Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Announced By Funcom

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Swedish developer The Bearded Ladies Consulting and publisher Funcom have just unveiled upcoming action-strategy adventure Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden.  This looks to be based off the RPG of the same name.

 

Of course the world ends, it was just a question of time. Extreme climate change, global economic crisis, a lethal pandemic, and increasing tension between old and new superpowers. For the first time since 1945 nuclear weapons were used in armed conflict. Mushroom clouds rose from east to west before the dust settled. The humans are gone. The Mutants are here.

 

 

Gameplay will be similar to other strategy titles such as XCOM where you control multiple team members on a grid. With a big twist,  only combat will be turn-based; exploring the maps and sneaking around will be done in real time.

The three main characters are Selma, Bormin, and Dux. Selma is a human with the power to transform into something that we don’t know quite yet. Bormin and Dux are upright walking animals — a boar and a duck,

These three protagonists appear to be the only players on the team you will control and play, but  the developers are not giving too much away but do make mention of “other characters.”  Not sure if this means they are just NPC’s are new characters you can play.

 

FEATURE LIST:

  • TACTICAL COMBAT: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is the ultimate fix for your tactical strategy addiction. Dive into a deep, turn-based, tactical combat system inspired by the XCOM games.

  • EXPLORE A POST-HUMAN EARTH: Journey through a post-human world of abandoned cities, crumbling highways, and overgrown countryside. Check back at the Ark, a neon-bathed oasis of ill repute and questionable characters, to restock your supplies and plan out your next adventure.

  • CONTROL A TEAM OF MUTANTS: A duck with an attitude problem and a boar with anger issues; these aren’t your typical heroes. Get to know Dux,

    Bormin

    , Selma, and many other characters each with their own unique personality and deranged perspective on the world and their situation.

  • MASTER THE STEALTHY APPROACH: Sneak through shadows to avoid conflict or to catch enemies unaware. Real-time stealth allows you full control of approach: sneak into an enemy camp, position the team of Mutants to your advantage, and gain the element of surprise.

  • UNLOCK MUTATIONS: Unlock new mutations and abilities for your Mutants, such as Selma’s Stoneskin,

    Bormin’s

    Charge, and Dux‘ uncanny ability to sneak into a camp full of enemies unnoticed, despite being a 4-foot tall walking, talking duck with a crossbow.

  • DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS: Use the environment to your advantage. Stay out of floodlights, hide from

    line

    of sight, or just blast down fully destructible walls and buildings and wreak utter havoc.

  • LOOT, LOOT EVERYWHERE: From makeshift slingshots to high-powered rifles and top hats to police vests, make sure you equip your Mutants for the dangers ahead. Nothing says post-human quite like a mutated boar in spiked metal armor charging at you with a blunderbuss in his hands.

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