Sulphur on 7/8/2020 at 07:08
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Altered World Event or ALAN WAKE EXPANSION!?
Yeah yeah - Wake, Alan, etc. I have an irrational hatred for his smarmy countenance, and here we go, he looks like a bearded Gyllenhaal for some reason. Fortunately, it looks like he's trapped in Control's motel performing some abstract version of Misery with it.
But: fuck off, Alan. Unfortunately, I guess Jesse will have to extract him. Maybe he'll shine a light on what's happening? Or will he just darken our doorways? Who knows, who cares, it's more Control, and it's a good game, so I'll play it. Bring it on.
But seriously: fuck off, Alan.
Renzatic on 8/8/2020 at 16:26
Why u no liek Alan Wake? Was good game. Had many woods.
Sulphur on 8/8/2020 at 16:55
I liked the woods. I know it probably reminds you of home, but my beef is with Alan and the rest of the game. The metatextual stuff wasn't even interesting, it was just... inane. A sort of Lynchian spin on In the Mouth of Madness's premise, yeah? I was hoping for something meaty and compelling, but the game's story was mostly about a master egotist being a douchenozzle throughout the game, which isn't my jam. The light/dark stuff wasn't scary for something purporting to be kinda hororr-action-y, and the dynamic of flashbulbing then shootening was fine in concept, but the execution was not fun.
They managed to correct all of that with American Nightmare, though. That was great.
Thirith on 9/8/2020 at 09:34
I would most definitely not be opposed to an Alan Wake Without Alan Wake version.
Renault on 11/8/2020 at 18:56
My main beef with Alan Wake was simple - it was boring. I couldn't make it past the halfway point in the base game without completely losing interest. Never played Nightmare though.
froghawk on 11/8/2020 at 19:38
The real problem with Alan Wake is that the actual ending is in the DLC, which is by far the best part of the game. They introduce new mechanics in the DLC that make the gameplay way more interesting, and there's a proper boss battle and story resolution at the end. It feels to me like they chopped off the ending to sell later then stretched out the second half of the base game to an interminable degree to compensate, and it gets quite tedious very quickly. Shame they didn't just release it all together and pace it properly.
Thirith on 12/8/2020 at 06:09
Is it worth going back to play Alan Wake: American Nightmare if I've never played it and didn't particularly like the main game? I think it was the latter reason why I never bothered to play it.
Sulphur on 12/8/2020 at 06:21
I'd say yes, as long as you're not going into it for the story or a similar tone or atmosphere. It's very much Alan Wake via an exploitation movie vibe with the (enjoyable to me at least) cheesiness that entails, but the core of it is shooting stuff. They tightened up the gameplay to the point where it's fun (more weapons, different enemy types), and it's a gauntlet that lasts for about five hours or so.
Thirith on 12/8/2020 at 06:36
Cheers. It helps to know that it's relatively short, and yes, shooting does sound better than those interminable flashlight fests.