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A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a action, adventure and horror game
developed and published by Remedy Entertainment.
Released on May 22nd 2012 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Russian.
It has received 8,960 reviews of which 6,527 were positive and 2,433 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 0.87€ on Steam with a 90% discount, but you can find it for less on K4G.
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Windows
- OS *:Windows XP SP2
- Processor:Dual Core 2GHz Intel or 2.8GHz AMD
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:DirectX 10 compatible with 512MB RAM
- DirectX®:10
- Hard Drive:8 GB HD space
- Sound:DirectX 9.0c compatible
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This third-person action thriller continues the story of Alan Wake, who battles a dark doppelganger in a time loop, using light as a weapon against the forces of darkness. I was wondering whether to recommend it or not, but I will recommend it to those who want to see how Alan Wake's story unfolds. I wouldn't recommend it to people who expect a good, excellent story. ✅ Continuation of Alan Wake's adventures from the first game and explains what happened after the events of the game. ✅The graphics are truly a masterpiece, even better than in Alan Wake 1 (first of all, the characters' faces look like they were created with the latest engine, and let me remind you that the game is from 2012). ✅Matthew Porretta is very well-acted as Alan's evil, psychopathic twin. ✅We get to see more weapons in this expansion, and these weapons fit perfectly. ✅Great soundtrack that fits the atmosphere and the game. ✅More dynamic combat and action than in Alan Wake 1. ✅More open world than in the main story. ✅What I always like in every game is the "reward" for finding manuscripts, because thanks to them, we can unlock new weapons. ✅New arcade mode and several maps where you have hordes of enemies to fight for 10 minutes and compare your rankings with friends. ✅Two difficulty modes: Normal and Nightmare. ✅Radios, televisions, and manuscripts to find (we have a radar that shows us on the map how close we are to a manuscript). ✅New enemies that teleport, split, and are fast. ✅Good price for an expansion. ❌The developers probably ran out of ideas for the story; we only have three locations and the tasks "collect an item and protect the area," and that's how the whole story unfolds. ❌Poor game optimization; I sometimes had serious glitches despite having powerful hardware. ❌Definitely weaker enemies than in Alan Wake 1, despite the same difficulty level. ❌Less diverse locations, mostly empty. ✅✅ Verdict: Very Bad , Bad , Decent , Good , Very good , Excellent , Masterpiece If you have any questions about my reviews, feel free to ask. I'm happy to answer them. All reviews are my own!! Best regards, King Viking Bezimienny, Polish Game Reviewer.
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After Alan Wake, I came here to check this one out and... Well... It's not bad, but I get why people might not like it. I suppose you can say it's a "watered" down version of the AW game? I mean... You still have similar controls/ Manuscript finds / Array of weapons and a story to go with it. But...! Not only it's shorter, you only have three levels to play with and you'll be seeing them again and again. They do switch things up and eh... Let's see... - The game is much easier this time around on Normal. - The enemies don't throw their weapons at you (apart from the smoke grenade dude) and that was a relief. I think my MC had been hit in the head more than enough to gain a lifetime of concussions in AW. - Manuscripts are easier to find... I am still missing some, but..... Definitely easier and they are used to open/get some new weapons. Sadly, when I discovered Magnum and the Hunting Rifle... Everything else wasn't as fun for me. XD - Flashlight doesn't need batteries. I don't know if you do on Nightmare mode, and you get like 10... But I never once drained a battery. - The story wasn't as thriller-like this time. I mean... The one time I jumped... Was when my phone went off. *-* So overall... It's okay. It's not great and I mean... I didn't mind it. I was just glad that I didn't give my character a concussion this time around. Otherwise... If you really want to shoot a few baddies or like just randomly play something...? Judge for yourself. *shrugs* (Oh and whomever was playing Mr. Scratch? Seemed like he was having a lot of fun. XD The dancing he did... Was highly amusing lol!)
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☑ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☑ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare improves on gameplay with faster, more fun, and better combat but the story isn't as strong. It lacks the deep, mysterious atmosphere and emotional weight of the original Alan Wake. 🎚️ Difficulty 🔲 My grandma could play it 🔲 Easy ☑️ Normal ☑️ Hard 🔲 A challenge to be reckoned 🔲 In the heat of confrontation, (Only PVP games) 🗺️ Graphics 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Normal ☑️ Very Good (A level up from Alan Wake.) 🔲 An original artistic direction 🔲 Beautiful 🔲 Masterpiece 📚 Story 🔲 This game has no story 🔲 Basic element of the contractual requirements ☑️ It's there for people who want it 🔲 Well written 🔲 Leading to more in-depth researches/thoughts 🔲 A model to get inspired by ⌛️ Length 🔲 0 (No story) ☑️ Short 🔲 Average 🔲 Long 🔲 To infinity and beyond 🎶 Music 🔲 Just filling noises/No music 🔲 Trivial and uneventful ☑️ Good and/or fitting the game's artistic dispositions 🔲 Memorable 🔲 Transcending whispers of a forgotten world 🕹️ Interest 🔲 I would rather watch paint dry 🔲 Hard to enjoy ☑️ Repetitive and/or uninspired ☑️ A good moment 🔲 Sticking out of the pack 🔲 You will remember it long after 🔁 Replayability 🔲 A one-time experience ☑️ For achievements 🔲 If you wait a few months/years (or with mods) ☑️ Definitely (The game includes an arcade mode.) 🔲 Infinitely replayable (or almost) 🐛 Bugs ☑️ Never heard of 🔲 Minor bugs 🔲 Can get annoying 🔲 Impacts the player's experience badly 🔲 The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ⚙️ Requirements 🔲 You can run it on a microwave ☑️ Low 🔲 Average 🔲 High (Not well-optimized) 🔲 NASA computer 💰 Price 🔲 Free 🔲 Underpriced ☑️ Perfect Price ☑️ Could be cheaper 🔲 Overpriced 🔲 Complete waste of money 🤑 Worth Buying 🔲 No 🔲 If you have nothing else to play ☑️ Wait for sale 🔲 Yes 🎯 Expectations 🔲 It's a completely different game 🔲 This game is a scam 🔲 It's missing many features they announced ☑️ Looks very similar to the steam page 🔲 Better than expected and/or announced 🔲 Masterpiece, no patch or feature has to be added. ✒️ Final Rating 🔲 1 🔲 2 🔲 3 🔲 4 🔲 5 ☑️ 6 🔲 7 🔲 8 🔲 9 🔲 10 Thank you for taking the time to read and think about this review.
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The game is super short, but in my opinion some of the most significant character development for Wake happens in this little story. It's like an epilogue to AW1 and I do feel it overall enhances the lore and stories of subsequent games, but then I might just be a dork who is into this game world.
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare is currently priced at 0.87€ on Steam.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is currently available at a 90% discount. You can purchase it for 0.87€ on Steam.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare received 6,527 positive votes out of a total of 8,960 achieving a rating of 7.14.
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare was developed and published by Remedy Entertainment.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is not playable on MacOS.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is not playable on Linux.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a single-player game.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare does not currently offer any DLC.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Online players
46
Developer
Remedy Entertainment
Publisher
Remedy Entertainment
Release
22 May 2012
Platforms
Remote Play
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