Alan Wake
Game » consists of 14 releases. Released May 14, 2010
When famous novelist Alan Wake goes on vacation with his wife Alice, he has no idea that the idyllic town of Bright Falls will soon be the site of a terrible battle between light and dark that could threaten everything, even Wake's own sanity.
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5 (40) 4 (52) 3 (6) 2 (1) 1 (1) 4.3 starsAverage score of 108 user reviews
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Best hrror game possibly? 0
This game has been worked on for over 6 years now (a long development cycle by anyone's standards), but every time it's shown it looks as fresh and crisp as the last time. The game plays out like a horror novel in which the Steven King like protagonist's newest work is coming to life before his eyes. One of the cool features is the game is all narrated by the protagonist, which will add even more of a horror novel feel to the game. Another is the use of light, I've heard this compared to...
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The Thriller Continues 0
I absolutely loved playing through Alan Wake and while it had is issues I was excited to continue the story. The Signal picks up where Alan Wake left off and has Alan trapped in the dark place fighting the echoes of his mind. The first thing to state is that if you bought Alan Wake new this first DLC is free and for free anything is pretty good. The gameplay is pretty much the same as the main game although a few new twists keep it feeling fresh and it had a better sense of urgency than before....
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The Signal Part One 0
The Signal is the first piece of DLC for Alan Wake and is free to those who bought the game new. Picking up immediately after the events of Alan Wake, it is the first of a two parter episode with Part Two coming in September. Wake has succeeded in rescuing his wife from the Dark Presence but there was a price to be paid, Wake is trapped in The Dark Place. The Dark Place is a twisted version of the town of Bright Falls and its surroundings: which was the setting for Alan Wake. To create a new ...
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Pros and Cons: Alan Wake DLC: The Signal 0
Just when you thought the thrilling adventures of famed writer Alan Wake were over, The Signal throws us back into this compelling narrative with Wake desperately trying to escape The Dark Presence. Pros: Picks up right where the main story left off with a nice continuing story.Same great gameplay and atmosphere.Much more challenging encounters this time.Most of the characters like Barry Wheeler and Thomas Zane return and are fully voiced.If you bought Alan Wake new, you get this for free! Con...
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Alan Wake: Another trip through the rabbit hole. 0
Just when I thought I figured out what was going on in Alan Wake, I had to go and play “The Signal.” I had an hour long conversation with SuperTom exploring the plot and feeling comfortable with my conclusion, and then it all went to hell. “The Signal,” the first of two DLC packs for Alan Wake, carries all the mystery and excitement from the game, but brings a new approach at presenting it. It picks up right where the game left off, with Alan still trying to solve the mystery of the dark...
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Alan Wake: The Signal Review 0
This was the first of the two downloadable expansions for the XBOX 360, Alan Wake. I have to say that after one hell of a rollercoaster ride with the actual game, I was pumped to continue on and see if I couldn't get to the bottom of what happened as the game ended. What I found was a sloppy addition. It wasn't bad, it was still Alan Wake, but I was left with the feeling that the expansion changed the game too much. It began to feel arcadey right off the bat, and though I wanted to play through ...
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Good Writer 0
The Writer, the second DLC for Remedy's moody "action-thriller" Alan Wake takes what's best about the original game and puts, quite literally, a new spin on it. It's the same length as most chapters in the game, taking a bit over an hour to complete. We find Alan still trapped in the Dark Place trying to regain his sanity in order to continue his fight for freedom. Helped by the presence of Thomas Zane, Alan must confront his own fears and memories in order to survive.There are three or four maj...
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Worth the Wait? 0
Remedy's Alan Wake, much like their previous product Max Payne, took a long time coming to the stores. It was constantly dropped and picked up. It was repeatedly constructed and broken down. So after six years of waiting Alan Wake finally hit the store, but is it worth it? For what it’s worth Alan Wake is an enjoyable game. If you took the atmosphere from the first Silent Hill games, the action perspective of Resident Evil 4 and threw in a pinch of , you would have Alan Wake. The game offe...
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Great comeback Remedy ! 0
Really great game and great new beginning (saying new because they where gone loooong time. Although they deserved it after Max Payne 1 and 2 ) for Remedy. The story is superb and the whole narration is great. The characters are hit and miss in the game but it's not that bad. Alan is great though. Gameplay is also nice although with some problems. The dodge system to be specific. The music and atmosphere are...PERFECT, you can really feel like you are chased by something scary and it sucks you i...
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Alan Wake Review- Warpzone Gaming 0
By Tom Price It’s rare when a game’s story is worth talking about more than the actual game itself. But it seems that this year we’ve managed to get two such games already. Heavy Rain, back in February, and now on Alan Wake. First announced at E3 in 2005, Alan Wake has been a long time coming, and at least for me and most of the people I’ve talked to, it’s never been entirely clear what kind of game it is. But, five years after being announced, Remedy’s Alan Wake is finally here, so what kind o...
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In the woods at night with a flashlight 0
Horror is common ground for games to inhabit. Many games dabble with the Horror genre, some to a minor degree whilst others tackle it head on without changing course. I can't think of many Western games made that have ever done psychological horror well, most elect to favor the 'Evil Dead' inspired splatterhouse gore-orgy found in your Doom's and Dead Spaces. Alan Wake aims for the Psychological horror region of the Horror world, and manages to be both a Wonderful horror game and a terrible Ps...
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Great Psychological Thriller 0
A game several years in the making, facing several revisions has finally made it through the dark and found the light. Developed by the famed Max Payne developers (Remedy Entertainment), this time we get a horror thriller and new game mechanics using light to scour our way through. The story is the major highlight here for me. Typically a story in a horror movie is garbage, playing off clichés and usually climaxing with a lame ending. In Alan Wake, we get a clever and engaging story surrounding ...
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Its not a lake... 0
Many years ago "Alan Wake" was announced as coming to the PC and Xbox 360. The short trailer I remember watching had Alan running from a tornado as it destroyed the enviroment in an impressive manner. This was game was one of the reasons that I wanted to get a 360. As time went by I began to think that like many games this had become a piece of vaporware. Oh a trailer would be shown here and information leaked over here but it seemed that it was always just out of reach. But after many years of ...
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The closest youl ever get to a Twin Peaks game...well,ok,DP. 0
Let me start by saying i have never played Max Payne 1 or 2 so this is my first remedy game,with that out of the way Alan Wake is one of the most innovative survival horror games to come out and ranks pritty highly up there with games like Dead Space and Residen Evil 4,what sets this game apart from others is its unique combat mechanics, if youve seen any video of the game you already know what im talking about,Light. yup thats right what is usualy just a flash light in other similer games that ...
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A light at the end of the tunnel 0
After its showing at E3 2005, Alan Wake has consistently been near the top of my most wanted games every year. And now that it has finally arrived, it's hard not to be a little disappointment with the apparent transformation the title has undergone in its lengthy development process. Originally touted as an open-structured horror game with a persistent day/night cycle in which you would seek clues during the day and fend off the denizens of darkness at night, Wake has devo...
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alan wake good job 0
i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good, i walkthoug this game feel very good...
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Alan Wake is a atmospheric thriller that deserves to be played. 0
I love Remedy, in fact I have no problem saying that they are one of my favorite developers. And it's on that note that I step into the realm of Alan Wake, Remedys long awaited survival-horror game. In Alan Wake you play as a famous writer named ( obviously ) Alan Wake. The story follows Alan and his wife Alice as they take a vacation in a small town called Bright Falls. As you may have already guessed, things don't go as planned and Alan finds himself in the middle of the woods with no answer ...
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Alan Wake Me When Remedy Returns. 0
"Stephen King once wrote, 'Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there’s little fun to be had in explanations; they’re antithetical to the poetry of fear'." I'm not trying to get all subliminal or thought-provoking here, this is literally the first line of dialogue in Remedy's long awaited Alan Wake. The quoted sentence instantly sets the tone of the events to come throughout the entire game, subtlety be damned. Instead of the pulpy noir that unfolded in their previous efforts, the Max Payn...
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Alan Wake Flickers With Potential 0
I either missed the initial wave of excitement about Alan Wake when it was announced at E3 in 2005 or I had completely forgotten about it since it was so long ago. My discovery of the game came in 2009's E3 presentation, where the video footage absolutely blew me away. I could immediately tell that this was a story that I wanted to get lost in. I love it when a game tries to mess with my head. I was sold on the premise and the trust that Remedy could deliver the gameplay goods with Microsoft k...
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Pros and Cons: Alan Wake 0
Welcome to Twin Peaks-- shit, I mean... Welcome to Bright Falls, the quaint Washington mountain town that's home to a deep, dark secret and the setting of Alan Wake, the new action/adventure title from the title-named-after-protagonist-with-word-play-in-his-name guys, Remedy. Wake is a well-known writer who goes to Bright Falls on vacation with his wife after suffering from a severe case of writer's block. As quickly as they arrive, however, Mrs. Wake is mysteriously kidnapped, and Alan is thrus...
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? 0
I stopped sleeping with a light on when I was about 4 years old... and I just plugged in a nightlight. Alan Wake is one of the most atmospheric and genuinely creepy games I have ever played and brings a new meaning to being afraid of the dark. Alan Wake is developed by Remedy, a Finnish studio best know for the creation of the film-noir crime drama Max Payne and its sequel, The Fall of Max Payne. These games set new standards for third-person shooters and introduced us to a mechanic that has ...
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Nonstop Thrill Ride! 0
From the exciting and foreboding opening lines to the blood-curdling revelations just before the credits, Alan Wake is a nonstop thrill ride. Remedy Studios, the developers behind the acclaimed film-noir series Max Payne, has put five long years of hard work into this story-driven horror project since its announcement in 2005. Many were skeptical that Remedy would ever deliver an actual game, much less a good one. Luckily, I can safely say without a shadow of a doubt that those skeptics were de...
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After six years Alan wake finally arrives on xbox 360. 0
The long wait has done nothing to dull peoples interest in the games proposition. The question is has time been to the games benefit? A lot of great and groundbreaking games have been released since the games original announcement and it comes now after a year of top releases for all consoles. Alan is an author with a bad case of writers block. He heads with his wife to the idyllic town of Bright falls to recharge and find inspiration. At first look the town is a non to exceptional pl...
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Looking out into a pitch black sky. 0
When you think of a survival horror game what do you think of? A wonderfully diabolical scheme by some disturbing memorable villains hell bent on taking over whatever they can by any means necessary. And of course your sad sack of a character gets dropped into this mess and has to deal with all this shit going down as well as, most of the time anyway, some deep dark secrets from their past waiting to jump up and bite you in the ass at every turn. There are of course exceptions to these rules, su...
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Action Tweed! 0
Alan Wake, the game, is amazing. I'm starting to think it's got the best story, and best use of story, in a game since Bioshock. Aside from some truly amazingly bad product placement I've been loving every minute. The Environment The look is beautiful. There's dense foliage, moody mist, terrific lighting effects as you might expect when the game play focuses so much on the use of light. The art direction and level design are superb. It's linear as all hell, which allows them to pack more things...
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There's something off about Bright Falls... 0
Remedy Entertainment announced Alan Wake all the way back in 2005 during the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo. Since then it’s popped on and off of people’s radars at sparing intervals, and now that it’s finally been released, it seems as if Duke Nukem Forever should be only just around the corner. It can then only be described as fortunate that with such a long development period, Alan Wake has turned out to be a compelling and rewarding title to experience. The game’s protagonist holds the...
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Alan Wake: Something Bumping in the Night 0
As a kid, I would constantly be terrified by the subtle horrors that Stephen King would give to life in his creative wrks, wrestling with nightmares while still utterly compelled in my anxiousness to turn the next page and see what happens next. The same can be said for Alan Wake, which conducts the exact same atmospheric dissonance of a Stephen King novel, thereby compelling gamers to feel seized by similar feelings of dread. Without being grotesquely terrifying as one of the many Sile...
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Darkness Hasn't been Brighter 0
Remedy (the developers of Max Payne and Max Payne 2) have been working on Alan Wake since early 2000. That may seem like a long time, and that is because it is. Alan Wake has gone through many changes over the ten year development cycle. The final product was well worth the wait for people wanting to control horror novel author, Alan Wake. To be honest I was not really interested in this game until it came out and I started seeing more about it. In the game you play as a writer aptly nam...
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Dense but Intense 0
Another older review that never got posted to GB. This was my first video review so the audio is pretty much a single take and I say "uh" a lot. Otherwise it should be fine....
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Alan Wake was well worth the wait 0
Remedy's MasterpieceAlan Wake is definitely well worth at least a single playthrough. It is an experience with few flaws that can be overlooked in comparison with how superb the game is overall. You'll both hate and love what this place represents by the time you finish the game. I started playing the game on its release date and finished it after 11 hours of psychological thrills dispersed over almost 2 months. The reason for this is how I chose to play it: as a TV series. The game consi...
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For the most part, an engaging and intriguing horror game 0
“ Stephen King once wrote “Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear””- so begins Alan Wake , protagonist suspense writer Alan Wake's wearisome tones narrating over the sweeping vistas of the idyllic setting of Bright Falls. Inspired by the collected works of novelist Stephen King and the TV series Twin Peaks , Alan Wake by the Finnish studio Remedy Entertainment has been a while coming to fruition- revealed a...
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Make sure to stay Awake for this one 0
It has been a long time coming. Remedy takes a long time with their games but Alan Wake has finally woken up (pun intended). While it showcases itself as a thriller-horror this games plays out very much like an action game. That’s not to say it is a bad thing, as a matter of fact it’s a good game that everyone should play but there are some issues to it. First let us start with the story since this game is very very story driven. As a matter of fact it is just a single player game. ...
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Great Story with amazing atmosphere coupled with strong combat 0
The major problem that exists with nearly all video games is the implementation of narrative. Whether it be the crappy writing, poor voice acting or general lack of any story whatsoever, I will be the first to say that narrative’s in video games generally suck with very few exceptions. “Alan Wake” on the other hand, is a brilliant example of a well constructed and engaging story which is implemented into a game effectively. The protagonist Alan Wake is a famous novelist who has been suf...
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Cardinal Reviews. 4
Alan wake is the first game where I really got drawn into all the hype. It was the first game where I had to watch every trailer. And the live action “Bright Falls” shorts added to draw me into Alan’s world even deeper. Considering the long production period and all the hype I steeled myself for the worst. This game had all the potential in the world for greatness, and also all the possibilities to be horrendous. When I finally picked up my collector’s edition copy, I was not disappointed. Sur...
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Alan Wake review 0
Alan Wake's best thing is by far the story and chilling atmosphere. The story focuses on Alan Wake who is not a typical video game hero. When running out of ideas he moves to a desolate place by the sea and not before long his wife goes missing. Alan himself wakes up in his crashed car in a sort of bunker thing having no memory of what happened, he also starts to find manuscript pages which he dosen't remember writing and you can collect these and really should read them to fill in little elemen...
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Alan Wake: Are You Afraid? 0
Game Description: An “Are-You-Afraid-Of-the-Dark” action/thriller following the struggles of the protagonist, Alan Wake, as he searches for his lost wife, Alice, in the darkness. Alan Wake starts off with a quote from Stephen King, stating that in a good horror story the author does not explain all the mysteries. “The unanswered mystery is what stays with us the longest, and it’s what we’ll remember in the end.” So, right from the beginning, I knew that most of my questions probably wo...
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Alan Wake - Bad things happen when the sun goes down sometimes... 0
Cast your mind back to when you were a young child. Afraid of the dark and the monsters that lay in wait. Monsters that not only seemed real, but would attack and devour you the second you close your eyes. Your parents purchased a nightlight that would keep those monsters at bay, seeing as how monsters of the dark are afraid of light and all. Remedy’s Alan Wake is like a video game version of the above scenario. The light is your friend in this third-person shooter. You play as the titular Wa...
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Alan Wake – Me and My Shadows 0
Alan Wake Review – Me and My Shadows I think we’ve all played a game that was a critical darling, but for some reason it just didn’t resonate with you as the player. There is nothing wrong with that feeling, it’s up there with I drink Pepsi but you drink Coke because you hate all that is good in the world. Alan Wake was a game I really wanted to like, and it has many elements of a game that I should like. Third Person Action Shooter, I like those. A game with a mystery/thriller type stor...
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Let's Shake N' Wake 0
Alan Wake is a single-player story gamer's dream. Action packed combat, a roller coaster storyline and gameplay simply oozing with graphical magic. Since the announcement of Alan Wake in 2005 gamers have patiently waited on the development of Wake - so long some thought it was vaporware. But after 5 years of waiting, the game arrived. Dorks congregating for Wake. Single player nerds like myself (I like multiplayer just fine, haters) waited in line. And boy, was it worth the wait. Rem...
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Solid Story and Atmosphere Partially Hides Boring Gunplay 0
The fog around you bristles with a palpable dread. You stumble forward, axes whistling by your head. You dodge the cold of a rusty knife and sprint towards a generator in the distance. Your breath haggard, you fumble with a flare lighting it only seconds before a chainsaw mauls your gut. The Taken shrink back from the red spark. You grab the string on the generator, pulling it quickly to start it. The generator stalls as your flare dies. You quickly light another one, shivering in the col...
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Dark Nightmare in Bright Falls 0
Alan Wake is a best-selling author who is in need of a break. After completing his series of popular books, he suffers from writer’s block. Wanting to help him clear his head, his wife Alice convinces him to take a vacation to a small town called where they can relax from the big city life, and get Wake back on the writing path. Once they get to , things make a turn for the worse… Bright Falls isn't the vacation Alan expected This long awaited game from Remedy, creators of the Max Payne ser...
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A Very Special Episode 0
A dense fog dwells in the darkness. It shrouds the landscape. A crow cries out but the fog is more audible than the bird. Out of the gloom a figure emerges. It has only one goal in mind, to lop off your head with a razor sharp sickle. In Alan Wake such scenario's happen quite often. When this game was first unveiled in 2005 no one had any idea where this game was going except for that it looked really good. Now that it has been released it is apparent that those five years were well spent....
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Alan Wake Review 0
By - Richard J.It has been a long time coming. Rumored to have been in the planning stages since as early as 2001; Alan Wake is finally here. This action, survival horror game has fought against numerous delays to finally make it's way to day light. A dark vs. light fight similar to what you will experience once you dive into Alan Wake. Despite the numerous delays, I can happily tell you that Alan Wake was everything I was hoping it would be, and maybe even more.The basic plot of Alan Wake is th...
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Alan Wake 0
Does Alan Wake live up to the massive hype it generated before release? Yes and no. Alan Wake is a game that frustrates me. It's not too difficult or anything, but there is a problem. For a game that has so much potential it has a few glaring flaws that rear their heads even when I'm thinking the rest of the game is wonderful. But I'm getting ahead of myself here. The basic premise of the game is simple. You play Alan Wake, a popular writer whose recent writer's block sends him to a sma...
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