Naughty Dog has just released a hotfix forThe Last of Us Part 1meant to address some ongoing issues with the beleaguered PC port of the classic title. The release of this latest hotfix comes just days afterUpdate 1.0.4 forThe Last of Us Part 1was pushed out to players, bringing with it some much-appreciated improvements to graphical fidelity at lower settings and addressing some lingering crashes.Released in March following the success of other recent PC ports of popular PlayStation titles,The Last of Us Part 1gave gamers outside of the console ecosystem their first chance to experience director Neil Druckmann’s acclaimed action-adventure game. While many players were excited at the thought of putting the gorgeous title through its paces on a high-end PC, performance issues and numerousbugs inThe Last of Us Part 1quickly left some gamers regretting their purchase. While Naughty Dog has continued to patch the game since release, addressing some of the most serious issues encountered by players, gamers continue to report problems with the seemingly less-than-polished port.RELATED:Funny The Last of Us 2 Tattoo Pays Tribute to Adorable MomentIn a new tweet from the official Naughty Dog Twitter account, the developer has announced that hotfix 1.0.4.1 forThe Last of Us Part 1is now being pushed out to PC players. Linked in the tweet, the full patch notes reveal that the hotfix resolves some ongoing issues with the game. In what’s sure to be welcome news to players who found themselves stuck when trying to load into the game, the hotfix addresses an issue where loading into the game while shaders are compiling could lead to “an infinite hang.” The update also fixes an error where crash data sent to Naughty Dog could have incomplete telemetry, making it harder for the developer to discover why players are crashing.[EMBED_TWITTER]https://twitter.com/Naughty_Dog/status/1652010709088362496[/EMBED_TWITTER]Responses to the tweet revealed many players to be underwhelmed with the game’s performance even after repeated rounds of fixes. While some responses thanked Naughty Dog for continuing to address issues with the game others decried the still unstable state of the port, with some users responding that they wanted arefund forThe Last of Us Part 1. Some players who had purchased the game on Steam chimed in to note that, despite the announcement of the release of the hotfix, it wasn’t showing up on Valve’s digital distribution platform yet.While this hotfix is good news for players dealing with the small number of issues it addresses, it’s clear that many gamers are unhappy with the state of the game nearly a month on from its release. And while it’s likely that Naughty Dog will address all of the most egregious bugs eventually, even the appeal ofmoddingThe Last of Usmay not be enough to keep some PC players waiting around in the meantime.
The Last of Us Part I v1.0.4.1 Patch Notes for PC
The Last of Us Part 1is available now on PS5 and PC.
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