

Yes, I definitely died from time to time, but that was never from lack of resources, it was either from some poor play on my part or from being ambushed." Alan Wake lacking as a survival experience definitely dates it. Alan Wake Remastered does what a good remaster should. DualShockers' Sam Woods is less complimentary, saying "I wanted to relive Alan’s story but to do so, I had to slog through 30 minutes of forest and random enemy encounters to get there, with little to no interaction in between." Woods was more complimentary of the game's combat than Gilliam, but wasn't impressed with the way battles were paced or the game's difficulty, saying ".never once did I feel like I was in too much danger. Gilliam considers Alan Wake a "frustrating masterpiece" in spite of its dated gameplay.
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Wake's dependence on combat as filler makes it feel "ancient." Alan Wake Remastered does not come with a remastered version of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, a Grindhouse-inspired spin-off that launched in 2012 for Xbox 360 and PC based on Night Springs, the in-game TV show and inspired by an episode written by Wake.

By today’s standards, it’s a legitimate slog." Gilliam describes the game's primary play mechanic, using a flashlight to weaken enemies before finishing them off with guns, as "neat the first handful of times." Its enemy-filled levels become tedious over time. Polygon's Ryan Gilliam makes no bones about his feelings on Alan Wake's gameplay, saying "The actual act of playing Alan Wake was already boring in 2010.
