This game did strike me as a missed opportunity.
The atmosphere (graphics, sound, artwork) is certainly top notch - the island cabin in the early game had a real 1970's feel to it. But the daylight sections are way too short compared to nighttime (maybe Alan's a bit of a night owl?) and it did seem that the game could have been so much better had these been expanded and given an adventure-game element, where Alan is trying to gather clues and information to figure out what's going on, before nightfall descends and he has to wave his flashlight around (this would have been different from the original game "survival horror" design in that you're collecting information rather than ammo).
A big thumbs-down to the product placement though. Seeing Microsoft Sync on Alice's car at the start of the game always had me wondering how they ever got to Bright Falls without a BSOD...
MarkoH01: ...I also contacted Remedy and asked if they could bring this additional bonus to GOG as well. Fingers crossed.
+1 to this, we really shouldn't be seeing a "cut rate" release on GOG. Compared to most other games though, it is pretty rich in extras.