Alan Wake 2
Released: 10/27/2023
Score Breakdown
88.2
Critic Average
17 reviews
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Steam User Score
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Metacritic User Score
Disparity Breakdown
Average of both sources
Review Disparities
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Critic Reviews
1/3/2024
Late Review“Lake has always been a good spokesman for the game. He talked about Remedy’s “dream game” a while back and said, “Where we are now is fiction becoming reality.” It’s kind of a cliche that you expect to hear from the lips of Alan Wake, but it’s a good description for what goes through you head as you play this outstanding game that messes with your mind but still leaves it in a better place than most horror games do. Call it a masterpiece or a work of art. Both apply. I rate the game as five stars out of five.”
100
100/100
12/5/2023
Launch Window“In a sea of exemplar video games released in 2023, “Alan Wake 2” is the work most interested in pushing the boundaries of its franchise, its genre and even its medium.”
100
100/100
11/21/2023
Launch Window95
95/100
11/2/2023
Launch Window“Alan Wake 2 weaves together two compelling protagonists across a unique, multi-dimensional, narrative that is often seriously strange but still surprisingly engrossing. However, the stretches of puzzled-laced exploration overstay their welcome, and the flabby first act may test your patience. Fortunately, even when the blemishes poke through, Alan Wake 2 always looks utterly stunning.”
70
70/100
11/2/2023
Launch Window“Alan Wake II presents us with a more mature and evolved Remedy, able to unite their universes and have fun while offering what is undoubtedly their best title to date.”
90
90/100
10/31/2023
Launch Window“Remedy's boldest experiment yet is a beautiful storm of surreal storytelling and genuinely frightening survival horror.”
88
88/100
10/30/2023
Launch Window“In its quest to be the most meta game ever made, Alan Wake 2 becomes a spectacle about writers and writing that badly needs an editor.”
60
60/100
10/27/2023
Launch Window“Alan Wake 2 is an incredible sequel, fully realizing the ambitious storytelling established in the first game and combining it with fantastic moment-to-moment gameplay. DualShockers was provided a copy of the game for review purposes.”
94
94/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“Alan Wake 2 is a spectacular sequel that was more than worth the wait, with a story that simply has to be experienced to be believed.”
95
95/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“Alan Wake 2 has incredible graphics and some memorable moments, but it's dragged down by technical issues and tedious gameplay.”
50
50/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“"Whenever I thought I had a handle on where Alan Wake 2 was leading me it upended my expectations"”
100
100/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“For longtime Remedy fans and those who want to see what happens next for Alan Wake, the sequel is a success, but making it to the end includes unnecessary hurdles.”
78
78/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“Remedy delivers its greatest game to date by turning a long-awaited sequel into a uniquely meta multimedia masterpiece.”
100
100/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“In a superb blend of reality and fiction, Alan Wake 2 will earn its place as one of the best horror games out there.”
100
100/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“Alan Wake 2 is the perfect release for Halloween as it presents a psychological horror movie into video game format.”
90
90/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“This feels like the game this developer has wanted to make for years, unrestrained in the best possible way as it goes hard on layered storytelling, flawed yet fascinating heroes and a series which for over a decade now has been harbouring untold potential.”
100
100/100
10/26/2023
Early Review“Alan Wake II is a superb survival-horror sequel that makes the cult-classic original seem like little more than a rough first draft by comparison.”
90
90/100