Alan Wake...where to start...the game both starts in a way that makes you love it and hate it at the same time. Loving it for that beautiful sweeping shot of Bright Falls, hating it for the awful face animations...dear god they're bad, but soon you realise that they're the worst thing about the game and once you learn to live with them you realise you're playing one of the best games of the generation.
Graphics: Despite the low resolution, Alan Wake is a very attractive looking game with amazing lighting effects; if the sequel is going to be 720p then I can see it being one of the best looking games out there
Music: Incredible, the songs that play at the end of each episode are uniformly excellent no exceptions
Sound and Writing: Voice acting is great and the writing is pretty solid too, the story has a fair few twists and turns and is addictive you really can't stop playing once you start it's just great
Gameplay: A slight lack of enemy variety and not much variety to the gameplay, however the gunplay itself is solid and using light to fight enemies is pretty great too, and flashbangs are awesome!
DLC: Some of the best DLC of any game ever, Remedy really raised the bar here anything that was great in the game is amazing here. If you haven't played the DLC stop reading this and do it now!
Other: The atmosphere of the game is incredible, so creepy, loved it.
Overall, I loved this game, yes it has its faults but it not only raises beyond them it pretty much surpasses most games
9.2 : Bring on the sequel!
