When asked why this is a remaster rather than a remake, Remedy said it wants to introduce the game to new audiences rather than remaking it entirely.
The minimum PC specs for Alan Wake Remastered are generous, but then it is a revamped version of an 11-year-old game: There’s also the usual slew of graphical options exclusive to the PC. Elsewhere, ultrawide-monitor users can play the game in their display's native 21:9 aspect ratio, though cutscenes will still be 16:9. The good news is that Alan Wake Remastered will include support for Nvidia’s DLSS, so owners of supported cards will be able to upscale to higher resolutions if they wish.