I definitely do not recommend: Biomutant (Review)

[@SkillUp]

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[@JellieBelle]

Will do!

[@swissgamerzchannel2035]

you are fast. Goddamn... the game isn't even out.

[@sugreev2001]

@@swissgamerzchannel2035 He's a reviewer, they get copies early in time for release. Nothing new.

[@trblemayker5157]

I find it funny you recommended Watchdogs Legion aka an "Open World Immersive Sim" over this. I'm wishlisting this sucker lol

[@Hickeroar]

I think saying this is "pre alpha" is a bit "incorrect." This definitely feels like late alpha or early beta, but pre alphas are more proof of concept than anything. Think...star citizen. This, while it has a lot of sucky things, is definitely beyond that. This is a game in need of 6 months of polish. If they had taken several months and polished the sound, the combat, the quests, the emptiness of the world, etc, it could have changed everything.

[@turtlemop8712]

I’m burnt out on “a mile wide, an inch deep” games. The art style of this game is fantastic, if they had shot for a smaller but deeper game they could have really made something special here :(

[@simonphoenix3789]

Turtle Mop seriously I am so sick of how many games keep copying this sort of design.

[@turtlemop8712]

@@simonphoenix3789 yeah I’m starting to realize that I’d much rather spend my money on even just a few hours of deep, interesting gameplay rather than 100 hours of bland, stretched thin gameplay

[@bismarckus5745]

Shit man... You're right I'm sick of it. Cyberpunk didn't deliver and NOW THIS? I knew not to get hyped but Damm didn't know it'd be this bad...best open world that feels like shit is always happening is RDR2 still. I have yet to see it outdone it just unscripted encounters. MUCH appreciate the honesty every video hasn't addressed negatives. Which made me nervous.

[@italianspiderman5012]

They just tried to make a AAA game with nowhere near enough resources and manpower. Open world rpg with all the systems you'd expect made by 20 people? Not going to happen. And u agree,sometimes less is more.

[@harrincourt95]

May I recommend the Yakuza series? (if you haven't yet heard about it). They have very small and tightly packed open worlds (often just a city district), filled with crazy side activities, that often have narratives tied to them. Not to mention that the main story is one of the most unique and fascinating crime-dramas in gaming. If you find this interesting, I recommend you look-up Yakuza 0.

[@-Cesh-]

It feels like a group of great artists and animators got together to make a game but didn't hire a writer, composer, or level designer to finish the team. These developers need to flesh out their team and I think they can make something good. The art here was amazing.

[@sbilly17]

Exactly, I just looked at the credits and there are only like 3 people handling game play and game design, while there are 9 full time artists + a lot of out sources artists. Basically too many artists producing assets, but not enough people integrating it properly into the game. Would explain all the emptiness in world where artists would just import the assets into the engine, but no interactable.

[@RaymondWhiting]

The music is fantastic tho..

[@joelfilho2625]

And a sound designer, I guess.

[@FakeGyllenhaal]

Great animators you say? Okay

[@rolfs2165]

@@RaymondWhiting I don't know, the bits where SkillUp plays the actual game sounds are just "generic open world background music".

[@erikhendrickson59]

Reading this review's title broke my heart this morning. These smaller dev studios need to stop trying to make massive, open-world games. This game likely would've been far better if it was a focused, traditionally-designed experience.

[@wiebrendelhaye]

Valheim is a massive open world game and made by a small team. The game is probably the best game I ever played

[@dillonduke1662]

Lol dude this game is 12 to 15 hours long for most people. Shorter than uncharted.

[@chienmaiang1845]

@@wiebrendelhaye valheim is surival base building type of game. Its "open world" is different kind from biomutant "open world" type of game.

[@hyenascreech2183]

Since when the flying fuck is THQ a small team. The dude is wrong from the start.

[@sunriseparrabellum5505]

a smaller, more combat focused, furry breath of the wild sounds good to me

[@bakuhakudraws5603]

I haven't played this yet, but based on the footage and reviews and gameplay I've observed, I feel like the studio for this has a ton of potential, just not enough experience yet to realize it. As sub-par as this game looks to me, I really hope it makes enough money to fund their next project, because I really think the devs have something great in them, they may just need another try and a little better focus to make it happen.

[@asundelgun3487]

Well hoping they make money won't do anything for them. Buy the game and support then if that's what you want

[@FineIChangedItYoutubeDontBeMad]

@@asundelgun3487 I’m not going to buy a game that I won’t play though that makes no sense

[@feircy]

People are too obsessed with big open maps. Smaller, tightly designed and dense areas can be way more fun to explore, without the minutes straight of aimless running

[@reefermon7048]

The way they did Spider-Man Miles Morales was perfect I wish it was a longer game that’s it . This open world stuff has gotten out of hand .

[@wrestlar3246]

Subnautica proved this

[@brandonputnam1687]

I agree people don't realize big open world maps have to be filled with meaningful content or at least most developers don't. For every RDR2 and Witcher 3 there are a dozen ubisoft style cookie cutter games obsessed with just being as big as possible for no reason.

[@mangshu21]

and your opinion is subjective.

[@kitthehacker]

I'm waiting on a revival of smaller, self contained but open ended levels like in games like Ratchet and Clank or Deus Ex

[@Plasmacat1]

Bro, this is sad. I was so hyped. Edit- the comments below are as bad as the game. Most reviewers I trust and gameplay I seen make the game look terrible (my money is better spent on other things that have quality).

[@driitzshepard2234]

@very emergency Don't be a schill. The game is not good you need to get over it.

[@ryulanda9399]

@@driitzshepard2234 Just like all the shill KZbinrs recommend Cyberpunk right

[@hrdk4038]

Its not a crime to form your own personal opinion on a game, play the game for yourself.

[@rehman2607]

@@ryulanda9399 its almost like other people have different opinions about the game.

[@jaymondo]

Already bought it, gonna support these devs.

[@aljaztajhman5672]

For me I don't really care if 1000 people make the game or 1 single person. The game has a triple-A price, so yes I will compare it to other triple-A titles.

[@nikelombambo]

That's a really good point you make. I didn't think about that (Triple A price, Triple A expectation). I'll definitely be looking at things different from now on. Thank you.

[@blackskulldud57]

@@nikelombambo get ready for a life a disappointment

[@Viper3220]

Exactly

[@geebeepman]

is it $60? it only costs around $30 full price where I'm from.

[@aljaztajhman5672]

@@geebeepman I'm from EU and on Steam it's 59,99€, which is more then $60 xD

[@jaredtolbert3133]

The studio seems very receptive to the feedback they're getting and want to improve the game I'm withholding my judgement for a few updates hoping things get better.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

Game devs who take the good, valid criticism and improve their product with it are kinda some of my heroes. Hello Games rose from the ashes of a truly disastrous release, as have some others; I too am open to the possibility.

[@emarskineel]

@@liesdamnlies3372 I doubt this game raked in a 10th of the cash no man’s sky did. Kinda hard remaking the game for free when you got bills to pay

[@BlackLizardPlanet]

@@liesdamnlies3372 Some minor feedback is reasonable... But this is their job, not ours, and they shouldn't need us to tell them how to do it. For me, their "hero" status ends when they charge me money for something rubbish and then expect me to wait around possibly years while they fix it (which might never even happen). If they really need the advice and feedback, there are consultants and other experienced people working in the industry they could hire to help improve it before they sell it, rather than listening to the complaints of the unhappy, unqualified, general public after release.

[@nobody13o7]

I doubt they can fix the repetive nature of the game in dialog, quests and so on. Just minor things like the pointless narrator can be fixed outright by removing.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

@@BlackLizardPlanet Don't see where anyone called anyone a hero, but okay then...

[@filurenerik1643]

Title made me sad instantly. This game looked so good, but I almost knew this was going to be the case...

[@kyotheman69]

again graphics don't matter if game play, mechanics, general pacing is bad

[@tamago9026]

​@@kyotheman69 they probably didn't mean it *looked* good in the literal sense of looking, but the figurative one. I also thought it *looked* decently compelling mechanically, in its tone and as an open world etc. But yes, your point is perfectly valid.

[@RamenxXxNoodles]

Remember to never let someone else's opinion decide if you like something or not.

[@sammicah3519]

@@kyotheman69 1

[@dacco9414]

You should form your own opinion and experience before trusting every work of someome else. This title triggered me, but i for one, doesn't care about others opinion until i've experienced it for myself. You should do that aswell. :)

[@Slanderbot]

While I was getting my animation and game design degrees, one of the most prominent things the head of department repeatedly drilled into his students was, "Make an incredible short experience, not a long mediocre one." It was one of the most impactful things I learned from him, and it applies to all treks of life. So many people do not know how to manage their resources and the scope of what they can produce to a high level end product. Of course we all want more, bigger, better, but we rarely have the resources to achieve all of it.

[@sparda9060]

The thing about game design is that when we do get a game that is long and is full of great experiences, it usually have the entire teams contribution in the creativity to populate the game world with enough cool and exciting experiences. Creativity can't just only be consolidated to a few people like art designer, game director, head of game design or mechanics. The whole team could come up or just randomly have creative things to add to the game spontaneously, if they are able to add it into the game. Honestly you can't expect 1 person like the game director to come up with a lot things to fill into the expansive world of a game that is 20+ hours long, they run into a dry spell on ideas. So having the whole team brainstorm to compile things to add helps. The way publishers are cracking the whips on the dev teams today, that really can't be allowed due to publisher's strict time constraints and scheduling.

[@BioMatic2]

a lot of game dissaster seem to occur because of getting stuck into devoleping an ambitious idea without a proper direction to it.

[@RedMisfit]

I’ve been playing this game nonstop for days. It’s way beyond mediocre. I think Skill Up is a cool guy but I wouldn’t lean heavily on his opinion. I think the game is fantastic in more ways than one. The story is solid while making the entire world feel like one enthralling and magnetic seamless open world. There are so many places to discover and cool events to stumble upon. I’m actually very impressed a small team created this huge ambitious open world RPG with a lot of quest diversity and replay value. I strongly encourage this game to anyone who wants something fresh and different :)

[@atomsmasher703]

I actually highly prefer long mediocre games (which is why I love Ubisoft, soulsborne games and jrpgs). I don't care how bloody amazing a game is, if it takes less than 30 hours to complete, I'm not paying 30 - 60 bucks for it (I will also not buy these on sale either, might buy them once their price actually drops down a lot).

[@drazzc4226]

@@atomsmasher703 I agree with you so much. I only buy a game if I can get the amount of hours as money I put into it. Also I love open world games because I love taking my time going around exploring every nook and cranny to make sure I got everything and 100% the game.

[@jish-jash]

Not the review my heart wanted, but wallet needed

[@nday5356]

Don’t waste ur money bro i just bought it 1hr in and I regret spending the $60

[@glocktupusva371]

@@nday5356 i just refunded it lmao I like the fighting but it just feels repetitive and boring

[@nelzelpher2088]

@@nday5356 Naw man, you have to wait until the end game.

[@RyanBurnsRed]

@@glocktupusva371 probably bought it on console

[@greenecarlos93]

Don't let his opinion stop u from trying it 😭😭😭😭 skill up is not god

[@Games4Kickz]

My PC version on Steam worked fine for the 1st 4 hours but now the game keeps crashing every 5 minutes with UE4 D3D errors even if I just stay on the main menu.

[@sixthsky5376]

I had issues where my gun wouldn’t fire after creating one. You have to reload then switch to another gun and switch back. I was playing on EA’s launcher.

[@zantos4853]

Didn't have any issues. Playing for 30+ hours.

[@kelvinjanssen7889]

Idk what kind of anticheat/pirate security biomutant had, but it might be that. I had exactly your problem with other games. Now I stopped buying them and just pirate most games again like old Times. Sure I feel bad about not paying on one hand, but on the other hand they need to make the game work correctly. Those damn anticheat/antipirate programs like Lenovo are the actual problem in most current games. Pirating them removes this problem. Its Just weird anti pirating methods actually make me a pirate lol.

[@mayukhchaterji3222]

I haven't encountered any issues. Playing for 10+ hours.

[@erik-sr9bj]

@@kelvinjanssen7889 If the game is from a big publisher I ALWAYS pirate. No way that I throw money at EA or sum

[@demondton96]

"this game is actually much closer to a Ubisoft game" Thank you for saving me from buyer's regret

[@muzamilnabinadroo]

What about me who pre-ordered the game and am yet to play. I have started to get the Cyberpunk 2077 vibes even before the starting the game. Money lost 😭😭😭

[@demondton96]

Let this be a lesson to stop pre-ordering games and wait for reviews

[@muzamilnabinadroo]

@@demondton96 u r making me more emotional bro 😭😭😭. Still ur advice is much appreciated. Lol.

[@JayFFAFAlesanaES]

Oh god. I just said to myself "as long as it's not another ubisoft type game". Even spider-man ps4 bored the pants off me when I got over the web slinging fun and realised all the side quests were boring and that was Insomniac.

[@DanKaschel]

@@muzamilnabinadroo Literally every reviewer screams at you not to pre-order. It’s a meme how shitty of an idea pre-ordering is. If you want to waste your money go for it, but don’t expect sympathy.

[@benklein8802]

Rip the dream.

[@petahoee8281]

Fr

[@Kneeco69]

I was looking forward to this... Big sad...

[@schemar17]

You guys should still play it

[@Kneeco69]

@@schemar17 I'm gonna look at other reviews to see what others think before fully deciding whether it's worth it or not.

[@i-10haula88]

@@Kneeco69 I haven't seen any reviews over a 6 so far

[@thomashewitt8104]

This title broke my heart, but I thank you for your service

[@ThBlueSalamander]

same...

[@theledarcc]

Yeah, but he recommended Cyberpunk 2077 and lied to his fans.

[@Nirocto]

@@theledarcc I still like cyberpunk

[@spendsshanks6050]

@@Nirocto It’s still a shit game

[@dovahkiin8559]

@@spendsshanks6050 Not really Great Story,Great Oprnworld,Greag Quests

[@proxy5331]

This is only one example of why the bump to $70 for standard editions is just a money grab.

[@nathanthom8176]

The new prices are slightly ahead of inflation. Since the last price increase. Stop expecting games to stay the same price forever.

[@cadenflynn1587]

Lots of consoomers trying to justify their poor financial decisions here.

[@bjcantrell1990]

No kidding. If THIS is the quality we can expect, then fuck that noise.

[@why.should_i]

@Trophy Gamer how are you not embarassed LOOOOOl

[@flameblazerofdeath13]

Game was $50 at launch lmao

[@budthecyborg4575]

Yeah, it sounds like a lot of game developers conflate "time sink" with "challenge", and expect players to feel accomplishment just by sinking time into an activity. To be fair, that does happen "sometimes", but for a game to consistently rely on that principle demonstrates a lack of imagination.

[@thedudeabides3138]

Well observed, and nicely put.

[@yoshighomi]

Well spoken. I couldn't agree more.

[@thrace_bot1012]

This is why you shouldn't take developers like FromSoftware for granted, it takes an incredible amount of skill and craftsmanship to design something quite as challenging and exhilarating.

[@LASAGNA_LARRY]

I think developers try to replicate the size of famous open worlds, such as those in Rockstar games, but they fail to add any depth or nuance to them. Over the years, I used to dislike Rockstar. I thought their game design was linear and old-fashioned. But looking back three years after RDR2... I've been taking Rockstar for granted. They just make high-quality, well-polished games with amazing open worlds, which is honestly rare nowadays. Their worlds are beautiful, full of life, have interesting random events, memorable characters, solid gameplay, even great music and sound design. It's no wonder they take almost a decade in between game releases. The only open world game that has come close in quality is Ghost of Tsushima, but as Skill Up said, GoT was more of a super refined Ubisoft game (still very good). It is hard to make an amazing open world that is as large and in-depth as those Rockstar has made historically. And I think many game companies only aim for scale/size in order to show off in trailers.

[@yoshighomi]

@@LASAGNA_LARRY I agree... Rockstar games are so well done because they take the time to polish. CDP Red mentioned "Will launch when it's ready" Rockstar shows this quote without mentioning a word. I think we should stop taking developer words and look at what actions were taken prior and post. We establish trust afterwards when everyone gets their hands on the title thats been anticipated. Hype is a rare dish and should not be used lightly as the dissapointment can be catastrophic.

[@Niemandliebt]

Damn, really upset to see this didn't deliver.

[@kyotheman69]

my issue with the game is narrator, wish it just shut up and let you do your thing, if i pick bad choice that's my problem

[@junglejuice7176]

@@kyotheman69 you can turn him off

[@nicknevco215]

same feels that was a real hit for something I was looking towards

[@EX-Flashkick]

Only non fighting game Ive been looking forward to in years

[@sabreeemneely]

Wow people were really excited for this game is shocking to me based off what I was seeing from this game.

[@mrbuIIets]

Tempering my expectations is really paying off these days.

[@OugaBoogaShockwave]

same with giving up on stocks for a new gpu

[@VonDarko]

Are you surprised? It's been the wave for almost a decade.

[@JohnJohn-pm9wq]

No no no, you guys are getting thid wrong. Most people don't get it, the dialogue system itself indicates the fact that biomutant is not trying to be serious, rather aimed at younger audiences and definitely trying to be cute and hilarious. It's an open world fantasy RPG that is meant to make you sit back and breeze through the world without giving you a hard time. The puns and aster eggs and everything in it indicates thr fact that this is not trying to be a Dark souls game

[@kennethjallington]

Skillup- “It is like a Ubisoft game.” Me- “ well that’s disappointing.”

[@Vitaliuz]

Also Skill Up: "Get Surfshark VPN!"

[@akumafang]

Its not ive been playing

[@foxman105]

Egh... When I saw the trailers and gameplay trailers I was quite convinced it WAS a ubisoft game without double checking it. Now that he mentions that it's made by somebody different I was like: wait what?

[@aTalkingKoala8294]

I'm a big fan of FarCry, yet I can't stand Assassin's Creed. So comparing anything to Ubisoft gives me the big brain hurt

[@Andeijogando]

To me it's almost a non-statement. Do you know what game has a huge map and Ubisoft-style towers to reveal points of interest in the map? Breath of the Wild.

[@Mrwhosetheboss]

Got 2 Biomutant Ads while watching this 😅 Great video!

[@zenoxgaming3316]

Didn’t expect to see you here bro 😂

[@offline023]

Hi phone guy

[@Mo-xm8ci]

My man! Glad seeing you are a man of culture. (Seriously this is like seeing a celebrity in a restaurant lol) love your work

[@MyWizardboy]

What up ma duuude

[@sobaldman8375]

give me money

[@icekold69]

So from what I gather, this team can make a beautiful world and runs well on PC but lacks in a lot of other areas. They need to be hired for what they are good at and have other teams do the rest.

[@JustAGuy85]

I didn't gather that. The game looks terrible. It barely uses 3GB VRAM. It performs absolutely and disgustingly terrible. So, the game size is small, the textures are tiny... yet the performance and visuals are bad, blurry and plain. Doesn't even use more than 15% of my Ryzen 3600 lol. Don't confuse "bright colors" with good graphics.

[@DrRippenShitten]

@@JustAGuy85 same CPU and my usage is perfectly fine.... Are you sure you're looking after your hardware properly?

[@icekold69]

@@JustAGuy85 that's not what was said in the video, and that's how I got my conclusion. Sorry for you though

[@eliisaac]

@@JustAGuy85 Same CPU and the game runs flawlessly, like easy 60FPS an 2k with everything maxed. Your system has issues if it cant play this game properly. Also if you think this game looks bad graphically then you have some pretty unrealistic expectations.

[@Kyezie131]

@@JustAGuy85 Wtf are you talking about lmao

[@FPSvolter]

This is the most heartbreaking title

[@maineman5757]

I realize I was really loving the art style. Actually playing though the game doesn't sound that fun.

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

Cyberpunk 2077 stands up, takes off cowl, sheds a tear ❗

[@DV-ou1yu]

@@SoUtHMeMpHis At least Cyberpunk had fun gameplay and story

[@controversialgaming1364]

@@DV-ou1yu no mediocre at best . Also Skill up taste is really weird .

[@DV-ou1yu]

@@controversialgaming1364 Mediocre? Idk. I don't think it falls into the same category as Shadow of War, Quantum Realm, Maneater, etc. But it didn't blow anyone away except for the first person perspective use of story telling which wasnt unique to it. Trust me, I think Cyberpunk was overhyped trash, but a solid game outside of the horrible skill tree, terrible open world, awful nonstory side missions, useless dialogue choices, etc. Hmmmmm, maybe it is mediocre....lol

[@franciskaranja3786]

NOOOOOOOOO, WE WERE SO HYPED YO SKILL UP WHY ARE YOU DOING YOUR JOB PROPERLY MATE

[@kpjlflsknflksnflknsa]

Doing his job properly? This guy endorsed Cyberpunk because the devs told him to.

[@ArtGuides]

@@kpjlflsknflksnflknsa In what way did he? I didnt see the vid but i saw his review on Metacritic, a 7 out of 10, which was my score for the game if you ignore bugs. I highly dislike CDPR, almost always have since all their games released in a fucking horrible state, but like i said, ignoring bugs, Cyberpunk wasnt all that bad, still nowhere near anything what was promised sadly

[@daLukasMain]

@@kpjlflsknflksnflknsa shut up and stop spreading BS

[@BeTaTrEv217]

Lmao

[@adas3497]

lmao

[@wallystowell534]

Honestly... we have been disappointed so many times in recent years, “I’m like yay I save some money.”

[@csafko1]

Wow this was my exact thought lol! This is definitely not a good time to release a mediocre game. I think a lot of people have this mindset.

[@alanalb1449]

Like I haven't been happy with a game for at least 3 years, Cyberpunk nearly forced me to give up in gaming, and the PS games obviously are only for consoles and I am a PC gamer only. I hope sony will end bringing Ghost of Tsushima to PC. Any game recommendations?

[@isiyami]

Yay I have some money 🙃

[@arisen456]

@@alanalb1449 2018 was one of the best years for me

[@Cheerfuljochan]

@@alanalb1449 Depends, what are you looking for? I can say that if you want more passionate project with some interesting game design going for it I would look at Indie. Valheim for example even for an early access is faaaaaaaaaar more complete than any third party triple A release in a long while. I can also recommend Risk of Rain 2.

[@AidenR19]

The audio sounds like when you are watching a movie with the earphone partially plugged into the jack.

[@DenienN]

you nailed it

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

of the game or this review?

[@skydiamsteam6005]

@@yourehereforthatarentyou The game obvs

[@sumireravenclaw8034]

Probably PC because I haven't had any audio sounds mess up on ps4.

[@JohnJohn-pm9wq]

No no no, you guys are getting thid wrong. Most people don't get it, the dialogue system itself indicates the fact that biomutant is not trying to be serious, rather aimed at younger audiences and definitely trying to be cute and hilarious. It's an open world fantasy RPG that is meant to make you sit back and breeze through the world without giving you a hard time. The puns and aster eggs and everything in it indicates thr fact that this is not trying to be a Dark souls game

[@rassilver3947]

I'm 53 hours in and I absolutely love this game and still enjoying every minute of it. I guess it's not for everyone.

[@diligencehumility6971]

Im about 20 hours in and having a blast. It does come repetitive, but Assassins Creed does as well, as any Ubisoft game does. This game is not much worse than the average Ubisoft game.

[@SatanicBeast]

Agreed

[@mantigo4840]

Ye I guess

[@demo6tro777]

Same I am about 85 plus hours in and love it. I didn’t have any crashes or anything

[@mantigo4840]

@@demo6tro777 Same, the day before I got it I kept hearing that the melee combat was supposedly really janky and unresponsive, but it's worked really well for me.

[@adamfinlay169]

Sound is super important and when it's off it absolutely hurts your brain.

[@geoffdb8118]

There should be a digital foundry style channel that does deep dives on sound design in games .. I love good sound

[@adamfinlay169]

@@geoffdb8118 Couldn't agree more

[@evilbeardedman]

Yup, I feel like not enough people understand this.

[@DoktrDub]

@@geoffdb8118 good sound design can make a good game legendary

[@prototype8137]

Bad reviews also have the same effect.

[@ridwanurrahman1967]

Such a beautiful world, sad to see this failed to deliver on the content.

[@daemonllama78]

So uh, anyone else get that 59 second Biomutant mid-roll ad while watching this?

[@ianvance1647]

Yep, right when Ralph was hammering the game's sound design.

[@gavinmartin4113]

Twice!

[@joeychill4364]

Yessir.

[@wiebrendelhaye]

Twice wtf

[@dova3050]

yep

[@shaunkhing]

The big thing about the Arkham games for me was the synergy between all the elements when it came to combat. The camera, sound, visual ques all combine and work together to enable you to make some really good tactical choices that make you feel like batman, are challenging to pull off but aren't so compressed that it's confusing. It's a really great balance in giving the player the tools and hints to be great but also giving them a hard challenge. This game looks like it does neither.

[@mix1ro]

The catapult scene looked and sounded like it was made in Microsoft paint

[@LegendRonk]

Lmao that was bad

[@ThePokestopPapi]

🤣🤣🤣

[@erickschusterdeoliveira2662]

woah, that’s a title I didn’t expect.

[@OffshoreITguy]

69 likes....nobody touch it.

[@BigMac87963]

@@OffshoreITguy 18 people didn’t listen to you

[@splashydiamond]

169 likes

[@Mephitinae]

"Every hour became more difficult than the last, as I desperately searched for a reason to keep going" Just like me whenever I try to get into an MMO

[@uncooked_ham]

Just like me in real life.

[@DeMerdeEncule]

@@uncooked_ham Ouch, I felt that.

[@shadowweaver1599]

Wow is the only mmo I have ever been able to actually stick with and I have tried most and most didn’t stay around for more then a year

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

MMO's are god's way of telling you you have no friends lmao one of our mates used to play MMO for years then we became friends in our 30s & we hang out,play & he doesn't play MMOs anymore direct correlation.

[@circleofsorrow4583]

I like to think that one day technology will allow for MMO experiences that aren't cookie cutter on rails rythm games. I wanted the next Fallout game after FO4 to be co-op. Did you see the steaming turd Bethesda served up? Ridiculous.

[@IsolatedPCGamer]

when the dev said its like breathe of the wild i was like uh ooh he's doing a hello games

[@neoandroid8586]

Oh...you went there 🤣😂

[@jamesb7205]

I haven't played it, but botw always looked kinda empty. Which is exactly what biomutant is. It doesn't work on a bigger map and more powerful consoles

[@simulify8726]

@@jamesb7205 Agreed, tried playing BOTW 2 times but if felt empty

[@ruxis2563]

@@jamesb7205 It's everything else that BotW does right that makes it such a good game, paired with how nice its open world is. Some parts are empty of course, as many open world games tend to be but everything else about the game distracted me from it. I'm not biased from it either as it was my first Zelda game and the only open world games I played before it really was Far Cry 3 and Skyrim, the former of which I didn't even complete. Not to mention the gameplay elements that are littered throughout the world so you're never just running around endlessly. There's always a new area, new shrine, new secrets and new puzzles scattered everywhere but you also don't need to explore any of it if you don't want to. Can beat the game by just going straight to Ganon if you want.

[@DezorianGuy]

Do you mean Halo?

[@haruruben]

the premise is cool, I like “post-human” stories

[@UnknownPerson-cq3qv]

Yeah, this game needed some more level designers. I think they blasted it in the art area though. But that dont matter when the game is just meh. We really do need some more advanced sci fi concepts thoigh

[@haruruben]

@@V3tu5 I will buy it once it goes on sale for sure, if it was like $25 I’d buy it. I saw it for $50 or $60 and I was like... *nope*

[@nietzscheente1271]

Splatoon for example.

[@adittya9002]

@@V3tu5Wow😂😂😂

[@807D14M0ND5]

@@V3tu5 It's a review?

[@consensus889]

This seems like a that has been through many iterations that weren't fully develop so it just became a frankensteined mix of half baked gameplay mechanics and world design

[@klarnorbert]

Like Cyberpunk 2077, but that game was developed by a much bigger studio.

[@jesseomollo9405]

@@klarnorbert but at least cyberpunk is a much more interesting game.

[@klarnorbert]

@@jesseomollo9405 It's the same: a half baked game.

[@MonsieurAuContraire]

It gives me that Hello Games + Sony vibe where they started with a smaller project and THQ/Sony came along and were like "yo, you could make this bigger so we can push it harder!"

[@NYC_Goody]

@@jesseomollo9405 lmao

[@danieldevito6380]

"This game is actually closer to a Ubisoft Game".... Thank you, that's all I needed to hear.

[@DjLuCKyCHaRM]

World is super emtpy I AM shocked! Game runs so bad on standard PS4. When I change my armor to change the visual appereance of my character my holster was floating a few inches away from where it should be. Cutscenes start out of the blue no transistions at all. Emptier than Ubisoft

[@Larzenegger]

That's too bad, because ruling out all Ubisoft games would mean missing out on Fenyx rising. But don't take my word for it, watch Skill Up's review.

[@shawklan27]

Gravity rush 1 and 2 it is then!

[@josuesosa1157]

I’ll pass this guy hyped up returnal only for me to lose all my progress on rest what a shit show

[@damn6039]

@@rekktt7952 he means that's all he needed to hear to avoid this garbage

[@cronoz-sensei4259]

In all honesty this game just feels very empty, but that means that for someone like me who adores modding it makes me wanna just go in there and fill all those empty spots on the map with npcs, strongholds or what have you. So even though this game might lack in that, I think with some tinkering on the side of either the devs or the community this game could become really fun to explore.

[@MinqApoc]

They don't plan on supporting modding tho.

[@marcoswillianl]

@@MinqApoc Hahahahahahahahaha

[@geojimz]

You lost me at “Ubisoft style open world.” Nah hard pass. AC Odyssey broke me when it came to Ubisoft style games.

[@thetwilz9792]

Ubisoft open world games are almost the same

[@sanfransiscon]

Odyssey's level scaling and system really detracts from the open world formula that I usually like from Ubisoft. Every now and then I'll just go back and recomplete Black Flag for the hell of it.

[@batmanick2490]

@@sanfransiscon black flags open world design is done superbly well

[@WiiFan20XX]

Immortal is pretty good. But thats about it

[@The.Nasty.]

Yeah AC Odyssey broke me too man.... I got like 10 hours deep and finally just uninstalled it. Fighting the same enemies in identical looking places again and again and again and again just isn’t for me.

[@chewyrocks]

This video made me realize how I underestimated the impact of sound design and how I took it for granted.

[@ShadowVipers]

The best sound design is the one you don't notice, because it just feels right.

[@jacobvriesema6633]

@@ShadowVipers well said. I remember seeing an interview with a sound designer and basically said the same thing: the best sound design is the one that makes the game feel great, but not one that pulls you out of it.

[@ShadowVipers]

@@jacobvriesema6633 I heard it when I went to Montreal International Games Summit (A convention for Game Devs)

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

Having to turn down the volume so guests can sleep gave me different things to appreciate about sound

[@ruxis2563]

Actually one thing BotW gets down to a T ironically enough considering some people consider its OST to be lacking. I highly recommend checking out Scruffy's video on invisible sound design in BotW. Puts a lot of things into perspective imo and is also just an incredible video.

[@OrdinaryJo3]

That’s really a bummer, it looked interesting in the previews.

[@sabreeemneely]

Wow not to me. Sorry it's bumming you out.

[@omensoffate]

That’s the point of previews. To make shit look interesting

[@sleepylad9829]

@@omensoffate marketing babyyyyyy

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

So far it looks fine to me, it's not breath of the wild quality so it s*** is what I'm hearing from this review.

[@sabreeemneely]

@@BigFootTheRealOne You hear what you want to hear I guess.

[@Thechimpanzeeanimator]

I feel like new studios start out too big. First game has to be a win to make money, to attract crowd, and investors i think. Having a simple, yet fun idea for a game is fine too. Build a name for yourself by starting small, and expand the team to take more ambitious projects further on. I think thats the way to do it. Thats at least how i would do it.

[@recklessness7758]

I don’t trust reviewers with European accents anymore.

[@long6048]

He’s Australian tho

[@recklessness7758]

@@long6048 that’s the joke ...

[@d.zolboo591zombus2]

@@long6048 whoosh/

[@kingt0295]

@@long6048 same shit

[@J29-u8u]

@@kingt0295 No, no it isn't. Australia is as un-European as imaginable. Where did you go to school?

[@1.21gigawatts2]

Makes me sad. This game truly looked like a unique and refreshing experience.

[@emalinedickinson7492]

Yeh, wishlisted it on Steam a week ago because I thought "Hey, that looks new", but it's just the Skyrim problem over and over. Vast as the ocean, shallow as a puddle.

[@HATTORI82]

It might still be for you.

[@bryfryte3803]

It is, I'm playing it right now and it's amazing

[@timeattack3000]

Really you can’t go off someone else’s a opinion out have to check it out on your own to see

[@whatisbestinlife8112]

It is far better than Skill Up sees it. Some of his criticisms are just far off the mark (some are apt if not presented a bit hyperbolic), or flat out contradicted by my own experience. It's got a lot of charm and personality and originality to it. Far from perfect and with its share of flaws. But so far I'm enjoying it a great deal. I'm kind of shocked by how badly he reviewed it.

[@MrCipasa]

its feels like seeing the smartest dude in your class work at mcdonalds after ten years....

[@ebubeugochukwu846]

Wow that bad

[@notimportant8643]

Damn dude, that a pretty apt description to describe my dissapointment

[@clumsybanana6524]

Damn that's is just harsh. But also sad

[@TheTokki_686]

I remember when McDonald's used to be good

[@goofytuna6077]

plot twist hes actually the CEO

[@Rubbish_]

The developers are really talented and I hope that their next game is more sophisticated

[@Evanz111]

I can actually see the game in this review, unlike in IGN’s 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@narcspector]

Yeah wtf was that about?? It was PITCH BLACK I thought my TV was fucked up lol

[@solidsnail6921]

Hahahah thought I was the only one I had my brightness on 100 still couldn’t see shit

[@iothomas]

Yeah same in layman, was talking head video. This review was the real deal though

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

IGN people are actually nocturnal alien race.

[@jesperburns]

Who even still watches IGN?

[@iamnizorro9781]

Damn, that catapult swing was anticlimactic af... xD

[@ThePokestopPapi]

Just like the entirety of this game

[@RariettyC]

Same with the water monster thing leaping out of the water. If a team with a couple dozen people wants to make an open-world game that is similar in scope to a game Ubisoft would make with hundreds of employees, it's no wonder that most of the cutscenes suck

[@NEUROMANCER2077]

Man.. the Title broke my heart. Looked so promising.

[@omensoffate]

That’s the point of marketing and trailers. To make it look promising lol

[@MrBuurt]

well the before you buy guys gave this game a high rating, so i guess its all personal taste

[@NEUROMANCER2077]

@@MrBuurt I'm now 45 hours into the game, honestly I really like what I am experiencing. I feel this review wasn't as fleshed out as Skill up's other reviews.

[@1BALINT1]

I guess I'm the only one who likes this game... :D I love the combat, the enviroment, the graphics, the customization, the crafting, the enemy variety (as far as their looks), the upgrade system and the multiple choices. And what you said is also very true, I never had one glitch or bug, it runs extremely smooth.

[@itschrispychips2012]

Same here

[@fxls5300]

i havent played this, but i have to say, this review didn't... unsell me on the game you know? like the complaints about the sound were so petty to me like i honestly found it... fine?? it's just not loud bangs and effects, i guess. the only thing i found weird was the catapult scene being absolutely quiet lmaoo the complaints about the lack of feedback in combat also seemed quite petty nitpicks. you know when he said he adjusts his expectations based on the size of the studio? this didn't seem like that at all lmao. like ive seen worse combat, even just from looking, from much bigger studios. as far as the repetitive mechanic, yeah. i'm not sure if his intention was to make it sound worse than the average, but it also seemed pretty regular to me. the assault-map-conquering thing and the repetitive layouts are definitely not that rare. and i agree that it can be boring, which is why i really like the "skipping" mechanic?????? take a game like valhalla for example.... after pillaging 30 cities you start to be kind of over it. i would have loved the ability to skip some of those lmao. however, valhalla had other elements that made the game worth playing, like story and "camp" mechanics (and listen i'm not saying that it was an oscar worthy narrative or anything, but i'm quite easy to please with game plots). if i had to critique anything about biomutant's world, i would say it's empty, for sure. and the plot is weak, okay. but repetitive? idk man, anything gets repetitive after you do it for more than fifteen hours. maybe this tendency to release 100+ hour long videogames nowadays is why i can't take that particular criticism seriously, it seems like something everyone complains about all the time, and to me that's not a GAMEPLAY issue, just a matter of games being way too long. ps.: he's really out here trying to tell me that this game doesn't resemble botw when that game id also empty as all hell?? come on, man.....

[@presidentialkingdom2201]

Been playing it for days Now and it was great. This guys hilarious. It’s pretty deep with endless things to do.

[@1BALINT1]

I am glad you guys like the game as well.

[@itschrispychips2012]

@@fxls5300 I decided to play BOTW because I had the sneaking suspicion he was completely overlooking that games mechanics and ignoring the similarities of the two, and just as I thought yup. The shrines and towers get extremely old after a few dozen not to mention they start working more and more like far cry Ubisoft camps that he himself compared this game too. Idk why he’s so willing to overlook those things in other games.

[@senortentaculos8212]

I’ve been reading the comments a bit and I wanna say, honestly if you wanted to play the game, buy the game. Reviews are good and all but ultimately everyone has their own opinion. Try the game out and draw your own conclusions. :)

[@bluedragonstudios9004]

Agree

[@LARSTAKA-666]

Exactly. I feel bad that he doesn't recommend it but I will judge for myself.

[@ZedAmadeus]

Yes! But also... look at the actual gameplay footage and sound design on display. This isn't really what they advertised... Be smart about it.

[@LARSTAKA-666]

@@ZedAmadeus yeah, i dont think i will have a problem with it. What am going in for is the combat and costumization.

[@who_else_but_dee2821]

cause games these days have been hyped up and have been shit...... how many chances do you wanna keep taking ?

[@sampurnasapkota5114]

Time to go back to FF14, these days I don't even feel pain. After Cyberpunk I am just numb now.

[@onceyougozach2607]

Yeah you would play FF14

[@jointedrapier]

Oh! I see you're still suffering from CP 2077 PTSD like me 😖

[@AhbibHaald]

Imagine playing ff14 and complaining about bad games

[@themon1100]

even thought there have been several amazing games that came out recently? Why do people focus only on the negative?

[@onceyougozach2607]

@@AhbibHaald LMFAO

[@TheSpeep]

On the one hand, shame, this game looked pretty cool, on the other, phew, I've already got too many other games I still need to finish...

[@dntthe88]

Mass Effect Legendary is out I ain't got time for these other games.

[@onyourleft9273]

@@dntthe88 let me know if it’s good i’m thinking of buying it

[@dntthe88]

@@onyourleft9273 It's a remaster not a remake so don't expect significant differences but there were enough. I'm in 3 now and I'm enjoying my time which is surprising because I don't normally like to replay games.

[@onyourleft9273]

@@dntthe88 Cool

[@onyourleft9273]

@End Cancel Culture {Taiwan is a Country} Ok i thought that Bioware redeemed them selves but no if they said that fuck them i’m sailing the seven seas to play this one

[@Zlapslap]

I'm about 26 hours into Biomutant, level 35 and its probably going to take me about 50-60 hours to complete everything which I'm happy its not just a run and done type of game . Sure this game isn't for everyone, but I think this review was a bit too harsh in my opinion. I love the customization this game has from the many different styles of armor to finding pieces to create a badass 2-hander Giga-Blade with a bone for a handle. There's secret mounts from bats to automatons you can ride on, and crafting pieces. A few things I disliked was of the many reskins on enemies and I think combat could have been tweaked a little to make the combat feel a little bit more responsive. I love how they include an "area completed" pop up to show you grabbed everything from that area( just think how if they didn't include this how many people would be pulling there hair out asking "did i find everything??") Game runs great on max settings. People complain about the loot feeling the same everywhere but don't tell you that you can scrap these pieces for more scrap and upgrade armor and weapons with it( It takes ALOT to fully upgrade weapons, so keep that "worthless" loot coming). I do love the fact the game gives you the option to end the war early if you want with the other tribes, a lot of people do this. If you do this option you cannot obtain the remaining tribes unique weapons and there wung-fu's though as a drawback; which some how was not mentioned in this review? Final standings; I love this game. I had no expectations coming into this game so that could sway my opinion to a brighter side of things.

[@adblockevery1243]

I agree 100% I'm at 25 hours. No one should even review this unless they put 30-60 hours in it. He says there is only one type of puzzle which isn't even accurate

[@malcolmrossxd]

People are being blocked at the door with harsh reviews and are not seeking their own experiences. I am happy you found your joy in this game. I love this game.

[@madlinkers8595]

i agree with this and comparing this yo breat of the wild...(i think botw was fucking bad just another ubisoft tower climbing game)biomutant just feels like another open world its not ghost of tsushima but still warrant a good try....and the guy finishing the game in 12 hours tells me a lot on the type of gamer he is

[@theinfamouschee]

18 hours in and if you price a game like a triple A game you get reviews as such, this game is not a 60 dollar game

[@EmiRyuusei]

Same. I actually loved the game and enjoyed the narration, although it sometimes get boring if it's too long. The combat was pretty fun for me, switching from ranged to melee and using psi powers.

[@krypotico]

Developer: Remember all those best selling games? Yeah we made a game like all of those.

[@colonelnasty3600]

They compare to the games but can’t figure out what makes the games fun.

[@Hartbreak1]

But without the substance of those games 😂

[@RepublicofODLUM]

You guys seem to have a strong opinion, which is odd considering the game isn't even out yet.

[@Hartbreak1]

@@RepublicofODLUMthe game is already out like a couple of hours ago. Also there has been a lot of early streams of the complete game. I’ve seen gameplay of it as I wanted to know why most of the reviews pointed the same flaws. The reviews aren’t wrong, just watching the dialogue scenes I already wanted to quit watching and bang my head to the wall, the dialogue is that annoying. And the rest of the game is the same as mentioned on most reviews, nobody is lying here. It isn’t a terrible game, but a game that by trying to chase so much ended very incomplete in most of the aspects it went after.

[@RepublicofODLUM]

@@Hartbreak1 Fair enough, I just think a lot of people are rushing to judgement and putting too much faith in others opinions. There are also a lot of positive reviews on this game if you look at metacritic, certainly not overwhelmingly negative.

[@baitposter]

0:52 Y'know what was also done by a small team/studio? Hollow Knight

[@BootySnacc]

Hollow knight is good though

[@Ahab71290]

@@BootySnacc yeah that’s his point lol

[@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia]

@@BootySnacc It's perfect

[@hishomie4466]

FACTS Hollow Knight is a 10/10

[@arfarfarf256]

For masochists.

[@boyntonfamilyeb]

Funny, i thought something seemed off with this game. This and hood outlaws let me down.

[@DadsCigaretteRun]

Such a fun concept, extremely creative but failed to be realized

[@RanMouri82]

Same. The ads kept showing lovely vistas, but left me wondering what the heck it was and why I should want to play.

[@syunafrost351]

The Visuals are nice but gameplay doesn't, thats what happens with a lot of games with a small team of devs it doesn't exactly deliver and they'll charge a lot this is just another one.

[@Ty-ng7yo]

This game is so unfinished and unsatisfying I played 30 min of it and I don't even wanna bother with it anymore the combat is such a let down and the narration is a horrible idea kills the whole reason to care about any npc i don't know what's more annoying the narration or the jibberish that they say before there's crazy frame drops pop ups and glitches (ps4 slim) and it would probably crash too if you played it long enough like 6 years I know it's a small team but cmon you can do better for spending such a long time on it

[@TheDungeonDive]

Revisiting this game in 2023 and kind of loving it. It runs and looks so good on series x now. It has one of the very best scores ever written for a game. The music is simply on another level. The world is beautiful and fun to just chill out in. The combat can be a lot of fun. Looting is fun. And most of all, there is a lot of compassion to be found in the world. I actually feel bad for many of these freaky little furry weirdos. The voice acting is terrible, especially those little white / black angel things - that whole morality system should have been cut. But overall, given my perspective now, I think critics were far to harsh on this game.

[@owlitup2225]

no cap the visuals are absolutely unreal. game itself is kinda tap water but it's fun

[@ryanbush6118]

Shame because it looks really interesting visually. I'll wait for a sale

[@sabreeemneely]

I don't think so. But hey like what you like.

[@spendsshanks6050]

@@sabreeemneely It’s fine to have shit taste

[@stellarhyme3]

This game is getting torn apart in every review. Damn, another dud for this year.

[@alexaustin5664]

"Dreamcast guy" gave it a good review

[@SupaL33tKillar]

@@alexaustin5664 but nobody cares about dreamcast guy has to say anyway.

[@mevensen]

I wouldn’t say torn apart. Most I have seen are “wait for sale” kind of conclusions. I still plan on checking it out through EA pro play.

[@alexaustin5664]

@@SupaL33tKillar he has twice the followers skill up does ya little turd.

[@SupaL33tKillar]

@@alexaustin5664 and? High follower count doesn't mean shit if 90% of the audience are a mix of bots and brain dead kids. By your logic, people like Logan Paul and Shane Dawson must be absolute prophets of "truths" given how large their channel are. If you thought that sounds dumb as hell, congratulations you've just criticised your own logic. Edit: I checked and it looks like you're wrong on the follower count. Dude's opinion are so shit that even after over a decade of being on this platform, he doesn't break the 250k mark even after spamming nearly 2k pointless videos. Even Laymen Gaming, Skill Up host's former spinoff channel, has more subs than him.

[@Shindai]

Disappointing to hear it isn't up to standard, I really, really love that art style

[@JohnJohn-pm9wq]

No no no, you guys are getting thid wrong. Most people don't get it, the dialogue system itself indicates the fact that biomutant is not trying to be serious, rather aimed at younger audiences and definitely trying to be cute and hilarious. It's an open world fantasy RPG that is meant to make you sit back and breeze through the world without giving you a hard time. The puns and aster eggs and everything in it indicates thr fact that this is not trying to be a Dark souls game

[@Axisoflords]

@@JohnJohn-pm9wq Wow, you really are copy pasting this dumpsterfire nothing comment, onto everyone's comments huh? Wasting your time, go away and stop spamming.

[@JohnJohn-pm9wq]

@@Axisoflords What??? dumpster who?? You know you can't copy paste on youtube right???

[@TheDragonLegacy]

I've played about 8hrs so far. It's ok but not what I expected. They throw alot at you in mechanics which feels like random crap.

[@didyouknowthat.channel]

Reached this point today. Eventually, it becomes pointless. Eventually you realize the next quest you're going to do is just a rehash of the previous one. Eventually you realize that exploring the open world has no real benefit, or pretty underwhelming if any. It was ambitious, I would give it that but I would say temper your expectations when you pick this up because you are going to need that. The developer's last Reddit post about their plans for the game was kind of the final nail in the coffin. Might have to slow down on pre-ordering now with the recent launch disasters I've fallen for (Cyberpunk, Outriders) and really wait a week until the reviews come in. Only exception would be Horizon Zero Dawn: Forbidden West.

[@mytwosense9135]

How are you STILL pre-ordering games? Madness.

[@santoryu_3]

Ghost of tsushima is the only game I've pre ordered recently & got lucky with

[@-.-Monster]

Horizon is so good. Also. Stop buying games? You're on the internet. Everything is free.

[@exalted_space9224]

How'd you like H:FW? (If you got it)

[@geoffdb8118]

The gameplay systems should have been implenter in interesting linear levels .. not everything needs to be open world

[@lordanonimmo7699]

Even a small semi open world.

[@zaurhasanov5458]

I'm so tired of open world games. They're making games soulless

[@cosmicmuse2195]

The Ubisoft effect

[@Buraunia]

I'm starting to miss more linear games, at least those could have more meaningful content and story.

[@Wolfdoggie]

like when Dynasty Warriors went to open world for no reason at all and was just massive amounts of nothingness ~.~

[@l-shadow1775]

Same with gears of war 5 going semi open world for no reason rather than staying linear

[@RollsRyda]

A while back everyone was shitting on Oot for being the linear Zelda. Jeez nothing matters linear or not, as long as shits fun

[@ian8270]

Mass Effect a great example of linear done well

[@DGiovanni]

If Elden Ring exists, I hope it reinvents the open world genre.

[@vim_programar]

I really like how Chillup makes this reviews based on "time worthiness", I don't really have much time to waste with bad games, so keep it up man! I'd much rather waste my money than have my precious and limited time wasted on a non worthy game 😅

[@wugira76]

You realise you can play "bad" games and still have a very good time with it right? I mean I played Fast and Furious: Fury Road last year and the story and characters were really entertaining, even though everything in that game was terribly designed. Besides its not like the world is gona end if you play 1 bad game and end up "wasting" your time

[@conormaccarthy249]

@@wugira76 Yeah, but that's an edge case. With so many games having those "Yeah I know it's a little awkward at first, but it really clicks later!" sections, a reviewer that prioritises whether a game is worth that time investment is welcome and useful

[@dakwonju]

@@wugira76 But why take the risk? there are alot of great games out there, and alot of shit games. I hate my time and money being wasted by bad games, and I've experienced this. Some people have different expectations from games. I'm not the type that "kills time" with videogames. I want an experience. So you gotta appreciate that some people are like that and may not look things through the same lens as you.

[@wugira76]

@@dakwonju Honestly I look at games as a way to just have a fun time. I dont really care about a deep story or characters (for that I watch a movie) - but of course of they do have that, its a plus. I only want to have fun with the game or with my friends playing the game. I dont really try to pretend that the game is some deep meaningfull experience that will resonate with me for the rest of my life...

[@vim_programar]

@@wugira76 i believe that the question at the end of the day is: "Why spend your time with clunky and badly designed games, when you could be playing something a lot better and having even more fun with it?” It's not whether a bad game can't be fun, it's just that there is better stuff out there and i don’t have much time available, so i need to be as selective as i can with my picks 😁

[@Geomaverick124]

I will wait for updates and for the price to drop in about 6 months

[@Yorgen89]

Well, did you end up buying it? How was it?

[@ShadowLibrarian]

still going to give the game a try after the price drops drastically. There's just something about it that makes me want to try it at lower price.

[@ianharris3502]

Same here. I'll probably try it at 30ish

[@OugaBoogaShockwave]

same, it really looks fun to run or what ever around in. Hoping maybe the dev's will add more stuff going on in later updates or expansions of sorts

[@makmakg242]

Meh, i'll pirate it lol

[@flyingplantwhale545]

I l ow right? Despite all the criticism, I still want to hang around in that world.

[@ScabbyMcKniel]

If they're smart they'll open it up to modders who can do mission creation or something.

[@VGMFan20XX]

I have no idea why, but this makes me want to replay Jade Empire.

[@XSAGA87]

What a Great Game

[@GigglingStoners]

God yes, I wish old Bioware was still alive so they can make a sequel

[@evoltblackhole8677]

Me too buddy...me too

[@D3V1LBr34TH]

Actually bought it on Steam again a few days ago. Such a great game.

[@chillax319]

Great game. A little rough around the edges to play in as of now but I'd love to see more games similar to it being made nowadays.

[@oakstrom2174]

The way the enemies have no reaction to your attacks was so frustrating to watch. Attacks depending on whether they are light, heavy, or special should carry different weight in a fight to give combat texture. Those little cutscene have horrible sound design and look floaty and impactless.. With polish maybe this could feel more immersive and impactful. The traversal should have wind and grass rustling too, but yea I don't need another huge open world to get bored in.

[@captainjazzman]

You get different effects on weapons which affect their impact on different sized enemies. Foliage does rustle. This review is a poor representation of the game.

[@oakstrom2174]

@@captainjazzman I watched streams of this game, and by rustling I don't just mean moving.. there should be sound that matches the movement. In comparison to another $60 game like Ghost of Tsushima the world you traverse just doesn't feel alive.

[@lolnoob5015]

@@oakstrom2174 there are problems with the sound that are going to be fixed in the following patches

[@agn728]

They're fixing all that in the next update actually

[@98mvlice]

I want to start this comment off by saying that I genuinely love Shill Up’s videos, and can very much appreciate his honesty and approach to reviewing. The industry needs ALOT more people like him. With that being said - Ahem. The need resides within my soul to let out a small but confident war cry in favor of this game in hopes that it is able to amass a small cult following in the coming years. I want to make it clear, it is NOT my intention to come here and disagree with Mr. Skill Up simply for the sake of doing so, nor is it to be a troll. I just really want to say that Biomutant, despite its shortcomings and undercooked elements, is a beautiful game. Not just visually either. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there is something about this game that has enabled it to take a seat amongst my favorite games I’ve played throughout my life. I can’t help but feel like I’m crazy when I watch/read any coverage on this game and see it being met with lukewarm, if not, straight up bad reception; because when I play it I am taken and totally immersed in a game world that I’ve never quite experienced anything like before. The environments, design, enemies, and overall feel of the game really bring to life this sense of wonder and excitement to explore. While the things to do may lean into Ubisoft territory of busy work and backtracking for nearly pointless things, for me it just doesn’t feel like pointless busy work. The variety of enemies (at least visually) and the environments themselves really make me feel like I’m embarking on a grand journey through this imaginative world of dangers that come in all shapes and sizes, and taking on something truly greater than my small rat like character. As for the combat, sure, at times it can feel floaty and like it lacks impact, especially with the melee, but I’ve found that if you take the time and perform the combos and different wung fu moves, combat can have a tiny bit more oomph than It does if you just mash the attack button. While it can definitely use work, I have hope that it can be polished up with updates, and even if it can’t, I honestly enjoy the combat well enough to be excited to enter new areas and take on all of the wild looking enemies. Many of which are variants of common enemies which I have never seen before. Aside from combat, the story isn’t anything remarkable, it’s nice and light hearted though, and it helps add to the overall sense of wonder that blankets the rest of the game. Hell, I even enjoy the narrator. I haven’t turned the frequency down from the default setting even once yet. I don’t know, I don’t want to sound like a contrarian. And this probably sounds outright stupid to a lot of people. But I truly think Biomutant, in its current state, is still an amazing game. If there is ANY part of you that feels despite the reviews and coverage of the game at the moment, you can still potentially find something to love in this game, please please pick it up at retail price. We need to support AA games and developers like this if we want to have any hope of more unique games in the future that are willing to take a different approach in a couple of categories and execute on a vision. There is SO much more I want to say about this game, but it’s about 4am, no one is going to read all this anyway, and i need to get back to playing Biomutant. Thanks Experiment 101, thanks Skill Up, and thank you surfshark. Peace.

[@AtomicEy]

(Developers showcase the game 3 years ago) on release: "I definitely do not recommend" that's an OOf

[@jake53105]

You saved me $60. I swear I almost jumped the gun on this game and preordered it and I’m SO glad I didn’t.

[@monoxzide1073]

I almost did too, but the I remembered cyberpunk and the similarities in delays .. and said nahhhh

[@egementon]

Never preorder

[@Plathismo]

Yeah, I was one click away myself, but a voice in my head told me to wait. Then I saw this review. Anyone else and I could probably still rationalize a purchase, but with SkillUp saying it's bad...

[@D-AVG]

Why are you still preordering in 2021? You're like in an abusive relationship where you keep going back despite getting ur ass beat. There is no real incentive to preorder any game, just wait for the reviews.

[@Blackmage456]

@@monoxzide1073 Same. I almost pre-ordered but remembered Cyberpunk and Balan Wonderworld. Never pre-ordering anything ever again.

[@larryjohnson150]

I’ve watched a ton of reviews now and it sounds to me like the dev team way overshot what they were capable of. I think they tried too hard to compete with the size of AAA games instead of just focusing on making something truly deep and fun. This one is a huge disappointment for me, I’m not even considering buying it on sale at this point.

[@diuran1919]

simply play, try, dont listen any reviews and more dont listen this review.

[@Ravengagepvl]

@@diuran1919 I feel like you're missing the point of reviews.

[@syunafrost351]

@@diuran1919 ur basically telling him to just waste his money and ignore the reviews....

[@thesehandlesarefuckingstupid]

@Mr Gameguy2013 Except for that fact that the guy likes open world sandbox games

[@wopsieneter]

​@@thesehandlesarefuckingstupid He might like open world sandbox games, but he clearly doesn't appriciate a game that lets me create a toilet brush sword with a banana for a handle... I've played (am playing) the game and I'm enjoying it a lot DESPITE the flaws, pretty much all of which Skill up mentioned. I trust Skill up as a reviewer and he definetly influences some of my purchases, however to assume that his tastes would overlap with mine (or yours) perfectly is in itself defeating the purpose of reviewers. I don't trust skill up to like what I like. I do trust him to form an informed opinion when it comes to open-world sandbox games, because as you said, he likes the genre. That still doesn't mean he likes what I like. A game being good or not is always subjective.

[@ThatCreepyReading]

I Disagree entirely, I am not sure why... eh I think its a really good game and I find the combat extremely enjoyable.

[@elusive_mg]

don't rely on youtubers, rely on your own opinion, that is what i do

[@jijipoid]

KZbin reviews just gives you their opinion and why they think what they do, but at the end of the day it is what you think that matters. There are quite a few things i like that reviews don't tend to favor. Everyone has some type of trash they enjoy. It's ok embrace it. :)

[@elusive_mg]

@@jijipoid note that sometimes they are making drama out of the bugs in the games that wont occur to others and other stuff, just saying

[@kokosan09]

sounds like a really bad case of quantity instead of quality.

[@FlutterSwag]

Damn, i was really looking forward to this one, hopefully atomic heart doesnt dissapoint

[@dipchips34garvis68]

hopefully such a awesome word lol

[@utisti4976]

I'm getting the feeling that Atomic Heart will be the worst of the dissapointments. That game looks awesome and has a lot potential, not going to lie, but something feels really off about it.

[@audiolatte]

@@utisti4976 same, even from the first showing, something felt off. Really hoping that one turns out at least decent

[@manbat1011]

Reviewers will see it as a flop but the audience won’t

[@FlutterSwag]

@@manbat1011 i can see the 'bioshock clone" reveiws already

[@mark250]

didn’t you recommend buying cyberpunk to your audience?

[@MarkusB1974]

That's making me so mad. Guess the devs should've given him a fancy jackett and should've invited him to some events to "earn" a good review. Lots of people are not buying Biomutant now, because of this dude. Which is devastating. More so for the devs. That angers me. On the other side he couldn't give that fucking POS Cyberpunk more praise.

[@spleeneater9481]

@@MarkusB1974 tbf biomutant is still pretty crap, but cyberpunk is just as bad. Pretty sure skillup just rolls with whatever the majority of people say about a game. Alot of people were still in the denial phase back when he made his review on cyberpunk, and it's clear he was too.

[@Plasmacat1]

I think he did for pc but not for console. He is the only one that waited a day after release to say it sucked so bad on console and had ton of bugs.

[@mrsoul6825]

I think once they hear the feedback the second one will be way better. I see so much potential if they listen to us. Witch with a smaller team is more likely to happen.

[@Idontno631]

It's a weirdly nice change of pace to have a game that is bad just through virtue of being bad, not because of some predatory monetisation or something.

[@localgames1]

Lol damn. Never thought of it like that.

[@airsoftfreak11]

lol its beeen in the making for how long I feel bad but still going to buy it I love the whole idea about it no one is talking about the loot system?? and crafting

[@Joeydxn97]

This is why I never pre order games anymore was so looking forward to this one too

[@wurlbfree1981]

Same I took the day off but waited to preorder 🙃 thankfully! I've been burned before via preorder not this time though!

[@justanuff]

mmmhm - Geralt

[@marbl3d45]

@@wurlbfree1981 uhhh okay?

[@wurlbfree1981]

@@marbl3d45 hope you like okay😅

[@SilentDeterrent]

The biggest red flag to me about this game I saw was when one of the lead devs on the team said there was “hundreds of millions of combinations for crafting and attachments for weapons”. That’s just textbook overhyping and I would argue just blatant lying.

[@stanknight9159]

Yeah, red flag was when I found about about the day before embargo. It went from Day one immediately to suspicious.

[@marcoasturias8520]

Millions of choices none of them matter

[@sabreeemneely]

When I saw the game I was instantly uninterested.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Yeah, I'm always sceptical when devs hype up the quantity part of the system. Kinda means it's gonna be quantity over quality.

[@AcceptGamingDKD]

Well the crafting system is the one thing that lives up to the hype if any of the other reviews I saw are anything to go by.

[@amberpost514]

Honestly, I'm having a blast. I'm level 35 currently and still having a good time. Exploring to get all the mounts I can and the other biosuits on my map. Not the best game I have ever played but it's not terrible either. I would give the game a solid B. Not recommend at all? Seems a bit harsh.

[@boxerheadninja4281]

Game is more of a C, I've had so many crashes on my ps5 at launch and poeple kept telling me that wait until it has some patches which is bull crap, if a game isn't finished then don't release it, I wasn't even excited for the game since the publisher was THQ Nordic and I simply have no faith in that company but my friend was REALLY excited for the game told me to give it a shot and even He was very disappointed, combat is imprecise and I HATE how every gun action you do makes the game go In slow motion which gets old quick, I'm all for giving small indie studio's a chance, The Pathless was a solid game, Kena Bridge Of Spirits was very impressive, Team Cherry is a development team that consist of only 3 poeple and there very first game called Hollow knight is a masterpiece, so in my eyes there is simply no excuse for why Bio mutant is as bad as it is

[@StrengthScholar0]

Reviews like this break my heart because the devs obviously poured their heart and soul into this game but they just didn't hit the mark. Hopefully they can bounce back from this and either drop some updates or take the failings in this game and fix them in their next project because they are obviously a very talented group of individuals.

[@Xyler94]

I must have played a different game than Skill-up, because I don't share many of the same thoughts...

[@jessek9728]

@@Xyler94 which parts of the review do you think he was wrong on?

[@raf686]

I am having a blast with this game.

[@Xyler94]

@@jessek9728 I didn't watch most of the review... but I do genuinely believe the game is worth recommending. I lost respect for Skill-Up when he said Cyberpunk lived up to the insane hype CDPR put out, so I haven't taken his recommendations good or bad to heart lately. Even his recommendation of Outriders, I didn't see the appeal in the game personally, another looter shooter... But in general, I do really enjoy Biomutant, it's flaws and all.

[@hugham]

@@Xyler94 see for me, cyberpunk lived up to the hype in almost all aspects of the game. The art, world, story, music, writing, and combat were awesome. The good part is none of the main issues I had with the game (bugs, bad AI, crafting) are all things that can be fixed.

[@bonusstagegamingshow4426]

Thank you for talking about the audio in this game! It's such a big part of the experience in any game and it sucks when it's overlooked like here

[@TheCivildecay]

Ouch, this looked like a promising game

[@MrBuurt]

well the before you buy guys gave this game a high rating, so i guess its all personal taste

[@neltins5308]

I played my friend's game from his pre order... it was actually really fun, but I definitely noticed most of his complaints about 6 hours in. I understand why not everyone would like it. It's a really amazing base for a next generation non linear open world ARPG. After they update it some maybe they can even make it playable with friends in parties or something.

[@j.t.schroff131]

im still gonna give it a shot, I love supporting new developers, this game shows a lot of potential, I want to support these guys so hopefully their next project will be better funded and run

[@mr.j8356]

Buying the game anyways is just going to Show them hat what they released was good as is.

[@etmon.]

@@mr.j8356 It's a small team of developers, of course they are going to listen to feed back and then improve on it. This isn't a big studio. What are you talking about?????

[@OhTylerB]

Buying the game even though most people say it's average at best is actually the worst thing you can do, numpty. That's why Ubisoft keep churning out the same old tired crap year after year.

[@raf686]

@@mr.j8356 or or they will listen to feed back to improve on the next one

[@raf686]

@@OhTylerB actually its mixed. There is good and there is meh and there is bad. It's a very super mixed game. I don't see average. I see a bag of jelly beans

[@MetalCharlo]

You recommended Cyberpunk and Outriders so I'll probably end up having a blast on Biomutant lmao

[@punani_slayer4209]

Cyberpunk at least had some decent quests while this game essentially only has fetch quests

[@janbartosek770]

@@punani_slayer4209 Oh, so you got to play it before release date?

[@psychodisco17]

Only reason we enjoyed games as kids cause we didn't watch reviews, our expectations were low, people are not looking for a game that looks or plays like a game anymore it seems.

[@punani_slayer4209]

@@janbartosek770 nah i just watched hours and hours of gameplay and reviews............

[@thedarklordx]

@@janbartosek770 some stores don't give a fuck and sell it a week early lol.

[@MrZRACER]

sounds like this would be fun for 20$, just not 60$.

[@bf2istrash58]

@Seppo yeah should have never existed or simple been f2p. So many games could have been better with the free option like Valhalla and Cyberpunk

[@madlinkers8595]

asking for a free game ...you guys are just oblivious dumb kids

[@RamboSnoop]

@@madlinkers8595 >anime pfp opinion discarded

[@wootsker2687]

@@madlinkers8595 bruh do you see this game? This game should be at least $30

[@damn6039]

@@madlinkers8595 biomutant isn't worth the time even if it's free tho

[@TrickRed]

I'v personally been having a blast with the game, no disrespect at all but I'm glad I didn't listen to this review,yes it has flaws for sure but don't let one persons review detour you from trying it.

[@apolloeggo3677]

Honestly^^^ I kept hearing about this guy online because this game keeps getting hate but it’s so fuckin fun and this guy seems like a jackass when he explains it tbh.. opinions are opinions but his review seems unjust

[@danielschillinger757]

@@apolloeggo3677 i stopped watching skillup completely, they are just sellouts like yongyea:D im glad you both listened to your instinct and tried the game for yourself:) sure i appreciate a good review before spending money but when it comes to skillup i rather make a bad purchase instead letting their horrible and bought opinions affect me :D

[@Skinnyjeanabloh]

Naw a lot of people don’t like it and that’s okay he’s not faulting anyone for liking the game so don’t fault anyone for not likening it also

[@manueltun7935]

I cant Undertand how anyone would enjoy this game, seems so strange to me but i respect It a lot

[@DragoonCenten]

@@danielschillinger757 last I checked Yongyea isnt singing Konami's praises.

[@ManOutofTime913]

"Scope Creep: The Video Game" Oh, it's bedmates with Star Citizen?

[@Izzmonster]

Star Citizen is purposeful scope creep to milk the whales. This one at least seems like a genuine go at a game. Still a pass for me though.

[@MrCipasa]

no, this game is scope creep, star citizen is just a scam

[@darthdenco]

@@rekktt7952 Ah, I was wondering whether I'd see a Star Citizen fanboy below that comment. You sure didn't disappoint...

[@ManOutofTime913]

@@rekktt7952 I don't hate Star Citizen, but it has undeniable scope creep. One need only look at their stretch goals to see that what they were planning would not be achievable within the time frame they set for themselves. Any of the time frames really. Apparently not in the budget department either as I believe it was reported that most of the crowdfunding money had already been used at some point. If it's not a scam, then it's definitely mismanagement. Either way, I'm entirely indifferent towards it. Yeah, it's pretty scummy that they're promising the moon and taking people's money without anything notable to show for it, but it was also their choice to spend that money on nothing more than a promise that there would be a functional game someday and well... We all reap what we sow one day. If I want a good space sim, I'm just going to play Elite Dangerous instead. It's actually functional and they're adding space legs real soon so it'll pretty much be Star Citizen under another name eventually.

[@joab757]

I’ll admit watching these clips, I thought he was going to say, gotya…this game is amazing!

[@THE-NC2]

For an indie studio, this game is just okay

[@humbleservant7797]

You didnt even watch the video or read the title did you.

[@Giferis]

Damn man, shame this didn't work out. Still hope the devs will be able to stay afloat and make something else with lessons learned from this ambitious project.

[@bryfryte3803]

Definitely working out, playing it right now it's amazing

[@MrDCZero]

They just need to keep working and plug the holes. I'd like to enjoy this game, but it needs a little more work.

[@bryfryte3803]

@Davish Hurbunsee bro hard mode is amazing, gives me a real challenge

[@Giferis]

@Davish Hurbunsee From what I've seen in this video I know it wont keep my interest, the missing audio ques alone tend to bug me a lot. But that's just me, I cannot justify current price tag for something that most likely I will not like. There's clearly good bones in this game and devs can build on it and make something truly amazing. What they have achieved with this title alone is impressive considering the size of the team and how well they are taking this review cycle.

[@mooboigaming2234]

I'm loving this game so far, sure it is a little rough around the edges but with time I hope to see it become something awesome

[@kendallcoombs9551]

agreed, ppl should try for themselves

[@mooboigaming2234]

@@kendallcoombs9551 yes they really should, don't base a decision around one person's opinion

[@nicolasnunez9913]

@@kendallcoombs9551 I tried it, and it is true, the game sucks shit.

[@mooboigaming2234]

@@nicolasnunez9913 maybe for you, but there are just as many people that like/love it

[@mister-pinkman]

@@kendallcoombs9551 I tried it, it has the most boring open world I’ve ever experienced

[@boarbro64]

I'm beginning to think I curse whatever I preorder. The only ones I ever have as an adult were Metro: Exodus, Cyberpunk, and now this.

[@calebmcgrath1582]

Same i hardly ever pre-order a game the one time i do its for cp2077 and this one is trash the other looks good but will probably go stale in a week unfortunately

[@billyhaigh9274]

Same I preordered anthem an fallout 76 🤣🤣 an I said those two times never again

[@zachjennings5320]

Anthem, avengers, and now this for me smh....

[@TheErikjsm]

Metro was good though

[@Fnsnsbdbwkqnq]

Metro? it was good imo

[@dagripper77]

I went from not hearing about this game, to being really interested, to being disappointed within a week.

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

Same. Wtf is wrong with these game developers? It's like they are de-evolving.

[@daanfentoon]

I don’t know why you’re willing to take this mans advice on it without knowing for yourself.

[@SolidTheMighty]

@@daanfentoon Games are getting more expensive and when the general consensus between most reviewers is that the game as a whole sucks. We can safely assume that the game sucks. Don't need to waste money to try it out myself.

[@kyvan_unheist8584]

@@SolidTheMighty Days gone got shit reviews when it came out initially. Now it's re-released everyone's singing it's praises. Skill-up isn't the only reviewer out there meh.

[@SolidTheMighty]

@@kyvan_unheist8584 I never said nor implied that he was. Reading comprehension is hard I suppose.

[@Webrock]

Within seconds my whole youtube subscription is flooded with Biomutant reviews and gameplay but I know which one to click first 🤘 Edit: 10 secs into the review, realized I didn't read the title, uhh Ohh that doesn't sound good, I really wanted this game to be good even though I didn't know I would buy it, it just feels good when ambitious games from small studios do great, apparently not the case here

[@PurpleFreezerPage]

There is something really charming about your run animation being on all fours