Original sentence: Additional patches have since been released, but some critical issues remain unresolved.On the same day as the initial Steam release (October 25, 2006) there were already two patches released via Steam, but these did not fix all of the playability issues.One possible explanation is that the game uses a very large number of complex textures, more so than previous games that used the Source engine.The difficulties faced by gamers include long loading times as well as stuttering graphics and sound looping.The initial release of Dark Messiah (both retail and on Steam) was riddled with bugs that made the game unplayable in some cases
Edited sentence: A number of online reviews also commented on this.Further patches have since then been released, adressing a large percentage of the issues, yet complaints are occasionally still posted on the forums.Many of the difficulties faced by gamers revolve around long loading times as well as stuttering graphics and sound looping.Many players also reported small grammatical errors during loading screens and chapter introduction screens that, while harmless (and most common in the gaming industry), were mildly annoying and detracted slightly from the storyline.On the same day as the initial Steam release (October 25, 2006) there were already two patches released via Steam, but many posts on the forums stated that these did not adress all the bugs.Other gamers have stated on the forums that each character-type requires the gamer to play in a specific style and that some of the character-types are just more difficult to play than others as opposed to being unbalanced.Other problems reported on the forums are that the multiplayer game is unbalanced with some of the multiplayer character-types being too powerful.Some explanations are that the game uses a very large number of complex textures, more so than previous games that used the Source engine.Some forum posters have acknowledged that following these suggestions has improved game performance.The initial release of Dark Messiah (both retail and on Steam) was riddled with bugs that made the game unplayable for some.These have yet to be fixed