Beat game number 8 for this year - ANNO Mutationem.
I remember this game being announced at State of Play a few years ago and it got me interested back then. It finally released on Xbox a few days ago. This is a 2D/2.5D action/platforming indie game in cyberpunk setting. I liked gameplay, music, graphics and setting for the most part. But there are few issues with the game that spoil impression. First of all, the story becomes a bit confusing and weird by the end of the game and a lot of things are left unexplained, rushed and scrapped it seems. Second - I personally felt like certain gameplay element which is weapon enhancement with chips is not realised to full potential, because the game is not long enough for that. Probably this mechanic shouldn't have existed in the game. Third - I fell like the balance between main and side missions is not that great, and there are not many side missions in general. Coming back to previous point - side missions exist in this game just for the sake of existing. Anyway, the game itself is solid and I really enjoyed it. It was made by small Chinese indie studio and as I understand correctly it's their first game, so it has this "concept" vibe.
I think I'll give it a 8/10.
But, now comes specific Xbox-related stuff. The port is not really good. There are minor performance issues on Series S which were kinda a bit annoying during boss fights for a game like that, where every frame matters. Still it's not as bad as straight up visual/graphics bug which can be seen in certain parts of the game, but it's super annoying during one of the ending battles because it covers up the big part of the screen and you are not able to see where your character is during that battle if you stay at certain spot which is very important there. And, broken platinum. You can't get 1000G. 900G is all you can get. As the achievement for getting all achievements is broken. Not sure if it's ever gonna be fixed because I've calculated that there are only 200 people as of today on XBL who played the game and I'm the second to beat it.
