Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Hellfire · Dec 4, 2018

bug said:
I believe that would be a few hundred video cards, let alone combos.

But you are too easily pleased. I also demand testing with 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 GB RAM, motherboards having high-end and entry-level chipsets and for games with an online component using 10, 100 and 1,000 Mbit connections. Also dual and triple monitor setups as a bare minimum.

We also need benchmarks with all VR headsets, different cables, VGA/HDMI/DVI/DP.

Also bus speeds, PCI X1/4/8/16, even AGP

I mean how am I to know if this works on my ATI 7500??

XiGMAKiD · Dec 4, 2018

I like the review but why testing it with dual GPU and not single GPU?

Hellfire · Dec 4, 2018

XiGMAKiD said:
I like the review but why testing it with dual GPU and not single GPU?

You're right. @bug we need to factory in dual GPUs to our list

RCoon · Dec 4, 2018

XiGMAKiD said:
I like the review but why testing it with dual GPU and not single GPU?

OH GOD HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT
EDIT: FIXED

Gasaraki · Dec 4, 2018

You have no issues with the graphics? I see some issues.

1 - 62 frames hard lock and yet the mins are only 44 frames? At 1080p? With a 1060 6GB? Should be a pretty steady 60 frames average.
2 - 99 percent usage with dual GPUs? To get 62 frames at 1080p. Really? Don't you think that's really inefficient? Sniper Elite 3 has way higher frames yet uses around 60% GPU.

Hellfire said:
Totally, and I am with you on that thought track, I don't know why Devs decide to cap FPS, my hate is when they tie game speed to the frame rate, it just feels lazy.

I was just curious how it performed if you removed the limit. maybe the RPG/moving element is tied to the frame rate?

LOL, like Fallout 76 where they limited it to 62 FPS so the physics can work correctly. LAZY.

RCoon · Dec 4, 2018

OK everyone, review edited with the unlocked FPS cap and the Dual GPU bit removed from the charts (it was a remnant from my 295x2 days).

Gasaraki said:
99 percent usage with dual GPUs?

See above edit for clarification on that.
In fairness it has better graphics than Darksiders III but obviously much less draw distance given the type of game, but still manages better framerates. If I recall a few years ago I reviewed XCOM and the performance was also quite average.

Famorak · Dec 4, 2018

Love love LOVE! the game! what a masterpiece!!

rtwjunkie · Jan 6, 2019

OK, I feel like an idiot. I am no stranger to Turn-Based games. I have hundreds of hours in them. But my two characters died at the first cabin because I could not get a shot off. That's right, I cannot figure out how to use any weapon and shoot. All I succeeded in doing is to have them run around. Any help would be much appreciated!

Space Lynx · Jan 6, 2019

rtwjunkie said:
OK, I feel like an idiot. I am no stranger to Turn-Based games. I have hundreds of hours in them. But my two characters died at the first cabin because I could not get a shot off. That's right, I cannot figure out how to use any weapon and shoot. All I succeeded in doing is to have them run around. Any help would be much appreciated!

watch a youtube walkthrough

rtwjunkie · Jan 6, 2019

lynx29 said:
watch a youtube walkthrough

I thought of that, but I have never seen a walkthrough that says press this key or that key.

bug · Jan 6, 2019

rtwjunkie said:
I thought of that, but I have never seen a walkthrough that says press this key or that key.

Maybe this isn't about pressing keys?

Edit: Let me be more helpful: you want to fire a round, you have to think like a gun!

rtwjunkie · Jan 9, 2019

Ok, got the controls figured out thanks to @bug and it appears it was right there in front of me the whole time, LOL.

Anyway, thanks to that and this review I am having a lot of fun!! I put in 6 hours yesterday without even realizing it! That’s how you know a game is good.

bug · Jan 9, 2019

rtwjunkie said:
Ok, got the controls figured out thanks to @bug and it appears it was right there in front of me the whole time, LOL.

Anyway, thanks to that and this review I am having a lot of fun!! I put in 6 hours yesterday without even realizing it! That’s how you know a game is good.

Lol, I wrote that as tongue in cheek.
I guess I'm that good (not to mention modest)

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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Hellfire

XiGMAKiD

Hellfire

RCoon

Gasaraki

RCoon

Famorak

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rtwjunkie

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Space Lynx

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rtwjunkie

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