
From what I played of the game previously on PC ( and from our original review), it's the type of sleeper hit that players shouldn't, well.sleep on.įor those unfamiliar with the original game, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a turn-based strategy game based on the tabletop RPG Mutant, where players take on the role of a pair of Scavengers (the mutants Dux and Bormin) on a post-apocalyptic journey through the wastelands of the world in search of a scientist named Hammon. Hyper Light Drifter and Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden will both be available to download for free on the Epic Store from 15th August to 22nd August.As much as I've been looking forward to the big marquee releases that are coming to the Switch this year like Luigi's Mansion 3 and the upcoming Link's Awakening remake, one of the titles that I personally have been most looking forward to playing on Switch has been Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. While the game has been out for some time on consoles and PC, Mutant Year Zero still might have flown relatively under the radar for a lot of players out there, and undeservedly so. Mutant Year Zero's solidly designed turn-based strategy action is compelling enough in its own right, but it's the game's wonderfully engaging cast of animal misfits, on a journey across a post-human world, that really makes for something genuinely special. Based on the popular Swedish tabletop RPG of the same name, it's a post-apocalyptic yarn that plays out very much like a stealthy spin on XCOM. It impressed Eurogamer's Christian Donlan enough for him to whip out his pulsating Recommended stamp when it passed across his desk for review in 2016.Īs for Mutant Year Zero, that too is a bit of a treat. All of which unfolds across an enigmatic, beautifully crafted world that's ripe with mysteries and and secrets for the curious adventurer to discover. It's an utterly triumphant top-down slasher that mixes evocative exploration and puzzling with tough, evasion-based combat.

Should your increasingly insurmountable library of video game freebies still not quite be tottering enough for your liking, Epic has revealed that Hyper Light Drifter and Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden will be available for nowt on its store next week.įor those that need an introduction, Hyper Light Drifter is the work of developer Heart Machine, and originally launched on PC back in 2016.
