The latest update to Anthem has some interesting patch notes that I think are worth exploring, as they may allude to larger changes.
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 honestly don’t think anything can save this game. Maybe going free to play will help. They let it linger to long without any substantial updates or content. Shame because the foundation of the game is great. Flying feels better than any other game of this kind and the graphics are excellent.
Anthem and Depth, two words that don't coincide.
As much as I enjoyed the gameplay (flying and combat), visuals, and the overall concept and what it was supposed to be... I can't in good conscience in any way try to defend Anthem. The way the game is now, it should have been F2P. IF it was significantly easier to gain armor sets and customization materials, I could see it as a 30€ at launch game. For the 60€ I spent however, I would have wanted a story worthy of what Bioware used to be known for, challenging and varying missions and overall smoother experience (menus, loading screens, interface)
The coverage is appreciated