Star Wars: Jedi Survivor has launched on Steam, but the initial reviews are terrible. This is mainly due to its poor optimization. Many people complain: Even with top hardware, the FPS remains extremely low.
The new Star Wars: Jedi Survivor was supposed to follow in the footsteps of the excellent Jedi: Fallen Order. But the early reviews are horrifying, with an overall rating of just under 29% (from about 1,000 reviews) in the basement.
Many PC gamers say: We have top hardware and yet we cannot play the new game properly.
40 FPS with RTX 4090 – Players complain about weak port
The bad mood mainly arises due to the weak PC port. While the game is supposed to run significantly more stable on PS5 and Xbox, the performance on the PC fluctuates greatly. One person wrote sarcastically on Steam: “A RTX 3090 is not good enough for the game.”
And a GeForce RTX 3090 is indeed high-end hardware, costing you at least 1,500 Euros.
Disappointed, someone writes on Steam:
The game is extremely fun, but the performance is terrible. I use a 3090 FE and a 5700x and I get a constant speed of 30 fps in some areas. Other areas give me a mostly consistent 45. This is at 1440p. Lowering the settings and using FSR makes no difference at all. And it goes up to about 19 GB of VRAM. It’s a great game, but definitely wait unless you have 24 GB of VRAM and don’t mind playing games at 30 fps.
Others explain that their hardware significantly exceeds the recommended system requirements for the game. EA recommends a graphics card with 8GB of VRAM and at least an RTX 2070 or RX 6700 XT.
But that wouldn’t help, as the game would still crash or the hardware would get very hot. A German user writes on Steam:
My setup is far above the recommended requirements for this game.
I can’t even get into the game’s menu, as it crashes every time beforehand.
Many, however, explain: The game itself is great, the story is superb, and the gameplay is incredibly entertaining, just like the predecessor.
But not under these (technical) conditions.
Not the first game with fatal optimization
Star Wars: Jedi Survivor is not the first game to be punished with weak reviews. The Last of Us game for PC struggled with the same problems: weak performance, crashes, and long load times. And the popular Hogwarts: Legacy also launched with performance issues.
What all these games have in common: While the games are a technical disaster on PC, they run significantly smoother on PS5 and Xbox Series X. Therefore, many players demand that the developers put a little more time and love into the PC port. Because it can’t be that you always get the worst version on PC.
