Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Enjoyed and completed. A bit short, with few weapons and no melee options. Some characters share the same skills. However, I got it during the summer sale, so it was worth the money!

love it

za 17 hodin dohráno, to je hodně málo. A to jsem prozkoumával vše.

취향 많이 탑니다

Mutant year zero con su dlc es algo impresionante, esperando mas dlc o mas juegos de ellos, la libertad de emboscar es prescindible para el comienzo de cada batalla, seguir asi, os doy una buena nota

Muito maneiro. pode comprar. Para quem gosta do x com vai gostar.

[h1]A fun little adventure[/h1] [h2]Yet somewhat short and in many aspects underwhelming[/h2] Been struggling with giving this one a positive review, because somehow, I had some expectations from it, mainly because it was advertised as «if XCOM and FALLOUT had a child» and had a good reception when it came out. Well, it’s a bastard child at best, it lacks XCOM’s tactical depth and complexity, and the only thing it has in common with Fallout is the setting. But considering that the game was developed by a small studio and has some good aspects, for all the tactics enjoyers, is still worth it’s money. [h3]The good:[/h3] The game looks, feels and sounds great, really enjoyed the soundtrack and visual art design. The story is simple but engaging, the kinda predictable plot twist at the end still works, some neat worldbuilding details scattered across the game map adds to overall atmosphere. Postapocalyptic Sweden is beautiful. Voice acting is on the level, feels like a proper AA title, no bad performances. Character inventory and micromanagement is simple but effective, allows you to adapt to the current terrain and enemy types, and also looks cool. [h3]The underwhelming:[/h3] The gameplay – every encounter on hard difficulty basically comes down to this: You scout the area, you find and pick off stragglers, then pick your gear and skills for the big fight, endure, patch up, repeat. Is it “tactical”? Yes, it sure is. Does it get monotone and tiresome at a certain point? Also yes, but then the game suddenly ends on a cliffhanger, so, no big problem. Character skill trees, enemy types and gear lack variety. Also, some skills do not work properly – wings glitch near covers, your dude tries to fly up, but ends up facing the same wall he was leaning onto, kneecap shot getting canceled by a knockdown (I guess his leg healed from the fall), and you cannot eat corpses outside of combat (for balancing reasons I guess, but it still feels stupid, Bormin, why can’t you have a dead-meat snack when the bullets stop flying, is the threat of an imminent death the only thing that gets your ♥♥♥♥ hard?) so oftentimes I ended up initiating ambushes just to feed my mutants off some poor bastard at the other end of the map, and then immediately back off. Once the enemy spots you though, you’re locked in combat until everyone on one team is dead, no option to back down or retreat, do or die. Enemy detection works weird, sometimes they don’t see their comrades getting roasted 2 tiles away, sometimes they spot you from downtown, even though you use silent weapons and stuns. [h3]To sum it up:[/h3] All those little annoying QOL things make the game way less enjoyable, which is a shame, because when everything works, it works pretty well. So I would still recommend this game (If someone is still in doubt 6 years since it’s release), just don’t expect too much from it.