Alan ... Wake up.
Alan Wake, have you heard of the name? Many haven't, but after playing this you'll remember it forever. Alan Wake is a game made by Remedy exclusive to Xbox 360. Haha suck on that PS3. It is a game that is quite unique, you don't often run around with a torch everywhere in a video game. What is Alan Wake? Alan Wake is a man so you should've asked "Who is Alan Wake?" But no matter. Alan Wake is a writer, in the game he goes on holiday (vacation) to try and get away from his work, although it doesn't turn out to be all that peaceful. Alan had an idea of writing a horror story but it wasn't down on paper yet. On their holiday the story comes to life off the page as if he HAS already written it. Should i say written or wrote? Oh well.
So now you know the basics of the story. Cutscenes: Cutscenes are a big part of this game as they come in quite often and when they do, they're special. I'm not spoiling the story but let me just say that the end cutscene takes about ten minutes. WHOA!
Currently the game is Single-player only. You play through six episodes each of which are very lengthy but fun all the same. The game is by no means perfect. Eg: The game is always nighttime and that can get a bit annoying. At times you'll just be tired of the dark and want to see some proper daylight again.
DLC add-ons have been planned and i'm guessing that they will be extra episodes, but who knows? Well Remedy knows, but apart from them who knows?
So overall Alan Wake is a fantastic game with a great storyline, bamboozling cutscenes and great gameplay. But the game is not a 5 star game for a few reasons: It's nearly always nighttime, no multi-player and sometimes frustrating guns which run out of ammo to quickly. I'd recommend this game to 3rd person shooter fans or anyone who likes a good plot.
The good:
Fantastic Storyline.
Great cutscenes.
Awesome jacket Alan!
The bad:
More daytime please.
Multi-player?
We are out of ammo and we have no melee button. Screwed.
