Kojima Productions has released the first PC patch for Death Stranding. This patch is 5GB in size and comes with a number of fixes and improvements.
Going into more details, this new update adds AVX judgement to CPU check at startup. Moreover, it brings various stability improvements and general bug fixes. And… well… that’s it.
Hi everyone, we’ve just gone live with DEATH STRANDING Update V1.01 on PC. This post launch patch includes added AVX judgement to CPU check at startup, stability improvements and general bug fixes.
Keep on keeping on! pic.twitter.com/3nbG5NuZKN
— 505 Games (@505_Games) July 17, 2020
In case you’re wondering, yes; the game is still using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.
You can find our PC Performance Analysis for Death Stranding here. You can also find here our Native 4K vs DLSS 2.0 vs FidelityFX Upscaling comparison.
Stay tuned for more!
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All this time to work on the pc port and now it needs a 5gb patch… wtf?
Wtf are you complaining about?
Probably the 5GB download, if it wasn’t clear.
It’s strange how you assume everyone can easily download a 5GB update.
Size has more to do with the architecture of the game’s files and folders than the amount of bugfixes. If you go to the game folder, you’ll realize it’s all a bunch of large .bin files that have to re-downloaded each time you want to change something inside.
What about delta patching ?
Just download delta between two versions.
I don’t know about DS but I would assume they don’t allow 5GB download for one executable / file change.
Part of the patch was probably already in the works before release but wasn’t quite ready and part of the patch was probably what most Publishers have been doing for years. Letting their customers paying full price be beta testers for their games.
If Kojima continues to care about this game then they will eventually patch and polish the game and hopefully remove that parasite Denuvo and the game will be fine.
As usual I will wait until the game is at least patched and polished to buy it for the best gaming experience and since the Publisher made me wait I will wait a little longer and catch it on a really good Steam Sale.
yeah… I am down to play this game… but defintely don’t mind wait for a sale myself. $30 is my purchase price
I’m thinking 24, but I’m obscenely patient and frugal with 99% of my game purchases.
Shouldn’t take too long if $30 is your target. It’s already on sale on green man gaming for $48.
Mod support to remove Norman Reedus please.
He’s a part of what is going to sell this game.
That would be the uninstall button.
nice to see that they updating the game for the piratebay release
@BFGUN:disqus When you have such a great pc port and a creative storyline like Death stranding.. support the Devs simple!! https://media3.giphy.com/media/RfkcG9kdWXHezKlSzC/giphy.gif
Great to see that this game is protected by the Denuvo anti-tamper tech, pirates won’t be able to steal it anytime soon.
Nothing in the patch notes about having a better story and characters.
AVX? Hmmmm…