Summary
Alan Wake 2has received a new update that aims to fix some small problems having to do with the Lake House DLC, and adjusts one of the game’s more challenging enemy types. Developer Remedy Entertainment releasedAlan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC in October, further strengthening the connection betweenAlan WakeandControlas players explore a mysterious FBC facility as agent Kiran Estevez.
The latestupdate forAlan Wake 2went live last week, on November 18. A small update, it gave players the ability to cancel reloads by boosting their flashlights, a change that hardcore players surely appreciated. The patch also fixed a bug that affected weapons that had been partially reloaded, causing them not to fire at all. Along with a PS5 DualSense adaptive trigger fix, the Lake House expansion had a big presence in last week’s update notes, with some fixes having to do with the DLC’s cinematics.
A week later, Remedy Entertainment rolled outanother update forAlan Wake 2.Update 1.2.5 is another smaller patch, but it’s one that includes a quality of life change for The Lake House when it’s played as part of the main story, having collectibles from the DLC now show up in protagonistSaga Anderson’s Mind Palace.Alan Wake 2’s enemies that dash around and throw weapons at players have also been slowed, making it easier for players to pin them down and take them out.
Players who enjoyAlan Wake 2’s Pat Maine radio show will likely be happy with Update 1.2.5, as it makes previously unobtainable episodes of the show available once more.Alan Wake 2’s new game plus mode, named The Final Draft, has also seen some improvements with the new update; issues with an unobtainable manuscript page and missing Alice photos have been resolved. For PlayStation 5 Pro users, the update also smooths over a problem with in-game shadows when swapping between quality and performance modes.
WithAlan Wake 2’s second and seemingly final DLC out the door, it doesn’t seem like there’s much else left for Remedy to do for the game aside from improving its performance onSony’s freshly released PS5 Prorefresh. As for what’s next for Remedy Entertainment, it recently revealed its first-person shooter set in theControluniverse, namedFBC Firebreak,a bold new direction for the ever-growing “RemedyVerse”. Remedy also hasControl 2in development, as well as remakes of the first twoMax Paynegames.
PlayStation 5 (1.200.005)
PC (1.2.5)
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Alan Wake 2
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A string of ritualistic murders threatens Bright Falls, a small-town community surrounded by Pacific Northwest wilderness. Saga Anderson, an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases arrives to investigate the murders. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that starts to come true around her.Alan Wake, a lost writer trapped in a nightmare beyond our world, writes a dark story in an attempt to shape the reality around him and escape his prison. With a dark horror hunting him, Wake is trying to retain his sanity and beat the devil at his own game.Anderson and Wake are two heroes on two desperate journeys in two separate realities, connected at heart in ways neither of them can understand: reflecting each other, echoing each other, and affecting the worlds around them.Fueled by the horror story, supernatural darkness invades Bright Falls, corrupting the locals and threatening the loved ones of both Anderson and Wake. Light is their weapon—and their safe haven — against the darkness they face. Trapped in a sinister horror story where there are only victims and monsters, can they break out to be the heroes they need to be?
