WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers has gotten a lot of hate since it came out. Many players are upset about how the game runs, and that’s understandable. I mean, I’ve already criticized it in my PC Performance Analysis. But, in the blink of an eye, we suddenly went to the extreme. Some people are calling it trash, saying it looks bad and runs even worse. But honestly, right now, WUCHANG is one of the best-looking games on PC.
Now, I don’t know and care if you’re doing this to increase your viewership on social media. Because, like it or not, a lot of people are acting crazy just so that they can go viral. It’s a tactic we’ve seen everywhere. From sports and games to politics. With the rise of social media, people are doing their best to get noticed. And, what’s the easiest way? Shouting and screaming like little kids.
What’s also funny here is that a lot of “PC gamers” have been asking for a game that can give them some Crysis vibes with its graphics. Well, you know what? WUCHANG can do this. Behold the game at 4K/Extreme on PC. This is what the game looks like on PC. And that’s with DLSS 4 Balanced Mode. You know, “fake 4K”. Yet it looks absolutely stunning. If you think this looks mediocre, you’re simply a grifter and nothing more. That, or you haven’t played the game on a high-end PC.
There is no way that you can say this looks mediocre or bad with a straight face. These are easily some of the best graphics on any platform right now. This also looks WAY better than the non-path-traced version of Black Myth: Wukong. And you know what? While it looks better with richer environments and better graphics, it runs EXACTLY the same with it.
Want proof? Well, the NVIDIA RTX 4090 pushes a minimum of 38FPS and an average of 41FPS in Black Myth: Wukong. In WUCHANG, that same GPU pushes a minimum of 36FPS and an average of 41FPS. Same goes for AMD’s GPUs. The AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX runs Black Myth: Wukong with 27/30FPS, and WUCHANG with 26/29FPS.
This is NOT a game that performs horribly or a game that looks like ass. Yes, it has problems. We’ve detailed a lot of them. But acting like a little kid who knows nothing just so that you can go viral makes you look stupid. I also don’t understand how people LOVED Black Myth: Wukong but HATE WUCHANG when it comes to their graphics and overall performance. Black Myth: Wukong looks worse and runs similarly to WUCHANG. And, despite that, Wukong had Very Positive reviews when it came out, with people praising its graphics. And now people are upset with the graphics of WUCHANG? A game that looks better than Wukong? Make that make sense.
Now that’s out of the way, let’s talk about the game’s newest update. Yesterday, Leenzee released Patch 1.4, which improved performance for some devices. However, the patch also broke the resolution scaling setting. Right now, you can’t use it at 100%. We first saw this problem at 8K on the RTX 5090 with the review version of the game. But now, it happens at almost all resolutions. Also, every time you launch the game, it sets the resolution scaling to a really low setting by default.
Right now, I’m playing WUCHANG with an NVIDIA RTX 4090 at 4K/Extreme with DLSS Balanced Mode. After all, as you may know, I don’t have an RTX 5090 right now. So, with an RTX 4090, the game recommends using Performance Mode, even though I’m getting over 75FPS at all times with Balanced Mode. And here is the thing. Whenever I close and re-launch the game, it automatically lowers the DLSS Mode to Performance.
These are two bugs that Leenzee really needs to fix quickly. They also need to fix the problem with Frame Gen. Right now, the game turns off Frame Gen whenever far-away characters start talking. Because of this bug, the game is almost impossible to play with Frame Gen on.
But what about overall performance? Well, here is where things get a bit trickier. The devs should NOT downgrade the game’s graphics on Max Settings. In my opinion, they should rename the High settings to Very High. Then, they should introduce a new High setting that can run better than the Medium settings.
Like I said before, WUCHANG uses Unreal Engine 5.1.1.0. If the devs move it to Unreal Engine 5.6, the game could run a lot better. I’m not sure if that’s possible, but if it is, it could really help performance without hurting the graphics. So in my opinion, the devs should definitely think about doing that.
Overall, it’s okay to point out the game’s problems. But some people have gone nuclear without even knowing what they’re talking about. This isn’t MindsEye or The Day Before guys. Yes, the game has issues. But it’s also one of the best-looking games out there right now. If you’re looking for a game that can give you that “Crysis” vibe, this is a good one. That said, you’ll need a powerful GPU to get the “Crysis” experience. Then again, maybe not.
When Crysis first came out, people also called it trash because it didn’t run well on most PCs. Ironically, Crytek tried to address this with Crysis 2, which did not look as amazing as Crysis did. And you know what happened next? PC gamers criticized Crytek for making the PC version look on par with the console version. And now, PC gamers supposedly want a new “Crysis” game. But when one arrives, they start crying like kids for not being able to run it on Max settings on their PC. Funny how history keeps repeating itself, isn’t it?
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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