For a game that ends on a note this similar to the ending to Alan Wake 1, wow, does it blow that 13 year old game out of the water (no pun intended).
At the time of writing this log, I have only cleared the first run and I already think that this game pushes the boundaries of what a videogame story can be, both creatively and in the themes in touches upon. It's dark, meta, self aware without being self conscious, extremely funny and mind bending when it wants to be.
Most importantly, Alan Wake 2 is sincere and not afraid to get extremely artsy and weird.
Games that I get THIS obsessed with very rarely come along, Alan Wake is the best sequel I could've hoped for and it has cemented Remedy's place as one of my favourite studios.
The only reason this doesn't get an immediate 5 is that I feel that in some sections the freedom the game so badly wants to give the player wasn't particularly adding to the experience, maybe it was even holding it back.
Onto the Final Draft, I will update this log and maybe change the score when I am done with it.