XCOM-like 'Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden' announced for Xbox One and PC

Today, developer Disguised Ladies and publisher Funcom announced Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. According to the companies, Mutant Year Cypher: Road to Eden is a tactical take chances featuring a story prepare on a mail service-human Earth. The game combines strategy and the plough-based tactical gainsay of XCOM with real-time exploration and stealth gameplay. The team making Mutant Twelvemonth Zero: Road to Eden has members who previous worked on titles like Hitman and Payday.

Extreme climate change, global economic crises, a lethal pandemic, and increasing tension between erstwhile and new superpowers causes the destruction of the planet. Nuclear war destroys the state and humans perish. Even so, the story doesn't end there, as mutants arise from the rubble. You'll encounter characters like anthropomorphic ducks, pigs and fifty-fifty homo-looking rocks on your journey.

Players must have command of a team of unlikely heroes such every bit Dux, a crossbow-wielding duck, and Bormin, a boar with anger direction issues, and aid them navigate abandoned cities, crumbling highways, and mutated monsters on every corner. The ultimate goal is to save yourselves by finding the legendary country known every bit Eden. Notwithstanding, it'southward unclear if it even exists in the first place.

Disguised Ladies' Executive Producer Ulf Andersson – known for being the designer backside Payday – issued the following statement aslope the reveal announcement.

Information technology'due south an unusual label for a game, but tactical adventure really fits the bill, no duck pun intended. Our goal is to blend the deep and tactical gainsay of XCOM with a branching storyline that unfolds every bit you explore overgrown forests and abandoned cities with your team of mutants. Mixing that with real-time stealth gameplay gives yous a unique style to approach or avoid combat situations y'all encounter while exploring.

Funcom is known for unique experiences like Conan Exiles and The Park, and so Mutant Year Null: Road to Eden seems like the right fit. The game is set to release in 2022 on Xbox Ane, PC, and PlayStation 4. Mutant Yr Zero: Road to Eden is based on the archetype "Mutant" franchise that has spawned several popular pen and newspaper role-playing games since the 1980s.

The game looks similar it takes a lot of inspiration from titles similar Fallout 3 and not just XCOM. You lot can explore environments freely, but enemy encounters are restricted to a particular area and require careful execution. Hopefully Mutant Twelvemonth Zero: Route to Eden will be a polished experience even on consoles and provide compelling gameplay for many types of gamers when it launches this yr. We'll go on you posted as soon equally nosotros know more than about the game or receive word of a concrete release date.

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