Last week, Arkane’s new game Deathloop launched on PlayStation 5 and PC to considerable acclaim from critics. Still, it didn’t take long after release for PC players to start out complaining about optimization problems. Various PC players took to outlets like Reddit to precise their frustration with Deathloop’s performance issues. Many of them flocked to Steam to go away reviews that Deathloop at one point had a “Mixed” user rating there despite the game’s critical success.
Specifically, tons of players appeared to encounter framerate stuttering while playing the sport. It’s not clear what caused those issues, but Arkane did say last week that it had been performing on a fix for the matter. That fix shipped out today, and it’s available now on Steam. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to resolve the difficulty entirely, as some players should encounter stuttering when playing at high frame rates.
The patch notes for hotfix 1.708.4.0 are live now on Steam, and that they are short and to the purpose. “This hotfix addresses a problem experienced by some players on PC whereby mouse-based camera movement could end in the looks of a ‘stutter,'” the patch notes read. “Additionally, we are looking into a separate but related issue that we’ve identified as an element which will even be an explanation for stuttering at high framerates. we’ll update further on this as soon as we’ve more information.”
The big question now’s what percentage of people will have their stuttering issues fixed after this patch. The hope is that this update fixes the matter for many people. Still, with Arkane saying that it’s looking into related stuttering issues, there could be some – or many – users who still experience stuttering after this update is applied.
In any case, if you’re on PC, it can’t hurt to offer it an attempt to see if it fixes the difficulty. The update is now via Steam, so it provides a download and sees if you continue to experience stuttering afterward. When Arkane announces a replacement patch to deal with the opposite stuttering issue, we’ll allow you to know, so stay tuned for more.
