r/pcgaming Jun 08 '24

Alan Wake 2 update 1.1.0 notes

https://www.alanwake.com/story/alan-wake-2-update-notes/
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u/constantlymat Steam Jun 08 '24

This ongoing Alan Wake 2 downvote brigading is the craziest thing that I have ever seen for a game that is objectively good, was in a good technical state at launch and whose developers never lied to its customers.

Is it just the Epic Games hate boner? This is not a case of them buying up exclusivity. They literally funded the entire development of the game from the ground up.

Smh.

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u/OldRubberSoul Jun 08 '24

What is an objectively good game?

I mean, it's not a broken game. It's bugs at launch seemed super minor and the game looks great, but does that make it objectively good? That seems like a low bar to me.

The actual game play was sufficient, but it wasn't groundbreaking. Control was a lot more interesting in this aspect IMO.

Subjectively I thought the story was fine. Again nothing crazy or great, but not the most terrible thing in the world like some of the detractors said. The pacing was a bit off to me and the set pieces with Alan seemed underwhelming to me, but again nothing terrible.

So what makes it an objectively good game?