I was surprised to see Anthem on Game Pass while poking around checking out space games which are notStarfield.
It did shut down, didn’t it?
So why’s it on Game Pass?
I’m playing this.
This is a game.
This is still a game!
Anthem first launched in February 2019.
Unlike Destiny, Anthem did not get that second chance.
And, like, surely EA shut it within the year?
I thought maybe a good joke post would be ‘speedrunning’ Anthem.
13 seconds to see everything it had to offer, reach a “service unavailable” victory messages.
Top work, Alice.
Then the intro cinematic started playing but ah sure, that doesn’t mean anything.
Then the intro missions starts and I’m quite surprised but but maybe that mission was offline.
And then it just… kept going.
Everyone I’ve spoken to about this also assumed Anthem had gone offline years ago.
Then a handful of robomen are still leaping around the social hub.
It’s a looter-shooter with boring loot and perfunctory shoot.
But I like parts.
Flying my cool-looking exosuit around is pleasant, lazily swooping around the skies of an alien world.
I’m always happy when simply getting about involves playful little motions.
But the rest of the game’s not good enough for me to persist.
