Alan Wake II Review
Welcome back to Bright Falls. Nothing much has changed.
The small town on the coast still has its priorities in check - good coffee, good chat, and the love of community are still rife even 13 years on from the mysterious disappearance of one of the world's greatest novelists in its border.
Even as misery threatened their way of life, the residents of the sleepy town have still found a way to bring their beloved Deerfest up to its 81st outing. But now, the jaws of darkness threaten to engulf them, just as they did in 2010.
As FBI Agent Saga Anderson and her partner Alex Casey (yes, just like Wake's character - he hates the comparison as much as you'd expect) appear to investigate the mysterious death of a missing co-worker, they inadvertently plunge Bright Falls into a horror story of their own, awash with cults, severed memories and a darkness that intends to destroy everything they know and love, starting at Deerfest.
It's reminiscent of the horrors that awaited famed writer Alan Wake and his wife Alice many years ago - but we return to their story thirteen years later, and with a brand-new approach that borrows from the newly-discovered genius that Remedy Entertainment proved with the mind-bending brilliance of Control.
There's a lot on the table that could dismantle a narrative that hinges itself on the slim line between sanity and the abyss. If anyone can pull it off, it's Remedy. And with every intention, it does it with finesse in Alan Wake II.
