Alan Wake shares more with its predecessors than a vague pun in the title persona’s name. As in the studio’s Max Payne, the hero’s nightmares yield shadowy monsters to battle and surreal mysteries to solve, largely from an action-oriented, third-particular person point of view. The missions in Alan Wake weave always via the awe creator’s visions as well to via the “actual” world, the build the lonely village of Luminous Falls offers cramped solace. And though he beneficial properties get admission to to a revolver, looking rifle, and an increasing number of deadly shotguns, Alan Wake’s Most noteworthy weapon could be his flashlight, as darkness appears to be the provision of all his nightmarish troubles.