Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden - Deluxe Edition

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User Score
4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 13 out of 25
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  1. JabbaReviews
    Aug 15, 2019
    7
    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden on Nintendo Switch is a tactical adventure game combining turn-based combat with real-time exploration, story, stealth, and strategy. Explore a post-human Earth where mankind has been eradicated by climate change, nuclear war, and pandemics. Will your team of mutants survive the Zone?

    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden uses a top-down view where you tactically    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden on Nintendo Switch is a tactical adventure game combining turn-based combat with real-time exploration, story, stealth, and strategy. Explore a post-human Earth where mankind has been eradicated by climate change, nuclear war, and pandemics. Will your team of mutants survive the Zone?

    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden uses a top-down view where you tactically fights enemies. This has great feelings of XCOM, with a note of Hitman. You spend a lot of time exploring The Zone, collecting supplies. This is so the Ark can keep going. But you are sent to explore the Zone to find a missing member. This is where you start meeting your first enemies, but we warned this is a perma-death scenario and you can meet a level 40 enemy in the first 5 mins of the game. You can go hard or stealth around them with the touch of a button.

    Each enemy has a visual range of view. This makes it easy to sneak past as you know when they can’t see you. Guns have different sound levels, so some with make no noise, while others will notify the enemies friends. Mutant abilities are upgraded through a skill tree. These upgrades can be simple like health, while others can be giving your character the ability to fly. You start with a team of two, being able to add one more member.

    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden runs well on Switch both in docked mode and in handheld. Due to a recent update, visuals are on par with console copies and looks great. There is a lot of dark areas and the game handles it with ease.

    This has to be one of the best tactical RPGs I have played in a long time. It’s written well, has great character designs and the visuals and performance is great. Finally check out our other gaming reviews.    … Expand
  2. littlestfinch
    May 7, 2020
    6
    I wanted to love Mutant Year Zero. I do love the cast of characters you get to play with. I enjoyed the world and setting quite a bit as well. I love xcom a lot and was hoping this would scratch that itch on the Switch. I don't have too many complaints about graphics, yea they're a bit muddy, but for me, this didn't contribute to my dissatisfaction with this game.

    Overall I could just    I wanted to love Mutant Year Zero. I do love the cast of characters you get to play with. I enjoyed the world and setting quite a bit as well. I love xcom a lot and was hoping this would scratch that itch on the Switch. I don't have too many complaints about graphics, yea they're a bit muddy, but for me, this didn't contribute to my dissatisfaction with this game.

    Overall I could just not get into it. I think in large part because it felt sort of empty and unrewarding. The gameplay is challenging and aside from the satisfaction of figuring out how to clear a map successfully, it doesn't give you that positive reinforcement to continue to push forward in-game. Perhaps it's just my taste, but I wanted more gear or more opportunities to upgrade gear. If not that, then I want more meaningful upgrades, but wow did I not feel like that was happening. Gear upgrades were at least better than the skill trees which I found to be extra lacking. I felt like the difficulty of the game continues to rise throughout and your characters do not feel like they keep up with that in a meaningful way.

    I know some people out love games to be super extremely difficult, but I find that a tiresome. That's why options like new game+ exist. I want a challenge but I don't want to feel like I'm smashing into a wall repeatedly with little to no forward progress and that's what I felt like was happening here.

    Maybe I'll pick it up again one day alongside a guide.    … Expand

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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. FNintendo
    Oct 25, 2019
    80
    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden - Deluxe Edition treats the player to a very good and competent blend of exploration and strategy which coupled with its simple but compelling plot and art style helps to make a game that can easily keep the player concentrated in the game for a long time. Overall, the experience could only improve if Mutant Year Zero : Road to Eden - Deluxe Edition featured a multiplayer mode.
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  2. Nintenderos
    Oct 12, 2019
    84
    This tactical action game will give you a sense of survival in a post apocalyptic world where you will apply stealth in turn-based fights to fulfill your mission, finding in your way items that you can later exchange for better weapons and more skills. Highly recommended.
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  3. Impulsegamer
    Aug 16, 2019
    40
    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a great game. The familiar tactical combat is fun, challenging and offers genuinely thrilling gameplay. The lore of the world is fascinating and the characters are well-written with charming personalities. Plus the exploration and upgrade cycle of the gameplay loop is thoroughly engaging. Unfortunately, for the Nintendo Switch version of the game all of this is spoiled by blurry visuals, ugly textures and various performance issues. I heartily recommend picking up Mutant Year Zero on the PC or your console of choice, however the Switch version just isn’t worth your time.
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