Alan Wake 2 New Game Plus promises increased difficulty and alternative narrative

eurogamer.net:

Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy will add a New Game Plus mode to the game after it launches, which will add a harder difficulty mode and a new «alternative narrative».

The new difficulty is named Nightmare, which I can only imagine will be incredibly challenging. When I got to play some of Alan Wake 2 earlier this year I explored two chapters on Normal mode and I died a lot. And then I died again.

On the plus side, players will still have all their previously unlocked weapons and upgrades to hand when they return to the game, as this is all retained in Alan Wake 2's New Game Plus.

When players return, what will they find? Remedy's new «alternative» narrative will include both «new Manuscript pages and new video content», so maybe Alan then has to somehow help write Saga to freedom. Hmm.

I would kind of love to see Alan Wake's 2 two protagonists with their roles reversed. So, Saga Anderson now in the Dark Place, trapped just as Alan once was.

We don't have a timeframe for Alan Wake 2's new game plus mode as yet, but we will update you when we hear more.

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Meanwhile, if you are curious about the three difficulty levels that will be available on Alan Wake 2's launch tomorrow, Remedy has laid them out for us.

Players will be able to either choose from Story, Normal or