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The Evil Within has gone gold today. With that news we’ve also been given the game’s recommended PC system requirements by publisher Bethesda, and they’re … oh my. Oh dear, that’s terrifying.
Recommended PC System Specifications
64-bit Windows 7/Windows 8
i7 with four plus cores
4 GBs RAM
50 GB of hard drive space*
GeForce GTX 670 or equivalent with 4GBs of VRAM
High Speed Internet Connection
Steam account and activation
*It’s worth noting that the 50 GB of space required is for the PC install. When the installation is complete, the game will take up ~41 GB of HDD space.
Bethesda writes on their blog “We do not have a list of minimum requirements for the game. If you’re trying to play with a rig with settings below these requirements (you should plan to have 4 GBs of VRAM regardless), we cannot guarantee optimal performance … These specifications are listed as “recommended” as they are the settings we’ve determined ensure that your gameplay experience plays as intended by the development team.”
It looks like The Evil Within will be demanding quite a lot from our gaming PCs, guys. Perhaps too much considering the game was also made for last and current-gen hardware. What this information might suggest is a poorly optimized PC port of the game.
With a series of reported bugs from Bethesda’s Wolfenstein: The New Order at launch (also on the id Tech 5 engine) and a lack of PC porting experience on part of Japanese developer Tango Gameworks, we might (and I really hope not) have a not-so-good port on our hands. Despite owning a gaming PC more capable than a PS4, I’m honestly a little worried about whether or not I’ll run this game OK.
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