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Alan Wake

When the wife of the best-selling writer Alan Wake disappears on their vacation, his search turns up pages from a thriller he doesn’t even remember writing. A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love. Presented in the style of a TV series, Alan Wake features the trademark Remedy storytelling and pulse-pounding action sequences. As players dive deeper and deeper into the mystery, they’ll face overwhelming odds, plot twists, and cliffhangers. It’s only by mastering the Fight With Light combat me

Release date
May 8, 2012
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Remedy Entertainment
Publisher
Remedy Entertainment
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★ 8.4/10GOG · 1,844 ratings
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Most helpful8

★ 4 / 5
Alan Wake's main strength is its excellent storyline. It reminds me of a Stephen King novel or film. The game is also broken into "episodes"…
★ 5 / 5
I really love this game, having played it on Xbox. After I put it into the console, it didn't leave until I finished the game!…
★ 4 / 5
Remedy did it again. An engrossing story where a happy ending seems almost impossible. The gameplay is very interesting and tense at first, but as…
★ 3 / 5
Think of Alan Wake as a story that really wants to be told in a movie, but is instead transplanted into a computer game. While…
★ 4 / 5
I'm an old guy, pushing towards my sixties. I've had this game installed on my computer for a long time but never got around to…
★ 2 / 5
A lot has been said about the atmosphere of the game and I agree, it is great. Dark and creepy and mysterious. But unfortunately the…
★ 3 / 5
Alan Wake is a linear third-person shooter whose atmosphere and story attempt to redeem the frankly clunky combat. The game proceeds in six episodes (with…
★ 4 / 5
While Alan Wake isn't as scary as the likes of a Silent Hill game it nonetheless has outstanding gameplay and a sense of urgency that…

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★ 5 / 5
I wasn't expecting this game to be so great but it's been fantastic. The gameplay could be a little better but the story and atmosphere…
★ 4 / 5
I haven't played the remaster but after re-playing Control I decided I finally wanted to go back and experience the rest of Remedy's universe, and…
★ 5 / 5
THIS IS AWESOME! Just buy it dude... It's gonna give you the Titanfall 2 feel and all those games you used to play as a…
★ 5 / 5
Game looks and plays way better than something released in 2010 should
★ 4 / 5
As RPG gamer or mostly going around immersion i have enjoyed this approach of gameplay. It's little sad that sequel is so different. There are…
★ 2 / 5
The vibe of this game is awesome, they all but recreated twin peaks. It's creepy, eerie, mysterious, intriguing, but it sucks to play this game…

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