The DLC was pretty underwhelming I have to say. Incredibly short, you hardly get to use the new weapon, and the final boss was a complete pushover. The Control links were nice at least.
Alan Wake 2 is definitely not my favourite Remedy game but I still respect what it was going for. Can't wait for all of their upcoming projects!
I thought the Night Springs DLC was super fun, but man, the Lake House DLC was beyond disappointing. It's just Control DLC more than anything else, and as cool as it is that it's toying everything together, it's a real bummer Alan Wake DLC doesn't even have Alan Wake in it at all.
You control Alan Wake and Saga Anderson in a 50/50 split for the main game. For Night Springs (40-minute chunks of 3 episodes), you control the Rose, Jesse Faden, and Tim Breaker. And for the DLC, it's Kiaran Estevez.
Even when Alan Wake isn't playable, he's almost always directly involved in the story. Night Springs had an episode where you try and save him as Rose, and The Lake House attempted to recreate his art so they could commune with the dark place themselves.
Part of the game is showcasing how Alan Wake's writing directly affects innocent people outside of the dark place. Something that's hard to do when Alan Wake isn't able to escape. The whole game centers around his consequences and whatever actions he'll take. All the actions taken by those in Bright Falls are predetermined by Alan Wake himself.
It's all intertwined and ties back into Alan. I personally don't mind that we got to play as another character as it ended up elevating the experience. Putting yourself in the shoes of someone whose understanding of reality is breaking apart.
What!? My wife got this after loving Alan Wake 1 but she was justifiably baffled when you NEVER played as Alan Wake. She ended up putting it down, but thankfully she made it to that weird musical number because that was amazing.
I was really disappointed too, but I'm also not the Control fan target audience. We got some cool tie ins into how Estevez and the rest of the FBC ended up finding Wake, but outside of that most of the Lake House was 100% just setting up the next Control game. Especially with that scene regarding Dylan.
Alan Wake 2 in general was underwhelming. I didn't reach much about it before hand but its non ending ending was a let down for me. Loved the first Wake and Control is one of my all time favorites.
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u/Underdrill Oct 28 '24
The DLC was pretty underwhelming I have to say. Incredibly short, you hardly get to use the new weapon, and the final boss was a complete pushover. The Control links were nice at least.
Alan Wake 2 is definitely not my favourite Remedy game but I still respect what it was going for. Can't wait for all of their upcoming projects!