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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 8:14 pm
by KDH
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from Developer: The Bearded Ladies ... (former Hitman & Payday designers) ... Due in 2018 (PC, XB1, PS4)

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A tactical adventure game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth.
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Re: Mutant Year Zero ... Tactical Turn-Based Combat

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 8:18 pm
by TheMix
Looks intriguing.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 11:18 pm
by tgb
That looks suitably weird. WIshlisted.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:16 am
by GreenGoo
I hate the Mighty Ducks. I hate Howard the Duck. I'm not a fan of Donald. Daffy is ok.

But mostly, ducks are stupid. Unless those are Platypus-based mutants, they are off-putting.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:30 am
by Daehawk
In the 90s this could have topped my favorite list. Now that Im old my first thoughts are meh Im tired of the bad human war dead humans all the time. But after watching the video it looked fun and the turn based play seemed faster than other games I dont have patience for. And Dux is cool with the hat :)

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 8:50 am
by Max Peck
If I can rename "Dux" to "Howard" then I'm in, sight unseen. :coffee:

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 4:14 pm
by jztemple2
OK, I'm interested :pop:

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:07 am
by KDH
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... Another brief preview, as they announce they are taking pre-orders now

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Now available for PC pre-order on buy.mutantyearzero.com, the game will be available in a Standard Edition ($34.99) and a Deluxe Edition ($54.99). The Deluxe Edition includes a desktop wallpaper, digital artbook, digital soundtrack, and a digital copy of the Mutant Year Zero pen-and-paper RPG book. Pre-ordering the Standard Edition will give you a three-day head start at launch while pre-ordering the Deluxe Edition gives you the three-day head start as well as access to a Beta version of the game before launch.

“Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is our passion project,” said The Bearded Ladies CEO Haraldur Thormundsson. “It’s the game we always wanted to do and we’re incredibly excited to be working on it. We truly believe the unique mix of turn-based tactical combat combined with freeform exploration, stealth, and story will offer something new and different gamers have never experienced before.”

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is powered by the Unreal Engine and will be available on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 during the second half of 2018. The game is based on the classic Mutant IP that has spawned several popular pen and paper role-playing games since the 1980s, including the current Mutant: Year Zero from Free League and Modiphius Entertainment. The interactive IP rights are controlled by Heroic Signatures, a company owned by Funcom and the Cabinet Group (see earlier announcement). For more videos, screenshots, and information please visit the official website that launched today on www.mutantyearzero.com.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:56 pm
by Daehawk

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:01 pm
by jztemple2
Still interested... I see that the release date is Dec 4, 2018, but I think I might be waiting for some impressions here first.

Damn, it's going to be a busy end of year. Just Cause 4 released that day as well.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:22 am
by Jolor
Added to the wish-list. Think I'll put a Steam card on my list for :csmile:

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:08 pm
by Daehawk
Reminds me of Fallout 1 & 2.


Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:25 pm
by Max Peck
Funcom is currently streaming a countdown for something related to the game on their Twitch channel. Whatever they're doing, it should be happening at noon EST tomorrow.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:28 pm
by Max Peck
And the thing turned out to be a character reveal.


Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:42 pm
by coopasonic
I'll probably end up getting this for the holiday break. I will be home for 16 days in a row and I'll need something to keep me occupied. Assuming I run out of progression goals on FO76.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:28 pm
by El Guapo
GreenGoo wrote: Sun May 06, 2018 3:16 am I hate the Mighty Ducks. I hate Howard the Duck. I'm not a fan of Donald. Daffy is ok.

But mostly, ducks are stupid. Unless those are Platypus-based mutants, they are off-putting.
And here I never knew that GreenGoo is racist against ducks. An anti-duckite?

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:37 pm
by GreenGoo
I'm racist against silliness where it's inappropriate. A few bad duck experiences will make anyone biased against ducks. Did I mention that I hate Howard the Duck? If I didn't, I should have.

So I did mention it.

Good.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:37 pm
by Paingod
El Guapo wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:28 pmanti-duckite
Anti-Anatidae

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:55 pm
by Daehawk
Cool character but wow they missed out on a good chance to make it male, small, and named Fenix.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:31 pm
by Carpet_pissr
Damn this looks amazing.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:31 am
by El Guapo
GreenGoo wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:37 pm I'm racist against silliness where it's inappropriate. A few bad duck experiences will make anyone biased against ducks. Did I mention that I hate Howard the Duck? If I didn't, I should have.

So I did mention it.

Good.
#NotAllDucks

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:58 am
by MonkeyFinger
This will more than likely be a day one purchase for me.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:04 am
by coopasonic
MonkeyFinger wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:58 am This will more than likely be a day one purchase for me.
With a pre-order it can be a day minus three game. Three day head start with pre-order and it's $28 ($35 MSRP) on GMG.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:06 am
by Max Peck
Max Peck wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:28 pm And the thing turned out to be a character reveal.
I neglected to mention that the Twitch VOD at that link also has about an hour of unscripted gameplay, if anyone needs a little help getting down off the fence. :coffee:

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:57 am
by GreenGoo
An extra 3 days with ducks is not a compelling argument.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:32 am
by stimpy
Just bought a PS4 and thought this looks like the kinda game I can play on there (I'm not not much of a button masher).
Cant find the damn game anywhere to preorder.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:00 pm
by Max Peck
stimpy wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:32 am Just bought a PS4 and thought this looks like the kinda game I can play on there (I'm not not much of a button masher).
Cant find the damn game anywhere to preorder.
Did you try here?

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:14 pm
by stimpy
Max Peck wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:00 pm
stimpy wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:32 am Just bought a PS4 and thought this looks like the kinda game I can play on there (I'm not not much of a button masher).
Cant find the damn game anywhere to preorder.
Did you try here?
Of course I did......do you think I'm stupid...... :doh: :horse:

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:37 pm
by Brian
I'm in on this one.

If it ends up being what it looks like, a goofy take on Jagged Alliance, then I'm sure I'll have some fun with it.

It can't be any worse than many of the recent attempts to recreate the JA formula.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:48 pm
by Freyland
"Give up now and I'll go easy on you!"

She says to a machine.

Which she then immediately blows up without even waiting for a response.


I'm sure they are still hard at work on getting the immersive witty character dialogue *just right*.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:57 pm
by GreenGoo
Freyland wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:48 pm "Give up now and I'll go easy on you!"

She says to a machine.

Which she then immediately blows up without even waiting for a response.


I'm sure they are still hard at work on getting the immersive witty character dialogue *just right*.
I'm tooling around with Baldur's Gate and the default character voice sets are just awful (no offense intended to the voice actors or developers, the addition of voices into games was still very much a work in progress. Also it could be that I just don't feel the limited included sets are appropriate for my character), so I've been exploring custom voice sets. Some people are amazing (both the actors and the people creating the sets). Others...less so.

"witty character dialogue" has been on my mind lately and it's clearly a skill and quality matters. Both the acting and implementation. It's also one of the last aspects of a game to get polished, I would think.

Just thought I'd comment as recent experiences have had me thinking about the subject.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:09 am
by MonkeyFinger
coopasonic wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:04 am
MonkeyFinger wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:58 am This will more than likely be a day one purchase for me.
With a pre-order it can be a day minus three game. Three day head start with pre-order and it's $28 ($35 MSRP) on GMG.
Not seeing any discount there this morning. :(

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:34 am
by coopasonic
MonkeyFinger wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:09 am
coopasonic wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:04 am
MonkeyFinger wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:58 am This will more than likely be a day one purchase for me.
With a pre-order it can be a day minus three game. Three day head start with pre-order and it's $28 ($35 MSRP) on GMG.
Not seeing any discount there this morning. :(
I am still seeing it at 20% off. It may not show up if you aren't logged in.. maybe?

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/mu ... o-eden-pc/

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:00 pm
by stimpy
coopasonic wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:34 am
MonkeyFinger wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:09 am
coopasonic wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:04 am
MonkeyFinger wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:58 am This will more than likely be a day one purchase for me.
With a pre-order it can be a day minus three game. Three day head start with pre-order and it's $28 ($35 MSRP) on GMG.
Not seeing any discount there this morning. :(
I am still seeing it at 20% off. It may not show up if you aren't logged in.. maybe?

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/mu ... o-eden-pc/
This. You must be logged in and go to the VIP section to get the discount.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:02 pm
by jztemple2
coopasonic wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:34 am
MonkeyFinger wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:09 am
coopasonic wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:04 am
MonkeyFinger wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:58 am This will more than likely be a day one purchase for me.
With a pre-order it can be a day minus three game. Three day head start with pre-order and it's $28 ($35 MSRP) on GMG.
Not seeing any discount there this morning. :(
I am still seeing it at 20% off. It may not show up if you aren't logged in.. maybe?

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/mu ... o-eden-pc/
I'm seeing the discount, but only after going to my GMG VIP page first. Just going in through the home page, the game doesn't show any discount.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:26 pm
by coopasonic
..and for the record. I ordered it and got a key immediately. Look for impressions this weekend.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:40 pm
by Z-Corn
I'm in. D/L'ing now.

I'm not VIP but I did have a 5% off birthday voucher so that was savings enough for me to bite. Plus my wife just called and said she's going to the bar tonight on the way home which means I get a couple free hours!

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:27 pm
by jztemple2
Couldn't find if this has been posted before. It's a Eurogamer video from June, 5 reasons we're excited for Mutant: Year Zero - Road to Eden. It has quite a detailed look at how this game is NOT like XCOM. Briefly, in XCOM you have strategic planning, then go off on a mission, the two phases being very different. In Mutant, as you travel across the land and come across some enemies, you can go into a more stealthy mode and start planning your attack, what you're going to equip and where you're going to place your characters. It's kind of cool sounding. Also there are several other aspects, like the size of the combat area and the ability of the enemy to flank you.

Too bad Just Cause 4 is coming out (and I've pre-ordered) as I might be interest in grabbing this game too. Looking forward to some impressions.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:58 pm
by Z-Corn
Quick impression after just playing the first sorta tutorial part is I like it. Still figuring it out...

Combat is quick once it begins with a lot of movement to flank. I'm sure strategies will develop but it looks like there will be a cool ambush dynamic.

I like the world in which it takes place. I knew nothing about it previously.

Re: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden ... Tactical, Turn-Based, Combat

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:22 pm
by coopasonic
I'm playing on hard and I'm really just getting started, but it's... not easy. You circle around to identify and pick off loners with silent weapons then engage with the groups that don't want to separate. The kid gloves seem to come off pretty quickly. You start out with 4hp enemies and 2 stalkers and after a couple fights and some cutscenes you gain a third stalker and have enemies with 16 hp and 2 points of armor and your weapons are still doing 4-5 damage.