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Alan Wake
15 years ago
Well, losing the job's had me pretty down but I'm slowly making my recovery and the one thing that really helped to take my mind off it was the new release Alan Wake for the Xbox 360. I picked it up yesterday at 2:30 and went through it on hard mode. After about 12 hours total gameplay (With intermittent breaks.) I beat it.
The game, to sum it up briefly, was awesome. the writing and story were fantastic and it played out much like a well written tv mini-series. The game is divided up into six 'episodes' each playing out like a movie and ending with a cliffhanger that leaves you wanting more, but at the same time leaves you with a sense of satisfaction that could let you set the game down should you choose to. The only problem with that is that the autosave feature doesn't actually save when you complete the chapter... it saves when you start the next one and when you do that you just feel like you want to keep going.
Controls were fairly responsive but took a little bit of getting used to and I didn't get my dodge timing down to absolute perfection but the thing is there are so many ways you can defend yourself during combat that it really doesn't matter. Not only does it allow you to adapt to any battle that comes your way but also does a great job of keeping the combat from getting stale.
As for how the game was set up: Amazing. In this game there is an oppressive darkness that's sending physical constructs after you and the only way to fight them is with light. Yes... light. While wrapped up in their protective layer of shadow they are immune to any form of attack but if you're to expose them to light it burns away the coating and leaves them vulnerable to attack. If you expose them to an intense enough light it does away with them all together. I'm not gonna give away much more but I found it to be quite the interesting and creative battle system.
In the end it had a little bit of action, suspense, thrills, and a little bit of chills and combined it all up into something I found to be quite a pleasant experience. I'd definitely recommend picking it up and giving it a try.
The game, to sum it up briefly, was awesome. the writing and story were fantastic and it played out much like a well written tv mini-series. The game is divided up into six 'episodes' each playing out like a movie and ending with a cliffhanger that leaves you wanting more, but at the same time leaves you with a sense of satisfaction that could let you set the game down should you choose to. The only problem with that is that the autosave feature doesn't actually save when you complete the chapter... it saves when you start the next one and when you do that you just feel like you want to keep going.
Controls were fairly responsive but took a little bit of getting used to and I didn't get my dodge timing down to absolute perfection but the thing is there are so many ways you can defend yourself during combat that it really doesn't matter. Not only does it allow you to adapt to any battle that comes your way but also does a great job of keeping the combat from getting stale.
As for how the game was set up: Amazing. In this game there is an oppressive darkness that's sending physical constructs after you and the only way to fight them is with light. Yes... light. While wrapped up in their protective layer of shadow they are immune to any form of attack but if you're to expose them to light it burns away the coating and leaves them vulnerable to attack. If you expose them to an intense enough light it does away with them all together. I'm not gonna give away much more but I found it to be quite the interesting and creative battle system.
In the end it had a little bit of action, suspense, thrills, and a little bit of chills and combined it all up into something I found to be quite a pleasant experience. I'd definitely recommend picking it up and giving it a try.
Good music too. Entroduced me to Poets of the Fall
Also, about the ending. When you get there you have to keep everything you've heard from start to finish in mind because that really helps you make sense of it