So, Wild hearts is extremely fun. Best Monster Hunter-like I've ever played and at times reminds me of Dauntless in its peak but better. This game is HOWEVER not worth the 70$ price tag. I bought it on sale for like 30$ and that seems like a great price point for how the game is at the moment. EA has pulled support which does leave a sour taste in my mouth and there is one major bug where one drive will annihilate your game if you try to save and crash it. This has to be dealt with by deleting one drive altogether (something my friend had to do). This game however still makes me sad as it doesn't run the worst and while it could be better it never got the chance to. It's still a worthwhile play for like 35$ and below.

I GOT TO SAY ITS NOT BAD ON THE STEAM DECK! IM HAVING FUN AT THE MOMENT.

.NO CRASHES
.NO GLITCHES
.LITTLE BIT FRAME DROPS

PLAY THIS GAME WITH LOW SETTINGS AND PROTON 9.4 OR PROTON 9.5

I DONT SEE WHY PEOPLE ARE POOPING ON THIS GAME UNLESS YOU WATCHED A HIGH TIMER YOUTUBER AND THEY SAID ITS BAD AND YOUR JUST FOLLOWING HIS OR HER ADVICE OR YOUR THAT TYPE OF GAMER WHO LOVES TO BURN OUT YOUR GRAPHICS CARD AND GOT TO HAVE EVERYTHING ON ULTRA GRAPHICS.

OVERALL THIS GAME GOT PRETTY SOLID FEATURES WAAAY MORE THEN MONSTER HUNTER RISE LIKE DIFFERENT HAIR TYPES AND FACE PAINT CUSTOMIZE. YES MHR IS TOP BEST CHOICE FOR GAMEPLAY AND PERFORMANCE BUT WILD HEARTS DOES IT JOB IN LOW END DEPARTMENT.

YOU CAN PLAY ON YOUR STEAM DECK JUST FOLLOWED WHAT I SAID LOW GRAPHICS SETTINGS AND PROTON 9.5 OR 9.4 YOUR CHOICE

CLOWNIE RATING: 5.8/10

FOR STEAM USERS THIS IS THE WAY TO GET SMOOTH GAMEPLAY

FIX IT FOR STEAM DECK LETS GOOO!

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS

BEGINNING: PROTON 9.4

STEP 1: CHANGE THE PERFORMANCE TO YOU LIKING ON YOUR STEAM DECK TO 30 FPS OR 60 FPS

STEP 2: IN PERFORMANCE ON STEAM DECK GO TO SCALING MODE AND PUT "FIT"

STEP 3: FSR AT 5 ON YOUR STEAM DECK

STEP 4: TURN ON WILD HEARTS
GRAPHICS
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16:9
1280×720
UPSCALE FSR
WINDOWED
VSYNC ON
FPS LIMIT 30 OR 60
(MUST MATCH YOUR DECK PERFORMANCE)!!!
TEXTURE LOW
MODEL LOW
TEXTURE FIL LOW
PRACTICAL LOW
PROCEDURAL LOW
SHADOW LOW
REFLECTION LOW
GLOBAL LOW
CLOUDS LOW
MOTION BLUR OFF
AMBIENT OFF
DOF OFF

STEP 5 AUDIO:
OUTPUT 7.1CH/5.1CH

BACKGROUND OFF
FORCED OFF

Game alright, but what turn me off is really bad optimization, game wouldn't use more then 40% usage of my GPU, game trying to focus heavy using only 3, or 4 threads on my CPU, and there stutters.

I tired everything from checking guides for fixes, lowering settings, and everything, even limit FPS to 60, but it's clear the game will not sit stable as it just jumps between 35 ~ 60 fps, and when action happens stutter happen, and fps jumping all over the place. Checking more seem many people have this problem either put up with the issue, or calls it quit, and this hasn't been resolved since 2023 two years after release which I find that a bad sign if they're not going to fix these issues.

When I 1st launch the game I didn't even knew of these problems, set to 120 fps lock, high settings, DLSS, but when I got in game look blurry, was confused, double check settings, even restarted game, as soon I turn off upscale blur went away. I notice how my FPS doesn't go above 60 at all despite cap fps 120 make no sense, check my usage that how I found out barely using my GPU at all, just made no sense. I look online someone talk about reducing stutter problem, and it MAKES NO SENSE when change your AUDIO settings to headphones 7.1/5.1 which doesn't explain why that helps reduce game stutters.

So overall I just couldn't, I wanted enjoy this game, just wish they fix these problems, if they ever fix this game I be happy to pick this up again, but otherwise I'm refunding this game.