Now It's An ACTION MOVIE?? - Alan Wake - Part 5
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Alan Wake is an action-adventure video game that was developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released for the Xbox 360 in May 2010 and for Windows in February 2012. A remastered version was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows in October 2021, and a Nintendo Switch version was released in October 2022. The game follows Alan Wake, a bestselling thriller novelist, as he tries to uncover the mystery behind his wife's disappearance during a vacation in the small fictional town of Bright Falls, Washington. As he investigates, events from the plot in his latest novel, which he cannot remember writing, come to life.
The game consists of six episodes, and the storyline is continued by two special episodes, The Signal and The Writer, that were made available as downloadable content (DLC) within the same year of the game's release. Additionally, a six-episode live-action web series called Bright Falls acts as a prequel to the game, and a number of related books also expand upon the Alan Wake story. A sequel, Alan Wake II, was announced for release in 2023.
Chiefly written by Sam Lake, the game took over five years to create. The game was originally developed as an open-world survival game but struggled in merging the gameplay with the action-thriller story they wanted to tell. After an intense two-month period, the team reworked the game to be a more traditional linear game broken into an episodic approach that better supported the planned narrative structure and capable of reusing much of the open world assets already built.
Alan Wake is similar to a thriller television series, with episodes that contain plot twists and cliffhangers. The game received positive reviews from critics, has garnered a cult following, and is often praised for its visuals, sound, narrative, pacing, and atmosphere. Alan Wake was awarded the first spot in Time magazine's list of the top 10 video games of 2010. Alan Wake's American Nightmare, a stand-alone spin-off, was released in February 2012 on the Xbox Live Arcade service.
The game is primarily set in the fictional small town of Bright Falls, Washington, and the main gameplay happens in various areas of Bright Falls—such as the forest, a national park, or a farm—during the night time. The player controls the protagonist Alan Wake, who is going through writer's block. In the game, a "darkness" is taking over humans, animals, and objects. These enemies, dubbed the "Taken," are murderous shadows that attack Wake, wielding weapons of their own, ranging from mallets and knives to shovels and chainsaws. Besides the Taken, the player must combat flocks of possessed ravens and animated objects. When enemies are close, Alan can perform a slow-motion cinematic dodge maneuver.
The Taken are protected by a shield of darkness, initially rendering them impervious to attack; they can only be injured with a firearm after exposure to light, which burns the darkness away. This puts significant emphasis on flashlights in conjunction with conventional weapons, such as a revolver or shotgun. Flashlight beams act as a reticle. The handheld lights Wake can carry can be boosted, which destroys the darkness faster, but also reduces the light's battery level. Besides the conventional shooter gameplay need for reloading ammunition, the player must also insert fresh batteries into the flashlight when they run out, or wait for it to recharge slowly. The strength of the darkness protecting an enemy can vary among the Taken.
The player is often encouraged to take advantage of environmental light sources and placing, and to use other light-based weapons and accessories, such as flare guns, hand-held flares, and flashbangs.
Alan Wake (voiced by Matthew Porretta) is a bestselling crime fiction author suffering from a two-year stretch of writer's block. He and his wife Alice travel to the small mountain town of Bright Falls, Washington for a short vacation at the advice of their friend and agent Barry Wheeler. Before arriving, Alan has a nightmare about shadowy figures who try to kill him, when an ethereal figure in a diving suit intervenes in the dream and teaches him how to utilise light to fend off the shadows.
Upon arrival in Bright Falls, Alan goes to a diner to retrieve the keys to their cabin from Carl Stucky, the landlord, but instead encounters a mysterious old woman, who tells him that Stucky had fallen ill and she was entrusted to give Alan the keys.
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