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I steongly recommend Alan Wake 2. Damn is it good, I really wanted it to be a more RE4 focused thing like Alan Wake was but since they've pivoted genre slightly to more core survival horror, I'll pivot with them and wow, this is how you do psychological horror in a video game. Really trippy stuff and it legit makes me uncomfortable, the focus being more on survival horror really works. The mechanics are super well polished and thought out even though I'm not a huge fan of having a hub in a linear game and it breaking up gameplay but I'm shocked that I actually feel good about engaging with it cause it's just one super fast click away and I never thought it would be this genre where the benifets of an SSD shows themselves, it takes longer to open the map than to load into the character mind palaces. I love the style of it and mixing in live action which has always repulsed me but here is the first time I've seen it work and well at that. I love how chapters are structured and the presentation style of them with the song playing at the end. I didn't get what I wanted from a sequel but I'm getting something I didn't know I needed. Such great vibes and very impressively presented. I doubt Silent Hill 2 could top this.