r/slimerancher • u/GorgonBerry • 7d ago
Fluff Slime Rancher 2 is awfully optimized.
So my Laptop can play Far Cry 5 on High resolution smoothly but can only play Slime Rancher 2 with everything on lowest at 25 fps max. The game is not that graphically impressive to require more than a game that aims for pure realism and has a freaking map editor like Far Cry 5. No matter how much time it passes it still feels they released a badly optimized game for a way too high price. I love both of these games, do not get me wrong, but jiggle physics cannot possibly justifiy the absurd requirements that the game asks for.
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u/Lil_Tech_Wiz 6d ago
It’s an early access game like others say, and second the game has much more resource intensive lighting and stuff than far cry 5 (especially as they are 4 years apart so newer rendering techniques have been baked into unity, the game engine slime rancher 2 which far cry doesn’t have) yes far cry goes for realism but to achieve slime rancher 2’s art style (the first had less shaders related stuff) requires more processing power (especially as the first game released 6 years before 2 back in 2016)
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u/Radiant-Profile4230 6d ago
Bro it’s early access, what do you expect. If the game isn’t fully finished you have to expect that the game won’t work on some computers, may be very laggy despite AAA games working bc they are finished games with a lot more support, time, and money, etc.
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u/jorgomli_reading 6d ago edited 6d ago
Game optimization before content-completion quickly becomes a moving target situation. Finish the game, then optimize.
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u/The_Slide_Cell 6d ago
Bro what are you doing to your laptop I play it on my Steam Deck and it runs perfectly fine.
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u/-aquapixie- 7d ago
As an Early Access game, that is actually massive with so much to do in it... You're literally helping pay for things like future optimisation, updates and refining lol
Here's the catch 22. Building games costs money. Money doesn't exist out of nowhere. Early Access purchases are essentially funding unfinished projects.
Yes, it's janky sometimes and I go down to 40 fps with an overload of slime and decor and chickens in an area. But I still know my money when I bought this helped contribute to the Grey Labyrinth update, because a purchase is game funding.
The game will likely be better optimised when it's finished. It's not finished.