Just Cause 3 Devs: PC Patch Will Take "A Little Bit of Time"

[Lizzy Finnegan]

Just Cause 3 Devs: PC Patch Will Take "A Little Bit of Time"

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"We need a little bit of time to recreate some of these issues and build fixes."

Just Cause 3 developer Avalanche Studios has promised a patch for the PC version of the game in response to concerns about technical issues, which include lengthy load times and framerate drops. In an update on the game's Steam page yesterday [http://steamcommunity.com/games/225540/announcements/detail/101692171981969216], Avalanche requested patience while they "recreate some of these issues and build fixes."

"We know that some of you are encountering some technical issues-we're looking into them all and we're fully committed to providing you the best possible experience," the post reads. "We know you're going to want specific information on when a patch will land and what will be fixed-we would love to give you that information, and we will as soon as we have it. But right now, a little over one day since we launched, we have huge numbers of players in our enormous game world and we're monitoring all the data coming in.

"We need a little bit of time to recreate some of these issues and build fixes," the post continues. "Rest assured though-we are fully committed to making Just Cause 3 as awesome as possible. We already know loads of people are having a blast with the game but we'll do all we can to make sure everyone is laughing and smiling as they play."

In our Just Cause 3 review [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/reviews/15075-Just-Cause-3-Review], Mitchell Saltzman wrote "The additions of the wingsuit, dual tethering grapple hook, unlimited C4 and regenerating health system are all fantastic additions that would've made Just Cause 3 a breakout game in the franchise, if not for the dull story, repetitive story missions and technical issues ranging from long load times, to poor framerate and to constant disconnections for a single player only game."

Just Cause 3 released on December 1 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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[Kenjitsuka]

If this interests you, I recommend you check out the Ars Technica technical article about the issues.
It has a great video embeded that visualises the problems (and does a 1-on-1 comparison of XB vs PS4)...

OT: I find these comments a bit disingenuous. This was rushed for pre-December release, with tons of known bugs.

 

[Robyrt]

OT: I find these comments a bit disingenuous. This was rushed for pre-December release, with tons of known bugs.

Sure, but that decision was made at the corporate level, probably in January. By now, the community manager writing that post has seen the train wreck coming for months, and just wants everyone to know that they're still working on it, in an effort to stop the hundreds of hate mails pouring into her inbox every day. The lead developer probably pulled an all-nighter just getting the game to connect to the social servers at all in time for launch, and only now has enough data to actually figure out why it's randomly disconnecting.

So I can see this post being completely sincere and apologetic, because it was written by a completely different set of people who are not themselves to blame for a rushed, buggy release, but are now taking the heat for it.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

I wholeheartedly am placing the blame here on their overlords, Squeenix. That publisher has been earning my contempt quite strongly over the years. Sneaky devious blighters. Why has no one brought up their review embargo for this game? Are we just happy to ignore that for some reason this time?

 

[Creamygoodness]

I am so tired of game developers treating PC gamers to crap console ports(shovelware) that don't work on launch. Now I wait for the game of the year version with all the dlc and patches.