What is wrong with the reviews?

[Apocryphox]

Sorry, but I honestly have no idea how this game managed to get so many positive reviews. Were they bought?

First of all, the game runs absolutely terribly without DLSS, even on a system with an RTX 4090, i9 13900K, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. I can run The Last of Us 2, which looks way better, smoothly in 4K on max settings without DLSS. With this game, I’m barely getting 20 FPS. On top of that, it doesn’t even look half as good. It seems like the game was horribly optimized from a performance standpoint.

And then there are the ridiculous reverb sound effects. What is that even about? No matter if I’m outside or inside a building, everything sounds awful and has this echo like I’m stuck in some giant cave.

[Aniki]

Haven't experienced either of those. Maybe it's just your setup or just you?

[jsly8672]

I ran the demo...in Linux...on my laptop's 3080ti mobile. it was just fine. The audio seemed fine. This looks like a neat game.

[RoadDog]

3080 , the demo runs more then fine for me. 4090 got problems of his own.
but well only the demo.

[EdgingNothing]

game runs great for me....idk how you are getting only 20 fps

[Apocryphox]

Originally posted by Aniki:

Haven't experienced either of those. Maybe it's just your setup or just you?

Troll-reply? Seriously? I’m running this on a literal flagship system. If that’s not “good enough” for your definition of a stable setup, then I’m curious what is.

You say you haven’t experienced “either of those”, great, but anecdotal evidence doesn’t disprove systemic issues. Just because you didn’t encounter them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. That’s like saying a game can’t have bugs because your playthrough was fine. It’s not a valid counterargument, it’s deflection.

Dismissing performance issues and audio flaws just because they didn’t hit you personally is not helpful, it just muddies the conversation and gaslights legitimate criticism.

And now the post gets a jester award for pointing out legitimate, reproducible technical issues? What exactly is clownish about calling out a game's clear lack of polish?

Originally posted by jsly8672:

I ran the demo...in Linux...on my laptop's 3080ti mobile. it was just fine. The audio seemed fine. This looks like a neat game.

I’m glad the demo ran fine for you, but your experience on a mobile 3080ti running Linux doesn't exactly invalidate the performance issues I’m seeing on a high-end desktop setup.

The fact that a game struggles to hit 20 FPS on a system with an RTX 4090 and an i9 13900K, without DLSS, is not a minor complaint. That kind of hardware should be brute-forcing through almost anything at 4K and it does for me. As i said, The Last of Us 2 looks way better and it runs extremely smooth. If a game can’t manage that and still doesn’t look impressive visually, then yes, it’s fair to say it’s poorly optimized, regardless of how well it runs on older or weaker setups.

[Dean]

I mean 4 different people with lesser systems say it works ok for them and you criticize them?

Even with your monster system, have you considered that the problem may be at your end?

For instance, have you tried a clean install of the latest drivers?

[Guybrush]

Game has some performance problems. But not like you are saying. I can play really well with my RX 7900 XT. Steam deck can play 40fps lock. I hope they fix it a little. But I don´t think for a first day Early Access people have to negativate it just because some frames.

[Kenuty]

Originally posted by Apocryphox:

Sorry, but I honestly have no idea how this game managed to get so many positive reviews. Were they bought?

First of all, the game runs absolutely terribly without DLSS, even on a system with an RTX 4090, i9 13900K, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. I can run The Last of Us 2, which looks way better, smoothly in 4K on max settings without DLSS. With this game, I’m barely getting 20 FPS. On top of that, it doesn’t even look half as good. It seems like the game was horribly optimized from a performance standpoint.

And then there are the ridiculous reverb sound effects. What is that even about? No matter if I’m outside or inside a building, everything sounds awful and has this echo like I’m stuck in some giant cave.

3080 rtx ti and a 9800 x3d

Game runs fine with dx11, dx12 is a bit stuttery for my end but iam streaming, I run the last of us perfectly fine also max settings in 4k WHILE streaming. I think honestly you just throw money at "Flagship" systems without possible knowledge on your drivers and how to set it up

Also, Calling intel flagship today for today's top tier gaming is uh no. That's a red flag

[Thief1028]

me to...4090...14900...game not playable. sometimes 30 min and sometimes 1 min play. it kicks me out.

[Apocryphox]

Originally posted by Dean:

I mean 4 different people with lesser systems say it works ok for them and you criticize them?

Even with your monster system, have you considered that the problem may be at your end?

For instance, have you tried a clean install of the latest drivers?

Then you should take a look for the last reply.

[FutBucker]

i have a Radeon 6750 GPU and a Ryzen 5 3600 6-core CPU with 16 gigs of ram and the game runs perfectly, hasn't stuttered or crashed, and runs a smooth 60fps. 100% a you issue.

[Tuco]

I got 4090, 180 fps average in 2k, you problem might be something else

[Rammstein]

rtx 3060 and it runs absolutely fine on highest settings.... not saying its your systems fault, or your fault for not updating... since, i simply dont know. i just cant say i am having any kind of issue, while i have much "weaker" hardware.

[Geruhn]

Originally posted by Apocryphox:

Sorry, but I honestly have no idea how this game managed to get so many positive reviews. Were they bought?

First of all, the game runs absolutely terribly without DLSS, even on a system with an RTX 4090, i9 13900K, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. I can run The Last of Us 2, which looks way better, smoothly in 4K on max settings without DLSS. With this game, I’m barely getting 20 FPS. On top of that, it doesn’t even look half as good. It seems like the game was horribly optimized from a performance standpoint.

And then there are the ridiculous reverb sound effects. What is that even about? No matter if I’m outside or inside a building, everything sounds awful and has this echo like I’m stuck in some giant cave.

This is my system:
RAM: 96 GB DDR5-RAM, Dual Channel (2x 48 GB), 6400 MHz*, Corsair Vengeance RGB
CPU: Intel Core i9-14900KS, 24 Kerne (8+16), 8x 3200 MHz
GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 4090, ASUS TUF-RTX4090-24G-OG-GAMING, 24 GB GDDR6X

I can stream this at 1080p 80FPS without DLSS, with DLSS I have 120FPS, something seems to be off with your system.

[Apocryphox]

Well, nevermind. Since every other game runs perfectly fine, i am just sitting this one out. Closed for me.