So uh, don’t tell anyone but I kind of think that people were not impressed with Anthem. One of the biggest launches of the year saw Bioware’s grand plan to create a live service game take to the skies…and crash spectacularly. There’re a number of reasons why Anthem has been such a dud, and plenty of them can be traced back to Bioware itself.
Hindsight’s a bastard, and while Anthem in its current state is still a beautiful slice of boredom, it could one day be the game that fans were initially promised. Could. The problem right now? Nobody wants to stick around long enough to help beta-test the full release until it actually does get its house in order.
That’s the damning evidence from a recent poll done on Reddit. Now ordinarily a survey of around 1000 people isn’t normally indicative of the state of a game community, but considering that it took place on the Anthem community page, it’s well worth looking at seriously. According to SyntaxTheGr8’s charts, it looks like more than half of the surveyed responses indicating that they’d already given up on Anthem, with a further 8.8% well on the way towards joining that lot:
There’s a whole bunch of other interesting numbers in the link above, for anyone who happens to have a mathematical paraphilia. Around 56% of players are unsatisfied with Anthem’s loot system, half the players surveyed encountered bugs and a whopping 36% of these players think that the end is indeed nigh for Bioware’s flop.
Here’s the real kicker: Of the fans who took part in the survey and who were then asked what they would change about Anthem if they were given the power, one answer (through the magic of having their responses fed through Word Cloud), came to the forefront:
Honestly though? I’m not certain that Anthem can even be saved at this point. What should have been the first chapter in a terrific new franchise, will instead go down in history as just another failed attempt at chasing the next big thing in gaming instead of being a trendsetter. That Bioware magic seems to be in real short supply these days.
Last Updated: April 17, 2019
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
April 17, 2019 at 12:16
That actual scale is also skewed based on the fact that literally every person I know who played it completely abandoned it, unsubscribed from everything and it is like it never existed. Which means none of us would even know about this survey to say that we abandoned it.
Deon Du Plessis
April 17, 2019 at 12:17
That’s because BioWare as we once knew it no longer exists, and the old studio’s ability to bottle lightning left along with all of the developers who saw the writing on the wall.
G8crasha
April 17, 2019 at 12:37
It’s sad when such a great developer falls foul of expectations. I hope they come out with their next game with a fighting attitude.
Nikola
April 17, 2019 at 12:30
Just come join Division 2 it is actually an awesome game!!
RinceThis
April 17, 2019 at 14:16
It is!
G8crasha
April 17, 2019 at 12:37
Count me as one who has abandoned the game. I so wanted to justify my EA Premier subscription. Now it seems the only thing keeping me there is BFV, and even then to a lesser degree.
Geoffrey Tim
April 17, 2019 at 12:37
Logging into Anthem be like https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/80785a896365b5191c26f64c0b4369b6a68bae3ec1eb93098de4833c5cf81a5a.gif
Guild
April 17, 2019 at 13:37
I hardly played it. Too many bugs and issues. I’m hoping it gets new life with constant updates and I jump into it in a years time and like it. Otherwise that will have been a waste of cash
RinceThis
April 17, 2019 at 14:08
Suck on that. I do feel sorry for those who wasted thousands on the thing…
RinceThis
April 17, 2019 at 14:16
Also. Fuck EA.
HairyEwok
April 17, 2019 at 12:16
Feels like Anthem has the same issues No Man Sky had, only difference is Hello Games bunked down and really worked their asses off to make the game what it was promised to be. Now let’s see if EA will allow Bioware to do the same thing for Anthem. This game has so much potential.
G8crasha
April 17, 2019 at 12:30
True about No Man’s Sky. There is hope. If Hello Games could do it, why can’t Bioware?
Pariah
April 17, 2019 at 14:56
EA.
Umar
April 17, 2019 at 12:23
Judging by the Kotaku article it seems that the ball is waaaaay more in Bioware’s court than it is EA. Don’t think EA should burden all/most of the blame
HairyEwok
April 17, 2019 at 12:23
Yeah it is more Bioware’s fault than EA, basically what I’m saying is that EA should give Bioware a chance to fix it before they do what they love and shut down Bioware.
HairyEwok
April 17, 2019 at 12:23
Yeah it is more Bioware’s fault than EA, basically what I’m saying is that EA should give Bioware a chance to fix it before they do what they love and shut down Bioware.
Umar
April 17, 2019 at 12:23
Yeah hopefully. But kak thing is, BioWare has been “fixing” the game but it’s gotten progressively worse lol It pains me to see them falling this hard from grace
HairyEwok
April 17, 2019 at 12:30
Honestly, I think if Bioware did one thing, and this is probably going to be the hardest thing, they should have an easy job making anthem great.
Ditch the Frostbite engine which is obviously not meant for RPG games and get a proper engine. Yes it will be a huge undertaking, but a well worth one.
Umar
April 17, 2019 at 12:30
In an ideal world yeah, but at this point, I don’t think it would ever happen…I think BioWare is just..
HairyEwok
April 17, 2019 at 12:30
Well just read a report that Dragon Age 4 will be using Frostbite engine with Anthem coding. I have my doubts about that game now.
Umar
April 17, 2019 at 12:17
This year I decided to leap into a looter shooter GaaS title. Was between this and Divison 2. Anthem appealed to me more because I get a boner at the sight of flying mech suits but I went with the game where you can dress your character up like a modern hipster with a beanie and tank top and let me tell you this….Am I ever so glad I chose the beanie over a mech suit.
RinceThis
April 17, 2019 at 14:16
Preach it brother. Loving division 2!
Umar
April 17, 2019 at 14:23
Same! I’m all about that Spiky Hair heroes and big swords, but man, I’m loving this game. Even right now I’m thinking about all the projects I need to complete and the SHD to collect.
GooseZA
April 17, 2019 at 14:00
But… Warframe!
Admiral Chief Hype Train
April 17, 2019 at 13:08
A damn shame