Wuthering Waves

Game is excellent in most regards, however, optimization is what is really bad in my case... 9070xt and it still stutters and lags like crazy, even with ray tracing turned off.

I played this in 1.0 (on Epic) - could not attach to any of the characters - deleted. I decided to try it again in 2.3 (again on Epic) - could not really attach to any of the characters (I liked how Ciaccona character menu line sounded and design was relatively nice - could not pull for her) and main story catch up was a slog - deleted after realizing I had no goal to work towards. Que end of 3.2 - I got a lucky Linnea - who managed to give me "that" spark. I liked her gameplay (like... circling enemies is fun), exploration (great horizontal movement for anything not Lahai-Roi/that new area) and visual effects, even her design was decent enough. Although 1 singular character cannot Carry the entire game experience on their back. Then I continued on main quest catch up, and I remembered why I dropped this game 2 seperate times. I stopped in the middle of Shore keeper stuff, an I refuse to use that button so that I have AN OPINION on the story, sooo... that was something... Managed to complete Lupa stuff by the end of 3.3 (Working adult stuff), and honestly that was A high note. I liked 2.4 main Quest. Then during 3.4 I kept pushing and... as someone once said " My expectations are low, but they can always go lower"... Like... for those who know - I actually wanted (and went) fishing in certain other big, open world gacha game, rather than keep playing Phrolova Main quest... If that means something for anyone lol. I ended up getting to the end of Iuno Main quest and had to quick start the collab stuff (I was SEVERELY burned out during all that, so no opinion). And after all that: I wanted to love this game; I wanted to have a good time, but ended up feeling burned out and miserable. It was taking valuable time from things I actually wanted to do (All people are different - I, for one, like taking video games more seriously, and getting somewhat attached to them). So I kept thinking about a thing my Father mentioned -"People play games to have fun and unwind, so that is the point of playing, if you're not enjoying it?" (and let's be honest the toxic (prob. loud minority) community DOES NOT help the issue here). Oh yea: I like then games actually look good.., so it was STRUGGLING in Septimont and anything that followed :P My PC probably far from best but it can run a bunch of games on relatively High settings, with 1 major difference - they are not 1 time experiences. And the one which is "once per account" situation, is actually capable of running on highest available settings, whilst functioning normally... so yea... Happy conclusion - deleted the game to enjoy other stuff :D

Recommended if your PC can handle it, else don't bother

Good game overall.

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VERY GOOD GAME BUT A LOT OF CUTSENES TO I RECCOMEND TO SKIP

This game is peak.