The Last of Us Part 1 had a rough go of it when it made its long-awaited debut on PC earlier this year (opens in new tab), with nearly 9,700 user reviews on Steam currently showing an overall rating of "mostly negative," a very The reaction was unexpected.

A hot fix (open in new tab) was released on March 29, the day after The Last of Us Part 1 appeared on Steam, focusing primarily on "stability and performance improvements, and other small improvements."

The patch notes for that hotfix were virtually useless, stating only that it "fixed some performance & hitch related issues affecting some users." It also added "additional crash diagnostic information" to help developers track specific issues, and stated that "additional improvements and investigations based on user feedback are underway."

Reaction to the initial hotfix announcement on Reddit (opens in new tab) was less than positive, with many stating that the hotfix did not improve the performance or stability of the game on their PCs, and in some cases made it even worse.

A second hotfix was released earlier today, bringing the game to version 1.0.1.6 (opens in new tab):

It also does not appear to have brought widespread improvements.

Some users in this thread report that the "Oodle fix (opens in new tab)" has improved performance and shader issues, but the improvements seem to be relatively small.

The developers stated in the patch notes that they are "closely monitoring player reports to support future improvements and patches" and referred players to the known issues page (opens in new tab) on naughtydog.com for other issues. Issues still being investigated and/or worked on include:

It is currently unknown when a major patch for The Last of Us Part 1 for PC will be released. We have contacted Naughty Dog and will update if we hear back. Until then, we may all have time to appeal to a higher power:

Thanks, Brow Joel.