I'm struggling to give this game a rating, I enjoyed playing through it, and I wouldn't mind doing so again. It's a game I feel is competently made, something I could recommend to others with a couple of caveat. Which is what I would say about the first Alan Wake as well.

Ultimately my expectation for this game was a finale. An end to the story of Alan Wake and Remedy would take the left over pieces to move on with as they expanded the universe, but that's not the case as the ending just teasing an on going story. I'm not sure where the DLC will point the ending of that story (I can guess based on which major character Saga said "she would think about later"). But I wanted more of a solid ending.

My biggest complaint is that I'm not a fan of Control, so ever reference and beat referencing back to that game made me roll my eyes, but that's going to be the direction forward with the franchise, and that notion leaves me exhausted. I like it when stories end instead of having sequel upon sequel upon sequel.