Alan Wake 2 has been out for around a week, and it has been getting impressive reviews. Remedy isn’t ready to rest yet, and a patch has been released for all platforms.

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The update brings over 200 improvements and fixes, resulting in a smoother gameplay experience regardless of where you’re playing. Although the game has been well-received, there have been some minor complaints of audio glitches and bugs that have stopped some players from progressing. Hopefully, the patch will solve some of these problems.

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Alan Wake 2 Patch 1.0.8 notes

You can expect the following features on all platforms:

  • Various localization fixes, such as improved subtitle timings for all languages
  • Improved localized audio for live-action cinematics
  • Various audio-related improvements and additional polish
  • Improved lip sync in some instances
  • Fixed various graphical issues in the environments
  • Fixed various minor issues in cinematics
  • Minor improvements to image aliasing in Performance mode and Xbox Series S
  • Improved lighting
  • Fixed lighting bugs in multiple locations
  • Various UI-related fixes and additional polish
  • Various gameplay fixes and improvements
  • Minor gameplay fine-tuning
  • Improved auto-aim for specific circumstances
  • Fixed rare player character animation issues
  • Fixed various issues in the Case Board
  • Fixed various map issues
  • Several conversations failing to trigger and thus blocking progress later have been fixed
  • Fixed Rose’s dialogue choices, sometimes not being selectable, blocking progress
  • Fixed a rare issue with Saga’s lines not playing when going to the Sheriff’s Station, blocking progress
  • Resolved a potential problem in the player getting stuck in a Case Board Tutorial
  • Fixed exploration rewards for Lighthouse 

There have also been some mission-specific fixes, which should help some players who have had trouble progressing:

INVITATION

  • Fixed a bug where Saga could get stuck in the environment (“Crazy forest”)

CASEY

  • Fixed potential issue with players able to get stuck when falling from ladders
  • Fixed potential issues with Dark Presence (it remains a threat)
  • Fixed a rare crash

ZANE’S FILM

  • Fixed a bug where Alan could fall through the environment

SCRATCH

  • Fixed a bug where Saga could fall through the world
  • Fixed a bug in where a gate could get locked after reloading a save game, causing the player to get blocked from progressing
  • Fixed an issue where, in rare circumstances, the player could end up outside of the game world when opening the map
  • Fixed an issue where, in rare cases, the Lighthouse key could not be picked up

WE SING

  • Fixed a bug where Alan could get stuck in the environment

ROOM 665

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Oceanview Hotel Lobby Echo not to align correctly

MASKS

  • Fixed an issue where if the player performed specific tasks in an unpredictable order, the mission progress could get blocked

DEERFEST

  • Fixed an issue with physics-related props that could block the player in and halt progress

COME HOME

  • Fixed an issue where the player, in rare instances, could not exit the radio, TV, or manuscript interact modules. 

Lastly, some PC-specific fixes have been added:

  • Fixed a bug that could cause graphics settings to reset when launching the game
  • Improvements to PC Window handling logic
  • Fixed mouse cursor sometimes not appearing in menus 

Though the update is much appreciated, the absence of a photo mode is still painful. Hopefully, one gets added soon because a game as gorgeous as this deserves the most stunning images.

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