{"id":103374,"date":"2018-07-13T01:13:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T01:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=103374"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:18:02","slug":"anthem-all-hail-the-destiny-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/anthem-all-hail-the-destiny-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthem: All Hail The Destiny-Killer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a question that’s popped up on message boards, in YouTube videos, across Discord chats, and likely as the 9:00 a.m. topic of many hushed game developer board room meetings:<\/p>\n

“Is Anthem the Destiny-killer?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bungie and Bioware (EA), two studios known for mega-hits such as Halo and Mass Effect, respectively, are household names to even casual gamers, drawing in players based on their brand as much as their product. Each has a long history with a respectable record and thousands of devoted fans. So when Anthem was first hinted<\/a> at in 2014, the question wasn’t whether or not the Bioware title would make a profit, but how high the new IP would sit in the halls of gaming reverence.<\/p>\n

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From up on high, Bungie knows those halls quite well. Still running off goodwill from the Halo series, the studio released Destiny in 2014, an ambitious, genre-defining multiplayer epic. The game’s combination team shooter-RPG play style was arguably one-of-a-kind, and while many have attempted to replicate their feel, Bungie’s two titles in this series have kept well ahead of contenders.\u00a0Despite considerable problems, 2017\u2019s Destiny 2 remains the reigning champ in its weight class, and it\u2019s still evolving<\/a> and producing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Bioware\u2019s end, it was not initially apparent what their new IP was all about \u2013 developers are known for being vague in the early stages when a game begins to formulate in a chrysalis of concept and code. Yet, when the first sneak peaks and screen captures were released last year, the community began to see what was brewing inside, and boy, did it seem familiar<\/a>.<\/p>\n