TL;DR- Really fun 3rd person shooter from Remedy, guys who made Max Payne series, that mixes really good story telling with pretty good shooting and lite survival horror aspects. 8/10 for me

Most people nowadays are probably jumping into this because Control's last DLC A.W.E is HEAVILY tied into this game. With that being said you'd probably want to play this game first before Control or before A.W.E at the very least because a lot of things that happen in Alan Wake's story suddenly make A LOT more sense with context on how the worlds tie into each other.

The game itself holds up really well for being close to 10 years old! A well put together 3rd person shooter that heavily rewards the player for exploring every corner of the game. The only negative thing is that the PC version of the game sadly doesn't come with the extra DLC that came out on the Xbox 360 and wraps up the story nicely, so sadly you'd need to watch a playthrough of it to get a full scope of everything.

With all that being said I can't recommend this game enough!!! Awesome story telling, super tight shooting, and even some spooks that actually caught me totally off guard and put me on edge!!!

TL;DR- Really fun 3rd person shooter from Remedy, guys who made Max Payne series, that mixes really good story telling with pretty good shooting and lite survival horror aspects. 8/10 for me Most people nowadays are probably jumping into this because Control's last DLC A.W.E is HEAVILY tied into this game. With that being said you'd probably want to play this game first before Control or before A.W.E at the very least because a lot of things that happen in Alan Wake's story suddenly make A LOT more sense with context on how the worlds tie into each other. The game itself holds up really well for being close to 10 years old! A well put together 3rd person shooter that heavily rewards the player for exploring every corner of the game. The only negative thing is that the PC version of the game sadly doesn't come with the extra DLC that came out on the Xbox 360 and wraps up the story nicely, so sadly you'd need to watch a playthrough of it to get a full scope of everything. With all that being said I can't recommend this game enough!!! Awesome story telling, super tight shooting, and even some spooks that actually caught me totally off guard and put me on edge!!!