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I finally finished the Night Springs DLC for Alan Wake 2. I really loved the DLC. The ending of Time Breaker was amazing. One really cool section i loved was the ASCII art of Alan:

In game, it vaguely resembled Alan for me, but after having the screenshot shrunk, it resembled Alan way more. Not to mention i love the ending of it all leading back to Alan (possibly as another past draft).

Another part i loved was the sidescroller shooter. I genuinely wasn't expecting it to mix things up like that. I was fully expecting another 1 or 2 third person segments where we track down the polyhedron.

The black and white segment was cool too. The whole thing reminded me of old television like the OG Doctor Who or Quantum Leap. I got into taking photos with it and played with the film grain trying to get it too look more like a CRT show. I think it came out looking more like a Analogue horror video though:

While playing through Alan's story to get there, i also got some more fun photos too. I tried to capture the dark presence's face in this one, though to be honest it came out a little hard to see. I honestly can't decide if i like it more or not though

There was also this one, which i think i really like how it turned out. I was inspired by the concept art idea for the game of Alan finding bodies of himself covering the stairs while taking it

Overall i'm really liking how these DLCs have been (plus the homage to James Mccaffrey at the end i love). I'm going to let Alan Wake 2 take a backseat for the next few days while i work my way towards the Lake House DLC. I've heard nothing but praise for it, so i'm excited to get too it.

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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Always appreciate your posts man! Thanks for taking time out of your day to add content to Lemmy! I have a question: I've played Control which references Alan Wake and the story definitely piqued my interest. I do own the first but haven't played it. At this point should I play the first before the second? Or just go with the second one?

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’d say it’s worth it to play the First one before playing the second one. The second one does a decent job of catching you up to speed, but I still think playing the first one is well worth it for the narrative value

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Okay thanks! Happy gaming!