All Alan Wake 2 New Game Plus Differences (& What Carries Over)

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A New Game Plus mode for Remedy's highly acclaimed survival horror game, , was released on December 11, 2023, titled. New Game Plus is a feature expected in many story-driven titles as a way to revisit a game's narrative without having to restart progression entirely, and while certainly has this feature, there are plenty more additions to the mode that are sure to make players want to revisit Alan and Saga's entangled story.

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Alan Wake 2's ending and epilogue.]'s story takes place 13 years after the events of and continues the titular author's story, after he became trapped in the mysterious alternate dimension, The Dark Place, after using his light to rescue his wife, Alice from there. The story also introduces a new playable character, FBI agent Saga Anderson, whose investigation of a series of ritualistic murders in the village of Bright Falls ties into the mystery surrounding a shadowy entity named Mr. Scratch and the various alternate dimensions.

Alan Wake 2 is a mind-bending, epic thriller that takes the best of Remedy’s catalogue & combines it all into nothing short of a masterpiece.

is essentially a New Game Plus mode, and therefore, players must complete a playthrough of to unlock it. However, Remedy intended for to serve as part of the series' lore, rather than merely a way to replay the game's story — something that was also done in Bethesda's earlier this year as a way to offer a new experience upon repeat playthroughs.

A PlayStation Blog by Remedy Entertainment's Creative Director, Sam Lake, explored some of the changes players can experience further. According to Lake, things have shifted in subtle ways as players progress from the main campaign into. There is new lore to be found in the form of new videos and manuscript pages across levels, and even Alan Wake’s narration seems to be slightly different, as the writer has the occasional moment of clarity and seems to be more aware of having experienced