Biomutant

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  • Summary: Biomutant is an open-word, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.

    Your actions play a major part in the unfolding of a story where End is coming to the New World. A plague is ruining    Biomutant is an open-word, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.

    Your actions play a major part in the unfolding of a story where End is coming to the New World. A plague is ruining the land and the Tree-of-Life is bleeding death from its roots. The Tribes stand divided, in need of someone strong enough to unite them or bring them all down...
    Although you are guided through the world by a Storyteller that narrates every step of your journey, it's your actions and choices that'll decide how your story of survival ends.    … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. PlayStation Universe
    Sep 8, 2022
    80
    Certainly representing the definitive version of the flawed but ultimately enjoyable Biomutant on PlayStation consoles, Biomutant's PS5 debut largely erases the performance issues and instability that plagued the PS4 version of the game, delivering a handsomely made open-world adventure that can be enjoyed by gamers of all ages.
  2. PlayStation Country
    Sep 19, 2022
    80
    Biomutant remains a slow burner. It took a while to get its hooks into us, but it sure did. It's not startlingly original and is a bit overburdened by its sheer scope, but we don't feel shortchanged by our forty plus hours playing it. Start a new save on PS5 if you want to get a clean sweep of trophies though.
  3. Hey Poor Player
    Sep 19, 2022
    80
    Biomutant on the PS5 is a greatly enhanced experience that, whilst unable to fix some of the more fundamental issues baked into its core, is a much better-realized version of the developers’ vision. Running on significantly more powerful hardware than that on which it was originally released, Biomutant’s exploration and combat shine brighter than ever. If you were put off by the technical limitations that held Biomutant back, this version is very easy to recommend, and even easier to sink hours upon hours into.
  4. COGconnected
    Sep 16, 2022
    65
    Biomutant has ambition but at the end of the day, it just isn’t all that fun. Experiment 101 put together a strange chimera of ideas in their game that never quite connects in meaningful ways. Finding fun was hard because the story isn’t great, exploration is a chore, and combat is serviceable. I did like the puzzle-like nature of the Worldeater boss fights because they break the monotony of quests. Technologically speaking, the game looks and performs well enough. However, I encountered a few bugs that required dying or hopping to the title screen to fix. All in all, Biomutant had the potential to be a frolicking Zelda-like but everything about this ecologically-minded adventure falls short of its ambition.
  5. GamingBolt
    Sep 13, 2022
    60
    Biomutant’s PS5 boost gives it a nice sheen but can’t help its mediocrity in other areas.
  6. The Games Machine
    Sep 22, 2022
    60
    Biomutant on the PS5 is, for better and for worse, the same game published a year ago on other platforms. Its enhanced graphics are a nice addition, but the flaws of this action RPG still reside in its outdated gameplay formula.
  7. Finger Guns
    Oct 1, 2022
    60
    Biomutant had bags of potential but squandered this at release. The developers have now had a year to to come out swinging with fancy-pants graphics and dozens of wholesale changes the game needed. It could have been Biomutant 1.5. Instead, the game is still let down by all the same questionable game design, pointless side-quests and ghastly amount of narration that makes you want to blow your face off. The PS5 update brings framerate smoothness to make combat feel and play better – it’s really this new version’s only saving grace. Unfortunately, that’s not enough to improve upon our original verdict.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 24
  3. Negative: 10 out of 24
  1. Amleida
    Jan 5, 2023
    10
    I genuinely don't understand the low user scores. Biomutant isn't for everyone. There are areas of the game that could use some improvements,I genuinely don't understand the low user scores. Biomutant isn't for everyone. There are areas of the game that could use some improvements, and while the fetch- type side quests aren't all that bad for what they are, the fact they're fetch quests will likely throw a lot of people off.

    But the total sum of Biomutant is a very solid and fun game in it's genre. It definitely lends ideas from a lot of other games, and I'm not sure if that's the reason behind why so many people are rating this game unreasonably low, but it also provides a few really creative and fun ideas in it's own right. I already hope and look forward to a sequel to this game, as I had a lot of fun exploring the vast and gorgeous world of Biomutant.

    It goes against my own principles to do this, but I'm rating this a 10 to offset the negative reviews, as I can't even imagine how this game could be perceived as outright bad from an objective standpoint. My honest rating would be somewhere between 7-8. With a few improvements to what's already there, I can easily see this game at the very least providing an experience that's comparable to that of the Far Cry and Borderlands games. The closest comparison that comes to mind is probably the latter.    … Expand
  2. enguerranws
    Jan 15, 2023
    9
    I started playing this game a few weeks ago. Iy's smooth 60 fps, graphics are good ans I didn't run into bugs or freeze, which is kinda rareI started playing this game a few weeks ago. Iy's smooth 60 fps, graphics are good ans I didn't run into bugs or freeze, which is kinda rare these days.
    I like its universe, its music, and I like to explore its world. The gameplay is pretty nervous and enjoyable.

    Not a revolution, for sure, but it works. However, dialogs are sometimes blurry, fights can be messy, and the quests feels redundant. But well, I can easily forgive this when I see 20 persons credited on the dev team at 101 exp. I mean, Horizon 2 (that I dropped after 25 boring hours) has the same downsides, but 1000 more budget and staff.    … Expand
  4. HippiHemuli
    Jan 30, 2023
    7
    Overall it was pretty good and enjoyable game when fighting and looting but story telling type was pretty boring because its made dialogies soOverall it was pretty good and enjoyable game when fighting and looting but story telling type was pretty boring because its made dialogies so long if you dont skip story teller but somebody maybe like it. Story itself was okay though.
    Story: 6.5/10
    Gameplay: 9/10
    Combat: 9/10
    Graphics: 9/10
    Animation: 6/10
    Sounds: 6/10    … Expand
  5. PlayerEight
    Mar 23, 2023
    5
    Combat is very fun until it's not. One of the more repetitive games out there. Boss fights are pretty terrible and there are like 4-5Combat is very fun until it's not. One of the more repetitive games out there. Boss fights are pretty terrible and there are like 4-5 different enemies.… Expand
  6. vicwolk
    Jan 1, 2023
    4
    First of all, this game is for little children and should be advertised as so. It's just like someone is reading a book for a kid. If you'reFirst of all, this game is for little children and should be advertised as so. It's just like someone is reading a book for a kid. If you're into it, cool. Not my thing though. Secondly, and following the first, this game is extremely easy. The graphics are also mediocre at best.

    The last thing that pissed me off is the long and unskippable talks over the map. Plus, the fact that you can't simply save or has an automatic save feature in completely useless areas. So, if you quit, you gotta redo a good chunk of the story. Poor game design. Couldn't bare past a couple of hours into the game.    … Expand
  7. fetty_x
    Feb 13, 2023
    2
    No exaggeration WORST game I have ever layed my hands on. Almost every part of Biomutant is so bad; from story, movement, combat, characterNo exaggeration WORST game I have ever layed my hands on. Almost every part of Biomutant is so bad; from story, movement, combat, character upgrades, weapons, enemies every single thing is so boring or dull. Only positives I could find are the color palette of the environment and a feel of using a Fist weapon. I don't recommend this to anyone. Basically speedran this, finished in couple of hours, ignoring absolutely every side quest since the main story was so bad anyways. Went into this with somewhat high expectations but I was ultimately disappointed. Thankfully I got this for free from PS Plus.… Expand
  8. Samudrake
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    No lo juguéis por nada, misiones aburridas , mapa vacio, una perdida de tiempo

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