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When I first saw the trailers for
Biomutant, I couldn t help but think it could become an all-time favorite of mine. The previews had exactly what I wanted: a vibrant open world, buttery slice-and-dice combat, and elements of fantasy that engross you as soon as you take your first steps.
I was ready to dive controller-first into this
post-post-apocalyptic adventure.
And so I did, with high expectations, knowing that this game had been in production for a while, and that when a team of developers take their time, beautiful things can happen and if you followed the
So why wasn t
In this post-apocalyptic vision, you play as a furry little mutant battling and questing through a gorgeous open world. But boring combat and too much hand-holding keep the game from greatness.
Assassin s breed. Updated on 24 May 2021 For all the weirdness and fun it promises, Biomutant ends up a deeply conventional open-world action game.
For the longest time, Biomutant has been my white whale. Like clockwork, a life sign would emerge, with the announcement that yes, it s coming, definitely, just not right now. In part, this is due to developer Experiment 101 having been granted an unusual amount of freedom by their publisher to keep adding stuff, which led to a game that always sounds like a lot on paper - a character customisable down to their genetic makeup who can wield any weapon, a crafting system allowing you to make virtually anything, a morality system, a map dwarfing even Skyrim s. It s full of superlatives any marketer would love, confident in selling itself as something you ve never seen before. Trouble is, you absolutely have.