caseofthematts

Yea, I agree. I’m at the

right now and I agree with all that you’ve said. Atmosphere, narrative, the set pieces - they’ve made something really intriguing. Unfortunately the actual game aspect of it is so damn boring and pointless.

I was hoping for more since I enjoyed Control so much. I know Alan Wake is a different kind of game than that, but my hope was that they could fix my issues with the first Alan Wake. That is not the case. But I still appreciate the story and other things they’ve done. It kind of reminds me of the first Senua/Hellblade game, but I actually enjoyed the combat in that and the game was like ~5 hours long.

I’m playing Alan Wake 2.

My review of the first game wasn’t too favourable, and if I’m honest, the second game seems to be shaping up similarly despite what I’ve heard about it.

The gameplay in this series isn’t really good. I enjoy the mind palace stuff and how that can change the world and narrative, but it’s also not that hard to sort through. The combat mechanics I don’t consider fun. This is the first game I’ve turned on the easy mode accessibility options for.

Now, the world and narrative and other artistic decisions they’ve done are great and why I’m sticking through it. I just feel like a game should be fun to interact with, which generally I don’t think AW2 has been. Would love to hear others thoughts.