Alan Wake's American Nightmare

للي مهتم بالمراجعة بالعربي يحصلها هنا ( https://backloggd.com/u/Ammar_114/review/4950413/ ) Alan Wake's American Nightmare This game is a short spin-off in the series that leans more towards action compared to the psychological horror of the first game. Its events take place entirely within an episode of the fictional TV show Night Springs, which Alan Wake used to write episodes for early in his career. The Story and General Plot Alan Wake is still trapped in the Dark Place. Through his writing, he is able to send a projection or a version of himself to a fictional town in Arizona. His main goal in this game is to stop his dark, evil copy known as Mr. Scratch (who I was wondering about after finishing the base game). Mr. Scratch is an entity that serves the Dark Presence, and his goal is to take over Alan Wake's real life, ruin his reputation, and most importantly, get to Alan's wife, Alice. To fight him, Alan Wake finds himself stuck in a time loop where he is forced to traverse through three main locations. In every loop, he changes a minor detail that makes a difference in the next one, in order to break the loop and defeat his evil copy. The three locations where the events take place are: The Motel and Rest Stop The Observatory The Drive-in Theater Main Characters Alan Wake: The protagonist. Mr. Scratch: The game's villain. Emma Sloan: A mechanic in charge of the motel and rest stop, and she is the first one to help us. Dr. Rachel Meadows: An astronomer located at the observatory. She helps us by receiving a specific space signal necessary to break the loop. Serena Valdivia: The person in charge of running the drive-in theater, who is under the control of the darkness before our hero saves her. Gameplay The game still relies on the core mechanic of using a flashlight to break the enemy's shield and then defeating them with a weapon. However, this game introduces a few additions to the gameplay: New Weapons: They added extra weapons in a way that is much more fun than the first game, where the variety was weak. New Enemies: This time around, there is a respectable variety of creatures, unlike the first game where variety was practically non-existent. Manuscript Pages: This time, you don't just collect them for the story; they actually matter because you need them to unlock weapon chests inside the game. Overall Experience 5/10 Generally, if I approach this experience purely from a gameplay perspective? It beats the first game 10 to 0. And as a complete game? It's better than the first. However, I still prefer the first game over it because of the mystery, the story, and the atmosphere. That's what made me finish the first one and get hyped for the second one just to know the continuation of the story. As for this installment? I don't see it adding anything to the series other than answering the question: "Who is this second version of me?" which looked super sketchy. Excited for the rest of Remedy's games 🦍🦍🦍

this is great, i love the story even tho i understood almost nothing i love that [spoiler]timeloop thing[/spoiler]this was really fun im glad that they [spoiler]skipped a few parts in the later acts so it doesnt get repetitive[/spoiler]

Alan Wake's American Nightmare to krótszy i bardziej arcade'owy spin-off pierwszego Alana Wake'a, który mocniej stawia na strzelanie, ale nadal zachowuje charakterystyczny klimat serii. Alan trafia do surrealistycznej wersji Arizony i próbuje powstrzymać Mr. Scratcha – swojego psychopatycznego sobowtóra. Historia ponownie bawi się motywami światła, ciemności i zmieniania rzeczywistości. System walki pozostaje znajomy: najpierw osłabiamy Opętanych światłem latarki, a następnie eliminujemy ich bronią palną. Tym razem arsenał jest większy, przeciwników więcej, a całość jest wyraźnie bardziej dynamiczna. Kampania jest krótka i wykorzystuje powtarzające się lokacje, co momentami daje się odczuć. Ciekawym dodatkiem jest jednak tryb Fight Till Dawn, w którym odpieramy kolejne fale przeciwników i walczymy o jak najlepszy wynik. Największym atutem nadal pozostają atmosfera, muzyka i sam Alan. Mr. Scratch również wypada świetnie jako kompletnie szalona, przerysowana wersja głównego bohatera. Nie dorównuje pierwszemu Alanowi Wake'owi pod względem fabuły i klimatu, ale jako mniejszy, bardziej nastawiony na akcję dodatek do tego uniwersum sprawdza się bardzo dobrze. Polecam.

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No I 100% ed this game, because I have a problem. Famous author Alan Wake is back. He's a writer and he's dropped of in a darknessed infused town of Arizona. Once more, needing to don his flashlight, and prove that though the pen is mightier than the sword, it's not mightier than a nail gun. This canon event of the Remedy Universe, is a mercifully short Microsoft arcade vehicle that really doesn't have much going for it. It boast better combat and lung capacity but misses out on charm, story, voice acting, or sense save one part; Mr. Scratch. The video messages of the altered ego of Alan who taunts, murders, and hams his way through interactions is very much the tongue in cheek, parody/love letter we've come to expect from Sam Lake. But everything else has less heart than Barbra Jagger. Alan interacts with 3 areas, each anchored by a woman who's dialog and delivery I found lacking. One in particular made me uncomfortable to listen to. It is one of those "what where they thinking? kind of moments. This game is a loop. Talk to an NPC lady. Kill some enemies. Listen to Mr. Scratch. Collect items. Boss fight. Repeat that 3 times then do that all again 3 times. While each successive loop gets faster, it doesn't get better. Just shorter. And then, you're done. The combat is better, because, with all the running around, they made Alan do some cardio between games, and he no longer has the lung capacity of a 1950s coal miner with a 3 pack a day habit. They added some new enemies, and weapons which kicks up alan wake's rough game play to serviceable. Darling, you deserve better than serviceable. The story and presentation really isn't up to scratch. There is an arcade mode, with a series of challenges, to get high scores, or achievements, but as I said, I don't think the combat warrants the time. Not awful. Not good. Now, for a SRP of like $10, and on sale for less than a $1, I'm not expecting a $60 experience, but this? I would recommend Call of Juarez as a similar priced, but far better use of your time in terms of gun play. Hardcore fans of the remedy universe can buy this on sale, maintain their cred in the cult of Lake and then never touch it again.

TLDR; Alan Wake: American Nightmare is Alan Wake 1.5. It improves the gameplay heavily, reduces collectibles and has fun achievements. It picks up from the last game story wise, but doesn't add too much honestly. It's very short - less than 4 or 5 hours. It shines for the exact opposite reasons that Alan Wake did. OVERALL: 74.65/100 - Play it! 1. GAMEPLAY : 6.8/10 Gameplay Loop - 2/2.5 Massively improved gameplay from 2010's Alan Wake. Same concept, but improved dodge, gunplay and difficulty resulting in a much more fun gameplay experience! The Arcade mode is fantastic and just pure fun! Combat - 1.8/2.5 Improved greatly from Alan Wake. Atmosphere / Immersion 1/2.5 Not nearly as atmospheric as the first game. Bad Dialogue also takes you out. But, still a cool setting. Responsiveness / game feel 2/2.5 Overall, movement is better than Alan Wake 1. Dodge still needs work, other than that, it works and feel good! 2. STORY : 2.7/10 Plot 0.5/2 Only 4 hours and It's pretty bad the entire way through. It does have some redeeming qualities though. Coming off the high that was Alan Wake, I just wanted to know what happened next. This does tell you, but it is more of a "side mission" Alan Wake goes on in the dark place rather than continuing the main plot forward. Only redeemable quality is Mr. Scratch, the Villain. He's fantastic, and hope to see more of him. Characters 1/2 Other than Alan Wake and Scratch, the characters suck. But, theres only like... 5 total. So 2/5 are stellar, lol. Dialogue 0.5/2 This ain't it either. Pretty bad Dialogue obviously written just to push the plot forward. Again, except for Mr. Scratch's cutscenes! Writing 0.5/2 Nope. Not great. Basically the main story makes you repeat the same 3 tasks in a time loop until the story ends. Uninspired and boring. ONCE AGAIN only getting points for Scratch. Emotional Impact 0.2/2 Other than the ending cutscene, no emotional or thought-provoking story bits. 3. GRAPHICS : 8/10 Visual Quality 2.5/2.5 It obviously runs in the same engine as Alan Wake, but fixes my only main issue with the graphics from that game. Art Direction 2.5/2.5 Animations 1/2.5 Very little put into animations for cutscenes since all the important ones are live action. Far cry from Alan Wake's at least attempt on decent animations. Lighting 2/2.5 Overall okay. Indoor settings are wayyy overlit imo. But, fine for 2012 truthfully. 4. SOUND : 5/10 Soundtrack 1/3.5 Other than one decent song, this soundtrack is garbage compared to Alan Wake 1. Sound effects 2.5/3 Gun sounds are improved from Alan Wake 1. Voice Acting 1.5/3.5 Pretty bad voice acting (could also be because of the bad dialogue writing) for all characters except Scratch. (Yes even Alan Wake, which makes me think it was just the bad writing given he knocks it out of the park for Scratch). Props to the live action Actor for AW/S even though he doesn't provide the voice. 5. LEVEL/WORLD DESIGN : 5.5/10 Level layout 2/2 No problems here. Improved from Alan Wake. Better spawns, open designs. Exploration 0.5/2 Again just like Alan Wake, no need to explore except for collectibles (another aspect they greatly improved from Alan Wake). Environmental Variety 0/2 It's kinda all the same. Desert with a town or building. The story literally makes you repeat the same areas three times as well. World Building 1/2 Not as much as Alan Wake. But does a good job of telling you what's happening to the other characters outside of The Dark Place. It also fleshes out Scratch well. Navigation 2/2 Awesome. Mini-map even gives you collectibles now! 6. PERFORMANCE / TECH : 9.9/10 FPS 3.5/3.5 Actually better FPS than Alan Wake 1. Stability 3.4/3.5 Had one crash over ten hours. Technology included 3/3 7. VALUE : 10/10 Short story, but still got 10 hours out of the game. For like... a dollar. 8. DIFFICULTY : 8.5/10 Balance 3/3.5 GREATLY IMPROVED! You have better weapons, movement and dodge ability. Honestly, in story it's skewed in your favor heavily. Ammo is not a problem, ever. However, the amazing Arcade mode is balanced very very well. AI ability 2.5/3 AI can now throw grenades, transform into birds to dodge your attacks, flank you intentionally. Much improved from Alan Wake 1. Challenge 3/3.5 The main story is too easy. Nightmare mode is actually FUN! In arcade, it's the ideal way for me to play. Seriously good time. 9. ACHEIVEMENTS 9.75/10 Require a NG+? 3/3 NO NIGHTMARE 2ND PLAYTHOUGH REQUIRED!! Collectibles 3.25/3.5 Collectibles are reduced incredibly AND every single one has value! Easy enough to find too! Still, 50+ for a 4 hours story though, lol. Difficulty / RNG 3.5/3.5 These achievements were perfect. They were challenging enough to feel like an achievement, while not being too grindy nor relying on RNG. Good job Remedy! 10. OVERALL ENJOYMENT 8.5/10 I liked the main story, even if it was bad. It does have some good moments. The game is just more fun though overall. Achievements enhanced the experience like they are meant to imo, and the arcade mode was bliss!

[h1]O único escritor que derrotou sua crítica(Mr. Scratch) literária na base da lanterna.[/h1] Esse é o standalone, ou seja, um spin-off! O jogo surgiu como uma ideia de expansão para o primeiro Alan Wake, durante o desenvolvimento, o conteúdo cresceu tanto que a Remedy decidiu lançar como standalone. Alan Wake American Nightmare divide opiniões pq é bem diferente do primeiro jogo, trocando o suspense clássico por muito mais ação e tiroteio no deserto de arizona, na cidade Night Spring 14. Mas vamos lá... o jogo foi feito para o serviço de Xbox Live Arcade para jogos digitais com orçamentos baixos e com preço barato. Na época, muita gente confundiu Alan Wake original com esse e teve muita confusão, o pessoal achava uma porc@r!@, pq jogaram esse aqui primeiro e não entendia nada kkkk. A história usa a viagem temporal e repetição de eventos, Alan revive os mesmos acontecimentos diversas vezes para alterar pequenos detalhes e mudar o resultado final, enquanto enfrenta o Mr. Scratch que seria o "lado sombrio" dele. Sabia que a Remedy percebeu que o pessoal da comunidade xbox acreditavam que Alan Wake tinha um "lado sombrio" por causa daquele final da DLC do primeiro jogo? Eles pegaram essa idéia que estavam na comunidade do xbox na época e criaram o Mr. Scratch, uma versão maligna de Alan. Muita gente criticou o fato de revisitar os mesmos cenários 3 vezes, mas isso foi intencional para a história funcionar como um loop temporal e eu sei que um saco, mas dá pra terminar rapidinho esse jogo, acredito que não passa de 5 horas de jogo, mas é essencial.[spoiler] Lembra do final do Alan Wake 1 que ele fala: "não é um lago, é um oceano..." mas não é o ciclo comum, e sim um espiral. No the dark place o tempo não funciona como a gente vive no mundo real, ele é como espiral.[/spoiler] Sobre o combate, ele está um pouco mais fluído, rápido e com muitas armas do que o primeiro, pois o jogo foca mais na ação e combate. Senti falta daquele clima pesado do primeiro jogo, ele troca parte do terror psicológico por mais ação...mas é divertido. Mas também perde um pouco daquela sensação de paranoia constante que fazia Bright Falls parecer um personagem vivo da história. Sam Lake disse que é e não é canônico, pois o jogo passa no lugar escuro e feito como rascunho que não deu certo ao sair do lugar escuro, ou seja, um rascunho de fuga, mas trouxe esperança (um vislumbre ou eco) para Alice não desistir de procurar o Alan no mundo real, eu prefiro acreditar que seja parte da história que complementa o universo do Alan. Entenda este standalone como um episódio especial onde ele muda o ritmo para escapar do the dark place contra o seu lçado maligno Para mim vale a pena pela história que vc quer entrar no universo do Alan Wake. [h3] "A luz não apenas revela os monstros... ela também mostra que seu pior inimigo pode ser você mesmo" - Alan Wake[/h3]

The Tv scene made the game more enjoyable.