Alan Wake was one of my favorite games when I first played it on Xbox 360, so I was thrilled when the remaster was announced for multi-platform release. Since buying it on Day 1, I have tried to play the remaster 3 separate times and gave up every time before finishing Episode 3. Until the fourth time… For some reason, on my fourth attempt, this game absolutely clicked for me again, and I fell in love with this weird Remedy world. The gameplay is still very repetitive (how many groups of three bad guys can they send at me???), but the narrative interaction between the playable world and the in-game documents is unlike anything I’ve seen elsewhere. As a narrative-first gamer, this game ticks all the boxes. Playing this has also convinced me to (1) Platinum Alan Wake Remastered and (2) give Control another shot after I fell off of it on my first attempt.