The thirteen year gap between Alan Wake 1 and 2 really is felt. I still agree with you that the first game is not enjoyable mechanically, but the overall payoff of the Remedyverse is worth going through it. The story is good and has several memorable characters, and the enjoyment of Control and AW2 is much higher if you’ve played the entire back catalogue.
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is actually a mechanically much more satisfying game than AW1, if you can stand the low budget nature of it being an Xbox Live Marketplace game.
The thirteen year gap between Alan Wake 1 and 2 really is felt. I still agree with you that the first game is not enjoyable mechanically, but the overall payoff of the Remedyverse is worth going through it. The story is good and has several memorable characters, and the enjoyment of Control and AW2 is much higher if you’ve played the entire back catalogue.
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is actually a mechanically much more satisfying game than AW1, if you can stand the low budget nature of it being an Xbox Live Marketplace game.