Horizon Zero Dawn is out on PC today, but you might want to wait a little while before you pick it up.

Horizon Zero Dawn is, without question, one of the best games you can play on the PS4. When Sony announced that they’d be porting it to PC and selling it on Steam, it shot to number one in the sales rankings. Folks were obviously very excited to enjoy Horizon Zero Dawn with all the perks that come from modern PC gaming, like 4K resolution and ultra-widescreen support.

Horizon Zero Dawn is out on Steam today, but you may want to wait a little while before you start playing. Many publications are reporting that the PC optimization on this port is somewhat lacking.

Let’s start with Eurogamer which made no secret that they feel HZD on PC is “disappointing” thanks to “many technical failings.” They even went as far as calling it a beta release.

At issue are multiple graphical glitches that made them test and retest Horizon Zero Dawn on various different hardware configurations to see what would work and what didn’t. There are pages upon pages of details on how they recommend you optimize your settings to finally get Horizon Zero Dawn to work, but even then, Eurogamer reports graphical and audio stutters “during general world traversal, UI updates, quest updates, or camera swaps in cutscenes.”

Ars Technica reports much the same thing along with a framerate that was inexplicably low despite being on an extremely beefy PC (think RTX 2080Ti with the latest Intel processors overclocked to the nines).

Rock Paper Shotgun says that the game will crash randomly, an optimization process that takes 10-15 minutes when you start the game for the first time, and the “Anisotropic Filtering settings just straight up don’t work.”

A day-one patch is out that is said to fix some of these issues, but not all of them, and many report the stuttering is still present and prevalent. It looks like this port might need a few more weeks of optimization before it’s ready for the big time. You might have the magic combination of hardware and settings to get optimal performance out of HZD, but even still, it might be best to wait for a few patches to come out first.

Source: Eurogamer, Ars Technica, Rock Paper Shotgun