UPDATE 3RD DEC 2024
Game is great, the sun is finally shining again. But nothing beats the feeling like the night it was released. That night felt like I was transported to another world. No, it is not an exagerration.

UPDATE 7TH MAY 2024 / Still 300 hours clocked
Sony reverted, I reverted.

UPDATE 5TH MAY 2024 / 300 hours clocked
Greedy bastards at Sunny changed the 3rd party requirements and force players for login. Sad that I really love this game, like REALLY love it. But it's getting a no from me now. They dug their own grave, they should lay in there.

UPDATE
177 hours in and it is still the best game I preordered. Period. FOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY!

Played for an hour, the game is great so far. If Im being supercritical sure the running animations could be improved, some menu and other choices could be improved. However I hadn't encounter others' issues yet. Only 1 crash when equipping the pre-order bonus for the first time. It could've been because my weekly antivirus scan run (consequently - I forgot it was the scheduled time) or it could've been because it's installing the asset - because there was an update before relaunching the game. But that's all to it, after that everything run seamlessly. Me (5900X, RTX3080, 32GB, HDD install) and my brother (5600, RTX3060Ti, 32GB, HDD Install) only played two rounds but it's been running awesome so far. I'll keep updating the review as time goes for any performance issues.

Other than that, there is only one (1) issue, it's the anti-cheat. We know how it goes, nProtect GameGuard, having bad reputation etc, I do prefer a better AC such as EAC since I already have tons of games with it - so might as well have another game that needs it. Having another company's AC with bad reputation (atleast online) does make me feel uneasy. We'll see how it goes, Riot's Vanguard had the same issue during launch and it made me felt uneasy too. At least it isnt running 24/7 (at least that's when I tried finding it in TM - I'll look into it more later since I never used this AC before - never had a game with it) and even my PunkBuster is still running when I had no games for it anymore even installed in my system.

So other than the anti-cheat issue, it's recommended imo.

Note: I have BitDefender running the whole time, no flag, no conflict, no issue. So my AV had no issue with the AC. Pure speculation, and solely my guess, maybe those having issues are people with Valorant or LOL installed (I have since Oct last year uninstalled because Vanguard ♥♥♥♥ around with my RGB software too much and I barely play Valorant anymore). Maybe the Vanguard running 24/7 is conflicting with nProtect GG. So try turning it off to see if the issue persist. I do appreciate if those with issues response if this fixed the issue or not. Im no expert but as a PC enthusiast I love troubleshooting and solving computer issues.

UPDATE 3RD DEC 2024 Game is great, the sun is finally shining again. But nothing beats the feeling like the night it was released. That night felt like I was transported to another world. No, it is not an exagerration. UPDATE 7TH MAY 2024 / Still 300 hours clocked Sony reverted, I reverted. UPDATE 5TH MAY 2024 / 300 hours clocked Greedy bastards at Sunny changed the 3rd party requirements and force players for login. Sad that I really love this game, like REALLY love it. But it's getting a no from me now. They dug their own grave, they should lay in there. UPDATE 177 hours in and it is still the best game I preordered. Period. FOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY! Played for an hour, the game is great so far. If Im being supercritical sure the running animations could be improved, some menu and other choices could be improved. However I hadn't encounter others' issues yet. Only 1 crash when equipping the pre-order bonus for the first time. It could've been because my weekly antivirus scan run (consequently - I forgot it was the scheduled time) or it could've been because it's installing the asset - because there was an update before relaunching the game. But that's all to it, after that everything run seamlessly. Me (5900X, RTX3080, 32GB, HDD install) and my brother (5600, RTX3060Ti, 32GB, HDD Install) only played two rounds but it's been running awesome so far. I'll keep updating the review as time goes for any performance issues. Other than that, there is only one (1) issue, it's the anti-cheat. We know how it goes, nProtect GameGuard, having bad reputation etc, I do prefer a better AC such as EAC since I already have tons of games with it - so might as well have another game that needs it. Having another company's AC with bad reputation (atleast online) does make me feel uneasy. We'll see how it goes, Riot's Vanguard had the same issue during launch and it made me felt uneasy too. At least it isnt running 24/7 (at least that's when I tried finding it in TM - I'll look into it more later since I never used this AC before - never had a game with it) and even my PunkBuster is still running when I had no games for it anymore even installed in my system. So other than the anti-cheat issue, it's recommended imo. Note: I have BitDefender running the whole time, no flag, no conflict, no issue. So my AV had no issue with the AC. Pure speculation, and solely my guess, maybe those having issues are people with Valorant or LOL installed (I have since Oct last year uninstalled because Vanguard fked around with my RGB software too much and I barely play Valorant anymore). Maybe the Vanguard running 24/7 is conflicting with nProtect GG. So try turning it off to see if the issue persist. I do appreciate if those with issues response if this fixed the issue or not. Im no expert but as a PC enthusiast I love troubleshooting and solving computer issues.