The Last of Us Part 1 is getting pummeled on Steam: "A technical disaster"

gamesradar.com:

The Last of Us Part 1's PC launch isn't going well, at least according to hundreds of negative Steam review.

The previously PS5-exclusive remake released on PC on Tuesday, and after just a few hours in the wild, it's garnered over 2,000 negative reviews and a "mostly negative" Steam rating. The vast majority of complaints relate to the PC port's technical performance, from its lofty VRAM and CPU demands to its slow-moving shaders. A lot of folks are reporting frequent crashes and generally shoddy optimization on PC, with one particularly scathing review calling it "the single worst PC port I have ever seen."

"The optimisation is even worse than my will to live," wrote one reviewer (opens in new tab).

"30 min to cache 16% of shaders.... all the while my 9900k I9 CPU is CRANKING at 100% non stop," wrote another. (opens in new tab) "nice job guys. multi billion dollar company btw. gross." "Then again, this is all such a major first world problem, maybe ill refund the money and donate it to charity," the reviewer added, rather responsibly.

"I have a juiced PC and this game runs like buttcheeks," said another unhappy customer (opens in new tab). "Don't buy until they fix the numerous performance issues."

And so on.

In case you want a good visual representation of The Last of Us Part 1's PC problems, here's what it looks like when shaders fail to load in a timely fashion:

I thought shaders were compiled but ummm pic.twitter.com/EJ0kF59o8NMarch 28, 2023

Naughty Dog has taken notice to the myriad complaints about The Last of Us Part 1 and says it's "actively investigating" them.

"We will continue to update you, but our team is prioritizing updates and will address issues in upcoming patches," the studio said in a tweet (opens in