Digital Foundry has the full lowdown on the quality of the Xbox Series X and Series S ports of Alan Wake 2.
Just when you thought you had escaped the tenebrous fever dream of Bright Falls and its haunted woods, the new “Night Springs” downloadable expansion for Alan Wake 2 pulls you back...
WOW! What an incredible amount of words to say so little.
A bizarre, verbal onslaught "review" that tries so hard to be eloquently whimsical in its writing to cover the fact it doesn't really contain any content. Other than the self explanatory and rehashing what we already know...
Someone's either trying really hard to impress someone at the office or this was written by AI.. Tone it down a bit, It'll give people less of a headache.
Alan Wake II: Night Springs veers from ultra violence to tense survival horror, before settling into the multiversal madness of the series at its best.
The NightSpring DLC was evidently crafted for enthusiasts of Remedy games, with each episode drawing from a distinct Remedy experience. The "Number 1 Fan" story allows you to play as Rose, designed to mirror the over-the-top action of AW American Nightmare. It earns extra points for featuring Mr. Scratch and concluding in a manner reminiscent of AW American Nightmare, notably with a nod to Alice's dress from the game.
https://youtu.be/LpKnSNfAlq...
In Episode 2, the narrative continues with Jesse's quest to locate her brother, aided by Polaris. The Hiss have transformed into the 'Coffee people,'
Episode 3 represents Remedy's finest effort to link Quantum Break to the AW universe without explicitly naming Quantum Break. The actor notes that the sequel they are filming should include FMV sequences similar to the first game, and Sam Lake describes how he is destined to become a superhero. Sean Ashmore's narration is a direct nod to Quantum Break, akin to Jesse's inclusion in this episode
https://youtu.be/9i41rZJYbo...
Hanzala from eXputer: "A major reason of Alan Wake 2 underperforming was no physical release; I'm glad the game's finally considering one, alongside a fabulous DLC."
It seems though Xbox Series X owners are being shafted though
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This should have happened day 1.
I'm sure they'll get some buyers but nowhere near what they would have this came out day 1
Glad this is happening. Just a question cause I was trying to watch at work in the middle of a mold change lol. Is the dlc going to be on disc? It sounds like it.
IMPRESSIVE!!! O.o
This video is a hard punch in the face of all Series S haters and lazy developers!
The most demanding current gen game to date runs GREAT on the Series S!
The Series X version has the superior performance over the PS5 version! The Series X on performance mode maintain consistent 60fps while the PS5 will run at the 50´s most of the time.
But we heard that the Series S was supposed to hold back the Series X version!
So how the Series X version is the superior port compared to the PS5? XD
Congrats Remedy! You guys did a remarkable work!
Only issue I’m having with the ps5 version currently is the per pixel shimmering that they had with Control albeit to a lesser extent.
It’s far worse in Alan Wake 2. What’s strange is they put that issue down to the way ray path tracing works with Control but Alan Wake 2 has no ray tracing on PS5. Kind of wish I’d bought it on PC though, however I probably would have needed to buy a new graphics card along with it.
Unless developers are lazy or incompetent, a multiplat game will run better on the more powerful console.
Question should be, why don't all mutiplat games run better on the most powerful console? Incompetence, laziness or something else $$$...
Gonna be honest, the only person I've seen play the game on Xbox had a bunch of bugs. Either the game is poorly optimized for the Xbox or the Xbox is just not as good at running it, not sure but I had no bugs on the PS5 for what it's worth.