Anthem
Anthem is a shared-world action RPG, where players can delve into a vast landscape teeming with amazing technology and forgotten treasures. This is a world where Freelancers are called upon to defeat savage…
Anthem is an adventure developed by BioWare, released 22 February 2019 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 17.5 hrs to finish.
What Anthem is
Anthem is an adventure game developed by BioWare and released in 2019. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A famed Freelancer named Haluk rallies an army of Freelancers to enter the Heart of Rage and deactivate the Cenotaph. Among them is the player's unnamed character, a rookie undertaking their first mission. Accompanying them is Faye, Haluk's own wife and Cypher. Shortly into the mission, all the other Freelancers are killed, prompting Faye to call a retreat, with the player evacuating a wounded Haluk. The resounding failure causes people to lose faith in the Freelancers, whose ranks are now decimated. Two years later, the player has settled in Fort Tarsis, a frontier city between The Heart of Rage and Antium, Bastion’s capital. Partnered with a young Cypher named Owen, they make a living…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. Available modes: Co-operative and Multiplayer.
How it was received
Anthem holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 62, across 161 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 49 hrs, roughly 2.8 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Anthem launched on 22 February 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Tom Clancy's The Division 2 and Apex Legends. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Apex Legends.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Anthem yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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