[STEAM] Mewgenics review: Balancing chaos with player freedom

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That was overwhelming. Screenshot by Destructoid. New or casual gamers may easily feel overwhelmed with Mewgenics. It’s not a welcoming game for those unfamiliar with RPGs, tactics, or gaming in general – even though I’m sure your grandma can eventually understand and maybe even enjoy Mewgenics.

In my

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, he told me this stay-at-home lady who wasn’t a gamer had logged hundreds of hours in Mewgenic’s beta builds, and I believe him. However, I still think the game can be a brutal experience before you reach that point of obsessing over it. You have to be really enjoying the game for what it is, not for how likely you are to control the odds, to get to that point.

Do whatever you want

Mewgenics gives you a lot more freedom to act on the chaos than other tactics games, which is what it does masterfully. You can use whatever skill and action on allies or enemies.

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Save-scumming is a mechanic in Mewgenics. Screenshot by Destructoid.

Why you should play Mewgenics

Overall, though, Mewgenics is an amazing game. It excels in player freedom, which is what I believe is the most important element in strategy games. Every fight is a problem with countless solutions, so you can get creative and have fun. However, the chaos may be a bit too much, and item diversity may feel like an artificial way to inflate the game mechanics.

You can be frustrated by the randomness and give up, or you can play along and try to figure it out like a puzzle. The game teaches you by doing random things you wouldn't expect, which can be fun or frustrating, depending on how you take it. It's a mindset thing. It's a good game in which complexity and randomness can be fun if you're able to roll with the punches. Player agency is the name of the game, and this is one of the most important features of a game, making it truly memorable.

The downsides are way less relevant than the upsides. Mewgenics is fun, complex, challenging, and chaotic, which are all elements a great (and fun) game must have.

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