I'm having a hard time thinking of a post for you guys this time around. You know what, I'm gonna talk about a completely underrated game that I just absolutely love. That game is Alan Wake for the Xbox 360 and PC. This game just did not sell well for some strange reason, maybe someone could enlighten me on that part. Man, where do I even start with this one. I guess I should start with the story behind the game. First thing you should know is that this game is a psychological thriller so the story is... it's up there as far as stories go. It's amazing. You are Alan Wake, a successful writer that is kind of stuck in a rut. He just does not want to write another book. So what he ends up doing is taking a vacation with his wife, Alice, to the little town of Bright Falls. Things take a turn for the worse though when a mysterious figure hands Alan a key to a cabin on the lake, not the original plan. In the middle of the night, when they are at the cabin, Alice is kidnapped, taken into the bottom of the darkness of the lake. Alan dives into the lake to try and save her. Next thing you know, Alan wakes up in a car crash, finding manuscript pages from a book written by him. He has no memory of writing the story, but things seem to be unfolding just as the pages describe. Now being attacked by people possessed by the darkness (The Taken) Alan must fight back with the power of light (no seriously you fight them with guns, flashlights, and flares) to save the world from the darkness and save his wife.
I may have done a bad job describing the story, but it is seriously one of the best written stories I have seen in a game for a while, at least at the time of it's release, it's definitely the main reason I kept playing, I needed to know what happened next! The gameplay is actually quite unique too. Alan has to use his flashlight, or any other means of light to shatter the darkness that surrounds the Taken in order to do any kind of damage to them. Then you use your guns, which is basically just a revolver in the beginning eventually leading to a rifle, shotgun, and the most powerful weapon... the flare gun! No, I'm serious it's an awesome weapon against the taken. With the main focus of the game being around that flashlight the shadow effects in the game are amazing for the time, heck even current time! By the way, you will learn to hate crows in this game, and I mean hate them, just saying.
The game is set up into episodes, so it acts like a running TV series. It recaps what happened at the end of the last episode (chapter) and sets up with you wanting to know what will happen. Or if you find the manuscript pages, dreading and terrified at what you know will happen. It's such a unique thing that completely works for the game. The soundtrack and score for this game are very fitting for the mood of the game. I will leave a link to one of my favorite songs from the game. I hope this inspired you to at least take a look at this underrated game... even if I don't provide the best of explanations on text (good thing I'm not a salesperson right now) Alright I think that's about all I can say on this topic so I will catch you guys next time! Later!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f_hewSrAH4
Got it memorized?
Terry
Gaming Nerd
I may have done a bad job describing the story, but it is seriously one of the best written stories I have seen in a game for a while, at least at the time of it's release, it's definitely the main reason I kept playing, I needed to know what happened next! The gameplay is actually quite unique too. Alan has to use his flashlight, or any other means of light to shatter the darkness that surrounds the Taken in order to do any kind of damage to them. Then you use your guns, which is basically just a revolver in the beginning eventually leading to a rifle, shotgun, and the most powerful weapon... the flare gun! No, I'm serious it's an awesome weapon against the taken. With the main focus of the game being around that flashlight the shadow effects in the game are amazing for the time, heck even current time! By the way, you will learn to hate crows in this game, and I mean hate them, just saying.
The game is set up into episodes, so it acts like a running TV series. It recaps what happened at the end of the last episode (chapter) and sets up with you wanting to know what will happen. Or if you find the manuscript pages, dreading and terrified at what you know will happen. It's such a unique thing that completely works for the game. The soundtrack and score for this game are very fitting for the mood of the game. I will leave a link to one of my favorite songs from the game. I hope this inspired you to at least take a look at this underrated game... even if I don't provide the best of explanations on text (good thing I'm not a salesperson right now) Alright I think that's about all I can say on this topic so I will catch you guys next time! Later!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f_hewSrAH4
Got it memorized?
Terry
Gaming Nerd