Alan Wake's American
Nightmare Review
By: Julian MacDonnell
XBLA
Alan Wake was a first for
development house Remedy Entertainment. Having just come off of their
first big hit franchise Max Payne, they decided to change things up a
bit for their next hero; Alan Wake. Changing from film noir to
psychological horror and moving the setting from a blizzard stricken
New York City to the seemingly calm and serene town of Bright Falls,
Remedy went on to make a very well made narrative driven (if clunky
controlled)game.
Now it's been nearly two
years since Alan's first outing to save his wife and the
citizens of Bright Falls, and fans have been clamoring for a sequel.
Unfortunately, due to lack of a
publisher, Remedy has been forced to drudge on with their first
downloadable-only game: Alan Wake's American Nightmare. What was
supposed to be nothing more than a side story in the series seems to
have turned into a bit of an experiment for Remedy and the next step in continuing the actual story.
