Anthem - Offline mode instead
Leading off that I understand no longer maintaining Anthem since it isn't the most popular game in the EA library and hasn't received and update in years, but that doesn't mean the entire game should...
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Thank you so much to everyone who's replied so far! and everyone who's supported the petition! It warms my heart to see so many people coming to support us, whether they love the game or not. Because this is bigger than just Anthem.
While I'm hoping for the best case scenario, such as a final patch to make the game offline only or a method for local hosting/private servers so EA doesn't need to keep their servers online but we can still play the game, I hope that whatever the outcome may be this will encourage end of support planning into the development of live service games going forward (and for ones currently being supported).
No game that players pay for should be made unplayable in such a way, and that there doesn't seem to be a plan for making live service games still available once it is no longer actively being supported is a major issue that I'm hoping will change. Live service games aren't a bad idea, a continually updating game (such as mmos) are a lot of fun, but that it seems like the plan is to abandon ship and remove access to the game that players paid for once the team is no longer actively updating things is concerning and shows poor planning and management for the development of the game (as well as feels like theft as others have mentioned).
Please keep speaking up and keep this momentum going. I hope we hear good news in the coming weeks, and in the meantime have a lot of fun in our respective games, whether it be Anthem or not.
Strong alone, Stronger together!
