Nier: Automata is lastly getting a repair on Steam
Over 4 years after launch, Sq. Enix is lastly finding out its shoddy PC port for Nier: Automata. The extremely imprecise announcement was remodeled on Nier’s Twitter account, which says that the improve patch is “at the moment in growth.”
The sport has been in a fairly battered state on PC because it launched in 2017, with poor ultrawide help, awkward keyboard-and-mouse controls, locked framerate, and points with stuttering and crashing.
Outdoors of a small patch that fastened an preliminary drawback with AMD playing cards, a significant replace was by no means launched—although a mod ultimately got here alongside that fastened the problems. It is an actual disgrace, as a result of the sport is unbelievable—our favorite motion recreation of 2017—however the lack of an official repair is extremely disappointing.
An improve patch for the Steam model of #NieR:Automata is at the moment in growth.We’ll have extra info to share with you at a later date. pic.twitter.com/gUPCLSwgyHApril 13, 2021
The Steam port got here underneath hearth once more just lately when it appeared that the Xbox Sport Cross for PC model had fastened quite a lot of the issues—although a Digital Foundry video later found that the port was nonetheless fairly damaged. It did not cease folks from overview bombing the sport on Steam, although, demanding a model that was as much as scratch with what Xbox was providing.
At the least now there is a gentle on the finish of the lengthy tunnel. There isn’t any estimation for when the patch is releasing, but it surely’s good to know that Sq. is lastly pulling its finger out and getting the port fastened.
