Will EA Redeem Themselves with "Anthem" ?

EA is a company that would probably bring your blood to a boil. Maybe the reason might be because they ruined your favourite licenses such as "Need For Speed", "Star Wars or even "Battlefield". There's no denying that, one way or another, EA would ruin a game with their shitty business tactics.

In the light of the recent Star Wars: Battlefront II fiasco, many are starting to lose fate in EA and the upcoming games that are slated to be released moving forward. The recent news of the notorious company shutting down Visceral (developers of the Dead Space trilogy) doesn't help their situation as well.

However, that doesn't mean EA is gonna stop making and releasing games.

Anthem is the new IP currently being developed by BioWare and to be published by EA. The game was first revealed back in E3 2017 via gameplay. It's safe to say that it sparked excitement among gamers. But with the fact it's an open world online game similar to Destiny, many are also cautious and worried.

Which sparks the question....

Will EA redeem themselves with Anthem ?

In my honest opinion and i'm sure many others as well, with all that EA has done, it's impossible to give them the benefit of the doubt. With their showcase of greedy tactics and treatment of games as a service, it's possible that Anthem might be ruined with outrageous loot boxes and micro transactions. What adds more worries is the plan to make Anthem a 10 year journey according to EA's vice president, Patrick Söderlund. As the years progress, the game will be supported by new contents and updates, presumably with DLC and maybe new game modes. But the worries mostly stems from the thought of EA adding in the insulting loot boxes and micro transactions, the same practice that ruined Battlefront II.

If EA continues down the road that burnt them many times in the past, it will be right to say that EA will never learn from their mistakes because the only language is they know is money. You can complain and rage in front of them all you want and they're gaze would only be at your pockets. The place where your wallet resides. 

But here's hoping that EA does learn from the recent event. It's pretty tiresome saying this, but the backlash that EA got with Battlefront II was more reaching and stronger than any other backlash they've received in the past. So let's hope that it has really broke the barrier EA has set up in their heads.

We'll have to see when the game releases in 2019 and just hope that EA realises that can't be continuing down the road that has both them and fellow gamers.