Biggest Disappointment of a Game

[ChocolateWIlly]

I really really really LOVED the FIRST game... this however... needs to be burned and stomped to death.

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The people who made the game were plain LAZY. Only wanted to ride on the success of the first game.

How lazy were they? Here's a list of their laziness:
1. It's 3 maps 3 times over... how much more boring can it get and how much more lazy can the game makers get?
2. Not even a dozen types of "Taken" are introduced, and there are no bosses.
3. Guns were supplied in boxes and you could find these guns from ACT I (but you can't open the boxes because of the lack of manuscripts). It shows that the game makers were LAZY once again. They didn't want to introduce these guns in some interesting or progressive fashion. They just put them into boxes and left it.
4. Did I mention you do the same thing over and over and over again?
5. Maps are small
6. No driving? One of the best parts of the first game was the driving...
7. Same radios and TVs in the same spot SOOO LAZY
8. Same items and weapons in the same spot... SOOO LAZY
9. Soo many "locked" doors; game makers were too lazy to make more than a dozen rooms in the game.
10. Same plant life that you can walk through over and over again. You can even walk through cacti and it won't hurt you; it flops around like an elastic band instead.

Other bad aspects of the game:
1. No challenge after acquiring certain guns. As soon as you get the magnum (during 2nd run) the taken pose absolutely no threat; I believe the magnum was the most versatile and BEST gun in the game.
2. Bullets were scattered randomly and everywhere and I only had to rush back to ammo/battery supply to fill up.
I NEVER used any of my batteries; recovery speed was soo fast (just as fast as putting a battery in)
3. Birds/crows were basically nerfed. They went form being annoying and potentially hazardous in the first game into becoming an easy to shoot target. They transform from their crow form into a human form. The crow form is untargetable, but after they combine into a human form, it's too easy to kill.
4. What were the point of spiders? It brings nothing to the story and game.
5. Save feature is complete crap. There is only one slot to save in, so you have to play that one slot all the way through (or else you'll lose all of it). Don't stop and go back to the previous level to grab a manuscript (like I did); your save file will be over written or worse, you will be in the same Act/save point, but will only be holding your default handgun.
6. Manuscripts were poorly written and boring; there's actually very little significance to the story.
7. No team play like the 1st game. One of the best parts was the team fights with Barry and the Sheriff.

The end was a complete disgrace and was the final/key factor for me in writing this review. Cheesiest acting ever; I don't blame the actors (the actor playing Alan wake did VERY well). The direction of the game was horrible and I bet the actors felt awkward and disappointed with the end.

THIS SHOULDN'T BE CALLED AN ALAN WAKE GAME... it has NOTHING to do with the first game. You can replace all the character's names with something else and there wouldn't be a difference.

Good things about the game (there were some)
1. Alan has more stamina; he can practically run forever
2. Alan can actually jump or climb over small obstacles now
3. I really liked the video and the acting in the videos (for the T.V.s)
4. It's nice to see a new assortment of guns.


Some people may not agree with me on many of these points, but I believe many of you will agree that this game wasn't needed.

[thestrayfox21]

I wonder if any of you realized that this wasn't meant to be a full continuation or anything, it was meant to be a little filler thing for people while the second one waits on funding and time. I have played the first one and I loved it. This one also wasn't awful, it lacked the twists and story of the first one but remedy even said, " We're gonna focous less on the story of this on, we wanna try adding more to gameplay and some new weapons and enemies, this is just a side story to the originol really. " The three maps do get boring but we also have arcade mode which you have to admit was pretty awesome. The game used good music when they did use music. I believe you should all lighten up, we have the right to like it, you don't need to get in everyones face like, " HOW COULD YOU LIKE SUCH A AWFUL GAME?! D:< HOW COULD YOU NOT BELEIVE IN MY RELIGION OF ISLAM! D:< DEATH TO AMERICAN NIGHTMARE AND INFIDELS! " . Calm the ♥♥♥♥ down and let us play our game Bro. :|

[Vic 2.0]

Originally posted by thestrayfox21:

I wonder if any of you realized that this wasn't meant to be a full continuation or anything, it was meant to be a little filler thing for people while the second one waits on funding and time. I have played the first one and I loved it. This one also wasn't awful, it lacked the twists and story of the first one but remedy even said, " We're gonna focous less on the story of this on, we wanna try adding more to gameplay and some new weapons and enemies, this is just a side story to the originol really. " The three maps do get boring but we also have arcade mode which you have to admit was pretty awesome. The game used good music when they did use music. I believe you should all lighten up, we have the right to like it, you don't need to get in everyones face like, " HOW COULD YOU LIKE SUCH A AWFUL GAME?! D:< HOW COULD YOU NOT BELEIVE IN MY RELIGION OF ISLAM! D:< DEATH TO AMERICAN NIGHTMARE AND INFIDELS! " . Calm the ♥♥♥♥ down and let us play our game Bro. :|

Your post made me lol at the end, but I agree with everything you said. I think most people here agree that American Nightmare was just a spin-off. Not as good as the original, but still pretty enjoyable.

And yes, I think "Fight Til Dawn" was awesome. Wish they'da made it muliplayer though, and let me have my favorite weapons on each map!

[Чики Брики]

I think the Graphics and the weapone ammo are so bad,becouse if you are attacked without ammo you will die :)

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

I liked it for what it was. I don't know why they changed the formula to be more action-oriented, but it was fun.
Sure, the main game was better, but making it a bit more max payne wasn't exactly a horrible idea.
You just had to know what you were getting into. I already knew it was different to the main game. I knew it was more action than tension.
I paid full price for it on release, which was around £12 if I remember right. And I don't regret it at all.
I was pissed that they just repeated the same levels again and again, and didn't hide it very well. But the idea that Max... I mean Alan.... was stuck, doomed to keep repeating things until he got it right was pretty fun. I liked that idea as a mechanic for the story. I just didn't like that they only did it as a way to save time, effort and money making more environments.
Still a fun addition to the Alan Wake franchise. Just a bit different than the main game is all.
Not a problem if you knew about the change in gameplay beforehand. I can fully understand people being very pissed off if they didn't know and had expected more of the same.

[crazymonkey1905]

I loved the first game and liked the second. I hope the next willl be better.

[Yolomancer]

Originally posted by ChocolateWIlly:

What music are you talking about? There is no sound track...

What? Did you play the game muted or something?

I'm thinking you're a troll or one of the people associated with the production of the game.

Having an opinion does not make someone a troll

I honestly think you're another troll... again you bring nothing to the discussion.
You only say it's good and you stop there. Why is it good? Why should I even consider this as a sequel for the first game?

Jesus Christ.

He even made a little numbered list of things he likes, how can he possibly make it any simpler for you?

OP is an idiot

[crazymonkey1905]

I loved the Soundtrack too. He has played the game muted or he is just deaf.....

[thestrayfox21]

I think Mr. Willy has a flare stuck up his ass. ;3 You all see what I did there? Course you did with flare ass brightening everything.

[Eleazaros]

I found a few things odd, as others have but it was "OK". Pretty far from the biggest disappointment but I have a few games (a bit over 100) so I've seen some ugly disappointments (Duke Nukem for instance).

The live movies mixed in... I didn't care for the psychopath blathering chatter.

In the first one, the movies added to the story you were playing - fleshing out details your character had forgotten about writing the story to change reality. This one only had a nut job running around murdering people. I didn't get any impression of value-add to the story from his chatter and just murdering folks.

The weapons - only the 1 flashlight and it seemed pretty powerful compared to the first game and it rechared really fast. It also didnt' seem to bother them in normal use vs how the first one would show melting effects without focusing.

Understandable when you get that crossbow which ignores shadow to kill stuff fairly early - without pages to open it. Without burning shadow off fast, no other weapon would be considered worth using but even still ... Once I picked up that crossbow, I never used another weapon in that slot - that was a waste of time.

That magnum was extremely powerful for a handgun and packing 8 rounds? ... So once I got that, I stayed with it too though short bursts with the submachine gun would get the job done, same with the nail gun.... It took stuff out much better.

The limits on flares was annoying as well as how gimp flashbangs were. I pretty close to stopped using flashbangs after a bit. Against many opponents they just didn't work very well against whereas the crossbow and a quick focused light would take them out.

Again - not really great but it was OK.

Oh and one thing this did highlight for me: Across both the original and this one -- only "the big boss" and the one partially infected woman were female infected. All Taken are guys across it. That kind of amused me.

[cellsebi]

this game perfect

[Slava Ukraine Slava Hayastan]

im enjoying it esp for $1. 7/10

[Pescintio]

I got this for a dollar. It was fun and a good time killer. I also incidently adored the first alan wake. I dont think this should be viewed as another installment. Just a game spiritually based in the alan wake world (That being said, if I hadnt played the first game, I probably wouldnt have like this one- they relied heavily on knowledge of the first game, this was one of its potentially largest pitfalls I guess) . OP, disregarding people as trolls after they said they enjoyed the game after asking opinions is the most counterproductive ♥♥♥♥ ive seen in a long time. I enjoyed it for what it was

[♛Cookiesoda♕]

oh u hate it just like i hate half-life 2 buddy, ppl keep saying "half-life is awesome, best game ever" or kinda thing....but i just feel its jsut another normal game with some bugs. so i guess its just different taste. and AW AN is not a sequel of first AW game~~~~!! i mean, they are TWO totally different game~~~different style and different feeling, and it's muich cheaper than 1st one. what more can you ask, 10 bucks for a big shot "AW 2"???!! -.-

[Rabid Urko]

I think its awesome for 69p