Mutation Phase is a very basic FPS with some RPG elements that seems to be more fluff than substance. It starts off promising with a story about how the zombies came to be and your character needs to collect weapons and find a way of communication to destroy them. There are 6 levels that unfortunately never really pick up after the first level.

The gameplay is very repetitive and boring, which can be summed up like this: move along the predefined path and listen for footsteps, which indicate another zombie mob is on their way. Take out the zombies, search their bodies for health and ammo, and reload weapons/restore health. Rinse and repeat. The first few levels are the same 3 zombie enemy types and then the last few levels introduce a new bigger zombie into the mob.

Other than the full screen of text that is displayed when starting a new game, there is no more story. The game just leads the player on from one military complex to an open woods area and then another complex, where it just abruptly ends after a single boss battle. Majority of the areas look the same and the levels are just copied/pasted sections together to give the illusion of a larger area. Many of the rooms/buildings cannot even be entered. Additionally, the majority of the game is very dark so little detail was needed within the level design as they end up just being huge empty rooms.

The RPG elements are simply picking up health and ammo from bodies and desk drawers. There were a few notes/memos that could be read, but they didn’t tie into the story. There were no puzzles or anything else to keep the game interesting. There is just not a lot of content in general. It might be worth it if you can get this in a cheap bundle, but don’t expect more than about 15 minutes of actual content that is dragged out into 1-2 hours.

Mutation Phase is a very basic FPS with some RPG elements that seems to be more fluff than substance. It starts off promising with a story about how the zombies came to be and your character needs to collect weapons and find a way of communication to destroy them. There are 6 levels that unfortunately never really pick up after the first level. The gameplay is very repetitive and boring, which can be summed up like this: move along the predefined path and listen for footsteps, which indicate another zombie mob is on their way. Take out the zombies, search their bodies for health and ammo, and reload weapons/restore health. Rinse and repeat. The first few levels are the same 3 zombie enemy types and then the last few levels introduce a new bigger zombie into the mob. Other than the full screen of text that is displayed when starting a new game, there is no more story. The game just leads the player on from one military complex to an open woods area and then another complex, where it just abruptly ends after a single boss battle. Majority of the areas look the same and the levels are just copied/pasted sections together to give the illusion of a larger area. Many of the rooms/buildings cannot even be entered. Additionally, the majority of the game is very dark so little detail was needed within the level design as they end up just being huge empty rooms. The RPG elements are simply picking up health and ammo from bodies and desk drawers. There were a few notes/memos that could be read, but they didn’t tie into the story. There were no puzzles or anything else to keep the game interesting. There is just not a lot of content in general. It might be worth it if you can get this in a cheap bundle, but don’t expect more than about 15 minutes of actual content that is dragged out into 1-2 hours.