'The Last of Us Part I' for PC is a buggy mess
which launched yesterday, is a buggy mess. Thousands of reviews on Steam are categorized as"mostly negative" and are filled with mentions of frequent crashes and poor hardware utilization. Meanwhile, Steam Deck users are reporting that it takes more than an hour for the game to compile shaders on its initial launch — and even once that's done, performance is an issue.
I don't have a powerful gaming PC, but I do have a Steam Deck and can confirm these issues. Once I got the game installed and waited around 90 minutes for the shaders to compile, I started playing the standalone DLCand the game crashed during the opening cinematics. Once I started playing the game, I saw it was using 102 percent of the Steam Deck's VRAM. Dropping all graphics settings to low got me under 100 percent, so crashes will probably be less frequent going forward.
It's also worth nothing that Sony didn't provide reviews with a demo code for the game until launch day, something that often means the game is either being worked on right up until the last minute or the experience isn't very good . This made a bit nervous about howPhoto by Nathan Ingraham / Engadget
Developer Naughty Dog didn't waste any time addressing the problems, tweeting out last night that they're"actively investigating multiple issues" that players have reported. The company also , which acknowledges the shader loading issue as well as a potential memory leak, older graphics drivers leading to instability, and the game being unable to boot despite systems that meet the minimum requirements.Great deals on consumer electronics delivered straight to your inbox, curated by Engadget’s editorial team.
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