![]() ![]() Hell, it isn’t the worst game I’ve played in May. Biomutant isn’t the worst game I’ve played this year. I don’t want to sound like a wet blanket here. It’s also silly to hear the narrator say things in combat like “killed that one” or “slash!” It’s not the worst game and there is fun to be had Image: Josh Knowles / KnowTechie It is a long process and with fairly weak writing and it doesn’t pay off at all. The game finds it relevant to let the speaker talk, and then the narrator tells you what’s up. Each character you encounter that you speak with talks in gibberish, like in Banjo and Kazooie. He voices almost everything but your light side and dark side. The last major story gripe is that the entire thing is told by a narrator. I feel like this story was rewritten a lot. Your dad (or Popsi) gets yeeted off the side of a cliff. She dies so quickly, I thought it was a joke. Your mom (or Mooma) is a great protector of the village and founder of Wung-Fu. Your parents die early in a flashback and it’s hilarious. It’s supposed to be an emotional ride about running from your destiny and finding who it is you really are by cutting your own path. It’s not a great one, of course, but there is a lot of it. However, if we are talking about the story, it also important to note this game is heavy on it. The game, by default, believes I went to both places, kinda silly in my opinion. As I leave, I’m chastised by several villagers that were upset I considered team Conan the Barbarian. I immediately beeline to team friendship and form an alliance. I’m told to meet with a group that believes might is right or the other, that thinks that working together is the only way to survive. Early in the game, I was presented with a choice to join an alliance. The story offers some options to change the path, but the light and dark system come out to “be a jerk” or “don’t be a jerk”. The game forces you to be a little more flexible at times, but overall, it’s very messy. Target tracking in combat can be frustrating at times, with many attacks not going where they are needed or enemies getting pulled into attacks that shouldn’t be. Guns allow you to put down a lot of damage with a lot less risk and those special attacks aren’t something you can lean on. That character customization from earlier? From my experiences, most of it doesn’t matter because dual wielding can’t match the damage output of heavier weapons. I wouldn’t call the game anti-fun but it doesn’t do anything exceptionally well. Unfortunately, I’ve just about completely lost all desire to continue this adventure. The game’s first story beats have you dealing with uniting the tribes and standing against the giant World-Eaters. ![]() I’ve put about 12 hours into Biomutant and admittedly have only really just grasped where the story is heading. Sounds fantastic, right? Biomutant is a jack of trades, master of none Image: Josh Knowles / KnowTechie Speaking of weapon combos, the game’s “Wung-Fu” system is pretty standard for a hack-and-slash game, but different weapon types really jazz it up. There’s even a lot of combat flexibility with skills in both psi powers and mutant abilities that can be flexed into the weapons you use. It also offers a surprisingly high amount of character customization and design for a small studio endeavor. You see, Biomutant is surprisingly pretty for a last-gen game. It really attempts to do a lot, and either the small studio broke off more than they could chew, or in the four years since the game was announced, it went through numerous creative visions. ![]() Open-world RPGs are the flavor of the month and one with this level of customization and a unique world concept could stand above them all.īiomutant tries. On paper, it’s not hard to see why Biomutant garnered significant hype within the last few months. ![]() It’s easy to describe after playing, but I’m still not sure the game completely understands the concept.īiomutant is an open-world hack-and-slash RPG with a lot of customization and crafting options. Now, in May 2021, like a fart in church, Biomutant has silently released and it seems to have made a big stink.Įven after playing it three years ago, I still found myself wondering just what Biomutant was. Fast forward to late 2020 and my son grabbed a copy of Walmart’s in-house gaming magazine because Biomutant was on the cover. Then, in 2019, KnowTechie got to see it at PAX East. It feels like an entire lifetime ago that we first heard about Biomutant in 2017. ![]()
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