ANNO: Mutationem - sidescrolling action adventure with RPG mechanics

[Modron]

They're going to add some further content to this, looks like some kind of minigame as well in the screenshots here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1368030/announcements/detail/3646258449547611021

Big news before the new year comes!!!
Big news before the new year comes!!!
A new mini story line of ANNOmutationem is now in development!!!
A new combat costume with exclusive weapons can be unlocked in the mission, more details will be released soon, please stay tuned!!!

 

[Modron]

The above content should be in the game now (don't know why they call it dlc, it's an old fashioned content update): https://steamcommunity.com/games/1368030/announcements/detail/6869720192197964530

Mini-game play has been updated! New battle suits and weapons added!

Dear Mutationems！
Anno: Mutationem DLC is available now!
Update to check out new content in game!
A story of Ayane's childhood.
A super lite rogue-like mini game "Mysterious Game Console".
New costume [Archaic Hazmat Suit] with new weapons.
Hope you guys love it!

 

[Maxie]

boobs look cute. but is gameplay loop worth the money

 

[Modron]

The combat is decent, could be better. Where the game shines is the art direction and it's fun to explore around the towns, it has a good ratio of combat sequences to non combat exploration. It's a 10-15 hour casual affair, more with this recent update I suppose. I enjoyed my time with it, was it the best game ever? No. I guess if I had to TL/DR sum it up I would say: ANNO Mutationem is good enough for what it is.

 

[Roguey]

This gets the Roguey seal of tentative approval. Much better gameplay than Dex and oozing with style. The writing's lacking, but there are interesting elements to it. I was amused by how, true to Chinese standards, this is both a knock-off of a pre-existing concept (SCP Foundation) and a post-cyberpunk game where the authorities are ultimately good guys and the bad people within them are just a few bad apples who ultimately get punished. I was surprised by how your voice-companion is a sexually harassing lesbo though. I guess China doesn't take lesbianism seriously, like maybe it's a phase young women go through and grow out of?

It's also interesting to see how the ending was modified post-release. The original was rather bittersweet

Spoiler

your character puts on a collar that severs her connection to the bad magical realm and has to stay in the not-SCP Foundation for the rest of her life along with her lesbo friend, and your brother gets knocked out, his memory of you erased, and sent out on his way

while the one they patched in a few months later ultimately removes the bitterness

Spoiler

your brother is allowed to leave normally, and after an unknown amount of time has passed, the Consortium figures out a way to permanently sever your connection to the Hinterland leading to an additional boss fight followed by your going home to reunite with your family. They also let you choose a bad ending where you refuse to put the collar on and end up destroying the world, so Trust the Authorities.

I like the expanded ending better, good call.