Considering many of the reviews of this game have been so damning, I thought I would share my experiences so far.
A game as important and historic as the Last of Us deserves a high quality port to match, and unfortunately this port does have its fair share of issues.
Luckily, in my experience things have gone very smoothly, and in my 6 hours of gameplay I've experienced but 2 crashes to desktop.
As for bugs and graphical artefacts, I am yet to run in to any of those either, so far The Last of Us has been just as I remembered it, a fantastic game.
The developers clearly spent time refining the UltraWide support and it shows, not many games support my 32x9 aspect ratio, especially cinematic ones, but The Last of Us handles it like a champ!
I believe the biggest issue with the game is its high V-RAM requirements, leaving many systems on their knees. As I have a 3090 with an absolutely ridiculous amount of V-RAM, I did not experience any issues that might be related to this. Although I did notice the game hogs up to 15GB of V-RAM at times.
This game has received waves of much deserved negativity during its launch, but I wanted to share my positive experiences with the port. While everyone doesn't have NASA grade PC hardware, at least those who do can rest easy knowing that they will have a mostly stable and very playable experience.
I hope that the underlying issues with this game can be ironed out in time, so that more might be able to appreciate the things this port actually does well.
If you told me back in 2013 I'd have to wait over 10 years for a PC port of the game, I'd have laughed at you. But now that it's out, it leaves me wondering if maybe I could have waited a bit more. Nonetheless, I've been having a blast, and I hope at least a few people out there have been able to as well.

Considering many of the reviews of this game have been so damning, I thought I would share my experiences so far. A game as important and historic as the Last of Us deserves a high quality port to match, and unfortunately this port does have its fair share of issues. Luckily, in my experience things have gone very smoothly, and in my 6 hours of gameplay I've experienced but 2 crashes to desktop. As for bugs and graphical artefacts, I am yet to run in to any of those either, so far The Last of Us has been just as I remembered it, a fantastic game. The developers clearly spent time refining the UltraWide support and it shows, not many games support my 32x9 aspect ratio, especially cinematic ones, but The Last of Us handles it like a champ! I believe the biggest issue with the game is its high V-RAM requirements, leaving many systems on their knees. As I have a 3090 with an absolutely ridiculous amount of V-RAM, I did not experience any issues that might be related to this. Although I did notice the game hogs up to 15GB of V-RAM at times. This game has received waves of much deserved negativity during its launch, but I wanted to share my positive experiences with the port. While everyone doesn't have NASA grade PC hardware, at least those who do can rest easy knowing that they will have a mostly stable and very playable experience. I hope that the underlying issues with this game can be ironed out in time, so that more might be able to appreciate the things this port actually does well. If you told me back in 2013 I'd have to wait over 10 years for a PC port of the game, I'd have laughed at you. But now that it's out, it leaves me wondering if maybe I could have waited a bit more. Nonetheless, I've been having a blast, and I hope at least a few people out there have been able to as well.