It's a bad port. It's a bad port which the problems have been known for well over a year. It's a bad port which the problems have been known for well over a year, and NIS has seemingly just decided they weren't interested in fixing.

Here's the thing: the game itself is good, for what it is. I'd recommend buying it on some OTHER format than PC. My biggest problem with the game itself is the lack of an in-game manual or references for you to look up the game mechanics, which is kind of important in a game where the stats, character creation, and other nuances are REALLY important. To reiterate: I like this game. It does what you would expect from the genre quite well.

But that's why this is such a kick in the gut. About halfway thru the game now, and I've encountered a problem that has been reported over and over, but has been apparently ignored, and buried under a lot of "well I don't have that problem so it must not exist!" comments/reviews.

The issue is the game just outright crashing or having the screen freeze up/black screen during combat or during floor transitions. SPECIFICALLY THERE IS A POINT HALFWAY THRU THE GAME that has been pointed out to the developers, over and over apparently, where this issue is so prevalent, it makes the game UNPLAYABLE. There is no workaround, no fan patch, no way to avoid it, as far as I can see. I've tried putting all the game settings down to minimum, disabling the Steam overlay, shutting off EVERY other process I can (including antivirus), and nothing helps.

I am currently playing this on a machine that runs games like Code Vein and Doom 2016 on near-highest graphics settings, at 60fps, running smoothly and with no issue, even loading from an external drive. There is zero excuse for this to be happening.

Don't buy this on Steam. Get it on console. And NIS should be ashamed for letting this happen. From what I hear, a number of their PC ports are subpar. That's a fine way to treat the people who had previously been begging them to bring their games to PC for years. Disappointing.

It's a bad port. It's a bad port which the problems have been known for well over a year. It's a bad port which the problems have been known for well over a year, and NIS has seemingly just decided they weren't interested in fixing. Here's the thing: the game itself is good, for what it is. I'd recommend buying it on some OTHER format than PC. My biggest problem with the game itself is the lack of an in-game manual or references for you to look up the game mechanics, which is kind of important in a game where the stats, character creation, and other nuances are REALLY important. To reiterate: I like this game. It does what you would expect from the genre quite well. But that's why this is such a kick in the gut. About halfway thru the game now, and I've encountered a problem that has been reported over and over, but has been apparently ignored, and buried under a lot of "well I don't have that problem so it must not exist!" comments/reviews. The issue is the game just outright crashing or having the screen freeze up/black screen during combat or during floor transitions. SPECIFICALLY THERE IS A POINT HALFWAY THRU THE GAME that has been pointed out to the developers, over and over apparently, where this issue is so prevalent, it makes the game UNPLAYABLE. There is no workaround, no fan patch, no way to avoid it, as far as I can see. I've tried putting all the game settings down to minimum, disabling the Steam overlay, shutting off EVERY other process I can (including antivirus), and nothing helps. [i] I am currently playing this on a machine that runs games like Code Vein and Doom 2016 on near-highest graphics settings, at 60fps, running smoothly and with no issue, even loading from an external drive. There is zero excuse for this to be happening. [/i] Don't buy this on Steam. Get it on console. And NIS should be ashamed for letting this happen. From what I hear, a number of their PC ports are subpar. That's a fine way to treat the people who had previously been begging them to bring their games to PC for years. Disappointing.