Lost Soul Aside debuts with day-one patch after PC performance issues

Lost Soul Aside, the long-awaited action role playing game from Chinese developer Ultizero Games, launched on August 29 for PlayStation 5 and PC with a substantial day one patch and an early wave of critical reaction on PC over technical problems. Ultizero urged players to download the update, which the studio said provides "comprehensive performance optimizations and stability improvements" alongside visually enhanced effects, audio refinements and final gameplay polishing.

The developer posted the patch notes on social media and strongly recommended installing the update before playing. The company also acknowledged specific playback issues in the prologue, saying it had "received your feedback regarding the performance of certain cutscenes in the prologue of Lost Soul Aside" and that some cutscenes "are prerendered 4K30fps videos, which may cause occasional stuttering during playback." Ultizero apologized for the inconvenience and said it was "actively working on optimizations" with future updates planned, though it did not give a timetable.

Lost Soul Aside has a notable origin story: it began in 2014 as a solo project by Yang Bing and later became one of the first titles in...