Monster Hunter Wilds is one of our favourite games of the year, and it's hit a huge number of players on Steam already but Capcom has been forced to respond to performance issuesTech13:35, 28 Feb 2025PC players have been left disappointed by Wilds so far(Image: Capcom)Monster Hunter Wilds is finally here, launching today (January 28) on console and PC, but some are less than impressed with Capcom's latest action title.The long-awaited follow-up to Monster Hunter World has been breaking franchise records on Steam, but reviews on the platform are mixed owing to its performance.While the developer did release a benchmarking tool before launch, it appears even those that meet the sizeable system requirements are having issues and Capcom has now commented on the situation, offering players a series of fixes.Here's all we know about the state of the PC version as the concurrent player count soars past a million.Doshaguma is a fun early-game fight(Image: Capcom)According to SteamDB, Monster Hunter Wilds has now hit a new peak of over 1.23 million players on Steam on launch day, a huge jump from Monster Hunter Rise's all-time peak of 231k and Monster Hunter World's of 334k.Both of those games launched later on PC, but that's still a huge jump and shows how popular Wilds is already. Sadly, it appears not everyone is having a great time. Of the game's almost 14,000 reviews so far, more than 8,000 are negative."This game is everything wrong with PC optimization in 2025," one reads, while another gave the game a positive review while also noting "you can cook a well-done steak on your GPU while you play and the hot blasts of air from your PC fans truly make you feel like you are in the desert".Capcom has responded with some quick fixes that include updating drivers and turning off compatability mode, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).Content cannot be displayed without consentThe post links to a lengthy support page that players can use to help solve issues, but some are still complaining the game is poorly optimised regardless something that many fans said about last year's Dragon's Dogma 2, also from Capcom.Here's hoping the issues are fixed soon, because as we explained in our review, Wilds is a "fitting sequel to World that expands upon it in every way"."Monster Hunter Wilds is everything I couldve asked for in a sequel to Monster Hunter World. Ive finished the campaign, put dozens of hours into the post-game, and I still feel like theres so much more to see.""I cant wait to see what the community thinks, but I feel this could well be regarded as one of the best games of the year whether youre a Monster Hunter fan or a newcomer."Article continues belowIt's worth noting we reviewed it on a PS5 Pro.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.