If you play mostly modern games - DONT BOTHER.

i do not understand how this game won GOTY, i understand fromsoftware is a huge developer and is known for making some beloved games, and im aware the game is intentionally difficult but my issues have nothing to do with its difficulty. this game launched only a few years ago and supports 0 modern freatures.

NO DLSS
NO Ultrawide Support
60FPS Lock
NO Raw Input
Fake Ray Tracing
NO PS Controller Support

The lack of raw input makes playing this game on a controller or a mouse stupidly difficult because it feels awful, the game has no DLSS, which normally would be fine since i have a 4090, but even then the game is incredibly unoptimised that it struggles to hit that much higher than 60fps when unlocked, the game engine is stuttery which makes the raw input issue worse.

it doesnt support Ultrawide natively so youll have to mod it, and then the mod is buggy and forces you to disable the anticheat to make it work so i forfeit the ability to play CO-OP with friends (not the mods fault fromsoft should be supporting a modern feature such as Ultrawide)

they decided to update the game one day to add Ray Tracing, yet all they did was add a toggle for deeper and more shadows, its not actually Ray Tracing as it has 0 performance impact and doesnt look good.

but above all the lack of Playstation Controller support is downright ridiculous, you can plug in a PS controller and load the game and it will work, but the icons do not, its either mouse and keyboard icons, or its xbox controller icons. but even then the default controller binds are so poorly thought out it makes me want actually cry, its not upto the end user to fix the issues a massive developer is constantly making.

again, i know this game is popular.
its art style is outstanding and the player base is great, but my god it is absolutely Abysmal that a game dev as large as fromsoftware cant make a game that feels like its from the current generation.

refunding it and buying Horizon Forbidden West instead since that actually supports proper modern features like a AAA title is supposed to

If you play mostly modern games - DONT BOTHER. i do not understand how this game won GOTY, i understand fromsoftware is a huge developer and is known for making some beloved games, and im aware the game is intentionally difficult but my issues have nothing to do with its difficulty. this game launched only a few years ago and supports 0 modern freatures. NO DLSS NO Ultrawide Support 60FPS Lock NO Raw Input Fake Ray Tracing NO PS Controller Support The lack of raw input makes playing this game on a controller or a mouse stupidly difficult because it feels awful, the game has no DLSS, which normally would be fine since i have a 4090, but even then the game is incredibly unoptimised that it struggles to hit that much higher than 60fps when unlocked, the game engine is stuttery which makes the raw input issue worse. it doesnt support Ultrawide natively so youll have to mod it, and then the mod is buggy and forces you to disable the anticheat to make it work so i forfeit the ability to play CO-OP with friends (not the mods fault fromsoft should be supporting a modern feature such as Ultrawide) they decided to update the game one day to add Ray Tracing, yet all they did was add a toggle for deeper and more shadows, its not actually Ray Tracing as it has 0 performance impact and doesnt look good. but above all the lack of Playstation Controller support is downright ridiculous, you can plug in a PS controller and load the game and it will work, but the icons do not, its either mouse and keyboard icons, or its xbox controller icons. but even then the default controller binds are so poorly thought out it makes me want actually cry, its not upto the end user to fix the issues a massive developer is constantly making. again, i know this game is popular. its art style is outstanding and the player base is great, but my god it is absolutely Abysmal that a game dev as large as fromsoftware cant make a game that feels like its from the current generation. refunding it and buying Horizon Forbidden West instead since that actually supports proper modern features like a AAA title is supposed to