It's certainly no secret that The Last of Us Part I had a really bad launch overall and the developer is now trying to improve things. This new patch goes over crash bugs, does a little optimization of texture streaming to reduce CPU usage, some textures not rendering correctly was fixed and a whole lot more. So we're slowly getting closer to the state it should have released in.
Nice to see the Steam Deck getting some dedicated attention here too, with it seeing these improvements:
- Fixed an issue where PSO Caching may freeze at 50% completion.
- Fixed an issue where plugging in a DualSense controller while viewing cutscenes from the Cinematics menu may force a player into gameplay.
- Adjusted the user interface to show Steam Deck controls in the Screen Magnifier menu.
- Adjusted positioning of the Weapon and Health HUD elements.
Full patch notes here.
You can buy it on Humble Store and Steam.
I'm looking forward to playing it through again, either on my Steam Deck or Linux desktop, once it's had a bit more time in the oven. I will be happy when it's sorted, as it's still one of my all-time favourite stories. If you're jumping in again, do let me know in the comments how you find it now.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: PhlebiacSounds like what happened with Arkham Knight
Wasn't it even the same porting studio? Sounds like they need to stop getting PC business.
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Comandante Ñoñardo Apr 8, 2023
Quoting: RaabenYes, it was the same porting company.Quoting: PhlebiacSounds like what happened with Arkham Knight
Wasn't it even the same porting studio? Sounds like they need to stop getting PC business.
I blame SONY for this disaster, because they own Nixxes, which is a more qualified game porter.
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Quoting: BlackBloodRumPersonally, I feel what Lanz said is correct, (…)Oh, absolutely. It's definitely correct, but what it needs is solidarity – otherwise there is not chance of things changing. And that's not what I'm seeing.
In this case there is a video by a gaming magazine that makes fun of PC users for a) not being able to run the game because they should have bought a PS5 instead and b) for never washing themselves.
Very often on Steam you see people making fun of other people that have technical difficulties. Common sighting are:
1) Install Windows. Only morons use Linux.
2) It runs on my system so everyone that has trouble is wrong.
3) I don't care if it works or not, I'm buying it to support the developer/publisher/to spite you/something else.
I've never bought a game that uses Denuvo and avoid buying games that require third party launcher (unfortunately some have been added afterwards). Does it change anything? Unfortunately not.
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BlackBloodRum Apr 10, 2023
Quoting: KlaasIndeed. There's only one way to truly make a business change their mind: Money.Quoting: BlackBloodRumPersonally, I feel what Lanz said is correct, (…)Oh, absolutely. It's definitely correct, but what it needs is solidarity – otherwise there is not chance of things changing. And that's not what I'm seeing.
In this case there is a video by a gaming magazine that makes fun of PC users for a) not being able to run the game because they should have bought a PS5 instead and b) for never washing themselves.
Very often on Steam you see people making fun of other people that have technical difficulties. Common sighting are:
1) Install Windows. Only morons use Linux.
2) It runs on my system so everyone that has trouble is wrong.
3) I don't care if it works or not, I'm buying it to support the developer/publisher/to spite you/something else.
I've never bought a game that uses Denuvo and avoid buying games that require third party launcher (unfortunately some have been added afterwards). Does it change anything? Unfortunately not.
But to do that needs a "united force" so to speak. That is, all gamers on the same page.
Sadly, getting all of any group on the same page can be near impossible.
As for common steam forum posts.. oh don't get me started!
To many people simply accept being treated like a certain brown substance, and some even wear it as a badge of honour. Until those people take a stand as well, nothing will change.
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Quoting: KlaasQuoting: LanzWe really need to start holding the developers to account for low-effort ports. Too many people will buy it anyway.But how? The Windows users will buy it anyway – most of them even if the game has an additional layer of inconvenience (AKA always online launcher) sprinkled on top.
If a huge percentage of Linux users does not buy the game due to broken promises, the developers/publisher ends up saying that it wouldn't have been worth it to spend more to satisfy such a small percentage of users.
Edit: What I should have included is that with broken promises I'm talking about the “it will run on the Steam Deck” tweet.
You maje an interesting point... i'm left wondering if "buy, try, refund if it doesn't run fine" is better for linux than "don't buy if others have issues"
but then again some devs will say they'll never do linux again because it's not worth the effort with so many open support tickets, etc
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BlackBloodRum Apr 10, 2023
Quoting: MarlockIn truth, this is the real problem we have with Linux. If it wasn't for Valve, we'd be in a no-win situation if I'm honest.Quoting: KlaasQuoting: LanzWe really need to start holding the developers to account for low-effort ports. Too many people will buy it anyway.But how? The Windows users will buy it anyway – most of them even if the game has an additional layer of inconvenience (AKA always online launcher) sprinkled on top.
If a huge percentage of Linux users does not buy the game due to broken promises, the developers/publisher ends up saying that it wouldn't have been worth it to spend more to satisfy such a small percentage of users.
Edit: What I should have included is that with broken promises I'm talking about the “it will run on the Steam Deck” tweet.
You maje an interesting point... i'm left wondering if "buy, try, refund if it doesn't run fine" is better for linux than "don't buy if others have issues"
but then again some devs will say they'll never do linux again because it's not worth the effort with so many open support tickets, etc
If we complain a lot, we'll get "angry devs" and Windows users telling us "you should just use windows", and so people won't switch to Linux and developers won't support us.
If we don't complain, we'll be left with broken games, and Windows users telling us "you should just use windows", and so people won't switch to Linux and developers won't support us.
If we don't buy games, we're left with no games, and Windows users telling us "you should just use windows", and developers won't support us.
If it wasn't for Valve doing a ton of heavy lifting on our behalf, we wouldn't be where we are now.
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Well, Microsoft did a ton of heavy lifting with Windows starting with 95 to convince devs to make games for it, including making some, apparently, excellent tools. There was no such push for Linux, and frankly no one to make it, until Valve decided they’d be the ones. Windows had no competition, Linux has a huge entrenched competitor that seems impossible to uproot.
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Quoting: BlackBloodRumTo many people simply accept being treated like a certain brown substance, and some even wear it as a badge of honour. Until those people take a stand as well, nothing will change.Sad but true. I once knew some gamers who took the view that people had no right to complain about or choose not to buy overpriced DLC that wasn't reflective of what the customer-base actually wanted to see, and insisted that everybody should simply be grateful for its very existence and pay up, just because they'd been suckered in. Quite sad to see.
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