Did anyone else notice something in the game.

At the beginning on the car ferry as you come into Bright Falls. There is a guy standing at the back of the ferry. He is the guy who claims to have kidnapped Alice and gets sucked into to the Darkness Tornado. :)

Yeah, that make sense.

And the game is certanly not boring on any level. Its just...like...how many times am I going to have to kill the same axe guy? It just becomes very routine when its the same ambush over and over...

If this game had the gameplay variety that resident evil 4 had, or resident evil 4 had the controls and story that this game had...it would be the greatest game ever made.  :)

That was an interesting read

I took the ending to mean that
Alan by turning the lake into an ocean was able to dilute the power of the darkness (spreading it across an ocean as opposed to a small lake. With the darkness weakened Alan is now given time to try to write a way for it to be logically destroyed since he can't just destroy it

I loved the story, not quite Twin Peaks quality but I'd say if it was a tv series it'd still be well above average

Yeah the combat was way too repititive, yet I still had a great time playing the game as I wanted to see what would happen next.

Here's hoping there is a sequel!

I still don't get the ending and if they release DLC explaining what happened to him instead of a full sequel then I'm gonna be pretty pissed.

Was the "It's not a lake, it's an ocean" line at the end referencing what Zane ( I think it was Zane) said to him in his first nightmare? I think it's meant to mean that the darkness his faced is only the beginning and in the sequel it's going to be more widespread and stronger.

@Sol: The game was pretty repititive sometimes and I hated having to walk at some point's in the game for like 5 minutes before encountering anything.

I loved putting thought into games like Silent Hill and uncovering the truth, and the secret meanings behind everything. I can't say the same for Alan Wake. There isn't much thought to put into anything that has a major impact on how I see the story. The only things that are thought invoking are minor things that don't really impact the narrative but how you percieve smaller events in the narrative. So to me all this digging for answers is pretty useless. I still have the same opinion of the narrative as I had when I beaten the game.

The story felt lifted straight out of a few other sources. None of which I liked. It felt like any of the bad Stephen King novels, lost, and alone in the dark mixed together. The combat was also mediocre and beyond repetitive. Still, I walked away from the experiance pleased. It was nowhere near the best game of it's genre and despite the sea of problems I still left the experiance pleased somehow. That to me was the real mystery.

Reply so I can return and give my impressions after I finish the game!

Yes, like you guys said: repetitive combat, indeed! Still... Got an amazing time playing the game!

And they quoted Lord of the Rings!!
:D

The combat and controls is quite possibly the best ever seen in a horror game. Name me another game like this that has better combat.

The problem is that it lacks variety.

I feel this game was left unfinished purposely for the sake of DLC. I love some DLC don't get me wrong but when i feel a game is left unfinished for DLC that pisses me off. I liked the game very much. I wish there were some real boss battles if The darkness can manipulate pretty much anything it seems but instead it gave us a million axe throwers. But I liked the game just pissed because i feel they left it unfinished for the sake of DLC.