"Previously on Alan Wake:..."

A few weeks ago, my brother came home with this game on a Thursday evening and said that he was borrowing it from a friend until Sunday and that I had to beat it within that time frame. I succeeded. Alan Wake is the name of the game. The game tells the story of horror writer Alan Wake whose wife goes missing on their vacation. The game is played out like a television mini series. It's divided into six episodes. At the end of each section the screen will say "END OF EPISODE X" and a song will play, much like the credits of a tv show. Then at the beginning of the next section, a voiceover announces, "Previously on Alan Wake:..." and a series of clips is shown. In the game you use a combination of light and guns to dispatch of your enemies, townsfolk who have been taken over by "the darkness." There are many entertaining characters that you meet throughout the game, and some of the funniest moments come from the radio and tv shows that you can listen to and watch within in the game. The beginning of the game was the scariest part for me. Until you become accustomed to people running out of the night at you, you will go through the game being quite unsettled. There are many side areas and secrets to explore, but I spent most of the first couple of chapters running through the areas as quickly as I could constantly spinning the camera around to try to watch all of my sides. The plot is a story that you've seen before, but because it is told in such a fresh way, it's okay. Overall, a fun game that doesn't require too much of a time commitment to get through.