First of all: You really should have played better the original game first, otherwise you experience too many information gaps, despite manuscript pages in the game.
Of course, you used this title to try out some new features in many places in the game times.
+ In any nearby manuscript pages are displayed on the minimap
+ More cool weapons selection. Generally, here you get less panic / fear of the dark than in the first game where you sweat through dark forests ran (HORROOOOR since I'd trust in a dark forest at night only with flashlight, battery storage and gun ...). But that does not, because it is a pleasant change. On the one hand yet is flashed by the new types of enemies (you can still feel the packing and shudder :)), but you will not get too stopped by them, so you can better focus on the story.
+ You get on with radio broadcasts and manuscript pages, like the lives of Alan's allies (Barry, Alice, ...) continues as the story plays hierige 2 years from the events in Bright Falls.
+ GENIALE story. Okay, not quite as cool as the original part, but still full of flash at the end (if you understand this).
Only three negative points would be noted
- Although the played by real actors Cutscenes the hammer, but the game cut-dialogues were shown not particularly spectacular.
- You used the entire game with just a simple flashlight and does not get better. In addition, the battery life and display have been changed in the interface, but what I liked much better in the first part. Had to leave so.
- No German Synchro. I could smooth the critic slain, the German Synchro demonized from the first part (should be responsible for this, this). I found it !!! class Too bad there are only German subtitles here. But do not want to denigrate this very point, the English language edition can be easily understood even by a high level and for halfway english gifted.
For all AlanWake fans: just buy it !!!
Little joke yet: In the original AlanWake one would in the end have almost bumped off the entire population of Bright Falls, so many madmen, as we rushed the darkness afterwards ... how could it since the end then enter Hirsch hard ?!