I dont know if someone mentioned this but on the hardest difficulty when you enter the woods and just before the Manor you can't advance any further than just before the gates and IDK why?

Sorry I mean after certain scenes you can't progress like if you die the wolf doesnt appear, if you get hurt to much the you can go forward to the gates? Why? 

Thanks for reporting!
Awake mode is not optimized yet, but should be fixed by the final release.