Alan Wake 2's free New Game Plus update is dialled in for Monday, 11th December, and aspiring writers can experience the game again on Nightmare difficulty, with the prospect of an all-new ending in the offing. As is standard for this sort of thing, New Game Plus will allow players to retain their unlocked weapons, upgrades, and charms for an enhanced playthrough.
It's probably worth noting that you must have beaten Alan Wake 2 to undertake New Game Plus. Especially appealing is the prospect of additional video content, the brilliantly bizarre live-action stuff Remedy does so well. What sounds cool is that this video content and more manuscript pages will be peppered throughout this new playthrough.
Remedy says that to "fully experience 'The Final Draft'", the new ending, players will have to have beaten the game, which sounds like it will only be accessible in a Plus playthrough to us. We can look forward to "numerous bug fixes and slight performance optimizations", too.
Have you beaten Alan Wake 2? Do you plan to, this weekend, perhaps? Write your way out of this story in the comments section below.
[source alanwake.com, via twitter.com]
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Can't wait to replay.
It's had quite a few patches, how's performance on ps5 now?
I think its a fantastic game, but I have absolutely no interest in playing this on "mega hard mode". I just dont think the gameplay suits it, for me it was more of a story game.
I liked the combat in the Saga sections but the Alan sections I found it pretty dull and just wanted to get to the next story beat.
Where’s any Max Payne announcements! Feed me Payne 🙏🏻🎄
Removed - spoilers
I'm really excited! My GOTY <3
@LordAinsley After reading Remedy's official page on it, I think you can play the game again in any mode in NG+ for the additional story beats. I, like you, enjoyed the pace of the game for what it was and have no interest in dying repeatedly to test my skills. I'll save that for Lords of the Fallen. So if that is of any interest to you, I will be keeping a lower difficulty to enjoy the new content.
@ErrantRob I'm with ya. Just finished Lies of P on NG+ and I'm about to start Lords of the Fallen actually.
I just don't think some games are suited to it!
omg, I am ready
I’m only maybe 1/8 or 1/4 into the game I think but it’s so damn good so far. Master-class in storytelling, detail, and gameplay.
Good to know I have this to also look forward to after!
I’ll be playing through Control first before I go for new game+ with this though.
@LordAinsley Lies of P was so fantastic I ran through it twice just to get all the trophies. The options in games like that and LOTF suit their difficulty, where as Alan is just too limited to make a challenge beyond bullet sponge difficulty.
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