Expeditions: A MudRunner Game Review (Steam)

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game Review, Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure from the creators of MudRunner and SnowRunner. Lead research missions as you drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, using high-tech tools and managing your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 18.73GB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support.
• Graphics settings – display mode, resolution, target display, v-sync, fps limit, limit fps when in the background, anti-aliasing, FXAA, motion blur, sharpening, film grain, first-person fov, third person fov, Legacy camera, and visual quality preset.
• Advanced video settings – terrain draw distance, grass density, object quality, effects quality, shadow quality, texture quality, texture filtering, ambient occlusion, water quality, volume fog, light shafts, and mirrors.
• Steering wheel support.
• Controller settings – vibration, swap shoulder button options, Invert axis, and sensitivity slider.
• Keyboard settings – Invert the axis and sensitivity slider for the mouse, keyboard bindings can be remapped.
• Steering wheel presets for custom, Logitech G29, Logitech G920, Logitech G923 PS4 layout, Logitech G923 Xbox layout, Thrustmaster T GT, Thrustmaster T80, Thrustmaster T150, Thrustmaster T300, Thrustmaster TX, Thrustmaster TX with clutch pedal, Fanatec DD1 Xbox layout, and Fanatec DD1.
• Mod browser with Mod.io integration.
• Four save slots.
• Opening tutorial section getting you to learn about tire pressure, gears, movement, and taking and making deliveries.
• Change gear types on the fly like auto, high, AWD (all-wheel drive), and low. Gear choice affects petrol consumption and how you interact with the terrain.
• Tyre pressure can be changed on the fly, which affects petrol consumption but gives more or less grip.
• Full damage model and you have a repairs shortcut to quickly repair parts like engine, tyre, drive train, etc.
• Full 3D World with 360-degree camera control.
• Offer both first and third-person views.
• Three regions – Little Colorado, Arizona, and the Carpathians. (Little Colorado is the only one unlocked initially)
• Locations will have set missions that progress the story, and free roam is exactly that.
• Echo sounders help tell you the depth of the water.
• Jack screws have a limited use but they can flip your vehicle when upturned.
• Winch is back, pick a winch spot on your vehicle and then attach it to a tree or winch point, you can pull or push your vehicle.
• Day and night cycle.
• At any time you can recover to the headquarters or base for a charge.
• Find hidden climbs, Ford’s, and pickups and upgrades.
• End of expedition breakdown showing cash earned cash spent on repairs, damage, rewards, and any loot you found.
• You are free to play how you want.
• The physics and movement of the vehicles are some of the best.
• You can freely jump between locations once unlocked. (they unlock after the tutorial)
• Find airdrops and trade inventory with your available space.
• Jobs can range from scouting an area out to rescuing stuck trucks and checking seismic vibrations and much more.
• Each vehicle has a rating for PWR, strength, and fuel consumption along with the usual different lock choices, recovery cost, compatible devices, and fuel tank size and liveries.
• Massive open world areas.
• Fully customize your vehicles from cosmetics to new wheels, gearboxes, engines, etc.
• You have a team and sometimes you have to take a particular team with you. These guys get hired and unlocked along with unique buffs for your equipment.
• Six types of team members – mechanics, logisticians, hydrologists, Jaegers, Operators, and managers.
• Adjusting things like tire pressure will temporarily change the stats of your vehicle so letting down tires on a certain terrain will improve the grip stat.
• Find optional tasks and missions for unique rewards.
• Three types of vehicles – scout (small vehicles usually cars and used to check out areas), Off-road (big rig-style multi-wheeled behemoths that can scale mountains and carry huge loads), and Heavy vehicles (carry the biggest loads and require tons of upgrades to just function).
• The Codex houses all the info and the game manual available from the pause menu.
• Clear checkpointing in missions, newly discovered points of interest fill in and show icons when discovered.
• Hills are like puzzles and you have to work it out.
• Binoculars are key to scanning areas and getting new icons marked on the map, plus it’s really good for looking at possible routes.
• Visual searches and inspections trigger a time-based mini-game.

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game Review Cons:

• Outside of the opening tutorial, the rest of it is bad as it doesn’t help guide you through the menus and procedures and you could do with that.
• A lot of shortcuts to remember for all the gadgets and tools.
• It feels like you take damage way too easy.
• The camera is not always ideal to help with judgment calls and is a nightmare in any wooded area.
• The music is almost nonexistent and you don’t seem to have a radio.
• Cannot remap the controller buttons.
• The whole game doesn’t feel connected, it is just a checklist of events and missions, and it all feels self-contained.
• Takes a lot of getting used to what you can and cannot climb and drive over.
• Hitting any obstacle whether it’s a terrain or hill climb scenario, it all comes down to just cycling through the same loop of tools to try and it becomes more a rhythm than feeling like an achievement of brains.
• Trees just feel invincible, Only small shrub-looking trees actually react to your weight in a winch situation.

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Expeditions: A MudRunner Game.

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Developer: Saber Interactive

Publisher: Focus Entertainment

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