The Last of Us Part 1 (PC) - Before You Buy

The Last of Us Part 1 is finally on PC via Steam, but it has some significant problems for some players. Let's talk.

[bruhder]

Short answer: Do NOT buy this until they fix it down a month or two.

[ErChannelNotFound]

The fact you can end up passing the 2 hour refund threshold from just waiting for shaders to finish compiling is absolutely hilarious for me. 💀

[Tulku]

I'm not a PC player but I feel for my fellow players bc this is such a good game; it and the players deserve better.

[Wheeljack]

Really good review. I was one of the lucky ones who haven't had any issues, but I really hope it's fixed for everyone else soon. This is a massively popular game, and all of the negative reviews are almost exclusively because of performance issues. The game, it's story and its mechanics is still really really good. The port is by the time of writing really poor. My best advice would be to wait a little. The game and the remake is worth the cost, but only when it works.

[TheNo]

Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Before You Buy! That show I come to watch AFTER buying every game I own.

[GRGCompletionist]

Yikes, you'd think this would be their most optimized pc port out of all of them and after playing through Days Gone and Spider-Man i was convinced this was going to perform even better due to it's international success.

[lorulelegend]

I like how Jake is giving you the full authentic New York experience with his police sirens in the background of his Steam Deck footage lol

[insanxkiing]

Releases like this one is the reason why I wait now more than ever before for sales or discounts for games. The poor release state of a lot of games (that are amazing) is abysmal. I recommend to you guys to do the same.Yes I hate waiting and not being able to play the game day one, BUT I prefer save some money than paying 60-70 bucks to a game that I will wait months anyway to be able to play properly.
p.s. The video is great as always!! 😁

[lukeharman]

There have on day 3 been 2 updates that have definitely helped with a lot of the issues. On release day I was running it on medium and low settings while streaming it on OBs and only just hitting 60fps. Now I am running it at 80-100fps with all my settings on High, using a Ryzen 7 5800X, 3060ti and 32GB RAM

It's been updated enough to a point where most people aren't having issues anymore and it's back to its breath-taking glory

[MrTact]

I'm actually gaming from the very first start of gaming. I was about 25 years ... I'm 60 years old now. And still developers manage to put games on the market that are not finished yet (and they know it) or are full of bugs. Ruining or damaging their own reputation as a developer. It's amazing. Thanks for the review, have to wait a while before I buy this game for my PC.

[dannypassion]

I always appreciate your before you buy! I want to play this for the first time. But if it has performance issues, I'll wait.

[aragon]

I love this channel because you guys say what has to be said! Respect +1

[HankChinaski]

I've broke my rule of wait 6 months or more before buying a game...Cyberpunk. I've learned my lesson. We just live in a reality where buying any software it is a good idea to wait until they get the bugs worked out. And this comes from a 15 year software designer. My experience makes me a little more understanding with developers but there comes a point when it is just ridiculous.

[plume...]

Unless Naughty Dog take it back in-house and fix it themselves, it won't get fixed. Iron Galaxy did this port, and they are contracted. Their contract will be to add limited post release support just like every other game they port, and every other game they port follows the same pattern of around 4 updates that claim to fix things, people complaining that the update changes nothing, subsequent updates get less and less features, and then they just stop. This is because the contract has ended and they are working on their next game.
Virtuos are the same sort of company and I think the Outer Worlds recent release will not get fixed. They also did Horizon Zero Dawn which was a mess on PC and Guerilla Games had to take it back in-house to fix it.
Iron Galaxy did Unchartered collection on PC... 4 updates, all progressively got smaller and support just stopped. It still has problems which could be fixed with another update, their contract finished so that update never came! They did the PC port of Batman: Arkham Knight which we all know was horrific on release, and Rocksteady had to assign a team to work with Iron Galaxy to fix it.

There's a pattern here...

EDIT: Naughty Dog have assigned a team to work with Iron Galaxy to fix the game. There it is.

[lehelzelenka]

Nothing but respect for you guys for not doing pre release-hands tied behind the back-reviews!
RESPECT!
You guys buy it, play it, say it as it is! 👊

[TurtleChad]

How many times have they re-released Tlou now?

[JD-scmp]

I played this on ps3, ps4 and ps5 and still get wrapped up in the story every time. I so surprised that naughty dog released a game in this condition

[JumpingJack]

I had to wait an hour and half for the shaders to compile, but once I finished, my 3090 ran it 70-90 FPS 1440p, though I did reach areas of stuttering but not often. I am not having the same issues I am seeing people complain about. Load times are an issue though

[nate]

I’ve been waiting years for this to come out on PC so I’m still playing it. A little stutters here and there but really not that bad. No crashes or anything but I just messed with all the settings till it got the best I could do.

[bluepill]

accurate review. A tip for some people. The lighting is what makes the game look up to date as far as graphics. So, for lower end systems you can turn the lighting up while keeping the other options down and the games looks great and runs smooth. And wait 20 minutes for those shaders of course. I have ryzen 5- 6 cores and nvidia GTX 1650 4GRAM, 32 Gb ram and this game eats every resource.