Biomutant Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

Our Biomutant Review has us playing the game where 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… BIOMUTANT is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts-styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting, and mutant ability action.

Biomutant Review Pros:

• Beautiful graphics.
• Action adventure gameplay.
• Can rebind controls.
• Accessibility options – subtitles, subtitles size, QTE auto complete, auto advance dialogue, quick menu toggle, subtitle background/color, and opacity.
• Camera settings – camera shake, and auto adjust the view.
• Controller settings – sprint toggle, quick menu toggle, camera sensitivity sliders, Invert axis sliders, smoothing, and vibration.
• Gyroscope support and settings – turn on/off the gyroscope, aim assist, gyroscope aim assist while using a stick, and sensitivity sliders.
• Video settings – brightness slider, and sharpening amount.
• You can remap the controls.
• Game settings – Hud on/off, scale slider, quest markers, damage numbers, enemy indicators, comic book effects, remove waypoint when near, compass on/off, and rotate compass with a view.
• Five save slots.
• The game runs really well.
• Four difficulties – Easy, medium, hard, and extreme.
• Action adventure gameplay.
• Character creator has six breeds each with unique stats, adjust your genetic structure by tweaking stats, choose genetic resistance (radioactivity/heat/biohazard/cold), customize your fur and markings, and choose colors of fur and detail.
• Five character classes – Dead Eye, Commando, PSI Freak, Saboteur, and Sentinel.
• Opening and ongoing tutorial pop-ups.
• Choose your alignment at the start to decide if you go light or dark.
• Excellent voice works especially the narrator/translator.
• Has a storybook feel.
• Your character is shown in the cutscenes.
• In-game cutscenes.
• Full photo mode support.
• Light and dark are at play throughout the game, your choices will point you towards the light or dark side and that has some ramifications on what happens to you.
• 3rd person perspective.
• Combat is cool as shit with a wide range of combos, cool slo-mo, and a dodge system to trigger a slowdown.
• Loot chests and health packs can be found.
• Multiple choice encounters.
• Full loot system complete with rarity levels, ability to scrap them and you get an instant pop-up of the stats.
• Earn EXP and level up to get a 10-point increase in a chosen attribute and 1 point to put into the skill tree to get new abilities.
• Quick select wheel for item management. The D-pad can also be used to quickly use med packs.
• Clear easy-to-read Hud and mission markers.
• Setup five outfits which is a fancy way of saying loadouts.
• Full item management system.
• Comic book-style text pops up when shooting, reloading, hitting enemies, etc.
• Save and load when you want.
• The map uncovers and adds new locations as you explore and you can place your own waypoint.
• Enemies can drop loot and be looted.
• The melee system is a lot like the Arkham style where you effortlessly jump between enemies to keep a combo going.
• Slight puzzle elements.
• The stamina system is in play for running and jumping.
• A lot of fun to play.
• Locations are big enough so that you can freely explore and find secrets.
• Bioblobs drop from canisters and Morks (enemies) and these are used to unlock mutations.
• Rotation puzzles are hidden around for bonus rewards, you have a set amount of rotations but you can increase them with your intellect stat.
• Strong platforming pedigree.
• Parry attacks to stun the enemy but also launches them into the air for more aerial combo action.
• Multiple choice encounters.
• Beautiful locations and vistas.
• Signposts uncover a small portion of the map and act as fast travel points.
• PSI points are earned by interacting with captives and shrines and using them to unlock new powers and abilities.
• You are constantly getting choices from which route to take to help people to more game-orientated ones like which sides or tribes to side with that can impact the story.
• Collect resources, and craft new weapons and gear.
• Go back in time with memory set pieces.
• MKTon is something you get later on, there are unique loot drops to find in order to upgrade it.
• Hazard zones are self-contained areas where breathing the air kills you but it has safe spaces, it’s a blend of platforming and racing against time.
• Main story missions along with many side missions you can find and trigger.
• A 3D game world with 360-degree camera control.
• Full mission management.
• You can find/earn new armor which can be equipped and change stats.
• Fast loading times.
• Items picked up can be scrapped, equipped, or taken into inventory.
• Enemy levels show above their head and health bar.
• Automaton is your little Grasshopper buddy who accompanies you everywhere, you can customize his appearance, and set any of the unlocked functions – flashlight, health injector, glider, turret, and boost.
• Save slots show your level, date saved, difficulty, and playtime.
• Signposts can be found and are used to fast travel around the game world.
• You can see Coordinates as you move around the map.
• The exp-earned bar will pop up as you get some.
• Excellent set pieces, vistas, and flyovers.

Biomutant Review Cons:

• Cannot skip all the cutscenes.
• A lot to take in initially.
• The ranged combat goes wonky at times, especially with lock-on.
• Occasional clipping.
• The date-saved info goes over the top of other text.
• Pausing when the pad is vibrating causes it to vibrate continuously.
• The menus look clear but are quite clunky and slow.
• So much to take in.
• The performance overall is good but it does get slowdown and stuttering.
• The camera goes a bit crazy in fights.
• Doesn’t have the best depth of field.
• Objects can look Blocky in places.

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Biomutant:

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Developer: Experimental 101

Publisher: THQ Nordic

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