Biomutant - Attack Of The Goofy Weasel Beasts (Jimpressions)

[@Gogo32monkey]

What you said about the quality of the time you spend vs just the amount of time you spend in the game really resonated with me. As I've gotten older, I put less and less stock in how much content a game has. I'd rather have a high quality 15 hour game than a mediocre 50 hour game.

[@AFnord]

Yeah, I absolutely agree! Heck, any part of the game that feels like filler, or is not actively fun or engaging should be considered a negative. I would rather play a great 15h game with no filler than a 50h game with 30 great hours and 20 okay hours of gameplay.

[@Largentina.]

Most adults have this opinion. The only people that require a 200 hour game and feel ripped off when that isn't the case, are literal children.

[@cookies23z]

or even something like this: a 20 hour game with 15 hours of amazing, vs a 40 hour game with 15 hours of amazing. Both had 15 hours, but the 40 hour one wasted a lot more of my time to get to it

[@DameonStarflame]

This. I saw somebody complain that Village was too short. First play-through, with full loot goblin tendencies, nets you about an average of ten hours of game-play for the game itself (not counting Mercenaries). There's next to no filler (although they could have filled out the non-Dimitrescu/Heisenberg sections a bit more) in the game. It tells its story, it scares you and then it lets you move on to either replay it (as several of my friends have done) or other games. It doesn't waste your time, it doesn't make you feel overwhelmed with useless content. It does what it's supposed to do and then GTFO's and lets you do what you want. I'm sick of super long games that expect me to bleed valuable time for them just because they want to brag that their games can last fifty hours.

[@AltimeterAlligator]

It's true. I'll play an hour-long arcade game 200 times. It starts, it's fun, it ends. Perfect.

[@IxodesPersulcatus]

"I want to like Biomutant..." Couldn't have opened better.

[@Jason0binladen]

So did every furry like me for instance

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGAGAGA this is wonderful! PRANK! IT is terrible! I looked in the mirror and saw something UNPRETTY: my face. GAGAGAGAG! But I am happy agayn because I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS and I make cool YT v*deos with them! Good evening, love and peace, dear tyler

[@lbcyber]

What the actual fuck

[@meganvincent5381]

Same xD

[@chungusbooper]

@@lbcyber Gilson B. Pontis's YT channel discovered?

[@DarthLego46]

Okay, but putting giant monsters in pajamas is a huge positive in my book.

[@BockworschtSoldier]

Godzilla would look cute in one of them too.

[@ElJohfra]

Definitely.

[@xkidgey]

"dead eyed and horrifying stoat person" describes my biomutant strength character amazingly well. He looks like he has teeth that evolved for opening beer cans

[@spiritupgrades]

Hey, can you crack me a cold one for me?

[@requiredparticular6831]

“Their TEETH…”

[@Dr170]

Kevin Dunn will sue you for using his likeness without permission.

[@300IQPrower]

That ‘witty’ narration just makes me think about how being ironically shallow is still being shallow.

[@darebrained]

Sounds quiteshallow

[@LolaliciousSmiley]

Biomutant or Jim Sterling?

[@300IQPrower]

@@LolaliciousSmiley if it were the latter do you seriously think I’d be here

[@Pasakoye]

"Try to get your combat multiplier even higher!" Wait, wrong game.

[@blatherskite3009]

Yep. It's like "satirical" games that mock the conventions of their genre. They comment on things - like "isn't it daft in RPGs that defeated bats drop gold coins and potion bottles?" - but at the end of the day they still *do* those things, believing that if you wink to camera as you do so then you get to bypass all criticism. If that were true then all any cliche-ridden film would have to do is have a character turn to camera and say "This is all a bit sh*t, isn't it?" and suddenly the film wouldn't be cliched cr*p anymore - it would be instantly transformed into a knowing and ironic satire of lazy material. If only it were that easy.

[@ianemory5800]

Jim's ability to turn knobs is immeasurable. They're clearly the best in the world and this cannot be contested.

[@rajamicitrenti1374]

They do have a lot if practice dealing with knobs in the KZbin comment section!

[@DiegoBQZ]

Jim should be called "KnobChamp"

[@bloopergman]

Lofi beats to turn knobs to

[@MrJimbojamez]

Lil Knobbie

[@Naptosis]

It's the red hair.

[@TheTwofatgamers]

"dead eyed and horrifying stoat person" yeah i work with a guy like that

[@suimeingwong2043]

Live long enough and we all work with someone like that.

[@z.adkins862]

Oh you know Richard in accounting too?

[@nelzelpher2088]

What’s it like

[@TheSparrowLooksUp]

Brian, from accounting, right?

[@onlyinsomniac]

There's that one dead stoat in every office.

[@sunyavadin]

I will say I cannot for the life of me think of another game that's had such a perfect 50/50 split between positive and negative reviews, and then a further split between those negative reviews themselves,with one half praising the combat system but deriding the crafting put into the world, and the other half praising the world they crafted for it but dunking on the combat. Truly the Marmite of videogames, and that's an impressive achievement.

[@Manganization]

This game's negative comments also apologises for disliking it. It goes to show you that almost everyone can see that Biomutant could've been something special. This was made by a team of just 20 people. Had they a bigger team for such an ambitious project, I can only imagine how it'd turn out.

[@gamerinatrance3618]

Maybe Death Stranding?

[@robbietorkelsonn8509]

i haven't seen any positive reviews

[@Camad]

There's nothing quite worse than seeing a game with so much potential just collapse under the weight of its own ambition.

[@JaydevRaol]

Yeah :(

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

Nothing quite worse than seeing a decent game being called trash because it's not 10 out of 10

[@robertschnobert9090]

@@BigFootTheRealOne Zelda Breath of the Wild is 7/10, get over it hahaha 🌈

[@someguy3263]

@@robertschnobert9090 That comment had nothing to do with BOTW

[@robertschnobert9090]

@@someguy3263 I think you forgot to change accounts before posting the comment 🌈

[@fenderlove]

I am so glad that I stopped pre-ordering games. I was really excited for this game when they first previewed it years ago, but the end result just doesn't live up to that from the footage and reviews I've seen.

[@archersterling6726]

Only pre-ordered one game in my life. Hokuto no Ken Lost Paradise. Mostly because I already knew what to expect

[@naughtycicero1460]

I remember when pre-ordering was to ensure you could get a physical copy from the store on day one. With digital distribution, I don’t need to pre-order anymore.

[@furiousapplesack]

I've only pre-ordered two games in my life: Black Ops II and Cyberpunk. The first was a good choice (in a different, less exploitative gaming era) but the latter ensured I will never do so again. Fuckin' 2077 STILL does not start after upgrading my rig.

[@battlecast9202]

I've never heard of this game until it came out. I watched no trailers, just kinda mindlessly purchased it. I liked it 🤷

[@tacocat1921]

I almost pre-ordered it, then I saw the pre-order "exclusive class" and I thought, I'm going to hold off on this one.

[@jamesdenton6370]

Yay, more games coverage. This is why I subbed. Don’t get me wrong - I like the industry BS stuff too, but the channel seemed to be ONLY that for a long time - happy to see jimpreasions back! Please keep it up Steph/Jim

[@JonSpink]

yes this is why i subbed too. i love an honest review from a sarky bugger

[@Hjw673]

Too damned true

[@Kaunte]

I agree, but to be fair there's a Jimpressions video for pretty much every major release from this year that I can think of from the top of my head. Re8, Returnal, this and Outriders. The release drought has been real this year

[@furiousapplesack]

@@Kaunte And Hades, which has got to be the most glowing review for a game I've ever seen on this channel.

[@Kaunte]

@@furiousapplesack Hades was last year though

[@hummens44]

I think stuff like this game just rolls off my brain when I see it, it interests me so little. For one thing, I am so very, very done with Ubisoft style open world games that are just full of jobs to do. They are a fucking chore to play.

[@Chromodar]

If you want to play a furry humanoid magic martial artist, you're probably better off waiting for Black Myth: Wukong.

[@jepeman]

@@Chromodar Or Overgrowth. No idea if its good, I just know its a humanoid rabbit martial art game.

[@Texelion]

I really don't know why there was any hype for this game, everything looks generic as fuck and janky, like a low tier AA game sold at a AAA price. But I guess people who love Ubishit open worlds would like that.

[@KesSharann]

There aren't even that many jobs to do (if you go dark) and the fights are very spread out. You usually don't just happen across a fight. It's quite obvious where they probably are. That's both good and bad as the fighting mechanics are really basic and boring. Wandering into a cave with nothing in it until you get the requisite quest that actually spawns in everything is atrocious in an "open world" game. Why can't I stumble into something interesting without having the quest? Does the quest magically trigger enemies and loot? In Biomutant it does. As if it were a linear closed world game....

[@devforfun5618]

@@KesSharann hugh, that is terrible, even skyrim had quest items available before you discovered what the item was, that is one thing that would make the wolrd interesting to explore because you want to discover what is the deal with the item, or why that mage you killed had a name

[@zoepertom]

Never too late to learn the piano!

[@mikeyg69]

What if you’re like 65 and arthritic and can’t move your fingers very well?

[@bluegum6438]

@@mikeyg69 you'll still be way better at piano than someone who doesn't play

[@Nov-5062]

@@bluegum6438 Amazing

[@mikeyg69]

@@bluegum6438 not if I can’t even manage to turn the pages of a magazine in a controlled manner.

[@bluegum6438]

@@mikeyg69 no, I suppose being a cripple does make learning to ride a bike hard etc., you've seen through my lies

[@VanN000]

When I heard about the game, I was looking forward to it, but watching actual gameplay of it, really disappointing. Aesthetic is definitely the pull-in, but everything else seems so lackluster.

[@dantwosecstudio]

Play it before you judge.. Anyone can critize any game on what they don't like about it. No game is perfect. But a double A game that is better then the last 5 years of triple A games and everyone shit on it without even playing it and reviewing it when they only put 3 hrs into it and haven't even completed it.

[@VanN000]

@@dantwosecstudio I mean, if you played something for 3 hours, and aren’t having fun, then it’s not fun for you? If youre playing a game till the end just to see if you like it, and you don’t, that’s just a waste of time, you could be doing a lot of other things that you might actually have fun doing. That’s the whole point of demos, previews, gameplays, and even reviews.

[@IxodesPersulcatus]

Though it pains me, I agree with everything said (with the exception of there being only one type of puzzle, there are at least two other underutilized varieties tucked away in distant corners), and there are indeed hints of something greater that could have been that you pick up on while playing it. The developers seem to be genuinely hard at work with bugfixes and minor improvements and appear to be receptive to feedback, but I fear that might not be enough. A lot of the game feels like a series of placeholders, each of which, interestingly enough, can be easily replaced with something better and more engaging without refactoring the whole game. I really didn't want to draw a comparison to No Man's Sky, but If neither the gamers nor the developers give up on this game, there is still hope for it.

[@scalpingsnake]

I would love the game to 'pull a no mans sky' but I don't see that happening. They had no plans to update Biomutant (other than patches) and I just don't see them reworking core systems which is what they need to do. The main issues are the repetitive quests so they would almost have to go back to the drawing board for that. The combat needs significant overhauls and just more options. They would need to do a load of small incremental changes too. To me that sounds possible only in 'Biomutant 2' or maybe if they work on some sort of definitive edition? but that begs the question would we have to pay for it? if not will they think it's worth the time and money.

[@WarMonkeyPlays]

@@scalpingsnake I agree, and that doesn't even touch on the fact that when NMS launched, there was _nothing_ else like it, even if it didn't live up to its own hype (and promises). Biomutant is similar to many other games, and I just don't see an audience sticking around long enough for the devs to invest in it the same way Hello Games did. *But* I would love to be proven wrong in this case.

[@scalpingsnake]

@@WarMonkeyPlays Yeah I can't stress enough how much I want this game to be what I truly believe it can be. That's something you see with many people including Jim, people like the idea, setting and theme of the game it just isn't fully realised in this iteration of the game. What Nms sky did was very unique in so many ways. It won't be easy to replicate.

[@Dragoderian]

Politely; fuck them, and fuck that. Any game that releases unfinished deserves to die sans support. No Man's Sky was a perfect storm of external factors and internal drive that cannot easily be and should not willingly be replicated.

[@scalpingsnake]

@@Dragoderian I don't see this game as unfinished. It's just over priced with some systems that arent fully fleshed out.

[@TheEvixy]

I mean no weapon durability and the mount comes to you when you call for it regardless of where it is, so... 8/10 objectively better than Zelda: BotW? (Only joking, I hate scores)

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

That is a big plus tho

[@CRex]

The staff fighting system gives me Starfox Adventures vibes.

[@darkfalzx]

This whole game gives me serious Raze's Hell vibes! Weird!

[@josh-oo]

The staff is only one weapon. There's more.

[@meelsie143]

There’s clearly a lot of talent at this studio. I hope they can learn from their mistakes and get some better direction cause I think they’ve got a lot of potential to make something truly fantastic

[@jonathantillian6528]

"Dorky looking but nonetheless dead eyed and horrifying stoat people" So that's what you're calling AAA game executives now, eh?

[@candrian7]

I cant wait for games to get over the whole 'Your choices matter' thing. Its not impressive anymore and hasnt been since Bioshock Infinite had you choose a coin flip.

[@DragonNexus]

Choices mattering can work well, like in one of my favourite jank games Alpha Protocol. But binary morality is BS. Always has been. You're only going to do good or bad and not flip flop between, so it might as well ask you at the start and then never bother you with it again.

[@Dropla]

It was fun in some of the early fallouts. I just wish if they were going to do it, they did it like that. Not even fallout gets it right anymore

[@candrian7]

@@DragonNexus Oh it can work, but games and PR are still treating it like its some amazing new concept when the likes of Fallout, Planescape Torment and Black and White had it down 20 years ago.

[@kamillayessenova4482]

Tbh I remember everyone shitting on telltale games because "choices don't really matter in the end", but imo that was more interesting, you were choosing a motivation, but the consequences of your choices were not predictable.

[@castrochris94]

But in bioshock infinite that's specifically the point because booker has done this dozens of times before

[@chibifirestorm]

if you love mindlessly travelling extremely long distances to complete a lot of menial tasks, you'll love this game

[@moose-mancer]

So Skyrim?

[@chibifirestorm]

@@moose-mancer don't mention this in the same breath as Skyrim, that's borderline sacrilege

[@AlexWaff]

Sorry, I already am leveling in World Of Warcraft Classic.

[@MamaAki]

@@chibifirestorm I mean... they're right. Might just be my bias towards loathing Skyrim tho.

[@umarthdc]

@@MamaAki Yeah, its kind of like that. I think the difference is that the story is interesting and a thousand things can happen in the middle, meaning that you'll get sidetracked easily by something more fun and that's good

[@Caidezes]

Worth pointing out that the devs seem pretty invested in improving the game. The first update was released a day ago and fixed a bunch of major issues people had with it. They're also taking feedback on Discord for future updates. So it's not all doom and gloom.

[@ralphbrennan7700]

But couldnt the dev's have changed this all before launch? What the fuck ever happened to closed betas and play testers? They should've kept it in the works for another year. Now we just have to hope Biomutant will be make a "No man's sky" comeback...

[@Caidezes]

@@ralphbrennan7700 I'm assuming they probably ran out of time (and thus money) and had to release the game. They'd been working on it for a while, so I doubt their publisher was gonna let them take another year. I think the real issue is that they bit off more than they could chew for their very first game. It takes giant studios around four years to make decent open world games. Let alone great ones.

[@jorelc6]

worth pointing out the game is 59.99 no Early Access single player , so I expect it to be finished by the time it's released.

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

@@jorelc6 and so what it was made by an indie company while cyberpunk had like 10 years with a AAA studio.

[@muja_bunny]

The comic book style sound effects in screen could have almost be interesting if the game actually leaned into a comic book art style instead of just bland 'this is a video game' aesthetic

[@gaynebula6439]

WITH THE SAME GENERIC BIOMES AND EVERYTHING 😭

[@labdG]

1:38 "...humanity is long since gone, thanks..." I thought for a second that they thanked humanity for ending it's existance. xD

[@erikjohnson1684]

I want to LOVE Biomutant. The aesthetic, the setting, the ideas are all amazing. I’d read a Biomutant comic/manga. Too bad it sucks, hope it is at least successful enough for a sequel so they get another try.

[@spiraljumper74]

Every time I see a weird fuzzy thing in pj’s and combat armor I want to buy the game, then I remember I have way too much to play for my time anyway and it’s not that good apparently.

[@erikjohnson1684]

@@spiraljumper74 Same, I also like the idea of Kung-fu, guns, and mutant magic being a part of one combat system. Setting-wise and gameplay-wise.

[@NeonXXP]

Hated it for two hours, then loved it for ten hours whilst exploring, then went back to hating it again when I realised I had made no power growth from level 20 and 40. No point to loot = no point exploring most POI.

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

Oh no, that's not a good sign...

[@NeonXXP]

@@JamesTobiasStewart Most POI are just a tick list of loot. Occasionally you find a jumping puzzle or a fun NPC questline that gives you new movement tools or mounts etc. But for the most part, if you find ultimate gear at level 20 it really is ultimate. Nothing else will replace it for the rest of the game.

[@llhighislifell]

@@NeonXXP what is the point of continuing to level up past 20? Are you still unlocking anything?

[@reek3939]

@@llhighislifell Ability scores, resistances, weapon moves sets, and then magical special abilities really.

[@chcidalmatina]

I played longer than I wanted to because I hoped that around the next corner or in the next house I will find something that is SOMETHING. But there just isn't anything. Plus the narrator, apart from being annoying also didn't allow me to become part of the game. He was always there, in my way, to tell me about The Game instead of letting me experience it.

[@SxSxG666]

4:09 I like how the dude on the right just walks by like it's none of his business :)

[@aguiar6636]

The gameplay you showed actually looks pretty fun and pretty! But I can see how it can get old if that's all you do.

[@Im.A1ex]

It’s fun if you like the aspect of exploring and looting, but the combat does get samey after a bit. You unlock new tribe weapons by going through the war questline, but they take so long and every siege is basically the same, unfortunately. The game just needs more variety and it would be great.

[@butwhataboutdragons7768]

@@Im.A1ex I have it cautiously on my Steam Wishlist since I see some potential here. I'm a huge sucker for exploring and looting, so yeah. Not for $60 though, gotta drop below $30. Some initially-subpar games like this get expansion packs and DLC that eventually actually complete the game, which I grant you is a terrible habit to get into, but once the price drops they become viable.

[@henryglennon3864]

Biomutant: The game that makes you scream "Shut up, Micheal Gambon!"

[@Baguettish]

The thing is, I can imagine this game possibly being so much better if it were a level-based platformer with less unsettling-looking characters. Not every game needs to be a Ubi-style open world action RPG. Not even every Ubi game needs to be like that.

[@Jimsydonk]

Also, would the developers be responsible for the pricing, or is it also the publisher? I'd think the latter dictates the release and distribution.

[@ben8929]

I think the decision is on the publisher, but the developer indirectly influence the price with the scope and the budget they choose for the game

[@Alexthelion93]

@@ben8929 And that's one of the problems here. No way this is worth the $60 price tag. The game itself is average enough to keep most people away from it, but if you ask 60 for it, even those who maybe wanted to try it, will eventually have to pass. No wonder it's already on sale, I see - 30, - 40% off and still not much interest for it.

[@ThrottleKitty]

Basically, this game costed way to much time and money to make and didn't turn out that well, so they had to over charge for the not that great product. Even thought that means instead of getting like, $20 from me for selling it at $30, they get $0 from me for selling it at $60

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

@@ThrottleKitty aww baby where did the big bad Indy company hurt you.

[@ThrottleKitty]

@@BigFootTheRealOne What? Did you quote the wrong person? Who are you talking to, and what about? I didn't even say anything that negative about the game, what's wrong with you?

[@bankylaw3745]

I enjoy pointless busy work in games sometimes helps to drown out real life for few hours and gives sense of productivity all be it a false sense. I could see my self enjoying this in a years time when its dirt cheap

[@JonSpink]

yes if its just wandering around to next bunch of enemies to fight id think about £15 would be fair. it looked better in the trailer its often the way.

[@johnheaton1350]

I've been closely watching this game since it was first announced, and I feel based on the final version that the developers kept making the game bigger and bigger, a lot of the world feels empty when travelling to locations. Basically it makes the same mistakes a lot of open world games make and very few get right, and that's a balance between the size of the world and content within it, I do disagree about combat as that's one of the aspects that make me want to keep playing.

[@scalpingsnake]

I feel the *exact* same way. Following this game the one thing I wanted was the combat to be as good as it could be, as good as what it looked like... I think that is why I just stopped playing 10 hours in because I realised the combat wasn't going to get any better. I can put up with a lot if I have a good combat system to play with.

[@sneakyskunk1]

This seems like the type of game people will remember fondly years on and after a price drop or two.

[@TheCakeIsntReal]

Hearing how copypasty the game was, I thought that it was maybe, in fact, TOO ambitious, like too big of a map they wanted to fill, etc. But it looks like when devs try to achieve certain ambitions (typically map size, raw quantity of missions, or inflating the time to 100% the game) they abandoned others, like what you said, meaningful choices etc. And I think the public is divided on what is actual positive ambition, some people obviously preferring quantity over quality (even though they do because the quality is good enough for them). I can see this game entertaining a moderate number of fans who'll get 100s of hours out of it, but I'm almost certain it did/will underperform "commercially" (not gonna cry for THQ Nordic tho). BTW, the pre-order bonus which seemingly tricked a lot of people into pre-ordering Biomutant before knowing anything on how potentially boring the game could be, and it was foreshadowing I think (easier to say with insight but eh).

[@iamrathercool12121]

The game seemed massively unfinished to me. Hopefully a no man's sky happens with this one

[@Tragically_Tony]

The worst thing No Man's Sky ever did was give people the hope that other unfinished games will get finished too :(

[@SamTheNewb]

"No Man's Sky"'s basic mechanics aren't all that improved over the original moving and shooting on foot is largely the same although they did add weapon variety and gave the boltcaster more character by making it a burst fire weapon. Space combat, well it works as it always had, but it is still as unengaging as ever. At least they added a few weapons that help make it go faster. It is just that there is a lot more stuff in the game that makes the basic mechanics merely minor obstacles in the inventory and base crafting game it has become. Oh I know, Biomutant could add structure building to the game and leverage ideas from the weapon crafting system to enhance and customize building upgrades. If action isn't up to snuff, then one can always add crafting and base building to make a game have something to do. Hell maybe any half baked open world game can be fixed by using resource collection for housing to justify exploring the world and doing stuff.

[@alenezi989a3]

Hopefully

[@danielduncan6806]

Not going to happen, as with every title people keep saying this about. No Man's Sky is the exception. The *_ONE_* exception. And there will not be any other exceptions. So stop hoping for something that just simply not going to happen, not to this game, not to any other game. Hell, enough of you hopeless twits start saying this more and the corporations will start using it to abuse you some more. "Hey, why don't we just tell them we are going to do what Hello Games did with No Man's Sky, we can string them along for a longer period of time if we do that." Hope makes you an easy target.

[@iamrathercool12121]

@@danielduncan6806 why are you so miserable mate? 😂

[@pavlotverdokhlib7627]

I'm hooked on this game. Love the exploration loop, the fun loot, how there's always areas that require me to get another upgrade equipment upgrade by doing some odd job for a weird-looking critter; the combat took a bit to get to grips with, but it's an RPG- as you level up and unlock more skills/combos, it becomes all about chaining combos and getting to trigger your "slo-mo-beatdown mode" to make combat look flashy; The art style is certainly its own thing- I call it "rabies in a plushie store". The "lush post-apoc" is cool setting, and the story.... well, it's standard wuxia tripe, complete with "your parents were killed when you were young when an evil kung-fu master/angry wolf-thing burned down the temple compound because "your mother's dark past was catching up with her". So now you've got a revenge story, on top of saving the world. I've been playing the game for 25 hours now, and short of finishing the initial tutorials and capturing the fist of many forts in the "tribe wars" subplot (your mother's disciples have formed their own tribes half of which believe they need to re-establish unity and fight the threats to the World Tree together, while the other half believes in survival of the fittest and are "the Dark path"), I've been ignoring all plot, just exploring the world, levelling up my character and doing quests to upgrade my gear and unlock new abilities. It's definitely a game that tries to cram too many systems in for its own good, but I still find it charming. The fact that it's discounted in Canada (only 60 CAD, so like 50 USD) certainly helps to perceive it as a AA game, which is what it is.

[@rw6247]

Be careful. It your loving the game your doing it wrong. Gamers need to stop expecting the damn wheel to get reinvented every fucking game. Let alone a studios first game.

[@umarthdc]

@@rw6247 yeah it's funny, but games that did invent a new wheel of sorts like Papers Please would have been heavily criticized if they wanted 60 usd for it.

[@dreamforger7166]

That’s okay, you can have fun and value out of it, even if it was worse objectively, and that is due to fun being subjective :) and maybe they release a second instalment with a lot of jank ironed out, like Red Solitice.

[@rw6247]

@@dreamforger7166 it's not worse objectivly at all. It's worse because of hiveminded gamers who expect perfection in everything the play. This is the pattern with video games. People let subjective reviews control their opinion on something.

[@Draekal]

It was obviously made with a lot of love, and I can see the charm. I have admittedly enjoyed it so far, although I am not that far in but I can see it getting stale. I agree with combat; the feedback you need just isn't there. I want to love this game also, and I hope that this gets a No Man's Sky level of update eventually. It feels like they didn't get any market research from actual gamers when they started alpha testing. Also ffs just have the creatures talk in gibberish with subtitles. I want the narrator to be quiet!!

[@antoniojosetorrente559]

Wish granted, the patch they released includes an option to shut him up.

[@Mernom]

That staff fighting looked painful, zero reaction from being hit.

[@suimeingwong2043]

I like the originality, I'm not Batman, I'm Batweasel With all the cuteness and horror that implies.

[@ELuciferC]

" I wouldn't want anything in this game to touch me" - Same. LOL

[@lukesdewhurst]

Have you experienced the enemy roping distance at which point the heal to full health and run back to their start location. Had this happen to me in a boss arena.... i was still inside the arena

[@josephdurham4950]

Lol can't belive how insulted I was when I saw the puzzles. Any game that does interviews with the devs before release and has lots of hype and marketing has floped hard IMO lately. This has me worried for Dying light 2. All the games I've waited years for are crap. Huge bummer.

[@phillystevesteak6982]

I think dying light will only be a minor improvement from the original. But theres no reason to think it will be worse. Dont expect a massive upgrade though. If your excited for more moderately more enjoyable DL, you'll be happy

[@furiousapplesack]

I'm worried about it too. Had to convince myself not to pre-order it. But as this Steve Steak of the Philly variety said above, I don't know why it would be *worse* than the original, which I still play to this day. If it's more of the same with slight improvements, I think I'd still be happy with it.

[@L8ugh1ngm8n1]

Correct me if I am wrong but DL2 hasn't had a load of hype and marketing. For the last year or so there has been very little coming from the Devs other than an apology for them not releasing any information about the game. The most recent announcement is about the largest amount of information we have had in quite a while.

[@raidermaxx2324]

just dont pre-order and you will be ok

[@quadling3521]

I really appreciate how quickly you have CC up, I’m usually not awake when you upload and I didn’t realise that you upload with them. That’s really awesome!

[@WebHead18]

My little rat ferret is beautiful, Steph, take it back.

[@Im.A1ex]

The game is charming in short bursts, nice to turn off my brain with while I listen to a podcast. But there is so much more it could have done. Like just capturing those little animals, I was under the impression at first that you were keeping them, maybe in that crib backpack. But they just kinda disappear into the ether when you get them.

[@TheD1995B]

I'll give Biomutant credit for at least attempting to standout from the rest in regards to its design and presentation. But it being about the same as a lot of other open world action-RPGs out there that have done what Biomutant attempting to do but better it's very disappointing to see/play.

[@NarfiRef]

When I watched someone play this on Twitch, a lot of people said it reminded them of Fable. After hearing reviews and remembering everything promised for that game and what was actually delivered, I’d say that sounds like an apt comparison.

[@inkpoison8395]

Im really enjoying Biomutant it turned out to be exactly what I expected

[@danielduncan6806]

Having low expectations is fun.

[@DarkSoulSama]

So, all the characters are Sonic OC's, but they're modeled after movie Sonic before the redesign?

[@hawkeyegough9090]

i was hoping for Mutant Year Zero with more mutation customization type stuff but nope

[@makani9004]

[I'm So Excited by The Pointer Sisters plays.] I dunno why I find CC so entertaining.

[@sszafein1388]

I dropped this game after 3 hours or so for pretty much the same reasons. It feels like half the game is sort of.... missing

[@zenithquasar9623]

Those rotation “puzzles” are hilarious!

[@sunyavadin]

I love how I can always figure out if I'll like a game from folks like JSS with diametrically opposed tastes in games to me. I've barely played anything else this week, so much fun. Love the narration, the combat could maybe do with a bit more diversity but it was never trying to be DMC. The world's just delightful. And they tackled the problem so many games with territory control mechanics have of outstaying their welcome, with the mechanic where as soon as you've experienced each type of takeover mission at least once, all the tribes surrender.

[@ShotGunner5609]

I just realized that steph spent most of the video fighting the cheshire cat.

[@Tabascofanatikerin]

Jim, I'd love to see you having a try on the piano

[@Atypical-Abbie]

I wonder what went wrong here. Is it because of scope from a new studio that simply weren't good enough for what they hoped to create? The pandemic may not have helped, it was already in production forever so who knows what happened there. It's sad, I was hoping it would be good.

[@jacks_arts001]

I dunno, I'm having fun with it, I think the loose handed rpg style of this game is charming.

[@1996Pinocchio]

Same, I've been playing for hours and hours.

[@torylva]

Man, I just want a Mutant: Heirs of the Apocalypse game/movie. The setting was pretty fucking amazing. Post-apocalyptic scandinavia re-entering industrialisation and early 19th century technology. Imagine Scandinavian landscape that meets Mad Max in napoleonic era tech and cultural appearance. Mix this in with sci-fi elements that are not out there, like Maser guns, early plasma weaponry, power armour, AI and robotics, and such. Story-wise it is like this Meteors fell from space and devastated civilisation. They brought with them a horrific virus that caused even more destruction. Civilisation on the brink of destruction, nuclear war occured. Humanity that survived fled into bio-bunkers, vast underground shelters the size of cities. Others fled on generation arcs to the stars. Those that stayed in the bunkers continued to wage war using robots, biological weapons, and techno-horrors. Finally humanity emerged when the bunkers no longer functioned, the computer systems dead for centuries perhaps and as there was no industry to support all the advanced stuff, they started re-inventing tech and rebuilding civilisation. Sadly the TTRPG only exists in Swedish, but Mutant: Year Zero is based in the same universe, but earlier.

[@ArrancarAngel52]

Love it Stephanie! Great review. I wanted to get this game but it definitely feels empty and lacking.

[@jessebrown1996]

"Your choices matter" oh god they went to the Telltale school of writing stories.

[@eddyspeddy]

It's an Ubisoft sized open world with nothing in it. I hate Ubisoft open world design, fetch quest shit, but this beats that in shittyness by having a big world without content at all xD Note, I would not complain if the game asked an appropriate price. It's a 20 dev team asking for a AAA price, yeh nah.

[@Tropcopter]

You can tell this game started development in the mid 2010s because it tries to cram every single gameplay mechanic and system that was popular between 2009-2015., and it turned out weirdly dated in every aspect because of it. It's more fascinating as a time capsule than an actual game lmao

[@Dreggy990]

Idk I like the game. Reminds me of older sand box games and having more fun with it than Valhalla and fenix rising. I do think you are underselling the combat once you learn to combine all the moves it’s actually a pretty fluid experience and deeper than you think. Story and choices aren’t done well but exploring and looting and crafting has made up for it in my opinion

[@jfmangano]

"You can't just pull balance out of your arse." It's true, folks. Try as I might -- I just can't do it.

[@InternetReviewerGuy]

I'm having a blast with this game, but my favorite game ever is Afrika for PS3 which got a 3.5 on IGN, so what do I know.

[@Nosh_Feratu]

'I like to think about the QUALITY of the time I spend in a game, not just the time itself' . . . I dont have a lot of time to spend on gaming anymore, being an old git, so that time is precious, and this sentence sums it up better than any other. This is why JSS is amazing, and why most games arent.

[@superbadisfunny]

So many games destroyed by making them open world for no real purpose.

[@jmackmcneill]

It's pretty clear the elevator pitch was "Borderlands meets Redwall", and if I hadn't seen reviews, that alone would have been enough for me. Shame.

[@thomr902]

3:26 Dark Souls is fairer than this moment

[@gamerinatrance3618]

What's kind of ironic is back when Jim Sterling made their Ubification video three years ago, they basically referenced Biomutant as an example of something more mentally stimulating and engrossing to play in comparison to cookie cutter Ubisoft games. Yet now that the game has come out it ironically feels so much like a bulk standard Ubisoft game barring a fairly unique premise and art style.

[@Vojou345]

Open world for the sake of open world. Amazingly the team took inspiration from Breath Of the WIld, yet seem to do the opposite of what made BOTW a success.

[@SirSqueakStir]

You guys do know there's an option to turn down the frequency and the amount at the narrator will talk as well as you can change your appearance later on if you find a pacific spot and it doesn't affect your stats. Gameranks did a video of things you should know within the game a few days ago. So far I like the game it's really fun The puzzles are okay they're not mind-blowing which I'm glad I really hate puzzles when I like that and the combat's fun. The story in the music is pretty good but the art style the environment is breathtaking at times as for the characters and hit and miss. That's why when I place her in games I like to look up a little bit of things just in case if I get lost or if I need something to progress through the story that I couldn't find until stumbling upon it or talking to an NPC. I'm okay if some of you guys don't like it or trying to make a joke about it but it's a good game it's not bad it's not horrendous trash like cyberpunk 2077 that was overhyped and it's not anything from EA or Activision.

[@DragonNexus]

I'm waiting to find out this game was headed by Peter Molyneux in secret as a way of testing if players would like his games if they didn't know he was involved. Because this all sounds very Fable-like

[@lbcyber]

It totally has a Molyneux vibe. Especially the annoying morality system and light/dark creature interactions

[@quadling3521]

The narration and the voices of the angel and devil were really really Molyneux-y as well.

[@Sasquach1312]

If anything I don't think he's involved just because the heavy handed story and binary moral choice system is almost too wishy-washy for him. The dark tribes would be grinding up children to create pollution to drown all living things and the light tribes would have you opening soup kitchens for orphaned kittens with your sidekick Jesus who is also a Labrador.

[@Iyasenu]

@@quadling3521 Makes me think of the Black & White series.

[@cutealiens]

I loved "the game is trying to convince itself MORE THAN ME that there is a morality system at play". I feel that.

[@nightcatarts]

This is a prime example of a game where mods could save the day. Maybe in a year or so they'll release a toolkit, because the framework of something great is there.

[@TheJakeL152]

i also got the vibe that this game's ambition far exceeded its budget when i was playing it. For the studios first project i think its alright and im hoping they can learn from the mistakes of biomutant because this has some good ideas in it.

[@BeechcroftDowding]

I had to put it down because of the weird fash shit. It looks cute and fuzzy and I went down the 'bad guy' path because it seemed so hilariously stupid and then I'm being given quests to BURN DOWN VILLAGES AND MURDER THE INNOCENT with no justification -- and being rewarded for doing so? Just felt really weird with the cutesy aesthetic to be committing literal war crimes and have the narrator tell me it would probably turn out to be a good thing because the ends justify the means.

[@Pseudowolf]

The game alternately feels like it’s in early access, with final touches to come or feels like the team was trying to make several different games at once. In the right circumstances or the right person, this game could be great but I don’t think most people are going to go for it.

[@mitch5923]

Appreciate the vid. I only heard of this game a couple weeks ago. Enjoying it on PC. Sorry you didn't have fun.

[@janpesek4862]

Thoughts in this impression video are 99% aligned with my own experiences. The game is junky, loot is chaotic, combat is floaty, unresponsive a,d lacks feedback. The world while nice looking is barren to a point where I just could not force myself to go to a side mission location that was over 1000 units away. Jim have a look at Necromunda: Hired Gun, please!

[@lbcyber]

I decided to give up on the game last night. It really is a shame because I was on the game's side. I wanted it to be good. I want more games to try to do what it's trying to do. And it just... Isn't good. It's a mishmash of half-realized ideas and what aren't necessarily game mechanics, but the idea of those game mechanics. The real red flag for me was the "explanation trailer" that came out before the release, where the speaker talks less about the game's merits and instead compares it to other games. "It's like this game." "You can do X like in this other popular game." It didn't seem like they were confident in the value of their final product.

[@SondreGrneng]

So, I was looking through Steam right, I see this. It looks kinda cool. Reviews are mixed, however. I read a few, still not sure. Then I realise, hey, this is exactly the kind of game Jim would talk about. Took you a grand total of 55 seconds to convince me I don't need to waste my money.

[@equious8413]

Whaaaaaaat. If you think the guns in this game are weak, you missed something. The Sparkatron is basically the only weapon anyone ever needs, regardless of build.

[@dango2917]

And that's a bad thing.

[@equious8413]

@@dango2917 I didn't by any means say it was the ONLY effective ranged weapon. JSS implied the guns in the game are weak or ineffective and that's just wrong. Play a deadeye and mod your shit properly. Everything melts.

[@lokoyoko4408]

This is exactly how I feel about this game. I'm still trying to finish it, but I'm not sure why.

[@captaincokecan]

I enjoy for what it is, it shouldnt have been a full price triple aaaaaaaaaaaaa price, as 20 people made it. I find it a fun lil game, if its on sale i'd recommend picking it up

[@Scott-fj9uf]

I really love biomutant. The patches really made it spectacular. I love the character design a lot and the gameplay is very fun. It’s a charming world. 😺

[@Metjammer]

I really looked forward to playing this shit. Those goddam empty hype trains are killing me...

[@1996Pinocchio]

I played Biomutant and I think it's a solid 8/10. Exploring is fun, the quests are cool. There are funny lines and names and sidequests for hours. I also like the anti-corporate narration. The narrator is annoying from time to time and there are some bugs, but other than that I like it a lot.

[@FrostiKing]

After watching the video and having been playing Biomutant, I got to say... the video is downright deceptive. I mean cute is subjective what Jim considers busywork is subjective. However Jim failed to mention that the developers are listening to fan feedback and alot of his criticisms are being worked on or already fixed, including a few passes at combat to make it feel more impactful, redoing the tutorial, shortening the dialogs so the game progresses faster and there is an option in the menu to turn the narrator and gibberish off if it is such a problem. Also having put quite a bit of time into Biomutant, Jim's never really touches on the crafting or customization, he mentions it, but he uses the Jagni staff, the boomerang, a two handed paddle you pull out of a locker, and the starting gun and the same psi power and bio-engineered power. There is none of the crafting system on display and the weapons he shows are generic stuff the game gives you. I'd argue your not having fun because your not taking the scrap the game gives you and making your own weapon, how about a sick gun that chains between enemies, a radioactive shotgun that shoots saw blades. I am not saying the game is perfect, but the developer is listening to the community and trying to repair the game and the patch we got last night fixed alot of the problems, not all of it of course. They are still working on it, with more to come, that has gone unsaid. If I was playing biomutant like Jim was and going psi-freak and using generic starting stuff..yeah I'd probably be having a bad time with combat too. The Morality system is laughable killing small wildlife isn't the crux of the system but a boost so you can do things like accessing evil psi-powers while playing good or vice versa so the game doesn't cut you off entirely from those if you want to play it good or evil. Also with Jim saying that he doesn't like how his character looks it is true that stats determine appearance. So go big on intellect you get a big head. Jim fails to mention or, didn't even know you can change your looks entirely in game, you can mutate yourself in pools like at the start of the game so you can look however you want without changing your stats, there is also a sidequest with a fur trimmer so you can change colors and fur style if your unhappy with your choices. Also not touched upon was vehicles and vehicle combat, like a massive customizable mech you use to survive the dead zones, a jetski with a grappling hook, a mount with a grappling hook to pull down walls, a massive hand that you can use in combat that shoots with a finger gun and can flick enemies away, a really cool blimp, a helicopter backpack, a suitcase you can use to fly for five seconds, and you fast travel by peeing on signs to remember where you have been. Jim hit level 10 in the video, which is barely a taste of what the game has to offer, what Jim did, is the equivalent of playing about an hours worth of World of Warcraft, and judging the game based on that. Without getting his hands on good weapons, ability, or really exploring alot. This video, is deceptive. Also say what you want about the price, I bought the game, I am having fun with it, I think the price is a little high for what it is, but thats between the developers and THQ, by the by the game was made by a small team of about twenty people in four years ish. Which is about the equivalent to no-mans-sky. The developer is also working on the game based on customer feedback and is already making sweeping changes to the major complaints. Though nothing to fix the teeth though.

[@brianlav1]

I think people who don't exploration in games, will not like this game.

[@FrostiKing]

@@brianlav1 I can agree with that, it is very explore heavy, and with you getting things to better explore the world around you. Also I really like the fact that the world is scaled to humans which your not so everything is much bigger than you are.

[@umarthdc]

I think i saw steph playing on stream and had about 50 hrs but don't quote me on that. Anyhow, the game has a lot of systems, maybe too many, and in a lot streams i have seen peolple not using them because the game gives too much info to remeber in the 1st hour And you can't expect reviewers to wait for fixes if a game is delivered incomplete, it's not an early access and too many games rely on patches as an excuse to deliver incomplete shit.

[@brianlav1]

@@FrostiKing I was worried at first that this game was mostly a brawler style game, with some rpg elements throwed in. I do not like games where the world is filled with enemies that I have to contently fight, because I mostly want to get back to the exploration.

[@FrostiKing]

@@umarthdc Not alot of systems, the game pushes alot on you which has been addressed by the developers, they are revamping the tutorial to make it more streamlined and using systems more organic, normally I just wait until I've looted enough stuff and see what needs upgrading. Also you can save outfits for combat quick changing. And no, I can't expect that, but I do expect transparency. Jim said there is crafting, but he obviously hadn't been using any of it in the video. Didn't mention the developers were taking criticism and feedback and forwarding the game or that there was an update yesterday that fixed alot of issues he brought up in the video. I mean if someone played world of warcraft for an hour-ish and said it sucked would you take their word on that?

[@wearsjorge55]

Since the first game play reveal I thought "this just needs a bit more variety in content"

[@huismands]

The director of this game made Drake and the 99 Dragons. Yeah...

[@KevRyanCG]

I was on the fence about getting this but I now realise that I'd probably have a podcast on in the background within an hour of playing it. Not a great sign

[@thealgerian3285]

Never cared for the game to begin with, so I don't understand what anyone's disappointed about. It looks exactly like the game it was always supposed to be.

[@quadling3521]

You don’t get it because people are disappointed about things that you can’t find out just by looking at game footage.

[@JediMB]

"I really want to like it, but I don't" is incidentally how I think about Sailor Moon. It's a shame.

[@GSHgunner]

This review was released at a bad time, as the patch just got released for it, which does make it genuinely more enjoyable.

[@Manyxe]

You review the game you paid for, not what it might some day be. EDIT: also, maybe actually watch the whole video before commenting, which you could not possibly have done, even at 2x speed.

[@GSHgunner]

@@Manyxe had no time for one, I just saw the post at work, two the reason I mentioned it is because not for Jim himself, but people who haven’t played the game yet, may look at this and think the game is still the same he mostly says, but the patch came out very recently, so it’s good to mention that so people know that are improvements being made, that’s all, but thanks for your comment, back to work I go :p

[@orsonriven]

I’m glad you made a video about if this is good or not, and about what games we should look at or run away from. Maybe next you can tell me if hired gun is worth my money and time?