Remedy Still Working on Alan Wake 2 PS5 Pro Patch Enhancements

As normal PS5 update goes live

by Liam Croft 3pm

A new Alan Wake 2 update has been deployed today on PS5, though you won't find any PS5 Pro-specific enhancements in its patch notes. Remedy has said it needs more time to research "a few things on the Pro when it comes to improved performance" as the update available at the PS5 Pro's launch made the Performance Mode worse than it is on the base console.

Addressing the PS5 Pro performance issues, Remedy said on Twitter: "The PlayStation 5 update (1.200.005) does not contain anything PlayStation 5 Pro specific, but we wanted to acknowledge that we are seeing your feedback. We are still researching a few things on the Pro when it comes to improved performance. We'll keep you posted. As PS5 Pro support was a work of many months, it will take the team longer than a few weeks for changes and improvements."

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Alan Wake 2 has been one of a few upgraded PS5 titles that have experienced teething issues with the PS5 Pro, others being Silent Hill 2 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The former is currently facing problems with shiny reflections and quite noticeable blotches on the screen (even after a patch tried to clear them up) while the latter has flaws relating to image quality.

As for the Alan Wake 2 patch that dropped today, which updates the game to version number 1.200.005, the PS5 gyro controls have been improved, and the two DLC packs have been enhanced with The Lake House's collectibles appearing in Saga's Mind Palace and the Night Springs theme available in the Writer's Room. There are also a few bug and glitch fixes, which you can check out in the patch notes list through the link.

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Liam grew up with a PlayStation controller in his hands and a love for Metal Gear Solid. Nowadays, he's found playing the latest and greatest PS5 games as well as supporting Derby County. That last detail is his downfall.

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AfroMario
3:01pm

Sounds like Remedy is working on the PS5 Pro patch enhancements. Great news for Alan Wake game fans

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Nekomichu
3:08pm

I was thinking in buying the game this sales (ps5 standard) it is ok right now the game for ps5 standard or they messed up with the pro patches?

Still no fix.....wow
These "enhanced" patches ended being more problematic than many expected.

I'm not too concerned. We're literally just over 2 weeks in after PSSR launched and devs are learning it's pros and cons and how to use it, and crucially how NOT to use it. PSSR will also improve over time.

I remember all the issues with DLSS 1 and FSR 1 that were quickly improved. Same with PSSR I don't expect it to be the finished article at launch. Just give them a little time and I expect most of these issues to be ironed out quickly.

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zebric21
3:36pm

I believe devs want to see if the pro console really sells before eating extra development costs. We might have a ps vr2 situation again.

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Mostik
4:04pm

@Major_Player Hi buddy, I can't speak for everyone but I waited until the Pro came out (& a physical edition) to play this and it runs really well. Having not played it on the base model I don't know what the original complaints were but I haven't had a single bug or glitch and I am about 12 hours in. It really is a fantastic game!

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Steel76
4:09pm

Just let people turn off PSSR, until it's fixed.
Like what the developers of Silent Hill 2 did.

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Steel76
4:09pm

@themightyant
Those things should have been learned, before they added those PSSR patches.

Some of these patches was likely just rushed, to hit the release date of the console.

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Jrs1
4:10pm

@zebric21 Jesus the consoles not been out a month yet, give it a chance, the patches that do work great are brilliant (in real life on a decent size and specced screen) not on youtube or websites 🤣

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Ravix
4:13pm

@themightyant I don't know of it's just me, but for the Silent Hill 2 situation it looked like there was a weird effect already on the PS5 version (Quality or Performance mode, I cant recall which) and PSSR has simply enhanced this effect so it is even more noticable and weird. I remember seeing the footage, especially in a dark corridor, where it looked like it was raining inside, and the ground outside was shimmering too, and then the PS5 Pro version made it even more glaringly noticable.

Perhaps at times it could be a case of them enhancing the bad elements and the devs need to sort that out before they just hit "PSSR" and send it out into the wild.

And the less said about the technical prowess of Respawn's Jedi games the better 😬

@Mostik I wouldn’t waste much time with them, if you check their comment history you’ll see they’re a die-hard on the sister site and all they do is try to troll and provoke people here.

But I’m in the same boat as you. I only started playing this game on the pro and it runs and plays beautifully.

@Steel76 I agree. But just as we generally have a lot of games that are rushed out to hit a date, and bad patches in games we also have bad PSSR implementations. Bad releases are not exclusive to PSSR, but devs will quickly learn how to use it efficiently, and it will improve. It feels like teething problems right now, which is entirely normal for new software. The internet likes to make everything a catastrophe.

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Medic_alert
45m ago

PSSR is pretty rough right now, the amount of movement in static objects in games like Star Wars outlaws leaves a lot to be desired.

Performance so far is good though.

Fingers crossed for some speedy updates from Sony and the developers of their respective games but not exactly a smooth launch for this console.

@Mostik : Because you don't know how it ran on the original model that's why you have nothing to compare with.

@Nekomichu I’m playing it on Pro on performance and it’s beautiful.

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carlos82
27m ago

@themightyant I agree, PSSR will greatly improve over time as it's utilised more. For now devs should just really leave in the base PS5 graphics options as well to avoid these issues.

Though somewhat ironically, all the games with good implementations have left the base PS5 options in, even though you won't use them and all those with bad patches have removed them. It's almost like one set of devs want you to see how good their work is and the others really don't want you to compare them 😆

Medic_alert wrote:

PSSR is pretty rough right now

I think this is an over exaggeration, to quote Oliver over at Digital Foundry who has extensively tested virtually all the PSSR games.

"I would also STRESS that Silent Hill 2 and Jedi Survivor, those games really are, in my mind, clearly the worst of the bunch i've seen so far and should not be taken as representative of the general trajectory of PSSR. So overall I think it's a pretty decent showing so far."

Yes there are a few poor implementations, but also plenty of good ones. There's also room for PSSR to improve. But as I said above the internet loves to make mountains out of molehills, and it seems it's the current target du jour for trolls and knee-jerk reactionaries.

I just got this game on sale for my PS5 not professional, and I'm pleasently surprised. There were few not graphics related bugs, with conversation triggers etc.. but in general awesome game.
PS5 Pro enhanced version will be pure joy once they polish the early PSSR adopter quirks.

@themightyant i mean the movement and shimmering artefact seems to be a real issue and it is instantly noticeable.

And even games like R&C which are supposed to do it well have odd parts that look like a muddy mess when you stop to look at them.

When something is supposed to make the game look better and it is a toss up as to whether it actually looks better or worse that is in my view a mess.

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