How do I fight mutants/beasts?

[Tully Bascombe]

So I'm at the port by the bridge. I've reached a house I can't avoid, There is a mutant who jumps me no matter how I approach the house. He swats away my gun and then just beats on me. As far as I can tell I have no options for fighting him off. There are no melee options, swinging my gun doesn't have an effect. What do I do?

[Jig McGalliger]

Have you met the mechanic yet? Where exactly are you?

[cuss]

Mutant on the way to meet Krest? It's a QTE. TAP (spam) your 'interact' key.

[Tully Bascombe]

It's right before meeting the mechanic, I hear him fighting with the humanimals. I tried tapping "E", which is the interact key, but nothing happens. I get taken out and have to start over before reaching the building. Is a QTE. TAP different?

[Firestorm🗿]

Honestly don't remember encountering this. Sounds like a bug.

[cuss]

It's a very fast TAP requirement. Maybe go to Options / Accessibility / QTE Control and change TAP to PRESS or HOLD instead.

[Flybye]

Yeah I know where he is at. He entered the small court yard of a 3 or 4 story building. As he exists the courtyard he gets jumped. Has to tap the pickup/use button quickly. I mean the icon pops up on the screen for it unless he is playing Ranger dive with no interface.

[Cyanmurder]

There is some scene you cant avoid, like that mutant surprise attack, just gotta hit "E" button, like me on ranger hardcore, theres no cue to hit E, but I know that part to hit E.

[Mark the Dane]

Originally posted by Tully Bascombe:

Is a QTE. TAP different?

QTE = Quick Time Event = small scripted game sequence where you have to "interact" with the key-presses as prompted :)
( you have to quick tap the interaction key = E )

If you want to make these QTE's a bit easier, you can change the interaction mode in the game menu: Options > Accessibility > QTE control (then choose which ever mode suits you best) ...
"Tap" = you have to tap the interaction key many times repeatedly to take action / "win" the quick time event.
"Press" = press the interaction key once to take action / "win".
"Automatic" = no interaction needed (iirc), the quick time event plays as a cutscene and action to "win" is automatic.

Hope that helps :)

[Tully Bascombe]

In my game the selection is between "Tap", "Press" and "Hold". "Hold" seems to be pretty much the same as "Automatic".

[Dorok]

Originally posted by Tully Bascombe:

In my game the selection is between "Tap", "Press" and "Hold". "Hold" seems to be pretty much the same as "Automatic".

I would never have buy this game if I knew it was a QTE game, the only QTE game I enjoyed had real automatic QTE mode, so you get the sequence but not the stupid gameplay design.

So no, Hold is no way auto, but perhaps it allows be slow, but you need hold fast and long enough.

[GAD]

Originally posted by Tully Bascombe:

So I'm at the port by the bridge. I've reached a house I can't avoid, There is a mutant who jumps me no matter how I approach the house. He swats away my gun and then just beats on me. As far as I can tell I have no options for fighting him off. There are no melee options, swinging my gun doesn't have an effect. What do I do?

Same. It's driving me f*cking crazy. It says on screen to hit 'Space' but ♥♥♥♥ happens. Maybe I need to spam it like Tully said. I'm just holding the key down. Bloody noob. lol