ANNO : Mutationem just frankly needs more... if you want to look at pixel anime-ish art legs... then sure it's perfect. Honestly it just feels rushed and unfinished. There’s never any big reward as you progress to really keep you involved. It's got the sparks of originality and intrigue, it just never catches fire.

I'm not trashing the pixel art... I was nice, I'm not attacking the music or sounds... they were fine. It's everything that makes this a "game" that needs more content and refinement. You'll do a bunch of useless tasks that never really drive the story forward. Characters can come off as annoying or pointless. The combat is simple and never really posed any challenge. If you want to do any of the side quests, there’s just a ton of backtracking.

The pacing is all off too. Beginning sections feature a ton of menial, boring tasks. Only the final act finally makes you feel as if the game is starting to catch it’s stride, when it ends. Almost no meaningful information is given out in the first half of the game, and even when it does it still ends up retconned at the end. I just never felt like I was ever actually building toward anything.

The entire second act is spent looking for your brother and his search for the mcguffin. The first act, all these little tidbits are dangled out in front of you, but never actually get delivered. All the characters fail the muster test as well. Sure some are interesting, but others can be annoying. Even the interesting ones, might disappear to never be spoken of again.

If you’re just looking for a super casual experience where you never really have to follow anything until the last few hours, then I recommend this for you. If you’re looking for something fleshed out that delivers, I’d avoid this one. There’s just not enough delivered to make it worth your while.

ANNO : Mutationem just frankly needs more... if you want to look at pixel anime-ish art legs... then sure it's perfect. Honestly it just feels rushed and unfinished. There’s never any big reward as you progress to really keep you involved. It's got the sparks of originality and intrigue, it just never catches fire. I'm not trashing the pixel art... I was nice, I'm not attacking the music or sounds... they were fine. It's everything that makes this a "game" that needs more content and refinement. You'll do a bunch of useless tasks that never really drive the story forward. Characters can come off as annoying or pointless. The combat is simple and never really posed any challenge. If you want to do any of the side quests, there’s just a ton of backtracking. The pacing is all off too. Beginning sections feature a ton of menial, boring tasks. Only the final act finally makes you feel as if the game is starting to catch it’s stride, when it ends. Almost no meaningful information is given out in the first half of the game, and even when it does it still ends up retconned at the end. I just never felt like I was ever actually building toward anything. The entire second act is spent looking for your brother and his search for the mcguffin. The first act, all these little tidbits are dangled out in front of you, but never actually get delivered. All the characters fail the muster test as well. Sure some are interesting, but others can be annoying. Even the interesting ones, might disappear to never be spoken of again. If you’re just looking for a super casual experience where you never really have to follow anything until the last few hours, then I recommend this for you. If you’re looking for something fleshed out that delivers, I’d avoid this one. There’s just not enough delivered to make it worth your while.