Alan Wake II
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Developers | |
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Remedy Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Epic Games Publishing | |
Engines | |
Northlight | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 27, 2023 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 89 |
OpenCritic | 89 |
IGDB | 88 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC, One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | Cosmetic |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Survival horror |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Detective/mystery, Horror |
Series | Alan Wake |
Alan Wake | |
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Alan Wake | 2012 |
Alan Wake's American Nightmare | 2012 |
Alan Wake Remastered | 2021 |
Alan Wake II | 2023 |
Alan Wake II is a singleplayer third-person survival horror game in the Alan Wake series.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | Deluxe Edition also available. DRM-free when launched using the -EpicPortal command line argument.[Note 1] |
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Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition also available. |
Version differences
- Epic Games Store versions purchased before October 27, 2023 includes the Alan Wake Outfit & "Alan's Messenger Bag" Backbling for Fortnite.
- The Deluxe Edition includes the base game, the Expansion Pass, containing the Night Springs and Lake House Expansions, as well as the Nordic Shotgun Skin for Saga; the Crimson Windbreak and Lantern Charm for Saga, and the Celebrity Suit and Parliament Shotgun Skin for Alan.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | Several cosmetic add-ons, as well as an Expansion Pass containing additional story content is available for purchase. |
One-time game purchase | Alan Wake II requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Cosmetic | Additional cosmetic costumes, weapon skins and charms can be purchased. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Deluxe Upgrade | Includes all additional content available in the "Deluxe Edition" for owners of the Standard Edition. | |
Expansion Pass | Contains two major story expansions, as well as a Nordic Shotgun Skin for Saga. Included in the "Deluxe Edition". |
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Crimson Windbreaker | Contains an additional outfit for Saga. Included in the "Deluxe Edition". |
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Celebrity Suit | Contains an additional outfit for Alan. Included in the "Deluxe Edition". |
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Parliament Shotgun Skin | Contains an alternate shotgun skin for Alan. Included in the "Deluxe Edition". |
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Lantern Charm | Contains a cosmetic charm for Saga, as well as an additional battery for Saga's flashlight. Included in the "Deluxe Edition". |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Remedy\AlanWake2\renderer.ini |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Remedy\AlanWake2\<user-id>\ |
- The save path will use
\Default-Epic-User\
instead of\<user-id>\
if using-EpicPortal
to launch the game.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 4:3 is also supported. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Cutscenes and FMVs are pillarboxed 16:9. See Ultra-widescreen. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Rendering resolutions up to 8K are supported. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Exclusive fullscreen also available. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Referred to as "Texture Filtering" with a Low, Medium, and High setting. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | DLAA and FSR 2 Native. See Anti-aliasing (AA) to disable anti-aliasing. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 3.5, FSR 2.0 DLSS Frame Generation and DLSS Ray Reconstruction available.[3] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | As a toggle. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | The game uses the Windows 11 HDR calibration data. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) | Features both software and hardware ray and path tracing.[4]. Path tracing includes 1-3 ray bounces and RTAO on the last hit.[5] |
Ultra-widescreen
Set ultrawide cutscene restraints[6] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Set custom FOV[7] |
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Notes
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Set custom FOV using Flawless Widescreen[8] |
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Notes
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Edit the configuration file to disable TAA[9] |
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High dynamic range (HDR)
Set custom HDR nit peak[9] |
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Enable 16-bit HDR swapchain for increased quality |
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Post-processing effects
Edit the configuration file to disable effects |
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Internal rendering resolution
- The game offers only a handful of internal resolutions.
Set custom internal resolution[10] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | As a slider from 0 to 100. Has separate options for general/horizontal/vertical sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | As a slider from 0 to 100. Has separate options for general/horizontal/vertical sensitivity. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
DualShock 4 controllers | Haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are supported when connected wired. | |
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DualShock button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Connection modes | Wired, Bluetooth, V2, DualSense, DualSense Edge |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Sound Effects, Dialogue volume sliders. Options for Bass Reduction, Mono Audio and Hyperacusis Filters are also available. | |
Surround sound | Supports Dolby Atmos and DTSX. | |
Subtitles | Accessibility options for Speaker Name in Subtitles, Subtitles Background, Small/Normal/Large Subtitle Sizes, and Signage Subtitles are available. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio | All music tracks are DMCA-free.[11] |
Localizations
- Subtitles in pre-rendered cutscenes for all languages are out of sync
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Ukrainian |
Issues fixed
Error on first startup
Close overlay software before starting[12] |
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Notes
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Game does not start on Linux (Wine/Proton)
Install dependencies with Winetricks[13] |
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Notes
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Missing textures on Linux (Wine/Proton)
(AMD) Use a newer version of Mesa[14] |
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Notes
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Stuttering every few seconds on Linux (Wine/Proton)
(AMD) Set environment variable to zero out video memory[15] |
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Notes
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Lower in-game render resolution[16] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 12 | Requires DX12 FL 12_0 / Shader Model 6.5 to start. Mesh Shaders required for best performance. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Currently, a compatible AVX2 CPU like Intel Haswell or Ryzen 1000 is required to start. Maybe it could be compatible with older CPUs after an update like Uncharted and other Sony games, which have two executables according to the target CPU. This can be verified using the Intel Software Development Emulator (Intel SDE) to emulate a CPU from the Haswell architecture on a CPU such as Intel Core 3000 or AMD FX or earlier. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Physx 3.4 | PhysX3_x64.dll in install directory |
Audio | Wwise | Wwise logo shown in startup screens |
Interface | Coherent Gameface | Startup screen for Coherent, and dll files in install directory |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | 11 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i5-7600K AMD equivalent |
Ryzen 7 3700X Intel equivalent |
System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 90 GB SSD | |
Video card (GPU) | Radeon RX 6600 GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB of VRAM DirectX 12.2 compatible | Radeon RX 6700 XT GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB of VRAM |
Other | Only GPUs with DirectX Ultimate level 12_2 are supported[17] |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Future-proof on 2023-10-30
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2023-10-30
- Verified using a first run of the game.
- ↑ NVIDIA DLSS 3.5: Enhancing Ray Tracing With AI; Coming This Fall To Alan Wake 2, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Portal with RTX & More - last accessed on 2023-08-29
- ↑ Alan Wake 2 4K NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 World Premiere - last accessed on 2023-08-29
- ↑ Alan Wake 2 - Technical Insight on RT implementation - last accessed on 2023-10-24
- ↑ Alan Wake 2 - Ultrawide Cutscenes Fix - last accessed on 2023-10-28
- ↑ Verified by User:Rogerl777 on 2023-10-28
- ↑ Verified by User:Martan on 2023-10-29
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Verified by User:Fayaine on 2023-10-28
- ↑ Verified by User:Lyxenmodz on 2023-10-29
- ↑ The Alan Wake 2 Soundtrack Was Custom-Made To Expand The Lore - last accessed on 2023-10-28
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2023-10-28
- Tested myself as i am using MSI Afterburner.
- ↑ r/linux_gaming - NothingProof's comment on Gaming on Linux EP#117: Alan Wake 2 - Linux vs Windows - 3700X 6600XT - last accessed on 2023-11-12
- ↑ GitHub - vkd3d-proton - Alan Wake II - Textures are missing - last accessed on 2023-11-12
- ↑ r/linux_gaming - Cryio comments on Does anybody know why Alan Wake 2 stutters every few seconds? - last accessed on 2023-11-12
- ↑ r/linux_gaming - DariusLMoore comments on Does anybody know why Alan Wake 2 stutters every few seconds? - last accessed on 2023-11-12
- ↑ Tweet by the developer regarding supported GPUs - last accessed on 2023-10-23