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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
From a team including former designers of HITMAN and PAYDAY comes Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, a tactical adventure game that combines the turn-based combat of XCOM with a real-time stealth and exploration of a post-human world reclaimed by nature… and Mutants.
Details
- Released
- December 4, 2018
- Developer
- The Bearded Ladies
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Tactical · Adventure
- Publisher
- Funcom
How it plays
Time to beat · 3 player times (IGDB)
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is an exceptional take on the tactical RPG and the addition of a stealth system certainly sets it apart from the crowd. Both genres blend together in a way that’s satisfying, challenging and well designed, while an engaging and well-written narrative drives the player forward. The difficulty might be an issue for those new to the genre, but for those seasoned in turn-based tactics, this is an absolute must buy.
Its handcrafted levels and real-time exploration segments encourage me to be even more thorough in future runs, and I couldn't help but fall in love with the interesting yet underexposed world of Mutant. There are tons of intriguing but obscure worlds like that of Mutant that are ripe with potential when it comes to video game adaptations, and I'd love to see more get the same treatment that Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden received in the future.
Mutant Year Zero seems like the natural evolution for tactics games. The real-time aspects make things move faster and add a unique layer of tension. On the story end of things, it manages to keep you interested until the linear campaign finishes up. You won’t find a groundbreaking narrative but it doesn’t overstay its welcome, and the characters are just charming enough to keep you invested.
It’s no secret that I love turn based strategy games, especially when they mimic system similar to that of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and the subsequent releases of XCOM: Enemy Within, XCOM 2, and XCOM 2:War of the Chosen. When I heard tell that there was an upcoming tactics game based on the established Mutant Year Zero series, I had to get my hands on it.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden packs interesting combat, open world exploration and lore, and numerous systems that have the player invested in what their characters, but it ends on too early a note to really have any impact.
A scrappy but confident tactical RPG with a surreal and engaging world straight out of an obscure tabletop game.
We tell you, it’s a good game! It’s not average! It might have some problems here and there, but you have to admit it is a “Good” game.
Mutant Year Zero is yet another example of the ongoing debate between portability and performance. The graphical difference between the Switch and PC versions can’t be understated; the lack of detail has a marked impact on the overall experience. Having said that, the amount of time you could easily sink into this amazing tactical-RPG could be significant, and so maybe the graphical sacrifice is worth being able to play on-the-go. While Mutant Year Zero may be best played on its original platform, I would still recommend this version to anyone wanting to play on Switch.
A promising twist on turn-based strategy games, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is more than the sum of its parts. The addition of stealth and ambush mechanics to the familiar turn-based strategy formula, forces the player to think about their approach to combat in a new way. This "Tactical Adventure" is definitely worth the journey.
One of the highly anticipated games of the year, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden launched last week. Following the release of its trailer, the game garnered a huge following and popularity. We recently played the game and decided to review the game.
Turn-based tactics is a genre that, if done right, rewards players for thinking ahead, executing strong strategic moves and analyzing the battlefield for the best outcomes possible. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden might be a game you haven’t heard much about, but it takes the genre popularised by Final Fantasy Tactics, X-COM, Phantom Doctrine and more recently the much loved indie Into the Breach, and combines it with some stealth and exploration to make for a world that feels more connecte...