Following a heated argument after which Alan leaves the room, Alice cries for help as she gets pulled down into a lake by a shadowy figure. Alan is suffering from writer’s block, which prompts his wife Alice to plan a vacation to the mountain of Bright Falls.Īlan thinks of this trip as a vacation to break his monotonous routine, while her wife Alice wants her husband to consult a renowned psychologist for his writer’s block. You play as of course – Alan Wake, a writer who prides himself in writing crime thriller novels. This makes it an opportune time to revisit the classic, and here are 15 things you need to know before grabbing the game:Īlan Wake’s narrative is popularly described as a psychological thriller and carries the Remedy influence on its sleeve. Remedy has shown a penchant for creating games that veer from stereotypes both in terms of gameplay and story, and few games carry that “Remedy charm” better than Alan Wake.Ī remaster of this fan-favorite title is due to release soon, and comes just in time when rumors of Alan Wake 2 entering production have surfaced. The developer also adds that “Finally, we did not want to ship a disc product and have it require a download for the game - we do not think this would make for a great experience either”, and that there are no plans for a disc-based version of the title.Īlan Wake 2 will be released on October 17th for PC (Epic Games Store), PS5, and Xbox Series S|X.Remedy Entertainment is one of the top names in the video game industry, and a lot of it can be attributed to the developer’s consistency in putting out quality titles for over a decade at this point. It is not uncommon to release modern games as digital-only”, and adding “Secondly, not releasing a disc helps keep the price of the game at $59.99 / €59.99 and the PC version at $49.99 / €49.99”. You can buy a Sony PlayStation 5 without a disc drive and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S is a digital only console. Lastly of note, Alan Wake 2 will be digital-only, which Remedy explained, saying “a large number of have shifted to digital only. Remedy also says that this is the team’s “first survival horror game” and that it’ll contain two playable heroes (Wake and Anderson), but also that the AWE Expansion for Control set things up for this sequel.
“A newcomer to Alan Wake’s world, FBI Agent Saga Anderson’s investigation offers players a unique lens into this survival horror experience”. “Alan Wake 2 is an intense story and a layered mystery that takes players on two disturbing journeys, running in parallel and echoing each other in strange and unexpected ways,” said Sam Lake, Creative Director and Lead Writer of Alan Wake 2.
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