So I've beaten Alan Wake twice now. I never beat it in Nightmare mode and I very briefly debated doing that, but I remember having a rough time getting through some parts and would rather have an easier playthrough, so I stayed on Normal. Good thing too because I never played it on a controller and I'm playing it on my Steam Deck now, and it feels harder on a controller than keyboard/mouse, or I just suck a lot more. I will never get all the manuscript pages.
That said, Alan Wake still rules! I love this bizarre, creepy story. Just such a strange narrative, made even stranger by Alan narrating it like a book. The combat is whatever. I never loved the combat and I sometimes find it a bit frustrating, but it always leaves me tense in the right ways.
Got through the first two chapters though. Barry is the best, and if he isn't in Alan Wake 2 I will be so disappointed.
Something funny was that I turn on the first radio in the game when you get to the cabin and get an achievement for collecting all of them. Somehow I missed the very first one in both of my playthroughs before this!
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