Alan Wake Remastered

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I never played Alan Wake in 2010 when it was released. Not sure why, but I think there was this prick on a podcast talking warmly about it so I decided it was not for me. Then I played Control and I realized there were references I didn’t get because I hadn’t played Alan Wake. Alan Wake 2 came out and I didn’t feel I could play it because I hadn’t played its predecessor and now there’s a new Control in the making and I need to get up to speed. So I played Alan Wake Remastered.

Alan Wake is a third person horror game where you play as Alan. You are a writer and have gone to Bright Falls on vacation with your wife. However, things transpire and you find yourself without wife, hunted in the forest, in the night, by crazy shades that want to kill you. The game is about rescuing your wife from the darkness. 

Most of the game takes place in the dark and the only thing that can protect you from the Taken is your flashlight. (and a huge load of bullets)

This is absolutely a PlayStation 3 game in new clothes. It plays like a PlayStation 3 game. It looks like a PlayStation 3 game. It has one gameplay mechanic, running through the woods fighting shades, and it repeats that until the end. In the first three chapters there’s very little change of scenery at all. You move from light to light, getting ambushed in the darkness between, and the game is quite boring.

Then the story picks up. First I wasn’t feeling it at all. Yeah, yeah, this writer is writing the story that he is experiencing. I had already been spoiled of that, but then it takes some seriously dark turns and even held some surprises for me at the end. It was the story that kept me playing and got me through this otherwise pretty dull shooter.

Sometimes inanimate objects will be come very animated and throw themselves at you.

The music and sound scape is also something that really stands out in this game. It does a lot to the atmosphere and I really enjoyed the musical outros to all the chapters.

When I was at it, I decided that I was going to play the DLC as well. There are two extra chapters, Special 1 – The Signal and Special 2 – The Writer. Both of these are really good and I enjoyed them much more than the base game. Now I’m really looking forward to Alan Wake 2.

I rate this game as GOOD.

Rating: 3 out of 5.

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