If there's one thing we've learned about the looter shooter genre, it's, well, players want loot. Despite all of those wants, though, what Anthem players are actually getting is an abysmally barren loot pool and enemies that would sooner take whatever loot they could potentially offer with them to the grave than give it up for weary Freelancers. They want it to pop out of a fatally-struck Titan like candy from a pinata, and they want it to be flashy and fun. That's not to say that the game isn't trying to do that, though, more that it's just incapable. The simmering problem boiling underneath these loot fixes, though, is Anthem's core problem: it just doesn't want to give people what they want. The result has been consistent with the golden rule of Anthem patches, so far: whenever something is fixed, two things must break in its place. Related: Don't Play Anthem Until It's A Full GameĪnthem just keeps trying to fix its loot problems before any of its bigger issues, though, whether it be through increased drop rates, shrinking the endgame loot pools, or buffing the impact of the game's high-end items. Anthem's community manager wrote a heartfelt letter to the game's fans just to address these problems, too, and gestures like that clearly show BioWare cares about the game's direction. Unfortunately, though, there comes a time when you've got to admit things aren't working out. That's not taking anything away from the incredible team at BioWare, who have worked tirelessly to try to improve Anthem's play experience, whether that be through addressing glitches, buffing weapons, being transparent about ongoing issues, or attempting to sort out the game's loot system. Thousands of people are still desperately digging at the world's surface, clawing at the dirt, just to try and uncover the bones of a game that, structurally, remains quite appealing. There's something so enticing about what could have been with Anthem that, a month after it launched and without much hope in the way of it being salvaged. EA and BioWare's ambitious title has become synonymous with squandered potential, despite an adamant and large number of Freelancers still populating the title's gorgeous, empty world. By now, Anthem's reputation has been essentially solidified.
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