Games

Alan Wake II

Remedy Entertainment

2023•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 25 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurehorrormysterythrillerdetectiveholidaysmafia/gangstermonster/alien/supernaturalpsychologicalfastunsavouryheavyimaginarylineargrittyall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, unsavoury shooter, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

90 / 100

343 ratings

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About This Game

Alan Wake 2 marks Remedy Entertainment’s first foray into the survival horror genre. Ritualistic murders in a small town. A writer trapped in a nightmare. An FBI agent looking for answers. Two realities. Two hero characters. One horror story that wants them dead.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Alan Wake went missing in 2010. He was a bestselling writer based in New York City. On a vacation in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Alice Wake, he came face to face with a force of supernatural darkness. It brought Wake’s writing, a horror story, to life. He fought this dark presence and managed to banish it back to where it came from, a nightmarish dark place hidden under a caldera lake outside the small town of Bright Falls. Wake wrote an ending to his horror story and with that freed his wife from the darkness under the lake but became trapped there himself. Alan Wake is not dead,...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureHorrorMysteryThrillerDetectiveHolidaysMafia/gangsterMonster/alien/supernaturalPsychologicalAll consuming questDeep rivalryFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leadsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

ExplorationPsychological horrorDetectiveDarkInvestigationCinematicFemale protagonistSupernatural

Where to play

Details

Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Publisher: Epic Games Publishing
Released: 27 October 2023
Series: Alan Wake
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 15h rushed, 25h normally, 42h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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