Alan Wake 2 review: The best psychological horror game I’ve played in generations

Alan Wake 2 plays out like a completely different game when compared to its 2010 predecessor. For all the right reasons. Believe me when I say that Remedy Entertainment has created something so unnerving, and wholly bizarre, that it will give Silent Hill’s reboot a run for its money. Alan Wake 2 starts out as a detective story, but as you reunite with the missing (presumed dead) Alan Wake again, everything becomes even stranger. It’s Twin Peaks in a video game format, to put it simply; nothing in the town of Bright Falls is as it seems, and its townsfolk are hiding more than they let on. Playing as FBI agent Saga Anderson, you explore the town of Bright Falls and its surrounding wilderness; creepy, rundown theme parks, biker hangouts, plenty of swampy forests. As you pick Bright Falls apart, you retreat to Saga’s Mind Place – it’s exactly like BBC Sherlock’s Mind Palace – where you’ll piece together clues, profile suspects, and can even watch some unnerving (but amusing) live-action TV. We all need to unwind, after all. Read more