A “just ok” addition to the Remedy canon. Only really worth playing if you really like how Alan Wake handled combat encounters or you are trying to play everything Remedy has made. It’s pretty cheap and short to get through.

Personaly there are very few things here that I found compelling. The story isn’t nearly as interesting as in Alan Wake. The overall presentation isn’t nearly as interesting. Mr. Scratch is a fun character, and I always dig the live action cutscenes, but in terms of the overarching Alan Wake story this adds pretty much nothing.

I’m not sure why they decided on the looping structure, but it was a mistake. It’s simply a very repetitive experience, with not much pushing the player to get through it other than the combat encounters if you appreciate those more than I do. They added new enemies which is welcome, but man, I still do not like Alan Wake as a shooter.

I get why this one wasn’t added to the remaster.