![]() The story is really the thing that keeps me coming back to Alan Wake, and the reason to play it today. ![]() We learn more about what happened to the town and Alan's fate after the final chapter, and it seems the Federal Bureau of Control had a presence in the town while all this was going down. The events of Alan Wake are examined, and expanded upon, in Control. Just don't go in expecting a full-on Demon's Souls-style remake this is very much a refined version of the original game.Īlso, as someone who has become invested in the ongoing Remedy Connected Universe, returning to Bright Falls after playing Control-specifically the AWE expansion-is extra exciting. It's in cutscenes where the biggest changes are felt, with new character models and facial animations making the cinematics appear less stiff. I'm glad, because despite looking better overall, it's still the Alan Wake I know and love. It's not a radical remaster, with Remedy choosing to maintain the art direction of the original rather than slathering every frame in fancy modern visual effects. It looked great back in 2010, but Alan Wake Remastered gives it a new lease of life with notably improved textures, an increased draw distance, and a lot more fidelity thanks to the jump to 4K. Related: Konami Doesn't Deserve Silent Hillīright Falls is one of the all-time great video game settings, and Wake's journey through its fog-shrouded forests and mountain trails is incredibly evocative. But it makes up for its shortcomings as an action game with pure vibe. ![]() The handful of enemy types makes the combat feel repetitive, especially towards the end when the game starts throwing more and more of them at you. It's an entertaining mix of very Remedy action, complete with lots of gratuitous slow motion, and atmospheric horror. As Wake searches for Alice, he battles those shadow creatures with light, burning away the dark presence that's possessing them with a flashlight, then finishing them off with a few shots from a revolver. But you can still feel some of that open world scale in the setting, with its sprawling woods and sweeping mountain ranges. Early in development it was an open world game, before the scope was changed and it became linear. The majority of Alan Wake takes place in the mountains and forests surrounding Bright Falls.
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