Alan Wake 2: Over-Developed, Flawed, Fun

[Membership] - youtube.com/channel/UCBRdH7MGiy3EmNG1GndsdIg/join [Patreon] - https://www.patreon.com/AvalancheReviews Coming hot off of a 13 year gap, Remedy has finally released the sequel to their Xbox 360 darling Alan Wake. Well.....they did 6 months ago. Since that launch, I've seen people hareld this as the return of horror and even an example of survival horror. So even if I wasn't already working on a retrospective covering all of Remedy's non Max Payne output, I would still have a moral obligation to review it. So let's see how this game holds up to the mountain of praise it has been getting on social media. Thanks to @Indigo_Gaming and @BoulderPunch for the footage! Here's Indigo's Alan Wake video - https://youtu.be/oBhtqtIKhPg?si=zHjAGTsrAKSQm2AM 00:00 Intro 01:55 Alan Wake's Development History 06:25 Beginnings 18:07 The Real Game Reveals Itself 29:40 Introducing Alan Wake 33:44 Visuals 39:02 Forming a Plan 46:45 I Don't Like The Combat.... 51:44 This is a Passion Project 55:56 Spoilers! 01:14:26 Lots of Issues 01:25:46 Coming to a Conclusion 01:28:47 End