Why I'm Excited for Alan Wake 2

Thanks to my wife introducing me to the Resident Evil franchise, I found myself falling in love with the horror genre. Finishing a scary game offers a unique sense of accomplishment and immense satisfaction a feeling other games couldn't quite capture.

- Violet Plata

Violet is excited

That being said, it feels like the genre is a bit hit-or-miss even within the Resident Evil games, some things are just not great.

Due to this, I found myself being left wanting whenever I felt in the mood to dive into some horror titles. And whilst there are quite a few to choose from and even some variation in gameplay, such as hiding and running vs fighting I began feeling a sense of stagnation... until I played Alan Wake.

I didn't go into the game expecting to love it; in fact, I had the title in my Steam library for quite some years. When I first tried it, I hated it: I thought Alan was a jerk (I was quite young and wide-eyed), and I was pretty new to gaming, so my lack of skill made me dread the combat. Thanks to Play Tracker a fantastic site that breathes life back into games by giving you achievement-hunting quests per month — I had to give it a go as part of my monthly missions.