Got it for free on Epic. Man, I'm conflicted about this game. It feels like I should have loved it, but for some reason it just didn't fully click for me. The game is beautiful, the art style is vibrant and pretty unique. The music is also great, with a lot of memorable songs packed on the relatively short story (took me about five or six hours to finish, I believe). Game looks and sounds great, but I ended the game just feeling bewildered. The whole gardening thing felt really pointless, despite how much fanfare it gets. Every ingame day you are usually tasked with growing one on different parts of the island, and once you did it there is virtually no reason to touch them again, as the only thing you get out of them once you got whatever you needed to progress is more seeds, with which to grow more shit. It's not fun, its not particularly interesting, just plant the seeds of whatever color you need and bang your drum.

I did like the story, though. Not the main story, which is a lot of pseudo magical uninvesting garbage, but the interpersonal drama between the residents was great to read, and it helps how lively each character's sprite is, and even the text boxes have little animations as a way to show how the person is feeling. Mutazione is a small town, everyone knows everything that happens, and one's problems affect the whole community. The devs describe the game as a "mutant soap opera" in almost every marketing blurb, and I'd say that is pretty appropriate. I wouldn't say its all that melodramatic though, characters felt pretty real and relatable. I suppose I would have liked that the game was a bit longer, but I prefer finishing a game with a "wait, that's it?" than a "thank god that's finally over"