Alan Wake Remastered on Switch gets performance stabilizing patch

Stephen King once said, ‘a delayed game is eventually good…’

If you want to carry Alan Wake in your hands, but were put off by reports about the quality of the previously released Alan Wake Remastered port, it might be time for a second glance. Remedy🎃 Games dropped a patch on February 15 that addresses the game’s rampant performance issues.

🛠️ An update is availablꦅe for the Nintendo Switch version of Alan Wake Remastered.

The update improves overall framerate and perf𓂃or⭕mance, especially when the game is played in docked mode.

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Alan Wake was first released back in 2010 on the Xbox 360 before later being ported to Windows. It was gussied up for Alan Wake Remastered for Xbox, PlayStation, and Windows platforms in 2021. The Remaster was then ported to Switch last year in 2022. Despite it being over a decade old and having run on comparable hardware, grizzled Destructoid veteran Jonathan Holmes reported that the port sucked out loud and compared it unfavorably to Wii ports of yore.

He did, however, admit that he “likes crappy looking games” anꦬd that the poor quality of the port “gives the whole thing a little of that dingy, broken and unsafe feeling you might get from one of Puppet Combo’s Indie Horror titles.” I also like crappy-🔯looking games and especially Puppet Combo, but I have much less fondness for downgraded ports unless they’re running on the ZX Spectrum.

This patch might keep that certain visual nostalgic je ne sais quoi in Alan Wake Remastered, but t🐼he framerate looks to have been made more comfortable. that thꦍe Switch version has been improved to a steady 30FPS in all instances. Framerate is very important to some when it comes to visual comfort, and that shouldn’t be ignored.

Still, blurry graphics are a bugbear of their own. While this patch is definitely a welcome improvement, I’m not holding my b🌠reath that the visual eccentricities will be addressed.

Alan Wake Remastered is already available on Nintendo Switch. If you’re willing to sacrificꦯe portability, it might still be better to pick it up on PC, PlayStation, or Xbox instead.