I hoped that Anthem would grow into an amazing game. Sadly, that didn`t happen.
When I reviewed Anthem two years ago, I fell in love with the game`s core combat mechanics, world design, and overall visual presentation. However, the egregious issues with the game`s loot systems, lackluster endgame, and bland mission structure made it a title that I couldn`t recommend at launch. I closed my review feeling hopeful about Anthem, though — after all, many games launch in a rough state these days, and many of those games end up bouncing back stronger than most ever imagined they would.
Unfortunately, this hasn`t happened in Anthem`s case, and it looks like it never will either. It has officially been announced that `Anthem Next,` the full game-wide overhaul that aimed to fix the issues players had with Anthem`s core systems, has been scrapped. BioWare studio director Christian Dailey cited resource demands and the strenuous impact of COVID-19 as the primary reasons behind why Anthem Nex...
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