Zenless Zone Zero Season 2 Is Great, But Performance Really Needs to Be Addressed
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In case you missed it, Zenless Zone Zero Season 2, or Version 2.0 as some might call it, is officially out! This update marks the start of a new saga in the Zenless Zone Zero story and introduces a new batch of content, characters, and events for players to enjoy.
While the update introduces plenty of quality-of-life and technical improvements, it sadly appears to have also turned the game into a stutter fest, as many players (including us) are now reporting poor performance.
Zenless Zone Zero Frame Rate Gets Even Worse With Season 2
Look, as a player who has been there from the start of the game with its launch, I won’t lie and say that performance was always silky smooth, far from it in fact, as Zenless Zone Zero always seemed to have suffered from some frame rate issues, such as dips and stutters, ever since it came out. This is regardless of which platform, whether you’re playing on a mobile device such as an Android or an iPhone, on the PS5, or even a beefy PC setup equipped with an AMD 9800X3D and RTX 4090 GPU, the game had issues across every platform when it came to performance.
Being someone who mainly played on PS5 (Base and Pro models) and PC (config mentioned above), I’ve always found the game stutters whenever I freely explore, especially in Lumina Square. On the other hand, combat, for the most part, has always been pretty stable, with it being rarer to see any dips on either of the two platforms.
However, that seems to have changed with the Season 2 launch, as the game practically stutters in every instance. I first noticed this upon entering the new region of Waifei Peninsula, where I saw dips in every step I took. There are even moments of freezes, and it doesn’t matter if I’m playing on PC or console. It’s almost unplayable at times, and now I’m noticing it during combat, where frames matter the most. At first, I thought maybe it was something with my machines, but as it turns out, other players on socials are reporting the same issues.
I am the only one with lag or stuttering in the new version 2.0?
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The issues have yet to be acknowledged at the time of this writing, though we’re hopeful the studio is aware of them.
I will say that if you can get past them, you’ll find Version 2.0 to be pretty awesome. While I’ve beaten the main story included in this update, I’m still going through a lot of the other content, such as the new Bangboo combat event, new characters’ quality time quests, commissions, and more. I was even lucky enough to roll Yixuan and Pan Yinhu, who are amazing additions to the ever-growing Zenless Zone Zero roster.
miHoYo really knocked it out of the park here with this update in terms of content, and hopefully, I’ll have a deeper impression of it in the coming weeks. That aside, with this update making the game run a lot worse, I think it’s high time that miHoYo finally starts looking at a bigger performance boost for the game. It needs it, especially now. Again, I’ve yet to try the Xbox version, but if it’s anything like it is on the other platforms, all those new players are going to find it a little hard to stick around dealing with that.
We’ll be reaching out to miHoYo see if we can get any comment on the matter, but for now, hold tight, Agents!
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