
Ripten writes:
"This review is written by someone who has never played a full game of Resident Evil, Silent Hill, or any survival horror based game for that matter. So if that’s a turn off for you, I suggest you start hauling a** in the other direction. The truth is, the idea of pacing around in the dark while waiting for something to pop out and attack/scare you over and over again, never really appealed to me as a gamer — at least not enough to buy or rent any of those titles at the time of their release. Now, that’s not to say they were bad, I simply occupied my time with other games, and never really felt like I was missing out by not playing them.
In comes Alan Wake, after a five year long wait surrounded by more hype than an NFL Favre Watch initiated by Justin Bieber while on set the set of a new Twilight film ..."

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "All in all, it’s not hard to see why Alan Wake has received a bit of a cult following (there’s that famous foreshadowing again). It’s a title that blends themes and gameplay, while pushing the limits of storytelling by putting stories within stories and letting you read those stories before you get to that part in… the story. It has flaws, to be sure - the gameplay side can’t quite keep up with the rest of its ambitions - but overall it’s a great game that stands out among its peers and is undeniably… one for the books."

Remedy has announced a new Alan Wake book and more as part of their anniversary celebration.

Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.
Kind of a goody story...
On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.
Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.
Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.
Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.
Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄
So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.
I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.
but I didn't get any achievement. lame.