How did this get through certification?
It gives me no joy to report that one of myfavorite games of PAX East 2015,Wander, has been released in a broken state. Players are reportingall kinds of issues with it on the PS4 subreddit, including crashing, broken or missing mechanics, and the game not even saving progress.
I dabbled in a build of the game for PC last night for a few minutes just to see how the final version played: At one point my mouse stopped responding, rune stones that required you to draw with your mouse never seemed to function, and I didn’t see a single other player, which isn’t great for a just-released MMO.Wanderalso suffered from horrible pop in — every few seconds more grass would pop up out of nowhere. I’m running a hex core Intel i7-3930k, 32GB of RAM, and a GTX 980; pretty sure it is the game and not my system.
The devs ofWanderhad a Q&A stream todayand stated the game is working as intended, whileplayers are seeing otherwise. I’ve asked the devs for comment and will update if they respond.Wanderis available now on PS4 and PC for $25, and hasmostly negative reviews on Steamif you’d like to see the mess for yourself.
