Biomutant

 PlayStation 5
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 Its enhanced graphics are a nice addition, but the flaws of this action RPG still reside in its outdated gameplay formula.
  5. Daily Star
    Sep 20, 2022
    60
    Loading times are faster and the whole title feels a lot smoother, more polished thanks to its next-gen makeover. For those who didn’t like the title in the first place, I’d say avoid. But if you’re intrigued, and you have a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription, it might be worth you trying out the two-hour full game trial on the service before purchase. For those with the original, it's a bit of a no-brainer to download and resample this version.
  6. GamingBolt
    Sep 13, 2022
    60
    Biomutant’s PS5 boost gives it a nice sheen but can’t help its mediocrity in other areas.

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5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 39
  3. Negative: 16 out of 39
  1. 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    … Full Review »
  2. HaloFever
    Jan 16, 2023
    7
    Biomutant is the biggest and longest AA game I have ever played. I appreciate the density and scope of this game. The game has an ambitiousBiomutant is the biggest and longest AA game I have ever played. I appreciate the density and scope of this game. The game has an ambitious amount of characters, enemies, abilities, and locations for a budget title. Maybe Biomutant should have had less.

    Biomutant sparkles as an open world, RPG-lite action adventure game. If this were on Dreamcast, we might have a game of the year winner. Combat is simple enough and yet filled with options. The Biomutant can use “wung fu”, dual wield swords, shoot lightning like Emperor Palpatine, or rain down bullets. Traversal is also full of opportunity. Biomutant can ride furry horses and happy sharks, use gliders and helicopter backpacks, and mount a giant mechanical hand with a howitzer hidden in its finger. The world itself is a toxic ruin left by misguided humans who burned it all. In a refreshing change for the crowded post-apocalyptic genre, the ruins of earth are colorful and fun.

    And now we go dark. The game does not look good. I explained the premise of the game to my youngest child and the response was, “So it’s Horizon Zero Dawn that doesn’t look good.” The graphical issues are that simple. Some AA games look amazing, but that is all a matter of scope. Biomutant is a sprawling epic filled with destinations and puzzles. This is the problem. Bandit camps are the same cut and paste bases. Toxic areas are also cut and past. By the time I was half way through the game, I felt like I had finished a NewGame+. This was all reminiscent of the Ubisoft style open world games. Ubisoft has enough trouble with this Ubisoft style open world games. Other games do not need to adopt Ubisoft’s exhausting open world.

    The “less is more” mantra should have been adopted in all facets of this game. Most enemy encounters are the same combination of one big guy and a few little guys. Most gear that is picked up is redundant crap that fills up your inventory and is exhausting to dismantle. Vendors are all the same. Whole towns are the same. Quests have the Biomutant cross crossing the map in obvious padding. AA games do not need padding. Some of us like shorter games!

    Full disclosure: I downloaded Biomutant through PS+. Any long time PS+ subscriber is drowning in a backlog of quality games. My playthrough of Biomutant was exhaustive at over 30 hours and I was ready to tackle that next game. At another time, a game like Biomutant would have held a special place in people’s hearts. Now it’s just another title in an ever expanding library that you will never play.

    All-in-all, Biomutant is a fun RPG-lite adventure game with those good old fashioned Nintendo feels. Good. Not great.    … Full Review »
  3. SuperDuck23
    Jan 7, 2023
    6
    An ambitious but shaky misfire that had some good potential. The crafting and artistic style of the game is interesting and feels unique.An ambitious but shaky misfire that had some good potential. The crafting and artistic style of the game is interesting and feels unique. Unfortunately the negatives such as the stretched-out gameplay, annoying voice acting and unfocussed story cancel out the positives. It soon feels like a chore to endure.… Full Review »
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