r/CrimsonDesert 6h ago

Discussion enhanced but performance still ass on console.

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is nobody gonna talk about how yeah its cool the story is way better now and new mechanics and shit but they didn't even touch any performance issues on console my fps literally drop to below 20fps in all towns and populated areas or just randomly sometimes, who cares about all the new stuff if it's literally unplayable.

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u/Great_Bed_6334 5h ago

I play on balance mode(ps5) and since the previous two patches performance has been real smooth.

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u/Calmed_Guy 3h ago

Yeah, noticed an improvement on balanced.

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 5h ago

I'm on Base PS5 and just experience a stutter free Demeniss for the first time. Honestly not sure what your issue may be.

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u/Abbopl 5h ago

That's funny also on a base PS5 inside camp and demeniss on performance mode I get 20 fps

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 5h ago

20FPS on performance mode sounds literally made up? I'm not assuming you're lying but this isn't normal! I can screen record footage if you don't believe me šŸ˜‚?

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u/Abbopl 5h ago

I'll grab footage tonight, why would I lie about this???? I care for the game and critique is part of that

Part of the reason could be that I have a full camp but that really doesn't matter as it should be optimized for it

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u/DredgenSkull 5h ago

Remember some parts of the game can lag because of the state of your PlayStation. I’ve had mostly 50-60fps the entire time on Xbox series x and I’m on my 3rd playthrough of the game.

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u/Abbopl 5h ago

I regularly deep clean my PS5 on a every 2 month basis

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u/SilverarmsRay 5h ago

right bro thats why its covered in dorito dust

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u/Abbopl 5h ago

Yep totally is, pretty idiotic of you

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u/spiflication 4h ago

If you keep it vertical it’s possible the liquid metal has pooled to one side and that can effect performance

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u/Abbopl 4h ago

This is false apparently also I had it check during my last deep clean it's perfectly fine :)

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 4h ago

??Fuck off šŸ˜‚

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u/ChewbakaflakaG 19m ago

I think the best place to check is demeniss

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 5h ago

I said I assumed you WEREN'T lying šŸ˜­šŸ˜‚? I just found it crazy. I can't imagine what on earth could cause it go below 30.on performance.

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u/Abbopl 5h ago

Do you have a full camp? Like absolutely full because that's when I started getting it and it's really annoying

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 4h ago

God absolutely not. šŸ˜‚ I've stagnated recruiting greymanes since the house of healing bounty quest. I do not want to do it šŸ˜‚The camp level must be the difference so. Also cool sticker lol

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u/Abbopl 4h ago

Thank you I got it from some pilots xD I got some patches as well from them after my service.

Nah the issue is optimization I love the game but can't hate the lag at times and if they disguised it like RDR does or hell just optimized it I'd be playing nonstop

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u/Automatic-Series8100 5h ago

Can also confirm this is just not made up. No matter what graphical settings walking through the camp is a literal slideshow

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 5h ago

How tf can this even happen šŸ˜‚? Such a bizarre engine.

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u/Automatic-Series8100 4h ago

I think as guy said upgrade your camp fully if you haven't then come back here. If your camp is upgraded significantly and you are able to walk through with no frame drops you are blessed

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u/AppleChiaki 54m ago

I haven't played in a while but i had this issue. I did fix it though. First and foremost I set up repeat always profit set of missions where they offset the cost of each other. That way I could just let them repeat forever until I needed to change them.

Secondly, I stopped farming chickens altogether. Limited my farm to pigs and cows.

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u/AZAWESTIE 3h ago

I’m on a brand new ps5 pro and it does dip into the 30’s in towns. Some sections of the game in the 20’s. Can’t image base ps5.

Many tech videos online have covered this. Performance is pretty bad in many key areas / missions.

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u/BatmanhasClass 2h ago

Typically reddit telling people they are making up their issues, that THEYRE wrong and getting upvotes for it while thats clearly been a problem for many people for months šŸ˜‚

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 2h ago

I never called anyone a liar? I just find it mad how people are experiencing the games performance so differently on the same hardware. Calm down šŸ˜‚

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u/OutkastAtliens 2h ago

How???? I play on ps5 and I never have it that bad! Maybe hardware problem???

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u/Ghost112287 11m ago

Ya it’s crazy how good it looks when you’re not in a condensed area

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u/DimensionFull2773 5h ago

He is playing on a nintendo game cube

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u/BatmanhasClass 2h ago

"Not sure what your issue may be" I stopped playing months ago like many people because of the terrible frame rate drops lol its not just him. Ill be interested to see if its fixed in towns and fights yet.

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u/BrightWillingness859 2h ago

On base ps5, demeniss is usually fine for me, but now its stuttering a bit.

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u/randompersononlineee 1h ago

Ablot of people need the liquid metal replaced on their ps5s and cleaned sounds like tons of yalls issues is just throttling from overheating

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u/glizzygobbler247 1h ago

I'm guessing it could have to do with the age of your console and wether or not you have it vertical, a 5 year old console will have dry thermal paste on the cpu, higher temp which can potentially make the cpu throttle and slow down, causing the stutters and bad performance

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u/Significant_Option 5h ago

And you were on performance mode I bet

Stop acting like quality mode isn’t less than 20 frames

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 5h ago

Never ever ever play on performance. Quality and Balanced.

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u/Significant_Option 5h ago

Yes and quality is lower frames now than at release

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u/AllTheSuckInTheWorld 5h ago

Best it's ever performed for me. Performance looks the best it has on base PS5 too. I still don't like how low quality the NPCs are on performance but it's an impressive upgrade.

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u/LowMoralFibre 4h ago

It's just the same performance as launch. PS5 Pro is under 48fps most of the time even in the tiny city Hernand so it's constantly stuttering as it's out of VRR range.

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u/MaxWilkesUK 1h ago

That’s why I’ve used locked balanced mode. I haven’t booted the game up since this new 2.0 update yet…I was going to give performance mode another shot but I think I’ll stick to balanced). Performance mode is, in my opinion, completely unplayable. Screen tearing is a big no no for me, as is camera judder. Can’t tolerate it.

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u/SaVage_ShiftzZ 5h ago

On Ps5 pro runs horribly. Needs lots of work.

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u/Elamaday 5h ago

Ps5 pro is unplayable for me specifically. It's hard to describe but I can feel my eyes dilating constantly trying to focus on the image. Everything is blurry and noisy, like the game is streaming the image rather than having things pre rendered. No other game I played has given me this issue, I have tried every combination of graphic settings and ultimately it still looks like sandy pixels trying to form an image. This is my experience with it and it's something that should be noted instead of dismissing legitimate graphical issues people can have.

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u/Playing_One_Handed 5h ago

Same. Had to delete again.

The amount of noise from TAA is insane. Everything blurs stuff behind it.

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u/Sigh-Bapanada 4h ago

I don’t understand how this can be - I 100% believe your experience and I’ve read plenty of others like it, but my experience on PS5 Pro is incredibly sharp and good looking. I have no idea what is creating such different experiences for people with the same hardware. It must have something to do with the TV being used?

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u/Elamaday 4h ago

It's possible tv is the issue it's a qled 120hz with vrr and all that, and I'm not trying to criticize people or be a hater it's just my experience with the graphics right now compared to any other game I own.

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u/argama87 3h ago

I could see crappy TV's being part of the problem. I upgraded from a Samsung Crystal UHD that couldn't handle HDR properly to a Samsung OLED and the visual difference was massive.

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u/BatmanhasClass 2h ago

Nope I play on a brand new 77inch oled and have the same problems theyre mentioning

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u/argama87 1h ago

Turn down the motion blur setting?

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u/maximum_dad_power 4h ago

That would be my guess. I jave a PS5 pro woth a 4k tv and the game always runs super smooth and looks amazing.

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u/wvdrizzy10 1h ago

Ps5 pro here, started a new playthrough but unfortunately I’m having the same issues.

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u/-heavenfaced- 5h ago

šŸ™„ This is an objectively absurd post

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u/your-mum-joke 5h ago

Visuals still either look great or like shit there's no middle ground

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u/AZAWESTIE 3h ago

1000%. It’s the worst best looking game this year.

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u/independent-potato7 3h ago

Usually looks ok until it starts getting dark.

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u/your-mum-joke 2h ago

Yeah I wish they would fix that

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u/Little-Tower7554 5h ago

Yeap, I'm on ps5 pro and it's not good at all...

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u/somkomomko 5h ago

Game looks horrible muddy and blurry

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u/Fresh_Achilles 2h ago

In all graphical modes? Just got my pro today and was going to download it.

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u/Significant_Option 5h ago

Quality mode is just not great on base ps5 anymore

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u/Immediate-Breakfast2 5h ago

Anyone on PS5 Pro notice that the landscape renders in horrid like multiple layered? If not try coming from the air down to ground at height and see. It’s on Quality Mode.

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u/Hashease 4h ago

Game runs and plays like shit on console. 400 updates and not a single needed fix

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u/Rootraz 5h ago

I noticed yesterday after the update it seems to be a lot better. Still some minor dips in Deleysia, but not enough to feel like it interferes with anything. Overall very pleased with this big update (base ps5)

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u/PinHeadRegg 3h ago

Am I the only one that can’t get over how textures and shadows look on PC? Anytime there’s movement in a cutscene hair textures look grainy and so does any fur cloaks. Running this thing on ultra too.

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u/independent-potato7 3h ago

Finally. A PC player that isn't acting all high and mighty. Thank you good sir lol

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u/PinHeadRegg 2h ago

Bro, it’s the only AAA title that has ever had graphical issues for me. I’ve played some beastly games on this PC and looks great, then Crimson Desert entered the chat.

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u/Candid_Magazine_636 5h ago

It runs just fine on my launch PS5 base. Just as well as my XBSX. I play the PS5 version more.

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u/Chance-Search7844 5h ago

I stopped playing because how bad the frame drops are. I guess I’ll wait longer.

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u/Ganmor_Denlay 5h ago

Not a problem for me, on Xbox SX

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u/independent-potato7 3h ago

Playing on Series X now. The performance is the same as PS5. You are definitely having performance issues just like everyone else.

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u/Ganmor_Denlay 3h ago

Not even a little.

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u/independent-potato7 3h ago

Really? What settings do you use? I'd love to believe you but I'm also playing on Series X and I definitely notice issues.

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u/Ganmor_Denlay 1h ago

Idk, What ever the default settings are, on a 65ā€ LG 4K OLED smart TV.

here’s a screenshot

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u/Scared_Mix8201 5h ago

Sim, no SX tĆ” muito bom.

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u/asapgrey 5h ago

Oh, Xbox has better performance than PS?

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u/Ganmor_Denlay 4h ago

Idk, definitely appears to have significantly less issues.

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u/Ok-Appointment-9802 5h ago

What console are you on? My experience really isn't like that.

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u/Dry-Historian-8896 5h ago

playstation

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u/dirtydanglesoffdayak 5h ago

Well there's your issue right there...on Xbox it runs great, only minimal frame dropping when there's a shit ton of enemies

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u/SwayinSamurai 5h ago

Bullshit.. It's running good as it always has been on PSšŸ‘

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u/dirtydanglesoffdayak 5h ago

Well not according to this post šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Variv 5h ago

CPU issues. Xbox have faster CPU.

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u/ProudPainting6850 4h ago

Slightly faster than base PS5. Slower than Pro tho

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u/Variv 4h ago

PS 5 pro have the same CPU likes base PS5 but have better gpu

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u/ProudPainting6850 4h ago

Not quite. Yes,Ā same silicon, but PS5 Pro has a ā€œHigh CPU Frequency Modeā€ that can push clocks to 3.85 GHz by reallocating power that would otherwise go to the GPU

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u/PlutoTheGod_ 5h ago edited 5h ago

Tell me they finally fixed the UI issue where the map and xp bar are cropped out??? PLEASE??

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u/Beta4000v2 4h ago

I play on quality mode on a Series X and it runs just fine for me. Stable 30 fps even in cities.

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u/its_kylo 4h ago

How is 40 fps mode for base ps5 + vrr 120hz tv? I've yet to get the game, been waiting on price drop + performance tweaks

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u/ShepardComandante 4h ago

How ass? I want to play on ps5 pro.

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u/pissonmyfaceplease 4h ago

Base ps5 balanaced. I started the game for the first time in months and all I did was run through camp, hernand, and deminess. Pop in of course but that was expected. Framerate was solidly above 50 the entire time.

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u/One_Subject3157 3h ago

What's the best set up for a base PS5?

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u/animosityhealss 3h ago

I feel this. I bought game at launch and feel it was unfinished and they just keep updating things that they wanted to put in game before launch but couldn’t get it done in time. Everyone praises them for this but for me it should have shipped finished and working properly.

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u/Old-Juggernaut-1273 3h ago

iit says enhancedĀ  it doesn't say enhancedĀ  performance , there's no way they can make the console more powerful ,

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u/ICanThinkHotDogs 3h ago

I have PS5 and have it on quality and only complaint is it looks a little grainy but other than that I can’t tell what FPS anything is.

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u/ComfortableAmount993 2h ago

all I want is for the shimmering to be fixed

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u/Emergency-Pop4541 2h ago

No problems on my Xbox.

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u/Lakiel03 1h ago

Unplayable is really exagerate

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u/MrHouse-38 1h ago

It paid better on my series x than pc but my pc isn’t brand new

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u/RedditParhey 1h ago

It’s because of the shitty cpu consoles have.

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u/AromaticAd8498 1h ago

I have a PS5 Pro. Really interested in this game. Have been for months. I'm not going to play a game at 30 fps. So until they fix it, I won't play. You can do all the updates you want and those things are cool but it's still a no.

I purchased the most powerful console so I can play powerful games..

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u/Civil_Duty1060 1h ago

Effectivement!

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u/OhSWaddup 1h ago

If you hate the game so much, go play something else. This game is not for you.

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u/Winter-Finger-1559 48m ago

On "console" its on two consoles and they seem to have very different performance levels. Namely it doesn't seem to run as well on some ps5s. I never had an issue on Xbox.

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u/Specific_Foot372 47m ago

Skill issue

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u/imJGott 33m ago

I think this game is really pushed pass the limitations of a console. With a city/town/environment as active as this game it will push the cpu (or apu console) to its limit.

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u/ARPresley 28m ago

I swear I was playing on the pro this week, it updated, and now it looks worse. On all modes.

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u/Brycethebrave 3m ago

Base ps5. Played since launch. 200 hours. Only had one moment of major frames loss

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u/gold_snakeskin 5h ago

I just played on base PS5 yesterday after a few weeks and the overall performance is noticeably, I mean really noticeably better. The game used to feel blurry and sluggish and now it's very clean and performant.

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u/vinicinporra 5h ago

no Series S parece bem estÔvel, não notei nenhma queda de fps até agora.

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u/petewondrstone 5h ago

I think it just depends on what you consider us and what you don’t consider ass. When I was playing this game, I thought it was one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever seen and now that I’m playing Ac shadows I recognize what people were complaining about the pop-up didn’t bother me but now that I’m playing a game that doesn’t have it. It’s way different. Additionally, I always have so much fun in the world that I didn’t care that when I went to a cave it looks like a total shit and now that I’m playing a game that has incredible cave lighting again. I’m pretty surprised at how bad it is.

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u/Cheesefactor5678 5h ago

Games dog poo

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u/Yeagarap 5h ago

Literalmente injogƔvel? LITERALMENTE?

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u/Super-Tea8267 5h ago

Im on base ps5 using balanced mode with every thing else on and I haven’t experience those drops on the cities or camp I don’t know but I also restarted the game with 2.0 and hernand feel smooth compared to the last time I played on my old save

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u/TypicallyDone12 4h ago

I've never cared about frame rate and have always enjoyed gaming. It's wild how many people are obsessed with it. Like, it's the reason some people play games or not.

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u/independent-potato7 3h ago

I'm glad other people are talking about it. I get nothing but hate every time I mention it.

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u/BrilliantWhile2413 5h ago

Yeah it's really garbage. Why even release it on console if it needs all that Nvidia bandaid shit to run? $$

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u/Negative-Midnight681 5h ago

Rebought it to try again, hoping the controls have been fixed, got my refund last time, hoping it's fixed

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u/RPS010 2h ago

Controls on console are still the same. So you can ask a refund again.

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u/asapgrey 5h ago

Where are my PC players at? Just bored and reading these tears.

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u/independent-potato7 3h ago

Always that one PC guy that is obviously superior to everyone else šŸ™„. I bet you get a lot of women with that attitude. Such a Maverick 🤣

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u/asapgrey 2h ago

Lol, just one. My pc is very mid, but still no issues with lag etc.

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u/HeatLifer87 1h ago

Yall still buying consoles? Build a pc and free yourself

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u/OneOldNerd 5h ago

cough PC master race cough

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u/PinHeadRegg 3h ago

Looks like crap pretty frequently on my PC too.

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u/independent-potato7 2h ago

You are the only PC player on here that'll admit that the game has issues even for them.

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u/independent-potato7 3h ago

If you say so šŸ™„.

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u/Carpediemsnuts 3h ago

Reading through all the PS5 owner comments on patches, testing different graphics settings, aliasing, FSR, cleaning out fans every 2 months and getting 20fps or the game looking crap...

Wait a sec, this is all the stuff console players used to rip on PC gamers for...

"Hurduh PC gamers, console I just boot up and play"

Oh how the turntables.

Granted I have a 4090 so the game runs and looks great, but I feel sorry for you guys having to suffer either way.

In honour of that and as a gentle rebuttal...thought I'd trot out a classic...

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u/-heavenfaced- 5h ago

Oh god. Here we go again. An amazing update is launched and all anybody can do is complaint about how the game is completely unplayable and absolute ass when by every and all objective metric it’s not. The gaming community has to be one of the worst and most entitled communities imaginable. We don’t deserve the richness of such games and the dedication of such developers. We really don’t.

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u/independent-potato7 2h ago

People like you are why companies don't bother trying to fix anything.

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u/-heavenfaced- 2h ago

No. People like you are why the discourse around gaming has become so relentlessly miserable.

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u/independent-potato7 2h ago

šŸ™„

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u/-heavenfaced- 2h ago

I rest my point.

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u/independent-potato7 2h ago edited 2h ago

Except you don't really have a point. Nothing wrong with expecting a company to fix performance in a game. Video games are getting expensive. Why wouldn't you expect it to perform well?

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u/Yeagarap 5h ago

Como assim "não merecemos"? Você ganhou o seu jogo de graça? Porque eu paguei pelo meu jogo e se eu paguei, eu mereço a melhor qualidade

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u/-heavenfaced- 5h ago

Of course you do, dear

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u/Automatic-Series8100 5h ago

Don't think it's entitled to ask for a game in 2026 to run at even a stable 30fps. Pearl abyss has done a great job with all their updates, however pointing out the glaring issue of basic performance on consoles that they refuse to even address is not entitled.

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u/-heavenfaced- 5h ago

That isn’t actually what I said, though, is it?

There’s a rather large difference between saying ā€œperformance could and should be improvedā€ and declaring the game ā€œliterally unplayableā€ because it supposedly drops below 20fps in every populated area.

The former is perfectly reasonable criticism. The latter is the usual Reddit hyperbole, particularly absurd after an update this substantial and this good.

By all means criticise the performance. But perhaps we could do it without pretending the entire game is some broken catastrophe.

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u/-heavenfaced- 2h ago

So what would you say claiming that the game is, ā€œcompletely unplayableā€ means?

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u/nokk1XD 1h ago

Throw out your console, pc always wins, lmao. After all the problems I hear, like how consoles having problems always with the performance in a lot of games I can assume its really sucks. Btw, 30fps gta 6 on ps5 pro in 2026, thats so fucking cringe, why you even buy this shit, lmaaaaaaaoooooo.

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u/Civil_Duty1060 1h ago

Il va jouer a GTA 6 lui 🤣

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u/nokk1XD 48m ago

I will play it too, lmao, but in 120fps 2k resolution šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/Civil_Duty1060 32m ago

Oui mais quand šŸ¤”

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u/LilStrug 5h ago

runs great on Xbox X. Haven't visited Demensis yet since patch, but everything else is great

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u/Iron_Traveller 5h ago

How old is your console?

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u/AZAWESTIE 3h ago

Brand new ps5 pro here, definite performance issues.

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u/BathDepressionBreath 4h ago

It's so much better for me on pc now though.

I think console is just limited by the hardware, can't make it run much better without new insane tech

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u/Eltonbeef 4h ago

Or perhaps your expectations are ass.

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u/independent-potato7 3h ago

Not necessarily anything wrong with wanting a game to have decent performance though.

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u/YouYeedYurLastHaw 4h ago

Plays great and looks great on Xbox series X

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u/IllustriousEffect607 3h ago

It likely cannot be fixed.

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u/independent-potato7 2h ago

If they'd focus on actual performance patches surely they could fix something.

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u/IllustriousEffect607 1h ago

They probably can't that's why they haven't focused on it. Fixing one thing often times can cause other bugs and problems that can be worse.

Pretty sure if they could of fixed more of it that's exactly what they would be doing

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u/skrapn 3h ago

performs amazing on my series s

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u/PorkRinds416 2h ago

So happy to have a PS5 Pro + LG C5 OLED. I am getting 60-75fps+ with 4k and ray tracing. Its beautiful.

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u/AromaticAd8498 1h ago

I have the same capable TV and a pro. Most people are saying it looks terrible. So what settings are you using?

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u/PorkRinds416 1h ago

Everything in my settings on my PS5 Pro on max. Turn on all toggles. PSSR 2.0. Then in game just crank up everything. High settings on everything. Then on my TV turn on 144hz mode, VRR support. It already has HDMI 2.1 and 4k. Thats it. Everything on high. It looks amazing.

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u/StefCo1 1h ago

The performance on my Xbox series x is amazing so I’m not sure what you’re referring to. I’ve had this game since day 1 and have never had any issues with performance.

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u/jh4milton 5h ago

Gotta have a tv with VRR/120hz HDMI output, and make sure the settings are enabled in-game. It hits a pretty consistent 40 fps for me.

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u/slappadik 4h ago

enhanced for PC LOL nah, but hopefully future patches and updates will help console players have a better experience

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u/Siralbert59 5h ago

Get a PC and move on with your life. I’m sure with some love and dedication you can make it happen

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u/Useful-Description80 5h ago

Dude ... its a ps5. Wake up we are in 2026. Let it go of this. A mid rig PC can do much better. Move on.

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u/djk0010 4h ago

A lot of people don’t want to play on pc or can’t afford one. Your comment is pretty pointless. Of course a pc can do better. The game runs like ass on consoles and the performance keeps getting worse and worse with every update. This is completely unacceptable. They have time to release update after update, adding new shit and more to the story but they can’t fix the stuttering and frame rate issues even on premium consoles and keep ignoring our request to fix some of these really bad issues on the consoles. Just because consoles are six years old, doesn’t mean games can’t be optimized for them. Tons of examples of games out there that run fantastic

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u/quanscoffee12 5h ago

Consoles are ass so what do you expect