Alan Wake Remastered Review
It has been 11 years Alan Wake was released on the X box 360, scaring us and taking us down a Stephen King like mystery. Alan Wake graces us with its presence fully remastered on PS4, PS5, X box One & X box Series X. Does it survive or should it have stayed in the dark? Lets find out
For those who have not played Alan Wake before I will recap the story for you all in this case. Alan Wake is a writer with writer's block which seems to be because of burnout during his last book tour which we do not really find this out till the last chapter of the game. Alan and his wife take a vacation in a very small town called Bright Falls which seems cute, tiny, and quaint at first, but in a very short time takes a dark turn while you are at your cabin. Your wife goes missing and you wake up what seems to be a nightmare straight out of a Stephen King movie. This evil old lady really wants you to write the ending of your next book and until you do the evil and darkness will keep a hold of your wife until you do.
So the gameplay in this game you can definitely tell this game was made in 2010 especially when it comes to the character models but as long as you keep this in mind it is forgivable. The gameplay is a 3rd person action-adventure/survival horror, you will need to stay out of the darkness and remain in the light so that you do not get killed. The enemy types you encounter in this game are called the taken which are just the bright falls town people but all of them are coming at you with chainsaws, shovels and scythes (wait now that I think of it reminds me of resident evil 4 but none the less I digress). How you defeat the taken is by shining a flashlight on the taken and then shooting them; you can also use a flare gun, road flares, or flashbang to defeat them as well. Along the way you will also collect numerous coffee thermos, manuscript pages now keep in mind you can only collect some of these on nightmare difficulty. I felt like I spent 80% of my time collecting stuff rather than continuing with the adventure.
The game is quite a short game it's only 6 chapters long and that is enough of this game for me when it comes to this. It's a nice throwback to 2010’s games but wears off quickly with the dated gameplay but still an intriguing story. But I would wait for the game to drop to 20.00$ I know I will probably only play this game once.
I give Alan Wake a 6/10
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Remedy Entertianment has revealed that Alan Wake Remastered has broke even, recouping both cost of development and marketing after two years.
Breaks Even!? No profit yet, Is this normal?
Literally started playing it last night in anticipation of starting 2, still gives me the heebie jeebies, super fun game, can't wait to play through Control & AW2 in anticipation of Control 2.
I'm not actually shocked by this news, I think I was more shocked they assumed there was enough demand to even think about making a remaster in the first place, I know there was fans of the original but it definitely wasn't that big of a fan base imo.
The original game was released in 2010 and still looks fine today so a remaster/remake is unnecessary.
I bought mine cause it was made available for ps5. I did have it back in the day for 360 and liked it.
If it took two years for this to break even how long will it take for Alan Wake 2?
Remedy has unfortunately taken a loss on most of their games outside of the first two Max Payne titles. There's been a couple times they've almost completely gone under in the past 15 years. A big part was the original Alan Wake and it's protracted development cycle. Microsoft had to swoop in and fund the completion of Alan Wake which is why for years it was an Xbox 360 exclusive.
Alan Wake 1 is one of my favorite games to comb over and analyze because of its redirect during development. I enjoy seeing the reduction of these once large play areas into semi-open and linear spaces. I'm grateful that things worked out the way they did.
I remember when Control came out a lot of people reported the low sales, but it went on to do very well through sales and word of mouth. I imagine Alan Wake 2 will perform similarly as a continuation of Control and the cult fanbase of the original will also eat it up.
It'll do better than the remaster sure but the first game was niche, so niche it's remaster took two years to break even, it's a game that seems to rely pretty heavily off of previous knowledge, doesn't have a physical copy, out in a busy period surrounded by other great games, and is likely the highest budget remedy game yet (outside of maybe quantum break). No disrespect I'm glad they were able to make this but it's got a lot against it
@BanginTunes - well not everyone re-bought the game when the remaster came out. I know I did, but I'm a diehard AW fan.
I'm surprised AW2 even came to fruition. God knows they had been wanting to make it since the first released but timing and development costs were always an issue until they found a publisher that would help fund it.
And this is why big corporations are after the Gaas money. They make one game and milk it for a decade (at least).
The Monthly Games lineup of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Alan Wake Remastered and Endling – Extinction is Forever will be available to PlayStation Plus members on Tuesday, July 4 until Monday July 31.
Another great month imo. The COD campaign on this one was great fun. I've never played Alan Wake, so a PS5 version of that is a perfect way to prepare for the next one...
You're in for a treat with Alan Wake. It still holds after so many years.
For me it's the best psychological thriller I've ever played that is not Silent Hill.
Alan Wake 2 is my most wished sequel of all time, waiting for it since 2010...
Sweet!! I never got around to playing it on the 360 but always wanted to. Looking forward to next month!!
Agreed. You see I'm surprised that Microsoft hasn't bought remedy...of all the studios in their list....I'd assume remedy would be an obvious based on real actual relationships.
I liked Alan Wake and am super excited for Alan Wake 2. Hopefully turns out great ..I've actually liked ALL of their games including quantum break...except for the TV show part.
I've never bought a CoD game, but now due to PS+, I 'rent' like 8 of them or so. I played one a few times with my nephews. Still not my cup of tea. But, it's interesting to see how many CoD games PS+ can throw at me.
I picked up my copy of it 2nd hand just last Saturday. agghhh. If only I had waited just a little more longer.
Sound 2.0 ? Why ? If you give a score that low , at least explain it why do you think its that bad.
Online 5.0 ? What is this ? There is no online of anything in this game