RiME gets massive patch on Switch, graphical improvements, fixes and more

Grey Box promised it was working on it, and now it’s here. RiME has received a massive update on the Nintendo Switch.

This patch focuses on boosting the game’s resolution, visual fidelity, and performance – especially in handheld mode. Something we pointed out in our review last year.

A full changelog is below;

RiME Switch 1.0.2 Patch Notes

• Increased visual fidelity, bloom and post-processing
• Sharpened image resolution
• Opening Cinematics visually improved
• Fixed possible stage exploits that would enable players to skip parts of the stages
• Increased texture quality in specific areas
• Increased view distance
• Fixed an issue with foliage density, shadows, and render distances
• Updated texture mipmaps for the Fox
• Improved global mipmaps
• Improved shadow distance and quality
• Fixed instances of foliage pops
• Stabilized FPS
• Optimized the Boys cape and hair physics
• Rebuilt streaming volumes
• Fixed an issue that allowed you to see outside of the map in later stages.
• Updated lighting to prevent bleed through
• Updated the quality of trees in earlier stages where they would display poorly.