The Last of Us on PC is a rare disappointing PlayStation port at launch
by Tom Warren from The Verge - All Posts on (#6A9SB)
Image: Naughty Dog I was expecting to write about how The Last of Us Part I arriving on PC is the latest example of a great PC port of a Sony PlayStation title. Unfortunately, that's not the case. The Last of Us Part I arrived on PC yesterday and players aren't happy. Out of more than 9,000 reviews in the Steam store, 67 percent are negative.
PC players are reporting issues that range from random crashes and stuttering, all the way up to long shader compilation times and characters randomly becoming dripping wet in cut scenes. The game also appears to be poorly optimized, taking up large amounts of VRAM on systems and dropping frames. I've personally experienced crashes and random frame rate drops on my own test system, which is a top-end gaming PC...