Alan Wake is an adventure developed by Remedy Entertainment, released 14 May 2010 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.49 at GOG. The main story takes about 13 hrs to finish.
What Alan Wake is
Alan Wake is an adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and released in 2010. It was published by E-Frontier. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on The Alan Wake Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
When the wife of the best-selling writer Alan Wake disappears on their vacation, his search turns up pages from a thriller he doesn’t even remember writing. A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, survival and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 67 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Alan Wake holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 1,030 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 32.5 hrs, roughly 2.5 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $1.49, that works out to about $0.11 per hour of the main story, or $0.05 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core 2GHz Intel or 2.8GHz AMD, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 10 compatible with 512MB RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.49 at GOG, 90% below its usual price. Across the 3 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $6.14 — a spread of $4.65 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Alan Wake launched on 14 May 2010, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Alan Wake yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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