Gamers Advise Against Buying Wild Hearts, Calling It a 'Cheap Ripoff'
Wild Hearts has met with a poor reception among PC gamers. The game is said to have major performance issues, and some accuse it of bearing too much resemblance to the Monster Hunter series.
Yesterday, the PC version of Wild Hearts, an action RPG developed by Omega Force and inspired by the Monster Hunter series, has been released. A few hours ago the game also hit Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PlayStation 5 consoles. Unfortunately, the launch cannot be counted as fully successful.
- On Steam the game has been received dismally. Only 32% of user reviews praised Wild Hearts, which is categorized as "mostly negative" reception.
- Players primarily complain about the poor technical condition, especially the optimization. The devs are also criticized for disappointing graphics. In addition, some users believe that Wild Hearts is too similar to Monster Hunter.
- The sentiment of players is well reflected in the following review by one of them:
"A cheap ripoff of Monster Hunter. Visually and mechanically the game stopped in the PS3 era. Optimization is abysmall - on a 3080ti with i7 12700kf the game had massive fps drops. If you want to buy a good game, buy Monster Hunter. The only thing the game can defend itself is the soundtrack. Overall I strongly do not recommend it."
Possible way to improve performance on PC.
Many gamers report that changing the audio settings menu from stereo, which is selected by default, to 5.1/7.1 for some strange reason severely reduces clipping. It's worth checking if this method will work for you if you have this type of problem.
- The technical problems do not affect only the PC version. PS5 users are reporting that there are not as many performance problems on their console as on PCs, but it nevertheless leaves a lot to be desired. In addition, the first impressions of PlayStation 5 users can be misleading - they got the game only recently, and on PC the real clipping starts on later maps and in multiplayer.
- On PS5 there are also errors causing crashes.
- On the other hand, users playing on the Xbox Series S report poor graphics. In some situations, the game looks quite a bit worse than the PC release on the lowest settings, as shown in the screenshot below:
Developers are aware of the game's problems and are working on an update, which is expected to debut next week. The patch will improve performance and remove some of the technical issues. Further plans include fixing bugs that cause the game to freeze on some PS5 consoles.
It is worth adding that Wild Hearts has met with warmer reception by industry media. On Metacritic the PS5 version has an average rating of 80%. In the case of the PC release it is 78%, and the Xbox Series X/S edition boasts a score of 77%.
