A very creative and fun story with very few characters, but all of whom are generally used well. While the story pulled me forward, particularly because I had already beaten control and it's DLC packs, I found it overstayed its welcome in several ways. The developers should probably have taken 1/3 of it out.

There is way too much combat, there are way too many enemies, and given how heavily the game relies on them, you're very limited stamina and bad / unreliable dodge really take fun out of the combat experience.

I played it to prepare for Alan Wake II and, while I do not regret playing it, I will never play it again.