About Alan Wake

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There is way too much combat. When I first ran out of ammo near the start of the game, running between light sources trying to avoid enemies was actually a quite enjoyable experience. Then the game started to place too much of an emphasis on combat and avoiding it became annoying because the enemies move faster than you and there are too many of them. Toward the end I actually managed to skip every single encounter, including boss battles because I was getting so frustrated with it. It's not just the overabundance, it's just badly designed IMO. Anyway, the level design, writing, music and everything except for the gameplay was fairly good. The plot could have been more interesting but the way it was told was solid.