Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden was one of many nicest surprises of final 12 months’s tail-end. A whip-smart mixture of ’80s post-apocalyptic RPG (utilizing an previous pen-and-paper setting), real-time stealth and tense XCOM-inspired turn-based fight. The solely frequent grievance levelled in opposition to it’s that it was too brief. Today, builders The Bearded Ladies introduced a partial resolution to that, within the type of Seed Of Evil, an growth due out on June 30th, including new environments, a brand new set of enemies and a brand new moose-man mutant to hitch your social gathering. Below, Big Khan introduces himself in trailer kind.
Seed Of Evil picks up the place the principle game’s story ended, and sends your group out additional to confront one other menace to mutant civilisation. You uncover that that is the stomping floor of moose-headed stalker Big Khan, and he reckons that it’s all gone a bit Invasion of The Body Snatchers up right here. Big scary vegetation have been consuming up the native feral mutants, then spitting them out as multi-eyed plant hybrid monsters. While a cynical man may say it is a intelligent method to re-use present enemies, a bit extra selection within the threats confronted is all the time appreciated.
The growth will apparently happen partially in new areas round irradiated Sweden (together with the evocatively named Hall Of Electric Coffins, and the Mausoleum of Suburbia), in addition to previous locations overrun by the brand new baddies. Perhaps not probably the most ambitious-sounding of expansions (XCOM 2’s actually spoilt us), however it’s extra sneaking, taking pictures, and snarky animal-people commenting in bafflement at artifacts of humanity previous. This can be constructing on prime of the free Stalker Trials update released in February, which added a semi-competitive problem mode.
Mutant Year Zero: Seeds Of Evil launches on July 30th, priced at £13/15/$15. You can discover it here on Steam as an upgrade, or in a discounted bundle with the main game. It’s revealed by Funcom.
