Alan Wake II

If Stephen King and David Lynch had a baby this would be it - It's creepy & completely bonkers.

I've not felt uneasy playing a game since P. T & the first few hours of Outlast, and this excels in that department, the use of sound, music and lighting to elicit fear is exceptional. & the occasional cheap jump scare I loved.

Writing, voice work, and combat is a massive step up from the first game.

A special shout-out to the episode "We sing" - absolute brilliant insanity and the use of lighting in this level *chefs kiss*.

It has a few minor technical issues as of writing this, with some scenes where lip syncing is out & a few bugs & no physical copy coming was disappointing.

I didn't think anything would get close to BG3 for my GOTY but this is running it close.

I'm blown away. I loved the whole concept of Alan Wake back in 2010. I even bought an XBox just to be able to play it when it got relased. I never dreamed of a sequel, but when Alan appeared in Control, I started to have hope again. Another 4 years later and here we are. The care that went into this game shows, finally we see Bright Falls the way it was always meant to be. We get a lot to explore and we meet some familiar faces along the way, which I won't spoiler here, but as my title says, this is like the return to Twin Peaks, luckily we only had to wait 13 years instead of 30. The actors, the score, the atmosphere, everything is great. I'm not finished yet, but it's already a 10 for me to be able to revisit this world and those characters in this golden age of video games.

Remedy have long been a favourite studio of mine, always pushing the boat out in terms of creativity, story telling, and gameplay. Here, they shine with their best work yet, building on the universe they began to build with their last game, Control, delivering a story I couldn't stop thinking about and a world I couldn't stop exploring. The original Alan Wake was a game I would always defend, not limited by its sometimes repetitive gameplay and flaws, as it was unlike anything I had ever played before. With Alan Wake 2, Remedy delivers masterful survival horror, balanced with a gripping psychological thriller and truly groundbreaking storytelling. If that isn't enough, the gameplay and graphics are pushing the bounds of anything we have seen before on current gen. A must play.

I haven't finished the game yet, but until now the game has been amazing. It curtainly is not sandbox-game like GTA and RDR2, and I think it's part of it's strength. I don't want to spoil anything for players, so I don't want to reveal too much about the plot.

I want to give props for all team but especially for actor Ilkka Villi, I think he has made incredible job in this game. His confusion during the studio-scene made me too confused as hell. Only thing that bothers me that they have changed his voice (seeing his work in Sorjonen etc, it just feels weird). If you havent seen his work before you wouldn't even notice this.

All in all, this game is something unusual and special. Although I'm definitely seeing this through white-and-blue-glasses (I'm finnish), I think this is the most absorbing game I have ever played. You just want to continue the story to find out more.

Congrats to makers, and I hope other players find it as great as I have found!

I played several remedy games including Quantum Break , Control , Max Payne 2.

And you can tell they always develop their Storytelling into something fresh and probably never seen before, the game itself has a great story with two characters that i loved , Saga and Alan. They both explore a nightmare which differs from each one of them , the Gameplay is better than the first game easily , i'm talking about several enemy types , more weapons , and more survival-focused.

The level design is top-notch, And finally the game is filled with content and i'm talking about puzzles which are great and makes you think , cases to solve.