We go on a journey from the launch of Darktide to the end of February update. Analysing what is good about Darktide, what is bad and where this game currently is now.

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FAQ:

Q) What is your PC if you were having performance issues? A) In all the footage I am running a Ryzen 9 3900x and 2080 Super with 32 gig of memory and on a SSD PCIE gen 4. But I do have an ultrawide monitor with 3440 x 1440 resoulution. Edit* I went out and got a 7900 XTX and can now run the game at medium and get 100fps but it will drop to 45-60 when there is a lot of stuff going on.

Q) You don't provide many solutions for how to fix the game! A) I had a section that was about 15-minutes long with fixes but I did not want the video to be close to an hour. Please let me know what your fixes are, I may well do another video for fixes I think would be good.

Q) Why do you say about the fact you can still get missions with no secondary. The game has been patched so that Grimories and Scriptures are in the same contract. A) I did remember seeing they said they would include that in a patch. But they obviously had not updated the contract description at the time of recording as it still only said grims. I guess you could still get missions with neither grims or scripts but it will be less likely for sure.

Q) Why do you keep talking in present tense about things which have been fixed? You are giving people who have not played the game yet the impression more is broken than it is. A) That was not my intent at all! It takes me a long time to make these videos and I had done a lot of the video before the February patch. I then decided to put a good amount of hours into that patch and include the details about it in the video. Instead of re-doing a lot of the recordings I had done already, instead I said at the start we would be looking at the first 3 months and then the Feb patch. I also mention at points or put on screen that things have changed. I understand I could and should have likely done more and re-recorded more sections. I thought it was good enough but I understand your thought process and will try to improve going forward.

Q) I don't think the game is as bad you say it is. I had no performance issues and very few bugs. A) I told the video as I saw it from my playtime and shared clips as evidence for some of the issues I came across. Each player will have a different experience and I am glad your one was better. But from looking at other comments and going on the forums, there appears to be a lot of people who had a similar experience to myself.

0:00 Intro
0:39 What's good in Darktide
2:56 Ranged Combat
4:35 Classes and teamplay
6:22 Difficulty
8:08 Good stuff summary
9:25 Launch state of Darktide
10:41 Bad Performance
12:16 Cracks on display
18:30 Core gameplay saves it
21:47 Contracts
25:03 Toxic mechanics
28:48 First 3 months summary
29:49 Current state of Darktide
34:10 Finishing Darktide
37:17 Final Summary

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