ANNO: Mutationem

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  • Summary: Welcome to the neon-covered, 2D-meets-3D Cyberpunk world of ANNO: Mutationem. In this Action-Adventure game with RPG elements, you become Ann: a highly-skilled combat-trained lone wolf on a personal mission in a giant Metropolis, full of sinister mega-corporations, mysterious fringe groupsWelcome to the neon-covered, 2D-meets-3D Cyberpunk world of ANNO: Mutationem. In this Action-Adventure game with RPG elements, you become Ann: a highly-skilled combat-trained lone wolf on a personal mission in a giant Metropolis, full of sinister mega-corporations, mysterious fringe groups and creatures more bizarre than words can express. Where 2D meets 3D
    Unique 2D-to-3D gameplay, seamless switching between 2D Action n' Platforming and 3D Exploration to interact with the world and its inhabitants.

    Ann kicks Ass
    Exploring diverse locations such as huge cities & complex underground structures, players are free to go as they please, returning to previous areas and unlock new events.

    Explore, Discover & Return
    Exploring diverse locations such as huge cities & complex underground structures, players are free to go as they please, returning to previous areas and unlock new events.

    A dark, twisted plot
    A grand story befitting a rich and dark cyberpunk décor, featuring our main hero Ann and her trusty hacker side-kick Ayane.

    Craft, Upgrade, Improve, Customize
    Collect, buy or craft items & upgrade Ann's stats, skills and gear. Use chips to modify any kind of weapon you find.    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. BaziCenter
    Apr 5, 2022
    90
    With extraordinary Cyberpunk world design that sucks you in from the very first moment, unique mixture of 2D and 3D gameplay, gorgeous art style, deep and diverse gameplay and exiting boss fights, ANNO: Mutationem is a true gem that is not appreciated enough, and it will not disappoint if you give it a try.
  2. God is a Geek
    Mar 17, 2022
    85
    ANNO: Mutationem is an enjoyable cyberpunk adventure with enough confident swagger to distract from its shortcomings.
  3. COGconnected
    Mar 16, 2022
    80
    ANNO: Mutationem is an audacious title that successfully merges genres. While the 3D segments aren’t as tight as its 2D counterpart, the originality shines through making this a fresh adventure. The gorgeous environment is full of character and is a joy to inhabit. However, the delivery of the narrative lacks the nuances to fully immerse. With its solid action gameplay and exciting bosses, fans of the genre will have a blast in this futuristic, cyberpunk escapade.
  4. WellPlayed
    Apr 8, 2022
    70
    I really did want to enjoy Ann’s story, it’s visually beautiful and has some clever little in-game tricks to its aesthetics. It’s just a damn shame the narrative couldn’t quite keep up, leaving ANNO: Mutationem a visually stunning but muddled, confusing game.
  5. Jeuxvideo.com
    Mar 25, 2022
    65
    With its impeccable artistic direction, ANNO: Mutationem houses an animated universe that is very pleasant to browse for its superb pixel-art in 2.5D and its bluffing depth. Too bad the storyline it houses, though prominent in experience, is so disjointed and hard to follow. The experience makes up for it with a good RPG dimension and its correct combat sequences if not fully sensational.
  6. Push Square
    Mar 16, 2022
    60
    There's surprising scope in the game — you can dismantle items to get materials, which you can then combine into new weapon modules. There are side missions and mini-games, like serving cocktails to earn money. It's also kind-of open world, albeit a very small one. While the ambition is admirable, overall we feel the game comes across as quite unfocused. It's an enjoyable experience, and everything here is reasonably good, but the result is a game that doesn't really shine, save for its rainy, neon-infused aesthetic.
  7. RPGamer
    Apr 8, 2022
    60
    Despite its issues and a perplexing plot that fails to answer nearly all of its pressing questions, ANNO: Mutationem has the makings of a strong ongoing property. The mixture of 2D and 3D works nicely with its visual style, and it establishes Ann Flores as a strong protagonist well worth spending more time with. As it currently is, ANNO: Mutationem is a solid but not spectacular title and should be able to establish a fan base, with the scope to expand it in the future.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Larryhow
    Jul 18, 2022
    10
    Beautiful 2.5 cyberpunk world, great vibe, loved the character, songs, combat, 10/10.
  2. bbtothe
    Mar 19, 2022
    9
    Okay was not expecting this game to be this amazing… The world building and characters are sooo well done! You can tell the devs put a ton ofOkay was not expecting this game to be this amazing… The world building and characters are sooo well done! You can tell the devs put a ton of love into this game. The graphics are phenomenal, soundtrack is just as good too - lots of chilled ambient tracks and really ramps up during combat.

    100% recommending this to anyone even slightly interested. Honestly probably the best cyberpunk themed game I’ve ever played    … Expand
  4. TenchiSenpai
    Mar 20, 2022
    8
    This game is hard to describe. 3D environmental exploration dividing up 2D Metroidvania style action hack and slash. RPG elements are inThis game is hard to describe. 3D environmental exploration dividing up 2D Metroidvania style action hack and slash. RPG elements are in there. Skill points and a skill tree, crafting both weapons and items, and a tree used for upgrades to your stats. The action is fun and you are regularly given traversal moves to make platforming more fun and challenging. I beat it. Took me about 11 hours and I did a lot of side quests. Story is confusing, but interesting. You really have little idea of what's going on most of the time, but the character interactions are mostly funny and enjoyable. A small team made this and I would love a sequel!… Expand
  5. Aokana
    Feb 27, 2023
    8
    I honestly didn't expect much when I bought the game but overall this a really solid game. The narrative is really good only you actually haveI honestly didn't expect much when I bought the game but overall this a really solid game. The narrative is really good only you actually have to follow the dialogue (all of it, not just the voices) and pick up and read any texts you find along the way and then you gotta put 2 and 2 together. Which is a refreshing change of pace from modern AAA games like Tales of Arise where the game is constantly dumping you with 10min story/lore scenes.

    There is side-quests to pad out the time.. but not so many of them that it overtakes the main story. They become more or less little detours and the levels are well enough designed that they allow you to explore a sub-sect of a "dungeon" but you will unlock a door or otherwise find a way to make your way back easily to a save point. This makes it feel more explore-able rather than just a winding tunnel with save points.

    So overall from a small indie dev its a solid game and deserves high marks. However you need to temper your expectations. I think what happens with a lot of small/indie dev games is people go in expecting AAA but your not going to get that since the team size and budget are so small in comparison.

    Now onto the problems... 1 - Combat. The combat is fluid enough and doesn't feel "Janky" but on the other hand it isn't exactly polished either. For example some of your combat moves overlap like theirs some unlock able kick moves but they get tied to the same attack as your heavy weapon that has similar inputs which can cause you to use a different ability than intended. These skills should have been put onto the dodge button instead.

    2 - Mistranslated text/speech...overall it's not a big issue and some of its humorous but it is present a bit more than it should be.

    3 - It just feels... like it was meant to be more. There is many aspects of the game that make it feel like they started it and then cut it off. Overall it makes the game feel like they started and then some investors pulled out or something. Prime example is the entire "Chip" socket enhancements, there's only like... a dozen chips but then a crafting and enhancing section so it feels like this was going to be a full on customization system that was cut off as it was about to hit development launch so instead of scrapping the system they just..left it there in its infantile state.

    All that said at its core it was still a fun time and that's the important part.    … Expand
  6. powerdrillverde
    Mar 29, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's hard to rate this game. The visuals and the art of the game its a 10/10 but in other aspects the game deflates. At the beggining Anno is very promising, the open world, many citys, missions...etc
    When you keep playing the game all these things are only a lie. The craft and other mechanics are unnecesarys and useless. The open world its only a way to be a popular game because in the middle of the story you go to a mission and never back to the world. The game kidnap you! If the the main missions last 7h i cant back to the city to shop weapons complete the secundaries or just farm and enjoy the different cities. The difficult its strange some bosses fight like dark souls and other boss are to easy. The game has to many boss. You avance and a boss and another and another ... it is bored, some boss are longs and this feel heavyweight.
    There are a lot of items, weapons and etc that you don't use in the whole game except 3 times.
    The plot its cool and the ambience. The inspiration of Evangelion, the cyberpunk citys, the mystery about the nature of the protagonist. But it gets long and in some parts it's boring.
    The game is all the time giving you information and presenting characters you don't understand for 8 hours. There comes a time when you don't care about the story, you just want to know the end and understand what is happening.
    Until you get to the end you don't really understand what is happening, you kill two bosses and it's over
    it feels incomplete.
    However, the combat, the 3d pixel art and the setting make it an entertaining game.
    If the game had a better pace and corrected certain bugs it would be a 10/10    … Expand
  7. Tsiphone
    Mar 31, 2022
    6
    I played this game fully and it´s true, the art and soundtrack is amazing, the cyberpunk atmosphere is incredible and love the design of theI played this game fully and it´s true, the art and soundtrack is amazing, the cyberpunk atmosphere is incredible and love the design of the main character... but after that all the game crashes down, don´t get me wrong, the game works and that´s it, it´s not even good, just works; the items are just accessories that are never used, the weapon system is useless (you don´t need to craft anything) all bosses use that "hit and run" tactic that it will be interesting to counter with your in game tactics IF the game controls were good, but they just work, the map is lineal and you don´t get to explore the cities at fullest, it´s just go and kill some dudes and repeat... the game has this SCPsque tone and you can feel the creators passion in show it, but they are just accesories in a game that is not SCP, not full cyberpunk, not full explore-your-city, and that just works.… Expand
  8. Ughhh
    Jul 21, 2022
    0
    Honestly, just dont buy this game. Its pretty cool at first, but ultimately just a waste of time. It tries to be too many things, and ends upHonestly, just dont buy this game. Its pretty cool at first, but ultimately just a waste of time. It tries to be too many things, and ends up being either boring or frustrating… Expand

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