35.0 hours played
Written 2 years ago
i wanted like this game because the dev made an intriguing gameplay with a previous game, Z Dawn. Mutant Meltdown has many gameplay elements shared with ZD, probably too many, but ok. But MM adds some gameplay layout rather well done, mainly around radiation rains, mutations, ability to build many camps, some more.
Alas, it feels like an unfinished game:
- It has many bugs and I'm used to not see them, I never ever have seen that. If it was tagged Early Access ok, but it isn't. I didn't quote any clearly being game breaking bugs, but it makes obvious that it's an half baked unfinished game.
- I beat the game at all difficulty levels, but clearly they are approximately tuned.
- The gameplay lacks of progression design. It was already stripped down too much in Z Down, but it's even further in Mutant Meltdown.
- The scavenging is too basic and even simplified compared to Z Dawn. Z Dawn has an event system during scavenging tempering the linearity to click and click to scavenge, it wasn't a really good gameplay element, but in MM it is just removed for worse instead of being improved.
- Translations are shown in shop page but, at least with French, it's more half baked stuff, looking like unfinished.
- The dev quoted he would add the option to create a start party as in Z Dawn, but he never did.
- The dev released many games in few months but instead of making many half baked games he should better make one really dig and polished.
- And I didn't bother review dev previous game released a few before (Jurassik) but it's the same boat, it feels half baked and unfinished.
It's a playable game, and even it has some interesting gameplay elements. But it's also one more half baked game, and with very few gameplay layouts, there's like an exaggerated economy of design ideas.
I can't advise to buy/play Mutant Meltdown, better play Z Dawn if you haven't played it yet.