Since February 16, 2023, Wild Hearts has been playable on PC. PS5 and Xbox Series X|S will follow at midnight right after. However, there are major issues on PC with graphics, stuttering, and more, as tests report. The developers are aware of this – and will bring a fix soon.
What is the problem?
- Wild Hearts was released on February 16, 2022, and has been officially playable since 4 PM. Before that, experts were able to test it, and interested players could try a demo.
- In almost all tests, the technical performance of Wild Hearts is criticized. Already in the demo, the technical aspect was the biggest point of criticism for players.
- A Monster Hunter expert finds everything else good but warns about the performance.
- The problem is mainly graphics bugs and dropping FPS, which are supposed to drop below 60 even on strong systems at times.
I myself have already criticized similar problems in my very first hands-on test in 2022. Now, in early access, it was better, but for me, the performance was still the biggest point of criticism:
Colleague André Baumgartner from GameStar released his rated test at launch. Here, too, there is a deduction for performance in the score of 78 points.
As players have already discovered, the problems are partly due to the fact that even on high-performance systems, only one of the many CPU cores is being utilized. This throttles performance – no matter how powerful the computer is otherwise.
In the video, we show you what Wild Hearts looks like – and what the features of the hunting game are:
“A patch for all platforms is coming next week”
Here’s what the developers say: In a post in the official support forum, community manager David addresses the players’ problems directly. It states: a fix will come next week, shortly after the release. Among other things, the following issues will be resolved:
- a problem that causes only a single thread of the CPU to be utilized
- artifacts and graphic glitches when using an AMD Radeon RX 7900
- the default resolution, which should now be at least 1080p when starting the game
- fixes for greater stability and other bugs
In addition, an annoying audio issue will be fixed, causing sound and image to become desynchronized, as well as crashes of the game on PS5. However, there is still no exact date for the fix.
Not all systems are currently affected by the problems. Especially Xbox and PlayStation seem to be running relatively smoothly. If you can play without issues or want to prepare, here are some tips:
I played Wild Hearts for 14 hours – Here are 7 tips I wish I had known before
