We’re less than a week away from the launch of Alan Wake 2, undoubtedly one of the most anticipated games of the season, if not years. And it’s normal, because his first volume saw the light (or rather, we should say shadow according to its setting) in 2010, and its simple memory so many years later gives many of us goosebumps. Alan Wake was (and actually still is) a gem of the horror game genre.

We live in complicated times, yes, when it comes to launching new games. The latest reference in this regard is Skull Island: Rise of Kong, but we don’t have to leave the year 2023 to recall many other completely shameful releases that made disbelief the standard mood of every gaming fan. new title, especially if they are on the most anticipated list.

This morning we provided a full breakdown of Alan Wake 2’s technical requirements and as we mentioned, It seems that it will finally not be as difficult as it was initially suggested, although we will have to wait for verification. The key will be optimization again, a key phase of development, which, however, seems to have fallen into oblivion for some developers who decide to do without it and rely solely on the performance of current systems and technologies. parties like NVIDIA DLSS, who have had to save ballots on more than one occasion from developing with little or no care in this regard.

Especially as a console gamer, I’m really happy with how good Alan Wake 2 is on console platforms. We put a lot of focus on them during development to make sure the game performs well and looks as incredible as it does. Aimed at all platforms to be fair, just like us.

— Thomas Puha (@RiotRMD) October 21, 2023

However, it seems that this will not be the case because, as indicated on his twitter account Thomas Puha, Director of Communications at Remedy, Alan Wake 2 is now fully optimized for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Serieswhat’s more, this problem would not be solved after the development was completed, but was taken into account during its development. In this regard, he cites images shown at the State of Play event last May and states that its performance today is even better than what we saw back then.

As I already mentioned, it took Remedy thirteen years to bring us a sequel to the original Alan Wake, something that already suggests that they did not take it too hastily, something that is already a priori positive. Except, What we’ve seen of Alan Wake 2 so far is undoubtedly quite promising. So we have reasons to be reasonably optimistic on this occasion, although as always I don’t want to end without once again advising you not to pre-purchase the games. Wait for it to start and the first reaction. You may miss out on the reward, but you can avoid the disappointment.