
Alan Wake
Remedy Entertainment
Taste attributes: actionadventurehorrorthrillerdetectiveholidaysmonster/alien/supernaturalmusic/dancepsychologicalromancevehiclesfastunsavouryimaginaryall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
Boxlist takeA fantastical, breakneck shooter, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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82 / 100
1,035 ratings
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About This Game
Alan Wake is a psychological horror action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment. The narrative centres on Alan Wake, a bestselling thriller novelist experiencing writer's block. He travels to the small town of Bright Falls with his wife, Alice, seeking a change of environment. Shortly after their arrival, Alice vanishes under mysterious circumstances. As Alan searches for her, he discovers pages of a thriller novel he does not recall writing. The events described in these pages begin to manifest in reality, and Alan encounters hostile supernatural entities known as the "Taken," who are controlled by darkness. The gameplay involves navigating Bright Falls and using light to combat these dark forces. The storyline explores themes of reality and fiction, along with the influence of the written word.
Summary: IGDB
Story
When the wife of the best-selling writer Alan Wake disappears on their vacation, his search turns up pages from a thriller he doesn’t even remember writing. A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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- Developer
- Remedy Entertainment
- Publishers
- E-Frontier, Legacy Interactive, Namco Bandai Partners, Microsoft Game Studios, Remedy Entertainment, Nordic Games Publishing
- Released
- 14 May 2010
- Series
- Alan Wake
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 9h rushed, 13h normally, 33h complete
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
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