Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth.” It read like a cross between X-Com and Fallout, and that was music to my ears. Mutant Year Zero is described as “a tactical adventure game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy.
I was aware of this RPG back in the 90’s, and even though I never got to play it back then, the title (and especially the accompanying trailer) immediately grabbed my attention. Mutant Year Zero is based on the tabletop roleplaying game that was first published in 1984, and for which Modiphius Entertainment and Free League Publishing have released a special 30th anniversary edition in 2014. That team is called The Bearded Ladies, and Funcom is the game’s distributor.
If you are a fan of the genre, then do yourself a favor and don’t let this one pass.Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is created by a team including former Hitman leads and the designer of Payday: The Heist. You’ll almost certainly struggle in the beginning but once you get the hang of the stealth-combat mechanics, taking down ghouls in the Zone becomes an absolute joy. I’m not new to turn-based games but this was the first one in a while that made me plan my every move in advance. Mutant Year Zero was a pleasant surprise. Like you won’t run into any JRPG story-twists but there will always be a well scripted main story mission to keep you immersed in case the combat starts getting too stressful. The plot is fairly mundane, but it keeps the momentum going. The game has surprisingly good graphics for a turn-based strategy, with some PC-specific enhancements like AMD’s contact-hardening shadows, although I’d recommend turning them off unless you have a really beefy system. You’ll also learn a bit about the game-world and the apocalypse, and how people reacted when all hell broke loose. There are no side-quests as such but additional exploration grants access to some sweet gear and valuable scrap.
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