After a disappointing lack of performance fixes forMonster Hunter Wildsin last night’s Capcom Showcase, fans are giving up hope of ever having the game run smoothly. The latest entry in the long-runningMonster Hunterfranchise has struggled with optimizing its performance for PC, resulting in many irate fans getting frustrated at Capcom’s focus on adding content rather than fixing the existing issues.
At the JuneCapcom Showcase livestream, the studio revealed upcoming events, DLCs, and additional content that’s coming to the title soon. This morning, Capcom followed up withpatch notes for an upcoming updatethat will implement more than 100 bug fixes. However, the fixes seem to be too little, too late, and for many PCMHWplayers,it’s beginning to look like a performance fix was never in the cards.
Monster Hunter Wilds Fans Fear The Worst From Capcom
If There’s No Fix Yet, There May Never Be One
In a disgruntled Reddit post started by userSpinorexMilk,fans are venting their frustrations at Capcom.RedditorAmedasasks, “So ? Will I be able to play without crashing every 5 min?”, to whichRelevant_Mail_1292sarcastically quips, “No but at least your Palico can do an air-guitar.”
For some community members, the lack of response from Capcom is more alarming. There’s been such a loud outcry over the game’s PC issues that it’s hard to believe that Cacom is unaware of it, and that’s a problem. According to RedditorBigBurly46,the company hasn’t fixed the game yet “because they CAN’T fix it.”
“It might be impossible to optimize the game to play better on PCs.”
Some fans speculate that the RE Engine, which works great for the recentResident Eviltitles, simplyisn’t meant to handle massive open-world games likeMonster Hunter Wilds.If this is the case, then it might be impossible to optimize the game to play better on PCs.At the end of the day, points out userdrockalexander, “if they could they would have all hands on deck to fix.”
Monster Hunter Wilds Continues To Struggle With Performance Issues On PC
Steam Review Bombing Continues
Monster Hunter Wildsreceivedgenerally favorable reviewswhen it launched earlier this year, with critics praising its open-world design, the upgraded but classic monster hunting mechanics, and the huge amount of post-game content. However, the title has also been plagued with issues on PC from day one.The game’s performance has been called embarrassing and unacceptableby fans around the internet, and the title has dipped into “Overwhelmingly Negative” onSteamin recent reviews.
Players experience stuttering, FPS drops, blurred graphics, and a general overwhelming lack of optimization that reviews state makes the game frustrating to play at best and impossible to even boot up at worst. Capcom continues to make tweaks toMonster Hunter Wilds,but it looks like the game will continue to struggle on PC until a bigger update is made to address the poor performance at its core.
