For the people that are having errors with DirectX, check your InstallLog and try this:
If your game is stuck in Preparing to Play, go to the folder of installation (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Anthem)
Double click on the "__Installer" folder and open the file InstallLog.txt.
The last lines on my file was:
22:10:50 Started DirectX Install Phase
22:10:50 Launching process:
Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Anthem\__Installer\directx\redist\dxsetup.exe" /silent
Working directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Anthem\__Installer\directx\redist\
Which means it invoked the process to install the Directx, now follow these steps:
1) Go to the Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del) and kill all the Origin process;
2) Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Anthem\__Installer\directx\redist\ and run the dxsetup.exe and follow the steps to install;
3) Now create a new folder (whatever name) and move every file except the .dll and .exe (a lot of videos shows only this process) to this new folder;
4) Open Origin again and after checking the game files the download is resumed;
5) When the message "Preparing to play" appears again, go back to the Task Manager and kill the DirectX SDK process;
After that it worked for me.
Just a note on step 3), I'm pretty sure that deleting any file in the folder should work, I just had to this because if I Open Origin after installing manually the DirectX it re-started downloading the game and it was stuck at 0b/s.
Hope this helps
