{"id":731476,"date":"2025-11-21T20:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-update-tones-down-the-jump-scares?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:09:52","slug":"alan-wake-2-update-tones-down-the-jump-scares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/alan-wake-2-update-tones-down-the-jump-scares\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Wake 2 update tones down the jump scares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alan-wake-2-update-tones-down-the-jump-scares.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nIf you have been wanting to play Alan Wake 2, but were put off by the game&#8217;s semi-regular, flashing jump scares, I have good news. <\/p>\n<p>\nAs part of its recent update, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanwake.com\/story\/alan-wake-2-update-notes\/\">Remedy<\/a> has added a feature that will allow you to tone down those horror flashes (apparently a much-requested addition). Players can now opt for either a Low or Normal visual and audio intensity of horror flash, to curate the game better to their liking. <\/p>\n<p>\nAlong with this option to dial back on the scaries, the studio has also introduced a Chapter Select function. This will allow players to load up any mission they fancy as long as they have previously unlocked it. Yes, this means you can go back and replay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2s-herald-of-darkness-aka-this-years-best-video-game-song-just-got-an-official-music-video\">Alan Wake 2&#8217;s awesome musical moments<\/a> again and again and again.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-update-tones-down-the-jump-scares?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-update-tones-down-the-jump-scares?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been wanting to play Alan Wake 2, but were put off by the game&#8217;s semi-regular, flashing jump scares, I have good news. 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). Players can now opt for either a Low or Normal visual and audio intensity of horror flash, to curate the game better to their liking. Along with this option to dial back on the scaries, the studio has also introduced a Chapter Select function. This will allow players to load up any mission they fancy as long as they have previously unlocked it. Yes, this means you can go back and replay Alan Wake 2&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/alan-wake-2-update-tones-down-the-jump-scares\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":731477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[259,3602,102,59,45,2223,86,54,3987,4616],"class_list":["post-731476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-action-adventure","tag-alan-wake-2","tag-epic-games","tag-pc","tag-ps5","tag-remedy-entertainment","tag-shooter","tag-single-player","tag-third-person","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alan Wake 2 update tones down the jump scares | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have been wanting to play Alan Wake 2, but were put off by the game&#039;s semi-regular, flashing jump scares, I have good news. 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