Another day, another delay for the Nintendo Switch. Just this week, Dying Light 2 and Ghostrunner both saw Switch-specific delays, and now Square Enix, DONTNOD, and Deck Nine's Life Is Strange Remastered Collection has been pushed back, too.
The game, which includes remastered versions of Life Is Strange and the prequel, Before the Storm, will release as planned on the 1st of February for Google Stadia, PlayStation, Xbox and PC, but the Switch versions have been "set back" and will need "more time", according to a statement from the companies posted on Twitter.
This is the second delay the game has seen, the first one being attributed to the "ongoing challenges" of the COVID-19 pandemic.
No definitive release date has been given, but the Switch release will be "later this year". The other delayed Life is Strange game, True Colors, eventually released on the Nintendo Switch three months after the initial launch on other platforms, if that's anything to go by.
Although you can still pre-order the Switch versions (digital and physical) through the Square Enix website, the option has been removed from the front page:
The Remastered Collection promises new visuals and animation, redesigned puzzles, lighting and engine upgrades, and full facial motion capture to create "vastly improved" character animation. Previously released "Deluxe" content, including new outfits and a bonus episode, will also be added to the game.
Does this delay affect you? Will you wait, or get the Remastered Collection on another platform? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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You mean…. Fast forward time?
Knew it beforehand. Unfortunate the delay happened but it is what it is
No problems. Better to get it right.
It's sad that many developers really are not (a) prioritizing a 100 million+ install base (b) want to double dip down the line or (c) do not prioritize releasing optimized games for launch on other systems but do so for the switch only because they have to
Take your time. I still haven't completed Colors and the rest of my backlog is nuts, take all the time ya'll need.
Delays are expected this day and age. Better to get it working.
I'm guessing I'll be playing this on my Steam Deck anyway.
Oh no how terrible.😏
After seeing the port of True Colors ended up running well on Switch, I feel optimistic that the Remastered collection will turn up well on the Switch.
I just hope there's a physical release!
@SuperZeldaFun If Xbox, PC, and PS are all comparable hardware-wise and the Switch is obviously weaker due to portability, it stands to reason all current-gen games need more time optimizing it further just to run smoothly on Switch.
The alternative to this flow is either not having the game come to Switch at all, or it being released at the same time everywhere but running like garbage because Switch is the only console lagging in current-gen hardware, and significant optimization is required in almost every release. That's just how it needs to be given the nature of the console's hardware compared to others.
We can all be patient waiting for games if they take a little longer because we all knowingly chose to buy a console that runs weaker hardware in exchange for portability and/or Nintendo Exclusives.
I think what kind of confuses me on this is that the Switch version of Life is Strange Remastered is kind of the only one that really even has reason to exist. Not really sure what the purpose is of barely-different ports of the games to consoles that already have the ability to play those games.
@SuperZeldaFun Whatever tone you may have sensed, know it was only intended to address your voiced concern: "If it’s good to go for 3 platforms but not for the switch this is not good news."
I did my best to provide good reasoning why it shouldn't be taken as "not good news" for the Switch when games release a little later due to the optimization involved specifically for Switch, and I had no intentions of condescending or disrespecting you. I apologize for making you feel that way.
I wish you a happy weekend.
Well look at that, for a collection not called Kingdom Hearts with some math titles, Square Enix doesn't seem to had any storage problem.
@Specter_of-the_OLED wanna know something even more infuriating.
They said they took the time to port life is strange true colors to Switch and optimized it and built in mind with Switch. True Colors is a 2021 game.
Meanwhile Square Enix can’t port 1.5 and 2.5 which were on PLAYSTATION 3. If they have put the effort in True Colors, surely they could do the same effort for Kingdom Hearts right?
WRONG
They decided to make it cloud
I've played it a million times and love it so I'm fine with waiting. Just hoping for a physical release like True Colors is getting next month.
@Astral-Grain instead of delaying games they could plan ahead better and give a more accurate release date. People are only disappointed because they were promised a release at a said date and it didn't happen. Now if they had just said from the start, it will come out in July 2022, people will not be disappointed.
It happens too often in gaming nowadays. Game developers know how long development will take but intentionally set release dates they cannot fulfil.
@Gmiol
"Plan ahead better"
"they were promised a release at a said date and it didn't happen"
If you ordered a meal at a restaurant and the server told you it would be ready in 20 minutes and then came out and said "I'm very sorry, the meal wasn't prepared to our standards, it will be ready in another 10 minutes" would you berate the server for breaking their "promise"?
Companies make mistakes and good companies own up to them. The way you're talking, it sounds like you'd rather be lied to or given an unfinished product simply because it has to meet a "promised" deadline. You can be patient. It's a bloody video game.
@Astral-Grain berate is too strong a word, but I may put in a complaint. Just be truthful and set a reasonable time. if you know, mistakes can happen, add that into consideration.
I'm a contractor, and I give my clients reasonable deadlines for completion and milestones even on the smallest projects. If you know there can be a delay, put that into consideration. If I don't meet deadlines, I stand to lose my contract.
"The way you're talking, it sounds like you'd rather be lied to or given an unfinished product simply because it has to meet a "promised" deadline. " dude you are already being lied to. when was the last time anyone believed any initial release date? We all know most of the developers are lying about the release date. developers know, investors know, and customers know. LOL, stop the silliness.
"It's a bloody video game." so just come up with reasonable release dates instead of lying to us.
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