Biomutant

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6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 478 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 152 out of 478
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  1. Venroxsora
    May 26, 2021
    9
    This game is really fun, but not for everyone, and that’s okay.

    It’s got amazing graphics and the art direction is top notch. It runs beautifully as well on an RTX 2070 with everything maxed out at 1440p. The main complaints for me would be solved with a “lock on” feature with combat. Look, gaming is so ‘safe/complacent’ at this point, it’s almost more about investors and    This game is really fun, but not for everyone, and that’s okay.

    It’s got amazing graphics and the art direction is top notch. It runs beautifully as well on an RTX 2070 with everything maxed out at 1440p. The main complaints for me would be solved with a “lock on” feature with combat.

    Look, gaming is so ‘safe/complacent’ at this point, it’s almost more about investors and shareholders than the games and the gamers. It leads indie developers and AAA companies to play it safe. New IP’s of this caliber are few and far between. I applaud Experiment 101 for going out of their way and taking a chance on this game. For a team of 20 people it’s amazing what they’ve done and I’m really enjoying it for what it is.

    It’s disheartening to see everyone who’s leaving negative reviews when only playing the game themselves for half an hour. It’s almost scary how much people take their favorite gaming review companies or youtubers word as fact and let it effect their opinion of a game before they play it themselves.

    If you like open world games that have tons side quests and customization options for you to achieve, this is a good game for you. If story and super tight gameplay are for you, I’d stay away. This is a more “relaxing” and fun exploring kinda game with story and combat thrown in the mix. I enjoy that, others may not. I’m just happy to finally have something new and different and I’ll always support developers who take leaps of faith do something out of the ordinary like this.    … Expand
  2. TopMovieCritic
    May 27, 2021
    10
    The Good:
    - Cool game, love the design.
    - Yes the story is cutesy and simple but not bad. Just a matter of taste. Got to love the narration very similar to the narration of "Hades." - The combat is very fun and gives you different styles to flow with (It can be fast agile combat or souls like slow depending on your play style and weapon of choice) I suggest playing on hard for tougher    The Good:
    - Cool game, love the design.
    - Yes the story is cutesy and simple but not bad. Just a matter of taste. Got to love the narration very similar to the narration of "Hades."
    - The combat is very fun and gives you different styles to flow with (It can be fast agile combat or souls like slow depending on your play style and weapon of choice) I suggest playing on hard for tougher enemies. They can take you down.
    - The feeling of exploration is great.
    - I do love the freedom within the crafting system.

    The bad:
    - The first hour is a little rough due to the lack of polishing around scenes. (But the game gets downright breathtaking as it takes off its training wheels. You can tell where the small dev team ran out of time, BUT they did get the meat of the game right in my honest opinion.)
    - Sound design at times can feel unfinished but nothing game braking and again it's spot on in key moments. When the music hits while you are overlooking the beautiful world etc.
    - Overall the game could have used some more polishing for the UI and the scene transitions. But nothing that can't be patched.

    Conclusion:
    This is a great title.
    Biomutant is fun, weird, quirky and most importantly very refreshing. It doesn't necessarily do anything new, but that is okay it doesn't have to, to be fun. While I understand that it's not for everyone just like the "Jak," "Conker" and "Ratchet and Clank" titles aren't everyone's favorite.
    I believe this game is a great addition to the afore mentioned titles.

    Review Adjustment: 8/10 but had to make it a 10 because of review bombers that blatantly lie about the title and/or have not played passed the 1.5 hour introduction of the game, making invalid claims.    … Expand
  3. JWSpeed
    May 28, 2021
    10
    Great game IMO having lots of fun play. Really like to open world searching for great gear.
  4. themetacritica
    May 28, 2021
    2
    Very regular game. The rithm is extremly slow and I feel like the story is not interesting at all. The gameplay is a little bit boring and confusing at the same time :(
  5. shyyk
    May 31, 2021
    4
    BioMutant is a mediocre game at best. In general, the story is rather bland, combat is not rewarding, and exploration is the most redeemable part, yet it too gets old fast.

    The story of the game is rather simple. It's not long into the story before you know exactly what you're getting out of the game. Unfortunately, the narrator is by far the most obnoxious thing in the world. The    BioMutant is a mediocre game at best. In general, the story is rather bland, combat is not rewarding, and exploration is the most redeemable part, yet it too gets old fast.

    The story of the game is rather simple. It's not long into the story before you know exactly what you're getting out of the game. Unfortunately, the narrator is by far the most obnoxious thing in the world. The pacing of dialogue is atrocious with most characters grunting for way too long before the narrator begins his dialogue and trying to skip the grunting often results in accidentally skipping the narration, that is the important part. Aside from that, the narrator just becomes a nuisance. You can turn him off, but after a point, I just cringed when I heard him talking again.

    Combat is exciting and offers some variety, but is by no means that rewarding. Sure you can do flashy combos and cool moves, but by and large the reward for doing so is not worth it. You will take a ton of damage to do nothing other than look flashy. On hard mode, enemies are just bullet sponges, so I ended up just optimizing for damage because slapping enemies with the wet noodle of a melee weapon you have often results in the most risk or some stun-lock insta-death. This made combat a grind. Perhaps it will be fixed, but the problems are glaringly obvious.

    Exploration is the most redeeming part of this game. Going from environment to environment was enjoyable with each new place offering something of value. Unfortunately, the lack of valuable rewards (especially at higher levels) and the repetitious enemy spawns turn this into an uninteresting grind yet again.

    Before long, the game had hardly any merit left and I found myself abandoning it all together after around 30+ hours of game time and after completing most the story and many side quests. Perhaps I'll pick it up at a later time, but other games simply do what this game attempts to do, but better.    … Expand
  6. jeffhend
    May 26, 2021
    0
    let's be honest, we really did not need this game. Biomutant is horrible and doesn't tick any box. What a complete waste of time for developers who produced this garbage
  7. Kylenn
    May 26, 2021
    9
    Seems like alot of people had way to high expecation.
    But i really enjoyed it. Well worth the 60$

    The world is beautifull and the game is well made.
  8. pofolay
    May 27, 2021
    0
    70% of your time in Biomutant is spent in unforgivably bad cutscenes and extraordinarily dull item menus. The open world? Linear and empty. The gameplay? So plodding and plain it makes you wonder if THQ Nordic wanted any part of this game to be fun or enjoyable at all.
  9. robertfisch
    May 26, 2021
    0
    What can I say, visually speaking it's one of the worst games I tried so far in years...it seems like it was developed like **** carelessly, it has no attraction, it's horrible to play, not original, stupid quests, ordinary environments, invasive speaker for every single step you give. Stay away from this game
  10. WiccanoGames
    May 26, 2021
    10
    Excellent game, good optimize, love the combat and runing in a beutiful world !
  11. snicker1
    May 26, 2021
    8
    The Story is not very good but i like the gameplay and openworld.
    Rafting is good loot is ok.
    I have a Lot fun after 10h.
    60€ is to high i think 50€ are ok.
  12. tecnomind
    May 26, 2021
    0
    really???? Are you serious???? You asked to pay 60 eur for a game produced in such a bad condition! Are you kidding me? This game is not even worth 5 eur. It would be an offence even as a birthday gift. It's an offence to receive this game even for free, because it's an insult to the gaming community and to developers who work hard to give us beautiful and exciting games. Biomutant is notreally???? Are you serious???? You asked to pay 60 eur for a game produced in such a bad condition! Are you kidding me? This game is not even worth 5 eur. It would be an offence even as a birthday gift. It's an offence to receive this game even for free, because it's an insult to the gaming community and to developers who work hard to give us beautiful and exciting games. Biomutant is not exciting, is not beautiful, it's just terrible. Asked for a refund… Expand
  13. Diego420
    May 28, 2021
    1
    Abrrido, en pc a 1440p ultra se ve borroso sistema de comabate anticuado y nada original el doblaje y la forma de las conversaciones es pesimo parece un juego de 2015 no de 2021
  14. lukec19
    May 28, 2021
    0
    Piece of **** game being sold for 60$Jejsjjejejejeeeeekekkejejwjejwjjsnbwbsnhxhhx
  15. Smuv
    May 27, 2021
    8
    If you're looking for an open-world tripe-A revelation with perfect combat, you're going to be disappointed.
    BUT: if you're a fan of exploring a beautifully designed open world with a satisfying loot-loop, this game is one of the best in recent times.
    Pros: - incredible art style (world, NPCs, loot, UI) - Zelda BotW-like open world with intriguing locations around every corner -    If you're looking for an open-world tripe-A revelation with perfect combat, you're going to be disappointed.
    BUT: if you're a fan of exploring a beautifully designed open world with a satisfying loot-loop, this game is one of the best in recent times.

    Pros:
    - incredible art style (world, NPCs, loot, UI)
    - Zelda BotW-like open world with intriguing locations around every corner
    - access to several locations is gated by either environmental hazards or mounts/tools which creates an interesting gameplay loop of gaining access and exploring more parts of the world
    - satisfying loot
    - crafting system
    - interesting combat abilities
    - narrator (can't see how people find him annoying)
    - performance

    Cons:
    - combat is quite shallow and misses proper feedback at times
    - the development team noticibly lacks skills in producing engaging cutscenes

    It's truly incredible how a team of 20 developers achieved such a feat. Sad to see how gaming journalists let hype dictate their score in such a negative way. Another example of how hype can ruin the reception of a game.    … Expand
  16. Sephira90
    May 27, 2021
    0
    Worst open world game. I don't like it. I fell asleep in this game. Story is very bad. Graphic is bad. Song is bad. Rpg mechanics is holy **** Gameplay needs much more work and have a lot of problem. Dont play this worst game ever!
  17. fruitet
    May 26, 2021
    0
    it never excels at anything. there’s no intrigue in its exploration, mediocre in multiple ways, Biomutant is a waste of resources which could have been used for a better project
  18. MadBert91
    May 26, 2021
    6
    Bueno pues llevo algunas horas jugadas ya. Decidí alquilarlo en EA Play Pro pro 14,99€ en LC lógicamente debido a la polémica de la resolución en PS5. El juego no va a ser algo que recuerde en mi vida o que rejuegue jamás pero sí reconozco que el juego NO es tan malo como quieren hacerlo, es más tengo juegos peores en mi colección que recibieron mejor nota. Solo he derrotado al primerBueno pues llevo algunas horas jugadas ya. Decidí alquilarlo en EA Play Pro pro 14,99€ en LC lógicamente debido a la polémica de la resolución en PS5. El juego no va a ser algo que recuerde en mi vida o que rejuegue jamás pero sí reconozco que el juego NO es tan malo como quieren hacerlo, es más tengo juegos peores en mi colección que recibieron mejor nota. Solo he derrotado al primer boss, cuando continue jugando un poco mas si cambio de opinión subiré o bajaré la nota.… Expand
  19. Terandans
    May 28, 2021
    5
    For $60.00 I cannot recommend it. There are other, cheaper games that will give you the same feeling of doing tedious side quests for almost pointless loot, bandit camps, rescue people, and bring me x item. I am having fun but it feels like a mix of forced and boredom since nothing else has really come out that I was looking forward to.

    The combat gets very boring in my opinion. It    For $60.00 I cannot recommend it. There are other, cheaper games that will give you the same feeling of doing tedious side quests for almost pointless loot, bandit camps, rescue people, and bring me x item. I am having fun but it feels like a mix of forced and boredom since nothing else has really come out that I was looking forward to.

    The combat gets very boring in my opinion. It feels the same even after you have fleshed out your abilities and weapons. Every enemy fights the same to the point where I don't even know why there are enemies with different names. One large tribe member fights exactly like the other tribe member. The smalls are just rinse and repeat as well. The wildlife even all fight the same. It's either a charge move, side swipe, or pick up and throw you. The elemental style enemies use different elements but have the same animations and practically the same damage unless you are heavily invested in one specific type of resistance (which that is perfectly fine for gameplay). The super mode (don't remember the name) is very lackluster but it does do great damage. Don't expect anything like Dante's devil trigger or, Kratos's Spartan Rage here. It doesn't look very cool and the sound effects feel like a wet bag hitting a wall. It just doesn't make you feel like a badass when you use it.

    A prime example for how things worked halfway through for me:

    From 1-20 I slogged through the awful melee and only used guns to activate the special moves to use super wushu. After that and crafting a less damaging gun than my main hand weapon, I proceeded to never touch melee again in favor of just keeping it as a cosmetic on my character. The gun (non auto rifle) with almost 250 damage less was hitting for almost 400 more points of damage with the benefit of a status effect and more hits per second. The Devs really need to look into their game balance more. I also stopped using super wushu after getting the stupid kill 50 enemy achievement. It's literally quite useless vs using your guns. Even higher level enemies were dying before a reload minus the bosses.

    If you want to change weapons on the fly you will be seeing the radial menu A LOT. I see why this is necessary for controllers but on PC they should have done something with the other number keys. Finally, a lot of the psi skills just seem useless and a waste of time using. They look cool but that's about it.

    The game world is beautiful and the art department did an outstanding job. Weapons look really cool, the character design is interesting and the armor looks right for the setting. Sadly, that's about all I can say about that. It is beautiful and devoid of anything truly meaningful to do or life. The side quests are trivial and the puzzles are so lazy that I cannot even think about why they felt the need to include them. The only reason to go off the beaten path is to find money plants (literally pointless because the game throws enough loot at you to where money isn't a problem after selling it or not even needing it), and some shrines for extra points.

    NPCs exist for window dressing. They gave an option to speak with them but nothing interesting is said other than some form of, "Hello." Or, "I remember you. Goodbye." They should have just done what TW3 or even Dragon Age does and just have them walk by and maybe spout random drivel. The main NPCs all have similar dialogue and only exist to point you along the way. You won't learn much from them. If you were expecting to find out why a village is in a certain spot, or the history of the land, just use your imagination because you won't get much else.

    The story isn't anything spectacular. Generic save the world from the bad monsters. That is fine, in my opinion and probably not even worth for anyone to hate on. If everything else just felt like it had weight to it then the game would have probably been amazing. For what it is right now, it has few (no game breaking that i've noticed) to no bugs, runs very well and ticks most of the basic boxes. It doesn't do anything to innovate, which would be absolutely fine if the things it borrowed were done better.    … Expand
  20. The_Sifi_Turtle
    Jun 9, 2021
    8
    You get a mechanical grasshopper friend, according to me, that's all you need in life.
  21. Kaneris
    May 26, 2021
    0
    I rather shoot myself than play 60€ for this game. Don't care if is "a small development team" 60€ is a full price game.
    Terrible voice acting, terrible gameplay, boring songs, terrible writing, slow as hell, terrible and repetitive dialoges and missions.
  22. hrzz20
    May 26, 2021
    0
    I think this game is very boring and it's the worst game I've played this year.
  23. cirusrtx
    May 26, 2021
    0
    Games of Nintendo Wii in 2007 looked much better than this garbage. 60$ to play this crap? Seriously?
  24. nvidiagamer
    May 26, 2021
    0
    game is not funny, it's flat and ordinary. It could have been a nice game if it was released in early 2000s but nowadays the gamestyle it offers is too simplistic. You will get bored in playing it from the very begenning. And training lasts long, is annoying and irritating. After training finishes, you will find also the game annoying and irritating, missions annoying and irritating.game is not funny, it's flat and ordinary. It could have been a nice game if it was released in early 2000s but nowadays the gamestyle it offers is too simplistic. You will get bored in playing it from the very begenning. And training lasts long, is annoying and irritating. After training finishes, you will find also the game annoying and irritating, missions annoying and irritating. Everything is a failure in Biomutant… Expand
  25. AndreOFmeta
    May 27, 2021
    0
    New trend of games sold based on hype, gameplay is barebones but looks flashy so people enjoy it on trailers then sell a good amount on release for full price. Very misleading dev also saying that it resembles great games like Zelda BOTW. Looks like lying is very lucrative on this industry at least in the short term.
  26. AmarokWolff
    May 26, 2021
    10
    It is an enjoyable videogame that has nothing to envy to others. The mechanics are a delight, the details very well cared for. Although it does not have the most realistic landscapes, it has a unique atmosphere that has nothing to envy to more recent titles. People do not understand that the game adapts to your way of playing, instead of entering and doing the same as always. ExploringIt is an enjoyable videogame that has nothing to envy to others. The mechanics are a delight, the details very well cared for. Although it does not have the most realistic landscapes, it has a unique atmosphere that has nothing to envy to more recent titles. People do not understand that the game adapts to your way of playing, instead of entering and doing the same as always. Exploring every detail before making a review is important. There are no bad games, only bad players.… Expand
  27. AlexMane
    May 27, 2021
    0
    Beautiful graphics and scenery, enjoyable world, but the storytelling is seriously disappointing and the gameplay is boring and repetitive.
  28. Andersgyllen
    May 28, 2021
    0
    This game utter fails on everything, it tries to do a lot and managed to fail on every single part.

    First of all the combat is a joke, its boring, it feels clunky, it has low skills, just button mash, its a tedious boring part of the game. The bosses are like, build a mech and fight it....so ok something else then the actual combat and they are not hard or anything just build, repeat.    This game utter fails on everything, it tries to do a lot and managed to fail on every single part.

    First of all the combat is a joke, its boring, it feels clunky, it has low skills, just button mash, its a tedious boring part of the game.
    The bosses are like, build a mech and fight it....so ok something else then the actual combat and they are not hard or anything just build, repeat.

    The narration is honestly an utter joke, could be one of the weirdest thing I have ever seen, the characters all speak in Gibberish and then the narrator explains what they say, so u gotta listen to the gibberish and then have the narrator say what they say................WOOOT

    Fake open world, invisible walls etc.

    This is yet another miserly game with zero creativity or any good ideas, it just tries to take from other games and performs worse in every aspect.

    Dont pre order stuff from this publisher, they always fail, they are unable to get actual competent people, only thing they can do is do these bad copies of actually good games.    … Expand
  29. SeniorJose
    May 27, 2021
    0
    Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal. Todo mal.
  30. Sixa
    May 26, 2021
    0
    Espero que sea todo esto una broma royo bocadillo de wismichu, por que literalmente parece furfun remaster versión mal El combate es horrible, no hay Fitback Los gráficos con assets de unrreal pochos Las animaciones de los pesonajes y las cámaras dan pena ,

    Y en narrador…. No lo digo Vamos todo es un cumulo de basura tremendisimo Ojalá le pudiera dar un -5 Y menos mal que no lo compre    Espero que sea todo esto una broma royo bocadillo de wismichu, por que literalmente parece furfun remaster versión mal El combate es horrible, no hay Fitback Los gráficos con assets de unrreal pochos Las animaciones de los pesonajes y las cámaras dan pena ,

    Y en narrador…. No lo digo Vamos todo es un cumulo de basura tremendisimo Ojalá le pudiera dar un -5 Y menos mal que no lo compre por key y e podido tramitar el rembolso     … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 63 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 63
  3. Negative: 6 out of 63
  1. Cubed3
    Aug 19, 2022
    50
    The open-world aspect of Biomutant did more harm than good, with the gargantuan, post-apocalyptic realm this heroic, mutated rodent will explore being mostly an empty one, and with the rest of the experience being repetitive and unpolished. More of a disappointment rather than a bad game, try it out only if willing to spend around many fun, but not that fun hours.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 16, 2022
    60
    Biomutant is like layers and layers of great ideas drawn on an imperfect mindmap. A great cornerstone to build upon, but still lacking in remaining coherent. Still - great fun in short amounts.
  3. IGN Portugal
    Jun 29, 2021
    80
    Biomutant conquers a prominent place in the ever-expanding universe of open world games. While it doesn't innovate in the mechanics it employs, it implements them intelligently, giving us plenty of reasons to explore a vibrant and gaudy world filled with adorable creatures.
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