10 Expensive Video Games Nobody Wanted

If one were to compare the futuristic Javelin spacesuits to the Icarus' flight fable, it almost makes a decent parable. Bioware, hot off the back of the Mass Effect trilogy's success (dodgy ending aside), wanted to break free from the ME/Dragon Age name they'd made for themselves.

And with great ambition and cost behind Anthem, they flew too close to the proverbial sun.

In its defence, it did look good on pre-release. The early demonstrations of zipping around in Iron Man-esque suits, taking on enemies as a team in exotic locations looked awesome.

But looking awesome is not the same as playing awesome, and on release, Anthem did not hold up to its charm. A lacklustre launch did see some net return on the game, including microtransactions in-game (boo).

In EA's eyes though, it massively undersold and was therefore deemed a big, expensive mess. As a result, planned content was dropped, as was an Anthem 2.0 revival and the game was condemned to the bargain bin.

Still, it was more fun to play than Mass Effect: Andromeda at least.