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Alan Wake 2 update tones down the jump scares


If you have been wanting to play Alan Wake 2, but were put off by the game's semi-regular, flashing jump scares, I have…

As part of its recent update, Remedy has added a feature that will allow you to tone down those horror flashes (apparently a much-requested addition). This expansion will see players exploring a "mysterious facility situated on the shores of Cauldron Lake set up by an independent government organisation to conduct secret research... until something goes wrong". Remedy kindly shared its purls of wisdom with us last year, with a cosy pattern showing us how to make Saga's fetching Nordic-inspired sweater for ourselves.

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