Alan Wake

When Alan Wake first came out I was one of those very skeptical people. It didn't really interest me at the time and so I just didn't ever think about playing it. A few years after it released, I had an itch for the good survival-horror type game. I had pretty much exhausted all of my options. I saw Alan Wake on a list of on a website and realized that I should at least give it a try. To my surprise it turned out to be one of my favorite games. The story, writing, and voice acting are amazing and kept me extremely engaged until the end. I didn't want it to end. I highly recommend playing this game.

I've never played it for PC but I have for Xbox and I must say, this game is very impressive. For one thing the graphics on this game are great, lots of detail. But the best part about this game is the story, It's so good, and when a game ends like this, you will want to play it again (If you finished the game you know what I mean)! Also, the way they present the story is very... unique. If I didn't have a controller in my hand you'd think it's a TV series. If your a fan of third person shooter games with great graphics, and an even better sometimes spooky story, then you'll love this game!

Honestly, this is really a great game... but I don't know why it needs to be so spooky. It doesn't deserve the 5th star because of it : the spooky obscures the story.

I remeber when this game was being lauded by the Devs as some kind of incredible step forward in immersion and gaming. I looked really forward to getting it, but due to work, etc, never did. Then I got off GOG about a year ago. Now I know this game has been superseded by many others, but it still isn`t very good by itself. The opening scene is graphically nice and you plod along waiting for the good stuff, but then (it seems always at night) the game turns into a boring shooter these wierdos that have been possessed and flashing them with a torch, while wondering around trying to see where next to go. You realise soon that it`s really a very linear shooter with a mystery horror story tagged on. There really isn`t much interaction with anything and soon you even notice that the graphics aren`t as good as at the start. I didn`t even see any horror really. I got bored, then got annoyed when the game just decided to throw weird possessed enemies constantly until my character died. Again and again. I quit and haven`t returned. I`ve seen other games do a far better job of putting a story and game together. I suppose for a couple of quid it`s acceptable, but that`s all it`s worth. Not what it was cracked up to be at all.

Based on "Alan Wake" on Epicgames. I had big expectations for this game considering all the hype I had read about it. And I liked and loved A LOT in the game: The references to other writers, the mini "Twilight Zone"-episodes, the original story, the basis of the game, the sound and music, and so on for example. The graphics are a bit dated now even in 4k, but it was OK. On the other hand, I hated a couple of thing in the game: I hate when it is impossible to save games when you want to as in this game. It forces you to replay and watch cut scenes time after time after time after... when you struggle with areas of a game. Another thing I hate is when I FINALLY have enough weapons and ammunition to begin enjoying playing a game, and then suddenly looses it/gets it taken away from me. This happens time after time after time after... in this game!! I guess the two previous choices by the developers are done to make Alan vulnerable to increase the feeling of danger and thereby make the game more frightening. But to me it only made the game more annoying and frustrating to play. Controlling Alan was challenging: Watching over Alan's shoulder from an angle makes it difficult to maneuver accurately. He usually goes where his flashlight lights. But when running it is "all over the place" and to no help! When fighting you are slow and clumsy against several enemies at once that are more powerful, and at times MUCH faster than you. Shining the torchlight on the enemies and then shooting them without much variation quickly became a little bit tedious... All the product placement, not just the batteries should almost make me deduct an additional star, but I did not do that. All in all, these things made the game fun at times, but mostly boring and annoying for me to play. My i7 7700 with a GTX 1060 ran the game smooth in 4k without a single crash.