I’m a big Remedy-head, so I’m very biased here. But I will argue it’s worth pushing through it. The story is interesting and the payoff is worth it. AW2 is an incredible game. The first game definitely haven’t aged well though, even though I like the story and characters and think it has some charm.
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
It was also kind of dull in the gameplay department? I love horror games and Alan Wake is perhaps the only horror game I’ve bounced off 3 times. I’ve beaten a lot of stinkers. I kinda liked parasite eve 2 and fucking played all the way through galerians ash.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Would you recommend Alan Wake 2 to someone who didn’t play the first one? I’ve been tempted to buy the sequel but i often wonder how much it ties to the first.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Control is the best of em all IMO!
- Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
I mean… that’s kind of a hard question. Alan Wake 2 is the culmination point of everything Remedy has done up to that point. You’ll get paid off for having played all of:
- Max Payne 1
- Alan Wake
- Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
- Quantum Break
- Control
- Control’s AWE DLC
AW2 is a direct sequel to Alan Wake, so that is of course the single most important previous game to play. The story is directly built on top of AW1. But at the same time I will say… Alan Wake 2 is such a good game that if you are absolutely certain you have no interest and never will have an interest in playing the other Remedy games first, you should probably just play Alan Wake 2 then, because it’s really just fantastic.
I would still recommend watching some kind of recap of the previous games on YouTube, it might be better than nothing.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Its great if you enjoy reading. A lot of gamers I know have never read a book so dont want that type of game. The chainsaw men in the forest did get old I’ll say that!
Control is way better imo, AW1 just doesn’t play all that well in my experience, makes getting all the pages really tedious
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
100%. Control is wayyyy better.
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I’m an avid horror reader and the story of Alan wake 1 didn’t really pull me, (maybe it’s the fact that i don’t like stephen king or the whole midwest americana. )
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Ahh yeah. I love Stephen king myself. Long as I don’t read a lot of them in a row.