ANNO: Mutationem

Item: ANNO: Mutationem
Rating: 74
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-13

Summary

Visually stunning, unique art style stands out
Enjoyable and satisfying combat experience
Excellent music and sound design enhances gameplay
Story confusing, poorly written, and generic
Cyberpunk setting feels superficial, lacks depth
Lacks content, scarce resources limit gameplay

Reviews (sample size): 830
Helpful reviews: 80%
Unhelpful reviews: 19%
Protest reviews: 1%

74%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
26%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1751
Negative points: 1377
Gameplay points: 323
Perf. points: 33
Rec. points: 541
Misc points: 122

Point	Description	Importance
Visually stunning, unique art style Description The game features a unique and appealing aesthetic, often described as a blend of 2D pixel art and 3D environments, creating a visually stunning cyberpunk world. Reviewers consistently praise the art style, character designs, and overall visual presentation as a major strength of the game. Importance 95%	The game features a unique and appealing aesthetic, often described as a blend of 2D pixel art and 3D environments, creating a visually stunning cyberpunk world. Reviewers consistently praise the art style, character designs, and overall visual presentation as a major strength of the game.	95%
Enjoyable and satisfying combat Description The combat system is generally considered enjoyable, fun, and satisfying, with responsive controls and a good sense of impact. While some find it simple or easy to learn, others appreciate its potential for complexity and the variety of approaches it offers. Importance 70%	The combat system is generally considered enjoyable, fun, and satisfying, with responsive controls and a good sense of impact. While some find it simple or easy to learn, others appreciate its potential for complexity and the variety of approaches it offers.	70%
Excellent music and sound design Description The game features a high-quality soundtrack and sound design that complements the gameplay and enhances the overall atmosphere. Reviewers specifically praise the music during boss fights and the immersive environmental effects. Importance 12%	The game features a high-quality soundtrack and sound design that complements the gameplay and enhances the overall atmosphere. Reviewers specifically praise the music during boss fights and the immersive environmental effects.	12%
Well-developed and likable characters Description The game features well-developed and likable characters, with reviewers often highlighting the dynamic between specific characters like Ann and Ayane. The voice acting, particularly for these main characters, is also praised for adding depth and personality. Importance 12%	The game features well-developed and likable characters, with reviewers often highlighting the dynamic between specific characters like Ann and Ayane. The voice acting, particularly for these main characters, is also praised for adding depth and personality.	12%
Engaging side quests and exploration Description The game offers engaging side quests and rewarding exploration, encouraging players to delve deeper into the world and its lore. Reviewers appreciate the unique objectives, interesting storylines, and the sense of discovery that comes with exploring the detailed environments. Importance 8%	The game offers engaging side quests and rewarding exploration, encouraging players to delve deeper into the world and its lore. Reviewers appreciate the unique objectives, interesting storylines, and the sense of discovery that comes with exploring the detailed environments.	8%
Improved ending with multiple outcomes Description The developers have actively listened to player feedback and revised the game's ending, resulting in a significant improvement. The game now offers multiple endings, allowing players to experience different outcomes based on their choices. Importance 5%	The developers have actively listened to player feedback and revised the game's ending, resulting in a significant improvement. The game now offers multiple endings, allowing players to experience different outcomes based on their choices.	5%
Immersive voice acting and dialogue Description The game features full voice acting in the main story, enhancing immersion and giving the characters more personality. Reviewers appreciate the depth of NPC dialogue and the overall effort put into creating a living, breathing world. Importance 5%	The game features full voice acting in the main story, enhancing immersion and giving the characters more personality. Reviewers appreciate the depth of NPC dialogue and the overall effort put into creating a living, breathing world.	5%
Unique 2D/3D gameplay blend Description The game features a unique blend of 2D and 3D elements, creating a distinctive visual style and gameplay experience. This combination is often praised for its novelty and effectiveness in enhancing the overall presentation. Importance 4%	The game features a unique blend of 2D and 3D elements, creating a distinctive visual style and gameplay experience. This combination is often praised for its novelty and effectiveness in enhancing the overall presentation.	4%
Easter eggs and franchise references Description The game contains easter eggs and references to other media, such as VA-11 HALL-A and the SCP Foundation, adding an extra layer of enjoyment for fans of those franchises. These references are often subtle and well-integrated into the game world. Importance 4%	The game contains easter eggs and references to other media, such as VA-11 HALL-A and the SCP Foundation, adding an extra layer of enjoyment for fans of those franchises. These references are often subtle and well-integrated into the game world.	4%