Here's the good news: Ori and the Will of the Wisps has debuted to outstanding reviews. Currently, it has a score of 89% on Metacritic (for Xbox One) from 50 reviews, including the equivalent of four 10/10s. The downside is that many critics and fans have been noticing performance issues on all Xbox One consoles.
The strange thing is that the issues seem to be different for a lot of people. On the Xbox One Reddit, numerous people have complained that the game is running slowly, freezing up and even shutting their console off entirely, while others appear to be having very few issues at all.
Furthermore, Digital Foundry have provided a tech review for the game, showing off some of the aforementioned issues on their YouTube channel. Check out that video at the top of this page.
Interestingly, a user called BETA104 noted on Reddit that by transferring their game to an external SSD on Xbox One X, the frame rate issues went away. Obviously that's not a suitable solution for everyone, so we're hopeful Moon Studios will be able to bring out a patch for those affected in the near future.
How are you getting on with Ori and the Will of the Wisps? Let us know in the comments.
[source reddit.com, via metacritic.com, youtube.com]
Comments 5
I minor blip (mostly) in what is otherwise an utterly sublime game!
Was looking forward to playing it on our 2 PCs, 1 for each kid, but if X1X is having problems running it that doesn't bode well for our machines. Our best graphics card is a GT 1030, the older one is a 740. Maybe if we put all settings on low.
I'll get back to ya after the kids wake up.
So my son was able to play this, even though his Gamepass subscription ended March 7th.
MS seems to have issues with this whole computer thing.
Game lagged a bit on our GT 1030 and after a couple of hours the screen just went black. But that may be b/c our internet is constantly going out for some reason for anything MS related. It's an IP4 IP6 thing, been trying to fix it for 6 months.
Maybe I'll check the forums.
I’ve had some short 1-2 second freezes and 1 crash on my One X. It seems to happen while in combat when loading a new, unexplored area or reloading after a death.
Overall I’m having a great time. The framerate seems pretty good to me. Maybe I’m having trouble noticing the dips because the game is 2D?
Haven't finished the first one yet but once I do hopefully these problems will be fixed.
I only have the base X1 and haven't beaten the first game yet, but I will probably hold off on buying this game until MS gets the performance issues squared away.
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