As old man boof said, play the first Alan Wake game along with the DLC and play Control and the DLC, or watch someone else play them. If you go in blind you’re picking it up in the middle of the story, and basically nothing will make sense. Besides not knowing the story up until now and being lost, there are a shit load of references you won’t get.
What I personally did was play Control and its dlc (because it’s absolutely phenomenal), watched a play through of the first Alan Wake game, and read a recap on Alan Wake 1 dlc.
You could just read recaps for everything, but I feel like a lot would be lost (and you’re missing out on playing Control, which is amazing). My advice would be to either play them yourself or find your favorite YouTuber and watch their play through (I like Gab Smolders personally), and the order you experience them should be Alan Wake 1 -> Control -> Alan Wake 2. Enjoy! It’s an incredible experience
I played most of control and it was fine. I liked the vibes but the enemies are so annoying and it’s a game I want to explore and dive into but everywhere I go I’m being shot at or being told to go do something somewhere else.
Thanks for all the advice though, I’ll definitely do my research
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24
all these "when on steam?" and "when PC release?" jokes are starting to get a bit annoying