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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on the Steam Deck is a hot mess
The Star Wars Jedi: Survivor experience on PC is, at least here on release day, a generally pleasurable Far Far Away fantasy marred by some ugly performance issues. After a few hours’ worth of attempts to get it running on the Steam Deck, I can now – with a face similar to that of Ewan McGregor cry-laughing over child murder – report that Jedi: Survivor is in even worse condition on the handheld. It’s unplayable.
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Twitter Reacts to Frank Ocean’s Coachella Comeback: “A Mess From Start to Finish”
It was meant to be a colossal comeback, but Frank Ocean‘s polarizing performance at Coachella 2023 appears to be more sink than swim.
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In a unique move, the ‘Thinkin Bout You’ belter was announced as a headliner for this year’s installment of the music extravaganza more than a year before taking to the stage.
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Conquer spring shedding: Bissel’s SpotClean ProHeat carpet cleaner takes on your pet’s mess
SAVE $30: As of April 7, you can snag the Bissel SpotClean ProHeat pet carpet cleaner for $89 at Walmart. That’s a savings of 25%.
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Spring is here, and while that may mean warmer weather and beautiful blooms, it also means that shedding season has arrived for our furry friends. (If you have two pups like I do, then you know the struggle is real.) Thankfully, plenty of tools are out there to help combat the hair our fur babies leave behind.
The Bissel SpotClean ProHeat pet carpet cleaner is now on sale for $89 at Walmart. That’s $30 off its regular price of $119, a savings of 25%.
This portable device is powerful and compact, making it easy to transport from room to room (or to take with you on the go). With built-in heat wave technology, it consistently maintains water temperature to effectively remove tough pet stains and odors from carpets, rugs, stairs, upholstery, and more.
It also includes three special tools:
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Tough stain tool: This tool is perfect for quick clean-ups, whether it’s drool on the couch or muddy paw prints on the stairs.
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HydroRinse self-cleaning hose tool: This tool makes cleaning the machine after use a breeze. With the HyrdoRinse, you can easily flush out any dirt and debris left in the hose, making it ready to use the next time you need it.
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Three-in-one stair tool: If you live in a multi-level home or loft apartment, the three-in-one stair tool makes cleaning the curves, corners, and other hard-to-reach crevices on stairs easier than ever.
If your pets are shedders (or messers), the Bissel SpotClean ProHeat pet carpet cleaner is a great deal.
‘The Last of Us Part I’ for PC was a buggy mess at launch
I love all things The Last of Us, so it pains me to report that the PC port of The Last of Us Part I, which launched yesterday, is a buggy mess. Thousands of reviews on Steam are categorized as “mostly negative” and are filled with mentions of frequent crashes and poor hardware utilization. Meanwhile, Steam Deck users are reporting that it takes more than an hour for the game to compile shaders on its initial launch — and even once that’s done, performance is an issue.
I don’t have a powerful gaming PC, but I do have a Steam Deck and can confirm these issues. Once I got the game installed and waited around 90 minutes for the shaders to compile, I started playing the standalone DLC Left Behind, and the game crashed during the opening cinematics. Once I started playing the game, I saw it was using 102 percent of the Steam Deck’s VRAM. Dropping all graphics settings to low got me under 100 percent, so crashes will probably be less frequent going forward. I only played for a few minutes, so I can’t say how things work once you’re taking on Infected, but I won’t get my hopes up.
A few hours after this story was first published, Naughty Dog released the game’s first patch, a hotfix for some of the stability issues. The company didn’t have a ton of details on the specifics, but it says that more updates will be coming soon. I spent an hour playing the first part of the game on the Steam Deck, and it feels a lot more solid than it did yesterday, though I still haven’t gotten to the most graphically intense sequences yet. Still, things seem to be moving in the right direction — playing on medium with the frame rate set to max out at 40fps, things ran pretty smoothly.
A hotfix for The Last of Us Part I on PC went live earlier today, focusing primarily on stability and performance improvements. Patch notes are here: https://t.co/WwxTbVn1wu
Our team is continuing to investigate known issues, and we will let you know as more updates are planned.
— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) March 29, 2023
It’s worth nothing that Sony didn’t provide reviews with a demo code for the game until launch day, something that often means the game is either being worked on right up until the last minute or the experience isn’t very good (or both). This made a bit nervous about how The Last of Us Part I would run, and it seems like my fears were well-founded.
Developer Naughty Dog didn’t waste any time addressing the problems, tweeting out last night that they’re “actively investigating multiple issues” that players have reported. The company also has a “known issues” page running, which acknowledges the shader loading issue as well as a potential memory leak, older graphics drivers leading to instability, and the game being unable to boot despite systems that meet the minimum requirements.
The Last of Us Part I PC players: we’ve heard your concerns, and our team is actively investigating multiple issues you’ve reported.
We will continue to update you, but our team is prioritizing updates and will address issues in upcoming patches.
— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) March 28, 2023
A number of high-profile PlayStation games from Sony’s first-party studios have been ported to PC, including 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn and 2018’s God of War, as well as Naughty Dog’s own Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves collection (which includes remastered versions Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy). Both Horizon and the Uncharted collection had pretty serious issues at launch, as well. Since then, updates have made the games work much better, but it’s still a disappointing trend.
Even after delaying the game about a month from its original March 3rd date, things were clearly not ready to go. Sony likely wanted to capitalize on the popularity of the HBO series, which wrapped its first season earlier this month, but a delayed launch is probably better than a launch that no one can play. As of now, Naughty Dog hasn’t released an update for The Last of Us Part I, but we’ll be keeping an eye out for any fixes. I’ve been dreaming of having this game on-the-go since it was announced, so my fingers are crossed Naughty Dog can make it work on the Steam Deck — not to mention for the many people who want to play it on their powerful gaming PCs.
Update, 3/29/23 3:25PM ET: Added details about the first patch that Naughty Dog just released to address performance issues.
Update, 3/29/23 4:20PM ET: Added details about how the game plays on Steam Deck following the patch.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-last-of-us-part-i-for-pc-is-a-buggy-mess-144036281.html?src=rss