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Award: Good Buy May 2010
May 2010
 
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The editors liked

  • Outstanding Story
  • TV style presentation
  • And heart attack inducing moments
  • Strong story
  • Good voice acting
  • The characters and settings feel real and fleshed-out
  • Genuine scares and surprises
  • Reading the manuscript to get new insights into the game world and the people in it is a neat way to deliver exposition
  • The ending is on
  • Strong story and haunting conclusion
  • Great voiceacting
  • Gorgeous environments
  • Superb soundtrack and nods to popculture fixtures.
  • Creepily oppressive atmosphere that'll get under your skin
  • Self-awareness brings some needed levity
  • TV-style presentation.
  • Fresh storytelling fleshes out the supernatural events in interesting ways
  • Satisfying combat mechanic makes disposing of evil creatures a blast
  • Subtle lighting effects and a moody soundtrack create a disturbing atmosphere
  • Optional collectibles are well worth risking your life to grab.
  • Features a fantastic narrative that is genuinely creepy.
  • Compelling story
  • Intense gameplay
  • Gorgeous graphics
  • Interesting characters

The editors didn't like

  • Character control can fight against you. Some graphical issues.
  • The game is rather short—expect around eight hours to beat it
  • Some of the sections where you're simply walking or driving from one place to the next are tiresome and drag on way too long
  • The product placement is seriously distracting and out of place
  • Character models look dated
  • Game resets player progression at nearly every turn
  • Leans heavily on combat
  • Characters take on typical 'horror movie character' qualities.
  • Some long gameplay slogs throw off the otherwise tight pacing
  • Stilted voice acting and character animations.
  • Lacks surprising
  • Memorable gameplay moments.
  • The game can pull you out of the experience by sometimes feeling a bit too gamey and with its overuse of ingame advertising.
  • Too linear
  • Wanting to rush through for story
  • Not enough breaking up of the gameplay

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  Published: 2017-04-24, Author: Jonathan , review by: cheatcc.com

  • Abstract:  Alan Wake was a big surprise; for the most part, it actually lived up to its billing. The psychological thriller from Remedy Entertainment and Microsoft Game Studios was absolutely successful at recounting a gripping, suspenseful, intelligent story that g...

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  Published: 2015-04-29, Author: Evan , review by: cultofmac.com

  • Abstract:  You don't always have to sit down to an epic, 100-hour slog to get your gaming in. Developers are delivering plenty of great bite-size, episodic games that (usually) release one part at a time.If you're looking for something you can play in installments, ...

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  Published: 2010-12-01, review by: gameobserver.com

  • Ultimately, Alan Wake doesn’t come off as the main course meal many wished it was going to be. The combat can be a bit repetitive, and the story doesn’t hit all the right notes. But in the end, the atmosphere of the game is unparalleled. The combat is ...

 
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  Published: 2010-08-09, review by: newgamenetwork.com

  • Abstract:  Alan Wake is a third person action game from Remedy and Microsoft. This is possibly one of the longest titles in development that has actually got released. Originally presented as an open world action game set to promote Windows Vista and DirectX10, t...

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  Published: 2010-06-09, review by: Gamingnexus.com

  • Abstract:  I was introduced to the term "launch goggles" at PAX East this year. It's probably been around for longer than that, but that was my fist time hearing it. The term refers to the ability of the press to overlook flaws in a brand new AAA game during it's...

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  Published: 2010-06-01, review by: gamervision.com

  • Abstract:  It was 2005 when Remedy, developers of the Max Payne series, announced Alan Wake, a game about a writer stuck in a strange, mysterious town. Beyond that, not much was divulged, and the game underwent a fairly quiet development for the past five years. ...

 
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  Published: 2010-05-31, review by: game-boyz.com

  • Abstract:  Visually, Alan Wake is stunning. There is no question that the game truly maximizes the Xbox 360’s hardware and it is clear the development team must have spent an unbelievable amount of time crafting a product that is seemingly flawless in the graphi...

 
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  Published: 2010-05-26, review by: hookedgamers.com

  • Features a fantastic narrative that is genuinely creepy.
  • The game can pull you out of the experience by sometimes feeling a bit too gamey and with its overuse of ingame advertising.

 
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  Published: 2010-05-25, review by: gamingshogun.com

  • Outstanding Story, TV style presentation, and heart attack inducing moments,
  • Character control can fight against you. Some graphical issues.
  • Remedy Games has been working for just about an eternity on their thriller, Alan Wake. The game has finally hit store shelves and we were able to take it for a drive through the woods. Does Alan Wake hit the best seller list or does he end up in a on...

 
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  Published: 2010-05-22, review by: blogcritics.org

  • Abstract:  Alan Wake lacks structure. Actually, that’s not right. It has a structure, it’s simply poorly executed. If asked how to describe the flow of the game, you can break it down as a constant run from point A to point B, through familiar forests (or maybe i...

 
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