Alan Wake 2: Night Springs DLC reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on PC. Also available on PlayStation, Xbox, and GeForce Now.
“Alan Wake 2: Night Springs is a compact collection of standalone stories that veer from entertainingly violent shootouts, to tense stretches of survival horror, before settling on and reveling in the utterly batshit craziness that makes Remedy’s multiverse of madness so keenly absorbing to explore. There’s admittedly not much new here from a gameplay perspective, and it feels like a bit of a tease to play as a version of Control’s heroine stripped of her special abilities in the second episode. Even so, the highs I felt during my short return to Alan Wake’s universe greatly outweighed the lows, and I’d gladly play through another collection of bite-sized side stories if Remedy ever decided to bake another batch. Could there be more Night Springs in the future? Hope springs eternal.”
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Ok, the Jesse DLC episode is QUITE OBVIOUSLY supposed to fall in a time before she makes it to the FBC. She repeatedly remarks that she is looking for Dylan. Why would she already have the service weapon or any of her abilities, and in what universe is that a fair critique of the episode? It makes me wonder if the author of this critique played the episode at all, or instead just listened to some other reviews to try and get the gist…
Someone be brutally honest to me:
Is Alan Wake's story continued and finished after this sequel? Or is it all just sold as an alan wake game, but hardly actually that.
okay but can I use the FBI jacket throughout the whole game now?
Jesse is such a poor character that she is the worst part of another games DLC 😭🤣
So it's Alan wake American nightmare
WARNING THIS REVIEW IS FULL OF SPOILERS
Much like the main game, this is all just a waste of time. It’s pretty looking though…so so pretty.
Ep 1 and 2 were really cool, but ep 3… dude that was ABSOLUTE VIDEOGAME
Finished the whole thing in one sitting. Kind of wish they would stick to one of the 3 stories and made it a bigger experience. They're all kind of short, felt like a game play demo with a player skin on top.
Bro wanted Remedy to insert entire new gameplay mechanics into some free DLC just because he didn't understand that this wasn't the same Jesse as the one in Control.
You are coffee !
"fully automatic shotgun"
Unbelievable how much you spoiler!
would love to see a rogue-like American Nightmare now.
Ill play when it comes for steam
It’s not an 8, it’s a loop.
Strong Twin Peaks vibes with Rose’s episode ☕️ 🥧
8 cups of coffee out of 10
Alan Wake is the only game you can’t get mad about a reviewer messing up the details for. The lore is so insane that it’s impossible for anyone to know and explain it in a reasonably long manner.
2 hours gameplay the dlc he said?
PHYSICAL alan wake 2 are available for pre order right now!!!!!! Support the physical like a true gamer.
Anyone else think Alan Wake 2 was extremely overrated?
Episode 3 was incredible. It alone was worth the price of admission.
This game is evidence that many game developers are just wannabe Hollywood filmmakers.
Ign is smoking something ,this is 5 at best
The glaring misunderstanding in this review is that you're NOT playing as Rose Marigold, Jesse Faden, and Tim Breaker – you are playing as actors in a TV show, written by Alan Wake, who all have the LIKENESS of Rose Marigold, Jesse Faden, and Tim Breaker. That's why they are not referred to with character names but as "Number One Fan" for Rose, "The Agent" for Jesse, etc. – why Alan Wake's character is referred to as "The Writer." So that's why you don't get Jesse's superpowers or service weapon – Jesse gets those when she goes to find her brother at the FBC. Since this is not her, and she hasn't done that, she doesn't get those in this DLC.
Was the blood splatter onto the screen in the original game? Seems like it would be annoying
Dear OP, kindly refrain from spamming alliteration in the future. It pains me to know an even more deserving legless and prosaic hack is out there who being deprived of their crutch.
*EDIT an unnecessary redundancy (which is a something audiences usually find grating)
The ONLY thing that bothered me about Alan Wake 2 was Alan's CONSTANT and INCESSANT acting aloof. Literally every scene he's in he's over-acting his confused and aloof reaction to the world he's found himself in. I'm playing like "yes, Alan… it's scaaaaary, confusing, and gasp unfamiliar! OH NO!"
American Nightmare better
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