Well done Botch!

I got destroyed in the hospital level. Down to one arrow; I'd never been big on explosives; it wasn't pretty. Despite the AI issues you guys remarked on, it took an embarrassingly long time to get through.

I finished Alan Wake.  Who knew it had clickers (well, A clicker) and even a Big Daddy?!

Seriously though, it was a good game, but I'm glad I played on easy difficulty.  The ending was a little unsatisfying, but I still enjoyed the experience.

In the end...

Also, I didn't find this game particularly scary.  At first it was, a little.  But I got so used to the enemies that it lost the creepy factor.  Again though, I have my criticisms, but I would still recommend it.

American Nightmare.  I got it for free somehow I don't remember, but I haven't touched it yet.

I heard the same verdict. I have it too, but I was all Alan Wake-d out by the time I finished the main game. I never even went back for the two DLCs.

Remedy is betting the farm on this Quantum Break thing, and I think they're going to lose the farm. I hope Microsoft will inject some cash into them when that concept goes down in flames. I'd hate to see Remedy go under.

Fundamentally, my concern about Quantum Break is that the whole thing seems like a retarded gimmick. The game is tied into some kind of TV show, and there's other alternate reality-game stuff associated with each, so the "full Quantum Break Experience" is going to require like a three hour daily investment. Plus even if the game's good, it'll depend to some degree on the quality and/or success of the show. I'm all for transmedia in theory, but big tentpole efforts like this rarely work. 

Microsoft wants the XBox One to be seen as the home entertainment device, though, so it's pouring money into... home... entertainment, I guess. To be frank I'm surprised it hasn't tried to buy one of the major American networks - though I don't think any are for sale right now, that might be why - and/or a big movie studio. The Bone is Microsoft's biggest play for the living room ever, and that'll be a fascinating battlefield to watch even if you don't have skin in the game. There are just so many combatants and so many agendas.

But Quantum Break... eh. I could be wrong. I hate gimmicky things and this feels like a gimmicky thing. Mostly it's a gut reaction. Using Remedy to build a game like this makes about as much sense as Ubi having Massive develop an MMO. I mean look at the evidence...

• From a certain perspective Quantum Break is basically a product tie-in, meaning it must ship concurrently with the show's launch and whatever else MS has planned. Remedy has many fine qualities; one it lacks is the ability to ship a game on time. On average their games are 2-4 years late, which isn't an option here. They'll have to ship when the show premieres.
• Sam Lake may be odd, but he's a hell of a writer and he really understands how to craft stories for video games. Shackling him and the studio - known for tightly narrated linear games - to a television property over which they have little influence kneecaps Remedy's most fundamental value proposition.
• Remedy has shown no interest in, and has no experience with, non-game media. This is the studio that didn't know its own property had been sold to Hollywood (the ill-fated Max Payne film). Markus Maki said "we got back from lunch and found out about the movie on the internet." So Remedy + Network TV = No.
• Fans don't want Quantum Break. They want Alan Wake 2 or - preferably - a sweet new IP that sees Remedy flexing its muscles a little. Give us the open world Alan Wake was meant to have. Give us some RPG elements. Give us a game that lasts longer, a more involved story. Imagine if Remedy was doing an Alpha Protocol type game - dark, modern, adult, choice-driven RPG that still manages to be all story. If anyone just heard a distant voice shout "Fuck Yes," that was me.
• Finally, the last "Quantum ________" the world knew was Quantum Leap. I'm uncertain where Breaks stand (compared to Leaps) on the Quantum hierarchy, or even what a Quantum Break is supposed to be. Would most people prefer to Break something, or Leap it? Videogames are traditionally more Leap-oriented (think Donkey Kong). Will a lot of Break push out most of the Leap? Hard to say. Plus there's the fact that nobody uses the word "Quantum" correctly (we have Quantum Leap to thank for that), which is likely to upset the physics community. I can see the forehead veins bursting already; "quantum leap" has been adopted as a phrase; people are all "it's a quantum leap this" and "it's a quantum leap that" and nobody realizes THEY'RE USING THAT WORD WRONG. It's like saying "I could care less," or "I wouldn't step foot in." Those don't mean what people think they mean. You don't "step foot" in things, you set foot in things, and don't even get me started on caring less. When people say that all I care about is killing them and their families. But if the game or show is a hit, you can bet that soon the language will include a misinterpretation of its meaning and we'll be, like, "That's a quantum break in human capacity to communicate" or something and God will hate us even more.