While is was a very memorable and worthwhile experience, most its flare is found in its story and presentation. So if you're light on cash I could possibly recommend on a Youtube playthrough as the general gameplay is not your traditional survival horror. As most of the game is watching cutscenes, talking to people, or walking around. While the gunplay and puzzles are very flashy, I can easily say that they're not good enough to hold up the whole game. Alan Wake 2 is most definitely a very good game but as a survival horror game it won't really be competing with this year's Resident Evil remake.