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Well, at this point I think it was kinda expected that it would not get stellar reviews, but holy shit.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    9 months ago

    Sitting at “mostly negative” because, as pretty much all of the reviews indicate, it’s an unoptimized piece of shit and runs terribly even if you have a stupidly powerful gaming machine.

    • Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I have heard this. Luckily it’s on game pass so have all the tune in the world to decide to buy it after some dlc pops up

  • tal@lemmy.today
    51·
    9 months ago

    If Paradox isn’t gonna do more work on the original Cities: Skylines, maybe they’ll have a major sale at some point, and the game and its DLC will be available for something less than about $400, so could be a win for people who like the series if they don’t like the performance tradeoffs made in the sequel.

  • froggers@lemmy.worldOPM
    3·
    9 months ago

    On that note, if anyone has the game, would you be kind and tell us the performance you are getting, and what system you have?

    • Pencilsharp333@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      25-40 fps on my 6700xt running high with DoF & motion blur off. There’s no hitching or stuttering like I had in cs1. This kind of game has so little motion, so despite the low numbers it feels perfectly smooth, and I’m used to 144hz.

    • yildo@kbin.social
      4·
      9 months ago

      Wasn’t usable emulated in Parallels on my Macbook, as in it was a slideshow at the lowest graphics settings. I’ll try GeForce Now in the morning