Alan Wake II: The Lake House

Alan Wake 2: The Lake House highlights the best parts of the base game. While there are some frustrating choices with certain enemies and weapons, the gameplay loop, narrative, and visual design are all brilliant. Further, the fantastic thesis statement at the heart of the DLC as well as the numerous allusions to what the developers have planned next will keep many fans hooked from beginning to en...

The Lake House is a short but effective mood piece with some fascinating thematic layers about the importance of the creative's voice in art, all pulled off in a way only Remedy could.

It has been a year since the release of the amazing Alan Wake 2, and the long wait to see the infamous writer back in action has been well worth it, as the game is among the best survival horror games ever released, featuring the same amazing balance between humor and horror that makes Remedy Entertainment the development studio it is, and some truly epic sequences that will continue to resonate i...

The main character is voiced and features the likeness of actress Janina Gavankar. She does a solid job with limited work, and overall I found myself more bored reading all of the backstory than I ever did with Alan Wake 2 or Night Springs. It feels like a lighter version of the main campaign’s story, bereft of any character development due to how short it was.