HIGH Great use of Remedy’s Control aesthetic for a team shooter.
LOW Little interaction between the different weapon classes.
WTF Don’t ask about Sticky Ricky…
Tag: Remedy
Alan Wake 2 Review
HIGH The game’s aesthetics and visual style.
LOW The slow-paced start and abrupt ending!
WTF Why do I need a supercomputer to run this?!?
Max Payne (Mobile) Review
A Lesson In Payne HIGH Bullet time shoot-outs in noir noughties aesthetics. LOW Platforming challenges WTF This game is my age — and now I feel so old. Max Payne comes from the perplexing minds of Sam Lake and Remedy Entertainment. Released in 2001, it’s often hailed as the earliest […]
Control: AWE Review
Leave The Lights On
HIGH Turning Assist Mode on and burning through the back half.
LOW Darkness is one of the worst videogame gimmicks, ever.
WTF Alan’s barely in this.
Control: The Foundation Review
It Ain’t Termites
HIGH It’s more Control!
LOW The “Swift Platform” mission needs work.
WTF Something went horribly wrong with the lipsyncing.
Control Review
Jesse In Wonderland
HIGH The combat consistently made my pulse pound.
LOW The checkpoint system.
WTF That… was the ending?
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Review
Guns, Flashlights and Groundhog Day
HIGH The time-loop premise and Twilight Zone voiceovers.
LOW A hard-locked 360 and stuttering framerates in the second cycle.
WTF Collecting manuscript pages again?
Alan Wake: The Signal & The Writer Review
Yes, I Can Hear You Now. Why didn't You Speak up Earlier?
HIGH Increased use of the game's psychological elements.
LOW The combat is infuriatingly cheap and unbalanced.
WTF The Signal's product placement for Verizon is unbelievably blunt.
Quick note on Alan Wake review response
Alan Wake is certainly not a terrible title, but it is repetitive and fairly underwhelming—doubly so for a game that's been in development for more than five years. I give credit to the developers for some beautiful environments and a combat style that's sensible and engaging, but it's weak in most other areas. I also have to say that for a game that's been so heavily touted for its story, I found the plot to be poorly-structured and unsatisfying.
Alan Wake Review
Overslept
HIGH The external environments are beautiful.
LOW The player sees far too much of them.
WTF The amount of back-attacks and birds.