Should ‘Anthem’ get the ‘No Man’s Sky Beyond’ treatment?

“No Man’s Sky Beyond” was met with massive positivity by the gaming community, so much so that a lot of people deemed it the update that finally redeemed Hello Games from their monumental gaffe three years ago. Looking back, it’s difficult to believe that the developers managed to turn things around.

To say that the game’s launch was met with hostility is an understatement. Where “No Man’s Sky Beyond” made players ecstatic about all its addition, the initial iteration of the game was, to put it shortly, devoid of content.

It was clear from the get-go that game director Sean Murray lied about the features of the game. It was so bad the Murray himself received death threats over butterflies not present in the game. But “No Man’s Sky Beyond” officially ended all of that noise, TheVerge reported.

Anthem’s No Man’s Sky Beyond is still a long way off

Which brings us to “Anthem.” Unlike the space exploratory title, the launch of “Anthem” was met with mix reception. While there are those who saw through EA and Bioware’s lies immediately, the community itself was willing to give the developers a chance to fix the myriad of issues that are plaguing the looter-shooter. But the hopes of the community were shattered when game journalist Jason Schreier unleashed a bombshell of an article that detailed the deception of EA and Bioware prior to the game’s launch.

As it turns out, the gameplay demo that was released in 2017 was fake. In fact, the developers didn’t even have a working game at the time. Fast forward seven months later and “Anthem” has managed to stave off some of the community’s hostility. But there’s still a long way to go before the developers reach what “No Man’s Sky Beyond” has done.

Does Anthem deserve a No Man’s Sky Beyond of its own?

And judging by what’s going on behind the scenes, there’s little hope for redemption on the part EA and Bioware. Lead producer Ben Irving left Bioware recently. EA made no mentioned of “Anthem” in its quarterly earnings despite previous promises they’re committed to fixing the game. And “Anthem” itself feels it lacks more content, with poor loot drops remaining among its core problems. Sure, the “Cataclysm” update was received positively, but this is only temporary. What happens after the event concludes? Can the developers really pull off a “No Man’s Sky Beyond” of their own?

A lot of people within the gaming community are hoping it won’t. The reason behind this is that it may set a precedent that it’s okay to lie about a title and release an unfinished game with the promise of fixing it in the future. And while “No Man’s Sky Beyond” has been a great update for the game, this practice should stop here. The gaming community shouldn’t tolerate and support companies that are willing to lie to its consumers and sell a half-baked product.