alan wake
Alan Wake
Alan Wake has been a long time coming. After Max Payne 2 released in
2003, Remedy has
used the majority of their resources for this game. Originally
announced in 2005, it
has naturally undergone significant revisions. Once a freeroaming
affair, Alan Wake is now almost entirely linear. Instead of releasing
on consoles
and PC, Remedy ended up partnering with Microsoft for an exclusive 360
release. As one would expect from a partnership, the game got bigger
and bigger and eventually ended up being a high-profile, big-budget
release when it finally hit in May 2010. Such a big game for a small
company would carry with it many risks and increasingly impatient
onlookers. Is the survival-horror tale worth the wait in the end?
Is the Alan Wake concept still relevant and contemporary enough several
years
later? Most importantly, is the game good and does it work? Let's take
a dive into the darkness...
