Wuchang Fallen Feathers patch reportedly forces on upscaling to boost frame rate

The latest Wuchang Fallen Feathers patch 1.4 appears to be secretly lowering the game’s render resolution to boost frame rate, instead of fixing the root cause of its post-launch performance issues. Resolution upscaling is a well-established technique for boosting frame rates but this is the first time we've encountered a developer seemingly hiding that it's using the technique, and relying on it to provide a post-launch performance increase.

As our Wuchang Fallen Feathers system requirements guide shows, we were already concerned by the game’s somewhat vague use of upscaling. The fact Wuchang Fallen Feathers isn’t optimized come its release date isn’t a surprise in 2025 – plenty of games get post-launch patches to make them run better. However, misleading gamers about how the game runs is a whole different matter. Even if you’ve got a PC with one of our best graphics card recommendations installed, this won’t be enough to get around this issue, either.

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