Biomutant

 PlayStation 5
User Score
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
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  1. Avadon
    Dec 22, 2022
    7
    Got this for free on PS plus and decided to give it a go. It's surprisingly enjoyable to explore the old world ruins, and at times quite atmospheric. Nice deep crafting and upgrade system. Tons of loot to find, and everything is rendered on your character, which is great. Runs great at 4k on PS5, even at max quality mode the game usually stays at 60 fps. The story is enough to push youGot this for free on PS plus and decided to give it a go. It's surprisingly enjoyable to explore the old world ruins, and at times quite atmospheric. Nice deep crafting and upgrade system. Tons of loot to find, and everything is rendered on your character, which is great. Runs great at 4k on PS5, even at max quality mode the game usually stays at 60 fps. The story is enough to push you forward, but nothing special. The combat is quite wonky, it's often hard to dodge things in melee and everything hits like a truck, so I found it safer to use ranged weapons and occasionally dash in and out to cast some AoE spells. There's a bit too much dialogue, and it often feels like babbling, it doesn't offer much. Overall though, it's quite decent. I've certainly played much worse open world games than this.… Expand
  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 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    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 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.    … Expand
  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. 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.
  4. ehtaco
    Dec 17, 2022
    6
    This game bummed me out. On the surface, there are so many things here that - if done more effectively - this would literally become a perfect game for me. But it's just not executed well at all. There's a lot to like, and initially, I was absolutely loving everything about it. But the more time you put into it, you start to notice all the problems with it, and there is a ton of them.This game bummed me out. On the surface, there are so many things here that - if done more effectively - this would literally become a perfect game for me. But it's just not executed well at all. There's a lot to like, and initially, I was absolutely loving everything about it. But the more time you put into it, you start to notice all the problems with it, and there is a ton of them.

    I heard about all the technical issues at launch so I waited over a year to play the game with all the updates + the next-gen update, and still, it left me disappointed. No matter what graphic setting you play on, the game is just downright ugly. Performance mode was most ideal for the more consistent frames but I played on this game's Performance+ equivalent and it was at least relatively consistently hitting 60fps. Playing in quality mode is not doable and I genuinely believe that. The game still looks ugly as hell but can only consistently pull 15-20 FPS and it looks terrible. Genuinely not sure why they even have it available as an option.

    It doesn't feel like a current-gen game or even a last-gen game honestly. I legitimately believe with even the most minor tweaks this game could run pretty similarly on 360/PS3 era hardware.    … Expand
  5. 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 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
  6. Parsa2079
    Mar 2, 2023
    5
    Opening cinematic looked promising but when it's over, the real tragedy begins. Customizing your character might be acceptable for some players (not me of course), but it just doesn't feel right. The combat mechanism is kind of funny and enjoyable but not for a mature person. Anyway, I could only play it for less than an hour.
  7. Johnsonsteed91
    May 1, 2023
    7
    This game seems to have missed out on the fun factor. Many other reviews state the game is repetitive and I normally overlook those type of reviews however I did find myself doing nothing exciting.. I want to say I enjoyed the game meanwhile I mostly just dredged through it, it has some things to offer but the root of the problem is, Biomutant tries to be too many other games mixedThis game seems to have missed out on the fun factor. Many other reviews state the game is repetitive and I normally overlook those type of reviews however I did find myself doing nothing exciting.. I want to say I enjoyed the game meanwhile I mostly just dredged through it, it has some things to offer but the root of the problem is, Biomutant tries to be too many other games mixed together and you get the vibe but the delivery is sub-par. The narration is very neat and works with this game. The narrative voice is also relaxing and a pleasantry, but can be much, at least there is a setting to tone it down if you wish. The world could be smaller with the amount of repetition in this game but I digress. There are time where the game has a skip like feel to it or minor bugs/glitches, sometimes immersion breaking graphics or flaws, had to reload my game to fix a mission that goht started too early I guess, things like these keep games unfinished. If you aren’t trophy collecting in this game then you most likely will put it down within 3-6 hours in. This game has a lot to offer and it is fun at times. The trophy list is rather simple and straight forward. You don’t even have to see the end credits to platinum or do mostly anything.… Expand
  8. 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 4-5 different enemies.

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#60 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2022

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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
  1. 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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  2. 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.
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  3. 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.
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