Great game in stunning "Standard Edition"

"Alan Wake" is a cinematic horror thriller to play itself, which is in the tradition of "Twin Peaks", "The X-Files" and several Stephen King novels. Graphically very high level, know to convince especially the coherent light and shadow effects. The animations and faces not more dewy look today, but the overall picture of the dense forests in conjunction with the wonderful weather effects is simply consistent. Especially through the thick, dark mist that roam deep, menacing forests, often an uncanny plasticity occurs. The really flat image obtained by an almost three-dimensional quality. In addition, a music and background sound that is unrivaled. Songs of Nick Cave, David Bowie and co. spread an eerie atmosphere, while a Soundkullisse is created in surround sound that makes one shudder. With a corresponding 5.1 system the room is taken every now and then captured by a dark rumble, when befände "The Dark Presence" in the middle of your living room. Anyway, the staging of the game is a single force: so be presented after the completion of various chapters even small "recaps", reminiscent of series and summarize the past again wonderful and exciting. Actually, you can not praise Alan Wake for his elaborate staging often enough.

Smaller Schnitzer there naturally. The battles are indeed occasionally annoying, since one is temporarily hopelessly inferior, however, underlines the character of the game and the Survival sometimes drags himself half to death for saving light port, which is often too far away. Opponents are unfortunately due to the overall design usually not very varied. Dark figures that you usually can not tell them apart. But such criticisms are really marginal and hinder the gameplay hardly.

Who of the English is powerful, you should definitely pick up the original, because the dt. Spokesman act rather lax when they do not sound catastrophic. However, this typical American small town charm also needs the right setting. In the original, you can hear even a few old friends from past Remedy times. So we not only hear the voice actor Vinnie Gognitti (from Max Payne), the screaming-comic supporting character Barry Wheeler speaks here also "The Man" himself, James McCaffrey is repeatedly heard in the game. Anyway, there are some allusions to the body set up by Sam Lake "Max Payne" franchise. For connoisseurs an absolute treasure trove.

"Alan Wake" is definitely an exciting, pretty and atmospheric, dense experience for an adult audience that understands the influences. Quotes cinema for Gamepad, if you will.

For Packaging:

But the icing on the cake is this "Standard Edition", which is to get current for less than 10 euros. Normally wonderful games deadlines rather boring Amarayhüllen a dreary life in the software pyramids in the world. You get what you pay for and the usually not even enough a printed manual. Here however, sinister effort was given. The beautiful glossy cardboard, which is beneath another jacket, includes not only a nice digipak and the game, no also a soundtrack CD, a thick, lovingly designed handbook, various postcards, stickers and even a poster are included. In addition, there appeared all DLCs, which offer even more content. All this for the price, for which you otherwise only lame plastic bags without anything gets ... wonderful! Of this can cut something really different publishers. Could not be better.