took me a long ass time because i was so over this 2 chapters in but honestly i felt like it picked up quite a bit...certainly gets by on setting and atmosphere with scant details and extremely little character but like...that can work sometimes!

Alan Wake is extremely similar to Control in its repetitive fights, relatively one-note bosses, and the peak of each game being a maze somehow...where it differs is in its more concise pacing and comparatively simple, easy to follow storyline...also despite Alan being kinda an unlikeable dick, he is at least knowable, and it's difficult not to get invested at some point or another

interested to see where things are taken in the acclaimed sequel...happy i at least got through this if only to have that meta-context i assume will be needed going forward