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I've really tried to like this game, I really have. But theres some massive technical issues that keep me from enjoying the game, the most predominant of which is the Input Lag. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Input Lag. I'll take my hands fully off the keyboard and mouse at times but Bayek is still running off whichever way he pleases. Combined with the camera lagging behind where you're looking as if someone figured out how to invert mouse acceleration into deceleration and top this off with massive drops in framerate for no other reason than the game rendering in everything within a country mile and you get an absolutely annoying game to play.

Let me be clear, I spent 70 Dollars on this game during the Winter Sale and the Gold Version at that. It is not worth my money as it stands. Its not worth your money if you end up with results similar to mine. I hit the Recommended Stats neatly, with an AMD FX-8350, 4x the required RAM and a GTX 780 Ti. There shouldn't be anything wrong with my experience minus a hiccup here and there, not a constant stream of spluttering and coughing.

EDIT: I have since deduced the cause of the input lag and eliminated it. Now the only problem is an apparent lack of optimization. Every time I walk more than 100 feet in one direction the framerate grinds from 60 or 75 right down to 10 or 15, the only reason I can understand this happening is if the game is programmed to load in large chunks at a time rather than a constant stream. Mind you, I'm playing on effectively Medium.

Much as I was looking forward to this game, got a new card to be able to run this on even, I can't find a reason to play at the moment. The combat and environments are beautiful, at a distance, up close it all falls apart. Eight graphical options does not a competent option list make, frame drops at high speeds and a 30FPS lock? Sorry, I'll be playing Witcher 3 until this is fixed. This is Unity level BS.

I will state I am on the good edge of this, I haven't crashed yet but the frame drops and performance problems make it hard for me to enjoy the story Rocksteady crafted. Glad I held off buying the Season Pass but maybe Rocksteady should include that for people who pre-ordered the game as a way of saying sorry. Maybe I'm just being greedy but this shouldn't be happening in 2015. Especially not with a AAA title costing $60 with a $40 Season Pass.