Alan Wake

so this is by the devs of Max Payne, its way more story focused and plot driven. its basically really Twin peaks inspired, and the plot is genuinely pretty interesting. hows the gameplay? well its just OK. the animations and controls are fine, its mostly the gameplay peaks about 1 hour in and thats all you end up doing for the entire game. the flashlight shining until X seconds breaks their shield so you can shoot thing is kind of annoying and generally not fun or challenging. the flying physics objects ramming into you is really bad and not a good gimmick at all. basically the actual gameplay gets old fast...its not a bad game, the graphics and plot alone drive you along. the fact that its in an episodic TV style "LAST TIME ON ALAN WAKE..." is a really cool thing and makes you want to keep coming back

its easy, except when its not, when you die it doesn't really feel like you did anything wrong, just you get tired of the tedious as fuck gameplay and you just kind of want to speedrun past everything. the ending was a huge letdown, left me wondering what the fuck just happened for the entire duration of the game? i like how its a self-narrative how he talks to himself the whole time and comments on things, its comfy and immersive.

not sure how i feel about this game, its not even being SOLD anymore due to some shitty copyright music based crap, which is a real bummer. i think its worth a play, its just not anything to praise in the gameplay department of things...

6.5/10