Alan Wake 2 anniversary update helps you steamroll through enemies

Epic Games Publishing

It’s been almost 1 twelvemonth since Alan Wake 2 released, and nan developers astatine Remedy Entertainment are celebrating pinch a ample update that makes nan crippled much accessible acknowledgment to options to greatly trim nan difficulty.

In a post published Monday, nan workplace announced a bid of quality-of-life updates, on pinch much features successful nan Gameplay Assist menu. These assistance options tin thief you to, if you truthful choose, trim trouble connected combat to almost nothing. You tin toggle connected subordinate invulnerability and subordinate immortality, truthful that you’ll ne'er die. If you want to move down nan endurance scary loot aspects, you tin group it truthful you person infinite ammo and flashlight batteries. There’s moreover a one-shot termination characteristic if you want to steamroll complete enemies.

Turning these features connected diminishes nan scares by rather a bit, but they could beryllium fantabulous options for group who were either excessively frightened to prime up Alan Wake 2 aliases tin conscionable usage immoderate basal gameplay to acquisition what nan story, visuals, and euphony person to offer.

Beyond combat, Remedy has added a characteristic that lets you invert nan X axis pinch rodent and controller alternatively of conscionable nan Y axis, which it says was a highly requested feature. There’s besides now a speedy move and an action to auto-complete quick-time events.

In addition, nan workplace announced PlayStation 5-specific updates. DualSense users tin now usage gyro aiming (although you tin move this off) and will person haptics support for treatment items and throwables for illustration grenades.

In a abstracted announcement, Remedy besides revealed really it has enhanced Alan Wake 2 for nan PlayStation 5 Pro. A batch of nan premium console’s entreaty has to do pinch its improvements to capacity modes, which let for 60 frames per 2nd (fps), but typically astatine nan costs of graphics quality. The PS5 Pro utilizes Sony-specific AI upscaling exertion called PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), which Remedy took advantage of.

The Quality Mode, which targets 30 fps, will now person ray tracing, which wasn’t disposable astatine motorboat connected nan regular PS5. Meanwhile, nan Performance Mode will beryllium targeting nan aforesaid image value settings arsenic successful nan Quality Mode from nan guidelines console, and tin perchance output to 4K.

The update will beryllium free and will motorboat connected October 22. This is to coincide pinch The Lake House DLC, which is Alan Wake 2‘s last planned communicative description . Players sewage to spot a first look astatine gameplay, caller monsters, and connections to Control astatine nan October 2024 Xbox Partner Preview past week.