Am I just lucky, or the game isnt that bad?

[mr_froge]

No idea, if I'm lucky or they have improved the performance, but I'm having 60 fps on default settings 1080p without FSR/DLSS on rather mediocre laptop with mobile 3070.

I've played for ~1-2 hours, did the prologue:
- the graphics are not terrible, the usual team ninja thing
- the combat is fun
- the plot is cheesy as hell, double so with English voices where they all speak with heavy Japanese accent, but not as crigeworthy as it was in Ghost of Tsushima

[space]

isn't bad...? this is like the best team ninja game

[gungadin22000]

The game is great, and they updated the performance a day or two ago, it runs better now for most folks.

Steam forums are just....Steam foruming.

[cacromwell3113]

The game isn't bad op it just has performance issues for a lot of players. Laptops gamers seem to be exempt from a lot performance issues.

[Oninomiru]

Performance issues happen mostly in act 2 and 3. Act 1 is the most optimised. The area with fireworks is probably the worst in terms of fps drops.

[Lunrae]

I had some framerate loss after an update. I changed some options and i'm at 60 stable again.
The game writting is all over the place and overall it's kinda bad because if you don't know what the story context and who those people are, the game shows you a new character almost each mission it's ridiculous.

Other than that, gameplay wise it's a great game. I'm at chapter 3 but I had a blast with it, even if I wished it was a tad harder. If you do the map objective you're quickly overleveled and the game becomes easy, even on the highest difficulty.

[Lahoo Eckbert]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von mr_froge:

No idea, if I'm lucky or they have improved the performance, but I'm having 60 fps on default settings 1080p without FSR/DLSS on rather mediocre laptop with mobile 3070.

I've played for ~1-2 hours, did the prologue:
- the graphics are not terrible, the usual team ninja thing
- the combat is fun
- the plot is cheesy as hell, double so with English voices where they all speak with heavy Japanese accent, but not as crigeworthy as it was in Ghost of Tsushima

Graphics were slandered for no reason imo. Most people still use PS5 screenshots to tell you the game looks bad while on PC high/ultra graphics, game looks pretty good.

Combat is fun but gets more frustrating as you get deeper into the game, your skill level can't catch up to spiking difficulty, unless you plan on sinking 1000 hours into the game. Combat isn't intuitive but rather memorized. Parry is essential, so you have to memorize timings. Becomes near impossible with so many attack patterns and variable parry timing based on the stances you use.

Plot was ok'ish. Better than Wo long, I think characters were more memorable, it just becomes a bit too annoying to fight the same dudes over and over again. I wish the game had more unique bosses like Wo Long.

[Mike]

Its one of the most ambitious TN games to date, that is pulled down a bit by bad performance for many people, and the game is does not hold your hand to many people whine and complain about the parry system.

Its easily one of my favorite open world action RPGs, as it has excellent combat, a good story, tons of depth to dive into and a decent endgame offering with its midnight mode to put your skills to the test.

I do have issues with the way loot is done in this game as its not very interesting and stats are kind of boring, but everything else actually surprised me, give the initial reviews were saying it was mid.

[cybersbe]

I've never once had performance issues with this game. Then again, I got a new computer just this year as a Christmas gift, so I don't know if I'm qualified to speak on the matter.

[0wnz0r]

my pc specs meet recommended reqs more or less, so it plays as advertised for me ever since i bought it

[belangf]

It runs fine... on Low settings where I get about 50 fps. No real performance issues but it doesn't look that great. Ghost of Tsushima is a lot more pretty and runs way better. Even Dark Souls 3 from 9 years ago looks better. Overall the game is very enjoyable, but for the graphics quality it should run at a much higher fps.

[白猫咪星人]

Same, love it so far.
But i think this port performance is wire, Like i can get 60fps while it show my CPU using 20 - 30% but temperature / fans seems not match it usage.
I don't know why or why cause it, would like to know if anyone has recommend setting?

[ko]

The game is amazing. Probably the best Team Ninja game yet. Combat is great, traversal is fluid, the game world is well designed. There's a huge cast of characters and a great story.

I played through the game at 120 fps (FG) and didn't encounter any bugs. The game is pretty well polished for such a big game.

It just doesn't run that well on low end PCs, which is where most of the complaints come from. At high settings, using DLSS and FSR3 frame generation it's supremely playable on a good PC.

People with weaker PCs and/or settings illiteracy is the source of most of the whining.

[Sextilidan]

It's probably one of my top 5 favorite games, but nowhere near top 5 games I ever played.
Combat is fun and interesting, but way too much fake difficulty in the form of enemies with BS windup on their attacks. It doesn't reward quick reflexes and being able to react to the opponent, it rewards fighting the same opponent multiple times and learning their moveset.

Like any big fat opponent is going to have weird wind up that is very difficult to predict.
The ninja dudes do a leap attack towards you, but then the moment the hit is about to connect and you press counterspark they do a double jump and then hit you.
It feels cheap to lose to this kind of stuff.
I think it does make sense for some enemies to employ some form of cunning and deception in their movesets, but not every fat dude, unnarmed, big club, etc...

[Calandir]

Game is great. It's fun and deep. It has technical issues that TN needs to do better job at, but gameplay is amazing. Even the story is decent, and even better if you're interested in this period of time in Japan.

The reviews this game got at launch were so bizzare and frankly stupid, it's insane. People really don't know how to play video games to have fun.

[ghoul]

Performance was way worse on launch. Its much better now, still not where it needs to be, but much better.