Alan Wake has always been a game that’s interested me even before its sequel came out. Some people have a real fondness for this game and after playing it I can see why even with the problems I have with it.

The game nails its atmosphere, the whole light vs darkness theme works pretty well, and the story gets pretty interesting by the end of it. The main thing that bogs everything down is the gameplay, it’s too repetitive and spammy with its enemies that only really vary in how long it takes for them to die (except for those really annoying teleporting guys).

Knowing this was an Xbox 360 game makes the technical stuff more impressive, but that doesn’t make the game any less mid.