Alan Wake's American Nightmare

While not as magnificent a story as the original, it is still a well told chapter in it's own rigth. It advances the overall narrative while we wait for Alan Wake 2, and most importantly it's just fun to play. The music and the voice acting are top notch, and I really enjoy Alan's evolution into a more capable action hero following his exploits in the first game. He's sort of like a serious version of Ash from the Evil Dead.

Highly undervalued product - really thrilling story and it's exciting realisation. Great thriller - as if u hav watched a dozen of thriller stories at once. Costs much less than contains - really atmospheric and balls-clutching! =)

Before we start I have to say that I don't actually feel like this is a spin-off... To me this is the actual closed ending to the original Alan Wake. The lenght is the same of 1-2 chapters of the original game, the story is connected to the original game and close the Alan Wake personal story. That's why I will not judge this as a standalone game. I also will ignore the fact that you need to buy both Alan Wake and American Nightmare to get the whole experience... because I got this game as a gift so I don't care. Still if you are not a fan I think you should not buy Alan Wake at all because a cut ending is a bad thing. Anyway I gave Alan Wake 4 stars.... yes I think American Nightmare is better than the original game because: 1. The story was already good in the original game and this is just the end of it. 2. The gameplay is less repetitive because there is more variety in enemies. 3. I think woods of the original game are boring. 4. There are less cutscenes and less linear path to follow. I think American Nightmare got the variety and the less linear feeling that lack the original game, that's why I give it 5 stars.

Compared to the first game, this one is boring and repetative. The time loop plot becomes annoying when you have to redo everything you did before the time loop. Also the plot isn't that interesting to begin with anyways.

This game is very different from the original. It is not as spooky and misterious as the original, and it is much more action-oriented. It lacks that amazing atmosphere of the original. There are a few new enemies in addition to the original taken. There are a lot more guns, including fully automatic firearms. Ammo is a plenty. Overall, its a good game. It is different. It is very short, so you might want to get it on sale. Mr. Scratch is awesome.