Alan Wake

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Twin Peaks: The Game. That's exactly how it feels, in a good way. The inspiration is obvious: small-town weirdness, suburban forests, paranormal ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lurking behind every tree. The chapters are even framed like TV episodes, each with its own cool ending theme. Some characters and tropes are straight-up lifted from Lynch, but not in a rip-off way. And some made me wonder who stole from whom, because they somehow appeared in this game 7 years before Twin Peaks: The Return. Sam Lake's style is also prominent here - haven't played his other stuff besides Max Payne, but the gritty melancholic tone, the monologues, even the protagonist being a desperate guy who lost his wife - it all felt familiar. Slow-mo dodges and finishers also add to that. Gameplay-wise it's a survival horror where everything is made of darkness and wants to kill you. Your job is to burn that ♥♥♥♥ off with light and then blast them. It's fun, but after a while the whole "shine flashlight, hold, shoot" loop gets repetitive - couldn't bring myself to start the Nightmare replay right away, had to take a break. Loved the grounded, rural arsenal here: a Colt Python, a double-barrel, a pump shotgun, a bolt-action rifle. They also feel and sound quite meaty, unlike the most pea shooters I see in games, and the way enemies pop when dying is also satisfying. Flare gun as a grenade launcher against darkness is also genius as hell. I see how some may find this game boring, but to me it was pretty good lynchian kino. Twin Peaks fans should give it a try, and the ones who haven't seen it - watch Twin Peaks and then give it a try.

Всю жизнь родители учили выключать свет, когда выходишь из комнаты. Alan Wake научил, что иногда лучше вообще его не выключать.

Я не встречал никого страшнее психологического платформера из второго специального дополнения.

Would've kept me up for days if I got to it in 2010 but even today it still great. Loved the episodic approach to the story, adds so much layer to the entire narrative. The setting is great and so is the music choice. Remedy games are something else.

достаточно унылый сюжет, да и задумка тоже, может быть пару лет назад эта игра и была для многих открытием, но сейчас она смотрится скучновато ( засыпал, играя в это..)

Good performance Insanely boring and predictable story Combat / gameplay is a joke Aged very poorly I can't for the life of me understand such a high review score, or why it was hailed as such a great game when it came out.