Alan Wake 2 - Easy Allies Review

Do i need to play the first game?

Probably the best survival horror game I have ever played. And that is in comparison to Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Condemned, Outlast, Evil Within etc.

I'm interested in playing this despite absolutely hating the first game.

The worst 100$ I've ever spent.

GOTY!

One of the best games ever made.

I truly loved every moment the game gave me. I didn't like the bugs tho... Saga had a lot of them. Alan was mostly clean gameplay.

This really is a divisive game it seems. I've seen a lot of pure hatred for this game. But I love it. Finished it so quick because I was so drawn into it.

The game should just be called Saga Anderson. I agree with your points throughout. I've put 39 hours into the game (completed it) and it is a let down and disappointment to me: I'm tired of sugarcoating it or pretending it's not. Even though I didn't prefer Saga over Alan as a character (obviously, I'm playing a sequel to one of my favorite games and characters: Alan Wake), I too preferred Saga's sections because they were, well, better, as you detailed. Sigh. It's not that I disliked Saga or anything, it just seems crazy to me I estimate I played as much as 60-70% of Alan Wake 2 as Saga (AND importantly, Alan's sections were largely walking simulator). I honestly can't believe more people don't have a problem with this. I can't give the game more than a 6 or 7 out of 10 for these and other reasons: pacing, meh combat, amount of time walking/nothing happening. Ugh.

As good as BG3 was, I still had way more fun with Alan Wake 2, and is my personal GOTY

you finally review a game and its one i refuse to see anything of until I play it

I have never needed a physical edition more than I do of this game.

Brandon Jones is back?

The original was much better imo...

Very fitting score. To me this is a 10/10, I loved every second of it and even now, weeks after finishing it I can't stop thinking about it. GOTY for me though I know it won't win at the TGAs.

I will buy once there's a physical release or when it's on sale

As much as I enjoyed the first chapters as Saga it all falls apart when you play Alan Wake. It simply is boring gameplay. That subway level is uninspired and simply cringy in terms of narrative. The mechanics of changing the environment with that lamp is confusing and not fun. Too much cheap jump scares. Fighting those silhouettes with the flashlight is uninteresting. I wish we would only play saga and focus more on FBI investigation. And the janitor? Again? He was in Control. The whole thing is weird and not in a good way.

Imo this deserved more to be a goty nominee than Mario Wonder and tears of the kingdom, a game that's basically the same as the original with a Minecraft glove. But it's nintendo power baby.

The game is a complete snooze fest, if you're considering buying it, I highly recommend to watch an hour of gameplay to see if the story based game is something you're interested in. This game borders the tell tale types of games, wish they let me refund it.

ALAN WAKE 2 IS MY GOTY 100%
STORY AND CREATIVE STORYTELLING WITH LIVE ACTION'S AND ACTORS GREAT PERFORMANCE ARE SOO AMAZING AND CINEMATIC THANK YOU SAM LAKE FOR THIS WIRED STORY AND AMAZING SEQUEL ❤AND THANK YOU EASY ALLIES FOR THIS GREAT REVIEW

even if i made it ,i say is a thiller too or just a thriller maybe not the best horror , but u defend the thriller like u are from usa.

Just finish the game and i can say this is my GOTY
Excllent review guys

Thank you for the review - job well done, very professional as always. Also thank you everyone for all the comments, as a developer they make my heart sing while trying to wake up in this beautiful morning ❤

After Control the team obviously took a totally different direction with Alan Wake 2 - In Control we put the gameplay first, while Alan is a story and mood first game.

Lovely to see both of these games finding their audience. We try our best to keep surprising the gamers - even if it will mean taking risks in the future too - also when now diving into the unknowable in Control 2.

I'd love to tell you what's cooking but can't do that just yet 😅 What I can tell, is that I need to take a shower and head to the office to continue adding those ingredients with the wonderful team in Remedy - in the meantime please enjoy Alan Wake 2.

Great review Huber.

a 10 in our hearts. great review huber

Alan Wake 2 was so fun. I love Remedy and am excited for the DLC, Control 2 and Max Payne remakes

Yeah this is my favorite game this year. Still have BG3 for my GOTY but, AW2 just AMAAAZING!

Wow, this review is nearly a month late.

So....if it's so perfect why do I keep hearing things about poor story and plot?

If Huber hadn't spent his once-a-year 10/10 on RE4 this would be it. Fantastic review of a fantastic game.

This whole year, I was tryna figure out what my game of the year would be. There are so many fantastic games that were released this year but for my tastes Alan Wake 2 is quite possibly the best game I've experienced this year.. absolutely loved it.

I'm glad someone mentioned the difficulty in this game. As a survival horror veteran, it is unquestionably one of the most achievable games in the genre on hard mode. The spikes are welcome when they come as I'm so conservative in my play style that i ended up with too many stored resources by the end. Even so, i will say it was a surprisingly balanced experience. I never quite felt comfortable but also i always knew i could step up to the plate and power through. Still, i think they couldve tipped the scales a little more out of player favor just the ratchet up the tension more.

Nice jump scare...u guys got me

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Huber was destined to write this review. I expected no less. Fair, but still nearly flawless. Well waited for indeed.

Genuinely impressed (and very happy) that the whole review doesn't mention Twin Peaks. I understand there's heavy inspiration from that series in AW2, but it's refreshing to hear this game talked about and praised on its own merits rather than how well it emulates the vibe of something else.

Alright. You got me. I'll buy it.

I gotta wonder why most mainstream media outlets typically criticize jump scares in horror games (rightfully so) but there's no mention of them in AW2. A game where there's an overabundance of them and they're often unearned.

On top of that the lack of enemy variety is barely brought up and if it is its barely glossed over. The Callisto Protocol got absolutely panned for having a lack of enemy variety. Just weird that everyone seems to collectively be giving this game a pass for generally agreed upon sticking points

DON CASANOVA BABY

It’s not for me but happy it turned out to be great.

Great editing and great script. Excellent review!

I loved the first game but struggling with this one. Saga is awesome the first hours but the mind place interrupts all the flow

Alan is ok but you end up mixing "words" until you advance, and the writing is just nonsense as Control, i have to beat it to see if its always like this

Feels like Blood squashed the 10

It's not a loop...

Hope it gets a physical release. 🙏🙏🙏

Was waiting for this one, looks amazing.

Great review, Huber. Play this game on a 4000 series GPU with Ray Reconstruction if possible, it really is a visually transformative difference. My only complaint is towards those screen filling jump scares, otherwise this feels like a dream come true kind of experience.