August 17, 2023 - Day 229 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 249
Game: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Dec 4, 2018
Library Date: Apr 7, 2019
Unplayed: 1593d (4y4m10d)
Playtime: 45m
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is an adventure/tactical RPG with exploration & stealth elements, set in a post-apocalyptic Earth.
You control a team of humanoid/animal mutants called "stalkers" who scavenge the wastelands (called "The Zone") for resources to keep the last human refuge, "The Ark" running.
In terms of gameplay, it feels similar to other tactics RPGs I've played this year, and like many of those, it drew me in.
Even so, attacks have to be planned out carefully, and regular manual saves are necessary; it was late last night when I played it, but I don't think there's any autosaving.
Initially, your team consists of two characters, a humanoid boar named Bormin, and a humanoid duck named Dux. A lot of effort went into character names, apparently.
You find yourself on the map exploring in the dark; you can use a torch to explore, or turn it off to stealth around. Sometimes you're in stealth to split up and ambush the "ghouls" of The Zone, sometimes it's to avoid enemies that are so many levels above you, you have to sneak past them.
The overgrown post-apocalyptic environment is well executed, and this is yet another game I can see myself returning to; I wish I hadn't left it so long to play.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is:
4: Good
Public Servant for 25 years
Gamer of 40+ years, mostly as a 
Former Gaming Chair, ConStellation
ENFP "Campaigner"
Input, Connectedness, Communication, Learner, Positivity
Unitarian Universalist 
