Alright, folks, gather ’round, let me tell you about the headache I had today with Wuthering Waves. You know, that new open-world RPG that everyone’s been hyped about? Yeah, that one. Launched globally just yesterday, May 23rd, developed by Kuro Games. So, I was all pumped to dive into this “story-rich” world, but guess what? It wouldn’t even start! Kept crashing right on startup. Talk about a mood killer.
First thing I did was check my internet connection. You know how it is, sometimes the Wi-Fi acts up and messes with your games. I was getting some slow speeds and noticed some network instability. Thought maybe that was the culprit, causing the game to lag or disconnect before it even loaded. But nope, everything seemed fine on that end. My other games were running smoothly, so it wasn’t the internet.
Next, I figured, maybe my PC was just being a potato. I mean, it’s not the newest rig, so I checked if I had enough RAM and CPU power to run the game. Wuthering Waves does need a decent amount of resources to run without hiccups. I went through my system, closed some background apps, and made sure I met the minimum requirements. Still, the game refused to cooperate. Crash, crash, crash, every single time.
At this point, I was getting pretty frustrated. I started thinking, maybe it’s the game itself. Like, maybe there’s a bug or something. It is a new release after all. So, I did what any sane person would do – I uninstalled the whole thing. Yep, nuked it from my system. Then, I reinstalled it, hoping for a miracle. I heard somewhere that there was a patch for Android devices because of some missing files, causing crashes. Figured maybe a fresh install would do the trick for PC too.
Here’s what I did, step-by-step:
- Uninstalled Wuthering Waves completely.
- Rebooted my computer, just for good measure.
- Downloaded the game again.
- Installed it from scratch.
And, drumroll please… it worked! The game finally launched without crashing. I have no idea what exactly fixed it. Maybe there were some corrupted files from the initial download, or maybe the reinstallation just aligned the stars or something. Whatever it was, I was just happy to finally play the darn thing.
So, if any of you run into the same problem with Wuthering Waves crashing on startup, give these steps a try. It might just save you from pulling your hair out like I almost did. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a world to explore!
