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Alan Wake 2 Director Admitted the Game Overdid With Jump Scares. (80.lv)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I have no problem with the in-game "jump scares", but the popup ones were a bit much. I was glad when they added a setting to reduce the intensity of those, makes it much more tolerable.

Side note: I am playing through and loving the new Lake House DLC. Night Springs was fun, but this is the kind of continued AW2 experience I've been hoping for. A highlight was reaching the Floor -3 with

Tap for spoilerthe ATDs and reading about how they're trying to copy Wake's writing style and brute-force new content. Entering the main room with the hundreds of ATDs clacking away really gave a feeling of dread and "the FBC continues to mess with things they don't understand."