Here as it's on everyone's GOTY lists I keep wondering if I want to play Alan Wake 2. I played the first game three times through when it came out and liked it a lot at the time (I even reviewed it at my old job, though that seems to have been ethered off the internet in various site redesigns.) I did get the remastered version via PS+ and played a bit of the intro before going "actually, I already played this three times and it's pretty corny and clunky in 2023" and stopped. I've played through a good bit of Control and that's a game where as I play it I'm like, do I like this? am I enjoying this? The combat is an absolute slog that I turned down to extremely easy just to get through it. But it doesn't NOT compel me?? So this mix all leaves me very curious about Alan Wake 2. All the praise has me kind of like, really? Her? Which just amps up the curiosity!!
Anyway all this to say that if you'd like to convince me to play Alan Wake 2, this is your opportunity.
