SH2 VS AW2

[Silentghost]

Alan wake 2 is better in every department. I am actually finding silent hill 2 kind of boring.
This is not troling, just my opinion.

[RezaKhan98]

haven't played Alan wake 2. is it action oriented or is it just like silent hill, puzzles, a little action and mostly horror?

[Vagrant]

I tried AW 1 and it bored me to tears.

I will probably never try AW2.

[Silentghost]

Originally posted by RezaKhan98:

haven't played Alan wake 2. is it action oriented or is it just like silent hill, puzzles, a little action and mostly horror?

it has a good balance of everything. A fair amount of action.

[Silentghost]

Originally posted by Vagrant:

I tried AW 1 and it bored me to tears.

I will probably never try AW2.

AW1 yes i agree. 2 is not much like 1 tbh. Its a modern high production value game.

[Bankai9212]

In what context or way? Mechanically they are the same but in terms of puzzles silent hill in general is better. As for atmosphere that’s subjective but Alan wake like others are mimicking what the series did.

As for story yeah Alan wake as a series comes up short least silent hill 2 narrative is complete.

[Vinnolo]

there are barely hard puzzles in alan wake 2, action is about the same, atmosphere both are pretty good and sound design too, i dont see much point in comparing them, both are good games.

[Rastrelly]

I tried AW2. Dropped around the famous music section. The game does not know what it wants to be: a metacommentary, a horror, a thriller, or a comedy. it is a disjointed mess of pseudointelligent writing. Especially sad after quite well implemented Control. Even remotely comparing AW2 to SH2, even remake, is ridiculous.

[Narumanu]

Alan wake 2 is the boring one

[Tremere]

SH2R is far better but AW2 is good too.

[[{******---Dead4Life---******}]]

I like SH2R more, but I agree AW2 is a good game too.

[👁️‍🗨antiparti]

I will soon finish AW2 and as my first introduction into Alan Wake that game is phenomenal in every way, including the technical aspect, it's my favorite after Cyberpunk at the moment.
I will play SH2 remake next but I'm dreading dealing with crashes and stutters again. Besides, after reaching first town save I can tell that overall it doesn't look nearly as sophisticated and well designed as AW2, and not on the level of RE4 remake either. So my expectations are low, overwhelmingly positive rating is really delusional on steam. Maybe the game will get much better as I will progress further into the story, but I have a doubt about it.

[Bankai9212]

Originally posted by 👁️‍🗨antiparti:

I will soon finish AW2 and as my first introduction into Alan Wake that game is phenomenal in every way, including the technical aspect, it's my favorite after Cyberpunk at the moment.
I will play SH2 remake next but I'm dreading dealing with crashes and stutters again. Besides, after reaching first town save I can tell that overall it doesn't look nearly as sophisticated and well designed as AW2, and not on the level of RE4 remake either. So my expectations are low, overwhelmingly positive rating is really delusional on steam. Maybe the game will get much better as I will progress further into the story, but I have a doubt about it.

Silent hill series or at least 2 was always about the narrative something Re4 can't compete on as for AW2 considering how the first ended probably not a satisfying story.

[-Dingoling-]

Ok, you can go now

[eeks]

As a huge SH fan they’re neck-in-neck for me.

AW2 was more intriguing and entertaining. Art direction’s insane, and I liked the creativity of the storyboard stuff in Wake’s levels. The set pieces are better and overall graphical fidelity/use of raytracing is more intuitive and stability’s better.

SH2 has a harder-hitting plot and more nuanced characters. I also preferred the combat, and the puzzles were pretty entertaining in a sort of escape room way. It’s also scarier and more oppressive overall without resorting to jump scares, although the retirement home section in AW2 was genuinely pretty freaky.

Both have 10/10 soundtracks and sound design.

Both have pacing issues and imo are over-long, with the subway in AW2 and Brookhaven hospital in SH2 remake being the most egregious examples. Replaying SH2 remake for the endings is not as attractive as it was with the significantly shorter OG game.

I think had I not regularly played the original SH2 over the past 20 years, the remake would have edged out AW2 based on the intrigue-factor, though so many games try to ape the plot twists that maybe it won’t have the same impact.

Who knows!

[Ricback2]

I really enjoy Alan Wake 1 but gave up AW2 for a very specific reason.

You go around the map doing puzzles to get all sorts of collectives that are quite cool. If you die without saving you have to do it all again. I couldn't put myself to go around collecting this ♥♥♥♥ again and gave up. This is just bad game design.

I don't think I'll be trying again, which is a pity since I like all games from Remedy.