I played this back when it was available on PS+, back when actually worthwhile games were put on and the price wasn't as intolerable as it is currently and came out of it confused at its deluge of word sludge, trying to enter my skull while I was growing continuously fed up with its bullshit, not even bothering to rezd the documents or pay much attention to the Hotline or Darling's videos; I didn't even touch the DLCs. It was disingenuous of me, but I still came out enjoying it; just in a confused way. Now, with the proper context coming from Alan Wake, as well as properly tempering my expectations and knowing how to grapple with the map and its style of storytelling, I came out a much bigger fan. Definetly presented in a very larger than thou manner with its complicated array of alternate dimension and paranormal activity viewed and analyzed on the lenses of science, but at its core tells a simple story of "control"; or the idea that we have any control over ourselves, the lives we lead and the paths we take. It's still something I haven't fully grasped to its extremes, but I'm now coming back to it after this replay, ready to head into its expansion stories and see what else this game has to offer.