For writer Alan Wake ... It's an intelligent design decision that not only wows visually but crucially fits Wake as a character - a tortured writer looking to type his way out of the hell of ...

Regardless of which character you're playing as, Alan Wake 2's level design is uniformly excellent, featuring countless unique, memorable locations that beg to be carefully explored. Alan Wake 2's ...

Today with mass media, literary and cultural archetypes such as the “hard-boiled cop” or “protective mother heroine” (both of which “Alan Wake 2” employs in its two lead characters ...

An early chapter has you wander into a rural bar to find a janitor (a returning character ... design is impeccable. Audio effects are used to ratchet up the tension in all the right ways. Alan ...

Lake says this is a design choice ... isn't required for understanding Alan Wake 2, though naturally it will help provide context, especially for the titular character and the situation in ...

The detective work, map design, scrappy combat encounters, and slower, tense pace of Alan ... Alan Wake was always meant to take. It's cerebral, grimy, atmospheric, and bursting with character.

Introducing a second playable character to Alan Wake 2 is perhaps ... and apparently some big changes to combat and world design too. Alan Wake was a linear adventure interspersed with wide ...

Loosely, though, AW2 follows two characters: The titular Alan Wake, an author who got himself ... Another, malevolent party screwing with his design? Or, y’know, all of the above—meta ...

Directing and performances deserve mention, too, particularly from our main characters. Again, I can’t help noticing Alan Wake is a mix ... it’s a tide of dark design that drowns and leaves ...

As a true Californian, he lives for coffee, beaches and burritos. Alan Wake was heralded as a generational leap in character-driven video games when it launched in 2010, winning over fans and ...