Please don’t forget to play Alan Wake 2

I’m going to be entirely frank for a moment: I don’t get the hype over games from Remedy Entertainment. Yes, Sam Lake is a larger-than-life character and all that, but I didn’t have a PS2 back in the day for Max Payne, and after playing through Alan Wake Remastered and Control, I can’t say I fully understand the hype. Alan Wake is jank – really jank – with the remnants of the open world it was originally intended to be holding it back at every corner. Control’s a fair bit sharper, but the game ends up feeling like the same thing on repeat once you get the ability to fling tables and rocks at enemies. Alan Wake 2 is different. Yes, the list of Remedy Entertainment games I’ve played is pretty limited, but for my money, this is the best Remedy game ever made – Max Payne be damned – as I explain in my full Alan Wake 2 review. Even if you’ve never played a Remedy title before, it’s worth playing this one – even if it’s your first, even if you have little to no interest in it. Alan Wake 2 is two games in one, whil