Alan Wake, the labour of love of Max Payne developer Remedy Entertainment, has been an awfully long time in the making. The game has been in development for over five years and given the protracted gestation it’s not unreasonable to ponder if the end product could ever live up to expectation. Can it? Read our full Alan Wake review here to find out.
Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment is famous for creating gun-toting anti-hero Max Payne and inventing the oft-imitated concept of “bullet time” in video games. But the protagonist of this long awaited follow up’s primary weapon isn’t a pair of uzis – it’s a torch. How does the combat shape up in this new adventure? Read our Alan Wake review to find out.
From the moment you drop the Alan Wake game disc into the drive of your Xbox 360 you’re assailed by one of the most oppressive and threatening settings yet created for a video game. The theme of Alan Wake is fighting darkness with light, and this ethos is very much at the centre of the entire game. Darkness isn’t just an inconvenience in Wake’s world, but a deadly force which should be avoided at all costs. Read our Alan Wake review for the verdict on its mise en scène and find out if this is the scariest game ever.
