Alan Wake

"Alan Wake" is to "Max Payne" like one thing is the same as the next thing but in a different direction.

This game in its core is similar to "Max Payne". Animations, Sounds, the fact that the story is told through a book just like in "Max Payne" the story is told through a series of comics, and the overall feeling and atmosphere that this game creates for you, all of that is like "Max Payne", and better.

The setting on the other hand is in the direction of "Alone in the Dark 5". You can drive cars, you can blow up flammables to kill your enemies, you are pretty much alone... in a darkness... a mysterious darkness.

The game has so many, so many... many, many gems.. diamonds.. golden hidden things in it. For instance, the original score, when you hear it, it just blows the mind. The sound effects, little things like that which makes the game in its overall package even more compelling. A complete comprehensive and compelling story, really, the story is what makes it so good, and the way the story is being revealed.

Alan Wake is a writer of horror novels.

You can buy his latest creation at video stores near you. Or you can wait for the movie to come out in a couple of years... :/ - Don't do that, BTW.

Alan Wake, game released in 2010 and developed by Remedy Entertainment. In the game you play Alan Wake, a very famous writer who hasn't written any books in recent years because he's suffering from writer's block. With encouragement from his wife Alan along with her they go to the small town of Bright Falls and then Alan begins to experience supernatural experiences and seeks to unravel the mystery behind it all and rescue his beloved wife who is missing.

Alan Wake is a game with an interesting narrative, during the game, in addition to having the narration of Alan's thoughts, we also have other elements that make the game feel like a book, both for the events and for some lines and type of language used in certain scenes. The Gameplay elements in its base is from Survival Horror, I as a fan of this genre really enjoyed being able to face enemies with Survival Horror mechanics. The game's soundtrack I thought was impeccable, very good and mixes very well with the moment, being often a tense and electrifying track to keep the tension of the fight, but the game also prefers to keep only with the ambient sound, causing many of the sometimes a build up of tension, of knowing that at any moment something might appear, of knowing that nothing around you but your flashlight can protect you.

The characters as any good plot are well developed, at most there is a single character that doesn't have much basis but we can know more about him through the manuscripts we found. From Alan to characters like Waitress Rose are well presented, even though some have little screen time, the game's narrative makes us empathize with them and know that they exist, besides it's a small town and we have this feeling that everyone know each other.

The game's story is something extremely good, in addition to all the elements I've told so far that makes the game wonderful, the story is the main course, as it is an original, deep, interpretive and well-developed plot, a game rich in its universe, not delivering the information to the player from trays, but building the story little by little until reaching its conclusion. I particularly love this type of plot that makes you pay attention to understand things, and as I said above the narrative contributes a lot because it makes you get stuck in the plot and want to know what will happen next.

Alan Wake is an extraordinary game that I won't forget, the experience I had playing was unique, still this year 2021 Remake will be out so I hope more people will play this wonder. Alan Wake clasp with a 9/10 grade.

First of all, I am a fan of Alan Wake and I'd play the sequel in a heartbeat if they ever made one. It's atmospheric, cinematic and rife with panicked encounters. At least, it is for the first two chapters. After that, it loses much of its magic for the simple reason that you become conditioned to it. There are only so many possessed humans jumping out of bushes and coming at you with an axe you can handle before it becomes laborious to blind them and then shoot them. Rinse and repeat over and over again for 6 full chapters. What the game desperately needed was a more varied backdrop than endless forests at night time and swarms upon swarms of the same enemy type. Despite this, it remains one of the better horror games out there, and for this very reason it is still that cult classic that people just can't seem to stop talking about. If you haven't had your hands on a copy yet, what are you waiting for?

Over 5 years in the making, the spiritual successor of Max Payne 1 is a very cinematic game with good narrative and atmosphere. The tutorial may seem lame, but it gets better. The combat mechanics combining firearms and light work well. The graphics are excellent, if not technically, then certainly artistically. This is an xbox port done right, with minimal consolitis, after using the following tweaks: add "-rigidcamera" (no mouse accel) and "-noblur" to the executable's launch commands, and max the FOV and "direct aiming" in the settings). Be sure to play this at night in a quiet room when there is no one else in the house - anything else does not do it justice.

Playing this game 10 years later their are obviously a few areas in the graphics and gameplay that feel a little dated however the story and overall game are compelling enough for this game to still be enjoyable to this very day! Could possibly have been a little longer but other than that no complaints.