Why do so many awesome games have to come out at once?
I hadn't planned on getting any new games, but when a co-worker offered to sell this one, which he had just bought, for $20, I had to jump at the opportunity. Now, I wish I had bought the limited edition, with the director's commentary.
This game is great! And fucking scary. It bills itself as a psychological thriller, which I suppose is so you don't confuse it for a survival-horror. I've never felt that I needed to conserve and survive, but there have been some creepy, awesome scenery. The game is present in an episode format, with each episode so far being a single day, complete with end theme and a 'previously on' start to the next episode.
The story is about Alan Wake, a famous horror writer that's had writers block for the past two years. He and his wife travel to Bright Falls, a rural new england town, for some rest and relaxation. Dark things hide in the shadows of the town though, and soon Wake finds his wife missing, and discovers pages of a manuscript he doesn't remember writing, foretelling dark and terrible things that are to happen.
I hadn't planned on getting any new games, but when a co-worker offered to sell this one, which he had just bought, for $20, I had to jump at the opportunity. Now, I wish I had bought the limited edition, with the director's commentary.
This game is great! And fucking scary. It bills itself as a psychological thriller, which I suppose is so you don't confuse it for a survival-horror. I've never felt that I needed to conserve and survive, but there have been some creepy, awesome scenery. The game is present in an episode format, with each episode so far being a single day, complete with end theme and a 'previously on' start to the next episode.
The story is about Alan Wake, a famous horror writer that's had writers block for the past two years. He and his wife travel to Bright Falls, a rural new england town, for some rest and relaxation. Dark things hide in the shadows of the town though, and soon Wake finds his wife missing, and discovers pages of a manuscript he doesn't remember writing, foretelling dark and terrible things that are to happen.
