Today’s game is Control. I went Anchor hunting today and did that whole questline. I can’t believe i had never done it up until that point. I would have expected me to easily have a run in with that location considering how accessible it is.
Nonetheless, I escorted the guy out. Then went back, found out i needed the levitate ability, progressed the story far enough to get it, then went all the way back to get it.
With this playthrough i’m not rushing through as much either. As such i’ve found so many references to Alan Wake that i just missed on my first playthrough. Such as this page with a narration by the man himself. There’s also a Coffee Thermos and a few pages describing people going through events similar to Alan’s Dreams.
I also found out i can pick up the projectors. There’s nothing interesting about this, i just thought it was cool. I feel like a lot of games would just tie the projectors down rather than rendering a whole extra thing for rotating them and such. It was pretty cool.
I made my way through the whole Ordinary AWE site and i’m about to head over to the Research wing to mess with the projectors. This was about the point i remember last time getting too before the last “push” and finishing the main game. So i may very well finish it tomorrow and move back to the DLC.
I loved the world-building. Craving more of it, I tried Alan Wake 2, but it’s a little too scary for my tastes 😬
I legit LOVE Alan Wake 2. Playing control has made me want to go in for another playthrough. The only thing stopping me is that i have a huge backlog right now and it takes up so much space
As someone who was too afraid to play any game with horror elements, I found watching horror game speedruns helped a lot. I end up just applying the “gotta go fast” mentality to these segments now, and I find it doesn’t hurt “immersion” that much as I wouldn’t have gotten that far to begin with.
You should try and stick with it. It is scary, but also a really great game.
Plus there’s a musical number.
I’m not kidding.
I was just mad at the detective in the beginning. “Oh, a supernatural unkillable, murderous monster went to the swamp? Let me go towards it in the woods, alone, at night.”
Please give it another chance! It’s one of my favorite games of all time. I’m not a fan of scary games outside of resident evil.
So I went in again, but streaming it from Luna on a steak deck makes it very claustrophobic in dark areas, I can’t see anything. I upped the gamma quite a bit, then ended up also making the character immortal, then invincible, then activated unlimited ammo and batteries to boot. Does it feel like cheating? Yes. Do I enjoy it more because I can just make the most of the story and puzzles without spiking my adrenaline levels just before bed? Also yes.
Alright, I actually accidentally got locked-in in a year-long amazon prime subscription, I’ll make the most of it and stream it through Luna. Thanks for the recommendation!