Alan Wake

I suppose somebody at Remedy did: I’ve never seen it.

There seems to be a consensus between many people here that while the game is good, it ultimately has a lot of flaws and is disspoainting in some areas.

I don't see how it got universally praised across the board. Respect to Eurogamer for being one of the only media outlets to give it an average score. ACG also said the game was lacking, I knew I should of trusted him as he is normally right on the money.

I don’t really give a shit about the lore tbh but I found all the telekinesis/bullet time/that sort of thing really fun in Control and Quantum Break and Max Payne. In other words the gamey bits.

Whereas in this that side of things is quite shit.

I thought the gameplay in Control was fucking brilliant. Flying around lobbing desks at people. The combat in this is, in all honesty, utter horseshit.

It really is an excellent atmospheric horror themed walking simulator. I don't mean that prejoratively. I haven't played a game that affected me this much since alien isolation. The story is engaging.

Everything else about it ranges from ok to meh. Especially, as kal says, the "gamey" bits.

Yeah the combat isn't great really. Feels like a step back, it's visually very kinetic and punchy but the player character feels waaay too sluggish compared to the enemies they are facing.

I must say they definitely had good progression on abilities from Quantum Break to Control. You feel very powerful. The personal weapon also headshots like a beast.

I'm still looking forward to AW2 because I loved the world, and I like how it sounds quite different. Having just played QB and Control I won't necessarily be needing more of the same.

With Control I enjoyed the combat, where here I can handle like 2-3 enemies, but any more and it becomes an ordeal. Like 3 wolves at once involves a couple tries from me, can’t hit them unless I stun them first. Also when enemies get close and grab me, I get out but the camera has panned any which way except where I want it.

Did the riddle in the shipyard on the way back from the old folks home, had to leg it because it spawns 5 enemies and my flashlight had ran out. Like in Control I felt like I could do some side missions and upgrade my way out of problems.

Best place to ask the question. I've started on Alan Wake Remastered this week and have bought Alan Wake 2 to play right after. But I also have Control which I shelved after a couple of hours years ago. As spoiler free as possible; how necessary is it to play Control before AW 2 in order to get the full Remedy Universe experience? I don't mind doing that if it makes the overall experience better but also wouldn't mind getting onto AW 2 as soon as I can.

I'm doing Control now, first. There are links to AW in it, so, I'd say do Control first. It's also brilliant, so....

The AWE DLC is very connected to events in Alan Wake and hints towards Alan Wake 2. The base game has some nods, but those are more Easter eggs than anything substantial. From what I've played of AW2 so far, it is clearly set in the same world as Control and even has a character from Control pop up. Doesn't seem essential to have played the game, but nice to have that continuity.

I'm feeling quite mixed about this game, it's got great atmosphere but the combat doesn't feel fit for purpose especially when it comes to the bosses. I've just done one that felt absolutely unfair when you factor how much damage they took, how slow you move, how many attacks they threw and the amount of post processing filling the screen which made it really difficult to see what the actual fuck was going on.

The one after.

Someone has hacked together the video files from that section from Alan's part. Pretty interesting to watch without any gameplay.