Yeah, went from likely buying at launch thanks to good Xbox regional pricing and Series X support, to not touching until at least 75% off, or on Gamepass
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BIOMUTANT | Review Thread
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I mean... it's possible? But it doesn't release for another 4 months so there's still time for a hands on preview, plus Arkane is an established/experienced dev so I kinda doubt it.
I forgot to cancel the Collector's edition I pre-ordered years ago under an Amazon price error, so it'll be here tomorrow.
Hopefully the EA price error goes through and I won't have to open it; I'll just play it on my PC and send it back to Amazon.
That being said, I've been wanting a low stakes action game to play; this just might be it. Maybe. We'll see. After playing the Scarlet Nexus demo over the weekend, that is next on my radar.
Hopefully the EA price error goes through and I won't have to open it; I'll just play it on my PC and send it back to Amazon.
That being said, I've been wanting a low stakes action game to play; this just might be it. Maybe. We'll see. After playing the Scarlet Nexus demo over the weekend, that is next on my radar.
It's a shame that it's not performing as well as I'd hoped but hopefully they can pull enough interest to make a better sequel.
4s and 5s mean it'll be a miss from me though, there's just too many other games I want to play.
4s and 5s mean it'll be a miss from me though, there's just too many other games I want to play.
Feel bad for the team, clearly a lot of passion went in to this and many years of development. Must be disappointing when it doesn't quite work out at review time (no doubt an understatement). Still has a few good scores though so it is clearly appealing to some critics.
I'm fine with how this reviews, I'm getting it tomorrow.
But I wonder how one reviewer can say "during my 75 hour long playthrough" and another bashes the game for "its short length".
But I wonder how one reviewer can say "during my 75 hour long playthrough" and another bashes the game for "its short length".
Phew, scores are all over the place. I liked what I played at Gamescom two years ago and got in on the $3 deal on PC, so I'll definitely check it out if EA doesn't revoke access. If that happens, I'll get it once it's up for sale.
Pricing error on the EA app Friday night. Still haven't canceled our preorders
The game looks fun but I expected it to be divisive to say the least.
Expected it to land more in the 70s regions carried by the outlandish style though.
Haven't read any of the full reviews but the snippets don't seem too off putting to me from the get go. The world seems fun, I don't mind the voice over, what i've seen of the gameplay seems like I'd like it..
That said, it seems to me like a price point around 30-40 would be more fair to what's offered here.
Expected it to land more in the 70s regions carried by the outlandish style though.
Haven't read any of the full reviews but the snippets don't seem too off putting to me from the get go. The world seems fun, I don't mind the voice over, what i've seen of the gameplay seems like I'd like it..
That said, it seems to me like a price point around 30-40 would be more fair to what's offered here.
Reviews can give you an impression but it's still just another stranger on the internet giving their opinion. It's no better or worse than my own. So chances are, you just had no interest in the game as it is.
What I am trying to say is, we need to bring back the days of being a kid and buying a game because it legitimately looked cool to us and having the times of our lives, regardless of what someone else thought of the game. It's perfectly fine to play and enjoy a 6/10 game. It's okay to take that chance. It's no different than buying a 9/10 game and not liking it.
We scored Biomutant a 4/5 over at Hey Poor Player.
https://www.heypoorplayer.com/2021/05/24/biomutant-review-ps4/
https://www.heypoorplayer.com/2021/05/24/biomutant-review-ps4/
People grow up, and with age comes a more discerning eye, especially if you're using your own wallet to pay for it. This is also a $60 game...
Not everyone has the time or money for all that, stop policing how people wanna spend their cash lol
I disagree with this part. Over the years many have wasted money because of stuff like that and reviews/streams are now the go-to for early buying. I never want to buy something just based on the premise of what I thought it 'could' be like... I need to what it IS like before I buy.
Honestly if this game was narrated by Banjo that would be a selling point.
4/10 from Metro
In Short: It's very pretty but this patchwork of other game's ideas never has enough of its own to keep you interested during the repetitive and overfamiliar open world action.
Pros: Beautiful open world environment is one of the best of the outgoing generation. Crafting system for weapons is neat. Vehicles are fun, even if they do undermine your character's abilities.
Cons: The formulaic mission structure and unexciting, repetitive combat quickly becomes a chore. Terrible storytelling choices distance you from the plot and characters.
Score: 4/10
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/24/biomutant-review-furry-post-apocalypse-14638642/?ito=cbshare
In Short: It's very pretty but this patchwork of other game's ideas never has enough of its own to keep you interested during the repetitive and overfamiliar open world action.
Pros: Beautiful open world environment is one of the best of the outgoing generation. Crafting system for weapons is neat. Vehicles are fun, even if they do undermine your character's abilities.
Cons: The formulaic mission structure and unexciting, repetitive combat quickly becomes a chore. Terrible storytelling choices distance you from the plot and characters.
Score: 4/10
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/24/biomutant-review-furry-post-apocalypse-14638642/?ito=cbshare
This review got me interested in the game. Even if it ends up being hit-or-miss, it at least sounds unique, and I can appreciate that.
Why? That's an Arkane game.
This game seems to be another victim of hype, the impressions kinda make sense with all of what I've seen from it but I never understood why people were hyping it up like crazy.
I really liked the game, my review is localized, just on Serbian.
The First 3-4 hours are real torture, after that everything clicks at around 6-7 hr mark. It's a solid game overall. Especially if you don't give up after the first couple of hours.
Incredible what a team of 20 people did here.
The First 3-4 hours are real torture, after that everything clicks at around 6-7 hr mark. It's a solid game overall. Especially if you don't give up after the first couple of hours.
Incredible what a team of 20 people did here.
I absolutely get where you're coming from. As a kid I randomly got EVO: The Search for Eden, and LOVED it. But I bet if it had been reviewed like modern games it would end up with a 6/10.
The problem now, though, is that there are SO MANY games, and so many legitimately GREAT games, that you have to make choices about where you spend your time and money. It's not like there's 3 games a year coming out.
Yeah they are others opinions but they're also reviews from people whose opinions I tend to value because their interests align with mine.
Idk how young you were when you started "buying" games but when I was a kid I had to beg my parents to either take me to blockbuster or I had to wait for my birthday. That was also when I had all the free time in the world with zero responsibilities and had to essentially force (be grateful) myself to play games I didn't like.
Most people posting in here probably have other obligations and their own families to take care of ,and getting them to spend 60 dollars on a game that is getting subpar reviews isn't really a choice they should consider. Your time is also valuable. So I disagree, taking chances on things you probably won't enjoy isn't okay.
Because person I quoted implied that there was no hands-on previews because game blows => all Deathloop showings has been off-hands and press just reacts to shown stuff.
Point was to point out that logic may not be most waterproof.
Why do I get the feeling I'll still love this? I don't think I can take the risk just yet though.
The more I read these reviews, the more the common message seems to be "this game has all of this presentation that's totally unique, but then it goes and sticks to being a tropy open-world game, 6/10 . Like, the IGN reviewer literally only has a few mildly negative things about the narrator, and then he talks about the open-world design.
I can sort of see the dissappointment when all you play are open-world games all the time.
As someone who usually plays 1 or 2 big open world games a year, I don't have that fatigue. And since Darksiders is one of my favourite series of all time, I don't have the prejudice some seem to have to the "take whatever good parts of other games that work and slap them together into something unique" approach.
I can sort of see the dissappointment when all you play are open-world games all the time.
As someone who usually plays 1 or 2 big open world games a year, I don't have that fatigue. And since Darksiders is one of my favourite series of all time, I don't have the prejudice some seem to have to the "take whatever good parts of other games that work and slap them together into something unique" approach.
This ^ Very well articulated.
It also bears worth repeating that there is no demo and no refund policy on PSN.
Taking a chance after mediocre reviews is not worth it.
Buying? Those days are gone, there's too much content releasing to only buy a handful of titles each year and play/replay them to squeeze the appreciation out. We've long been at a point where some of the highest praise you can give a game is simply taking the time to replay it.
You might have better luck with a subscription, where you can see what holds your interest.
One can only realistically do that if they have ample time to waste on what is more likely to be a potentially mediocre experience, or an endless amount of money to throw away to trial and error random games.
As someone who's time is limited, and who's opinions line up with critical reception 90% of the time, unless something looks really appealing to me contrary to negative reviews, or is on a deep sale or something, there's simply no better way to inform myself than reviews, and thus also save myself time and money on experiences I'm far more likely to not love.
Also, reviews aren't really the equivalent of a random impression, because a review is a professional critique that usually goes into far deeper and more comprehensive analysis of a game, and then there's multiple reviews and an aggregate or consensus of sorts to go by too.
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It's a 69 on Opencritic based on 84 reviews with reviews ranging from 9.5 to 4.