SAM LAKE, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY MORE EXTENDED COMBAT SECTIONS, PLEASE LET ME GO, THIS IS MY OWN VERSION OF THE DARK PLACE
This review contains spoilers
The Signal… Yeah this wasn't very good. Seeing how Alan fared during his time in the Dark Place is really all I can give this episode. Other than that, it's more of the same from the base game, with somehow even worse gameplay and a less gripping progression. It was ok, but somewhat unnecessary, ultimately leading to more frustration than exposition.
Honestly just slogging through this to learn more about the story. Though short, I found this DLC to be quite a bit harder than the mainline story.
Ehhh? It’s a slog
This DLC don't add anything to the original game. Just more repetitive combat
More combat focused than I would've expected from this game, but it was alright. If you're not a fan of the combat though you're probably not gonna have a fun time with this.
Hope you like the combat in this game
I played this a few days after completing the main story of Alan Wake. It picks up right where that game left off and does some interesting things within the world. The difficulty spiked up. I died more playing this first DLC than I did in the main game.
I found this DLC to be a bit on the difficult side, focusing more on combat than additional narrative. Luckily it’s short, so if you’re a completionist or a trophy hunter it’s probably worth a quick play. I’d suggest using a guide just so you don’t miss anything and have to run through it a second time. If you’re coming to The Signal for more narrative, maybe watch a YouTube video about this one?
An awful DLC that takes the worst parts of the main game while doing nothing with the good parts, the story i basically non-existant, it put you in close spaces with lots of enemies and doesn't give you complete set to battle them. There where a few interesting uses of the enviroment but they were better employed in the other DLC.
You can skip this one without a problem.
You can skip this one without a problem.
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This is handily the worst thing I've played all year. It's just all of Alan Wake's worst design tendencies condensed down into a maze of formless slop. It feels like every encounter is worse than the last, and considering the game it's attached to was already pushing the boundaries of tasteful combat design, that's quite an admonishment.
Barebones, with honestly annoying design. There's some fun stuff, and some funny moments, using some of the late game mechanics again, but the encounters feel challenging in unfun ways, much more so than the main episodes. Incredibly short if you can overcome the annoying combat encounters.
honestly considerably better than the base game! i think this dlc does a really solid job making an interesting story out of asset reusage and it has some cool ludonarrative play going on with the GPS. the combat still isn't very good but i think they make better use of the flashlight mechanics here and the setpieces encourage the player to do things other than shoot down waves of enemies much more often.
so theres a part of me that still wanted to enjoy alan wake as a whole experience more than i actually did but this is definitely not it
for as much as i enjoyed the original game somehow i was definitely not well versed to the idea of MORE od what i already played lets be real this is a DLC for people who do really loved alan wake and wanted some more to the story of the base game
as an addendum this didnt do much for me the gameplay is untouched apart from adding some nice words mechanics here and there that are thematically entwined with the whole “its all a manuscript” but since the basic gameflow was already pretty weak i sure wasnt a big fan of doing it all over again for the sake of some more insight to the story
and if you somehow wonder if this is gonna add anything to the original story i kid you not you will have some momentary explanations but shits gonna get more convoluted than it really is because wow they sure love going over and over again on the same concepts until they start making no sense anymore
focus of the DLC is following a signal and going through levels that feel cut out segments that didnt make it to the original also am i the only one or this felt way more difficult i dont know guys
anywho after some tedious fights and flashbacks and shit like that you find the signal and nothing of note really happens . the end ?
guess the other DLC will expand on this but wow this is probably one of the weakest additional contents ive ever played in years somehow the best part was barry acting like a cunt which was definitely entertaining
doing all of this just to play AW2 can you believe that
for as much as i enjoyed the original game somehow i was definitely not well versed to the idea of MORE od what i already played lets be real this is a DLC for people who do really loved alan wake and wanted some more to the story of the base game
as an addendum this didnt do much for me the gameplay is untouched apart from adding some nice words mechanics here and there that are thematically entwined with the whole “its all a manuscript” but since the basic gameflow was already pretty weak i sure wasnt a big fan of doing it all over again for the sake of some more insight to the story
and if you somehow wonder if this is gonna add anything to the original story i kid you not you will have some momentary explanations but shits gonna get more convoluted than it really is because wow they sure love going over and over again on the same concepts until they start making no sense anymore
focus of the DLC is following a signal and going through levels that feel cut out segments that didnt make it to the original also am i the only one or this felt way more difficult i dont know guys
anywho after some tedious fights and flashbacks and shit like that you find the signal and nothing of note really happens . the end ?
guess the other DLC will expand on this but wow this is probably one of the weakest additional contents ive ever played in years somehow the best part was barry acting like a cunt which was definitely entertaining
doing all of this just to play AW2 can you believe that
The worse of the DLC, it leans into my least favorite aspect of the original game—the combat. It throws interminable waves of obnoxious enemies in areas that are largely retreads.
always appreciate dialogue and story in Alan Wake but I couldn't get through how unfair I felt the enemy AI was
This was a fine but mostly pointless feeling DLC, very 2010 vibes.
I don’t hate the combat of Alan Wake like a lot of people seem to beyond thinking that it gets kind of boring, so didn’t mind the fact that this was a bit more challenging than the main game at least. Exploding words mechanic is kinda neat
The Signal only being around an hour and a half long and about an hour and a half of that being recycled areas and assets, and the story only ever progressing in the opening minutes and at the very end is pretty bleh
Didn’t have a bad time with this but not something anyone needs to go out of their way for
I don’t hate the combat of Alan Wake like a lot of people seem to beyond thinking that it gets kind of boring, so didn’t mind the fact that this was a bit more challenging than the main game at least. Exploding words mechanic is kinda neat
The Signal only being around an hour and a half long and about an hour and a half of that being recycled areas and assets, and the story only ever progressing in the opening minutes and at the very end is pretty bleh
Didn’t have a bad time with this but not something anyone needs to go out of their way for
Yep it's Alan Wake all right
Another chapter yeah just as good as the game really.
This was a short dlc experience filled with combat. I personally dislike the combat in Alan Wake 1 so this was not very fun for me though the story bits were good and it kinda redeemed it. Looking forward to playing the next one
Um dos principais pontos fracos de Alan Wake sempre foi seu combate. A genialidade por trás das mentes que decidiram fazer uma DLC focada nisso e extremamente rasa em história só me faz pensar que isso aqui não teve a maior atenção do estúdio. Com uma das piores boss fights que eu já vi, o que se salva é a criatividade de algumas partes da DLC, que eu considero tão boas que deveriam ter sido da própria campanha do jogo. De resto, ela é extremamente esquecível e se você quiser passar ela, só veja um vídeo no youtube que está tudo certo.
Had a lot of fun with this one because of the more challenging fights.
This special doesn’t add too much to the narrative but the glimpse we get is still worth checking out and I’d never complain about more AW content.
This special doesn’t add too much to the narrative but the glimpse we get is still worth checking out and I’d never complain about more AW content.
This would've been a good DLC, if it weren't for the final boss sections. MY GOD ARE THE SKIBIDI TOILET TV LOOKING THINGS SO ANNOYING. The enemy spawning is insanely bad, and the combat isn't hard, it's just stupidly annoying.
Comparado com o quão bom o jogo base é, essa DLC é só um gostinho a mais.
Infelizmente não adiciona muito coisa, a história é bem rasa e as batalhas, mesmo dando uma melhorada em questão de poder ter mais interações com o cenário, não carregam a qualidade dela.
Infelizmente não adiciona muito coisa, a história é bem rasa e as batalhas, mesmo dando uma melhorada em questão de poder ter mais interações com o cenário, não carregam a qualidade dela.
Sam Lake in the studio like "yeah this adds absolutely nothing to the story and is just boring fights. Release it."
This was alright. It was just a series of combat challenges back to back. The story is light enough as to where you could skip/watch a video on it if you want.
Some levels have been made much more creative and fun than the main game. But why was there a need to do these sections separately? Yes, the main game ends as if it was left unfinished, and these so-called "extra" chapters are the ones that need to be played. "Signal" is the first part you have to play after the main game, and unlike the main game, there are some creative gameplay mechanics where you shed light on some words and turn them into reality. Even though this is at the end of the main story, it does not appear integrated into the gameplay. In this regard, there were parts that I enjoyed more than the main story, especially in the combat parts. I recommend you play this episode, which has a gameplay time of approximately 1 hour, if you do not want to leave the story unfinished.
A história é excelente assim como no jogo base, mas o combate ( que n é bom ) é excessivo demais e acaba cansando muito.
A história engaja demais mas esse combate, que é o foco principal dessa DLC, é muitooo repetitivo