ANTHEM 5GB Day-One Patch Is Officially Out Early; Massive Loading Times Are Still Massive

There's no denying that Anthem is a highly divisive title among players. While some appreciate the game's core gameplay mechanics and the studio's attempt on telling a cohesive story, there's also a rather vocal group of gamers who disagree with the direction BioWare has decided to take, the looter shooter's lack of content, repetitiveness, game-breaking glitches, and... truly infinite loading screens.

Anthem really loves loading things, displaying special screens between missions, during missions, when it teleports you to other players, when you want to take a closer look at your inventory, when you return to Fort Tarsis (the game's main hub), and even when you customize your own Javelin exosuit.

EA has promised that the game's day-one patch would fix some of those issues, and the good news is that you can download the 5GB hotfix right now. While some progress has been made, the loading screens are still sucking all of the fun out of Anthem. After the update, the loading takes around 52 seconds in comparison to the old build and its record-shattering 70 seconds to load literally anything.

Considering that Anthem's current shape doesn't bode well for the game's sales (and EA is expecting to sell 5 to 6 million copies by the end of March), it definitely won't be its last, or even biggest, patch.

In a world left unfinished by the gods, a shadowy faction threatens all of humankind. The only thing that stands between these villains and the ancient technology they covet are the Freelancers. Join up to three other players and assemble high-tech, hand-crafted, uniquely powerful exosuits. Explore vast ruins, battle deadly enemies, and claim otherworldly artifacts. With every mission, you and your Javelin exosuits grow in power. Fight the dangers of an ever-changing world. Rise united to defeat evil. Triumph as one.