The reception to Biomutant has been divisive to say the least. Some players love it, some hate it - there's no denying people have some passionate opinions on the game. The criticisms being made are thankfully being heard by developer Experiment 101, which has plans to support the game through updates.
In a recent tweet, the developer unveiled plans for an upcoming patch that will address "changes based on community feedback", along with a variety of bug fixes. The intentions are ambitious, with practically every common complaint seemingly being addressed.
According to the team, the elements they are currently working on include the "pacing of dialogues, narrator settings, difficulty settings, video settings like depth of field and motion blur, loot and enemy tuning, as well as sound and combat." That's a pretty substantial amount of changes on the horizon. It's said that the update should roll out for PC players first, with consoles coming after.
There were a lot of ambitious ideas in Biomutant, but unfortunately we found they weighed the game down far more than they should have. It felt like no idea was rejected and the end result is an often messy game with moments of brilliance. We're not sure whether any patches could fix some of the issues we had, as they feel hardwired into its main frame, but we'll be sure to give it a try. There's also an Xbox Series X|S upgrade coming in the future, which again, we'll be very interested to try out.
How are you finding Biomutant? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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I'm very interested in that game, I don't know why. Even with all the negatives feedbacks we've got.
I can see this game being added to the gamepass in a not too distant future. When that will be the case, I'll definitly give it a go.
Glad I waited for reviews for this. Will grab it in a sale further down the road when it's had patches and series X update.
I posted a few days ago that they might update the game and try to fix it. I wonder if they will also fix the quests. I haven't tried the game but I have read some reviews.
Thatās great newsš
Iāll pick it up on sale or when it inevitably arrives on Game Pass.
And this is why I never pre-order a game any more.
Too many games rushed out the door at full price by publishers and then patched over many months to come.
Itās a fun game and Iām really enjoying it. I think some of the reviews were too harsh (and a few too high - 9.5 on Game Revolution?). But itās solid 7.5/10 game for me. And glad to see this small team of 20 people continue to work to improve it.
@BlueOcean then you havenāt a clue how the game plays then?! Youāre saying to fix something that you havenāt experienced yourself and are going off what someone had written on a website? Iāve had zero issues with quests.
Iāve played god knows how many hours and had endless amount of fun. A lot of the reviews are absolute tripe and websites are posting these and making people think theyāre gospel. This is why I donāt read reviews, if Iām looking forward to a game Iāll get it.
Sure, itās like a bag of apples, every now and then thereās going to be a bad one in there. But the good outweighs the bad.
@SuperJoon Quite the opposite, I have supported the game in my comments. I haven't bash it but just mentioned what reviews say stating so (that's why you know I'm not being unfair) and hoping that they fix whatever is wrong. I haven't played it because it's not on Game Pass and I won't pay full price for it, that doesn't mean that I won't play it.
This is the type of game where I would only bother with it if it shows up on Gamepass.
The first few hours of this game are such a chore! And donāt even get me started on the annoying narration. But, I feel like things are getting better now and Iāve decided - for the time being - to stick with it. Hopefully the planned updates arrive sooner rather than later.
@The_New_Butler cause people still preorder and rush to buy the games
@The_New_Butler Well the game company gets an influx of cash, and the fans get the game they have been clamoring for. Win win.
@The_New_Butler Often early access requires a pre-order. Regardless it is reasonable to think that people can make up their own minds about pre-ordering or waiting... and if they get burned enough they will hopefully learn. I didn't buy BioMutant - one it was not on Gamepass and two it looked too good to be true... I didn't trust the ads. I was right to wait. Oh also I will not spend $60 on a last gen game... I reckon they are worth $40 to me now if they are good. Cyberpunk I would see as a $15 game and Biomutant a $19.
None of those updates will fix the mission design, barren world or lack of a good story. No matter what they do this game wonāt be what anyone hoped.
Love this game with the exception of 5 things.
1st: The narration is horrid and too often
2nd: The Inventory icons showing i have new items to view don't go away or come back which makes me think i have a new item to view but i don't
3rd: There is a sound that occasionally comes that sounds like something that would indicate a new item or an upgrade or something but there is no way to get rid of it or figure out what the sound is.
4th: I am getting entirely too much loot and weapon parts and armor parts that are extremely low level and its making the loot system useless. I am not upgrading my armor and weapons that often at all because all the stuff i have to upgrade is lower than the current armor and weapons i am already wearing and using. Pointless if you ask me.
5: This is wishful thinking, but i wish they would implement something where you click the right thumb stick in like you do with Assassins Creed and an aura shines out to highlight loot or chests or something. Sometimes its hard to see everything this game has to offer.
I hope this game can somehow pull a No Man's Sky and redeem itself, cuz the world looks just gorgeous and it's a very unique setting. Let's hope they can fix it and it can become a Game Pass hit later
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