Alan Wake
Alan Wake is a PC shooter game developed by Remedy Entertainment. It centers on aiming and shooting, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around keyboard movement and mouse aiming, with a controller where supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
Alan Wake is a PC shooter game centered on aiming and shooting, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while resolution, graphics settings, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio, text scaling, and hardware performance need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include OS and hardware requirements, installation media, patches, drivers, DRM and launchers, key binding and controller support, save locations, mod compatibility, servers, and era-specific OS compatibility affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Alan Wake is a supernatural thriller series about a writer whose stories become entangled with reality. Searching for answers goes hand in hand with confronting darkness, where a beam of light can be as important as a gun.
Alan Wake 2
Oct 27, 2023
- Windows PCOct 27, 2023 · 8.3 / 10
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AI review
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Excellent light-and-dark thriller with uneven PC mouse feel.
The original Windows PC release of Alan Wake makes light a combat prerequisite. A flashlight strips darkness from an enemy before firearms can finish the job, so battery and ammunition decisions keep even straightforward encounters tense. Episodic chapters, collectible manuscript pages and the shadowed Pacific Northwest landscape build a persuasive psychological mystery. Sound and the clearer PC image are particularly effective at putting the player inside a television-thriller rhythm. As the chapters continue, however, similar enemy encounters become routine and the world offers less exploration than its setting first suggests. A firsthand PC review describes mouse look as sluggish while aiming can feel overly sensitive. Improved visuals therefore do not mean every input aspect was refined for the platform; another account notes that generous checkpoints at least soften repeated failures. This is a strong choice for players who value atmosphere and narrative drive, with a qualification about combat repetition. The score evaluates the 2012 PC edition independently and does not copy the existing Xbox 360 score.
Strengths
- Light-based combat and presentation generate tension.
Weaknesses
- Repetitive fights and inconsistent PC mouse tuning.
Who it is for: Players seeking a story-driven cinematic thriller.
Play notes: Original Windows PC release, independently of Xbox 360.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Episodic mystery works despite repetitive fights. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Light-before-gunplay gives encounters a distinctive rhythm. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Dark forests and sound make the thriller convincing. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension PC visual gains coexist with uneven mouse tuning. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Remedy
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Release date
- 2012
- Platforms
- Windows PC
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- DodgeReplayableThird PersonLinear LevelsPlayer versus EnvironmentSolo-friendlyFast-paced3D GraphicsShootingMain Story Under 10 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
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- Perspectives
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Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2012
- Xbox 360Worldwide2010
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