This game is what will happen if the writers win the strike lol.
On a more serious note, I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed playing this game. One thing about me is that I hate the horror genre. Movies, TV, games, you name it. I never found them compelling. They either were trying too hard to scare and they weren't or they were trying to hard to be gruesome to the point where I was super grossed out and wanted no part. Also, one thing they all have in common is stupid storytelling. Alan Wake's story is probably one of the dumbest and most confusing I've ever played through but the premise is so interesting that I was engaged till the very end. Normally, I would doze off if it were any other horror story. It's really strange. I should hate this but I don't.
Gameplay is pretty unique where light is your best weapon and not a shotgun. There is way too many collectibles but at least the game has a statistics menu that tracks everything. Really helpful for the trophies.
My biggest complaint is how the camera is always shifted towards the left. I don't there's a single game I've played where I've had this issue. You could shift the camera to the right by pressing down the right stick (R3) on the PS5 controller but the camera will always shift back to the left. Meaning I have to press R3 practically every 10 seconds. That really pissed me off. And it's so avoidable too. Why isn't there an option to set the camera in a certain position to the player's liking? Or why doesn't pressing R3 shift the position from left to right and stay that way? I would rate the game so much higher if it weren't for the stupid camera positioning.
On a more serious note, I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed playing this game. One thing about me is that I hate the horror genre. Movies, TV, games, you name it. I never found them compelling. They either were trying too hard to scare and they weren't or they were trying to hard to be gruesome to the point where I was super grossed out and wanted no part. Also, one thing they all have in common is stupid storytelling. Alan Wake's story is probably one of the dumbest and most confusing I've ever played through but the premise is so interesting that I was engaged till the very end. Normally, I would doze off if it were any other horror story. It's really strange. I should hate this but I don't.
Gameplay is pretty unique where light is your best weapon and not a shotgun. There is way too many collectibles but at least the game has a statistics menu that tracks everything. Really helpful for the trophies.
My biggest complaint is how the camera is always shifted towards the left. I don't there's a single game I've played where I've had this issue. You could shift the camera to the right by pressing down the right stick (R3) on the PS5 controller but the camera will always shift back to the left. Meaning I have to press R3 practically every 10 seconds. That really pissed me off. And it's so avoidable too. Why isn't there an option to set the camera in a certain position to the player's liking? Or why doesn't pressing R3 shift the position from left to right and stay that way? I would rate the game so much higher if it weren't for the stupid camera positioning.