The Last of Us Part 1 is getting pummeled on Steam: "A technical disaster"

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The Last of Us Part 1's PC l☂aunch isn't going well, at le🐠ast according to hundreds of negative Steam review.

The previously PS5-exclusive remake released on PC on Tuesday, and after just a few hours in the wild, it's garnered over 2,000 negative reviews and a "mostly negative" Steam rating. The vast majority of complaint𝄹s relate to the PC port's technical performance, from its lofty VRAM and CPU demands to its slow-moving shaders. A lot of folks are reporting frequent crashes and generally shoddy optimization on PC, with one particular🧸ly scathing review calling it "the single worst PC port I have ever seen."

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"30 min to cache 16% of shaders.... all the while my 9900k I9 CPU is CRANKING at 100% non stop," "nice job guys. multi billion dollar company btw. gross."

"Then again, this is all such a major first world problem, maybe ill refund the mon𝄹ey and donate it to charity," the review💙er added, rather responsibly.

"I have a juiced PC an♔d this game runs🎃 like buttcheeks," . "Don't buy until they fix the numerous performance issues."

And so on.

In case you want a good visual representation of The Las❀t of Us Part 1's PC problems, h🅘ere's what it looks like when shaders fail to load in a timely fashion:

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naughty Dog has taken noti🎃ce to the myriadꦆ complaints about The Last of Us Part 1 and says it's "actively investigating" them.

"We will continue to update you, but our team is prioritizing updates and will address is💯sues in upcoming patches," the studio said in a .

Elsewhere, the studio is celebrating the release and promising it won't be the last of Naughty Dog's PC support.

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