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Moreover, when faced with the eerie atmosphere of Bright Falls, many people will say: “Yes, I understand why Remedy took five years to finish this game.” Walking through the fictional town, an uncanny sense of dread follows your every step. It deserves its place on a podium it built for itself. Its originality and unique gameplay are two things you seldom encounter, which is why it cannot be categorized with any other game. It’s safe to say that Alan Wake plays in a league of its own. It’s definitely not dreadful enough to be considered a survival horror while also being too spectral, too sinister to fit the bill for the action-adventure genre. Alan Wake plays like a completely different species the heavy, deeply philosophical story written by Sam Lake doesn’t let it enter the simple third-person shooter category. Right off the bat, let’s dive deeper into how this game came into being. Faced with a blank piece of paper, let’s draw inspiration from my profound appreciation and shed some light on what exactly makes Alan Wake special.Īn Admiration For Flawless Execution Alan Wake

Needless to say, I barely have the time to cover any essential points before they lose interest, which is why I decided to take it all out, go the Alan Wake route and write my own story. Each time, I will patiently suggest that Alan Wake is a metaphor.Īctually, it’s a cluster of metaphors, stacked one over the other, that expertly crafts a complete, flavourful and heart-wrenching picture of what it’s like to be human. They’ll blame a lack of logic to the sequences and a missing closure to the story, while the whole point of this game will be buried under their way too analytical criticism. It almost seems like your average video game enjoyer took the plot a bit too ad literam, while insisting that it was convoluted and confusing. Whenever I bring Alan Wake up with friends or even strangers, I’m often met with a level of indifference that doesn’t do this game any favors. Considering Remedy’s upcoming remastered version, I thought this was the perfect time to craft an ode to what I believe to be a true masterpiece of a game. With Halloween season upon us, I couldn’t help but longingly remember one of my favorite horror games of all time: Alan Wake.