Aged Through Blood’s Switch Differences Explained

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More than a year after its original release, Laika: Aged Through Blood is now available on Nintendo Switch. Throughout the porting process, the developers encountered a few Switch-specific challenges (as all developments and ports do in general), but they worked diligently to bring their game to the new platform. Ultimately, there were a few features that needed tweaking for them to work efficiently on the Nintendo Switch.

Game Rant recently spoke with Ivan Papiol and Marcos Vendrell from the Brainwash Gang to find out more about all the challenges that needed to be overcome to get the game ready for the Nintendo Switch.

The Biggest Challenges The Brainwash Gang Faced During Development

Noteworthy Changes in Laika’s Nintendo Switch Version

Because of the Switch’s smaller memory size, the Brainwash Gang had concerns about keeping the overall visual effects of the game the same as it is on other platforms. Thankfully, the developers were able to keep a great balance between visual effects and overall game performance for the Switch version of the game.

Keeping the game user-friendly was also a concern for the Brainwash Gang. As a whole, there are a few unique features in Laika: Aged Through Blood that can take a little bit of getting used to. While the learning curve can feel rather steep at first, things soon begin to fit together the more the player progresses.

“We were worried that readability on this system’s smaller screen would be challenging because Laika is a game where it’s difficult to know what you’re looking at, at the beginning, but as a result of these changes, we feel that the game has a friendlier onboarding of its mechanics to the player.”

One Slight Difference in the Switch Version

Some eagle-eyed players who have already beaten the game elsewhere might notice a few changes on the Switch version of Laika: Aged Through Blood: the placement of some enemies. This was done to help keep things running smoothly. As the devs explained,

“The game is different on the Switch because we’ve had to modify enemies’ placements in certain areas, which proved to be harder on this system because of readability and performance, as well as optimizing the high-res art so that the Switch’s smaller memory size could load it.”

While new players aren’t going to notice this change, those who have completed the game a few times may notice that they’ll miss the occasional shot, as some enemies aren’t going to be where they used to be.

A Message For New Players

With the release of Laika: Aged Through Blood on Switch, there are plenty of new players flooding in. Laika: Aged Through Blood Switch reviews are already promising, speaking to the quality of the port overall. This means new players are likely to come into the game as well, so we asked if the devs had any advice:

“Since the gameplay is a mix of things that are pretty unique together, that means the learning curve for this game is going to be steeper than it is for games whose mechanics players are already going to be familiar with. We made sure to give players breathing, narrative moments to combat the overwhelming start, but it’s going to take some patience to get used to. But when it clicks, it’s super rewarding (that’s what the people leaving reviews have told us).”

Overall, the game offers a pretty unique experience for players, and since the Switch version is already picking up plenty of fantastic reviews, it looks like the Brainwash Gang has successfully brought Laika: Aged Through Blood to a whole new audience.