
Acquiring new Wushu combat styles through progression, and learning from masters you'll meet, constantly adds to your choices and makes sure combat never gets old.ĮVOLVE YOUR GAME-PLAY: You'll be able to re-code your genetic structure to change the way you look and play. BIOMUTANT is an open-word, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action! Although you are guided through the world by a Storyteller that narrates every step of your journey, it's your actions and choices that'll decide how your story of survival ends.Ī NEW TAKE ON 3rd PERSON COMBAT: The martial arts style combat system allows you maximum freedom of movement and agility while mixing shooting, melee and powers from your mutations.

Keller Gordon is a columnist for Join The Game.

Biomutant made me think: "Wow, what could a team of this size, yet impressive brain power create on a smaller scale?" Perhaps if they turn their attention to a project that isn't a massive open world, they could craft something incredibly entertaining, clean and focused. And that's okay, because while I may not have obsessed over Biomutant, I did realize that I'm excited for whatever Experiment 101 gives us next. Building and optimizing a 20-square mile map filled with detail and secrets is an undertaking, and when you have a team as small as Experiment 101, it becomes clear why larger AAA studios can create something just a little bit more polished. Open world games are a challenge to create. The stakes are low, and it's filled with imperfections, but that doesn't mean it's not suitable for newer gamers. It reminds me of games I used to play when I was younger like Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger. There's a lot to take in, and there's something positive to say about an open world game that is straightforward, yet still gives you a taste of what's out there.
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Luckily, Biomutant's latest PC patch allows you to turn off the narrator completely, if you want.īiomutant might be good for someone who's new to video games, especially open world games.īiomutant might be good for someone who's new to video games, especially open world games. They don't need an answer at every turn, so let them use their brains.
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Let the players find out how to catch and tame their trusty steed. Let the players figure out that they can shoot the barrel to make it explode. Let the players find out details on their own. The narrator, when not randomly bestowing wisdom or inspiration, provides far too many hints about the world around you. While making my way around Biomutant's gorgeous landscape, I couldn't help but feel a bit frustrated whenever the narrator told me "I'm the hero the world needs" or some variation of that.Īnd it's more than just the repetition it's as if Experiment 101 doesn't trust its players. And despite the narrator's (David Shaw Parker) velvety English accent, his constant interruptions get annoying. The narrator, when not randomly bestowing wisdom or inspiration, provides far too many hints about the world around you.Īiding our little mutant avatar throughout the entire campaign - and I mean the entire campaign - is our trusty narrator, whose acuity and playful quips seem to fill almost every moment of empty space. it's as if Experiment 101 doesn't trust its players.
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And yes, you guessed it: You want to avenge her death! Who could have seen that coming? Last and probably least, there's the classic revenge plotline: An evil monster named Lupa-Lupin kills your mother, who taught you everything you know about fighting. Once you've chosen a tribe with which to unite, it's your job to infiltrate the other strongholds and take them down. Next there are the warring tribes with outposts scattered across the map. First off, there are the four giant monsters called Worldeaters munching away at the roots of the Tree of Life, threatening a post-post-post-apocalypse. I wanted Biomutant to do the same: allow players the room to explore without giving everything away almost immediately after emerging from the first area.īiomutant contains three different plotlines, and things get a little scrambled. There are other pieces of the main quest, but they're shrouded in some mystery, giving players a chance to figure things out on their own. That's all you know about what you need to do to save Hyrule Kingdom.

Take Nintendo's Breath of the Wild, for instance (Yes, I know that's an extremely high bar): Your first main quest objective is "Destroy Ganon." That's it. Biomutant's beautiful open world hides some major flaws.
