Developers should be patient, as fans will inevitably wait for patches to hit before spending money on a half-baked port, anyway.Gremlins are mythical creatures who are supposed to cause trouble such as engine failures in aeroplanes, a curious piece of whimsy-whamsy in an activity so severely practical as flying. In the latter’s case, especially, it would have paid to give it more time in the oven. But for every great port like Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and God of War, there are disappointments like Horizon Zero Dawn and The Last of Us Part I. Sony is obviously very committed to bringing its impressive IP to PC. As things stand right now, it looks like Naughty Dog rushed this PC port out the gate to take advantage of everyone’s interest in the HBO The Last of Us show. Our team continues to monitor our support pages, submit a ticket for any issues you encounter here: Īs mentioned at the top, Naughty Dog has begun making hot fixes to the PC port of The Last of Us Part I to improve performance and “hitch related issues,” but there has to be more support where that came from. These drawbacks are so widespread that Naughty Dog ended up issuing a statement: There are even some accidentally beautiful issues, like this lighting problem: This is due to complications with random crashes, stuttering, and characters appearing wet in cutscenes. Naughty Dog has already begun making hot fixes “on stability and performance improvements,” but fans are not ready to excuse the developer yet.Īt the time of writing, only 33% of nearly 7,500 Steam reviews for the game are positive, with the game having “Mostly Negative” reviews. And now, The Last of Us Part I on PC has myriad technical problems and bugs at launch, and this is after Naughty Dog delayed the port in the first place.

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves had issues with load times and stuttering before a patch was issued.

For Sony, there have been hitches bringing its PlayStation titles to the CPU. PC ports of console games are a tough business.

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