Wuchang: Fallen Feathersgot off to a rocky start with its release yesterday, with thousands of players asking for refunds and negatively reviewing the game due to performance issues across various platforms. Leenzee Games and 505 Games issued an apology immediately and even offered players rewards as a gesture of good faith. But surprisingly, they were also able to release a patch overnight to address some of these major problems.
ASteamupdate from 505 Games shares the details on Patch 1.3, thefirst major update to address performance issues withWuchang: Fallen Feathers. The patch adds a Low Latency Mode manual toggle, supersampling resolution limit adjustments on certain GPUs, VRAM optimization for lower-end GPUs, and other updates to improve stuttering, tearing, and crashes.
Wuchang Gets Its First Patch To Address Players' Biggest Concerns
Patch 1.3 Fixes The Biggest Complaints For Wuchang’s Performance Problems
Wuchang: Fallen Feathersfaced anonslaught of negative reviewsyesterday, nearly all of which cited terrible performance issues related to tearing, stuttering, and other optimization problems related to Unreal Engine 5. Almost immediately, Leenzee and 505 Games issued an apology and seemingly got to work right away,releasing Patch 1.03 overnight that addresses players' biggest concerns.
Patch 1.03 includes a Low Latency Mode manual toggle in the Options menu that"will no longer be enabled by default,“as well as resolution limit adjustments"on select GPU models to prevent unintended performance degradation.“Further, to address performance on lower-end machines,Leenzee has rolled out memory-saving optimization settings.These apply to all texture quality levels on GPUs with 8GB or less VRAM, and for GPUs with more than 8GB VRAM when texture quality is set to Low.
As the developers put it,“these changes improve stability and reduce crashes or stuttering caused by insufficient video memory.“Also included in the patch arefixes to issues causing crashes on startup,as well as"execution stutter affecting select hardware configurations during finisher animations.“Additionally, Leenzee has fixed a bug that players were complaining about related to content rewards for the different versions, and even rebalanced an area in the early game with excessive trip mines.
Wuchang Will Have More Updates Soon, But Patch 1.3 Is A Good Sign
This Is Just The First Of Many Wuchang Updates Fans Can Expect
ThenegativeWuchangreviewsare almost entirely related to optimization issues with Unreal 5, and this first early patch is a great sign for fans of the game who enjoy the gameplay but faced performance barriers. Developers have stated that Patch 1.3 is just the beginning, and more updates to improve performance issues are likely to release in the coming days.
“The fact developers are working tirelessly to address players' concerns shows that they are truly passionate and dedicated to giving fans the best experience possible.”
Outside these performance issues,Wuchang: Fallen Feathersis a quintessential soulslike experience withincredibly unique mechanicsthat any fan of the genre is sure to love. It’s a shame the game got off to such a rough start, but the fact developers are working tirelessly to address players' concerns shows that they are truly passionate and dedicated to giving fans the best experience possible.
