Apple Arcade review #49: Mutazione
I love the look of this game. It’s beautifully minimalistic, but still rich with detail. Scenery, colours, design and animations all contribute to a coherent whole. This is a game with soul. It even sounds great.
I haven’t progressed very far in this point-and-click adventure yet, but what I have seen so far is promising. Text-heavy, there’s some branching in dialogues, but it appears to mostly be for flavour. Which is fine, because the writing is good and the characters have emotional complexity.
On top of all that, the world is interesting and the story shows promise. Combined with the unique look, this is a winner. I’ll definitely keep playing Mutazione, although it’s the sort of game that requires attention, isolation, headphones. And preferably a larger screen. I played it on the big iPad Pro in a dark room, and that was ideal. Smaller screens will have issues with readability — and the art won’t have room to shine. I might even give this a spin on the Apple TV.
(Update: I gave it a spin on the Apple TV, and it works great with a controller. In fact, this is now my preferred way of playing the game.)
I can heartily recommend Mutazione.