Alan Wake 2 review – a confidently strange horror thriller

PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC; Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games
With two protagonists exploring different worlds, this thriller is a thoroughly entertaining blend of detective procedural and narrative weirdnessInspired by Twin Peaks, The Twilight Zone, and Stephen King 2010’s Alan Wake told the story of an author with a case of writer’s block so severe he became literally haunted by his own creations. It was an ambitious but muddled psychological thriller that struggled to overco