Naughty Dog’s famed third-person narrative game The Last of Us Part 1 Steam User Rating (opens in new tab) Currently, only 43% of user reviews rate it highly. User reviews on negative tips say things like “hot stuttering garbage even on low settings” and “as broken as my home”. In a nutshell: pain.
“We know some of you are not experiencing the Naughty Dog quality you expected,” begins the developer’s comment. twitter thread (opens in new tab) The Last of Us Part 1 For PC players. “Our team is currently working hard to resolve issues that are preventing some players from experiencing the game and to reach the level of quality players have come to expect and deserve.
“A hotfix will be released on Tuesday that addresses camera movement jitter, several crashes, and more on The Last of Us Part I on PC. Expected to roll out later, we also recommend players to: Make sure you’re using the latest Nvidia, AMD, and Intel graphics drivers.Our team and Iron Galaxy’s dedicated partners will continue to investigate and address known issues to deliver the amazing The Last of Us Part I experience you’ve come to expect.”
The PC port was originally scheduled for release on March 3rd. pressed With the popularity of the HBO adaptation shining a light on it, it’s back on March 28. “So we want to make sure The Last of Us Part 1’s PC debut is in the best possible shape.” ‘” Naughty Dog said at the time. “Additional weeks will ensure that this version of The Last of Us lives up to yours and our standards.”
Fast forward to the week of release and many players found things not up to their standards.Partial report Crashes and slow performanceothers encountered bugs such as floating NPCs, main character Joel with wavy hair and weird bushy eyebrows, and a wet character out of nowhere mid-cutscene.
I’m one of those annoying “it works for me” people most of the time, and so far I haven’t encountered eyebrow joels or inexplicable dampness. It crashed and the framerate was constantly bouncing between 130+ and mid 50’s even though I was waiting for shaders to finish compiling before I started playing. As one Steam user put it, “When I run it, it runs fine, and when it crashes, it crashes 150 times in a row.”
What makes this particularly frustrating for many is the reputation The Last of Us has as the best video game experience, and one of the games you have to play to be part of the conversation about media. Whether it’s luck or it’s far exceeded The Last of Us Part 1’s system requirements, those who work fine seem to be impressed. “Great game and story. I’d rather play with MnK than with a controller.”
Our latest hotfix brings The Last of Us Part 1 to version 1.0.1.6. patch notes (opens in new tab) “The team is closely monitoring player reports to support future improvements and patches.” That patch “addresses fixes that improve memory and performance” and also includes a few things detailed below.
- Reduced PSO cache size to reduce memory requirements and minimize out-of-memory crashes.
- Added additional diagnostics to track developers
- Increased animation streaming memory to improve gameplay and cinematics performance.
- Fixed crash on first launch
List of Naughty Dogs known issues (opens in new tab) Players encountering issues not resolved in the latest patch should: Submit a ticket to the support website (opens in new tab)You can also choose whether or not to let Sony collect full data while you play in the menu.
