Posted on: November 24, 2023

Seb-gog

Игр: 193 Отзывов: 82

Pleasant surprise!

Got into playing this old game in 2023, and my expectations were VERY LOW! I thought I would regret my purchase within an hour or so. I was wrong - I got lots of entertainment from this game! Graphics look very good being from 2012, and the sound is top-notch - very immersive overall! I like all the characters you get to meet, and sometimes have by your side while fighting, but it can feel lonely/boring when you are left all alone for long parts. Very relaxing game, sitting in the couch and playing with a controller. I'm VERY bad at aiming with controller, but no problem in this game, cause you don't have a crosshair making headshots, you just shoot in the general direction of your light cone. So for people like me, wanting to relax with controller but being very bad at aiming, this game is very chill! Biggest downside is probably that it isn't scary, and it is very linear and scripted. I never bothered saving the game, not sure if you can or not, it's got frequent savepoints, so I never had any problem with that. Playing on easy was perfect for me, and some sequences I had to replay a few times, so it was a perfect challenge. If you are skilled you should probably up the difficulty a step or two...

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Posted on: July 10, 2024

ChrisOzzie

Владелец игры

Игр: 778 Отзывов: 56

Superb Story, Unremarkable Gameplay

First, let me explain why I still recommend horror fans or those looking for a great narrative experience to give Alan Wake a try: - Story! In short, the story is very creative, interesting and frankly carries the game. But you play as an author going on a vacation with his wife in an unassuming village. He becomes forcibly set apart from her and gets sucked into a nightmarish, sort of alternate dimension full of darkness and ghostly creatures. What I loved is how the player is forced to question what is real and what is a hallucinogenic dream. I had a lot of fun piecing together what the heck actually happens in this game. - Great Graphics, Great Port: Alan Wake 1 is over 10 years old, but still looks pretty good. A lot of the environmental effects look nightmarish and freaky. The animations leaves a lot to be desired, but was acceptable back when this was made and won't disappoint you. ALSO, the game didn't stutter or crash once! - Serviceable Combat: You basically just shine light on enemies and shoot them. Much like the Uncharted games, Alan Wake's combat does the job, but doesn't break any ground as opposed to, let's say, Deus Ex or Resident Evil. Here are some disappointments i had with Alan Wake 1: - You LOSE your items very often: Unlike in Deus Ex 1 or Bioshock 1, you can't get them back and have to find new weapons again. It's not a big deal because you don't accumulate tons of items, but is still a frustrating mechanic. - No progression. People LOVED Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space so much because you can upgrade weapons and find items and money. In Alan Wake, you can only find new weapons or flashlights and can't upgrade or improve your character in any way. - Generic Combat: like I said above, the gameplay isn't good or bad and gets the job done. Just don't expect anything exceptional. I DO recommend you pick this game up, because I still had a lot of fun and bet you'll enjoy it too (plus it's pretty inexpensive).

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Posted on: October 29, 2023

TheCoracle

Владелец игры

Игр: Отзывов: 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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Posted on: May 14, 2014

KingTentacleAU

Владелец игры

Игр: 205 Отзывов: 5

DO NOT BUY IF YOU HAVE A WEAK PC

if you are on a low end machine, double the minimum to run this game and then you can play it on maybe 30fps on min-mid settings. the game is very GPU heavy, needing a min 2xMSAA to run that cannot be turned lower, shaders cannot be turned off. the game also has a shocking motion blur "feature" i recommend adding "-noblur" to the launch command line in the shortcut. this all said, if you can get this game to run, then you will have a great tense thriller that plays out like a TV show with episodes and even a tv like "last seen on alan wake" segment after leaving play then coming back on another day. when you get over the strange play camera angle you have a good solid combat system reminiscent of resident evil. if you are after a freaky survial horror game this is not that type of game, its more of a creepy suspenseful thriller, the game does a great job telling the story and pacing the game. if you like resi evil style games and or love thriller type games give this one a go.

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Posted on: October 29, 2018

Edmon9

Игр: 143 Отзывов: 8

Атмосферно

На один раз игра очень хороша. Загадочность, атмосфера, боёвка, приятный графоуни - то что затягивает. Рекомендую. Из минусов - порой затянуто.

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