Alan Wake Game Review

Alan Wake!!! What can I say about this game, The story is you are a famous writer name….wait for it Alan Wake and you are with your wife Alice and you are on vaction and everything is fine until someone mysteriously took your wife and your job is to find out who done it…. Or is it what done it? Alan Wake unravels the mystery of the town fighting god knows what. Reminds me of an X File six part episode movie, which is great if you are into that type of genre. The character design and development are made good to the point where once you get into this game you can’t stop until you find out what got Alice.


Overall the presentation is the Graphics has a lot of detail especially the lighting effects used on this game is top notch and extremely useful because Alan Wake’s flashlight in the game is basically a light saber to a Jedi., the sound effects are also top notch and if you are like me into deep effects and immersion of sound in every angle of the room then Alan Wake does not disappoint. The Game play of Alan Wake reminds me of Alone Dark Meets Max Payne in a no holds bard in Silent Hill Valleys. They combat system ala Max Payne’s bullet time is not as extreme but the way they portrayed in this game is very entertaining against the forces of darkness. Like I said before your flashlight is one of your main and important weapons but also flares is essential in your arsenal which stun and hold back your enemies but also chip away the shadowy armor once the pieces of shadow is take away from the enemy you can switch to real weapons like a shotgun, there is also a doge action but you really have to be on your toes to use it since most of the enemies are fast. The only downsize is the camera when controlling your character, since you are in the forest the majority of the time the shadow atmosphere might block your vision when attacking or dodging the shadow enemies. Don’t get me wrong this game is not all dark all the time you will be going through the day meeting with town folk drive from point A to point b, so the game won’t bore you. There are also a lot of hidden items and collectibles in the game to help you on your quest. There are also interactive areas around you like watching Night Springs which is a parody of The Twilight Zone which provides more immersion of the game which I recommend if you are going to play Alan Wake.


Overall the game if fun if your into this type of genre it has the suspense, thrills, humor of a good paranoia game and plays to me like a TV show. If we add the same elements and 2 player coop with bad ass characters we could have a good Super Natural Video game, but hey that s just me, until next time geeks.