The Last of Us Part I Review (c1cada)
I am editing this review to summarize my experience with the game. I initially wrote in anger this was the worst PC port I've ever seen. This is not really the case, but that does not mean the port is a good one either.
I waited for almost 2.5 hours for the game to build shaders while crashing in the main menu every 5 or so mintutes - one of the most frustrating experiences I've had with a game. To clarify, if the game didn't crash every 5 mins while in the main menu, it would've taken half the time to build the shaders and actually start playing.
In general, my PC (even though fairly bad) is covering the minimum requirements and doesn't really have a lot of issues whatsoever running the game on mid to low settings. I never expected to play it on anything higher than that.
The game actually runs decently. I expected a lot worse with my specs but mid preset + AMD FSR2 set on Quality is the most you can squeeze out of the game with this/similar hardware with it being playable and enjoyable. The only problems are the crashes on loading screens and the weird mouse movement (stutter-ish). Still, crashes at random times and at loading screens are pretty frustrating and for people with a lot higher specs than mine to be experiencing FPS drops and crashes is unacceptable. There is also a very annoying issue with audio crackling. Still would not recomment buying until it has been patched.
I am covering the minimum requirements but I am running a below average (for current gaming standarts) system:
GPU: Radeon RX 580 OC 8GB Dual Fan
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6-Core 3.4GHz
RAM: 2x8GB 3200MHz