Cheat Code Central: Alan Wake Review

Alan Wake is an exceptional thriller that was a pleasure to play. That said, if you're a gamer that exclusively values action, you may find the combat to be too repetitive for your liking. However, if you're a gamer looking for a thoroughly engaging narrative that's well supported by some heated gunplay and the occasional light puzzle, Alan Wake is exactly what the doctor ordered.

[Megan Fox]

Great game 1 day buy for me.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

I was able to get it early. I'm enjoying it more than I ever did Alone In the Dark or Silent Hill. Has that Twin Peeks weirdness with some good scares..

Interesting sound track as well.

[Trey_4_life]

Good to hear, i have commented previously about how this game is getting good scores from reviews, and now with this and splinter cell conviction and $120 later you have a full 16 hours of gameplay, can't beat that value for money /s

[El Botto]

The game is filled with Giant enemy birds that you can hit for massive damage.

Of course, you need to shine your flashlight on it first, otherwise you wouldnt be able to see what the fk is going on onscreen but thats not a problem for you, now is it.

[creeping judas]

the sad thing about the N4G trolls is, they honestly believe what they say here on N4G will have an effect in the real world? But in all honesty, no one cares, except for their little fan boy entour4ge. So seriously, stop trolling, cause it has no effect, no one cares what you think!!

[frankymv]

4.4.....no.....4.15......no... .4.3456.......no..........4.2.. ..yeah, the sounds about right.

[Zerodin]

Except when they do the "copy/paste" bit with multiplats.

[HolyOrangeCows]

LOL, IDK. Personally, I like the 5 star system.

[MalaIntentions]

okay, on my post below, I was not trolling, my first post on this site, I am trolling? wtf?

[UP]

Maybe they were a grammar Nazi. But if they were not I have no Idea why.

[Michael-Jackson]

I thought this game was gonna be a 9-9.5 type of game like some people hyped it up to be but now it's only a good game :D

[The real killer]

Good score, but this part is very strange to me.

Graphics 4.6

"The use of lighting is phenomenal. The setting of Bright Falls is masterfully realized"

Since when is lighting and atmosphere in dark setting under grafichs?
I love the game atmosphere really, but i'm also critics about the grafisch parts, and i can't see any good grafichs in dark settings of the game.

Have the most reviewers a eye of a cat or something too see great grafisch in dark atmophere?

Or is it just me :)

When i saw the day light it's not that good grafichs then it should be.

[gravv]

the graphic is good but technically flawed in someway.. but the lightning is where alan wake stands out.

in the end Uncharted 2 > AW.. the graphic's good but not uncharted 2's great

[The real killer]

They cant'compare Alan Wake with Uncharted 2 grafichs its to much different.
In some parts from Uncharted 2 is also dark with some blue light, and yet it's very nice but you can't se the full of grafichs just as in AW in dark atmosphere ;)

[aaron5829]

why do you spell "graphics" the way you do ?