The trend of disappointing PC ports was problematic in 2022 and it's with a profound sense of disappointment that 2023 wasn't that much better. Looking to highlight the issues, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia compare notes on the worst three PC ports of the year - but before that, they share a few examples of PC titles that shipped in a pretty poor state... but did actually improve significantly across the months after their release.

The trend of disappointing PC ports was problematic in 2022 and it's with a profound sense of disappointment that 2023 wasn't that much better. Looking to highlight the issues, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia compare notes on the worst three PC ports of the year - but before that, they share a few examples of PC titles that shipped in a pretty poor state... but did actually improve significantly across the months after their release.

It's been another fantastic year for game quality and as is the Digital Foundry tradition, staff members step forward to deliver their own picks for their favourite titles of the year. For 2023, we're kicking off with John Linneman's personal selection and - spoilers! - you should expect to see a number of games here we didn't cover across the year.

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It’s that time of the year. And oh I know that a lot of you have been waiting for this. Here are the Worst Optimized PC Games of 2023.

Wanted: Dead
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
WILD HEARTS
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Immortals of Aveum
Cities Skylines 2

It’s that time of the year. And oh I know that a lot of you have been waiting for this. Here are the Worst Optimized PC Games of 2023.

Wanted: Dead
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
WILD HEARTS
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Immortals of Aveum
Cities Skylines 2

Wendell of Level1 Techs came by, so we had an unplanned, wandering discussion about the future of connection technology and PCs. This is just for fun and thought. The star of the show is PCIE as the future for everything, but we also explore topics of technology and software ownership ("you'll own nothing and be happy"), Valve seeing the future, and latency response plus storage.

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Patch 1.4.0 adds a Pixel Perfect Screen setting and a CRT scanlines filter, and it will now allow you to disable the awful Smoothing effect.

METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 Patch 1.4.0 Release Notes

Added new screen setting features

Added the following features.
The settings for each of these features can be changed both before and during gameplay.
1. Smoothing

Can be turned ON or OFF.
Smooths the picture when turned ON, generates a sharp picture when turned OFF.
2. Game Screen Settings

Can be set to a total of 4 settings—“Standard”, “Pixel Perfect”, “16:9”, or “Fullscreen”.
Wallpaper, display area, and screen filter features are also available when using the “Standard” or “Pixel Perfect” features.
The aspect ratio displayed may differ based on the settings or particulars of your device/setup.
3. Screen Filter

Can be turned ON or OFF.
Applies a filter that displays scanlines like those on a CRT TV when turned ON.
Added an audio settings feature

Settings for the game volume and main menu volume can be changed prior to play.
Only the game volume can be changed during play.
Added a controller response speed customization feature

Can choose between “Fast” (new!) and “Stable”.
Some setups may experience unstable performance when set to “Fast”.
If you experience any such issues, please change your settings to “Stable”.

Applied fix to have the game give priority to user set button designs

Fixed some other minor issues

This is real gameplay footage from the leaked PC dev build of Marvel's Wolverine. And yes, the PC dev build has been leaked online.