I'm giving it until the Summer Sale...

[KwyjiboKitsune]

...that's over three months from launch and if another batch of patches haven't fixed this to an acceptable state by then, I'll let this game ultimately pass me by on account of being fundamentally broken and poorly coded.

Too much backlogged in the library to give AAA publishers any more slack, regardless of the quality of the underlying gameplay.

[Clor]

Yeah with each recent patch having only marginal improvement I'm not optimistic. Might see if becomes available on one of the streaming services. Either PlayStation's or Xbox's because it seems to run better there, or if it hits GeForce Now I'll get a month of their mega-super-ultra tier and just brute force it. Can't remember the last time I was this disappointed in a game

[Griever]

I think people put too much faith in patches to deliver massive performance boosts. That is rarely the case with patches. Also developers don’t fix massive issues in weeks or couple months if they didn’t do so in years of development.

Realistically I’m waiting one full year. And even then I don’t imagine they totally fix performance whether on pc or consoles. Might be inherent design flaw that only next gen rigs will power through.

[XII PYRO IIX]

Originally posted by Griever:

Might be inherent design flaw that only next gen rigs will power through.

Exactly my thoughts..

[Clor]

Originally posted by Griever:

I think people put too much faith in patches to deliver massive performance boosts. That is rarely the case with patches. Also developers don’t fix massive issues in weeks or couple months if they didn’t do so in years of development.

Realistically I’m waiting one full year. And even then I don’t imagine they totally fix performance whether on pc or consoles. Might be inherent design flaw that only next gen rigs will power through.

My daydream was that I'd wait a month or so for the first sale to $60, and that by then it would be patched into reasonable shape. At this point I kindof want to just buy it and enjoy what seems to be a fantastic game (at 720 30fps if need be), but I don't want to support this kind of behavior by buying full price. We'll see how long my resolve lasts.

[CJM]

Originally posted by XII PYRO IIX:

Originally posted by Griever:

Might be inherent design flaw that only next gen rigs will power through.

Exactly my thoughts..

Early results are that "next gen rigs" will most likely not be able to power through the design flaw.

Intel and AMD seem to be working on reducing wasted energy, which may result in higher clock speeds, by how much I am not sure. The 13900K does seem to be able to reach a 5.8GHz Turbo.

A modern CPU (Intel "K" series?) with a LHe / LN2 cryobath might be able to power through the design flaw. Apparently, there was an AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU that got 8.42...GHz. I'd like to see the game running on that configuration.

Anyway, if Intel's E-Cores are any indication, the push is going to be towards lower clock speeds and more cores.