![]() ![]() I'm glad Remedy's still making odd FMV/action hybrids, and I hope they never stop. ![]() While it lacks the gleaming polish of this year's Dead Space and Resident Evil 4 remakes, Alan Wake 2 is earnest and undeniably ambitious. Sure, there are murder cults and uncanny doppelgangers - but there's also hilariously on-the-nose dream graffiti, a friendly metaphysical janitor, and even a live-action heavy metal musical! Much as the game's jump-scares may make you scream, its self-referential flourishes are more likely to make you smile. Grating as this premise might seem, however, it's also unexpectedly joyous. Sam Lake, as the "actor" playing the in-game fictional detective Alex Casey, next to Ilkka Villi, playing Alan Wake. She's joined by Alex Casey, who shares the same name, voice and appearance as Wake's fictional detective - though he insists he couldn't possibly be the same person. ![]() Anderson accepts the fact that she's in a horror story unblinkingly, though she's understandably irritated by the locals who claim to recognize her from a tragic past visit she doesn't recall. Thankfully, an unhinged plot elevates the otherwise finicky experience. Granted, the combat isn't designed to deliver the super-powered spectacle that defined Control (the last game in the now-plausibly named Remedy Connected Universe), but it didn't need to feel so ponderous either. ![]() The first boss soaks bullets as much as any Resident Evil monstrosity, but doesn't telegraph how you're actually supposed to beat him. Twice I ventured down what seemed to be a viable path and Anderson literally turned around, refusing to go further. Forests aren't just menacing - they're maddening. The expanded scope, however, doesn't come without some headaches. Saga Anderson, performed by Melanie Liburd, in one of her "profiling" sessions in her Mind Place - the mental space you'll use to connect the dots of her investigations. ![]()
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