Alan Wake

Video Game
20102010
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8.5/10

5.5K

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While on vacation in the small town of Bright Falls, a struggling writer must investigate the mysterious disappearance of his wife while events from his latest manuscript, which he can't rem... Read allWhile on vacation in the small town of Bright Falls, a struggling writer must investigate the mysterious disappearance of his wife while events from his latest manuscript, which he can't remember writing, begin to come true.While on vacation in the small town of Bright Falls, a struggling writer must investigate the mysterious disappearance of his wife while events from his latest manuscript, which he can't remember writing, begin to come true.

8.5/10

5.5K

Director
- Petri Järvilehto(lead)
Writers
- Sam Lake(story)
- Petri Järvilehto(original concept)
- Mikko Rautalahti(screenplay)
Stars
- Matthew Porretta(voice)
- Lloyd Floyd(voice)
- Geoffrey Cantor(voice)

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Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total

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Matthew Porretta

Alan Wakeas Alan Wake
(voice)

Alice Wakeas Alice Wake
(voice)

R.J. Allison

Jason Nuzzo

Mottas Mott
(voice)
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Fred Berman

Barry Wheeleras Barry Wheeler
(voice)

Benita Robledo

Rose Marigoldas Rose Marigold
(voice)

Jeff Gurner

Rustyas Rusty
(voice)
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Cliff Carpenter

Odin Andersonas Odin Anderson
(voice)

Sarah Breakeras Sarah Breaker
(voice)

Clark Warren

Helen Greenberg

Director
- Petri Järvilehto(lead)
Writers
- Sam Lake(story) (original concept) (screenplay)
- Petri Järvilehto(original concept)
- Mikko Rautalahti(screenplay) (story)
All cast & crew
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare

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Alan Wake: The Writer

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Trivia
Originally designed as an open world/sandbox game, but was changed to be a more linear experience for better pacing.

Goofs
Alice Wake's driver's license, picked up by Alan when it was left in an old car, was issued in the USA, which organizes date of birth by month/date/year. Alice's license, while difficult to read in game can be seen clearly in the Official Survival Guide, lists her date of birth as 24-11-79 (day-month-year). No US issued license would list a date in this manner.

Quotes
Alan Wake: [Opening line] Steven King once wrote that nightmares exist outside of logic and there's little fun to be had in explanations. They're antithetical to the poetry of fear. In a horror story the victim keeps asking why, but there can be no explanation and there shouldn't be one. The unanswered mystery is what stays with us the longest and is what we'll remember in the end. My name is Alan Wake, I'm a writer.

Connections
Edited into Alan Wake Remastered (2021)

Top review

8/10

Great game hampered by repetition

First of all, I am a fan of Alan Wake and I'd play the sequel in a heartbeat if they ever made one. It's atmospheric, cinematic and rife with panicked encounters. At least, it is for the first two chapters. After that, it loses much of its magic for the simple reason that you become conditioned to it. There are only so many possessed humans jumping out of bushes and coming at you with an axe you can handle before it becomes laborious to blind them and then shoot them. Rinse and repeat over and over again for 6 full chapters. What the game desperately needed was a more varied backdrop than endless forests at night time and swarms upon swarms of the same enemy type. Despite this, it remains one of the better horror games out there, and for this very reason it is still that cult classic that people just can't seem to stop talking about. If you haven't had your hands on a copy yet, what are you waiting for?

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