[Bonus] Anthem: The 2019 Review

About this episode

The episode revisits the initial impressions of Anthem shortly after its launch in 2019, reflecting on its subsequent reputation as a live service disaster.

As mentioned in the Anthem proper episode, Adam and Austin gave their first impressions of Anthem mere weeks after it launched on Adam's old college radio show, CyberPunk FM. Take a trip back to 2019: Before the Schreier article, before Mark Darrah's dev diaries, and before this game went on to become one of the most notorious live service disasters in gaming history. -------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on social media @thegamesgonebypodcast Contac...

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam, Austin

Topics covered

• game review
• live service games
• gaming history
• Anthem
• 2019 gaming
• game development

Keywords

• Anthem
• 2019 review
• live service
• gaming disaster
• game impressions
• CyberPunk FM

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CyberPunk FM

Books & works: Anthem

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