Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Expects Buggy Launch As EA Promises Weeks Of Fixes
The day is nigh for the launch of the eagerly awaited Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the follow-up to the best-selling Fallen Order and expectations are running high. Loaded with positive reviews, including TheGamer's own, Survivor has us catching up with Cal Kestis as he's looking more bearded and scar-faced and his crew for a Star Wars story that could be considered among the best in the whole saga. However, there are some concerns brewing.
As multiple reviews have also noted, the game seems to suffer from performance issues. In our review, our editor Stacey Henley observed "odd blurring during movement, stuttering even in Performance mode, and bugs throughout" and even two hard crashes playing on PS5. And concerns are being aired across the Internet while EA seems to be aware of the issues and is preparing the fanbase for the fixes it has in store.
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In a Tweet (thanks Gamesradar), EA's Star Wars account said the game will have its first patch on launch day across all platforms. But the next part is the revealing bit as the publisher explained that "in the weeks ahead" it will be deploying patches to fix bugs and improve performance as well adding more accessibility features.
Meanwhile, it is PC players who are perhaps the most worried. Optimising for such a varied platform as PC is always harder than for generally more stable console platforms but PC reviewers, such as PC Gamer, have found "unacceptable" performance drops in their review versions, which won't be the same as those the general public will be playing once the day-one patch is downloaded. Day-one patches at this stage are nothing new, of course, and can be par for the course for many
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