Focus Entertainment has just released the new third-person action game from Flying Wild Hog, Evil West. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, it’s time now to benchmark it and see how it performs on the PC platform.
For this PC Performance Analysis, we used an Intel i9 9900K with 16GB of DDR4 at 3800Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX580, RX Vega 64, RX 6900XT, NVIDIA’s GTX980Ti, RTX 2080Ti, RTX 3080 and RTX 4090. We also used Windows 10 64-bit, the GeForce 526.86 and the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 22.11.1 drivers.
Flying Wild Hog has added a respectable amount of graphics settings to tweak. PC gamers can adjust the quality of View Distance, Anti-Aliasing, Post-Processing, Shadows, Textures, Effects and Foliage. The game also supports both NVIDIA DLSS 2 and AMD FSR 2.0. And, as with most games, DLSS 2 looks better than FSR 2.0.
Evil West is mostly a GPU-bound title which is why won’t have any CPU benchmarks. For what it’s worth, we’ve simulated a dual-core system, and that PC system was able to push more than 120fps at 1080p/Epic Settings. So rest assured that the game will run smoothly on a wide range of CPUs.
At 1080p/Epic Settings, most of our GPUs were able to provide a constant 60fps experience. The only GPU that could not come close to such a thing was the AMD Radeon RX580. It’s also worth noting that even though the game uses the DX11 API, it runs great on AMD’s hardware.
At 1440p/Epic Settings, our top four GPUs were able to provide framerates higher than 100fps. And as for native 4K gaming, our NVIDIA RTX3080, RTX 4090, and AMD RX 6900XT were able to run the game smoothly.
Graphics-wise, Evil West looks okay-ish. We’ve seen some complaints about its visuals but, to be honest, we’ve seen games that look far worse than it. And, contrary to these other games, Evil West does at least run well. One thing to note is that the game has some traversal stutters. They are not that annoying but some of you will definitely notice them. Thankfully, the game does not have any shader compilation stutters.
All in all, Evil West will run smoothly on a wide range of PC configurations. The game will not impress you with its graphics, so don’t expect a visual powerhouse (or a game that pushes Unreal Engine 4 to its limits). After all, this is a double-A game from a somehow small studio. Additionally, Evil West cannot match the graphics of Flying Wild Hog’s previous title, Shadow Warrior 3. Regardless of that, though, its visuals are above average and it does not require a beefy PC system to run!
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this game is a huge let down honestly, wait a year when it goes on heavy discount before buying it
why? what you dont like in it? i havent purchased it yet
I’m in love with this game. It’s brutally fantastic.
Yeah, I really wanted to play it. But they told us over at GOG to fuq off. Which is unlikely for the publisher and the dev. But you’re saying it’s good as the reviews are destroying it. Which is right. Because the damn game looks really good to me. It’s a their back to 15 years ago. Glad you’re having fun, hope they drop a DRM FREE version soon.
Well, you know how reviews work these days. And worry not I’m pretty sure it’ll be on gog someday. About the game it feels solid, heavy and good action focused joyride with a good learning curve. Rarely there’s loot here and there not like bloated GOW where I was always distracted by the amount of useless collect this collect that. But I got used to it. And with this game it’s refreshing that you can focus on combat and strategy with a few collectibles and enjoy the game. It’s like a perfect small pastry. You’ll enjoy it for sure.
Oh man that mean you’d love the game “vanquish”. The only thing I found annoying about vanquish is the way you upgrade your weapons with the switch out system. But I’m sure you’ve played vanquish. Very short game, but the best 4 hours you’ll ever spend in a game. I wasn’t even mad when it was over. We need more games like these. Tired of all these looting and leveling crap. Just let the action roll, I want to play not live in it. I have real life for grinding. Thanks for the heads up man. Can’t wait to get my hands on this one.
Dude. You’re the man. How can I skip a legendary shinji mikami game. Had a blast playing it. Still have it in my library. Now playing “The evil within” on the hardest (when I’m free ofc haha) Truth be told only Japan knows how to make good videogames. That with morals which you can enjoy and want to share with your family and friends. All these lootshoot nonsense is evolved from multiplayer and found its way into single player. There were originals. The REAL rpgs with sensible quests and upgrading felt heavy. I can remember some like vampire the masquerade redemption, demon stone etc. Today only Witcher 3 did it right. The way how it was supposed to. And then followed some copycats who abandoned their original quirks and now are lost for identity. But finally, now we’re seeing some goodies again. Hope you enjoy them as well. Enjoy the holidays mate!!
Stop the Press! Say no more. “Vampire The Masquerade Redemption”. Do you know what I’m thinking? The Menu… Just the menu music alone. “The Vienna suite”, entering the Temere territory and all I remember them saying, “leave & I shall spare thee, stay and I shall kill thee”. Oh the precious vitae. That’s the game that needs to be updated or remade. Bro, back in 2000 I was still in HS and couldn’t afford a damn thing. Then I’m 2001 went to live my aunt in ATL and get husband had a comp that could take it. I remember downloading just the demo and playing just that over and over. Until 2002-03 I found a copy in GameStop and everything I’d waited for finally came through. Games NOW SUCK!
LASTLY, You wouldn’t believe this… demon stone I was suppose to play and just never did and I think it’s on GoG now. I might give it a try. A remember seeing it on the shelves at GameStop. Kept calling me for years and I just never did. I guess I missed out on that one.
“Tomorrow I shall venture into the silver mines and flush vermin from their holes” that line, I can never forget. Haha! 1CD right! Man that was hard to get. I used to borrow from my friends. Sometimes buying from my saved pocket money lol. Installing a game alone felt like an achievement. The coverart, the physical goodies you get to show off and be one of the cool kids in school. Damn! Games were something else then. Hah! It’s good that we have plenty of them now. Maybe we’re going rusty day by day or trying to find more meaningful time than videogames nowdays. But one thing is for sure, there’s still that curious kid wanting to find out if the game offers that same feeling and joy as it did before. Which you can share with everyone. Tell stories about it and remember for long long time. We’re still thrilled and looking for such experience eagerly with that one game. So my friend, I tell ya, play the heck outta games you like to play. Or you wanted to play as a kid. Now you can afford an play better than ever. Do not hold back my dude. Damn! Those reviews or scores. It’s them thats really ruining this industry. Trust your review. Top notch best. If you like it it’s 11/10.
Now go, let the legend come back to gaming!!!
Thanks for the review, sorry to be critic but using colors to id the gpu is bad, not good at all, each color bar should have the name of the gpu . Colors are the worst way to id something, specially when there are similar colors. Console performance is crap then since the amd 580 almost performs the same as xbox sx 1080p. Lazy devs
A 580 is closer to the xbox one x
The series x is closer to a 2080 in non rt scenario(2060 when rt are used)
I am talking about performance in this game alone
“even though the game uses the DX11 API, it runs great on AMD’s hardware.” You know AMD has better CPU overhead over Nvidia right? It’s BS like this that is the reason why Nvidia has 88% of the freaking market.
No it doesn’t in most DX11 games (excluding the AMD-sponsored ones), even with its latest drivers.
Play the game with a 3700X for example and see what happens with a 6800 Xt vs a 3080.
“Thankfully, the game does not have any shader compilation stutters.”
The hell it doesn’t, lol. Me and a bunch of other people have shader compilation stutters. Just look in Steam forum for this game if you don’t believe me.
There’s something even worse than the stutters for this game though: the game just isn’t really all that good. It’s boring. Oh GOD is it boring. It just drags on and on and you just do the same thing over and over (clear out enemies in an “arena”, advance to the next “arena”)……..which would be fine if they had things in between to make the game interesting. Sadly, there isn’t. It all feels very hollow and banal. But even the combat itself isn’t all that fun tbh! Not once did I ever feel like a badass vampire hunter. Instead, I felt like a really lame Doomguy ripoff. Even if they fix the stutters one day I won’t be playing this game ever again.
Having said that, I realize I’m in a minority. The majority of Steam reviews like this game so who knows, you might like it. But if you really want to play it I recommend you wait until it’s on sale.
The game supports DLSS 2.x and FSR 1.0 only. FSR 2.x has not been implemented.
you’re full of crap, i’ve just played the game and there is shader compilation stutter. ffs man stop lying and do a proper analysis
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