Anthem (2019)
Anthem is a 2019 shooter video game made by BioWare and Electronic Arts.
Beyond the walls of Fort Tarsis, the world of Anthem is enormous, hostile, and shot through with Shaper relics, ancient technology left by an absent creator race that still reshapes reality unpredictably. Players suit up as Freelancers in powered Javelin exosuits, choosing from Ranger, Colossus, Storm, or Interceptor frames, and venture into that world to complete contracts, fight the Dominion faction, and investigate a device called the Anthem of Creation. The co-op shared-world structure pairs aerial traversal with third-person shooting across a lush, dangerous landscape.
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What is Anthem about?
Beyond the walls of Fort Tarsis, the world of Anthem is enormous, hostile, and shot through with Shaper relics, ancient technology left by an absent creator race that still reshapes reality unpredictably. Players suit up as Freelancers in powered Javelin exosuits, choosing from Ranger, Colossus, Storm, or Interceptor frames, and venture into that world to complete contracts, fight the Dominion faction, and investigate a device called the Anthem of Creation. The co-op shared-world structure pairs aerial traversal with third-person shooting across a lush, dangerous landscape.
When was Anthem released?
Anthem was released on 22 February 2019.
Who made Anthem?
Anthem was made by BioWare and Electronic Arts.
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A few thoughts on Anthem
Mass Effect shares composers and an atmosphere of orchestral sci-fi weight that fits Anthem's tone. The series that most closely matches Anthem's exosuit concept and shared-world design sits within gaming itself, but the soundtrack is a genuine companion piece.
Armored soldiers and cyborgs built for a hostile world
Anthem puts players in Javelin exosuits built for aerial combat against Shaper-warped terrain and the Dominion, four distinct frames for four ways of fighting. Old Man's War, Ghost in the Shell, Fullmetal Alchemist, Galaxy Express 999, and The Mandalorian and Grogu all center on people who trade a fragile human body for something stronger, faster, and built to survive.
Ancient alien tech that reshapes an entire world
Anthem's whole world bends around Shaper relics, precursor technology so old nobody fully controls it anymore, reshaping the landscape on its own terms. The Mass Effect score, Disclosure Day, Project Hail Mary, Deltron 3030, and Universal Migrator, Part 2 all circle the same idea, ancient or alien tech powerful enough to remake a world's rules from the ground up.
TV worlds warped by forces nobody fully understands
Anthem's world outside Fort Tarsis is gorgeous and openly hostile, shaped by forces nobody in it, including the player, really understands. Stranger Things, Smallville, Hunter x Hunter, and Avatar: The Last Airbender all build settings the same way, familiar ground warped by an alien or supernatural force that keeps rewriting its own rules.