MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls

Bought the PC version for the locals setup laptop I bring for SF6. OS is technically out of spec but half the PC population's still on Win 10. The GPU's the minimum, and the CPU should at least match if not exceed minimum (8400 is 6c 6t max 4 GHz, 9750H is 6c 12t, max 4.5 GHz). Only background tasks are Steam and the Riot Launcher (for 2XKO - again, locals setup). Tried everything and I can't get combo trials to run better than 50-55fps. It's definitely not the GPU, setting minimum graphics did nothing to improve framerates; utilization drifted below 40% while having sub-max boost clocks. Meanwhile, the CPU's pegged at 90-100% like it's running Prime95 or something. Tried turning hyperthreading off and it just stayed permanently at 100% instead. Also, the game defaults to its own native PS controller support, except it doesn't detect my Qanba Titan. Y'know, an officially-sanctioned PS5 stick? Or the Haute42 + dongle I use on my PS5, for that matter. You can use them after enabling Steam Input, but it's still another PC port fail. At least running the game while offline seems to work properly, notwithstanding the performance. I've got a much better desktop, but it's on Fedora 44 right now and I'm not reinstalling Windows just for this game. Word on the street is Sony coded this like Concord, so even though they allow Helldivers 2 on Linux, apparently it's more complicated than just toggling Easy Anti-Cheat to enable Linux support. Bailing out and refunding. EDIT: Paused the refund, installed Win 11, tried again. CPU utilization is now 80-100%, except my FPS also dropped to 45-50. Guess I'm refunding again.

WAIT FOR A SALE OR WAIT FOR THE GAME TO BE FIXED. Marvel Tokon has some genuinely good things going for it. The offline content (Story, Episodes, Arcade is solid), and the actual gameplay is smooth, responsive, and fun. Unfortunately, all of that gets buried under the game's awful online experience. I remember seeing reviews complaining about the PSN sign-in requirement and thinking, “How bad could it really be?” Very bad. Trying to sign into PSN is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ chore. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been hit with “Connection Timeout” just trying to sign into PSN. And after finally getting online, there’s no guarantee the experience will be any better. Online matches feel like a dice roll between 20 FPS, 1000 ping or, if you’re lucky, something actually playable. The biggest problem is that this feels like a game with a lot of potential that simply isn’t ready for release. At $109 AUD, I expect a polished experience. Instead, I’m getting an incomplete feeling game with major issues that actively get in the way of playing it. The gameplay is good. The offline content is good. The online experience is not which if you are wanting a competitve experience, you'll be dissapointed. I genuinely want this game to succeed because there’s a great game buried underneath these problems. But right now? DON’T BUY IT. WAIT. Wait for the optimization to improve, wait for the online issues to be fixed, and preferably wait for a price drop. Potential: 10/10 Current state: Not worth $109 AUD

匹配不到人玩个der啊。打排位要先打10场休闲或者大厅，休闲匹配不到人，大厅亚洲这边上午也没人，顶着高延迟去欧美那边打了几场，虽然延迟高起码欧版那边都是正常人，然后打了3把给我掉线了，下午来亚洲大厅这边的确是有点人了，其实也不能算是正常人了，各个连招秀的要命，各种压起身抢不过也打不过，行吧，挨揍就挨揍吧，反正都是为了凑10场去排位玩的。 结果你妈的排位匹配不到人是什么意思？挂着30分钟都匹配不到人，我还是信号选的3格以内，地区也选的日本。也开着全平台匹配，你他妈新游戏排位和休闲没人打？上午欧美区大厅好几个房间爆满，亚洲区这边的整个大厅也几个人，下午亚洲区大厅一样也满不了一个房间，是亚洲这边真没人买吗？

Ok, let us recap': [list] [*]Forced PSN connection on bloody [i]Steam[/i] and game blocked in more than 100 country... [*]70 euros for base edition plus a greedy 35 euro season pass for [i]only[/i] FOUR characters (!)... [*]Terrible optimisation in a genre [i]known[/i] for not being very demanding for hardware... [/list] Well sadly, at this point, it doesn't really matter anymore if your game is rad as hell or absolutly gorgeous, the experience is soured. And why bother letting Arc Sys cook if you are gonna ♥♥♥♥ on the plate [i]anyway[/i]?.. What a waste... You can go to Hell, Sony !

Arc sys makes a great game. Unfortunately Sony is only here to make it bad

do yourself a favor and don't get the pc version of this game

Don't bother until they optimize the game, it's literally unplayable right now for most pc players