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The only noise in the main market comes from the sound of a blowtorch being used to repair a javelin, despite dozens of people mulling about.Īny attempt at exploring Fort Tarsis beyond the obvious paths is rewarded with invisible walls. Walking around Fort Tarsis feels like walking around a testing facility for malfunctioning animatronics.Ī bunch of "people" are engaged in humanoid activities, but only insofar as they're demonstrating a kind of faked version of normal human activity. None of their voices could be heard, to say nothing of their movements. One customer broke off from the line, walked about 10 feet, then joined a trio of characters who were all talking at no one in particular while standing in a circle.

Why should I care if the game doesn't?Īs I walked through the one main street in Fort Tarsis, vendors gestured at no one while customers waited in line for a shopkeeper that would never respond. There's a snark to the characters that's reminiscent of the latest Marvel films - a kind of wink-and-nod that says none of what happens actually matters. There is no cohesion to the world of "Anthem," and its characters convey no sense of weight to the story playing out. I, too, was lost by the ambiguous, generic storytelling of "Anthem." Outside of the walls are the unstable, unpredictable creations unleashed by the leftover tools that were once used to create the world of "Anthem."ĭid I lose you? I probably lost you. For some reason, everyone in the human colony of Fort Tarsis relies on people in robot suits for protection. An enemy faction known as "The Dominion" looms vaguely in the ether. In "Anthem," the "anthem of creation" is the very silly, very serious plot device everything hangs on.

It's become the symbol for all that is ridiculous about "Avatar." In James Cameron's sci-fi pastiche "Avatar," an element seriously named "unobtanium" is the plot device by which the film's conflict hangs.