Alan Wake is one of those games where you see a lot of people call it good, go "oh well people say that's good, I'll get around to it eventually I guess" and then when you finally sit down and play it you realize that it was in fact an amazing game and you should have played it sooner. Alan Wake is a transcendent experience, if you have not played this game, play it. Gameplay is honestly kind of repetitive at times so there is no issue with just playing easy mode for the story.