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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden - Deluxe Edition
Released On: Jul 30, 2019
71
4.7
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
71
67% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
71
67% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Mutant Year Zero: Deluxe Edition is now out on Nintendo Switch, and it includes new expansion, Seeds Of Evil. While this version runs smoothly, it exhibits poor visual fidelity compared to its console and PC counterparts. Whether in handheld or docked mode, a low resolution and blurry overall look reduce the luster of post-apocalyptic Sweden. It also makes scavenging areas for scrap and weapon parts--essential to keeping your Stalkers well-equipped, and already difficult items to spot--a lot harder.
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.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
4.7
31% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
19% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
50% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
4.7
31% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
19% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
50% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
Really great story, stealth and turn based battles. Probably the best turn based game on the Switch, at least that I have played. Though the graphics quality doesn't come close to the PC, I would say this is a very solid port and I enjoyed playing it for 20+ hours. It also includes all the PC DLC so you can keep going. I didn't find the first DLC to be that amazing so I dropped off after the main quest but maybe I'll come back again soon.
Don't believe the reviews complaining about performance as that must have been solved in an update.
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Nintendo Switch
Absolutely brilliant game that has horrible graphics on Switch.
Unfair to rate down the game because of the bad port, but better enjoy it on some other platform.
The graphics are that bad that you often can't see where the loot is - which is essential for survival in the game.
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Nintendo Switch
The Deluxe Edition of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden on the Switch is far from the perfect port. The reduction in visual fidelity not only makes the game harder to enjoy, but makes sections of it tougher to complete. With that said, the underlying gameplay stands alongside the best tactical strategy games the Nintendo Switch has to offer, and the bundled Seed of Evil DLC is a welcome addition.
It's the same game you can find on other platforms but with a lot of technical problems.
If you have played Mutant Year Zero on a console before and are thinking of picking this up for on the go, you may be advised to skip as the compromises are a bit jarring, given this was once a very atmospheric game. The downgrade, combined with text and menus not being scaled for Switch, can start to make you feel like a person with poor eyesight.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a real shining gem to be set in the glorious history of the genus to which it belongs.
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.
Well first of all you're probably not considering buying this game for the graphics. It's because you'd heard it was one of the better turn based strategy games around and here it is for the switch.
I've been playing it a bunch in both docked and portable, and it is a perfect game for the device. On a big screen it's art design shines through and in portable mode it is perfectly functional if a little muddy and jaggy, but it's gameplay suits portable play very well.
Maybe some of the people giving it zeroes or ones for bad graphics could stop being such entitled asses, and support developers efforts to support the Switch. They're just a bunch of people working hard to make the things you supposedly love.
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Nintendo Switch
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.
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Nintendo Switch
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.
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Nintendo Switch
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON SWITCH! The graphics are all a massive downgrade, even for a Switch game. The total file size for the Switch version is 5.4 GB. If you buy this game on cart you will be forced to download a 3GB file from Nintendo or you won't be able to play the game. That's right, the cheap **** that published this game on Switch bought a 2 GB cart, and expect people to download over half of the physical game! Ridiculous!
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Nintendo Switch
The game has a really interesting concept and has crafted a fantastic world to tell its story in. Additionally, the mix of real-time stealth with turn-based combat is a really cool concept. This would all be great if it wasn't just a garbled mess of pixels. In docked mode it looks pretty damn rough, but in portable mode it's pretty much unplayable, you can't tell one pixel blob from another, can't tell if it's a weapon, or an enemy, or a pick-up. I would consider getting the game on PC but the publisher used very polished screenshots in the Nintendo e-store which look nothing like the actual gameplay on the console, and I'm just not willing to give more money to a dishonest publisher.
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Nintendo Switch
Summary Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 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? Includes the SEED OF EVIL expansion DLC...
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date: Jul 30, 2019
Developer:
- High Voltage Software
Publisher: Funcom
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