I specifically held back getting this at launch due to early performance reviews. I still haven't picked it up because apparently all those same performance issues still exist or have gotten worse.
I've found if a game has performance issues at launch it's not going to get better later on, maybe slightly, but generally it's an issue that won't get fixed.
Btw, how's Cities Skylines 2 now?
I've not found that at all. Usually there are significant improvements in the following weeks/months. Recent examples are DOOM and SpiderMan II.
This is why we do not pre-order.
I mean among other reasons, yes. A lot of shady shit going down now like removing Denuvo for reviewers and then adding it back on launch day.
Not in my experience. I typically don't buy AAA titles, but more smaller or indie games. If they got performance issues at launch, and there are no crashes or they were fixed, performance is the next issue getting tackled.
Also these days there's really no excuse for buying and keeping games that aren't playable for you. There's zero reason to pre-order anyway, so just watch reviews when they release. Or test the game yourself and just refund in the refund window if it doesn't run properly. Check back after a few months (or years, depending on patience and/or size of backlog).
I my experience, games with performance issues at launch end up not having performance issues after about a year, but everyone has already forgotten it because of the performance issues at launch.
ok.. why?
Edited: Almost none of the things mentioned are new for either the game or how Capcom in general has pretty much always operated.
The one plus side of this whole thing is that I was made aware I needed to clear my shader cache for the game so it runs better, and after checking in game it certainly does.
The game moves on rails, doesn't encourage exploration, doesn't have any side content or freedom or sidequests until post-story..which also is lacking in content.
To make it better: the game runs terribly even on the latest hardware, matchmaking with friends is a hassle, confusing and doesn't have an online hub.. This is all a deviation from previous MH games, and some features from previous games just don’t exist in wilds.
The story and are combat fine, but the game just forces the story too much and doesn't give the player much freedom until it's finished.
Also denuvo.
They added an online hub in the first major update but the rest is still true afaik.
Judging by the reviews,
Apparently it crashes a bunch, doesn't boot at all, poorly optimised. So basically its slightly worse than the average AAA game in the modern era.
I see a whole bunch of low effort negative reviews from Chinese players that seem to be hating on Capcom. Not sure if something triggered that.
But there are also a lot of player concerns that have basically just surfaced with about 4 months into the life of the game:
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