We'd heard anecdotally that Just Cause 3's latest patch made its framerate that little bit worse, but nothing could have prepared us for footage of the foray in action. This clip – captured directly from a PlayStation 4 using the share button – shows just how dire the destructive adventure is these days, as the title practically freeze-frames from the 1:40 point onwards.
This is… Blowing our minds – and considering that the game is discounted on the PlayStation Store right now, we figured that it absolutely needed bringing to your attention. Let's hope that Avalanche has a patch in place for this, because it's gone beyond inconsistent at this point – it's almost unplayable.
[source youtube.com, via neogaf.com]
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OS started skipping today, Binding of Isaac had some rather mismatched graphics and longer than normal load times, now I hear about this, and JC3 hasn't been running well for me at all since around the time the DLC started landing. :/
I had a stutter like the first in that video the other day while playing the Land Mech DLC, but nothing approaching that bad.
Hadn't played it for a while, but was disappointed to find they still haven't sorted out the initial lengthy login time when starting the game. The auto save icon also seems to be flashing in the bottom left corner most of the time... it never goes away for long.
@Paranoimia That first load time, when my wifi isn't dragging its ass across the floor like a dog with worms, is a good 5-10 minutes to "Log in", another 3-5 to get to the menu and then MAYBE the game loads the weapons and grapple and allows me to interact with the world. At worst its another 10 minutes before everything actually loads and I can play.
@BLPs Oh yeah, that reminds me... when I loaded it the other day, I got to the start screen where Rico is leaning on the vehicle, and it hadn't loaded the grapple! So I had his arm down to the elbow, then a big gap, then his hand. It was like he was halfway through a morph into Rayman.
My initial load was 'only' about 2-3 minutes, but I'm wired and on 60Mb cable broadband, so that's a long old wait.
These more major graphical issues only seem to have arrived with the Land DLC. Initial loading aside, I had no real issues with the main game throughout my playthrough, nor after the Air DLC arrived.
@Paranoimia The main game has it's hiccups but I can put that down to "Third Parties don't just leave things unfinished on Wii U", but it runs relatively well for what it is. Some of the effects always made a slide show but still, at least I could understand that.
That grapple missing thing, that went on for no joke over 5 minutes the other day. I could do jack and **** in the game I think I put a video on Twitter were Rico had 2 of the same gun and one was attached to his rig in such a way it...well never left.
What annoys me is the minutes of loading to log in, the minute or two for the damn menu, and then it loads more! I think it can take upwards of 10 minutes, maybe even 15 on a bad wifi day, to get into the game proper.
The load issues and rumoured glitches have put me off this game which is a shame as it looks like a blast!.
@Rudy_Manchego It is a blast. Gets a bit repetitive at times and some areas leave something to be desired thanks to muddled development, but the game as a whole is solid fun.
You just have a god long time before getting to a game that might run like a slideshow depending on the number of clouds above your house that day.
Such a shame. I love this game to bits but technically it's always lagged behind, which is annoying because it's so much fun. It got my GOTY last year anyway though, I just wish Avalanche fixed the bugs before release
Good lord and we thought Bethesda games were bad.
So...skip the update then?
Lack of quality control on the PS store. We may not need a curator, but we definitely need some sort of QA testing before crap like this gets on the store. 30 fps @ 1080p should be the absolute lower limit for all games. Devs who can't hit that should get another job....this is pathetic....
Sadly this further proves that JC2 is still the all around superior title unfortunately
Yikes!!!
@LAdrew87 JC2 was/is absolutely stellar! Fantastic game, which graphically still holds up very well today.
Something kept telling me not to buy and I don't know what it was at the time, but this is truly shocking!!
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that noticed! While my frame rate isn't as bad as the one shown in the video, I have noticed that it's become much worse since the latest update. I actually find it a chore to play at this point because it gives me a headache and it's so sluggish. I really hope Avalanche has another patch in the works.
I have a clip that is this bad, I've even had it stutter so bad that the game has been running at 0 FPS for 20-30+ seconds and then stutter back into life. This is in random locations, however i have found places to replicate it. Out of my collection its the worst performing game i have.
Freak'n disgusting, I thought the load times and slowdown was bad when it first came out, but jeez that is appalling. I stopped playing it cause of these technical issues and I still won't b playing it.
I want a refund.
The game is extremely demanding on PC, i'm surprised they even got it to 30 fps at all on console. Maybe Sony is starting to ask devs to start crippling games so people will have a reason to buy a neo. Highly unlikely, but not impossible.
The game's story made just cause 3 unplayable. This just topped it up
Just Cause 2 was awesome, I'm quite glade I waiting till after the lunch to see if there were problems with it. SE won't get my money and what a shame, I really wanted this game, too.
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