And it’s that point of the yr. Earlier than publishing our High 10 Most Optimized PC Video games of 2024, we’ve determined to share our record for the worst optimized PC video games. These are the video games that disenchanted us with their optimization on PC.
However what can we take into account a badly optimized PC recreation? In our opinion, a recreation that isn’t optimized for the PC is one that can’t scale properly on a number of CPU cores, that’s tormented by ‘console-ish’ unwanted side effects (like actually low FOV, controller-only on-screen indicators, terrible Ok&M controls and mouse acceleration/smoothing points). We additionally bear in mind the stuttering points that affected some video games. Moreover, a recreation that doesn’t justify its CPU/GPU necessities, or one that can’t scale on older PC {hardware} can be a recreation that falls on this record.
Do additionally word that we choose the most recent model of the video games and never their launch model. And sure, we’ve reinstalled and replayed the entire video games that got here out in 2024. Oh, and we gained’t embody any Early Entry video games.
Lastly, this record is in random order. So, with out additional ado, let’s check out them.
Until Dawn Remake
Man, the remake of Till Daybreak in Unreal Engine 5 was such an enormous disappointment. Till Daybreak Remake nonetheless has a number of tech points on PC. If in case you have a high-end PC system, you may brute drive your approach by means of most of them. Nevertheless, if you happen to take a better have a look at it, you will note how damaged this recreation is. There are stability points. The sport could crash and corrupt your saves. And each Ray Tracing and Digital Shadow Maps are nonetheless not working.
STALKER 2
There isn’t a doubt that STALKER 2 is a good trying recreation. Nevertheless, it got here out in a beta state and it suffered from a number of optimization points. And though GSC GameWorld has launched some patches, none of them have improved its efficiency. None of them have addressed the traversal stutters. None of them have made the CPU-heavy scenes run higher. And, there are nonetheless varied visible glitches.
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Dragon’s Dogma 2 was an enormous letdown. Powered by RE Engine, DD2 was a multitude when it got here out. And now, after seven months, it nonetheless suffers from main CPU optimization points. Severely, I don’t get why this recreation is so heavy in cities. And the way about these terrible NPCs that may actually pop proper in entrance of you? Say what you need about Starfield, however at the very least its cities are richer with extra NPCs which have every day routines (with out bringing to their knees high-end CPUs). And proper now, I’m actually fearful about each different open-world Capcom recreation that will likely be utilizing this engine.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake
Brothers: A Story of Two Sons Remake is one other UE5 Remake that didn’t impress me. Though the devs used Lumen, I don’t actually see the advantages of it. Brothers: A Story of Two Sons Remake may have simply been made with UE4. Not solely that however the PC controls felt terrible. After which we now have the traversal stutters. These stutters weren’t as dangerous as these in Silent Hill 2 Remake, however general, Brothers: A Story of Two Sons was worse than SH2R. And, talking of traversal stutters.
Video games with traversal stutters
I’ve determined to incorporate all of the triple-A video games which have traversal stutters on this class. So, if you happen to hate video games that may stutter on PC, it is best to keep away from the next ones. A few of them have fewer traversal stutters than others. Nonetheless, these with skilled eyes will instantly spot them. So, which PC video games suffered from traversal stutters in 2024? Effectively, these have been STALKER 2, Frostpunk, Till Daybreak Remake, Brothers: A Story of Two Sons Remake, Black Delusion: Wukong, Alone within the Darkish, Infinity Nikki, A Quiet Place: The Highway Forward, and Outcast – A New Starting. The video games with the worst stutters, although, have been Silent Hill 2 Remake and SAND LAND.
SAND LAND, specifically, will stutter like loopy within the first few hours because of the lack of a shader pre-compilation course of. Not solely that however its post-launch help was terrible. We solely acquired two small patches, and none of them addressed the shader compilation stutters. As for Bloober Crew, it’s fortunate SH2R was an incredible recreation as a result of whenever you get to the residences, there are A LOT of traversal stutters. It’s a disgrace actually.
And there you have got it. These have been the worst optimized PC video games of 2024. Keep tuned now for our High 10 Most Optimized PC Video games of 2024 record!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He’s a PC gaming fan and extremely helps the modding and indie communities. Earlier than creating DSOGaming, John labored on quite a few gaming web sites. Whereas he’s a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots might be discovered on consoles. John beloved – and nonetheless does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be the most effective consoles. Nonetheless, the PC platform gained him over consoles. That was primarily resulting from 3DFX and its iconic devoted 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has additionally written a better diploma thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics playing cards.”
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