BioWare's Biggest Failure ANTHEM Shuts Down Today

It's always a shame for preservation when stunts are pulled like this. I can always go back to Superman 64 and Ride to Hell Retribution to check out how bad they were, but gamers of the future won't be able to do that with Anthem.

@ShadowRJ especially since Anthem could've easily been adapted to offline play. Though then again, I have no Idea why it was online only in the first place....

I'm going to be that guy and say Veil Guard was/still Bioware's biggest failure (no offence to anyone who likes it) but even Anthem sold more then it and that was a brand new IP...

I know that I can't take no more
It ain't no lie
I want to see you out that door
Baby, bye, bye, bye (bye, bye)

@Oram77 I've never played Veilguard, but am I correct in saying that its biggest fault was that it toned down a lot of the choice, violence, political and romance elements, which in turn made the whole game a lot blander than before?

Doesn’t this kind of ruin people’s argument for physical over digital when they can just shut the whole thing off regardless of the format you own it on?

I'm a big supporter of game preservation, even if the game is bad or I don't like it, but I'll be honest, it's surprising how they are only now shutting it down. Feels like something that would have happened years ago.

I'm sure the 3 people still playing it will be upset.

@ShadowRJ Firstly the game was in development hell (which never bodes well) at one point is was going to be a live service game (with elements of that still in the released product). But to me it just didn't feel like a DA game, Dragon Age Origins will always be peak ,I think the majority of people would agree with me with that, I just can't see any Origins DNA in Veil Guard, I think if was a brand new IP (like Anthem) it would have been recieved more warmly.

Anthem. One of the funnest games I've played 100% online with to the platinum, one of the worst most aimless stories I've played, and one with the most potential. I read Schreier's book (I believe it was in his book!) which covered the development of this game and it's just sad, those talented developers knew exactly how to make a third person online shooter feel great and terrible management and corporate meddling ruined it.

I'm sure it's deeper than that, but I definitely had a lot of fun. All the credit to EA in the current gaming environment (of the past decade) though for keeping the servers around as long as they did but it's a shame.

@Logonogo Not really as the issue here is online only vs offline play. Regardless of Physical or Digital the game is simply unplayable without the servers.

I enjoyed it from what I played back in the day. Shame it never had an offline campaign.

Hope they implement the flying well to Iron Man game.

@Logonogo In this case it doesn't matter but most games don't have reliance on servers so it doesn't matter when you put in the disc as long as the console functions you can still play it. This is more of a problem with online only games.

@ilyn just seems to me they can shut down functionality of any title at any time if they so choose but I might be reaching here to open up that can of worms in relation to this story so I rescind my argument lol

Sad day to see Anthem go. It was a tragic misstep for Bioware, one that was forced on them, resulting in development hell for the game. The same as Veilguard but the end product was far superior.

I had many hours of fun playing Anthem on my PS4 and, to be honest, it was a little rough around the edges but you could see the gleam of what potential it held. And nothing beats the feeling of zipping around in your Javelin, flying through waterfalls to cool down, or just skimming water like a stone. They nailed that part for sure.

Bye bye Anthem. Know that you were loved.
"Strong Alone. Stronger together"

I liked it so much I earned the platinum trophy :'( Would you know a game in which I can get the same feeling of flying freely?

No matter how great or bad a game may be, it's always a shame to see them go offline and become unplayable.

This is a game that inspired Bethesda in its creation of Starfield with all its endless loading😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I remember people was saying the flying in this game makes you feel like iron man and than the game Avengers came out where you can play as iron man😂😂

I wonder which game is considered worst, Avengers or Anthem? You can play Avengers offline even now and they made all those skins available for free, but Anthem is about to go into the abyss, never to be playable again.👀

I will always find it amusing though how they showed that fake gameplay reveal of Anthem and even the devs who was working on the game was surprised by what they was seeing because it wasn’t real and so they was kept in the dark too apparently.

Like hmmmm I wonder who game this is, oh wait that’s the game we are supposed to create😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

If only there was video footage of the devs when they first saw that fake gameplay reveal🫠🫠🫠

It had a lot of potential, but the battles were boring. One thing about Anthem I really liked beside the in game flying was the Intro/Main Menu Music. That tune was awesome!

I'm shocked that the game even survived up until this point. This game had so much potential. When the game was released, I tried to support it, but then all that stuff about BioWare came out, and how terrible they treated their employees with crunch and directionless work. It made me sick to my stomach, and I have never been more enraged with a developer. I say good riddance this game shut down, the industry will be a better place without terrible games like Anthem, and the horrific practices of Bioware.

Shame its getting life support unplugged, it should have been made playable offline for those with the disc at least. Was a very fun game to play tbh a shame Bioware just didnt know what to do with it or realize what they had / could have been.

Whats that you guys say, good riddance to bad rubbish? Indeed.

And this is why live service only games really just need to die.

There should always be a single player element to a game so people can always play.

Even Arc Raiders great game but once it falls and people move on and the developers move on to new games in the end that will also shut down and unable to play.

Such a shame that this game was rushed out the door and never should have been live service to begin with. They should have packaged it like Mass Effect, with offline single player and coop modes, then done a few DLCs. The bones of the game (traversal and shooting) were solid, but the campaign was a mess and there wasn’t enough to do. Still, could have been retooled into an offline game so people could keep playing. RIP Anthem.

"but it is still playable at the time of writing, with fans live streaming their goodbyes on Twitch."

Wow, I just can't believe it. Anthem actually had fans

OK. I want offline mode or my £0.89 back !!!