Alan Wake 2 has been out for only a weekend, and Treatment has already put out a brand new patch. Nevertheless, the patch notes aren’t terribly particular, with one amusing exception.
The complete record of tweaks might be discovered on the sport’s official web site, and have completely different fixes for every platform. The PC and PlayStation 5 variations have normal “bugfixes” and “localization fixes,” whereas the PC notes additionally point out including a “considerably friendlier error message” when you have some third-party software program that forestalls Alan Wake 2 from booting up in your gadget.
Out of context, I might have assumed this meant the sport beforehand led with a message that artistic director and Max Payne face mannequin Sam Lake was about to kick down gamers’ doorways for utilizing third-party software program. However apparently, the authentic message learn: “The sport failed to attach or authenticate along with your Epic account. Third-party overlays could stop the sport from resolving this difficulty. Please strive disabling third-party overlays briefly and restart the sport.”
Past that, the Xbox Collection X/S model has just a few extra notes, primarily round technical troubles. However once more, they’re not too particular past noting visible, UI, and progress-blocking bugs. The complete record reads as follows:
PC (1.0.6)
- Bugfixes
- Localization fixes
-Considerably friendlier error message when third-party software program stops the sport from beginning.
PlayStation 5 (1.00.05)
- Bugfixes
- Localization fixes
Xbox Collection (1.0.0.4)
- Bugfixes
- Mounted a number of visible points
- Mounted a number of UI-related points
- Mounted a problem the place gamers might get caught in interacts and never exit
Should you by no means performed the unique Alan Wake and also you’re listening to all of the hubbub about Alan Wake 2 and are curious for those who ought to soar in, the sequel does so much to make its story accessible to new gamers. Nevertheless, the primary sport is on the market on most fashionable units because of the remaster that launched in 2021. Should you determine to go that route, remember that Alan Wake Remastered doesn’t embody the 2012 spin-off Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, which is most simply accessed on PC.
