The horror adventure game Alan Wake 2

IT House reported on October 27 that “Alan Alan Wake 2” is a horror adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Epic Games Publishing. It is priced at 200 yuan in the country and will be officially released at 12 noon today .

On the PC platform, this game requires 86GB of SSD space, while the PS5 platform requires 85GB and XSS|X requires 82GB.

According to reports, “Alan Killer 2” will have three difficulty modes to choose from when it is released, and the New Game + mode will be updated after the game is released (the specific date has not yet been determined).

Three difficulties:

・Story Mode – Combat does not pose a challenge, focus on solving puzzles and exploring

・Normal mode – a balance between puzzle solving and survival. The battle is challenging. You need to use props and save resources in order to survive.

・Hard mode – the battle is very challenging, and you need to use props skillfully and be familiar with the game mechanics to survive

New Game+ Mode:

・Keep all unlocked weapons and upgrades

・New nightmare difficulty is optional

・New storytelling, including new manuscript pages and new video content

A series of ritual murders is threatening Bright Falls, a small community surrounded by wilderness in the Pacific Northwest. As a senior FBI detective known for solving cold cases, Saja Anderson came here to investigate the murder. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when pages of horror stories begin to materialize around her.
Alan Wake is a lost writer trapped in a nightmare outside our world. And he writes a dark story in an attempt to shape the reality around him and escape from prison. While a dark and terrifying force stalks him, Wake struggles to maintain his sanity in an attempt to take control and defeat the devil.
Although the two heroes Anderson and Wake are in two completely different realities and embark on their own desperate journeys, they are spiritually connected in a way that neither of them can understand: they reflect and echo each other. , and in this way affects the world around them.
Fueled by horror stories, supernatural forces of darkness invade the town of Fall, corrupting its residents and threatening Anderson and Wake’s loved ones. They can only rely on light as a weapon and safe haven to resist the darkness they face. Trapped in a dangerous and terrifying story with only victims and monsters, can they take on the heavy responsibility entrusted to them by fate, survive in adversity, and successfully escape?

The game supports a range of the latest GPU technologies in 2023. Including NVIDIA’s DLSS 3.5 AI ray reconstruction technology, ray tracing, path tracing, etc.

This game’s graphics card requires NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600. This is because the game is equipped with “Mesh Shaders” technology. This game will be the first game to be rendered using the DX12 Ultimate Mesh Shader. First, NVIDIA GTX 10 series and AMD 5000 series graphics cards lack “related functions”, so they cannot play.

Minimum configuration:

• Graphics configuration: Low

• Resolution: 1080p

• FPS: 30

• GPU: GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6600

• Video memory: 6 GB

• DLSS/FSR 2: Quality

• CPU: Intel i5-7600K or AMD equivalent

• Memory: 16GB

• System: Windows 10/11 64-bit

• Storage: 90GB SSD

Official recommended configuration:

Graphics configuration: Medium

• Resolution: 1440p

• FPS: 30

• GPU: GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6600 XT

• Video memory: 8 GB

• DLSS/FSR 2: Balanced

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

• Memory: 16GB

• System: Windows 10/11 64-bit

• Storage: 90GB SSD

Graphics configuration: Medium 

• Resolution: 1080p

• FPS: 60

• GPU: GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6700 XT

• Video memory: 8 GB

• DLSS/FSR 2: Performance

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

• Memory: 16GB

• System: Windows 10/11 64-bit

• Storage: 90GB SSD

If players want to get the best gaming experience, the following configurations are officially recommended:

Best configuration:

• Graphics configuration: High

• Resolution: 2160p

• FPS: 60

• GPU: GeForce RTX 4070 or Radeon RX 7800 XT

• Video memory: 12 GB

• DLSS/FSR 2: Performance

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

• Memory: 16GB

• System: Windows 10/11 64-bit

• Storage: 90GB SSD

Enable ray tracing/path tracing configuration:

Graphics Configuration: Enable basic ray tracing

• Resolution: 1080p

• FPS: 30

• GPU: GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6800 XT

• Video memory: 8 GB

• DLSS/FSR 2: Quality

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

• Memory: 16GB

• System: Windows 10/11 64-bit

• Storage: 90GB SSD

Graphics configuration: Enable medium ray tracing and path tracing

• Resolution: 1080p

• FPS: 60

• GPU: GeForce RTX 4070

• Video memory: 12 GB

• DLSS/FSR 2: Quality

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

• Memory: 16GB

• System: Windows 10/11 64-bit

• Storage: 90GB SSD

Graphics Configuration: Enable advanced ray tracing and path tracing

• Resolution: 2160p

• FPS: 60

• GPU: GeForce RTX 4080

• Video memory: 16 GB

• DLSS/FSR 2: Performance

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

• Memory: 16GB

• System: Windows 10/11 64-bit

• Storage: 90GB SSD

The game received high ratings from most media outlets, including IGN 9, GameSpot 10, and Gameinformer 7.75. On the Metacritic website, the PC version has an average score of 92, and the PS5 version has an average score of 89. I NaijaTechNews  attaches ratings from major media:

• Dexerto – 10/10

• Gamereactor UK – 10/10

• GamesHub – 10/10

• Screen Rant – 10/10

• VGC – 10/10

• Gamespot – 10/10

• GamesRadar+ – 10/10

• Player 2 – 10/10

• TheSixthAxis – 10/10

• XboxEra – 10/10

• Carole Quintaine – 9.5/10

• CGMagazine – 9.5/10

• God is a Geek – 9.5/10

• IGN – 9/10

• COGconnected – 9/10

• GamingTrend – 9/10

• Jeuxvideo – 9/10

• Windows Central – 9/10

• Wccftech – 9/10