EuroGamer: "Guides editor Matthew Reynolds, news editor Tom Phillips and guides writer Chris Tapsell join Eurogamer's editor Oli Welsh (who wrote our Anthem review) to discuss the game's many foibles, but also what works and the things that could pull us back in again - all while we try to keep our food metaphors and Destiny comparisons to a minimum."
BioWare's multiplayer shooter Anthem was terminated this week because EA no longer wanted to maintain servers for people to play the game on, and without them, no one can play the game. But the former executive producer of Anthem has revealed that BioWare had technology working, close to the game's release, that would enable us to host our own servers to play the game on.
I'd be fine just playing it as a localhost and dumb as rocks AI bots. Just give me the choice.
BioWare and EA had previously said the game would be accessible to those who owned it until it shuts down on January 12.
Time flies (like a Javelin suit): there are only 10 days left to play BioWare's ill-fated multiplayer game Anthem before the servers are switched off, presumably forever.
In my opinion, Anthem was a good IP that was worthy of a no man's sky or cyberpunk 2077 treatment.
To this day, their sub reddit is active and I was able to get into a game quickly a few weeks ago when I booted it up.
It is a shame EA and Bioware didn't want to give the game the overhaul it needed to turn it into a competent looter shooter.
I wholeheartedly agree. If ANY game deserved to get the rework/relaunch it deserved it was this one. More than literally any other. Even over FFXIV, No Mans Sky etc.
I just finished this up a couple days ago. Although it's a bit repetitive and the story is meh, the game feels great to play. Even if you can only hop on the game for a couple hours before it shuts down, I think it's worth it.
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They can spend billions to buy or get bought but they can’t spend a fraction of that to fix or overhaul a game that could have been truly special, smh.
I don't get why it is a mess? We are playing to get loot to make different builds, that is the fun. That is what looters are about.
Game has crashed on me no less than 15x. I'm level 20 so it's keeping me engaged but this is the worst state I've ever seen a game this massive in ambition launch. It's like someone said F*** IT WE'LL SHIP IT LIVE
What keeps us playing? It’s simply a fun game even with ALL the flaws and believe me there are many. Still I enjoy it a I think most people who play these style of games understand how they work and know that in the future Anthem will be a great game.