Alan Wake
© Remedy Entertainment
Let’s be honest, Alan Wake is a Stephen King story in every aspect outside of the fact that it wasn’t actually penned by the man himself. The game follows writer Alan Wake as he, and his wife Alice, decide to take a vacation in the small town of Bright Falls, Washington.
Alan has been struggling with writer’s block for two years, and the trip is supposed to help despite Alan’s reluctance and frustration over being forced into addressing his current situation. Of course, things don’t go as planned during this vacation (they never do in a horror story).
His wife gets dragged into Cauldron Lake by a mysterious force, he drives his car into the lake and blacks out for a week, he’s chased by shadow creatures, there’s a manuscript forming that he doesn’t remember writing, and you as the player have to try and unpack the mystery of it all.
There are traces of Stephen King in Alan Wake, but also TV shows like Twin Peaks and The X-Files. Alan Wake is known for its story and concept, and has gone down not only as a cult classic video game, but one of the best from developer Remedy Entertainment. If you haven’t played it, you owe it to yourself to experience the creepy weirdness that is Alan Wake. Go on, find out what’s in Cauldron Lake, we dare you!
