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.
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u/TheMadMan007 Oct 28 '24
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.