Alan Wake

sparkster82's Alan Wake (Xbox 360) review

Alan, go back to sleep.

Remedy is known for the excellent Max Payne,the bullet time/comicbook like storytelling/ weird in game TV shows. 
Alan wake, their next i.p shure took his time.But hey ,we waited and here it is after 5 years.  
First it is safe to say that some aspects of the game are obsolete,anyway, lets forget the bad facial expressions,bad animations 
and some ugly textures.
What 's annoy me in Alan Wake has a name: cliché.

From the agent of the main protagonist(hello Joe Pesci wannabe) to the pathetics jump-scares, everything that should  
make you believe in the story is wrong:the town folks are insignificants ,dialogues and collectibles manuscript pages are poorly written... the list goes on. 
God! the second part of the game is a bad one-liner championship!  
Its a shame because lighting and particles effects are absolutly stunning ,the atmosphere and sounds are great as well, however the repetitive gameplay and tidious way of killing enemies make the progression unpleasant.   
To be honest I'm not a fan of Stephen King(which is by the way overrated) the obvious inspiration of the writter trapped in his books.    

Lets sum it up shall we? story based game with a bad script.Survival horror not scary. Unfullfilled 5 years wait.  
A all those flaws in 2010 are unforgivable, lets face it    this game is 3 years late.

 

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