I already have to wait a while to see how it performs on Steam Deck. I figured by the time the community figures out if it is or isn’t viable to play on deck (assuming Denuvo or something else doesn’t fuck it over), then most of the bugs will be ironed out.

Hi, I’m the original guy (or as far as i believe i am). Just to give confirmation to what you said, If ever people get tired of the posts or mods would just prefer i take them elsewhere, just let me know and I’ll move them without any argument

I’m mostly dreading the furnace section in the first DLC. I struggled with that one the most from what I remember

Nightmare though, at least for me, isn’t as difficult as I expected it to be. It’s a nice challenge up from Normal mode I’ve been making my way through and cleaning out my Backlog. I have over 250 games I need to play. So I try and stick with just one and work through it

Gameplay wise, I think I prefer Alan Wake 1/American Nightmares Much More with the battery management and controls. Having to keep an eye on it like that instead of just being able to go “oh. I have 3 flashes left”. Story wise I don’t think I could pick a favorite though I love how II added to the story, at least as far as I got

The original. The Remaster looks impressive except everyone has bug eyes and it bothers me. Also I can only get it through Epic afaik, so I’d rather stick with the original where I know it’s guaranteed to work

I’ve always had a soft spot for it. It’s addicting to me. Every playthrough I find my love for the game isn’t a loop, it’s a spiral

I found after the first episode it becomes much less horror and far more Thriller (if that makes sense). I don’t believe it ever relies on cheap tricks like in your face jump scares to scare you, so a lot of the thrill comes from the action. The atmosphere definitely adds to it though

I like to keep journals for my game which is (part of) what helps me keep track of all my games. Though, at your suggestion I might hold off, especially with how I forgot how short the first game is (I can probably clear an episode a day, unless nightmare mode suddenly ramps up in difficulty, which I wouldn’t be surprised if it does)

I’m considering it since I found out Alan Wake II is way longer than Alan Wake 1. It might be worth popping into for a day. Especially since it’s so quick

Oh shit. You’re right. I’m surprised it took me this long to make this mistake

Oh yeah. Now that I mention it I think I remember that. There’s an Alan Standee near it too I think. Interesting to think they were at least that far planned ahead with the DLCs. I always assumed they were a Post Release decision

Have fun with the replay btw! I may be biased but the series is one of the greatest imo

It’s the original launch actually!

I agree. I find the original graphics charming, though I have a suspicion that AWII’s will grow on me

I’ve played a bit of Alan Wake II (I had to drop it on launch because it ate through my battery and I couldn’t fit it in), so I’m aware how different the gunplay is. Though I have to say I think I much more prefer the Jank, it has character (though American Nightmare has my favorite controls by far. They feel like a refined version of Alan Wake I’s)

As for the ending of Alan Wake 1 spoiling AW2 this is actually my 4th play through (about. I lost count by this point) so I’m not too worried about spoiling anything because ive already seen the ending a bunch of times

I try to avoid posting anything that’s a major spoiler (so a lot of my posts are “here’s X characters” or “here’s a landscape shot of Y location”) and I leave the spoilers too the text so if someone who will be spoiled sees it they can see it and go “oh. That’s a spoiler. I better stop reading”. I’d use the built in spoiler button by for whatever reason my client doesn’t like to register that I press it and typing out the text spoilers by hand is a lot to remember for me.

I already want to do another play through lol. I’m going to hold off though because I know I’ll get burned out midway through and also because I want to move onto my next game

It has a video cutscene that’s similar, But it is very disappointing and bare compared to New Vegas. You get either 1 of 3 video cutscenes depending on if you sided with the institute or someone else (and the players gender), then next 3 are always the same, then the final one changes based on your gender. Really simple. We don’t get any sort of cutscene telling us what happened after to companions, or summarizing quests. It’s really disappointing, at least to me.

She’s got a lot of character which I like. Especially compared to Veronica (my previous favorite because of how her lore ties into Dead Money) I feel like there was a lot of depth to Cass, Especially in her quest.

Nope. Entirely Vanilla. I try to avoid modding until I fully beat the game at least once. Plus I had a headache with Modding Skyrim on my Steam Deck so I try to avoid it now unless I really want a mod

I considered it (I did the same for Dead Money for both of Elijah’s Achievements) but I’m planning on wrapping my way through again to get achievements for different damage types anyways. I figured doing a unarmed based build would be far easier than going around punching things with 25 in unarmed