Biomutant “Next-Gen” (Xbox Series) Review - Updated visuals, outdated gameplay
3Biomutant’s biggest problem is that 10 hours in – having explored a quarter of the map, conquered one tribe, and defeated one Worldeater – I had seen everything on offer. I stuck to the east of the map for this playthrough and 5 hours later – having conquered another two tribes, the second Worldeater, and dealt with a primary antagonist – I found my interest waning at the hallway point... again.
Now at no point did I regret spending another 15 hours with Biomutant and I’d still consider it a good game on balance. The combat remains fast and satisfying, upgrading my character for a different fighting style was engaging, and exploring regions of the map I ignored last time provided plenty of audiovisual thrills. It’s a more-ish experience – in the sense you can lose hours flowing from one activity to the next – but it becomes a predictable and uneventful routine. It’s a structure that felt dated by the end of the Xbox 360/PS3-era and feels positively archaic in 2022.
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Environmentalism and self-help?
2:18 - Hack, slash, shoot, loot, repeat (for far too long)
4:39 - Beautiful and performant
5:49 - Updated visuals, outdated gameplay
7:05 - Score
Written review: https://gameblur.net/reviews/game-reviews/biomutant-next-gen-xbox-series-review/
Biomutant is also available on PC, PS4/PS5, and Xbox One.
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