Even the last Steam build is full of bugs, such as the one that causes the game to lag when the save file goes above 10 mb, and grind to a near halt once it reaches 20 mb. I fell from a constant 30 FPS on Steam Deck to single digit framerates.
It's a heck of a lot less than what the last few Patreon builds have had. I tried zooming out to get a screenshot showing all of the reports for the new update and realized that just made the whole thing illegible. The latest update has crashes, save corruption, freezes, softlocks, broken quests, broken npcs, broken dialogue, broken maps, broken items, broken textures, etc. It was clearly not ready for release and I assume the only reason we have a copy of this build at all is that the devs had given themselves a specific release date.
Everything you said after this statement is irrelevant due to how stupid this is
As I understand it, this big update arrives in 2 months (I estimate that it will actually be almost 3) when these types of updates come out, the Steam version is usually updated at the same time.
I almost had a stroke reading this braindead slop
Buy it on Steam if you want the game. Subscribe on Patreon if you want to support the game's development. You'll spend a bit longer waiting for updates on Steam, but the end result is a more stable experience and all but a couple of cosmetic items.
as it is rn the ue4 is the only version worth paying for though why do that when its right here just saying, and i don't know which steam version of ue5 is the one on here i'm just curious if the patreon version which is apparently further then the steam version though i heard its a bugfest, does it even have any more content then the steam version to at least consider becoming a sub just to play it.
Every version we have here is from Steam, because the Patreon builds incorporate DRM.
i figured and now I'm not even going to consider it, DRM is always questionable regardless of if a AAA studio like EA is using it or a small indie dev with AAA quality like this team, I get it it's to try and prevent piracy which usually doesn't work if a team is dedicated enough to try and crack it, i suppose in the case of carnal instinct nobody is actually willing to go through the effort of trying to crack a version of the game that has Bethesda level issues, but it doesn't make it any less of a potential security concern, rather it be DRM or Anti Cheat All it takes is kernel level access permission and your pc is 100% at their control, And a certain AAA developers has already been guilty of this but we still let it slide because their a professional business and would do no harm to our pc's right?
Well. No one deals with the Patreon versions because it's not worth it. It's better to wait for the Steam version, Steam-DRM can be cracked in 5 seconds and you will have more content, Fighting every single Patreon version is a waste of time.
The DRM for this game is luckily much simpler than that. The launcher that downloads the game from Patreon saves some data about your account and subscription to your computer, in your user data folder. When the game launches, it looks for and verifies some of that saved data. If the data checks out, it proceeds to the title screen. If it isn't, it just shows you a warning about not having a subscription instead.
the next update will also be applied to steam. i havent paid for the steam version, i usually just check into patreon every once and a while to see if theres any changes. you're probably better off with the steam version atm. ue5 isnt that different from ue4 story wise, it just starts much earlier. alot of ue4 is supposed to be mid to late game content. once the game is more fleshed out they'll probably start porting and working the ue4 stuff into the current game
