Posted on: October 29, 2023
TheCoracle
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: Rezensionen: 6
Polarizing, Aged With Some Tedium
It's hard to review, as some people will absolutely love the way the game presents itself as a sort of love letter to shlocky 90's television and Stephen King horror novels. But, as I spent more time with the game and up to its completion, I only grew more frustrated by the tedious nature of its one-trick pony gameplay loop and odd choices in railroading players with unsatisfying mechanics that actively reset the player, both by (in)conveniently eliminating their toolbelt and pushing their journey's goalpost from one MacGuffin to another throughout the roughly 10 hour story. Players are sure to encounter several moments where companions struggle to open a door, activating an event that requires the player to defend against hordes of incoming enemies, of which there are very few in variety. One such enemy includes the ever-interesting inanimate object that will hurl itself at the player while they shine a flashlight at it. These fights in particular felt tedious and arbitrary. Some fights against enemies can be avoided, while others feel like taxes designed to consume valuable resources for the sake of doing so. The story itself is fun and interesting, if not too abstract at times. Though, it felt rushed near its conclusion after lingering in long stretches of the characters merely getting from A to B. It's a different experience that most games don't seem to explore in the current triple-A gaming landscape, if only possibly because of that more obtuse or abstract nature to its story - which is a sorely lacking space left in today's games. Overall, if you played Alan Wake before and loved it then, it's here still in all it's original glory - including its heavy product placement for Energizer batteries and Verizon cellular services and commercials. If you've not played it, take some caution; it'll either be a great new experience for you or one that will leave you entirely frustrated by aged mechanics and gaming sins of the past.
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