Alan Wake Remastered review: A great game is back in the light
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The layer of polish helps this dark mystery stand the test of time. Alan Wake, both the titular writer and the game, are going through a fascinating journey. While long lauded among the best works of storytelling prodigy Remedy Entertainment, it never saw the same commercial success, spending years as something of a cult classic. Now that it`s back through Alan Wake Remastered, I hope some people who skipped out take the plunge with its revival. Rough around the edges as it was, Alan Wake remains a personal favorite of the Xbox 360 years. It weaves a dark tale of nightmarish writing coming to life, a story both far-reaching in its terrifying scope, yet oddly personal in its characters. I loved it all those years ago and going through Alan Wake Remastered only cemented that feeling. This remaster doesn`t go quite as far as I`d have liked in some ways but the core story remains riveting and the gameplay holds up. There`s a lot of Xbox games dropping this fall but if you`ve never pla...