Deadly Premonition 2's first patch tweaks problematic transgender content, frame rate

Deadly Premonition 2 has just received its first (and very much-needed) post-launch patch on Switch, taking an initial pass at improving the game's abysmal frame rate, while also making a range of tweaks designed to remedy its heavily criticised handling of a transgender character.
The long-awaited sequel to developer Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro's cult classic mystery adventure came under fire at release for elements of its script - seemingly more naive than malicious, given the spirited anti-bigotry stance displayed elsewhere in the game - in which transgender character Lena Dauman is misgendered and deadnamed.
Following the outcry, Swery offered his apologies on Twitter, writing, "I realised by pointed out from friends, I might have hurt transgender people in my scenario. It wasn't intentional. I am really sorry for that." He also promised that the offending scenes would be "sanity checked by a team that included diversity" and amended as necessary.
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