What’s up with the harsh reviews.

[Tasso]

I don’t understand how game journalists rate smaller indie titles like this so harshly. Biomutants certainly does look interesting but why give this game a 55% on metacritic and call it boring, when red dead redemption gets a 98%??? Let’s be real who even had FUN with red dead? I personally found that game crazy bland with a decent storyline. Or the super average open world rpg game of assassins creed, like Valhalla.

[Garptain]

True Red Dead was boring as hell.

[DeerTrivia]

"Let’s be real who even had FUN with red dead?"

Me.

And reviewers should rate harshly any game that deserves it. "We're just a little indie studio" doesn't somehow make bad design less bad.

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Tasso:

I don’t understand how game journalists rate smaller indie titles like this so harshly. Biomutants certainly does look interesting but why give this game a 55% on metacritic and call it boring, when red dead redemption gets a 98%??? Let’s be real who even had FUN with red dead? I personally found that game crazy bland with a decent storyline.

Let's run it down, shall we?

While RDR 2 might of been boring in the terms of speed of gameplay, you could, in no direct order.

Rob a bank
Rob a train
Assist in carriage repair.
Save a man crushed by a tree.
Hunt
Fish
Bounty hunt
Enjoy the ambiance of the wilderness which was beautifully crafted to be realistic.
Follow the story line.
Don't follow the story line
Level multiple skills to their peak

Among other things.

This doesn't make an open world empty, it makes it robust and filled with things to do.

Reports of Biomutant is quite, well, it's not good.

Open world combat with camp or outpost enemies.
The outposts don't change in terms of requirements to capture.
The loot is too abundant with bad loot (Which is to be expected.) but it's only ever in ruins and drops and the ruins are kinda meh.

Might be why they call it boring? Who knows?

[Commander Liberty]

Red Dead bland and boring?

Your opinion in gaming is irrelevant now.

[TheCharlieTour]

Red dead had a lot of fun aspects to the open world. If this game does not produce that same fun then I can see why it would get a bad review. Having said that, I still preordered it and am sticking to my preorder.

[Fulguro Geek YouTube]

Originally posted by Tasso:

I don’t understand how game journalists rate smaller indie titles like this so harshly. Biomutants certainly does look interesting but why give this game a 55% on metacritic and call it boring, when red dead redemption gets a 98%??? Let’s be real who even had FUN with red dead? I personally found that game crazy bland with a decent storyline. Or the super average open world rpg game of assassins creed, like Valhalla.

60 bucks is not an idie price 30 dollar might be an idie price. you juge the game on the price range you pay. If its a very unpolished experience you dont expect to pay the price of a more polished one. A toyata is a good car but if they charge 150 000 for it it will be juge and compared to car of the similar price. Hell blade was an idie game that stand out a lot by story and immersion, a plague tale was an indie game that felt like an AAA Same price range even lower so Biomutant just not up there to charge 60 bucks. If it were a 30 buck game reviews would have been better.

[Chrypt22]

Most reviews are about generating web traffic or have some agenda on why someone somewhere is a victim and "reviewed game" is why.

The game was made by a small crew and I get the impression that they put an extreme amount of work into it. It may not have all the bells and whistles that a lot of high budget open world games have, it probably isn't perfect - but it looks great and seems like its fun to play.

The key thing I did take away from a lot of the reviews and others that played it is that the combat is spot on. Customization is great, the world is great, etc... the biggest gripes were not a lot of side content and some of the moral decision making.

Whatever, I look at it this way - they invested the time into what they felt that mattered and that was the combat and the world. Content can always be added... I am not going to say people should by the game, thats up to you - but considering what has come out this year, on the surface, this one seems like one of the better ones.

[Seizure Storm]

are we really comparing to red dead right now. The story/acting in red dead would probably net 95 alone.

[Teodor]

I finished RDR2 on PS4 and it was great. That game deserves the praise.
But yeah it's hilarious to see them give 90+ to AC Valhala or 80+ to Watch Dog legion, when both those games were buggy messes at launch, with empty shallow worlds and ♥♥♥♥ story. Like be consistent. But they can't, cuz Ubisoft throws big advertiser bucks at them and if they give a ♥♥♥♥ review score they won't get money anymore.

[Seizure Storm]

watch dogs legion is 74 opencritic so that didnt do too hot either

[FrozenStar]

Subjective. I am not even interested in Red Dead, it is just boring for me. Does not mean the game is inherently bad.
Biomutant, on the other hand, sparks my interest.
Also, 70/100 means good.

[Teodor]

IGN and PC Gamer gave it 80, which is way more than that piece of ♥♥♥♥ deserves

[FrozenStar]

Originally posted by Teodor:

IGN and PC Gamer gave it 80, which is way more than that piece of ♥♥♥♥ deserves

Your library full of ♥♥♥♥ games suggests that you are gonna play this one as well :)

[Teodor]

Originally posted by FrozenStar:

Originally posted by Teodor:

IGN and PC Gamer gave it 80, which is way more than that piece of ♥♥♥♥ deserves

Your library full of ♥♥♥♥ games suggests that you are gonna play this one as well :)

Says the one who's most played game are ♥♥♥♥ like Smite, Dota 2 and Destiny 2.
Sorry I like RPGs and Strategy games, ♥♥♥♥

[Gullis]

if its priced at AAA prices, its fair they review it as such.