Simplistic in that modern open world design has it beat by a considerable margin, but also formidable outside of the action. It all amounts to a pursuit for either chaos or tranquillity (the choice is yours) that manages to feel both basic and overwhelming. Later biomes introduce a small slice of cosmetic variety, although their drawbacks are much the same. Long stretches of grass and rudimentary housing provide nothing in the way of captivating reasons to veer off the main path - neither does actual optional content as basic fetch quests litter our journal. Except there's little to connect one landmark to the next. The vast post-apocalyptic environment crafts itself out of rolling green hills and dilapidated buildings from a bygone era, divided across multiple regions each with its own climate and resistances. The problem is they amount to very little, opting to be mere footnotes in a colourful but decidedly sparse landscape.Īnd it is scant, for the world of Biomutant is often muted despite its bright shades and tones. You catch glimpses of that throughout the 20-hour or so adventure with speech checks that detract from your overall stats should you fail them and hard decisions which dictate who makes it to safety while others are left behind. While many of its mechanics are rooted in mediocrity, it's clear Biomutant wanted to go big on RPG systems. It's the potential that kills you - this is very much a "what could have been" type deal. Its original ideas fail to leave a mark in what is otherwise a very routine open world experience. The final product does indeed prove that a lot of trial and error was going on behind the scenes, but Biomutant is more misstep than anything else. By stimulating the open world formula of old with new takes on the RPG genre, studio Experiment 101 appeared to be living up to its name. The original text follows.īiomutant could have released a decade ago and it wouldn't have looked out of place. Republished on Wednesday 30th November 2022: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of December's PlayStation Plus lineup.
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