Posted on: December 23, 2020
Krasnoludek5
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Not horrible, but pretty bland
So, first, GAMEPLAY: I’m sorry to say that I think the base gameplay loop is boring as hell. The base mechanic is as such: you shine your light at the enemies for long enough to pierce the supernatural darkness that covers them, and then shoot them. Done. Repeat a couple hundred times through the game. The main gimmick with the darkness wears off pretty quickly, because here’s the thing: there are three types of enemies, total. Regular Taken, strong Taken and fast Taken. There are also Taken birds, but I don’t really count them as you encounter them only a couple of times through the game, and you only have to shine your light at them to destroy them quickly. The repetative gameplay is exacerbated by the repetative LEVEL DESIGN, too. It’s not an overstatement to say that about half of Alan Wake takes place in the samey-looking dark spoopy forests and logging camps. They are cool and atmospheric the first couple of times, what with the foggy foreboding trees, but in the end they all blend together and there’s nothing to do in them anyway, apart from just fighting the same repetative enemies. So that leaves the story. It wasn’t horrible or anything, but it was okay. It kinda lacks memorable characters, too. Alan Wake himself is a boring protagonist and a bit of a douche, but not in a way that’s particularly fun. The only real highlight of the game is the soundtrack, it features a number of songs that not only sound nice, but also tie into the plot. My favourite is the Poet and the Muse, which re-tells backstory of important events and serves as plot clues all in ballad-like form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeSUvoY2oUk If you would would like to see someone trying to explore everything and experience the story for the first time, you can see a blind playthrough here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh3yieVJjpM&list=PLp4TpsJ7HUWW3jmaWqeX2qNFTozXvLLwc
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