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VU-013 [5655000d]
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  • Status
    Playable

    This title is playable, with minor issues.

  • Last Tested
    Jul 9, 2022
    Reported by Discord user: hiimray#7509 
    created_at: 1657396452
xbe_cert_title_id: 1448411149
xbe_headers_sha256: 25f99fb01bfe681432fe5b9d6c4bda618fb2777d324cf33de1745c896d78e9ab
xemu_version: 0.7.58
xemu_branch: master
xemu_commit: 6f878ede01ad1992392dde22b506a3c00fab87c4
xemu_date: Wed Jul  6 02:14:58 UTC 2022
os_platform: Windows
os_version: Windows
cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
gl_vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
gl_renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080/PCIe/SSE2
gl_version: 4.0.0 NVIDIA 511.23
gl_shading_language_version: 4.00 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
compat_rating: Playable
compat_comments: Overall, the entire game is very playable, up through the final cutscene.

There were dips in performance, but not too often and typically not major enough to severely impact gameplay.

The more problematic glitches observed include:
-Leaving xemu on in the background (est. 10-30 minutes) with this game running can lead to the game freezing, necessitating a restart via the xemu menus
-UI flickering, sometimes with UI elements being replaced with erroneous assets e.g. different parts of the targeting reticle replaced by machine gun icons
-Characters getting stuck along walls - unsticking without reloading/restarting can be hard
-Restarting a level can make the grenade launcher unusable - can fix by dropping exactly one launcher
-Game freezing/corrupt save files when saving in the Dome
-Bringing up a menu immediately as you are given control for the very last time during the last level may result in xemu becoming unresponsive, necessitating that the process be killed
_id: 62c9dce45cca27d8a7346d6a
provided_by_discord_id: 132872448243793920
provided_by_discord_name: hiimray#7509

Known Issues

Meta: Performance Issues
#1098

Issue last updated Jun 22, 2025.