Remedy says PC players shouldn’t worry about Alan Wake 2’s demanding system requirements
Remedy Entertainment has responded to concerns about its demanding PC system requirements Alan Wake2and said it was “playing it safe” with the settings.
In the past week, the studio became best known for story-driven action games such as Check left the PC specifications due to the latest title, which may have left some fans who wanted to play on desktop concerned about how their build would handle the game.
First of all, the minimum requirements for Alan Wake2 are 1080p at 30FPS with low graphics, with an Intel i5-7600K CPU, RTX 2060 GPU and 16 GB of RAM. That may seem feasible, but compared to the other settings, they pale in comparison.
Even just for the recommended settings at 1080p and 60FPS for average graphics, you’ll need a GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6700 XT, 8GB of VRAM, and an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent – which are designed for higher-end PC builds.
Some PC players rightly wonder if they can run the game properly on their setup, especially if their builds lean toward the low to mid range. However, Remedy communications director Thomas Puha has suggested that fans who want to play on PC need not worry (via PC gamer).
“We played very safe with those PC settings (by the way),” Puha further said Tweet. “Under-promising, over-delivering, or something Finnish like that.”
While the developer’s response may allay some concerns, it’s still questionable whether those playing on a low to mid-range build should risk doing so with minimal requirements, hoping that Remedy simply inflates the specs.
Alan Wake2 is available today (October 27) for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Epic Games Store. We played the game on PS5 and gave the game four and a half stars out of five, with Elie Gould calling the game “a champion of modern survival horror games. The beautifully woven story encompasses everything you could want from a blockbuster movie.” horror title.”
Remedy recently confirmed that the game will get a New Game Plus mode in a post-launch update that will include all unlocked weapons and upgrades, a new difficulty setting called Nightmare, as well as a “new alternate story” with new manuscript pages. and new video content.
For more information, check out our picks for the best horror games you can play now, as well as our list of the best single player games.