Bloodbath Studios has released its medieval open world RPG, Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, on Steam Early Access. And, from the looks of it, this is the first PC game that has the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 listed as its recommended GPU.
From what I know, Crestfallen: Medieval Survival is powered by Unreal Engine 5. So, my guess is that the game uses both Nanite and Lumen. This could be why it’s so GPU-heavy. I can also assume that the game lacks performance optimizations. After all, it’s in an Early Access phase. So, it appears that it’s in the same league – in terms of performance – as ARK: Survival Ascended.
Now I shouldn’t be too harsh on this game since it’s made by a very small team. Bloodbath Studios is nowhere as big as Studio Wildcard or Remedy. For an indie project, it’s quite good. However, there’s a big issue here that can’t be ignored. Right now, the graphics of Crestfallen: Medieval Survival don’t seem good enough to justify such a powerful GPU.
To get an idea, Bloodbath Studios recommends an Intel i9-13000KS with 32GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Oh, and they have not listed the resolution, graphics settings, and framerate these PC specs target.
Not only that, but the game’s official launch trailer suffers from MAJOR performance issues. I don’t know what GPU was used for that trailer. However, it looks really, really rough. I mean, look at it.
Again, I get it. This is a Steam Early Access game. However, these PC system requirements are too high. And, as I said, I don’t see anything here that justifies these requirements.
Here’s hoping that Curtis Ashford will expand the team so that they can properly optimize it. I also don’t know whether the game supports NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR. If it doesn’t, they should add support for them right away.
Below you can find the game’s launch trailer. You can also find its official PC system requirements. So, go ahead and take a look at them.
Crestfallen: Medieval Survival PC Requirements
MINIMUM:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1070ti
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 25 GB available space
RECOMMENDED:
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel i9-13000ks
- Memory: 32 GB RAM
- Graphics: RTX 4090
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 45 GB available space
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