So... I Tried ANTHEM In 2024

[@RogueGold]

Trying something a bit different with this one! Hope you all enjoy!

[@dw4897]

The other day I seen this, thought the same. Did nothing about it, here you go and do this.

[@i.j.h.9767]

I just recently tried it. It was actually pretty fun, but yes had so much potential but they dropped the ball. Great video.

[@qhozf]

@@i.j.h.9767 I’m unable to get past the connect screen on PlayStation. Any help ?

[@PocketProducer2k]

Because you mentioned the 30fps…anthem is one of the fps boost titles. In the game settings of the game itself on your Xbox (Burger Button and then manage installed game) you can activate fps boost. This unlocks the fps for the game and you can play in 60fps.

[@RogueGold]

@@PocketProducer2k I wish they would have enabled that by default! Thanks so much for letting me know!

[@SteadyAscension]

In my opinion there has never been another game that lets you just fly around in an open world immediately engage in combat and leave. The power fantasy and combat mechanics were sooo good

[@RogueGold]

Absolutely!

[@jasonmendoza2044]

This game really did play like an absolute dream, it just had a bad lack of content on launch and they never really recovered after that. Very unfortunate cause I’d love to hop back in it

[@AgX_28]

I am also playing it for the first time this year and OVERALL I am enjoying it. The problems everyone already said what it was - mostly the lack of content.

[@tenou213]

Any of the superhero MMOs - City of Heroes, DC Universe Online, etc

[@xDjembex]

Bud, that's not an opinion...

[@deneosan]

Anthem deserved better .

[@Rambo007-_-]

No it didn’t it was a trash cash grab game it deserved worst

[@HitNation18]

Facts bra

[@trubblegum5787]

It rightly got what it deserved.

[@150GTJay]

It really did, had lots of potential too

[@anthonythornton6782]

@@Rambo007-_- right and wrong

[@payton188]

There are actually still 6 devs from what I heard in the dev team. And they have content ready that was sadly canceled. However there is a petition that’s getting like 1,000 signatures each week to get them to release that big update

[@CodeZero1001]

raise this up, and let's hit it. comment sources here if anyone ever got it so we can be part of it

[@thadatkins9792]

How do I find this petition. Because I'm down!

[@runfree6279]

Where can you find the petition?

[@Smayky]

I want to sign up for petition too❤

[@somethingaboutguns]

Anthem 2.0 was what it was being called. I remember there was so much hype around it then EA just canned it for BF 2042 if I’m not mistaken.

[@jonathanhamilton9561]

You hit pretty much all of the highlights. This was the last game I ever pre-ordered. Lot of hope, including with the news of anthem 2.0, that eventually got dashed once everything was shut down. Thank you for giving it a fair shake after all this time.

[@dimeweld]

Same here wasted my $60

[@Rvyson]

First game i ever pre orderd. Still was good tho

[@wrecklesstrain1991]

Give space marine 2 a try, its pretty lit🔥

[@OchsSlayer]

Same. I haven't pre-ordered anything since this nightmare poopoo pile.

[@connorbaz5980]

@@wrecklesstrain1991 Bro, that game is total 🔥. I'm a heavy main, and when you get good team comp, there's no better feeling than squishing bugs.

[@TheSwampDonkey]

for those still wanting to know if Anthem works, yes. I have tested it on both the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Unfortunately, I don't know if PC works as I don't have a gaming PC and since its not on Steam, I can't test it on the Steam Deck. I tested both systems today, and as of 12:30 central time on 06/19/24, servers for consoles are UP.

[@arjayaguila8595]

Still Works in Windows Gaming PC :)

[@MaduXxM]

I get 200 stable fps on 2k high quality, and works perfect

[@xZeroGrxvity]

you can currently buy anthem for 3$. xD

[@connorbaz5980]

Works amazing on Steam Deck, but I'm currently playing on my Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (RTX 4080 card) and it's smashing the FPS through the roof on Ultra 2560x1440p. Pretty darn fun, but I gotta say that I'd trade some 150 fps for those E3 level graphics LOL.

[@tylersutton6449]

This game had SOOOOOO much promise and had a really great engine. Hopefully, SOMEONE picks it up and does it justice.

[@nathancohen5748]

The engine was one of the things holding it back

[@RoosterBTU]

It'll need a FFXIV treatment. Nuke the world, build 2.0 on unreal 5, and have a team that wants to win.

[@LordReem0]

Respawn should buy it and take it to the next level.

[@FatalFist]

It really didn't, it was doomed from the start. The problem is they marketed it into something they wanted to make the game into instead of what the game was being built already as.

[@xavierminner5669]

Nope they were working on a revamp but gave up on it

[@zaboe911]

I miss this game so much. The 'base' ranger class actually had such a wonderful gameplay loop centered around grenade and gun combo's/multipliers that felt better than most other games I've ever played. They absolutely nailed the personality of each class and you never felt bad being grouped with any variation of suits because they all brought great stuff to the table. Heartbreaking what happened to the game honestly.

[@dragonsteamworks6675]

My favourite suit HAD to be the big beefy boy. Shield, big cannon, can have heavy weapons, I loved it.

[@supertt275]

If that game was still alive, like content and everything i still be playing right now!! Its a game that i never play before like Anthem, its really sad

[@GAB-vq7re]

Bro I'm a space wizard all the f***ing way boooi!!!! Sounds like wed have a full team here! 😂 I miss this game soooo much 😢

[@bironjames9948]

We got a full team man the servers still up i played multi-player 5 days ago

[@GAB-vq7re]

@bironjames9948 I'm going to have to re-download and f around a bit. Gameplay was so next level man! Maybe I'll see yall on there

[@virose6454]

My environmental art teacher said he did a lot of concept art for Anthem, most were flowers, shrubs, and some trees. Most of which never made it through the final project. However, it is a common thing. You’ll draw up over 100 things only for 1 or none to be used, but asked to draw up another hundred variations of whatever they’re looking for.

[@Ziploc_Wonder]

You randomly popped up in my algorithm. I was so hyped for this game because I was also loving Destiny and Division way back when, and really wanted to see how this one could play out. Sadly... things didn't go so well. I'm glad to see what your experience is.

[@richardalejo6606]

It sucks because EA had Anthem 2.0 in the works, they showed how the whole game was going to change , specs , new classes everything. But they pulled the plug on 2.0

[@RogueGold]

Definitely would have been very interesting to see what was all apart of 2.0...

[@natev580]

@@RogueGold There are actually videos of it if you are genuinely interested. I'm sure you would actually have to look for them pretty hard, but they are out there.

[@Holy_Bible_Reads_Ai]

You never know what you have till it’s gone. Lol Everyone nonstop complained about Anthom for like 2 years straight that’s why they pulled the plug 😂. Someone said it sucked and others followed without any more information. I’ve never played it but I remember all the “criticism”

[@jacktheripper7935]

​@Holy_Bible_Reads_Ai No, people were complaining because they had the right to. EA pulled the plug because it's EA we are talking about. You know... Chaotic development (making Bioware crumbling on themselves), game released too soon, bugged af, poor endgame content and the list goes on. They got the money, were too lazy to make the game better and left to destroy another game like they always do (look at Wild hearts) EA destroys everything they touch. You didn't play the game, I suppose?

[@Holy_Bible_Reads_Ai]

@@jacktheripper7935 yessir I just said I never played the game and you pretty much just paraphrased exactly what I said, but in more detail. I’m not wrong I said people complained about the game for two years straight 😂 you can’t tell me they didn’t I saw them complain. It was a joke how much people ate that game alive. It looked fun at least flying around lol

[@Meatsquadron]

It's on sale again on all platforms. I just started and got a group on the first mission. Quite a few people still play.

[@Beast-fo8td]

Just downloaded it

[@bluejaffa]

@@Beast-fo8td Me too Freelancers

[@ClausPunk]

What platform you played on , bro?

[@chrisphara8885]

been on sale like 5 times for 6 bucks on PS, still nope

[@coolkidgamer9983]

bro just downloaded it. And the mix of flying and fighting is pretty dope

[@maymayman0]

Its honestly SHOCKING that you even CAN play this game in 2024. Id have expected EA to shut the servers down years ago.

[@kinman3051]

I'm wondering how he even got in. I can't get past the intro screen

[@Caio-BABYMETAL]

@@kinman3051 lol, i can play it normally. What i can't play from ea is MEA multiplayer

[@Caio-BABYMETAL]

You can still find people in game to play with you sometimes. Is bad that the gamer reviewers destroyed the game image to the point EA abandonned the project.

[@skinscalp222]

@@kinman3051 I tried just now and was able to get into the game and do missions.

[@kinman3051]

Damn, if everyone's able to do it I'd better try. Here's to hoping playstation works

[@marvinminaya]

One the biggest “what ifs” in gaming history

[@TheJackalxy]

One of the technical artist for the game was Ben Cloward, he is on youtube making the absolute best tutorial for material and shader. For as much as this game lack content, the visual are astounding. Anyone who is interested in game development should watch Ben's tutorial

[@RogueGold]

Great recommendation!

[@KuroganeRaikou]

This game had so much potential for something grand. If EA weren't so greedy, they could have kept the OG development team intact from the beginning and delivered on the epic story we were led to believe it was going to have. I'm honestly surprised the servers are still live. I can only hope that one day EA will see what they missed and will put another team together to finish what was started.

[@zorlac4884]

The crazy thing was, for once this wasn't EA's fault, this was all on Bioware, all the decisions were theirs.

[@LancerX916]

History of this game. Bioware dragged their feet until 18 months before the game was released. What we played was what they could do in that time frame. They wasted like 3 years before that. After Anthem failed, Bioware assigned a small team to create Anthem 2.0. They were adding skill trees, new classes, and a real road map to more changes. EA decided during the Pandemic to shut it all down. It will never be finished.

[@eqnx371]

EA is easily swayed. If enough people are playing they might come back

[@Derively]

​@@LancerX916The years before the actual development wasn't wasted. That's how great worlds are made. The same happened with Dragon Age, they spent years on the world first. And both games are exceptional in this regard.

[@nicholaswilkerson501]

@@zorlac4884 not true. EA controls the $$$$$, bioware made the game. Studio got shut down is an EA decision not a bioware one.

[@PWReviews]

I think im going to re-install and just mess around with some flying and combat. Miss this game!! I loved the combat gameplay and flying. It all gave such a great adrenaline feeling.

[@hoofhearted4]

Its one of those things. I LOVE Anthem. Replaying it is so bittersweet. Because it is fun, and beautiful and unique. But the campaign really is empty and boring. And you see so many little things "ugh if they had just done this or that, it would have been so much better". but we'll never see a sequel or likely any attempt at something similar. We'll never know an Anthem fully realized because Bioware gave up.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Try armored core 4

[@ripcord_z9928]

Yeah same here might just install it again just to go and fly around a bit and have fun. Soooooo sad what happened to this game

[@SladeWatches]

There’s an alternate universe where Rogues’ channel is spilt between Division and Anthem content.

[@Marwan_Eldokdoky]

The First Descendant just came out and I couldn't but notice the potential of anthem because of it. I really do feel like they need to do a No Mans Sky or Cyberpunk 2077 on this game and I feel like the whole community would go back to it in a heartbeat. RIP Anthem

[@Real_Nutella]

I have about 60 hours in Anthem and have a maxed out Storm Javelin because it's so damn fun. The game is genuinely amazing up until you finish the final story mission and there is quite literally nothing to do but grind the same missions you have already done. The lack of content outside of the main story missions is disappointing to say the least, and once you get to a certain level on your Javelin, the game is way too easy. That being said, the impossible difficulties that are like the highest 3 you can do jump WAY too much from the highest difficulty you can do regularly. It's like hard mode has you fighting babies and then the next step up has you fighting enemies that require your gun's entire stock of ammo to kill (Just a single one btw). I wish I was exaggerating, that was EA's attempt at creating a challenging difficulty. The problem is that it's so challenging that it's boring. I would recommend everyone play through the story just to enjoy the mechanics and gameplay, but afterwards I wouldn't blame you if you uninstalled it directly after.

[@Whisperskyhawke]

I didn't know you could still play this, but that said this game had so much potential that was squandered caused by development hell.

[@kiillabytez]

It's more expectation vs reality. The biggest complaint is the game didn't have everything the player base wanted, so literally everyone tore it down, even those who never even played the game,

[@prymates]

I really enjoyed Anthem, as a person with over 246 hours. The combat is actually fun, and the flight is some of the best flight I have played. You can actually feel how different the different suits are in playstyles. There was decent variance in weapons. You could customize your suits and load out. This game actually seemed like it would challenge Destiny.

[@dalvinduchesne2325]

Aint no way

[@TegnTen]

The combat was genuinely so addictive.

[@Chromeman001]

I also really enjoyed it and wish they wouldve stuck by it.

[@chriscamaratta1]

The only looter that can beat Destiny is Destiny itself

[@XypherPL]

Warframe already did years ago

[@kyleenderle6538]

This is one of those games, like titanfall two, or ghost recon wildlands, that I pick up and binge every once in a while, and remember how fun they are. I wish more people liked the game and it got further development. So much potential that's not going anywhere.

[@Doomreaper5]

Big dawg I keep all three on my PS5 for that very reason😂

[@OneMightyRiver]

My favorite thing in Anthem was the combos. Priming all the enemies and then setting off the chain reaction! I loved The machine pistol for this reason. It did hardly any damage but it had tons of bullets. Fire a Launcher that reset with a combo & then endless combos. (I tried to farm for the legendary version of vassas surprise but couldn't get the roll so I never did end up maxing out my equipment with all 80 power.) My other favorite weapon was the grave digger that was like a laser beam that I used to take down shields since you couldn't combo through a shield.

[@slaybial1]

Same!!! The combos is what I loved. Reminded me of mass effect combos

[@god_slayer8696]

whats the game story about?

[@earthwormdew9535]

underrated channel! You really nailed comedy timing and editing!

[@RogueGold]

🙏 I appreciate that greatly, thank you!

[@Number81SuperD]

I haven't had the chance to play Anthem yet and I still feel absolutely heartbroken knowing that it will never reach its full potential. The trailers alone were enough to convince me that this could have been something so special. If only it had gotten a fair chance.

[@jensenharford7930]

Totally maxed out 3 of the 4 exos. I loved this game so much, have about 400 hours in it. I cant tell you how livid i was with ea for stopping support. Never touching another ea game again

[@Rye_-kq3jn]

If you read more into it and it’s development, you’ll surprisingly see that BioWare is the one at fault for Anthems downfall, not EA. Not saying that EA is great but BioWare really dropped the ball in terms of development.

[@randymicallef3545]

As per my own reply to this video, Amen to that! I won't give EA/Bioware another penny of my money.

[@jensenharford7930]

@@Rye_-kq3jn damn, I didn't know that. But it really is such a shame, ea is huge and always has been so you know they had the money to support it but I'm sure didn't even try. But alright then, fuck bioware and ea 😂

[@Maria_Banks]

It seemed to me that the cancellation was in part due to lack of support and interest from gamers.

[@godsangryhands4499]

Mee Too!

[@xkollx]

Me and a couple friends just recently picked this up and it’s pretty damn fun so far! Only a few hours in but we’re having a blast so far. The fluidity of the movement with the fun combat is really cool!

[@RogueGold]

It definitely is! Glad y'all are having fun!

[@calebdesjardins616]

I LOVE this game. The story was good, the world was amazing. The flight is the best in any game and the core game loop was great. Multiplayer combo-ing was also cool with the primor and detonators. Each class javelin was so unique! Once you play further and unlock masterworked and legendary gear it changes the game so much with the builds you can make. When they finally released the cataclysm, that game mode and weapons that came with it was awesome. They had plans to release new strongholds, new vendors, and new cataclysms. And I was so ready for it. Really the only issue was the bugs in the game and the long loading screens when the game was released, it was a game that I desperately wanted to play more but the game wouldn’t allow me to. If anthem 2.0 came out, they would’ve eventually fixed a lot of that. So frustrating cuz it was so fun to four stack a GM3 stronghold

[@JDF915_]

I sunk about 200hrs in to this game last dec/jan, what’s in this video only scratches the surface of Anthem, the campaign is great, and is a core part of regular playlists replaying different missions on higher difficulties, the four man “strikes” not only are extremely fun but you can also do a true end game type that is points based, where your are rewarded with more points for completing specific objectives, truly a one of a kind game.

[@zacharygaume4395]

I loved and to some extent still love this game. So much potential and I had so much hope for it. I would love for someone to pick it up and give it a reboot or refresh. Man, if Anthem had the same or comparable level of support to say The Division 2, it would immediately become part of my game rotation. I still go back and play it from time to time because it's fun.

[@adorf84]

Oh man..... I wanted soooo badly to be super in love with this game. In some ways I kind of was. As you stated very accurately, the bones were amazing. I played day 1, and the game had a lot of issues at the start that took a while to fix, then there was lack of content(end game close to non exostant and story content was very short as well), and some major balance issues. I personally really enjoyed my time playing it, mained an interceptor and it was really enjoyable to me. Darting around, super OP melee, just felt right to me. Had moment that it was super squish, but there were some mechanics to help mitigate that. It was an amazing idea, and they did do really good at some aspects of the game, as other ls have said it is a shame that it didn't have the support it needed because I can only imagine how awesome it would be right now.

[@nicholaswilkerson501]

yea lack of content is a given for live service games at launch. that's how it works. world and content build over time. every live service game goes through this. but the hate it got was crazy overblown imo. should have just said the issues and then let the devs build and grow the universe. instead hate lasted years and so EA decided why spend the $$$$ if we are getting bad publicity anyway? i don't blame them. the community and the media needs to know when to shut up sometimes. it kills games and studios.

[@MyZ001]

@@nicholaswilkerson501 Bullshit! Thats just excuses, and I'm so tired of hiring it. And, thats from someone who played Anthem for a year and still hopped back in sometimes for another year... Even got friends on and played the story with them. But, yall are fooling yourself if you think "IT WAS THE FANS FAULT" Destiny had the same level of hate for a whole year. And, you know what saved the game... The 1st expansion that came out a year after release. Thats what Anthem didn't have. 2 years later and no major update or expansion showing that the game could be saved Anthem 2.0 wasn't gonna be that either. People act like that was the game saving moment that EA robbed us of, but all it was gonna be was basic rework of game functions, QoL features, and bug fixes to get the game to a better functioning and scalable state. THEN, one fateful day, they would finally have added more actual content to the game. Now, keep in mind that Destiny, it's biggest competitor, already had 4 content DLCs and 2 major expansions given the same amount of time. And Destiny was the biggest laughing stock of the gaming world, so that alone doesn't tank a game. Not being able to turn it around was the problem.

[@alsil3629]

@@MyZ001 well.. the fans are also a problem about destiny because 90% of the expansion are just shitty and fans still buy it lol, what saved the game wasnt the devs, it was dumbs fan who loved to be fck hard, and whats more ? They literally took out content we BOUGHT and the game still working, fans are indeed a problem too

[@Tanthius1]

Struggling to find an experience like the one you had in Anthem when you run, jump off a high platform, freefall then fly, awesome. There is surely a cracking game here somewhere.

[@adamyork1999]

I remember playing a very fire rich Goliath build and absolutely tore through the spider dungeon mission. Good times

[@yanoamustamu2390]

@@adamyork1999 I played a very popular poison melee Interceptor build at the time. Highly mobile assassin gameplay but also very very disorienting at times if things got heated and I lost my cool between all the dashes and poison cloud animations xD never have I ever encountered more sick gameplay than that

[@keatoncrandall2471]

Haven't played the game yet, but it sounds like the Legend of Spyro Dawn of the Dragon had a similar mechanic in a lot of areas where you could fly around and attack enemies in the air or on the ground as well as have 50 different ways to kill them.

[@lesbiehonest8914]

The flow state i would get into this game comboing, dashing and flying across the battlefield was unparalleled.

[@ZaidRM1]

It Breaks my heart how they were going to revive it with multiple teases and then just killed it off. I still Love Anthem :) Thanks for keeping it alive, @RogueGold :)

[@yanoamustamu2390]

Yeah I had really good hopes when they showed us their roadmap towards fixing the most prominent issues :( And then suddenly it was just "nah nvm" T_T

[@zacharygilbert6938]

I just picked it up a few days ago and Im loving it. Its a shame theres not really many players to matchmake with. I keep getting the same few players, if any.

[@RogueToeFu47]

Honestly with this game this was the one time devs should have ignored soi boys and continued the game

[@BobBob-oq7yy]

Played through Anthem twice and like you said, at the core, EVERYTHING about the game was PERFECT!!! The movement mechanics were incredible, the areas looked AMAZING!!!! It was really theirs to throw away as it really could have been an INCREDIBLE title for a LOOOONG TIME!!! Could have been along the lines of Destiny with being a great looter shooter for ages to come, it is such a heartbreak that they just threw it down the toilet.

[@KaiokenD]

The gameplay of this was next level. The combo system was fun. Maneuvering with the interceptor felt so rewarding, learning the dash dash melee flying trick

[@thomasraymond7912]

I never used Interceptor often, but I think what it's ultimate does is leave clones basically, if you smack an enemy once, the clone will keep attacking for awhile, maybe the whole ultimate, or until the enemy dies of course.

[@TheGamingBrigadeTV]

Loved this game... could have been so good

[@IronBear47]

I LOVED Anthem… its 10x better with friends too. I never understood the hate… but I also did NOT play it at launch. I played it more than a year after it released. I was sad that it died… so much potential.

[@hotfuzz4416]

It was hated because, too many loading screens, crap missions, no-end game and none of the updates helped to bring players back.

[@cal7281]

the end game was just dead that's why they hated the game it's self had some solid core stuff to it but content and loot with servers just ruined it

[@Maria_Banks]

It got a lot of unwarranted hate, even for the graphics because apparently they didn’t look like the reveal trailer graphics. This is a pretty rare case of the gamers themselves being the downfall of the game. The gamers left it behind way before the devs did. I’ve been trying to find a game to match the joy I found playing Anthem, so far all I can find is Warframe.

[@IronBear47]

@@Maria_Banks I have never tried Warframe... I will check it out.

[@spartan_12omega87]

@@cal7281 reminds me of Outriders

[@ghostpimp]

Game had so much potential seriously

[@YamiRuns]

A server I'm on has a yearly event going where, for roughly 2 weeks, we only play Anthem together. It was sad to see EA green-light Anthem 2.0 and then cancel it for Fifa.

[@kyleryoung1775]

fifa is the shittest game ever

[@ShrockWPS]

Man the Interceptor! You get those Combo Prox Pings popping off and it turns into mob dropping symphony. Gosh dang, I jussy might have to redownload after watching this.

[@Ocelot93090]

Theres a lot of parallels between Anthem and The First "The Division" Game. BOth games were extremely ambitious. With technical aspects that were just ahead of its time and frankly could not be supported by the engines they were on as well as the computers of most players. As someone who has played tons of looter shooters such as Warframe, Anthem and others. I want to say that for me. The largest drawback of this game was the loading times going from the hub into the actual game. So many load screens. But the actual gameplay and the world was astonishing and beautiful. The various weapons were all actually different. I remember trying the flamethrower on the tank. Having an electric gun of some sort. It was very unique. As well as the completely different gameplay style of the various classes. It was phenomenal. I do think the game was over hated and if the communities just supported it a little more the game could have corrected a lot of its problems.

[@paulmag5306]

Played it last week , as long as servers still active and game plays it's a cool game to hop on

[@excavatar2109]

From what i remember their were some weakpoints for each bosses which drain more health when hit with bullet or any elemental attack.

[@jacknunnink6680]

I actually know a guy who worked on this game. He was a BioWare veteran and he left the studio because of this game

[@cy4n_knight_q8]

Played it about 6 months ago. About 30 hours total playtime and actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would. It's good.. wish it was supported more

[@ReaverPrime]

If "potential" was a currency, Anthem would be filthy, stinking.

[@KingShibe]

Nope. EA would've canned support after 2 years

[@roderiksworld5116]

It was such a good starting point for a bigger game.

[@Lucifear666]

Continue to play we are still trying to breathe it back to life

[@MebularNebular]

The flying was top notch, and the whole primer/detonator combo mechanic was such a cool way to incentivize team play.

[@SleepyWarden1]

I know I'm am really late to this video, but as someone who has played both the betas for this game and played since launch. I believe this game had huge potential for greater things. it is sad to see it never work out. I still have hopes for it and even to this day find myself going back and playing from time to time.

[@John-nj6xl]

Not gonna lie but after watching this you're tempting me to download it from my library and play 😅😅. I was interceptor too but they were fragile from what I could remember 😂 great video @roguegold

[@txdmsk]

I played a ton at launch, and I was an interceptor too, and I completely forgot what was my main class mechanic loop like...

[@yanoamustamu2390]

I played Interceptor too! Definitely the most fragile of the exo's but it makes up for it with unmatched mobility^^ I played a melee poison build that went hard on any elemental combo. I would be going crazy on mobility when taking on enemies alone but would absolutely obliterate entire packs if I could combo with other people's elemental dmg :D God I miss this game so much

[@mkb144p6]

anthem could've been the best 3rd person shooter rpg ever.

[@kenken_77]

picked this up last yr for a few bucks when i got covid last year. spent 269hrs in it - there's nothing left to do/upgrade, but i pop by occasionally to do some flying which is still 1 of the best experiences imo.

[@demolisher-pj7zz]

where did you buy it from

[@LilLamb-headquarters]

I read the Kotaku long-form piece again on Anthem's development disaster and I'm just honestly sad about all the work that went into this, and for what...

[@Tough_Taco]

Thanks for not being a hater. I was late to it but enjoyed what little there is of it.

[@TheAbsoluteCool]

how did you even log in? everytime i try title screen pops up servers are no longer available, talked to EA rep and they said anthem servers has been shutdown years ago and i am not able to play the game anymore

[@ssalkindi4851]

Me too

[@gdrus]

Servers are working just fine. just finished a session. Somebody lied to you, the servers were never shut down

[@Andrea-sg7et]

Just bought it this week for 3 bucks, working fine.

[@xaviersmith1388]

Anthem could've genuinely been incredible if it was published by a studio that actually cared about the gaming industry.

[@TitanActual]

It is such a shame that this game was not executed better. Who doesn't want an Ironman suit to play with.

[@cowgoesbark]

I love your division content but I definitely like this content as well. I'd like to see you branch out into more looter shooter games.

[@RogueGold]

👍 Appreciate it!

[@Sergio_AKA_MightyPants]

This was a genuine blast to play, whether you were solo or had people to group up with. My wife and I were excited to get home and play Anthem together, and sometimes we would have a couple buddies around too that got it and we had a full group. If it had any kind of revival, I know we would play the absolute crap out of it all over again. Big RIP to Anthem, one of my favorite games that got abandoned.

[@maafremsayablong]

No way they did nothing to this game, maybe they doing something in secret and prepare for a comeback.

[@jaughnekow]

The combat, the mech suit movements, the world were amazing.

[@KyloVader19]

Anthem had so much potential and still makes me mad that they walked away from it.

[@Maria_Banks]

Gamers walked away from it long before the devs did. This one’s on us I’m afraid

[@SkywardKing]

@@Maria_Banks No.....They gave us a mediocre game, with a solid foundation, weak loot, dumb enemies and a story that isn't that interesting, because they didn't really know what the heck the "Anthem" was and were trying to piece it together as the game was coming together... and people were supposed to keep playing that until they got it right? They owed the gaming community after that BS or at least their audience that paid. They had the opportunity to have their "Hello Games Moment" and redeem themselves with Anthem 2.0, but they bailed. Shame on them, and it's just a shame in general, because (as I said before...) the game had a solid foundation.

[@yanoamustamu2390]

@@Maria_Banks I'd say it's 50/50 when it comes to blame. EA follows the money and they didn't see it (because we didn't see content yet) so they didn't look at the potential down the line and gave up before giving it an actual chance.

[@tenseostrich8082]

i love anthem, especially the big javelin. i got an upgrade or maybe it was just the base javelin but u can fly into people and do damage it was so awesome

[@pedroribeiro1410]

i found so fucking funny how he was talking about flying while fighting door man and not once he thought of flying to shoot him from above where he didn't have a door

[@KingfAce-qb9xk]

Cant believe this game died before Warframe

[@iAmAkronox]

We need an Anthem 2 to fully realize the vision

[@Quole1234]

No we don't. It was a trash game that dod everything worse than warframe.

[@iAmAkronox]

@Quole1234 gameplay was fun and the world was gorgeous, huge potential there if you ask me

[@lordquog]

What they did to this game is a tragedy. It had so much promise.

[@bigbasbeardegummiland2756]

I played Anthem when it first came out and I loved it. There were so many people that were dunking on it back in the day because of miss expectation in my opinion. Bioware was very well known for story driven single player narrative games like Mass Effect and gamers were disappointed to find out that the Anthem story was not a huge RPG adventure like its predecessors. I feel that Bioware was a victim of its own previous success. I think it was a very good game and fun as hell for a looter shooter, it had issues for sure but not devastating except for the ridiculously long loading time. I think lots of people played it, consumed the content so fast, then bounced when it did not meet their expectation Mass Effect story that they expected and many quickly moved on. There was also a 5 man multiplayer dungeon component that was buggy frustrated many people off.

[@yanoamustamu2390]

The narrative not being on par with their previous franchises might've been a reason, but definitely not one of main ones imo. At the time people were mad there was A: not enough content and B: the content that was there was repetitive af. I don't mind the latter since I play grindy games like Path of Exile for example, but I can understand why it's not for most people.

[@sprirtwolf]

I remember at one point one of the statues for a mission lost it's texture so it was just a pink square. Also they couldn't seem to get loot drop to work at all. no matter the difficulty you just never got anything.

[@Darkknight9035]

titanfall and anthem deserved better

[@ThePittsburghMan]

I def remember being a broke college kid debating between anthem and Div 2. Went with div cause I was skeptical about anthem 🤣 now I’m a broke adult recently coming back to Div 🙃

[@RogueGold]

I remember there being a stark divide in my friend group for which game people thought would last longer... guess I should've put money down on my Div 2 call 😄

[@zackerygarland15]

I see a fe comants about how anthem deserved better 0:12 hell no they still owe me a console. I still have a 300 dollar paper weight

[@animalisticprik]

Yea, so your anger should be directed at the developers for releasing the game in a state that made that outcome possible. The game itself, however, definitely deserved better. It has a unique movement design which can be implemented into combat mechanics, making it more engaging and setting it apart from other 3rd person shooters around the time of release. Especially in an industry that seems obsessed with homogenization, I think they at least deserve credit for trying to be different. It really is a shame that everything surrounding the traversal and combat design just wasn't up to par.

[@jishan6992]

You are telling me the game bricked your system? How is that even possible?

[@zackerygarland15]

@jishan6992 something about the game was able to bypass the PlayStations ability to throttle itself when it would start to get hot.

[@Insane-xo3kp]

played it back when it came out. got it pre ordered. i was so hyped and just buried myself in this ironman destiny mix. now i wanna start a new game and re experience it again thanks to you

[@badbone6696]

Watching this brings up feelings comparable to that of losing a friend and never being able to speak to them again, it's painful what was done to this game.

[@samsplace5521]

They can save it, they have too.. how tf you give up on this

[@kermitrope9764]

This game had infinite potential. EA ruined it.

[@jazzingpanda3190]

Damn this game always looked like it held sooo much potential. Just found your channel, subbed :)

[@FernandoTorres-xm7db]

This game was so amazing even the soundtrack would pull you in even more. They had everything the world, weapons, flying mechanics, cinematics, vivid visuals, amazing creatures. I hope one day someone can revive this to what they also showed at E3 which as we now know was a fake gameplay trailer. But that trailer alone is what everyone wanted that is what we had been waiting for. Sadly I don't think we will ever get any type of game that literally made every gamer say YESSSSS FINALLY. New games now you just get the emotion of eh yeah I'll play that I guess.

[@jacobkoen8994]

I never was more excited for a game to come out, I had so much fun in the beginning but quickly ran out of stuff to do. It kills me how much potential this game had!

[@Techno_Bunny433]

Old interceptor main here. The door guys get eaten for breakfast by the melee, it's so funny seeing people have to use explosives or cooldowns on em and then I can just run in and throw hands. I used to run shotguns cus they'd charge your ult the fastest. Only downside was that they added a few flying bosses in raids and that made interceptors ult kinda useless 😅 thanks for looking at Anthem it deserves some love even after it's death

[@soloclaydog95]

I was in the closed alpha or bata for Anthem and was soooooo pumped for it. Once it went full i think i played it none stop for months. loved the mechanics and gameplay, even the story isnt 1/2 bad. Sad to see a goood game die.

[@edthered]

Me and my crew played the shit out of this game and loved every second of it, we all built a team together to synergize and had so much fun even repeating the dungeon runs way too many times. I really hope something like this comes along again, the feeling of freedom and fun while playing this game was immense.

[@Rakanarshi2]

That bit you said about flying reminded me of the Griffon from Guild Wars 2. Really got to learn how to master that, but in the end it is so worth it!

[@DarkKnightPR]

Amazing concept, I think what killed it was the repetition. Every fight was pretty much the same. I hope it can come back or reboot because the concept is absolutely amazing.

[@galileemason8813]

this is probably the 15th video like this about anthem that i watch, still miss what anthem could have been

[@AquariusProductions1]

this game had so much potential. the gameplay itself is actually very good

[@thesagaofblitz]

I don't think he ever figured out the combo system. If you're interested, you apply an ailment to an enemy then detonate it to create a burst. for the interceptor it's the poison grenade followed by the melee.

[@Mortblade]

God, no matter the time that passes it truly never stings less on the lost potential of what might’ve been one of the greatest and most unique service video game out there.. truly saddening

[@connorbaz5980]

Honestly, I 100% think such a game could be made. It HAS to have the same level of graphics as the demo though. No cheap, chintzy feeling crap. Lighting has to be priority #1 IMO. How light interacts with objects and materials is a HUGE part of how "real" it looks or not. And lighting is the most faked, and usually the first thing to go when downgrading. Happened with The Witcher 3, The Division, and Watch Dogs. Lighting, Lighting, and Lighting (and true shadows, not shades of grey filter). I cannot stress this enough. In fact, if it came down to having the absolute best lighting possible, and a "dYnAMiC dAy/LiGHt CyCLe," I will take the superior "tuned" Lighting effects every time. I don't care if there's a dice roll to determine a permanent Morning, Daylight, Evening and Nighttime environment. I want the BEST. That said, explosions and particle effects. They looked INSANE in the E3 demo as we all know. If you didn't have any comparison, I'd say that they look "good" in the retail game. But compared to E3? It's a total wet fart. With system specs increasing more and more, Lighting and Particles and other Effects need to be worked on. Eye-Bleeding Textures only look good up until a certain point, and then it's a bad trade off deal. Allocate more system resources towards the rest of the dressing that makes the scene. Not just "muh textures." I'm not going to go through all of what I want to see in the game, but suffice it to say that I think they *could* conceivably make an E3 quality version (as I do with The Division) but it would take work, dedication, and no wasting time. I was shocked when I heard about the MASSIVE amount of time they squandered with this game. Heck, even if people don't all agree on every detail, it shouldn't take 6 YEARS to come up with a hasty demo, and...what it is we finally got. Honestly, I don't think that we will ever see another effort to help this game. But dammit, I really hope so.

[@nigelleeburns]

I preordered when it came out on PS4 and played from day launch for maybe 200 hrs. I got all of the suits leveled up pretty high and felt like I mastered the playstyle for all of the suits. The problem was there was nothing else really to do. I think there was something called Cataclysm, but that was it. If the devs had spent a little more time on this game, it could have been so much more.

[@Automata_Eve]

I think I’ll actually try this out, I bought it on sale a long while ago but was told that it wasn’t good, so I never installed it. But this genuinely looks like a fun experience, and 30fps really doesn’t bother me.

[@RogueGold]

It's definitely fun! And as it turns out, if you're on Next-Gen there should be an option to enable 60FPS. I was told about it after posting the vid 😄

[@Automata_Eve]

@@RogueGold I have a PC copy, so I should be fine. The game seems to have higher activity than I thought it would, so maybe I can find people to play with.

[@scotttian7469]

Still remember before this game was released i was so looing forward to it and then enjoyed every moment of it. Bought the Playstation Plus just for this game, the graphic, effects, animation and etc were just so great! Playing it online with my friend on the other side of the world was really something. Really sad to see this game just abandoned like that. 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 really wish they could do something about it...

[@Kurousagishi]

I played the hell out of it. My son convinced me to go back and play it and they did add new stuff and I had amazing builds. I have not played another game that felt this good. There was a combo system. Primers and detonators, on both weapons and abilities. The javelins were good. Once you leaened how to get in to and out of combat, it was absolutely amazing. If they had just sunk their teeth in, it really could have been a 'no Man's sky', ffxiv, or warframe.

[@Jaghatai_Kahn]

Colossus main here, i pre-ordered it just because i saw the Colossus and his chunky potential. Where as other games could say, you're a tank for DPS. It just never feels like that. All it feels like is a character that can quickly swap between classes. But with anthem, i FEEL like those classes. Storm javelin? You're an arch mage throwing lightning. Colossus? You ARE the juggernaut tanking damage and shielding your teammates while periodically throwing out mini nukes. It FELT like i was those javelin pilots, but now? Im sad about a game with SO much going for it to fade into obscurity. The only thing i don't like is getting 50k faction points for each of the groups just to unlock gold. Signed: 753 masterwork Colossus.