even be earned by farming components and selling them in trade chat), the best movement system I've ever seen in a 3rd person game, all from a team of passionate devs who care about the community and are focused on making one of the best games they can. This is just a general overview, there are a million videos about it on youtube (Jim has done a few too).

[@jdvisualz3391]

@@Owlero Warframe has a ridiculous amount of depth to it. The amount of customization is incredible in that game. Not only does it have an insane amount of cosmetic options for warframes, primary, secondary, and melee weapons but the mod system allows you the option of making so many different kind of builds for everything in the game. I didn't even mention all the other gear that's in the game. There's a lot of quests, some of which are lame, some of which are amazing. There are 7 or 8 different mission types and 2 open world areas. I think the main reason a lot of people try it out and don't like it is because the game isn't friendly to new players. What I mean is there are so many layers to warframe that it's truly overwhelming and offers pretty much no guidance on anything. DE have stated they are working on a new and more effective introduction for new players. Even a lot of veteran players still have to use the wiki to find info. At the end of the day it's free with a very fair economy system and a very fun gameplay loop. The combat in warframe is awesome and it is not pay to win. No one has anything to lose by at least trying it out.

[@iglidor]

In Warframe in loading screen into mission, you can control your ship and move it around a bit to keep ocupied for those ten or twenty seconds before you load into game. And you can see others move their ships too. Common thing are players trying to synch their ship movement with others. Oh Bioware. How could you fall like this

[@rangobunyun1956]

Go play Warframe instead. Cyber ninja is better then rocket man.

[@Radial9Gaming]

even destiny is miles ahead better than this garbage. at least it has varied environments, dope guns, and raids

[@CheffBryan]

Or Earth Defense Force. Not as pretty as Anthem, but at least objectives make fucking sense, and it's cheap.

[@Khazandar]

The only problem with Warframe is that you have to enjoy grinding. Like, crazy enjoy it.

[@MoonLight-zj8iu]

Warframe has actually fun movement too. And way more unique suits with unique abilities. And it's free.

[@Khazandar]

@ugaaa5 That's your opinion and that's fine, I personally think that the game is fantastic, and has only gotten better with time. :)

[@Hathur]

I agree that Andromeda is better than Anthem.. by a disturbingly large margin. For all it's visual bugs and average story, Andromeda at least compelled me enough to play 40+ hours right to the end and enjoy most of it. Anthem, I regretted my purchase after about 8 or 9 hours, I was bored and the combat actually felt inferior to Andromeda (which I had been playing in the weeks prior to Anthem's launch). Andromeda had a large selection of cool powers to use and every weapon felt / functioned in a unique manner - each served a purpose. The guns in Anthem feel inferior in comparison (and all the same) and it doesn't have even a mere fraction of the powers / abilities you could learn in Andromeda... Andromeda's gameplay was just simply more fun. Anthem only has flight - which the novelty of wears off within a few hours of playing. The flight is basically just a travel mode anyway, it's not a combat mechanic (it has hovering in mid-air.. which Andromeda also has.. except in Andromeda's hovering you can utilize some pretty cool Biotic or tech powers while hovering to do some cool things.. in Anthem you just... shoot).

[@scytheseven9173]

Andromeda's loadout system is also awesome, letting you swap between different ability sets and classes on the fly depending on the situation, so you are always adaptable enough to handle a situation.

[@Granzor]

mate you better don't play Mass Effect 2 then (which is what I did) and wonder where the story telling has gone in Anthem..

[@MrMind5]

The irony is that ME: A's story is *still better* than Anthem's.

[@doxxi5319]

Máté Rozgonyi of course it is they just ripped me 1’s story with almost no shame

[@stevencarmichael1985]

Well since you said this I’m actually going to go download andromeda seeing as how I have no interest in playing anthem anymore with my origin premier access.

[@joshp2542]

You guys need to cut ea some slack. This game is by far the greatest ever. The loading screens are done so artisticly its almost a masterpiece. When i play a game I say "dam josh, why cant these loading screens be as proffessionally done as bioware and ea does them".

[@RoyalFusilier]

"Thas a good fuckan LAMP, Joe!"

[@shyamsundarrajan2469]

Yeah I loved the loading screens my only problem is every now and then some bits of gameplay kept coming in which was very distracting

[@dowom1452]

😐

[@danieleallegra8479]

The sound is top notch in this game the music is fantastic... at one point during the mission, such a cool music started and I said: woah they really step up their game with this song, then I realize it was my playlist on spotify.... Apart from that HOOOOhooohoOooOoooo you hear during loading I think I never heard a song in this game...

[@tomgjgj]

Sigh. RIP Bioware. Press F to show respect.

[@arturofernandez4058]

Bioware died in 2012, when its last cofounders left. What remains is a difiguredd corpse

[@citizenchris2455]

GoodBioWare

[@orenbartal8504]

I won't press F because I have lost all respect for BioWare. I have no idea who they are anymore.

[@HitBoxMaster]

*Press S to spit on grave*

[@MasterRoyalSnow]

S

[@TrueJellyHawk]

Well in hot piss at least the atoms are more excited than in cold piss.

[@Staycalm2010]

was that the Golden Axe tune at the end

[@leerogan4097]

Thank you! That was doing my head in as to what that was from

[@PasserMontanus]

Yeah. "Theme of Thieves". Or something. It plays between levels when you kick the shit out of blue and green dwarves for health and mana.

[@MaddDogg316]

Thank you, i was thinking this but couldnt verify.

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

Aye, what a classic game that was. MEMORIES!

[@Eclecticsignal]

Golden Axe had a deeper story.

[@merrickmiller1224]

Im finding this media smear campaign on Anthem is amusing. I really hope it destroys Bioware and EA. I really think we need to a another video game crash like in the 80s.

[@komm6668]

So Glad I Kept Forgetting About This Game: The Game

[@HUYI1]

my whole friends list is playing this rubbish so it's not easy to forget when the whole what's new is filled up with nothing but bloody anthem, it's like a addictive drug to these people to play for long periods of time endlessly doing the same thing over and over for 100s of hours paying for lootboxes or micros, this is the reason they keep you hooked or sucked into this crap.

[@jesusleyva4386]

"game"

[@ADukesJustice]

Fuck dude, I just lost the game not even two hours ago. Thanks for making me lose again lol

[@rokhamler3352]

Every time i see the superhero style powers in anthem gameplay i wanna play saints row 4 again. At least the shallow story in SR4 was seriously fun and funny. Probably the most pure fun i've had in a 3d open world game. Also finding those clusters around the world was seriously addicting to collect. All that was missing was more interesting enemies apart from Zyniak and perhaps less recycling of assets from previous saints row games. Get that game, but take note that all the DLC in the game of the century edition can make the game too easy so if the super power feels too easy to complete certain challenges don't use it.

[@BlazingOwnager]

SR4 is a straight up comedy game but one that I completed 100% for the true ending. I will forever be sad and disappointed SR5 isn't the Saint's time traveling. I wanted to drive a car into the 14th century.

[@clarinet800149]

I actually redownloaded SR4 after the beta but I wasn’t sure why. Now I know.

[@PS-xu7wj]

Stim Jerling here with a late review on Destiny: Definitive Online Service Serving 3: Electric Bugaloo Pre-release Early Access Premium Origin Edition 9. What a blast!

[@Pressbutan]

I had some laughs. I like Jim. I think he's alright - I wish he were even more ruthless, tho.

[@anonmouse15]

My former coworker went all fanboi about this game, up to and including accusing all reviewers who gave it a negative review of lying for views. Very entertaning.

[@igedesanjayaputravhyasa2756]

Time to play Warframe i guess

[@jgsource552]

Gede Sanjaya and borderlands 2. But I’m more so waiting for borderlands 3

[@Ryan-xn3mt]

Warframe is amazing!

[@Maverickkvc]

Its so hard not to compare it to Warframe. Some of my friends are sold with this game Anthem. But I keep telling them its the honeymoon phase. As soon as thats over you step back and look at the big picture and see a featureless broken buggy mess that you have to pay full price for just to get your foot in the door. I guess I'm just spoiled with Warframe and at least its free to play.

[@commietearsdrinker]

@@Maverickkvc If your friends are Destiny fanboys, there's no mystery. If they're not, then I'd say they're just easily impressed by mediocre games.

[@derekbizoddy6210]

@@commietearsdrinker you nailed it. Good buddy of mine says you have to get fortnite blah blah. It sucks. Then Apex...same game new skin. Sucks. He's a destiny fanboy and that game bores me. And now, he's on this Anthem kick. Bruh...no!

[@TheLaLeeee]

Dragon Age: Inquisition had the same loading issues for me, it made the game nigh unplayable. EA should stop forcing all of their studios to use their shitty awful Frostbite engine, becuase it really doesn't work for anything apart from Battlefield.

[@nathane5287]

EA is really invested in their licensed Frostbite engine, to the point of forcing all studios to learn to use it, when their talents and expertise could be utilized more efficiently with other engines without a clunky, buggy mess left in their hands after a long struggle.

[@Soclever]

I had the same complaint with ME andromeda, this engine doesnt work for these kind of games!

[@artdog0100]

I didn't have as my problems on console. On PC the frame drops suck!

[@adrianpickel1482]

TheLaLeeee hell, Dice barely knows how to use the frostbite engine, just look at the dumpster fire that was the bf4 and bfv launches

[@fluidthought42]

@@wartome3196 What the ever loving fuck are you talking about?

[@SadSpectacle1]

Loading screens can be used better. In Bayonetta you can practice your moves and combos, it gives you something to do. It is usefully spend time in which you improve your skills. At least show me some useful information like weapon descriptions or nice artwork or something.

[@TravelocityKirby]

What, you mean blurbs like “Interceptor is the fastest javelin” or “Equip higher level items to increase your javelin’s rarity and power” isn’t useful information while starting at models in static poses? :P

[@PenPeng]

Or if there is dialogue at the start of the mission, just show that during the loading screen.

[@NewbOoyNS]

@@PenPeng Yeah, SC1 style. Have the mission brief while you load into the map, no clue why they didn't do that.

[@battlion507]

Or maybe they could've had the seamless roaming idea, like jak & daxter. But hey, the gotta cut corners like EA cutting developers off to shutting down.

[@armynavymarine2]

Assassins creed origins does that as well.

[@azada83]

Man everything about this game was a massive bummer. I love bioware, mechs, and loot grind games. It’s like they had to actively try to fail to get me to dislike something like this, yet the game was so boring and broken i didnt play past the first of thier stupid 10,000 launch dates. Majorly disappointing.

[@omok2]

Have you played the game yet?

[@nirv]

How about you not buy shit games then? Gaming is OVER. The golden age of gaming was 1996. You missed it. It blows now. What the fuck is wrong with everyone? When are you going to be cynical instead of a bunch of optimistic SUCKERS?

[@BiggusBennus]

Agreed. So disappointed.

[@GECKman88]

How can you be disappointed? It was obvious from the start what this shit was going to be.

[@TheStargov]

I would have been if I hadn't payed attention to any of the marketing or gameplay released before the actual release.

[@emigoatnembestrapperalltim2281]

Many delays for trash 😂👻

[@miothan]

@@GECKman88 I was skeptical from the very start as it didn't look very good when it was revealed, but i still had my hopes up that it would be a fun game to play. Sadly it turns out to be hot garbage, and even worse garbage on PC as it seems to be a VERY poorly console port, even the default Z X C V buttons are used along with ENTER, fuckin quacks who did the PC version for Anthem, not saying the console version is any better, heard it's chalk full of problems as well.

[@stevenewsom3269]

@@GECKman88 maybe, but no need to twist the knife...

[@jonathankent1517]

_Meanwhile at Bioware..._ *Employee:* Hey boss, there's someone here. It's a skeleton in a black robe carrying a scythe. I don't know what he wants but he says "EA sent me".

[@MassacreSoldier423]

I did not expect the Golden Axe music at the end. I haven’t heard that tune in a decade.

[@deidryt9944]

I'm amazed people are able to ID 8-bit music from decades ago so quickly. Makes me wonder where all the "great/memorable" game music has gone, esp. now that games have more than 8-bits to work with.

[@LeonLein82]

@@deidryt9944 exactly, it's been 22 years since I played that game and got it in seconds

[@pretumos]

@@deidryt9944 It is very memorable. It made me laugh because in the time that the loading screen took, you could actually do several Golden Axe screens of kicking goblins.

[@NaZtRdAmUs]

For me all these looter shooters bore me to death but then again I loved the Diablo grind for many years.