Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 346 Ratings

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  1. Sinatra
    Aug 19, 2019
    9
    I didn´t expect the game to be this good! Thank you Devs!

    Just 10 minutes into the game and I was totally emerged in the world. The maps sparkle with love for detail, the dark mood of the postapocalyptic world draw one in, the characters have depth and have interesting (different) skilltrees and the tactical gameplay is awesome and very good balanced. Even the cut scenes, which merely    I didn´t expect the game to be this good! Thank you Devs!

    Just 10 minutes into the game and I was totally emerged in the world. The maps sparkle with love for detail, the dark mood of the postapocalyptic world draw one in, the characters have depth and have interesting (different) skilltrees and the tactical gameplay is awesome and very good balanced.
    Even the cut scenes, which merely consist of pictures and a narrator are good (yeah, I know, difficult to believe).
    The only thing I can criticize is the sparse trading system. A shop (with totally overpriced items), with a meagre selection of goods and no selling option.... half my inventory are smoke grenades.....    … Expand
  2. Kristoff_PL
    Sep 17, 2019
    9
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  3. SonOfSakuraTree
    Jun 10, 2019
    10
    this game is really epic lovely masterpiece and even needs more attention..
  4. slim01_1985
    Oct 13, 2019
    10
    One of the best atmospheric turn based games I've ever seen. Would like to see more, and hope the next one is more epic. Maybe open world like fallout. Nice to play a game like this with a descent story.
  5. nunzira13
    Dec 5, 2018
    9
    Great game to get your tactical turn based fix with a bit of stealth and exploration thrown in. I loved the art style and creature design. The voice acting and script wasn't exactly top shelf but immersive enough not to be distracting. Loved the mutation (skill) tree but a little variation across characters would have been better. Loot was good if somewhat limited ..getting the thirdGreat game to get your tactical turn based fix with a bit of stealth and exploration thrown in. I loved the art style and creature design. The voice acting and script wasn't exactly top shelf but immersive enough not to be distracting. Loved the mutation (skill) tree but a little variation across characters would have been better. Loot was good if somewhat limited ..getting the third version of the same weapon after a really hard fight was a bit disheartening.Story moved the game forward even if it was a bit cookie cutter.

    Otherwise loved it for what it is... can't wait for the sequel/ expansion (finished it in three sittings ).    … Expand
  6. Sworddancer
    Jan 28, 2019
    10
    I love this game! The graphic style really speaks to me and sets the mood.
    I haven´t been this excited about a strategic game with story since Front Mission 3 and Final Fantasy Tactics. This game is worth every penny and something for all RPG- and strategy lovers! =)
  7. Mavo
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    Summary: Glad I played this game! Its a great introduction to turn based strategy , a genre I easily dissregarded, telling myself I couldnt get involved with characters, back story and especially combat in such a game. But Im glad I tried MYZ and I stand corrected. The art style, dialog and exploration (although minor) kept me engaged and I feel there is something special about this gameSummary: Glad I played this game! Its a great introduction to turn based strategy , a genre I easily dissregarded, telling myself I couldnt get involved with characters, back story and especially combat in such a game. But Im glad I tried MYZ and I stand corrected. The art style, dialog and exploration (although minor) kept me engaged and I feel there is something special about this game in terms of athmosphere. You can see the effort and care put into it by developers and its a breath of fresh air among all the AAA titles that seemingly become more similar to eachother rather than taking some risk. The game also turns out to be quite challenging and I believe it will find its place among the less casual crowd.

    As for bugs I encountered a few, but nothing too dramatic and I believe some of the isssues are being addressed right now. If you are a turn based strategy sceptic like I was give this game a go, I dont think you will be dissapointed.    … Expand
  8. dexter23
    Jan 20, 2019
    10
    Super game, love the ending. Cool characters, fresh ideas. I love this game. Great story, music, art, everything is perfect.
  9. WLovecraft
    Oct 5, 2019
    3
    This game looked interesting and is fun to play. The graphics are also really good and nice to look at. I like the subtle touch of footprints in the snow.

    Now, the problem that I have with the game is that the story isn't very good and the writing doesn't help. The writing constantly talks about the old world and the characters in the game, even the enemies, make assumptions that aren't    This game looked interesting and is fun to play. The graphics are also really good and nice to look at. I like the subtle touch of footprints in the snow.

    Now, the problem that I have with the game is that the story isn't very good and the writing doesn't help. The writing constantly talks about the old world and the characters in the game, even the enemies, make assumptions that aren't funny to me or world building. It seems illogical that no one knows why people went into buildings to learn. I couldn't figure out what the point is to the game or where the story was heading. It was really boring. For example, a person at the very beginning of the game joins your group for no reason...It doesn't even seem like the characters really talk to each other in cutscenes which is sad for anyone like me who like games with a story.

    I found the game to be rather difficult and there wasn't anywhere to level or farm for money. Once you get all the scrap in a level, that's all you're going to get. Also, there's no way to level higher than the enemies. The only way to beat a level is to fully go stealth and that's boring and it doesn't work all the time. If you don't kill one of the enemies in one turn, everyone else in the level gets alerted and runs toward you no matter how far they are which is nonsensical.

    I didn't like the repetitive enemies and I didn't like the repetitive skill trees. The skill trees were pretty much all the same except for each character having 1 or 2 unique skills. Everything in the store cost so much that one cannot possibly buy everything. You are really fighting a losing battle right at the start. And, you really need those health kits.

    Anyways, I was playing on easy and I found it to be difficult. I felt the game was wasting my time so I had to stop playing it. I really don't think the developers really cared about the story. If the story can't push me to play the game then I'm not going to play at all.    … Expand
  10. Aiun
    Dec 4, 2018
    9
    I spent a few hours with this last night, and am really enjoying it.
    It does what it says on the box. Realtime/turn-based combination, a post-apocalyptic XCOM’ish adventure with scavenging and story. It sounds like it’s trying to do a lot, but it keeps things small. Start with only two characters. You thought XCOM:EU had squished numbers? MYZ is similar, and the simplicity of it makes it    I spent a few hours with this last night, and am really enjoying it.
    It does what it says on the box. Realtime/turn-based combination, a post-apocalyptic XCOM’ish adventure with scavenging and story. It sounds like it’s trying to do a lot, but it keeps things small. Start with only two characters. You thought XCOM:EU had squished numbers? MYZ is similar, and the simplicity of it makes it start very accessible.

    MYZ’s got oodles of atmosphere. And the controls and UI ‘just work’, doing what they’re meant to and being pretty intuitive. There’s no excessive hurdles around saving/loading. Save when you want. Load when you want. Save-scum if you want. (Haven’t tried it to see if the same action can get different results yet, just loaded after a tactical error to avoid wasting a medkit.) Brief loading screens between zones.

    Roam the overworld in a ‘How to Survive’ style isometric-view real-time exploration game, and enter turn-based combat mode whenever you want,
    similar to Fallouts 1-2. Collect glowy junk piles which require some exploration, sneak in the real-time mode to avoid circles of detection displayed around enemies, engage if you’ve scouted the area enough and think you know what you’re dealing with and can handle it. Go back to base to buy gear, add mods to your weapons, upgrade them, and collect missions, go back out again to complete the mission. I have yet to investigate if there’s any respawning to allow for farming – just following the story at the moment, because it’s simple but compelling enough.

    Voice acting isn’t the best, but it’s not terrible, either. Graphics, performance, environments, story, design… it’s all sitting squarely in the ‘pretty good’ range of quality. Not trying to do too much and succeeding is a refreshing thing from an AA title, instead of being very ambitious and failing (Elex et al).

    Looking forward to putting more hours into this. At its low price point, I've already got my money's worth.    … Expand
  11. lolmads
    Dec 4, 2018
    9
    Great turn based game with awesome humor. Only negative is that its a little short, but I'm sure the devs will work on that.

    Do you like Xcom? Then you will enjoy this.
  12. Nemo888
    Dec 13, 2018
    8
    This game is SHORT. Maybe 20 hours at most. It ends just as it is getting started.
  13. vicccp
    Feb 7, 2019
    10
    Very nice strategy and tactics game. I hope well be Mutant year zero 2.
    10/10
  14. arinirva
    Dec 17, 2018
    9
    Good game so far. Compared to XCOM2 it doesnt have randomly generated levels so replay value would be reduced but therefore the levels are lovely designed but small, they are interconnected via fast traveling. And also unlike XCOM2 there is no difficulty adjustment of the enemys strength against your party. So once you get to the ark and get your first assignment to investigate for theGood game so far. Compared to XCOM2 it doesnt have randomly generated levels so replay value would be reduced but therefore the levels are lovely designed but small, they are interconnected via fast traveling. And also unlike XCOM2 there is no difficulty adjustment of the enemys strength against your party. So once you get to the ark and get your first assignment to investigate for the ingeneer you wont be able to proceed at certain places unless you backtrack and kill weaker enemys to level up. I recommend this game.… Expand
  15. Lithariel
    Apr 20, 2020
    0
    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden started out interesting. I originally started playing it on Very Hard (suggested experience) using the cover system, but I soon figured out ... this is not the way you can beat the game. Medikits are VERY scarce in the beginning and with enemies easily bringing your characters to under 20% HP in one attack that doesn't work out.
    After watching someone on    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden started out interesting. I originally started playing it on Very Hard (suggested experience) using the cover system, but I soon figured out ... this is not the way you can beat the game. Medikits are VERY scarce in the beginning and with enemies easily bringing your characters to under 20% HP in one attack that doesn't work out.
    After watching someone on YouTube playing it ... where he showed off how to first pick the patrolling enemies, sneaking in and then ambushing those basically killing them in one round and/or crowd control them so they have no chance in even getting one attack off ... that's how i played.

    Which brings me to around 10 hours playtime, might be more as the game doesn't record that stat. I got the 4th Group Member ... but i am bored by the game already.
    The whole game revolves around you running around in the stages, trying to find scraps, chests with items, patrolling enemies and scouting where stationary enemies stand. Once you have a oversight of the situation, you then can cook up a plan how to deal with it.

    This means that 95% of the time you play you sneak around with your flashlight off, where you can hide and let enemies walk right past you ... they won't see you hiding ... just to move your 3 characters into a favorable position and then try to ambush them, making silent weapons the hot thing and non-silent weapons trash. And if your plan doesn't work out you reload.
    This is just not that fun for even the paltry 15 hours this game is long.

    I prefer games like Warsong/Langrisser, Shining Force, Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Silent Storm, Fallout Tactics, Xcom ... where the *main* gameplay lies within the strategy of the *combat* ... and not so much in searching the big areas for items and opportunities to Ambush.    … Expand
  16. Evilfreud
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    Great game! love the DUX, Game of the Year potential. Didnt think i would like turn based combat but they have managed to make it in a way that is just pure awesomeness.
  17. vontcheng
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    this is the new fallout and has the potential to be the future Fallout 2, any negative review is from people who don't know how to play this game. also, it is not an AAA title and that's good so.
  18. 4_giant_games
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    f... yeahh ! Now we need huge open world online !!
    MUTANT YEAR ZERO: ROAD TO EDEN 10/10
  19. Zloybig
    Dec 6, 2018
    6
    Have played this game for 10 hours, great characters, great sound, and jokes. Not too many skills in the skill tree, hope developers can add additional, zones are also not so big. The game similar to XCOM. Stealth regime is nice. Is necessary to reload the weapon.
    Nothing innovative or special, just pass through the game.
  20. howlatthemoon
    Dec 5, 2018
    5
    In a word: Disappointing

    Pro's Wonderful art style and soundtrack Great characters Witty writing Polished proven formula for combat Effective fusion of stealth mechanics with turn based strategy Cons Underwhelming progression system Limited skill trees/upgrades Limited replayabilty Short Mechanically baron Minimum settings/options Suffers from a lack of ambition Wait    In a word: Disappointing

    Pro's
    Wonderful art style and soundtrack
    Great characters
    Witty writing
    Polished proven formula for combat
    Effective fusion of stealth mechanics with turn based strategy

    Cons
    Underwhelming progression system
    Limited skill trees/upgrades
    Limited replayabilty
    Short
    Mechanically baron
    Minimum settings/options
    Suffers from a lack of ambition

    Wait for sale
    It’s a cool little title, but I can’t in good faith recommend a game that I literally dove to the computer to refund, before it was too late.    … Expand
  21. Noir9090
    Mar 3, 2019
    3
    Let's start positives: game looks nice and it has lots of humour in it. That's all.

    Then to the negatives: Gameplay is horrendous. I love turn based games in general but this game failed so hard at the gameplay. The introduction of stealth was nice idea, but in reality it made the game boring AF. There are barely any combats in this game. All you do is walk your 3 man executioner    Let's start positives: game looks nice and it has lots of humour in it. That's all.

    Then to the negatives: Gameplay is horrendous. I love turn based games in general but this game failed so hard at the gameplay. The introduction of stealth was nice idea, but in reality it made the game boring AF. There are barely any combats in this game. All you do is walk your 3 man executioner line(potentially actually hiding or using high ground against tougher enemies) initiate combat and shoot for stealth kill. Rinse and repeat that every single area for 95% of enemies in the game. For the boss or some special case you will stun the enemy and kill them within 2 turns. It was okay for first couple areas till you realize that is all the game has to offer in terms of gameplay.
    Game was balanced completely around the stealth kills. Normal weapons might as well not even exist if you play on hardest difficulty. The hit chance was made too simple 25/50/75/100 % chance so you can always get that 100% which took even the slightest of excitement away. This game had a lot of potential but their piss poor balancing is what killed it to me. Incredibly monotonous experience to play. The game gives about 15h playtime if you scrounge every area fully, really not worth the price. I'd wait till it's on sale if you for some reason want to buy it regardless, it's worth about 5-10 dollars in current state.    … Expand
  22. SIPPIO
    Dec 5, 2018
    8
    The problem with Games like Xcom & Wasteland2 and now MYZ
    is they get boring faster then the usual game..
    *Wasteland2 made it up with LORE. as the writers and creators were involved with original Fallout or something like that....

    **FACT~ if combat isn't 'fun then it better make the rewards uber aka compensate...

    kudos soooo far guys!!!!
  23. stratioti
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    Best tactical turnbased shooter so far.
    Would really be a bonus if they had coop play like Divinity Sin but as a single player game this gets 10/10
  24. Smuggly
    Dec 5, 2018
    8
    As has been mentioned by many this is a great quirky take on squad turn based combat, very similar to XCOM, wasteland 2, Divinity Origonal Sin. That being said if you enjoy that type of game I highly recommend Mutant Year Zero.

    Overall it is a very challenging game, that runs well and looks fantastic with atmosphere to match. However all is not perfect in Eden. The RPG aspect of    As has been mentioned by many this is a great quirky take on squad turn based combat, very similar to XCOM, wasteland 2, Divinity Origonal Sin. That being said if you enjoy that type of game I highly recommend Mutant Year Zero.

    Overall it is a very challenging game, that runs well and looks fantastic with atmosphere to match. However all is not perfect in Eden. The RPG aspect of character building is somewhat superficial, with skills overlapping between characters - replay wise, there won't be much variety. The base aspect is also very superficial, this could have been fleshed out in a lot greater detail. The lack of / cost of med packs, in harder difficulties you are constantly running around with half health (or maybe me the player is crap?). Lastly, stealth is also superficial, and combat is repetitive, you stealth, kill individual guards silently, then take on the main group. This is the approach you must take for every battle - very little variety in this aspect.

    If this game even had some more polished but rudimentary elements of RPG's it would be absolutely amazing, however the focus is on turn based combat and it does it very well. Highly recommend for turned based combat buffs, and I'll be purchasing any DLC that may appear.    … Expand
  25. silkLR
    Dec 6, 2018
    8
    A very good RPG/tactical game and there are not many of them in the X-com genre. The world is a fascinating place, full of details. The cara design is great. As for gameplay, it deserves a few patches, to meet players more demanding than me.
    I look forward to learning more about this universe and its history...
  26. offyghost
    Dec 9, 2018
    10
    It's hardcore one with linear gameplay. It was a miracle, that I Finished it for 15 hrs (2nd lvl of difficulty).
    Nostalgic wind of Fallout/Wasteland, Gorky 17 and of course, X-Com series.

    NOT FOR CASUAL GAMERS LIKE YOU!!!
  27. socokid
    Jul 8, 2019
    10
    Absolute gem of a game. It's a shame there aren't more people experiencing it. From the voice acting to the story to the gameplay. Fantastic. It's your normal turn based/XCOM type combat, but with some welcome twists. Utterly accessible with many variables and difficulty levels.

    Can't say enough about this game...
  28. Amigoandrey
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    This game is wonderful! I like it from beginning to end. I hope there will be DLC with continue of story or next mutant 2)
  29. TheSlinger
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    In simple words ,An amazing game that have merged the turn based system with real time system successfully. if you are a fan of XCOM 2 or Shadow tactics then i shall recommend this game for you .just play it like a pro.
  30. girion
    Jan 15, 2019
    10
    The environments in this game are simply stunning. The attention to detail is just mind blowing. From the Swedish dance music in the bar to the road signs in the grass, every part is just beautiful. Yes, it is short, but so were most of the campaigns in the pen-and-paper RPG. extra points for capturing the feel of the original pen-and-paper RPG.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 57
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  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    85
    Mutant Year Zero is a turn based strategy role playing adventure set in a world after the nuclear war. It captures the player with its main characters, world building, good sense of humor and an unforgiving combat. It has its flaws in the form of replayability, and lack of skill depth, but the overall impressions are very positive. Recommended even for the people that are not too much into this genre, and for those who are, it’s a no brainer.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Feb 8, 2019
    62
    You have to spend hours crawling around, looking for lone enemies that you can gang up on and take out without raising the alarm – because there’s no way you’ll be able to fight everyone at the same time. To put it bluntly – it’s not fun, and Mutant doesn’t have anything else to offer. [Issue#235, p.46]
  3. CD-Action
    Feb 6, 2019
    70
    Due to quick levelling up and relatively small map Mutant Year Zero feels smaller than it actually is, but still don’t expect more than 12-15 hours of moderately engaging gameplay that unfortunately slows down towards the end. [01/2019, p.80]
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