“The real magic of [Anthem] is when you’re playing with a squad” – game director Jonathan Warner

Anthem was on the present ground at gamescom this week and we sat right down to splat some bugs.

It’s fairly telling that this new game from BioWare, a studio well-known for its huge single-player RPGs, was solely playable in multiplayer.

Two so-called ‘game journalists’ stroll in, swimsuit up in a Ranger – the versatile all-rounder javelin (an exosuit, mainly) – and play with two builders: one in a beefy Colossus and one in a Storm, an elemental swimsuit.

After having loads of enjoyable with the demo, comboing powers with my new buddies and basking within the stunning destruction, I needed to ask: is Anthem a lesser game for those who’re enjoying solo?

“The experience is different, but I don’t feel like it’s lesser,” game director Jonathan Warner tells me.

“Personally, I’ve played it for a long time and I feel the real magic of the game is when you’re playing with a squad. Because then you can pull of combos. When you see someone zooming over your head in a Colossus, there’s a moment of, ‘Oh, shit!’. I love that.”

You can play Anthem by yourself in order for you, nevertheless it’s clear that’s not one of the simplest ways to expertise BioWare’s newest.

Anthem releases for PC, PS4, and Xbox One on February 22, 2019. If I had been you, I’d make some new pals earlier than then.